Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 35: Old Friends, Part 3
The Mherea Hill Cluster is located on the southwestern side of Ephron City, about 15 kilometers from the city. There are more hills there than there are whole towns in Islan. However, the hill that was above average was no more than ten. Crow stood on top of one of the highest hills, while Pope Genea stood on top of the hilltop nearest to where Crow stood. They stayed up there looking at each other.
Talking to each other was not possible with the difference in distance between them, even shouting though. But they no longer need to talk. Since the thousand six hundred years ago, they had fought 37 times. Crow killed Genea 19 times, and Genea managed to escape their fight 18 times. And this fight will be the 38th. Talking is no longer necessary.
Although Crow had killed Genea 19 times, he still had not found the cause of the resurrected Genea. However, with the return of Vermyna's power and the Supreme Magic [Complete Sensory] at his disposal, Crow had gotten his answer from the queen of the vampires. Genea has the magic of [Soul Transmigration]. With that magic, he could move his soul to another body as the body his soul was resting in shattered.
And the reason why the body of Genea is always the same as the previous body is because the new body is an artificial body of cells and blood of Genea itself. If one were to try to sneak into the basement of the Luciel Great Church, that person would naturally find hundreds of Genea-made bodies of various ages. From the baby to the old body. Genea could move her soul to any body as she pleased.
That's the secret behind Genea's immortal life and chances are only Fie Axellibra and Neira Claudian know the secret.
That is, for Crow to completely finish off Genea, he would have to do it in another dimension. That way, when the body of Genea was destroyed, his soul was trapped in that dimension. Crow did not know how long Genea was able to control her soul and resist the pull of the world of death from reaching for the soul. Hence, he had prepared himself well. It will retain that dimension for as long as it takes
Taking a deep breath, Crow took off his blue cape without his hood, revealing that he was clad only in black pants and a tight blue shirt with no sleeves. And as if to understand the vampire, on the top of the hill before him Genea also did the same. Like Crow who had a way to destroy Genea, Genea also claimed to be able to destroy Crow. Both are ready to end their long fight for good.
However, neither of them started the movement; both of them were at home standing in place.
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Not too far south of the already flattened Dwagnowa Capital, the fight between Khrometh and his old comrades still continued. The dwarf's sharp axe shot out smoothly, trying with all his might to slash the opponent's head into two halves.
Minner had indeed deployed his [Light Erosion] to the maximum level, but that did not mean that his speed had increased significantly. Minner couldn't dodge as easily as a fly flapping its wings. What is different from Minner is just the attack power alone—plus the ability to air. It was also his role in stopping the attack of Khrometh.
The dwarf's axe eroded before even touching the orange light that enveloped Minner's body.
But the dwarf can land well. One other rune formula on his body had even disappeared before both of his legs landed. Khrometh's flagship weapon has emerged from his hiding place. It was the weapon he used in the war between the last Islan and Veria.
It's an unusual red mixed-colored weapon. The weapon has two parts: a body and an arm. His body was like a backpack, and that was how Khrometh wore it. Meanwhile, the arms of the weapon were like squid tentacles. Two tentacles are attached to both hands of Khrometh, six tentacles floating just like that three on the right and three on the left.
More unique than its appearance, the weapon gave Khrometh the ability to fly. And so he shot it into the air.
As Khrometh shot into the air, Minner finally made it out of the dimensional bubble cage after scraping it to nothing. However, he had not been able to find the existence of the dwarf, the plasma balls shot to bombard him from the air.
With the [Light Erosion] he had, the heat of the plasma had no effect at all. However, the shock of the air that the plasma spheres were causing was a different matter. [Light Erosion] Minner can't scrape something that doesn't exist. So Minner decided to avoid the plasma balls. He darted around into the air avoiding the plasma balls while chasing the owner of the attack.
The battle that had previously taken place on the ground, had evidently turned into a fight in the air. Minner tried to shorten the distance with Khrometh while avoiding the lunge of plasma balls the size of an adult human hand. Meanwhile, Khrometh tries to extend the distance between them while trying to hit Minner with his plasma balls.
...—Gugus Hill Mherea—...
The first movement finally occurred after a long time they observed each other. Crow smashed both hills where they stood with his spectacular lightning. The two hills shattered into pieces and were charred into ashes in an instant. It made them both lose their ground and begin to fall. Then Crow took advantage of the remaining lightning and focused everything on the pope.
However, just as one could expect from the [Absolute Barrier] magic that Genea possessed, the large-intensity lightning that Crow shot out deflected as it touched the invisible absolute barrier surrounding the pope's body. To be able to hit Genea, the magic used must be dimensional. Only through other dimensions can Genes absolute barrier magic be penetrated.
The two of them landed after falling from a height without successfully landing an attack on each other.
But the real fight is only beginning now. Simultaneously, Crow and Genea galloped shortening the distance against one another. Then, in just the blink of an eye, their two fists had met each other. Genea's fist was clad in its absolute barrier, and Crow's fist was clad in imaginary space. The two fight for supremacy.