Book 5: Chapter 75: Mindeater versus a Kraken

Book 5: Chapter 75: Mindeater versus a Kraken

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The crowd soon returns to normal again after Red is sent back up with us again. Then the next two duelists are revealed.

And just like the last two, these two get the crowd riled up the moment theyre seen.

Both the humans and the demons.

And also just like the last two, these two have a history.

The Blue Knight of Humanity and Xyvandra both appear in an arena located in some sort of underground cavern filled with both water and bugs, with some sort of massive squid that looks like a kraken from video games occasionally swimming around the arena. However, the arena itself, unlike the rest of the cavern, is completely dry. Other than the occasional dripping water.

The Lady of Devouring and the Blue Knight of humanity. Two people with a history of when Blue accidentally woke her up and had his emotions eaten in response.

Overkill? Probably.

But she was under the Sloth Sin at the time. So I wouldnt be surprised if that was the Sins doing.

In fact, she may even apologize like Vorgrim did. Who knows?

Just like with Red and Vorgrim, the two just kinda stare at each other for a while. I think. Its hard to tell where Xyvandra is looking, considering that she has a biological layer of natural armor over her face most of the time. And you cant really see her eyes.

Blue eventually bows his head and says, I apologize for my rudeness the first time we met. I hope you can forgive me.

Then they both go silent as the audience goes wild with his apology. Although some seem to be rather upset that another duel might end up being nothing but a surrender instead.

Now, will Xyvandra apologize back to him? She did go overboard with what she did after-

Xyvandras head armor retracts to reveal her bug-like compound eyes as she looks at him. And after a second of silence, cracking sounds begin to echo from her body and she begins to transform.

Nevermind. She is absolutely not apologizing.

The Devourer.

Got it.

Yeah, that would make sense.

But wait, why would that kill the oh. Its because theyre just magical constructs of Blues that they died from it, right?

Yeah, Tar answers with another nod.

Doesnt that mean

Yep, Tar says, sounding rather dark despite the upbeat word choice. If Xyvandra wanted to, she couldve easily made Blue nothing more than a walking vegetable when they had their altercation on Tartarus all those years ago. But instead, she just took away his emotions. Emotions she eventually gave back to him, even if it was because you asked.

I focus on Xyvandra at that, feeling more than a little surprised by her now.

Guess she wasnt completely heartless after all.

Sure its cruel to take away his emotions and then slowly return them to him, but its not as cruel as turning him into a walking vegetable wouldve been. Just devouring his mind entirely.

I might have to rethink how I look at her now.

Blue seems to throw everything into his physical strength as he rushes at Xyvandra, only for her to suddenly use some sort of strange skill. One that makes my mind just blank out for a moment, following which an incredibly powerful wave of power flows off of her, surrounding Blue entirely and then devouring him whole. All stuff I can only sense with my senses, unable to look at it directly with my eyes for some reason.

And when Im finally allowed to look again, I find Blue lying on the ground, his mind having been devoured as well.

Good thing he had the Anti-death clause active.

Also, maybe I should take back what I just thought about Xyvandra.

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