I didn't have any time to go and look for him, didn't have the leverage to ask for anyone on my side to leave their current tasks and search for such a troublesome and naughty child.
I decided to punish him the moment everything settled down. I kept stabbing that thing while the black cloud got shrunk to less than ten percent of its original size.
[Good work! It's not dead yet but it's severely weakened… How about this, you give it to me and I'll give you one artefact in return]
Just when I was in the middle of doing such hectic attacks and stabbing, the voice of Sith echoed in my mind, stopping me in tracks.
"You never planned to kill it, wanted it to be your per… You damn god! You played me all this time!!" I felt instant rage, and the only response I got for the next few minutes was loud laughs.
[Don't take it personal, this thing is indeed a god slayer, much scarier than the scissors you got. You have no power in killing it from the beginning. It's now weakened and could be tamed. So why not give it to me? I'll owe you one!]
"You already owe me a ton!" I rolled my eyes, and the next thing I did was to control my colossal black ball, the merged techniques of mine, and let it fly fast, heading directly over the direction of that black cloud.
[What are you doing?!] Sith's voice told me how deeply anxious and worried he was. And hearing his voice and feeling his worry made me quite satisfied.
"What else? You want a weapon to deter other gods away from you, or even help you clean more enemies, right? I'm your vassal, so I'm going to have it by my side all the time."
[F*ck you! Just give it to me, you won't be able to control it…]
"We'll see about it," why would I settle with just one artefact when I could gain tons of them in return for lending the services of this monster to Sith? To other gods?
I just tasted how scary it was to face a god. And that wasn't the first god to block my path. The jumper's hideous god was also a headache for a long time.
I was going to play on a bigger stage after all this would be over. And to be played among the big dudes, one had to secure himself a bigger stick, right?
Having such a weapon on my side would be simply the best. I planned to tame it and link it to me the same way I did with other scary huge monsters, like I did with little Qi, little turtle, and little lizard.
All of these were scary and powerful, and helped me to win lots of wars in this apocalypse. But that was history. Right now, I should care about the future bigger stage, the vast universe and the unknown turfs beyond.
Having such a monster by my side was simply the best. I could use it for offence, defence, and also scare tons of enemies, including gods, to even think about touching a single hair of mine.
[You do know what you are doing?] Sith seemed to be enraged by what I planned to do, [This monster can't be controlled by anyone except for gods!]
"Oh, you didn't hear the latest news then? I'm considered a god in my area, hahahaha!" Unlike him, I was enjoying this. And just like Sith, someone else seemed to be unsettled and enraged by what I was doing.
The black ball of my merged technique was now releasing tons of chains around that black cloud. The cloud looked a bit solid, not letting the chains sink deeply inside like I imagined. But it was just enough to start pulling that thing and throw it towards the portal to the shadow world.
With it, I started to make another technique to seal this monster. It required me to do nine balls, write a few words, and then viola, I got myself another pet, a scary pet, one that could scare the gods away.
"I will kill you!" The second person to be enraged by my actions was none other than Karoline. Yet her tone was low, and her voice came shaky and distant, so weak as if it came from far away or something.
That was enough to tell me how weak she currently was. She released the god essence inside, ending up getting sucked dry with my technique. And the monster she placed all the bids over was now going to change sides and be my new toy.
"Bring it on if you have it," I didn't see her as my beloved Karoline anymore. She was gone. The Curasee race worked by eating away one's soul and replacing it.
If I didn't intervene fast and save her in time shortly after getting infected, then it was already too late to think about it. The jumper case was unique, as I just got to learn about this shortly after he got infected.
But her? She lived with that Curasee for a long time! And that wasn't just a normal Curasee race member, it was a god! So it was expected that she was dead.
As she was dead, it should be right for me to bury her. As I invited that bastard to attack, it started to release all the attacks it could master. Torrents of attacks came from her forces, alongside lots of artefacts and treasures as well.
I didn't flinch or care about any of that. My Lucas, my shields, my chariot, everything was now protecting me while I was dealing with that monster.
I didn't know what shape it looked like, and I didn't want to know the answer until I'd sealed it first. The process didn't take longer than an hour, and by then, the entire cloud got absorbed and vanished into my shadow world.
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