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Chapter 48 - Cunning & Manipulative: Mephisto

Sound of a metal clashing through the meat followed by a death scream echoed outside of the ruins. A bright purple light shines out like a flashing light show inside the darkness, the girl running toward the stairs in hurry to avoid swarming monsters,

"Ha!!" As she jumps out from the ruins for the first time, she quickly turns herself toward the ruins,

"Violet shot!" She launch an energy and quickly destroy the ruins even more, trapping the monsters inside, safely escape the unknown,

"Ha...ha... What a mess... To think we're actually separated..." The yellow haired girl try to calm herself, to be told she was there all alone,

"This is hell... Right?" She talk to herself,

She walking around the area, disbelief what she saw,

"The devil's kingdom... Somehow I've seen this before..." She said, then she look over again she saw a bridge towards the huge dark castle,

"That can be the way to it... But I need to find the others.."

Looking up to the crimson skies, she is surprised to see a familiar scenery of the city,

"T-That is... The hole... It was.. Frozen.. If I can destroy it, then the city is save.." As she thinks that way, she start to walk towards the frozen tornado.

She been walking for minutes but she realized that the more she walked, the more it feels far, like it was close to the eye but far away from the same time.

Suddenly a pool of darkness energy summons from the ground, alerts her, she tried to stay away from it, but a familiar energy suddenly launches toward her. She quickly summons her shield, letting the energy hit the shield only to realize that is her own move,

"It can't be..."

"Why not, Asagi..." A dark voice talk to her,

The dark matter turns into her own image, it copying her appearance from top to bottom,

"I have talk with myself once but you are nothing but unholy,"

"Do you see yourself holy?" says the dark entity that copies her form,

"Can't say, but the only thing I look at you is a mere devil tries to break me inside,"

The dark entity smiled as she summons the same shield and sword as Asagi, evilly laughing at her,

"You may attained your real power, but it originated here, our's more superior than yours, what you can do just for a mere fraction,"

Asagi closed her eyes, trying to find a way to defeat the enemy in front of her. But she only see her mother's image holding a same sword when she first gaining the power,

"Mother..." She summons the exact sword in her left hand, "Please guide me..."

Glowing light began to emit around her hand forming a sword. Soon as she looked at her sword she realized something,

"This is... Different..." The sword is now slimmer than its previous form, like it was made for her comparing from her previous use of the sword,

Her darkness clone trembles before, "Impossible! That can't be.."

Asagi swing her sword toward the enemy enough to cut not only the ground, but it cuts the darkness in half, 

"....Amazing..." She said, while she looking at the sword and aftermath,

"Creating your own version of sword, you are really are exception..." The fading darkness figure said,

Asagi walk slowly and draw her sword once again on the darkness's face, "I'm here for my sister's soul, who dare to stop me, they shall die."

The figure trembles, only to see her deep red eyes, "That eyes... I have seen it before, the eyes of destroyer..."

Suddenly the figure burnt with a crimson fire and turns into ashes in blink of an eye. With a young figure walking behind Asagi, familiar face reveals herself,

"Asa-nee..."

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"I wonder Asagi and Takaya are safe..."

"Both will be fine, we should continue where we left off..."

Both girls stands after taking a break for while, Sahara and Saega luckily landed in the same place. Inside a palace without a single being linger. With their steps echoes a long the hall, the eyes shows their terrified.

"If this is indeed hell..." Sagara said,

"What??"

"Have you heard the seven prince's of hell??" Sagara ask,

"Why all of sudden you ask that?" Saega weirds by her question,

"Well in the film they are handsome, despite of their all evil, who will you choose??" Sagara jokingly asked,

"No one. If choosing between them and Takaya, I choose Takaya. But he is already had Sanna..." Saega said, but instantly Sagara stop walking,

"Huh... Really? They are really dating???"

"Where have you been, its been 6 month..." Saega said that while smiling,

Sagara run catching up with Saega,

"I never thought that was real..." She said,

"Let it be... Now focus." Saega turn her face suddenly, 

With a thousands of question still in her head, she continues walktoward a big castle,

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After several hour they've walked, they finally arrived at the castle. The closer they walk, clearly they can hear the scream of the death.

Saega looked at Sagara, making sure she's alright, while she feeling anxious for what they will face next, 

"Saega... Is the the best idea I use the flare?" Sagara asked,

While Saega not looking at Sagara directly, she nodded. Sagara reach her hand to the skies emits a powerfull white ball of energy and launch it, it explode like a fireworks at the skies.

"Sagara, don't let your guard down... I feeling something bad inside..." Saega warns Sagara for her concern,

"Should I turn using my inversed form?" Sagara said,

"No.. Keep your power for the worst, you are the strongest one among us beside Asagi and Takaya.-"

Not finishing her sentence, Saega pushes Sagara. in a split second Sagara sees a hot glowing spear launches over her, 

"Thanks.." 

"Not now, Stand up and stay sharp!!!" 

Suddenly thousands of spear already launched towards them. Sagara quickly stand and summons her snake wand and summoned a huge blackhole,

"Ghhh, Haaaaarrgghhhh!!" Sagara struggle, 

The black hole sucked the thousands of spear. Sagara quickly summons another blackhole on top of the castle where the spears come from, 

"Haaaa!" she scream while a thousands of spears starts to rain on top of the castle,

A huge explosion caused by the rain of the spears. destroy all the dark entity that tries to harm both of the girls. Sagara immediately fall to the ground exausted after using a technique that she never showed before, 

"That is Sagiri's technique," Saega reach Sagara, helping her to stand, 

"Yeah, I took her power before, but ironically I can't really contol it..."

"You should never took anyone's power, You may have the power but it doesn't mean you can use it freely..." Saega said while holding Sagara and both of them walking inside the castle together.

"Saega... I want to ask..."

"Hmm?" 

"After your sister's is back, Why you just leave all of this matter? You can live freely without risking your life like this.." Sagara asked, 

"That was a very realistic way to live, but I can just leave them, the people who helped me from the start until I got what I want... And more importantly, it was safer for me to stick together with them... While my sister also under their protection..." Saega said that smiling, 

"You in debt to them, while you can just go away and forget all of this?" 

"Simply speaking, Yeah... And I'm not kind a person who just walk away after my matter is clear," Saega states her pure intention,

"How about you Sagara? You did plan to kill us and now you sided with us... You also hae your own reason right?" 

"I..." 

"I know how it feel to lose and confused, but lemme tell you this... What ever you do.... Try your best as you can for you, your family and friends. Keep your mind straight and don't ever look back..." 

Sagara let go of Saega, She sitting down at a staircase, 

"What's wrong?" Saega asked,

"I... I'm not feeling good... I'm sleepy..."

Saega look around her and realized after they walk inside the castle a weird fog starts appears. Looking back at Sagara, she's already as sleep. 

Sound of footsteps echoed behind Saega's ears. She trun her head towards the sound only to see a dark entity walk down to the hall....

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