Chapter 148 - The Last Fight (I)

From outside the borders of Aeros, luminous beings came out from a swirling void. They came in different forms, creatures having died from different worlds, and lived as evil souls in hell. 

Some were in the frame of a man while others were mutated forms from other worlds. Most of them carry blades of their own, those that they brought with them upon their deaths. 

Their eyes glowed in yellow. Their translucent skin reflected veins crawling up to their bodies. Their movements were fluid, their panting evidently expressed how they craved to possess another living body. 

Having lived in hell for decades, the miasma could only crave evil and death! These souls suffered for so long in hell that they want nothing more but to take it out on innocent lives!

Hades was one of those who lived in hell the longest. His eyes had turned red from watching the endless fires of hell. Among them, he had the greatest hatred devouring every part of his soul. 

He came out of Khalid's body to stand before his soldiers and said, "My army of souls! Here me!"

"I suspect, one of the powerful beings living behind those walls holds the soul slayer! And we cannot have that!" Hades' eyes scanned each and every one of his angry souls before adding, "Find the person! Find it and invade his body!"

"Of course, you can kill anyone as you go along the way," declared Hades before giving out an evil laugh. 

He pointed at the entrance of Aeros and said, "Go! Go and spread evil in this land!"

A hundred of the evil souls slowly made their way in the direction of the borders, their grins were sinister and their eyes were thrilled to follow through on Hades' command. 

However, just as they were to walk into the narrow passage, fronting Aero's entrance, fire arose, creating another gate to the nation! 

Dismay instantly became painted in the faces of the souls, for they have lived with fire for many years in hell!

It did not take long for the master of fire to appear before them, lighting the skies.

Amanda's body glowed in her flames, her fire spreading across, reaching two meters stretch from her own body, and her bird wings spread widely, extending the flare of her power. 

"Ugghhhh!" With a loud scream, Amanda thrust balls of fire in the path of the evil souls, making them further step back, this included Hades. 

"You stay where you are! Whatever you are!" Ordered Amanda. 

Fronting the border, Abasi reappeared with the rest of the masters of the earth, while Christopher and Orion came up from behind the master of fire, drifting in the dark skies. 

"So it is you, after all, Hades," said Abasi, seeing the first master of the earth head the army of evil souls. "You must have been responsible for Khalid all along too!"

He looked up to Christopher above him and confirmed, "Chris, this looks like souls from hell, just like Hades."

From their heads, Christopher and Abasi told the rest of the maters that the translucent creatures they were seeing were from the dead. Evil souls that seemed to have escaped hell. 

"I thought only Hades escaped from hell?" Asked Trisha, speaking through their heads. 

"We don't know, but one thing is for sure, these souls are from hell. You can tell by the way they smell and by the aura they manifest," revealed Abasi.

Christopher warned his son of the same, asking him to constantly stay behind him. He said, "Remember, Orion, you can only attack when we tell you to."

"Okay, father," said Orion while tightening his eyes on the escapees of hell and that of Khalid. 

Looking past the translucent forms, Trisha yelled at the future master, "Khalid! How could you? You were entrusted to protect the earth, not to wreak havoc!"

"Trust me! I have heard of that speech so many times, but now, it does not affect me in any way," Khalid revealed finding his way next to Hades. 

With only twenty meters of distance from each group, the forces of evil and good stood face to face. Each party ready to attack!

From behind the protective walls of Aeros, Christopher's army was equally ready with arms, hiding behind the stone fortress. Kyle and Cassy led their troops. 

"There is no need for bloodshed here. For you live in our past. We don't care about our past, you see," told Hades. "We only want... The Venusian Sword... and... the soul slayer."

"We don't know what you are talking about, Hades!" Christopher tried to hide the truth, for he was truly not prepared to use the soul slayer blade. 

His words made Hades express another ominous laugh. He laughed so loud that his soldiers laughed with him. He hailed down the mockery of his soldiers before he said, "If you say so, master of water."

"But what we are certain is that the master of fire or her son holds the Venusian Sword!" Told Khalid, looking up in the direction of Amanda and Orion. "Give it here!"

"We will not give you the only weapon that can kill you, Khalid! What do you think we are? Stupid!" Told Abasi. The rest of the masters echoed the same, especially Amanda. 

This prompted Khalid to transform himself into the same form as Amanda, using the red crystal in his body. He flew up at the same level as the master of water and fire, including Orion, and said, "Give me the sword and you might just live!"

"Taara!" Commanded Amanda in seconds and the master of the wind drifted next to Amanda in seconds. 

Combining the strength of the wind and fire, Amanda sprung out the biggest and the most fierce ball of flames in the direction of Khalid. 

Amanda roared as she let Khalid have a taste of her fire!

Her actions made Khalid laugh in the same perverse way as Hades. While the fire she built momentarily cut off the phoenix wings he created, he had to admit; it was a powerful blow, but having the same crystal in his body himself, he was not pained in any way. 

"Suit it yourselves," said Khalid before giving a sneer. "See if you can defeat the soldiers from hell!"

Flying his way down, he said, "Hades and I will stay back for a moment and cherish the sight of you trying to even get through our frontal forces!" 

In seconds, he and Hades jumped in behind their army, using the power of the green crystal. Khalid continued to laugh before he encouraged, "Go ahead! Give it a try masters of the earth!"

"Such confidence annoys me! We'll kill all your evil souls!" Announced Taara before she brought out her shuriken blade. Combining it with the power of her wind, she threw out her spinning blade. 

The shuriken spiraled swiftly in the direction of the souls. They did not even budge, nor express fear of the weapon coming at them. 

With one swoosh, the spiraling blade took down twenty evil souls that stood in front of the masters, turning into ashes, following the attack. Only then did the shuriken returned to Taara's grip. 

"Huh! What an insignificant army!" Announced Taara. 

"I'll take care of the rest!" Told Brody, taking out the power of the brown crystal. He created himself into an enormous human rock and sped across the enemies, crushing them with his hands before he drew out a sword and swung it across to a few. 

Each time Brody eradicated an evil soul, they turned into ashes!

Seeing the rest of the souls come after Brody, Abasi brought him back to their line in seconds. He said, "Watch out, Brody!"

"Why did you pull me back for?" Asked Brody with a frown. 

"I want to see if there is truth to what the guardian of hell told us," said Abasi. "Stand back and watch."

Brody practically took care of more than twenty evil souls, and together with those that were attacked by Trisha, the soldier of hell should have reduced in number. 

However, what they saw next horrified them. 

Those that had earlier become dirt slowly formed back into their translucent form. In minutes, they were once again ready for another attack. 

Seeing the shock reaction of the masters, Hades and Khalid laughed out loud from behind their soldiers from hell. Clearly mocking the spirit, Taara and Brody had earlier displayed. 

"Say that again? You'll kill what? Haha!" Hades roared his evil laugh, nearly resonated across the battlefield. "There is only one way to kill a soul that had fled from both hell and heaven, it can only be through the soul slayer blade!"

Turning demonic, Hades, screamed, "Who - has the - soul - slayer??!!! Who???!!! Give it up or you all die today!"

Christopher looked down at Abasi. For a second, their eyes locked onto each other. Abasi said in his head, "There is no other choice, Chris. You must use the soul slayer blade."

To Christopher's dismay, his greatest fear came about. He gulped as he responded in his head, "Abasi, if I don't make it, promise me you'll look after my family - "

"You will make it, Chris! Akurra already agreed!" Responded Abasi in his head. "Someone has to make the sacrifice. The last fight begins now."

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Author's Notes:

Readers, if you are new to my novels, please check out my other words:

The President's Lover Is A Fighter - Action, Romance, Steamy Chapters, and A Slice of Life.

Tricking My Cole Lover - Crazy Domineering ML but a sucker for FL. 

Both of my above works are combined with hilarity. Enjoy!