[Rose, you idiot. You love your noble actions, but do you actually believe that you stand any chance now?]
Then I smiled.
{Of course.}
[The ULTIMATE Skill: System Owner has been MAXED out. You can now evolve it with FEAR once you complete the requirements.]
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Become Level 999- (957/999)
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[The ULTIMATE Skill Universal Dominance has reached level 9. You can now temporarily summon a duplicate of anyone weaker than you that will be fully loyal to you.]
[The ULTIMATE Skill: World has been created using Presence and Hyperversal Movement. You can now determine anything within a world you own and change it as you see fit unless it is an entity stronger than you.]
[The Title, World Mother has evolved. You are now titled, Sovereign]
[You have gained the title, Fate. You now are fully independent from any entity.]
The string of announcements caused Lucifer's eyes to widen. Suddenly, my aura was leagues stronger, I reached above the level I had before in an instant.
{Don't underestimate me, Lucifer.}
He backed up in shock.
My power echoed throughout the world.
[No… No… NO!!!]
He dashed and slashed, then I blocked and slashed back. He was enraged, but I kept my calm.
[You dare deny a gift I fought for millions of years to obtain myself?! Not only that, but you get stronger?! HOW DARE YOU!!!]
We clashed and his power shot throughout the world as we were launched into the inbetween.
YOU TWO! Stop Fighting NOW!
{Shut it, old man.}
I blasted the shadow figure and blocked another blow from Lucifer.
Then the Author sent a fake body with a Blue Glow.
He stopped both of our blades with his own.
[Out of our way, old man.]
And let you destroy the realms? I don't think so, keep it contained in your own realm or don't fight at all. I can't tell a story without a world for said story.
He was so distracted that he failed to notice one important detail. My blade was no longer on his.
I lopped off the fake bodies head before leaping at Lucifer who blocked and struck again, drawing more blood.
Even though I didn't like the Author, I couldn't disagree with him. I grabber Lucifer by the neck and launched towards Pandora, entering and slamming him into the ground, causing a crater and an earthquake.
He launched into the air and spun before unleashing fire at me.
I countered with my breath. We stood in the stalemate on top of the, now flattened, mountain. His power raged against mine in a union of death and destruction. A ballad of Sin and Fear.
I broke forward first, launching his fire in every direction.
I struck him, and he struck me. Our blood was like roses, falling from the sky.
I threw my blade at him. He blocked but got hit by my fist. He started falling like from heaven.
I began throwing punches and used magic arrows to strike him.
He grabbed me and reversed it, but instead of punching, he pulled me to his chest and began spinning incredibly quickly.
Then he threw me straight through the ground.
A normal person would have been flattened by the impact, but because of my durability, I created a hole.
I flew out and grabbed his shirt, before slamming him into the earth.
He stood and lunged at me. We clashed, pushing the other as with all of our strength.
The ground split open, and we kept our clash. A canyon grew and caused molten lava to spurt from the ground.
Lucifer's face grew into a grin. I knew just why.
His wings were obsidian, sturdy, sharp…
Fireproof.
He flapped one of his wings and splashed lava on me, igniting one of my wings.
I screeched as he took the advantage of my distraction to slam me into the liquid stone.
He dived into the magma, pushing me through the crust of the world.
My natural instincts kicked in and I shifted into my draconic form.
Thus, a scene quite similar to my battle with Milel was made.
Lucifer, a viper, slithered through the metal with lethal efficiency.
I breathed fire, but my wings were burning severely.
Then I dashed up and shot out of the crust.
A forest went flying and I shifted back to the catkin form.
Lucifer launched into me and slammed me to the ground,
[SIN: Gluttony]
I felt my lifeforce begin to seep into him as his wounds faded.
I kicked him and launched back.
[You can't win this, Rose.]
{I have one last move…"
My voice was returning to normal as the gold light began flickering.
[Really?]
He grabbed me by the neck and threw me into an uprooted tree, impaling me on a branch.
I gasped in pain as he walked closer.
[Come on, Rose. Show me this move.]
"Very well."
Then in my hand was a grace.
His eyes widened, then he burst out laughing.
[You fancy yourself an angel now? You do realize that those only work on angels.]
I smiled.
"Precisely why I made this one."
He looked suddenly curious.
"This is a poison, one that would kill anything."
Then I gulped it down, and sure enough, the tree branch melted from the poison, withering the rest of the tree along with it.
Lucifer's eyes widened as I slumped.
[ROSE?! What the heck was the plan there?!"
He kneeled down next to me. Then he paled. My voice echoed across the world
{[To Rose, on behalf of Kala the World Mother. I grant you a blessing. Take up your arms in your truth.]}
[The Owner, Rose Hood, has leveled to 960]
Lucifer had a look of shock.
[What?]
{[Rise to protect your people.]}
[The Owner, Rose Hood has leveled to 965]
[WHAT IS HAPPENING?!]
{[Evolve as both Deity and Dragon. As Human and Spirit. As Catkin… As Rose.]}
[The Owner, Rose Hood has leveled to 970]
{[Show them your thorns, in your true form. Come forth, Human, and rise.]}
I stood. No wings sat at my back. No cat ears on my head.
{Well, Lucifer. I give you one chance.}
[Or what?]
I didn't speak, I simply released FEAR at it's full power, and he shook.
Then he snarled.
[You win this time, Rose.]
He warped away.
I stood, acknowledging that I won. The world was in tatters though.
{World: Reform to prime condition.}
The massive hole to the core was mended and I was warped back to Selethon.
I was bloodied, but I was standing strong.
Dallel and Darsen looked at me with a grin.
I grinned back.