Book 4: Chapter 96: Final Gambit

Book 4: Chapter 96: Final Gambit

Scarlet

Blood of Ruin activates just like always, but this time it feels stronger than my previous uses. Probably because I leveled it up quite a bit in my fight against the lunatics mad army.This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

Everything proceeds like normal with the power boost, the blood orbs appearing in the air, the spikes, the lines, but despite all of that, I find myself staring wide-eyed in shock as the nightshade actually comes out with just its arm from the elbow on being cut off.

Somehow the nightshade managed to dodge almost all of the blood of ruin, with the lone exception of one big line that ended up destroying a large chunk of its arm up to the elbow. And even after watching the entire thing happen, I still cant figure out how it did it.

By now the entire area is filled with blood of ruin all over the ground, the Knights having been brought up into the air long ago by Satan for their own protection. Which is ironic considering his previous attempts to kill them.

I pant in exhaustion while reaching for a potion before I gulp it down, restoring my mana to max capacity with the potion that cost more than an entire Association. Then I take in a deep breath and begin chasing after the demon again, soon finding the Noble to have slowed down a bit more thanks to its lost limb. And it also isnt attacking me as often.

The two of us continue our little dance for a while all the way till my mana goes back to a little above 70% of my capacity again, at which point I reuse Blood of Ruin.

This time the nightshade loses a large chunk out of its side, making a very dark black blood slowly flow out into the air. But just like with its arm, the wound seals up and he backs up again, slower than before.

I barely manage to hold myself up as I reach for another mana potion and down the thing, restoring my mana again with another fortune. Then I push myself back to my feet and find the wound on the nightshade, who actually hasnt left my sight yet, starting to close up a little.

At the same time though, the shades around us start vanishing, the creatures little army shrinking in the process, especially as my blood of ruin tears away at their feet from the ground.

I glance at the nightshades feet to find a barrier surrounding them, blocking the blood of ruin from making contact.

Is this how the war is going to end? With a lost duel? One that Im not even a part of?

Noah grits his teeth, and out of the corner of his eye he notices almost all of the Knights doing the same. Even the Blue Knight can be seen with the vaguest hint of emotion in his eyes. Something that shouldnt be possible.

He and the other Knights of Humanity all watch on as Scarlet barely keeps herself standing, feeling exhausted, low on mana, and still faced with a Noble in front of her. Even if the Noble is missing an arm and a leg, with a chunk of its other arm having been lost.

Silence fills the entire area as the two stand off against each other, the only noise being that of Scarlet once in a while killing one of the shades to keep up her kill streak skill. And the silence stretches on for what feels like ages to Noah.

Then something happens that surprises everyone, including the nightshade.

A large screen appears above them made out of blood showing their battle, directly beneath the Demon Moon. As if the Demon King wanted everyone to watch this.

Right after that, Scarlets eyes begin to glow even brighter. So bright that Noah has to squint slightly as the light shines all over the battlefield.

And to Noahs absolute shock, all of the blood filling the entire battlefield, both blood of ruin and otherwise, floats up into the air as Scarlet coughs out a mouthful of blood with a determined and extremely pissed off look on her face.

Noah feels his mouth dropping open slightly at the sight, but it doesnt stop there. All of the blood turns into what must be millions of blades, each filled with plagues and blood of ruin and even the blood from the Demon Moon, and all pointed towards the Noble.

With one last cough of a massive amount of blood, wounds opening up all over the Princesss body from the overtaxing of her mind and body, she raises one arm and then drops it again.

Sending all of the blades straight at the Noble under the eyes of the Knights and Satan, along with billions of other people all over the world who are watching through the screen.