Will of chaos

Pov Cortana:

I was facing the creatures of Hunger, but I didn't attack them directly. I alone had little use against these things. Their Souls are mere empty shells without a Spark of Existence. Killing their bodies was useless. Destroying these false Souls was also useless. The very concept of Hunger does not allow for destruction by normal means. Only by being devoured can they be defeated.

If I were alone, it would be a bit of a challenge to defeat them, but with my new Avatars, it became much easier.

In front of me, the Dragons were fighting fiercely. The Creatures of Hunger were as strong as most of my normal Dragons, but they didn't have the same defenses. Their exoskeleton armor and ethereal bodies were an advantage. Only Sarazar was able to devour these creatures one after the other in succession.

"You'll pay for this sooner or later." (Hunger)

"Don't growl at me, Hunger... we both know this dispute could last forever without benefiting either of us, do you really want to do this?" (me)

"Don't play your games with me, child... you are not Death, your Concept is not so widespread, do not take my natural savagery as a lack of wisdom or intelligence!" (Hunger)

"My target was not you, but it was a welcome bonus..." (Hunger)

In front of me one of the Creatures was missing 70% of its body, full of bite marks, but it spoke without showing any pain since they are just pieces to be centered by Hunger.

"Zenos could have taken care of you just as easily, perhaps more easily than I am doing..." (me)

"His power is very interesting indeed, such voracious beauty, such boundless hunger and that unshakable Will... it almost makes me want to kidnap him... he would be the perfect Avatar, better than the Anomalous Dragons would ever be..." (Hunger)

"It would be impossible, he is a Bringer of Chaos." (me)

"Unfortunately yes, but fighting him, you and that child of Life also has its benefits..." (Hunger)

"(He wants to use us as a whetstone...)" (me)

I soon nodded and Sarazar, who was nearby, came towards me. He devoured what was left of that creature and stopped in front of me, his body surrounded by dark energy as it shrank. What was left in the end was a metallic creature with large bones that looked like a Knight's armor with dark energy inside. Its head was a metallic Dragon's skull with eyes shining in dark blue energy. Its size was 2.5 meters tall with a robust body, its closed wings looking like a cape on its back that seemed to contain a universe inside.

"My lady, what should we do next? The battle lasts for several hours..." (Sarazar)

"Let the others fight. Unlike you, they didn't have systematic training. Even if you transfer your knowledge to them, they still lack practice. This is a good opportunity." (me)

"But the rest of the war... the Gods and Zenos won't be happy about it." (Sarazar)

"Zenos will understand, if they can't take care of at least that, attacking the Ascendants with or without plans will just be a joke." (me)

"The innocent sacrifices have already been made anyway, those fighting must show themselves strong enough for what's to come..." (me)

"(I also can't leave Zenos' side, I felt another presence around him for an instant, I don't like having someone interfering without knowing...)" (me)

My eyes stay on Zenos who was fighting Ayden, for hours the fight was an almost one-sided battle, the one taking the most damage was always Zenos, Ayden surpassed him by far in every aspect, but now it was different.

Zenos had a different look in his hands, he didn't become stronger or faster than before, but his posture and fighting style were completely different from before, if before he fought like a well-trained and experienced swordsman, now he looked more like a Dragon using his own claws naturally, his movements were as fluid as Ayden's.

"(What's with that Hunger in your weapons...)" (me)

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Pov Zenos:

It's been a long time since I felt so comfortable fighting, my arms almost move on their own, the larger and smaller blades in my hands complement each other when switching between attack or defense naturally.

Ayden's armor was badly damaged by my last breath attack, his armor that was almost undamaged before was now cracked in several places, mainly his arms and chest, but surprisingly his sword had almost no marks from resisting my breath attack.

I advanced against him constantly while I got used to the weapons in my hand again, it was like learning to ride a bike again, it was natural and simple.

At first, my sword was just blocking Ayden's sword while I used the dagger to attack at fatal points, but he always defended by changing the position of his sword using his other hand to make my attack change direction, or attack me, forcing me to stop attacking to defend.

In this place, most of my powers were blocked, which took away my adaptation and variety of attacks, greatly limiting my power, but now I felt like I had gained wings once again, I could vary my attacks so easily by having more ways to attack than just having a weapon.

I also learned that more fundamental powers linked to me were still present, I could use breath attacks, I could directly control my body and I felt that manipulating my energies was also highly possible.

I was starting to understand how this damned peasant battle was affecting me, so I adapted to the sambas with new rules and concepts.

"< Unholy Breath >" (me)

"< Fortress of War Swords >" (Ayden)

For this attack, he was more prepared, he noticed my movements and reacted almost instantly, he wouldn't fall for the same trick twice, that's when I noticed green blood dripping out of the gauntlets of his armor as he held my attack.

I had already noticed that my regeneration factor was being greatly affected in this place, but now I realized that it wasn't just me, Ayden also didn't recover from his injuries, I just didn't notice it before because of his armor.

"< Slash of the Blood Sovereign >" (me)

"< Calamity of Swords >" (Ayden)

With blood leaking from my wounds and condensing on the blade of my sword, I take advantage of the small distance I managed to create between the two of us and swing my sword down with speed, leaving a trail of blood with Starfire right behind it flying forever, cutting through space while expanding in a brutal way, gathering ever greater murderous intentions.

Ayden responded by using his sword to hit the ground as he knelt in a powerful blow that shattered space, spreading cracks for kilometers as far as my vision could reach, millions of damaged swords emerging from these cracks and coming at me.

"< Blood Wave >" (me)

Blood gathers in my wings as I flap them causing the blood to dissolve into red energy that advances around me like an explosive wave in all directions throwing the swords before coming towards me from all sides, I advance towards Ayden as my body grows slightly to three meters while my head becomes that of a Dragon.

My sword reacts on him, making the space tremble in its path and leaving trails of Starfire behind. Just as his sword was about to defend my blow, my tail hits his right leg, breaking his armor and making him lose his posture. My sword falls, making him kneel in the space that fractures around us.

"< Curse of the Sun Assassin >" (me)

"< Pressure of the Tyrant of Massacre >" (Ayden)

Using the power of the Curse of the Purple Sun inside the dagger, I use my blood with poison characteristics on the blade to execute a blow against him, but the gravity around him suddenly increases while the space becomes like a block of sharp ice. Even so, I do not stop my attack, putting even more strength into my arm that was already broken.

Space shatters, creating a mess of distortions around it as my arm is mutilated and continues to advance towards him, but his body moves, dodging to the side, but the blood on the blade increases its reach as it stretches and hits, piercing Ayden's wrist, who retreats.

I don't stop my attack, I chase him by flapping my wings, then I throw the dagger towards him, and he dodges it using his sword while my sword comes from above, aiming at his body. He turns to the side and using that moment, I flap my wings in a strong impulse towards him, opening my jaws that soon cover his body.

"< 1st technique: Cut of the End >" (Ayden)

But one time he chooses to attack instead of defending, fighting my fear when I feel the strong attack, I close my jaws towards him, I was supposed to rip off his head, but suddenly I am pushed back and only his arm is ripped off, getting stuck in my teeth.

"Hhuuuhhh!!!" (me)

Breathe Breathe

"Ahh... aahhh... aahhhh...." (me)

"Ghaaa!!" (Ayden)

We move away once more as I feel the pain in my chest, my Eclipse Armor is almost gone, with a deep cut in my chest being all that was left, piercing the scales, skin, flesh, muscles and cutting through to the bones, a murderous energy corroding the wound.

Even so, I don't, I divert my attention too much from the enemy holding my shoulder where there was still an arm stuck in place.

"Cough! Cough!!" (Ayden)

He coughs up green blood as his Aura becomes unstable, but even so he remains standing, his presence as strong as before, his murderous intent ever present.

Soon he and this entire place begins to tremble as he falls apart, his figure becoming tenuous as his lack of will was apparent as he speaks.

"Unfortunately I have to go, my lord says we will meet again... next time Zenos I will not be limited..." (Ayden)

"(Limited...?)" (me)

Suddenly everything breaks, Ayden and that battlefield disappears while all the soldiers he brought stop fighting, they put their swords together close to their bodies facing up while both hands hold the sword hilts, then many columns of light surround them for a second before disappearing.