The field of vast tunnels continues to tremble.
Terpsichore keeps getting mistreated, yet he continues to persist against his opponent.
With each strike, he absorbs to the point of fainting the psychic energy of a thousand random people in the city of Sirap.
Yet no damage was present on the monster.
He keeps hitting and he keeps getting hit, but the blood spirit had a much too overwhelming advantage.
Even though Terpsichore could access a greater amount of psychic energy by absorbing it from any human, the blood spirit that had to feed on its blood-submitted subjects could use a larger portion of its psychic energy instantly, ruthlessly crushing Terpsichore with its full power without him being able to compete.
"hahahaha
it feels good to no longer hide and to fight an opponent with all my power, I was tired of holding back my strength to avoid attracting the attention of my peers.
Not that I fear them, but it's more amusing to watch them struggle thinking they can be the first to tame humanity when the spot is already taken
hahahaha."
The spirit of blood stood there with its mouth wide open, holding Terpsichore's arm with one of its tentacles, who was exhausted but struck uselessly at the void to avoid being defeated.
"I'm sorry Laura, but we have to act," said Vati with a voice full of guilt.
"Don't worry, I'm ready for it."
She replies to him in a soft voice.
"It's my fault, I should have better prepared for all eventualities, it was my responsibility as the leader."
She smiled at him and nodded to show that she was ready.
Vati lifts his head and takes a deep breath.
" SPIRIT OF LIFE I KNOW YOUR NAME !
I CALL YOU, SIARNAQ !"
Everything goes black for Vati when a sudden flash of light blinds him, only to give way to darkness once again.
But a pair of gigantic eyes opened, their multicolored irises bringing Vati into a cosmic trance where dream and reality blurred, only to suddenly stop and bring him back to reality.
"How long did it last !?"
He widens his eyes in surprise while holding his chest to calm his heart.
"Did you call me...?"
When he heard Laura speaking to him, he turned his head towards her to see the same multicolored irises in her eyes.
"...Vati" *smile*
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"Is it you... The spirit of life?"
She continues to smile at him and stands up to get closer to him.
"Yes, it's really me, but you should hurry, every second I spend in this young woman's body, I make her lose a year of life, and I don't like harming humans."
"Very well, let's hurry!" I need your help to forge a weapon to help my son.
He points his finger at the monstrous shape and the smallest figure held by it.
The spirit of life turns its head to see the scene and smiles.
"very well but..."
I know you forge from the living, that's why I'm giving you as material half of the life expectancy of the girl you currently possess, she agrees with this so you don't have to fear harming a human.
You have a free hand, let your creativity shine!
Her smile becomes even bigger and a pure aura emanates from her.
Laura's body rises into the air and a luminous object emerges from her forehead to be grasped by her hand.
In her hands, there was an ivory white sword that she held like a child in her arms.
"Here, it's a very beautiful object, with this you will achieve your goals, but even though the sacrifice of this young woman is very beautiful, it was not enough for my realization, so there is a condition to the use of this sword."
"which one?"
"You will only have to spread life with her."
At these words, the white aura disappeared and Laura's body, like the sword, fell.
Vati caught Laura before she touched the ground and looked at her with regret.
He placed her in her chair and covered her with his jacket to protect her from the cold, then walked away and retrieved the sword stuck in the ground.
"TERPSICHORE WAKE UP AND COME HERE RIGHT NOW!"
The butchered body of Terpsichore twitches, but since he couldn't free himself from the tentacle that was squeezing his arm, he decides to cut off his arm.
He falls from several hundred meters but instantly gets up to rush towards his mother and then bows before her.
"I'm sorry, mother, I didn't live up to expectations. I will accept any punishment."
Vati, with a stern face, looked at him and then spoke.
"The feeling of defeat will serve as your punishment... but I did not bring a loser into this world.
So here, take this sword, slay your enemies, and spread life with it !"
Terpsichore gripped the sword so tightly that it began to bleed.
Tears of sadness and gratitude flowed from her, giving way to a new will, greater and stronger.
Terpsichore activates her power, which is now at its peak.
"This sword, it is like a catalyst for my power. It is so easy to move my psychic energy inside.
Before, I felt limited by my own body, I was aware that I could do more but my body prevented me from exploiting my full potential, it preferred to accumulate my psychic energy to conserve it and use a tiny part when I was in danger without me being able to say anything about the amount to use.
But now hahaha I feel like I can burn my energy at full throttle over and over again! It's perfect !"
With a flick of his sword, all of Terpsichore's wounds disappeared.
He grabs the sword in his mouth and gets into a running position, leaving only a trail of dust behind him.
Huh !?
The spirit of blood saw something approach and then disappear when suddenly a sharp pain coursed through its entire body.
"HAAAAAAA!"
Terpsichore relentlessly tears the body of the spirit, but the spilled blood began to pursue him.
He had to dodge, counter, and slash, nothing more difficult now.
He continued his attack until he reached the head and plunged his sword.
Blood splatters and the spirit throws Terpsichore into the air.
The spirit of the blood also propelled itself into the air to put an end to this fight.
This time it was no longer fear or resignation that was expressed in Terpsichore's eyes, but hatred and vengeance.
He gets into a striking position and concentrates all the psychic energy he has absorbed into the sword.
...
In the city of Sirap, millions of people faint from car crashes, ambulances stop, trains derail, houses catch fire, people drown in their baths, zoo animals escape from their open cages.
It's chaos, in the future this day will be known as the worst day in the worst city in the world.
Thousands of people died that day, but thousands of children were also born that same day at the same time.
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In the present moment, Terpsichore contracts all her muscles and sends her attack with all her will against the blood spirit, who had gathered all its blood and psychic energy for a final attack.
"HAAAAAAAAAA !"
"HAAAAAAAAAA !"
BOOM!
The shockwave crushed Terpsichore's bones, but her attack continues, she advances, she approaches to finally slice the enemy in two.
The blood stains the sky for miles before falling back to the sea and the continent like rain of blood.
In the future, this event was explained as a rain of water mixed with oxidized iron from Gore Island brought into the sky due to a storm.
The spirit of the blood disintegrates until nothing is left but a tiny drop where his consciousness resided, which ends up in the sea, slowly diluting.
I must not dilute myself! I must not dilute myself! ..... I eug ..."
In his attempt, he took on multiple forms before sinking into darkness.
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Terpsichore, having landed on her feet, raises her sword before the rising sun.
"I did it !
I defeated the most powerful spirit in the world, now I am strong enough to protect you, Mom... "
*smile*