The longsword stabbed into my chest , it pierced through my heart. Immediately my body was feeling hot , all my veins felt like they were going to explode at any time given. Blood surged through my nose and I coughed blood out of my mouth , staining Nephis's face.
However the physical pain was not the most severe. My brain was burning with anger, rage and hatred. I felt betrayed, we had traveled through the labyrinth, survived through a lot of hardships together, and this was what I get in return?
I was not going to accept this..
Due to the immense hatred I felt at that moment , my augmentation activated all by itself. I was covered in black wildly popping veins immediately and my nails took in fang-like shapes. Despite the burning sensation that covered my body , my arm immediately shot forward to grasp Nephis's face. However she immediately dashed backwards , letting go of her longsword , my fangs cut her face regardless. Leaving three bleeding cuts on her face , I had managed to poke on of her eyes out too.
Nephis stared at me with wide eyes , she was shocked at how I was able to move despite being stabbed right through the heart. My hands immediately went to grasp the sword plunged into my chest to destroy it , however it turned into yellow sparks. She had called her longsword back as it appeared in her hand once again.
"How..? What are you..?" She breathed in and out heavily. White flames were already kissing her face , healing herself of the injuries she had gotten.
"I will show you." I said coldly as I walked away from the hill. Every inch of my body hurt as I moved , it was clear my heart was going to die soon. But she was going to die first!
I summoned my weapons to imbue them with my arms. Nephis had already taken her stance, not attacking first.
"W-which domain do you belong to?" She tried to speak firmly.
"What kind of nonsense are you spouting?"
Nephis's eyes widened , as if she had understood something. "Wait , Levi..!"
However I was already upon her , my arm swung at full strength against her. With the Pale Thorn memory , the force of my punches were far stronger. My fist connected with her armor of the stomach area , however it didn't stop there. My arm pierced through the protection and I managed to punch through her stomach easily. Nephis puked out blood , I was not done. I was going to murder her.
My arm immediately plunged out of her stomach , it was stained with her disgusting blood. Immediately turning my body to left to gain some momentum for the left arm swing while she was dazed on her injury. My left arm sprung out at full force , enchanted my the Bone Shed memory - a hammer - punching her square in the jaw. I felt her jaw crack under the force of my fist as she was sent to the ground.
Unlike the other moments when I activated the augmentation , this time I was not smiling madly. As usual I felt hatred , however the feeling of madness was overshadowed by the feeling of hurt and being betrayed. I did not feel good about killing a former ally , whom I trusted even if she had stabbed me , which would have killed any person.
I stared at her , my eyes wide with hatred. She laid on the ground , hurt and.. regretful? However I did not care. She deserved to die , she was one of the reasons Sunny left , now she had tried to kill me. Activating the corrosion ability on my palms , I dashed towards her to end this.
Suddenly with my enhanced senses, which were caused by the augmentation, I sensed something.. no somethings fly in the air between me and Nephis. I immediately halted and in the next second five blood red daggers landed between us. As soon as I turned in the direction of where the daggers came from , I heard a scream which sounded like Shashi.
"Stop!"
In the next moment, a bronze spear suddenly crashed into my chest. Shattering through my ribs and organs , the spear pierced through me and flew. My eyes went wide as I drowned in my blood for a moment , I noticed that the ground beneath my feet had been swept away from the force of the spear. As I fell to the ground , my head hit something and everything went black.
***
SHASHI
I was sitting in our lodge with Effie once I sensed some , no.. a large amount of blood being spilled. And my eyes went wide , I knew this blood. It was Levi's , I had grown accustomed to sensing his blood since I always drank it. With that amount of blood loss he was going to die!
Immediately getting up from my seat , I leapt forward with as much speed as I could muster. I was running at full strength , and Effie seemed to be following me. She looked surprised as she shouted at me , asking where I was going. But I did not stop to explain , he was going to die if I did not arrive!
When Effie and I reached the hillside , what we saw not what I was expecting to see. Nephis and Levi were fighting! Nephis seemed gravely injured and Levi was going to finish her it seems. Without thinking , I immediately conjured five blood daggers and sent them flying between them to halt Levi.
Suddenly in my field of vision , I saw huntress Athena summon her bronze spear. Her muscles tensed as she got ready to throw her spear at Levi in full force. I reached out to her , wanting to stop her.
"Stop!" I shouted with a frustrated tone , however it was too late. The spear was sent flying towards Levi , and he was not ready to dodge it. My eyes went wide in horror as the spear slammed into Levi's chest , it pierced through him cleanly. Blood spurted out his wound as he fell onto the ground.
Without getting a sense of what I was doing , I was already running towards Levi's unconscious body. Nephis had her own healing abilities , she would be fine.. I needed to treat Levi immediately.
As I reached him , I immediately turned him over. The robes were getting in the way , I couldn't see the full extent of his injuries. So I conjured a dagger out of my own blood and cut the robes to reveal his chest. My already wide eyes were filled with shock. Levi had been stabbed through the heart.. but he was alive.
'So that's your secret huh..?'
Levi was most likely immortal..
But that did not matter right now , I wanted to heal his wounds first.. just in case. I also needed to make sure Effie would not see the wound on his heart , if we wanted to keep his immortality a secret , I needed to protect it. The woman was currently checking on Nephis.
I immediately started channeling my blood to close to wound on his chest and just leave a small unnoticeable hole so Effie would not notice he was stabbed on his heart. Then I channeled most of my blood to his heart , my blood cells would take care of the rest of the work. Afterwards , I wanted to heal the wound on his chest caused by the spear , however I noticed that Effie has gotten up to her feet and summoned her spear once again.
Letting out a sigh , I turned to look at her. She regarded me coldly.
"Why are you healing him? He tried to kill princess." Unlike the cheerful huntress I knew , she was colder now.
"We don't know what happened yet. I suggest we wait until one of them is ready to speak about what happened here." I said firmly. The woman did not immediately reply, but from the way she looked at me , I could guess she thought of Levi as the problem here.
Then , I got up to my feet and turned her way. Conjuring a katana from my blood , I took a defensive stance , Effie observed my movements attentively.
"It seems you have other thoughts , Huntress Athena. Too bad that I will be standing in your way." I said , a smug smirk plastered on my face.