As I ran through the halls of the castle, could see several dead succubi and incubi laying around the corridors.
The bastard must have snuck in while we were chatting...
Soon, I arrived at the throne room to see Estelyn holding a whip covered in serrated crystals and facing a man holding a black trident. Her body had been covered in black crystals forming armor.
"Just come quietly and I promise no one else has to die. Other than you, of course," the man, presumably Nautilankt said.
"I knew I should have requested for someone to stay... I won't let you hurt me again, Nautilankt," Estelyn said.
"Ha! Again!? I don't think we've met in battle before, Estie! Maybe the pressure finally got to you, huh?"
"She's referring to me, you fish-faced sack of shit," I said angrily.
He froze in place and slowly glanced back at me.
"The...D-d-destroyer...? Oh gods why...by the hell lords..." Nautilankt said fearfully.
I couldn't help but smile, despite the pain in my head.
Remembering this pile of garbage really did piss me off... Just killing him wouldn't be enough. I wanted him to remember me and know exactly why he had to die. I wanted him to scream and cry as I violently murdered him and wiped the stain of his existence from all of creation.
I lunged forward and he flinched.
I closed my hand around his face and blasted his mind with the reset magic.
Turning back the clock...and restoring his memories. Then, I spun around and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying through a wall.
"Eh...what was that about...?" Estelyn said.
"It wouldn't be satisfying if he didn't remember what happened. So I restored his memories. This'll be entertaining to say the least."
"Okay...I'll just wait here, I suppose..."
"Yeah, you do that. Enjoy the show."
Nautilankt slowly walked through the collapsed wall and glared at me.
"Piece of chum...SHARKBAIT!!! DEEP ONES TAKE YOU!!! HOW DID YOU GET SO STRONG!?!?" Nautilankt roared.
"Ah, that's the Nautilankt I remember. But...did you forget who you were talking to?" I said menacingly.
Nautilankt began to look nervous. Like someone reeling back after speaking out against an abuser. It was funny, considering what I planned to do to him.
"H-hey...can we just forget about that? Let bygones be bygones?"
"You showed up here with the intention of killing and devouring Estelyn. At the time, my wife. I stepped in to stop you and got eaten instead. You sent me back to the beginning of the reset loop."
"RESET LOOP!? WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT!? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ANYMORE!!!"
"I don't care. The fact is, that I came back stronger than ever. Really, I should thank you. But in all honesty, I probably won't. I have a very severe and personal grudge against you...and I will have vengeance..."
"Grrr...THEN THIS TIME YOU'LL FACE MY FULL POWER, BOY!!! YARR HARR HARR!!!! COME TO ME, KRAKEN!!!! I AM NAUTILANKT, LORD OF THE DEEP!!! DEMON KING OF THE DEPTHS!!! I WILL-"
"SHUT UP!!!" I roared.
I changed Vengeance into a mace and hit him as hard as I could in the center of his chest.
Somehow...I was blocked by something. His left arm had morphed into a massive claw like a lobster. He crossed it and his trident over his chest and was sent flying through the ceiling.
"Ugh...I don't want this to drag on..." I said angrily.
"I'll be rooting for you!" Estelyn said.
"Yeah...sorry about the roof."
"I can fix it. Please just get rid of that bottom-feeder. Do that, and we're official allies. 'Kay?"
"Sounds good. I'll be back."
I crouched down and leaped through the hole I created. I activated my flight magic and attempted to follow Nautilankt. As I did this...
I saw a massive shape emerge from the gateway in the distance.
It was a flying ship with a gigantic sail on top.
The thing looked like a castle mixed with a pirate ghost ship. It had enormous tentacles coming out of it.
Oh. So it's like that, is it? Who knew he had such a thing in his arsenal...
I stopped mid air as I looked around. I could see our forces clashing all around. Currently, I couldn't tell if we were winning becase of the chaos.
All of our Avatars had summoned their armies to deal with the hordes of Corrupted monstrosities that were now swarming the realm. Multiple contamination zones had also appeared.
"Those bastards work fast... Oh well. Time to sink a ship."
I flew forward as I finally saw Nautilankt lifted onto the ship by one of the giant tentacles coming from the ship.
And I heard him speak with a booming voice.
"BEHOLD, YE LANDLUBBERS!!! THE MIGHTY KRAKEN!!! CASTLE-SHIP OF THE DEMON KING OF THE DEPTHS, NAUTILANKT!!! PREPARE TO BE DRAGGED INTO A WATERY GRAVE!!!!"
He really likes to run his mouth...
I continued forward and drew back as Nautilankt lifted his trident into the air and created a massive storm. The entire sky darkened with water, lightning, and hail as multiple tornados picked up.
A storm wall began whirling around his ship. As I began to process the things happening, several blasts of wind and lightning flew at me.
I dodged them with help from The Warlord and Nautilankt continued laughing.
"OH!? TRYIN' TO APPROACH ME!? MOST PROPLE JUST RUN AWAY SCARED WHEN THEY SEE THE KRAKEN!!!"
"I figured I should get close if I want to tear you to pieces...but this is getting me nowhere," I said quietly.
I raised my watch and opened a communications line with Rastair.
"Hey there, captain! Need something?" She said.
"Uncloak the ship. I want you to shoot this pile of crap put of the sky so I can kill its captain. Think you can do that for me? I'd be really happy with you if you did..." I said.
I didn't care for being manipulative, but at this point, it didn't matter.
"Say no more, you sexy stud! I'M ON THE WAY!!!"
I smiled as I used magic to amplify my voice.
"NAUTILANKT, PREPARE YOURSELF!!! NOW YOU'LL FACE MY SHIP AS WELL!!! THE CURSEBREAKER!!!"
I felt the air vibrate as my ship uncloaked and flew directly under my feet. I landed on top of it as we flew past the storm wall.
"WH-WHAT!? WHERE DID THAT THING COME FROM!?!?" Nautilankt said fearfully.
The Cursebreaker opened fire with its magic-based laser weapons and decimated the Kraken.
The Kraken responded by attempting to turn away and move...but I knew already that no one should ever underestimate Rastair.
The Cursebreaker rammed the Kraken at full speed as it turned away, damaging the rear of the ship. Then, the Cursebreaker followed the Kraken in hot pursuit.
Both ships were now flying side-by-side.
Now, I could see the fear in Nautilankt's eyes. He flung several blasts of wind and lightning in my direction, but I merely deflected and dispersed them.
"KRAKEN!!! CRUSH THAY SHIP IMMEDIATELY!!!!" Nautilankt roared.
Several tentacles shot out of the Kraken and wrapped around the Cursebreaker. Our ship was pulled close and a massive, gaping maw of some kind of monster lunged out and bit into our ship.
...or at least it tried.
The Cursebreaker was made of an extremely dense, sturdy, and lightweight metal Leiso had made. We called it Leisium, after her.
Essentially...it was a metal that she had constructed after intense research into its atomic properties. Nothing had ever so much as left a scratch on it.
In fact, the first time someone had managed to break Leisium, was when Triglavikk, the Avatar of War, broke my spare sword.
As a result, the Kraken's teeth shattered as soon as it bit into our ship.
KREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
"WHAT!?!? HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN!?" Nautilankt screamed.
I looked down at the Kraken and then at him.
"Can we talk about this...?" He said fearfully.
I shook my head and made a cutting motion across my throat.
At that moment, the Kraken tried to veer away from us...but Rastair was quick on the uptake.
Several tendrils of magic shot out from the sides of our ship and wrapped around Nautilankt's ship. It was pulled close as I created a white-hot javelin of fire magic. I shot it into the monster's mouth and detonated it.
At once, all of the tentacles began flailing about erratically and went limp. The Kraken began losing altitude and Rastair sped up just before letting go of the ship.
The Kraken flew some distance as it dropped out of the sky and crashed into the ground...meeting a violent end.
Then, the Cursebreaker slowed as I received a message from Rastair.
"How'd I do?"
"Good work as usual. I owe you a drink, it seems. Go ahead and deploy the rest of the Conquerors to deal with the Corruption."
"Can I have some time in bed with you instead?"
"Please just follow orders..." I said.
"Killjoy... Fiiiine...Conquerors, deploy! Or whatever..."
The side of the ship opened and the remaining members of the Conquerors leaped out, led by Sato. Since Stella was still back at the castle and all...
I flew straight down to the wreckage of the Kraken as Nautilankt managed to free himself.
As soon as he saw me, he dropped to his knees in fear.
"NO, WAIT!!! PLEASE!!! HAVE MERCY, DESTROYER!!!"
I created several magic chains to bind him in place. I wrapped them around his throat and locked them in place with spikes.
He cried out in pain as his face was forced down into the dirt.
I stepped on his head as I looked down at him with contempt.
"As I said before, I should probably thank you for killing me. Without that death, I never would have freed myself from the reset loop. But...I think you're a pile of garbage. I would rather swat you like an insect and move on with my life. So try not to get blood on me, okay?"
"P-please...have-"
I crushed his skull with my boot and blasted his body with magic from my chains.
Lastly, I impaled his demonic heart through his back with Vengeance. Ensuring that he'd could never return.
"Now then...I should probably go help Isabella..." I said.
I knew they were likely struggling...
Even with the three of them, that wouldn't be an easy fight.
I readied myself and flew back into the air...making my way to my two wives and newest concubine.