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After being called a slave of the Empire of Light, the biggest Empire of the entire Continent of Midgard, Julio became furious. The veins all over his body began growing redder, and even his eyes shone with a scarlet glint.
"Slave?! I am the Hero of Darkness, not a slave!" Julio said furiously. "We have come here to slay your people, but I guess it'll make things easier if you come at me. You've killed many nobles already; you have to pay for your crimes!"
Maria scoffed at that. Since when has the Empire of Light cared so much about other countries nobilities? The Albraun Kingdom was in direct servitude to the Empire of Light at this point, mostly through the Church of Light, but still, the Empire of Light was a selfish place, their Emperor would never really care about some nobody nobles.
There was other reason why they were here. A more direct reason, an order from the higher ups, the ones behind everything, the bastards watching from the skies above. The ones who see humans as their puppets.
"As if you were to ever care about the Albraun Kingdom! The Empire of Light is too selfish to ever remember their names. Just admit you're doing this because of Odin's divine message." Maria said furiously. "Is it because I destroyed his little son that he's all angry now?"
"Destroyed her son?" Asked Julio, it seemed Odin had not revealed this to them. "You're an amusing liar. Heh, I usually don't really like talking with those I'm about to kill…" Julio sighed. "So let's cut the chit-chat, shall we?!"
CLAAAASH!
Julio's dark blade reached Kuro in an instant! However, Kuro managed to intercept the attack and block it with his sharp fangs, which unleashed bright moonlight power from within.
"ROOOOAAARRR!"
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
Each clash against Kuro's claws unleashed a powerful ray of divine moonlight, which impacted Julio and pushed him back. His ever-growing darkness quickly paling in comparison with the divinity that Maria possessed.
"RAAAAAHHH!!!"
Julio quickly summoned dozens of enormous Darkest Moons, firing them against Kuro and the city behind him. However, the lion chimera leaped over the skies and unleashed several Moonlight Beams from the jewel on above his horns!
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
"W-What?!" Julio was once more shocked, stepping back as he saw all his strongest magic being completely overwhelmed. "T-This shit doesn't make any fucking sense-"
BAAAAAMMM!!!
Kuro fell down from the skies like a falling meteor, clashing against Julio and unleashing countless Moonlight Beams against him from the jewel on above his horns, while his sharp claws started slashing his armor and tearing him down!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CRAAAASH!
"UUUAAGGGH…!"
Julio had never faced such an overwhelming foe before. Kuro's resonance with Maria was incredibly high, and because he had been merged with her Divinity Body, he was naturally incredibly strong.
However, the time limit was of only four minutes. He had to hurry before it were to be too late. His attacks managed to tear down Julio's powerful protective armor and pushed the Hero of Darkness down the same crater he was left before.
CRAAAAAAASHHH!!!
"GRAAAAGGGGH…!"
Julio screamed in agony as he was pushed down, never had he been so overwhelmed before, so accustomed to destroy and ravage anything with his overpowered magic and techniques. Kuro started biting his neck furiously, as Julio gritted his teeth and started stabbing the beast with his darkness blade.
"L-LET GO OF MEEEEE…! [Darkness Explosion]!!!"
BOOOOOOMMM!!!
Julio unleashed an explosion of darkness coming right out of his own body, risking to take damage as well, he didn't had any other option.
CLAAASH!
Kuro was sent to the walls behind him, as the chimera quickly stood back up again with minimal damage, while Julio gritted his sharp teeth while tightly grasping his neck.
"Y-You'll pay for this! H-How dare you! A-A m-mere beast and a ghost to do this to me, a glorious Hero of Humanity!!!" He was going insane in frustration and insanity. "F-Fragment…!"
FLUOOOSH!
And then, a dark power surged from within his chest once more, reaching his wound and then regenerating it, as countless tentacle-like tendrils appeared out of his wound and slowly repaired it completely…
"That power… Don't tell me this bastard has the power of an Evil God Fragment…" Said Maria in surprise. "I knew it! The Humans are really using them! You stole it from the families holding the sealed pieces that the Ancient Heroes worked so hard to contain, including my own family, just so you could use it to gain power for yourselves! Does Odin knows about this?!"
"Heheh… So you've figured out the most obvious thing already! Bravo!" Julio laughed, his wound which would had been lethal regenerated in an instant, as several red eyes slowly started opening across his body, his tattered armor was no longer of help to resist damage. "So what if we did?! Who would had cared about you stupid Ancient Heroes Descendants?! Those stupid traditions of keeping these sources of endless power… Such stupid foolishness! Odin himself said it was fine to use them! We can do whatever we want! We are the chosen ones, HUMANS! Once this is done, we'll go after the other Continents… Midgard shall conquer them all with their prowess! The Elves, Dwarves, and Giants will all have to kneel before our Empire of Light! Hahaha… HAHAHAHAHA!"
"You bastard…!" Maria roared furiously. "You're the real monster here!"
"Me? Hahaha… What? Are you angry that we killed your little family? Are you angry I let my soldiers rape your mother until she died?!" Laughed Julio. "Yes! You guessed it! I was behind the death of your pitiful, pitiful family! Who would had known that their pathetic daughter would end up coming back from death as a damn ghost, getting constantly in our way! …But that's about to end now, MARIA!"
"W-What?!" Maria cried. "Y-You…?! Mother…" Maria suddenly felt a slight pain in her mind, the memories that had been sealed this entire time… were slowly unveiling. Because she was fusing with Kuro, the fusion became unstable, and Kuro began becoming weaker.
Julio took this opportunity to strike.
"Hahaha! Are you shocked?! Angry? Sad, perhaps?!" His dark blade reached Kuro with the immense power of the Evil God Fragment merged into it!
CLAAAAAAASH!!!
"Hahaha- Eh? YOU?!"
However, a ray of light surged from the skies, suddenly guarding Maria and Kuro, as a knight wearing golden and white armor emerged, his eyes flaring with golden, holy flames.
"Jonathan?! What are you doing?!" Julio cried furiously. "You dare… You dare ally with these monsters?!"
"Monsters?" Asked Jonathan. "Just as she said. You are the real monster, Julio! I never knew about this! I never knew you were behind my beloved Maria's family death! You… I won't forgive you."
"J-Jonathan?" Maria asked, suddenly beginning to remember him.
Her lover, the one that was always at her side. A knight wearing bright armor, that slowly became famous as he defended the Kingdom of Albraun from many threats, she was always at his side, childhood friends that quickly became lovers.
The man that screamed in agony and despair as he was unable to stop her death, the one she saw crying at the beginning of her life as a ghost.
"You're here?!" Maria asked.
"It seems you've recovered some of your memories." Jonathan sighed. "Maria, this time… I will amend for my sins! I won't tolerate their tyranny anymore! I will protect you and everything you love!"
"You damn TRAITOR!!!" Julio roared, his entire body beginning to shapeshift into a horrendous monster.
CLAAAAAASSHH!!!
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