Chapter 118 That's as pitch black as it gets?
Holy Sword Tournant Arc II
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(POV: Akashic Records)
The suffocating darkness began to thin.
Then, a figure erged from its depths.
Serena, with her pitch black hair flowing around her like a dark aura, stepped forward. Her red eyes glowed intensely, reflecting the malevolence that emanated from her very being. Her lips, adorned with blood-red lipstick, curled into a cold, emotionless smile as her gaze locked onto Lirien.
Lirien's heart raced, her instincts screaming at her to be on guard.
She took a step back, her hand inching towards her sheathed sword.
"Your mana... it reeks of poison," Lirien spoke with a plain voice.
Serena?s eye darted to her ankle, where the mana suppression anklet that had been securely fastened was now conspicuously absent.
Serena's cold voice pierced the air, devoid of any emotion.
"Ah, it seems I forgot to put that back on," she remarked casually, as though discussing the weather.
Lirien's grip tightened on her sword, her mind racing to find a way out of this dire situation.
"...Never have I encountered such a grotesque manifestation of mana..."
There was a trace of disgust on Serena?s face.
A nacing smile crept across Serena's face as she ran her fingers through her dark hair.
"Indeed, I'm quite irritated with myself," she admitted, her tone still emotionless. "But also, I don't give a damn... you see."
Serena's gaze intensified, her widened eyes filled with sheer horror as she stared at Lirien. She leaned closer, her voice dropping to a chilling whisper. "Lumiere once told never to belittle other races just because I'm stronger. But in all honesty, it's foolish," she hissed. "Those beneath , are there for a reason. And I will make sure that reason stays intact."
Lirien's silence spoke volus as she took in Serena's haunting words. She braced herself, her senses sharpening as she prepared for the battle that lay ahead.
Serena, the embodint of terror, stared back at her with an unholy grin.
"Why should I, a goddess, bow my head to the rules of other races?" Serena's voice wavered with a mixture of disdain and malice. "Why should I allow re mortals to dictate how I live?"
Lirien, always so dull and unassuming, spoke. "You're not a goddess, well you don't lo-"
"Listen to ," Serena snapped, her voice cutting through the silence like a blade.
Lirien froze, a sense of dread creeping up her spine.
Serena's eyes widened, revealing a bottomless void, devoid of any compassion or rcy. She spoke, her words dripping with venom.
"From the depths of my pitch-black heart and the recesses of my malefic soul, I despise you."
Lirien, shaken but determined, t Serena's gaze head-on. "So, you want to fight now? Is that what you desire?"
"Huh?"
Small giggles escaped Serena's lips, a twisted lody that sent shivers through the night. The giggles transford into a chilling cacophony of deranged laughter that reverberated through the darkness.
Abruptly, the laughter ceased, leaving an unsettling silence in its wake.
"That's funny," Serena said, her voice dripping with wicked amusent. "Fight you? What reason could possibly warrant such a confrontation?" She tilted her head ever so slightly, a sickening crack resonating through the air. "No, I have a much simpler plan in mind. I'll teach you a lesson."
Lirien's heart pounded in her chest. "I see..."
Lirien assud a decisive sword stance.
"I'll make this quick," she declared.
Her mana zone expanded, encompassing both her and Serena.
Ti stood frozen via the Unique Skill, 『Relative Barrier』, suspending all movent within their surroundings.
With calculated steps, Lirien advanced towards Serena, her eyes fixated on her opponent.
"...Goodbye..." she whispered, raising her sword with lightning speed, intending to sever Serena's head from her body.
But to her utter disbelief, Serena effortlessly caught the blade with two fingers, as if she were idly brushing dirt off her shoulder.
Lirien's grip faltered as a wave of confusion washed over her.
"( How can she walk through my flow of ti?! )" (Lirien)
Without missing a beat, Serena summoned
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