Chapter 76

The best

Fighter is

Never angry

~Lao Tzu

Rowan throws me off of him using tremendous strength. My head hits the back of a stone wall hard, the sound of the impact resounds throughout the dark and gloomy torture chamber.

It scares Jezebeth, and from my peripheral vision I can see her backing up against the wall. A sneer forms on my lips, coward.

Strangely enough, I don't feel pain at all. It's like I've become numb to everything. The fire inside me still burns vibrantly, as if someone is pouring gasoline onto it. While there are green hills, there will be wood to burn.' [1] As long as I can inflict even the smallest bit of pain onto him, there's hope for my training.

Rowan gets up from off of the floor. The only reason I was able to tackle him so easily was because he was caught off guard. Now, it won't be so easy. His body is tall and muscular, the complete opposite of my adolescent form. The disparity in power is quite obvious to anyone with common sense.

A dragon's pool and a tiger's den,[2] this situation can turn on me at any point in time. I have to be smart about this. Teasing him is useless who knows how many centuries older he is than me, using such petty ploys is like talking to a stone wall, it's pointless.

He's out for blood, I can see it in his dark eyes, but the funny thing is.... so am I.

His entire right arm is covered my dark flame. I wipe the remaining blood off of my lips with my arm, I am tingling with excitement.

'What move is he going to make next? I have to be accurate on the guesses I make or else it'll end in failure on my part. He's a god, so obviously he's very powerful. To the point that he could escape being arrested from other powerful beings such as himself. I did injure him earlier, so if I focus my attacks on that spot then maybe I can- no, he will be expecting that.'

'Come on Melia think.' I say to myself.

"Why have you stopped attacking little one. Are you scared. Just know that you won't get away with biting me this time, I've truly been angered and I won't be going easy on you. It's time to teach you a lesson. Haven't your parents told you that girls should be seen and not heard?"

"Too much talk is a nuisance." [3] I know the strategy he's taking and it's not gonna work. He's either conversing with no action for a couple of reasons. One, he's trying to buy time to do a huge move, two, he's trying to distract me so that he can take me down in one shot, or three, he's trying to provoke me; Probably wants to get me out of being so level headed and attack him, which is an easy way to find my weaknesses. Smart, this is bad.

I wish there was more I could do with my body but..I'm not exactly in control of it. There's an oppressive power lurking inside of me. It's full of anger and hatred, and that scares me.

So this is why people warn you of the dangers of being in the devil purgation stage. There's an evil aura living in me like some sort of parasite, and it is capable of taking over my body. Eerily, it's similar to that of the spell that the goddess caster on the human race all those many years ago......

I go on the offense again. My attacks are ruthless, biting and clawing at his flesh. It's as if I'm trying to physically tear him apart. Though, my attacks aren't without consequences. His dark flames successfully burn my spirit form, and...I can feel it; the pain. It's indescribable.

I want to scream and pull away, to stop fighting and just wake up. But my body won't let me. There's so many questions that I have. Why can I feel pain? Aren't I suppose to be in a dream world, why can my powers activate here? And why did the goddess leave so abruptly earlier? Who was she running from? Have my heart demons successfully broken free from their shackles?

Rowan punches me in the face and I thought I saw the light. This hurts so much. But at least on the bright side I am getting in some training.....

Surprisingly, I am able to land my attacks on him too. However with each maneuver I made, I could feel myself losing more and more control of my spiritual form.

This is getting dangerous. I have a bad premonition about all of this.

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[1] Nothing is impossible for one who tries and perseveres.

[2] a very dangerous location

[3] basically means shut up

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