Book 6: Chapter 18

Book 6: Chapter 18

Scarlet

I rush through space while devouring the armies of void creatures swarming it, letting my Red Plague handle the weaker ones on its own. While occasionally looking back just to make sure it doesn’t try to eat the planet.

Fortunately for me – and the planet in question – the void creatures are a much nicer meal to it. So the Red Plague focuses on them even with me largely letting loose their chains.

Of course, even if they went after the world and its citizens or the spaceships, it wouldn’t be a problem. I’d just tighten the chains in an instant. Problem solved.

I stop moving once I get close to the four void heralds still moving towards the planet. Then I take a moment to study them for anything the Fae King may’ve missed when he filled me and the others in on the void creatures during the Fae Ascension Tournament.

But I don’t see anything new about them that he didn’t already mention.

No intelligence, check.

Instinctive control over the other void creatures, check.

Large, check.

Very large, double check.

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Judging by the power I sense coming from them, close to the end of Class V. Almost on par with the power I sense coming from Gramps.

Which isn’t a good sign for the world.

It is for me though.

But I don’t have the time to focus since we’re fighting, and they’re actually far faster than their size would imply.

The bright side though is that with every void creature kill amongst their swarm, I grow stronger. I devour each and every one, refilling my reserves and getting boosts from Blood Thirst in the process. And at one point I learned to mix Vampiric Ascendancy and devouring things with my Red Plague to be able to enter my pseudo frenzy without having to move up to and drink the blood of things personally.

I also make sure to summon creatures made out of Red Plague, making them ever so slightly more intelligent than the random masses of Red Plague floating out around there. Turning them into an army of monsters that rush at the army of void creatures.

Turning space above this world into a full on war.

All while the spaceships quickly make their exit, proving to be useless.

To my surprise, the void heralds slowly begin to expel more and more void energy into the surroundings. To the point that the space around us is nothing but a red and black mist that I can only sense through with my Ruler of Blood skill that gives me full senses of my surroundings. Of everything that has blood nearby. Which includes the red part of the mist.

But the mist occasionally still clears whenever me and the heralds clash, sending shockwaves out more and more with the mist replacing what’s pushed away each time.

Slowly though, ever so slowly, the heralds begin to wear away. Because they can’t heal like I can.

Every single wound I take heals over time, proving to the heralds that taking me on is an impossible task.

Eventually the heralds all begin to back away from the world. Trying to make their escape from me.

I just narrow my eyes at that before raising my head and letting out a howl, making a massive sphere of Red Plague surround us all.

Then, the moment the heralds stop moving, I transform back into my lycan form, put my hands in my jacket pockets, and make the sphere begin condensing.

Let’s see them escape this.