Chapter 540: Ra'azel, Ryun, Selia, Erdania

Chapter 540: Ra'azel, Ryun, Selia, Erdania

The Hunt

Raazel ran through the forest. And he saw more than he had ever seen before. He could see through this dark forest realm that surrounded him. Could see the planes of Essences, his eyes burned with power. But it was more than just that. His memories seemed clearer, he remembered rune strings faster than ever before. Complicated interactions were there just at the tip of his fingers. The flesh of this body augmented his Soul, made it better in every conceivable way.

He heard his constructs exploding in the distance, and he knew that he didnt have much time. Another rune was finished and he saw it fade into the plane of Space.Folloow current novÊls on nov/3lb((in).(co/m)

This dark forest was covering it, keeping other Essence planes out, but tiny threads were still connected to it. He could see them now. Rushing toward him, hunting him.

It both angered and frightened him in equal measure. One that someone like him could be hunted, and second that he was facing some facet of True Death. The end of his reality was supposed to be the end of such absolutes. It was in many ways what he was trying to defy, the laws, the absolutes that he abhorred. They were alive, they were given thought and free will. They should always have been able to change fate, alter the designs of the Heavens themselves if they attained enough power.

And Raazel had done it, only to be betrayed. Never again. His new body sensed more than he had ever been able to before. He was aware of the attack, and turned to meet it head on, power flowing through his body.

Ryun, Selia, and Erdania, sped through the forest, knowing where their prey was exactly. Ryun ran ahead, with her following. The ground beneath his feet exploded outward, something hidden beneath it rose and energies lashed out at him.

They hit him head on, and Ryun was paralyzed. Selia arrived and her scythe cut through the construct on the left, while the other imploded, crushed to a tiny sphere of scrap by an outside forceErdania.

Ryun continued forward, speeding across the ground, the world shifting around him as he made the distance between himself and his target lesser.

He reached him and pounced.

Zenkers body turned swiftly, and a fist lashed out faster surprising Ryun. It smashed into the side of his snout with enough force to crack mountains. He felt the echo of its true power as he was thrown back, sent flying through the trees and hitting the ground hard. He stood back up and stumbled, the strike shook him more than he expected.

Selia saw Ryun use one of their old abilities, and realized that perhaps she could use hers too. She didnt know if it would work, but as she sought the power she remembered having, she found most of it missing.

Still, she continued, searching, until finally she found something. She took a step and the world expanded then snapped back into focus as that step took her across the space and to her foe.

Raazel blasted Ryun away, and she cut from above, her scythe coming down straight on his arm. She put all of her power in the attack, the meaning of True Death. A white armor intercepted her scythe, but it did not hold for long. It failed, and her blade of bone cut straight through his forearm.

Raazel screamed, fell back, and lashed out with his tail. The world around him trembled, and for just a moment they were no longer in the forest, but somewhere high in the air. The loss of ground beneath her made her disoriented, then the tail smashed into her torso, sending her flying back. The forest came into being and she smashed through a tree.

Erdania saw both Ryun and Selia get thrown back. She was slower than them, it took her a while to reach the battle. She could feel this place, but she knew that she didnt feel it in the same way that the two of them did. She didnt know what it was, and she knew that they did. The bond that linked all three of them together was a raging river flowing in all directions, sharing thoughts, emotions, ideas, even impressions of what they perceived. It was all so overwhelming. Still, she advanced.

She saw Raazel scream and scramble to recover his sliced off arm, and she attacked. She targeted him and increased gravity around him. He stumbled, but didnt fall. He raised his head and glared at her. He wedged his arm underneath his armpit, then placed his stump against it. With his other arm he carved a rune in the air.

Erdania pulled back her arm, holding her staff. Her Qi pulsed through her body and into her weapon, and then she took a step forward before twisting her hips and throwing it like a spear.

Raazels arm sizzled, a bright yellow light surrounded his injured arm, presumably reattaching it. Her staff reached him just as he managed to carve another rune in the air. Her staff hit a shield, and her technique triggered.

{Pulsing Breaking Strike} rippled out, shattering his shield and letting the staff continue. It hit the surprised Raazel in the head and sent him falling to the ground, disoriented.

She ran forward, but Ryun and Selia had recovered, and were already on him.

She arrived just in time to see a dark red sphere of energy rip out of Raazel, breaking everything in its path.