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Keizen's POV
"Scythe of Darkness."
I felt an ominous foreboding when I heard those... words and that monstrous attack coming for me in my back— from that scythe assassin.
Because there's something, something extremely vicious on that attack that I felt a long time ago...
It's something murky and suffocating— that almost wants you to drown in an ocean of breathlessness and death.
For now, I can't pinpoint what exactly that power is which that gave me these feelings.
The feeling of extreme fear...
It's pretty compulsory that even with just the instincts of it and true essence— I have to atleast block that attack with all I have or I am pretty much dead in my second life.
"Way of the Spear, First Form, Equilibrium."
I have to survive this fucking attack.
I have nowhere to go and my position was in the furthest part of hallway in the Mansion that had it's one side completely destroyed.
If I want to leave this place, I have to destroy those reinforced walls and windows to escape but right now? I cant.
Moreover, if I went to his direction— I will be dead for sure or severely wounded if I was hit by that atrocious attack.
Well, I can't do that with my shitty body.
I'm pretty much fucked— it's gonna take a lot of time to even destroy it, and that's not even considering my disparity of my body.
However, with my technique... it's the safest bet that I have for now to just bounce off the attack with the momentum of the spear.
I immediately rotated the spear that I have— it's already broken but I must do it.
And that's when an enormous dark slash cut through the hallway of the mansion, dismantling the whole hallway of the guest rooms and the windows all over it.
"Fuckkkk!"
Feeling the immense pressure of that attack. I tried to block it with my spear because the momentum would bounce it off the wall with my steel spear.
"Goddamnit, it's stronger... than I thought!"
I felt that every muscle that I had in this body was working to its limits, just for me to be able to survive this battle.
And how does my spear survived these relentless attacks? Simple. My technique amplified its durability— that's why it's called the Equilibrium or Balance.
However, it's almost broken due to the amount of damage it has faced.
This attack might destroy this spear if I'm not extremely careful— Well, I'm fucked either way.
A continuous explosion happened in the hallway due to the structure of the rooms and the hallway being cut in two, collapsing with debris falling off all of the sides of the mansion.
Booom! Booom! Crashhhh! Booom!
The guest rooms, hallways, and even the statues and windows were damaged heavily in that devastating attack.
Ahhhh, cough cough.
However, I still barely blocked it due to my technique that able me to bounced it off. It was life and death for me afterall.
I poured every bit of my strength to deflect it— and it kind of work.
Cough, cough, cough
However, there's an immense pain all over my body— It seems like I pushed this frail body too far that I was coughing so much blood.
But as I was resting, I noticed something from that scythe assassin that almost killed my second life in this universe...
It's the particular appearance that he had...
He had horns...?
When...?
A thought suddenly entered my dumbfounded brain that scared me so much...
What if...
Ahhhh, Shittt...
That's when clues are connected...
The reason that he can use the 'Scythe of Darkness...'
The reason why he's so much stronger than I anticipated...
It shouldn't be connected to the one I'm thinking of... right?
But, clues immediately flowed into my mind.
When I kicked that katana woman in the abdomen leading her to pass out in this fight— the scythe user kind of berserk and tried to kill me most horrifying way.
And that energy that flowed into his eyes— a dark energy that immediately strengthened his power, seems like something I'm familiar with, extremely familiar in a matter of fact.
It's in that Universal War...
That energy was in that war.
And that's when I came up with one scary conclusion.
If it's someone that I know of too well— was involved in that attack.
Fuck, I'm really doomed in this universe too.
Well, my conclusion is...
Ethos was involved in this universe too.
Goddamnit...
What a fateful second life it is...
That's when I noticed the now, glowing panel that appeared out of nowhere continuously flickering in my eyes, and stating some kind of message like this:
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[An Outside Interference was detected in this Universe!]
[Due to this notion, the System immediately heightened the quest of Keizen Al Nevestria.]
[From Emergency Quest to Life-And-Death Quest.]
[Life-And-Death Quest: Survive this Assassination, Orchestrated by your enemies, and with the Interference of the God of Darkness, Ethos.]
[Reward:]
- 25% Update of the System.
- The 'Role' you have in this Universe.
- The Premonition Skill.
- The Timer Of Invasion.
[Consequences of Failure:]
- Keizen Al Nevestria's Death
- The Death of this Universe
[Notice:]
- The Current Limiter that you have will be temporarily adjusted to compensate for the difficulty of the enemy.
- You can use the Equilibrium, True Form. And not just the essence of it.
[Goodluck Keizen, I deeply prayed for your survival. We're both dead afterall if you die.]
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Well, I'm fucked ain't I? Goddamnit.
Reading all of this information that I have right now... I was shocked at how the fuck Ethos found me in this new universe.
"Shit, it's more grave that I thought."
Is it something like Spatial Awareness? Or something much greater than that.
I thought that I could live and turn into a new leaf of life.
Or if it didn't work, I'll just kill myself.
I thought I could be happy in this universe, and maybe, I could gain redemption in this world too.
But, all of it was a fleeting dream.
Due to one reason, that bastard managed to find me.
And I can't tell how the hell he did that.
Nevertheless, I calmed myself down and sighed deeply— knowing the situation and cause of it would pretty much help me survive this.
Still, I barely managed to gulp the increasing anxiety and fear in my heart.
It's the God of Darkness afterall. The one that destroyed my past universe...
And I have to fight this assassin that had his
power.
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??? POV
"Are you shocked?"
He smiled at the bloodied man looking at him in the face, with prevalent fear in his face.
I really love this kind of face, when it's showing extreme despair, anger and fear.
I love this types of expressions.
His white hair was messed up with blood, while blood was still continuously flowing from his mouth, and the left side of his forehead was wounded too— leaving him with a messed up bloody look.
But his red eyes were staring at me— with fear and albeit, small determination to live on.
"Quite ironic isn't it? You thought you could escape from me, but here I am— talking to you in the second day of you isn't it?"
He doesn't answer and just looked at me. It's seems like his soul left his body when he heard my voice.
I smiled sweetly in the appearance of the bloodied man.
That's when a question suddenly landed on me.
"Goddamnit, how the hell did you find me?" He asked, shocked was imminent in his face.
"Well, since it's already a thing that I use many times. I can tell it to you. I felt this strong dark emotion from this universe. And I felt this strange energy that comes from you, whose even I can't fathom mixing with each other."
I answered nonchalantly due to using this technique many times, I find it boring.
"That's when I noticed it's you, Keizen. The one who escaped my hands."
He stayed silent at that cruel revelation.
"But you're lucky for now, I don't have a lot of time to take this body. So it's a farewell with you, for the timebeing."
"We'll meet up soon, don't worry... and please enjoy this gift that I have specially prepared for you in the meantime."
I added, as I noticed his expressions changing into one of determination.
"Goodbye for now, and see you soon— Keizen Al Nevestria,"
I said with an evil smile on my face.
And that's when the connection was disrupted and I went back to dark, gloomy place...
"Did you manage to find him??"
My friend, the Dark Side of the Universe curiously asked me.
"It's been years since we were trying to find him— but this was only the time that we exactly pinpointed his location."
For reference: Yes, that's right. There's some kind of time dilation between universe.
"Yes, we will prepared to conquer that universe in 25 years, from now on— It's pretty far you know? Command the whole army to prepare for our travel this time."
"Got it, I should prepare myself well this time to conquer that universe too."
I smiled with different intentions in mind.
"Well, it's gonna be fun."