Chapter 27: The Great Shift Part 13

Grabbing the remains of the black hood, Ashborne ripped the hood off and threw it away—it burnt to ashes with the snap of his fingers. Einhorn quickly followed suit.

I see. I could tell by that woman's body stature and her spirituality that she was probably from the golden-eye bastard's house. Barriers and all that other bullshit. Fits the hair and all. Thinking inwardly, the Lord of the Abyss smirked as he got ready for more.

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BEYOND THE VEIL:

THE GREAT SHIFT

CHAPTER 27:

THE GREAT SHIFT; PART 13

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Lucius with his 'The Sun' and 'The World' spread out. Currently, the Lord of the Fiery Abyss was surrounded on all sides. Einhorn attacked first as she extended her arm out, instantly, the Lord of the Abyss stomped his foot down as the invincible ground became covered in this gorgeous but broken golden light.

'He' made my barriers visible! Thinking quickly, Einhorn made multiple barriers surrounding her as the Lord quickly dashed forward before anyone could defend her.

As each golden barrier was shattered, it became harder and harder to see. This was a defense measure of this house used against them! Immediately, Lucius held out each hand as two illusory suns formed in them as 'The Sun' was behind him.

'The World' quickly floated towards Ashbourne as Lucius threw the two illusory suns. They exploded on impact as blood splattered on the ground with the ground molting to magma.

Instantly, Lucius rushed in as Ashborne held back. As he knew how useless he was in this battle. Ashborne's main talent was his unique skill in fire-based combat, but considering the Lord of the Fiery Abyss held the domains of fire and the black abyss—he's particularly useless in this fight.

Before long, Lucius came out with a figure in his arms. It was Einhorn. At first glance, Einhorn suffered many burn marks and cuts—however, the most striking damage to her was where the Lord of the Abyss's hand landed. Right under her left shoulder, near her heart—was a massive hole.

Grinding his teeth together, Lucius motioned for 'The Sun.' It quickly disappeared and reappeared like the light as illumination came from its being. The glow began to evaporate the blood and any impurities left within Einhorn's body.

In front of Lucius, the Lord of the Fiery Abyss slowly came from the ground. Everything looked like a title wave of melted ground as the Lord of the Fiery Abyss stood in the epicenter of this burnt landscape.

Most of his body was covered head to toe in this gooey-like substance made from the Abyss with variations of purple hues. Immediately, the title wave of melted ground parted away like the sea as Ashborne stood there.

His fists balled as he launched an up cut, the Lord of the Fiery Abyss back-stepped as the upcut exploded with fire that reached up into the cloudy sky. Before any counterattack could happen, 'The World' appeared as rock spikes came from the sky.

At that moment, the Lord of the Fiery Abyss jumped into the sky. Suddenly, he felt this pure and holy resonance engulf his frame. Smirking, the gooey-like substance exploded—expanding the surroundings.

Within the small creeks of this 'Abyss' explosion, the Lord of the Fiery Abyss saw with much joy as Daemon floated there. A single blade trying to pierce through the gooey Abyss.

He's getting closer to gaining a base understanding of Heidi's Ring! I would've thought these pitiful Angels could be pitiful enough to never allow a mortal to wield them, the more the merrier! Dispersing the gooey-like Abyss, this caught Daemon off guard as he felt the very contours of his soul and spirit being corrupted.

Within his ears and soul, Daemon heard the crude and painful screams and cries of the Angel who was slaughtered by the Lord of the Fiery Abyss.

"Please don't let him achieve his body!"

"Please, pray to any divine entity!"

"I'll give you full power to deal with him!"

Those were the loudest and painful screams that came from Heidi's Ring. Before Daemon could make a decision, his vision flattered completely as it was consumed by darkness.

Did he get me? Daemon could only think this. Before long, his vision came to light as he saw him and the Lord of the Fiery Abyss from a third-person view. But something was off about them.

They seemed doll-like with each piece that a doll would have been controlled by thin red illusory lines that were glued to their forms and extended into an infinite height beyond the clouds. Daemons could not help but look up.

He saw the red thin illusory lines reach into two large white-gloved palms with a pair of crystal glimmering eyes with the only hues being golden yellow. The eyes had this ripple-like pattern before Daemon could examine them further. He saw the white gloves move as he began to draw this screen.

The Lord of the Fiery Abyss standing over them all. 'He' shedding Auden's form and transferring it to him.

Burnt ashes covered in ankle-deep Abyss water, it wasn't only the city or country, but the entire continent. This happened with a single of 'his' fingers.

Divine but foggy images of the Gods of the churches descending from the world. Chaos and destruction as an illusory wall surrounding everything shattering as many reality-warping entities entered.

As the white-gloved hand waved this into existence, it stopped. Daemon instinctively looked up to see the pair of golden eyes with ripples in them looking at him.

"Do you accept such a fate, Daemon Eggers? Do you accept this development and succumb to this perilous fate?" Without thought, Daemon knew his answer.

"No."

Suddenly, that perilous fate where the Lord of the Fiery Abyss won appeared. The scenes quickly began to revert as if time had rewinded. It stopped where Daemon and 'him' were currently positioned.

The red thin illusory lines around them began to disappear as the voice sounded throughout this dark and calming place.

"Your fate along with his has been decided by your actions. Became what I've expected of you, Berserker of Fate."

Before Daemon could respond, color invaded the world once again as he saw the gooey-like substance and the glimmering red eyes of the Lord of the Fiery Abyss.

Above the Lord of the Fiery Abyss, Daemon saw the red illusory threads snap. Lord of the Fiery Abyss instantly noticed as a twisted smirk was placed on his lips.

"Thank you, Great Sleeper!" Before Daemon could question more, Auden's head fell limp as he remained standing. "What the hell is happening?" Many thoughts raced as Daemon tried his best to understand what was happening.

Some evil spirit or deity took control of Auden's body, then he was branded by Heidi's Ring, suddenly he had a chat with some deity related to Fate, and now, the Lord of the Fiery Abyss fell limp. "Goddamn! No matter what angle I'd look at it, nothing fully makes sense!"

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past Daemon he saw the blurry figure of Lucius attacking the limp form of the Lord of the Fiery Abyss. It wasn't just him, but Einhorn, Ashborne, and all the others attacked as well.

Oddly enough, the dust didn't surround the whole area as if it were bound to the ground. Sudden rumbles shook the ground as they grew in intensity, before long, Daemon felt cracks form between his feet he could only peel his eyes at the limp form of Auden.

Before they could realize it, the trembling stopped completely and suddenly.

*BOOM!!*

Everything in the surroundings around the limp form of Auden exploded with gooey-black liquid. Most of them including Daemon had part of their bodies covered in this substance as Auden's body floated above the ground.

Before it could float any further than 10 meters, a swift and quick shadow flew through the air right above the Lord of the Fiery Abyss as he raised his head. The same gooey-black liquid leaked from his eyes like blackened tears.

The shadows quickly descended from the sky, simultaneously, the gooey-black liquid formed into this hard yet flexible substance as it surrounded him from all angles. However, this did not make the shadows descending from the sky go any slower as they only seemed to accelerate their speed.

Before long, they collided as this golden aura engulfed the area, all the way to the square barrier, and shined through the broken and shattered city walls.