Chapter 2994 Black Blood (Part 2)

Chapter 2994 Black Blood (Part 2)

Maergron no longer perceived the world through the other five eyes and the Voidfeather's keen sight was lost to him.

As he looked at the five extra eyes, they looked back at him, glaring in hatred.

"I see you." A voice that didn't belong to the Fae came out of his mouth that was now filled with fangs that hadn't been there until a second ago nor had he perceived forming.

A voice that sounded like wind howling inside an abyss.

Maergron touched the fangs with his fingers, refusing to believe his own eyes. As a Fae, his appearance depended solely on his will. Such a change was impossible without his will.

The moment he touched the fangs, his fingers became numb. Then, he doubled over in pain as the same force that had sucked the vitality out of his hand did the same to the rest of his body.

The human and the Dragon side of the Tiamat's life force were just that. Life force. Once separated from their owner, they were without the will and power to resist a predator like Maergron.

The Void, however, contained a spark of the same death energy that had given new life to the dead body of the original Lith, Strata. The Void only needed a source of power to thrive.

Protheus had learned this the hard way back when he had tried to steal the Tiamat's powers and offer them to the Mad Queen to study. Maergron was experiencing the same phenomenon, just a thousand times worse.

Back then, Lith was just a deep violet core. Back then, the Void was a wild player wanting everything for itself.

Now, Lith was a bright violet core, and the Void had the full support of the human and the Dragon side. When the Void connected with their blood, they gave the Void their powers, joining it in the fight.

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"I see you." A voice that belonged to the Void came out of the Tiamat's mouth along with countless images and feelings.

Lith stood up slowly, lifting Solus in his arms. The pillar of fire surrounding his body kept growing in power and strength even though he had stopped breathing more Origin Flames. "Six, no seven. Eight. Nine... Eleven different kinds of Flames?" Zoreth was flabbergasted.

The Cursed Flames swirled with the violet of the Origin Flames, the white of the Primordial, the emerald of the Immortal, the silvery of the Dread, and the blue of something she had never seen before.

Each one took the shape of a roaring Dragon that bit, clawed, and spread its fire on the enemy lines.

"Everything burns." Lith said, his voice reduced to a whisper.

The pillar of fire grew and spread, protecting his allies and killing his enemies. It took what it needed from the Garden, ravaging it with the power of the Flames born from the Tiamat's body.

They were relentless and unforgiving. They followed the trail left by Lith's human side in the flow of world energy like sharks sniffing blood. They followed it to their enemy, burning everything in their path.

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Maergron screamed in agony as every vine of his body turned against him and the powers he had stolen stopped answering to his will. The Void was stronger than it was in the past but alas, the Fae wasn't as weak as Protheus either.

The Doppelganger had been a measly green-cored Awakened and would have died without Thrud's help.

Maergron was older, stronger, had the Ears on his side, and was in the heart of his own lab. He triggered the defensive spells on himself and drew new power from the throne.

The Fae resisted the pain, using the Ears of Menadion to understand and counter the unknown enemy. Soon, he understood there could be no victory.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!" The only choice Maergron had left was to expel the blood he had absorbed.

He had to give up on everything he had gained up to that point but the alternative was death. The Fae split his body into two, surrendering to the Void every bit of flesh and mana that it had conquered.

It was a huge loss, but now the link was broken. The Void had no more access to the Ears, to the throne, and to all the other resources that the rot left by Derek McCoy had turned against their master.

Maergron and the Void had equal mass and power, but only one of them had the home advantage. Without the Fae's energy signature to shield it from the defence mechanisms, the throne room unleashed its full power at the Void.nove(l)bi(n.)com