-nd Just like that, her hands pierced the Great Devil's eyes and squeezed its black brain.
[You have killed a Great Devil, Calipeo's Cursed Bird]
[Your Blood Core gro-gr….]
[Awakened! Prepare for your Third Tri-tr…]
Lilith easily threw her Greatsword and ducked, slashing the Creature remaining legs off and breaking the last rune.
[You Have killed a Corrupted Titan, Abyss Grove.]
[You-ou…]
…
[Awakened! Prepare for your Third Trial…]
Lilith Dreamed of an Incredibly tall Palace, situated North East of the Great Thorns region. a safe haven.
Lilith stood up and greeted her Servant before decapitating her with her hands.
[You have killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
Lilith casually summoned her [Void Skin] attribute and remained Naked.
She went to her ball, today was her birthday, in the BallRoom, Everyone already started dancing. No one seemed to care that Lilith was Naked. Lilith took a bit of wine and took a man's hand, as they started to dance closely, As the men made her spin, Lilith lifted her legs and cut the man's torso in two.
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
Chaos ensued in the room, Everyone tried to Kill Lilith,
As she yawned, Lilith kept dancing alone, her movements flowing and elegant. as those movements killed being much more powerful than herself.
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
[You killed a Corrupted Terror, Dark Vessel.]
And with a Last Spin she pierced the hosts heart. her fathers.
[You Killed a Great Tyrant, Shapeshifter Plague.]
[Your Nightmare is over.]
[Prepare for Appraisal…]
…
Lilith was Standing on a mountain road, looking at a rundown temple.
The Gate Guardians, invisible, and guardian of all of what is divine attacked Lilith.
[You Killed a Supreme Devil, Temple Guard.]
[You Killed a Supreme Devil, Temple Guard.]
[Your Nightmare is Over.]
[Prepare for Appraisal…]
Lilith was drowning in her lust, when her Son went to kill her.
[You killed a Transcendent Human, Son of the Demon.]
[Your Nightmare is Over.]
[Prepare for Appraisal…]
…
An ethereal voice sounded in her mind, it was not the spell.
"You.. why don't you give up..? you have died millions of times and faced threats you should not even be able to kill.."
"..Fine.. Let's witness who you really are. Strip yourself Bare for me.."
[Awakened! Prepare for your Third Trial!]
…
Lilith looked around, after millions of times.. a new challenge, and not always the same in loop.
Lilith had been fighting for hundreds of years now, there was doubt at first, rage, and despair. But she never gave up. she faced about 2000 different trials, but they were all the same. after millions of deaths. Lilith was bound to learn a pattern, and eventually she did, and she started to kill Nightmare creatures even of the Great Rank while having the body of an Awakened Titan.
Of course, Lilith was not fully sane after everything that happened.. she was not in her right mind, her eyes were hazy and unfocused.. until she had heard that ethereal voice again.
Lilith looked all Around herself, there was nothing but dunes of white sand, small pebbles and grass.
What made this place strange was that it was littered with dried corpses and weapons everywhere.
Weapons of all Sizes, mainly swords of all weight, dimensions and shapes. Katanas, Rapiers, odachis, curved swords, greatswords, executioners swords, broadswords, falchions, claymores, sabres, zweihanders, daos, gladius, scimitars, hook swords, stoccos, khopeshes, two blades swords, Axe Swords, Kratel, poke-axe, helbards, lances, spikes, glaives, naginatas, scythes of all kinds, and so on.
they were normal sized or there were even blades 50 meters long, 12 meters wide, from webnovels, the term she would use for this place was a 'Sword Garden'
Lilith walked forward in between swords and weapons.
3 hours later she had reached the center of this Sword Garden..
Surrounded by Sword, at the very center. was a woman, roughly 170 cm tall, wearing a white blindfold, she had smooth black skin, short black hair, and was dressed in a white dress with thigh-length white boots. She had 1 sword on her back, a long odachi/greatsword, the design was something very futuristic, a mix of black, white and gray in colors, but the strangest part is that it was floating.
The woman looked at Lilith and said.
"Welcome to the Sword Graveyard, this is my home.. or at least it used to be… I'm powerful enough to realize that this is all just a dream.. and that I have been long dead in the real world, I think my purpose for existing lies in your death.. but I don't want to fulfill it. I won't be a slave to anyone.."
Lilith could tell that the woman in front of her was a Sacred Beast..
"..i tried to make you give up.. you have died more than 7 millions of times.. you went more than a bit insane, just to come back sane and go insane again… and you won against foes you should have never won against.. not out of skill but out of repetition.. you got comfortable knowing you can die and start over.."
The woman looked down and said..
"..I'm rambling on and on.. no matter.. My name is Nier. I'm not anyone special. since I am dead. let my past be forgotten.. What I do wish for, is to help you get out of this dream.. in my calculations you can only do so after i put you through a real trial.. and at the end, you will survive if you kill me.."
"..BUT. I do not wish for this insignificant figment of what I was to die at the hands of someone who is unskilled like you.. therefore, I will train you in the ways of killing. the path of the blade.. You may call me Miss Nier."
Lilith had a feeling of Deja vù but could not remember why.
Lilith and Nier began sparring.. it was far more difficult then she ever imagined.. more difficult than facing all the deaths she had faced.. of being torn to shreds, skinned alive, burned to ashes, drowned, and all the torture she eventually endured in this Nightmare.. she had forgotten most of it though..
Months passed.. even years.. but Lilith did not improve.. she was held back by the fact that she could not use her aspect.. and no matter how fast or strong she was as a Titan, it did not help Lilith against Neir in the slightest…
time passed and flowed.. Lilith did grow more skilled and experienced.. but it was never good enough.. even after millions of deaths.. she didn't know how to move on, how to surpass that wall in front of her..
Decades passed.. and nothing seemed to change.. when Nier spoke again.
"..You're Ready.. i will finally let this trial begin, and you will come and kill me…"
Lilith was about to panic, saying she could not possibly win.. when she heard the real voice of the spell this time..
[Awakened! Prepare for your Third Trial!]
…
Lilith did what she was told.. she killed everyone.. Every monster she faced had a human appearance and did not immediately seem corrupted..
Lilith understood, she was now fighting Nier's Memories.
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed a Corrupted Titan, Alisha, Summoner of Fingers.]
[You received an Echo.]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed a Corrupted Demon, Mephits, Bloodhound Warrior.]
[You have killed a Corrupted Terror, Krisha, Sword Saint.]
[You have killed a Great Devil, Naphes, Flame String.]
[You received an Echo.]
[You have killed…]
[You have killed…]
…
Lilith stood in front Nier, in her Sword Grave.. She expected a fight, but Nier did not move.
so Lilith got close, and simply sucked her blood out until she died..
[You killed a Sacred Beast, Nier, Dream Sword.]
Then Lilith found herself in an all black room, where there was only a mass of tentacles that stemmed from a blue bloodied eye..
Lilith pushed her sharp nails into the eyes, it did not pose resistance..
[You killed a Cursed Terror, Nier, Nightmare Sword.]
…
this was.. over..
[Awakened! Your Trial is over!]
[A Cursed Existence, running away from death. Even with no fear, she was still weak. but she swore to change.. and she did.. in a Loop of illusions cast by a holy and unholy existence.. she managed to captivate it.. it killed her so many times.. but never gave in.. always a step closer.. killing beings she could not understand the powers off.. or dying.. but soon she did not die.. not because she was strong.. but because of her patience.. She was once human. so she tried, failed and tried again.. until she succeeded.. and then the trial changed.. and again and again and again and again and again and again and so forth.. Until the Good side of this being who likewise was once a human.. decides to move her hand.. to accept her death.. she put the Cursed Existence through a trial no one would have ever managed to win.. not as an Awakened at least.. but she did. Just as promised.. Everything in her path was dead. and she was alive.. she had won against all odds.]
[You have slain an…]
..The spell spoke for hours on end.. apparently albeit they were illusions, every single one of those creatures she killed and sucked the blood of was real.. it took the spell 18 hours to tell every single creature..
[You have given peace of mind to a lonely existence destined to be cursed.]
[You managed to kill enemies that are much beyond your comprehension.]
[You Achieved the Impossible.]
[Final Appraisal: Glorious!]
[You have Received a Memory.]
…
[Your Blood Cores Shake and Tremble with newfound information..]
[You have Unlocked the First Floor of the Blood Library.]
[You have Unlocked the Second Floor of the Blood Library.]
[You have Unlocked the Third Floor of the Blood Library.]
[The Second Curse is Unleashed.]
[Awakening Dormant Powers.]
Lilith felt her body being cleansed of impurities, her soul becoming deeper, colder, and then she felt her Body and Soul unite together.. becoming one whole.
Lilith felt her body change.. beside the beauty of it, the real change was that she could feel her essence was MUCH more than it was a moment ago,
[Awakening Aspect Ability.]
[Aspect Ability Acquired...]
[...Aspect Ability name: Enhanced Senses.]
….
Lilith was happy, it felt like a burden was taken off her chest.. she felt like she could finally become strong too.
[The Third Curse is being Unleashed.]
[Awakening Dormant Powers.]
[Awakening Aspect Ability.]
[Aspect Ability Acquired…]
[..Aspect Ability Name: Absolute Reaper.]
Lilith could not describe the profane change happening in her soul. but she found it exhilarating..
[Your Fall is Complete.]
[Your Corruption is Complete.]
…
[Wake up, Lilith Arcane.]
…
Immediately after coming back to the real world, she used her tether and went to Bastion.. She discovered she was in a seed of Nightmare for only a Week, immediately after, she rented a room. dropped on a bed and slept.. slept like a tired baby..
…
Lilith did not know she slept 4 days..
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