"W-What is this...?"
He looked at Albedo, who was still standing at the same spot. But Kurumi was no longer there; she was behind them, licking her lips and cleaning a droplet of blood that was flowing down her lips.
Fifty thousand, all eaten in less than a second.
Knowing that things weren't going smoothly, Narberal Gamma attacked first, using a high-ranked lighting spell that lit up the world
"Die, you traitor!"
Albedo flinched, the lightning strike, which would be able to easily shatter a small village. Impacted against her body.
*BOOMMM!*
Albedo's body smoked and charred up, she even groaned a bit... but after such a deadly strike, there were no more than burn marks and exposed flesh... all of it turned into black smoke that returned to her body, and in no time Albedo was once again in a perfect state. Not just her, but her clothes too.
Ains gasped, he didn't remember her having such a skill.
Seeing that her attack had been ineffective, Narberal attacked once more, urging Ains to flee the scene... but what she felt next was an arm penetrating her chest. She came face to face with Albedo's pitch-black eyes with white heart-shaped irises.
"I am sorry, Narberal".
With a swift move, the woman's body was torn to shreds in a bloodshed. Her eyes closed, and the last thing she saw, in her confusion, was Albedo's tears.
"ALBEDO!"
The adventurer momon rushed before Sebas Tian even did, he threw something towards the man, it was an item capable of teleporting away someone who it touched. But when it was mid-air, the time stopped. Kurumi appeared beneath the cube that was frozen in time and inspected it.
She had all the time in the world to do so.
Kurumi ended up creating a portal through which the cube went, ending up in another space.
"Master would be interested in that treasure~".
Once time went back to normal, Sebas Tian was not teleported away as per Momon's calculations. Instead, a punch from Albedo, that felt like a truck, impacted his armour and shattered the plates, phasing through and destroying several of his ribs.
Ains' strongest armour was like butter in front of Albedo's power, but it wasn't because of the halberd, or Albedo's armour... Ains knew the statistics of weapons didn't change.
Albedo had just become a lot stronger from one day to the next!
All he could think about was that accursed technique that Osiris had used to power up Solution. Although at this point, he was convinced that whatever technique it was, there was a manipulation factor attached to it.
'Solution betrayed us from that point!'.
"Ugh!".
He dodged in time a halberd that aimed to behead him. Albedo, annoyed, launched another strike that Momon dodged, but he didn't expect her to let go of the Halberd.
The halberd travelled like a spinning homing missile and beheaded Sebas Tian, then crashed harshly against the ground, leaving a trail of destruction. Seeing that, Albedo just bit her lips and carried on her task.
Blood flowed everywhere.
*WHOOSH!*
"Sebas!"
Ains looked at Albedo in disbelief, she was not the same person... she didn't even flinch.
"Ains-sama, please let me kill you painlessly... I don't want to do this more than necessary".
"Do you even know what you're doing?! Osiris is controlling you!"
Albedo extended her hand, and Ains felt like he was pulled by an invisible force and pinned to the ground. The halberd returned to Albedo's arms, and she swung it towards his head. She truly wasn't intending to waste any more time and emotions... the more this prolonged, the more it hurt.
*BAANG!*
"AAHHHH!!!"
In the process of evading the strike, it struck his torso, shattering it.
Kurumi gasped when she felt the time laws circulate. It was as if time went back for just a bit before the Halberd shattered Momon's body; this time, he dodged, skipped and used fly to make some distance.
Albedo shook in anger, "Why are you so stubborn?! JUST DIE ALREADY!".
Her wings became longer black tattoos spread on her body. Seeing that and seeing Kurumi started walking towards him. Momon evaluated that there was no point in trying to make Albedo change her mind. She wasn't going to listen.
And so, he used his trump card to end the battle before unexpected variables appeared. Nazarick was already gone, no one remained... and those who remained would never come back.
A big clock appeared behind Momon, and Kurumi found that quite interesting.
"Oh, what is that?~ Do you have your own Zadkiel?".
Seeing the technique which she recognised, Albedo went into action, her body that emitted black miasma moved at ridiculous speeds. But rather than fight, Momon evaded and made distance. The clock behind his back ticked one second at a time.
Kurumi tried to tamper with it using Time Laws, but then realised the skill on its own was not related to time laws, but rather... it was a countdown for something.
A massive creature of fire appeared and attacked Albedo, stalling her... but once the fist of the fire dragon and Albedo's halberd came into contact, it was the same result: that creature just shattered, and its body was corroded by that black miasma.
*WHOOSH!*
Just three seconds before the countdown, a blazing light appeared in the skies, materialising in the form of a person.
Albedo, who was about to throw her halberd, saw her master appear out of nowhere, and her heart dropped.
"N-No... MASTER, YOU HAVE TO GO! DON'T COME HERE!"
For his part, Ray had been watching the entire fight, and he realised that if Albedo really wanted to kill Ains, he wouldn't be standing there. She has stalled because deep inside, she still doesn't want to kill him
He took matters into his own hands... he wouldn't allow Albedo to suffer any longer.
But as soon as he saw Ains' expression, all he saw was the wicked grin of victory.
"Perfect!".
The clock ticked the last second. The skill was activated, and bright lights covered the world. Albedo jumped, but not towards Ains, instead... she jumped towards Ray. Kurumi covered her eyes and soon noticed her body beginning to decompose.
"O-Oh? This is...?"
Ray tilted his brows and saw his body begin to decompose, together with Albedo's. In no time, the lights had completely engulfed them as their bodies were eradicated.
It was a sure kill skill; death of everything in the perimeter couldn't be avoided. Ains Ooal Gown watched the three of them disappear... he stretched his skeletal hand towards Albedo in sadness... but it was too late.
...
[You have died]
[Your soul has been extinguished...]
[Activating Curse of the Sarcophagus].
[-20.000 Chaos Points].
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I was not in the wrong, I didn't make a mistake... I was right.
Deep inside, I was looking for that confirmation. I was sadly expecting the moment when Kurumi and Albedo would use their powers for evil, disappointing me.
But never did I expect that the rightness of my decision would show so soon. I am so thankful that I didn't heed Horus, no... Queen Aether's words.
Ains Ooal Gown looked at the deserted land bereft of foes or even allies. Albedo had finished off what remained of Nazarick. He must be feeling victorious... he must feel that he finished everything with one clean swoop.
"That actually hurt a bit, fufu~ I didn't think you'd have such a powerful trump card", Kurumi appeared first as if nothing had happened. His victorious countenance fell at that moment.
"Master, are you okay?" Kurumi asked.
A second later, Albedo materialised out of black miasma, looking around frantically. And lastly, I appeared in the form of motes of light rejoining each other.
Albedo saw me and cried. She thought that attack was enough to kill me... and it very well could have been if I had been any weaker.
That attack was not simple at all. It aimed the soul, it aimed to destroy existence.
It wasn't as simple as just 'killing', it was an attack that brought true death. That's why I was absolutely fuming.
*RUMBLE!!*
*CHAA!*
My aura spread forth, and space itself constricted, spatial tears appeared... earthquakes shook the land, and a gigantic lightning storm descended... because I was angry like I haven't been in a long time.
If I hadn't done that massage to them... if I had listened to Aether and not given those concepts to Kurumi and Albedo. They would be dead now, they would have disappeared. Even Kurumi with all her time, I am not sure she would have been able to come back.
It was that simple, we all died... our souls did. If Anna had been here, or some of my girls like Aqua... if Galadriel had been here. They would be dead.
"You can't be allowed to live, Satoru".
"Wait, master! Please wait!"
I extended my hand, and Ains Ooal Gown levitated helplessly towards me. I can't let someone who has such a dangerous technique live.
*BOOOMMM!!*
With a weak blast, I shattered his body into pieces, destroying every single one of his bones until only his burning skull in my hand remained.
"I curse... you... Ray" Ains Ooal Gown mumbled one last time, "You will... always... have enemies..."
I looked at Albedo one time; her eyes were begging me not to do it. But I had to be the one to do it because she didn't have what it takes... and even if she did, this would only hurt her more.
I'd rather she hates me than to see her hate herself.
I calcinated his soul, extracting everything and nourishing myself.
[+120.000 Chaos Points].
[The Skill: 'The Goal of All Life is Death' has been added to the shop]
[The race: 'Undead' has been added to the shop]
...
I descended in front of Albedo's body, which cried disconsolately after witnessing her new master destroy her old master. After seeing her cry like that, I felt dejected.
I guess deep inside, she still loves him. But I couldn't ascertain that... if she truly loved him, she wouldn't have tried to destroy what remained of Nazarick to give herself internal peace.
It was like Albedo was fighting against something that was ingrained deeply in her brain. Something that didn't go along with her desires.
In any case, I had shattered it all with my own hands... I had made it so that she would hate me instead. There may be a rift in our relationship, but at least this way, she won't live a miserable life.
When I embraced her, Albedo sank her teeth into my neck harshly. Her claws clawed onto me until my body bled.
Kurumi saw this and wanted to act, but I told her to leave us alone.
Albedo cried for hours and ceaselessly tried to cause me pain in whatever way she could. She didn't want to kill me... perhaps she just wanted me to inflict on myself a bit of the pain that she was feeling.
I carried her, and she clung onto me like an aggrieved koala. I walked all the way, for hours, until I found a clearing. The lightning storm that I produced subsided by then, and the moon hung in the sky.
I put Albedo down and tore her dress, then I undressed... and when she saw my naked body, only then did she calm down. Not because she was sober, but because my naked body put her in a trance.
This is what I am for her in the end, a drug... her drug of lust. This is the reason why she betrayed Nazarick... it wasn't because she loved me from the start. I was her master; her succubus body had already crumbled to me to the point she'd rather destroy the one she loved than lose me.
Soon, with my naked body in front of her, she changed... her scratches turned into caresses... her bites turned into soft licks.
She kissed me, she blew me... and eventually, she fucked me. We made love for hours... we moaned to each other, we allowed our bodies to sink into lust. But at least for this time, and until she healed... it was just lust, not happiness.