Chapter 473: Nayra

Chapter 473: Nayra

Death on the Field

The battlefield was greater than it looked from the distance, it seemed almost unending, and perhaps it was. She had seen that this place had elements that were similar to the Ethereal. Its rules were not the same as those in the Real Realm. The laws were different.

As they approached, she tried to get a sense of the battle, but found that she couldn't really focus on anything inside the barrier. It was as if there was a covering over the battle that shielded it from all senses and prevented her mind from understanding. She could see in, but she found that it was almost as if everything she saw just slipped her mind. Like her eyes saw, but her mind couldn't register. She could tell that there were people fighting ahead, but nothing else beyond that. She couldn't even hear the fighting.

Nathan cracked his knuckles, then glanced at her and grinned. A moment later he ran straight for the battlefield, surprising her. He jumped in and passed the barrier that blocked the senses. A moment later she saw a commotion and flashes of fire.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She didn't really feel like fighting, not without a cause at least. Perhaps that made her ill-suited for the Warrior Afterlife. Perhaps she wouldn't ever arrive here when her time came. There were none of her family here other than Nathan. She knew that many had been warriors, or soldiers at least. And she had asked him why that was, but never got a real answer.

She looked at the battle, and almost turned around, but ultimately she decided to do as her brother had asked.

She knew that he was trying to help her. And even though she didn't know how this could help her, she trusted him enough.The most uptodate novels are published on n0velbj)n((.))co/m

She equipped her gear and called out Resav out of her soul, then she stepped through and entered the field.

The moment she stepped through and onto the battlefield she froze. It was as if the world opened up to her again. The noise was deafening. Cries filled the air, mixed in with the sounds of metal hitting metal, of flesh being sundered, of blood hitting the ground. Explosions and whistles of arrows passing through the air. The sensation of perks and abilities being activated. It all coalesced into a music that was very familiar to her, violence, battle, war.

But this, even though she knew that none of them could truly die, this made her remember the Aspect of Death that was inside of her very being. Killing in combat was part of Death, and even though this didn't truly kill anyone, she could feel the echo of the Aspect in herself with every warrior she took down in a shower of blood. It was her job to choose, and to usher them to the Afterlife after.

She let herself be free, pushing the thoughts of the Aspect and her Class aside and just allowed herself to enjoy the moment. The freedom of fighting against others without needing to worry about who they were, why they were fighting, or if it was right for her to kill them.

Her arrival shook the field, as she used her bolstering perk on those around her. She overrode the filters on her perk, and Lady of Battle made them stronger, to better challenge her.

With [Dawn Dash] she moved through them, stabbing and slashing with her entire form covered in [Deathfire Immolation].

She could feel her flames consuming bodies, creating slivers of Death, but not the true end that came with True Death. She put all those thoughts aside and continued fighting, just enjoying herself.

Then, stronger warriors found her. Those who had died near the peaks of their focuses. The first was a caster, who ruptured the Earth beneath her.

Wings of fire sprouted from her back and she took to the sky. Then stabbed out with Erishi Resav, using God-killing Spear. Her awakened spear elongated, and pierced him from afar.

She pulled the giant spear out now, then triggered Titan-killing Spear and increased the size of the spear tip then she swiped across the ground and over dozens of warriors. She was Chooser of the Slain, but there was no one to choose on this battlefield, they were all already dead.

But she felt the change on the entire battlefield wash over her as everyone noticed her. As they all felt her arrival, and with her arrived Death of the Field.

With a smile on her face, she jumped flew back down to meet more warriors, to fight with no care in the world at all.