Chapter 106 Ring of Fire
A cloud of smoke caused by the blood being evaporated blocked my vision.
[Right]
My mana flared and my vision penetrated the cloud of smoke. And there I saw the vampire archbishop still being chased by my spear, however, it seemed he still had time to release another attack. Blood covered the entire area making my breathing restricted. Then a silent prayer turns into a ray of darkness. A gospel manifested turning into a swarm of random insects.
Then from the red field, blood spikes came forward flying at a blinding speed towards me. A swarm of black insects and bloody spikes surround me in all directions. Leaving me no room for retreat.
[You are cornered]
"It doesn\'t really matter"
The flame bursts even more, the more adversaries it faces the more heat it produces. The ring of fire became my shield.
"Spin"
Upon my command, the flames that calmly encircled me began to move and soon it created a rotational motion.
"Expand"
I manipulated my spell yet again and put another layer of modification on top of the current one.
The previous ring of fire ascended and turned into a tornado, then it expanded blowing up the entire area.
As the flames extinguished after burning everything my eyes landed on the only standing individual, the Archbishop.
[Creator that spells ends up killing most of the remaining survivors]
"How about the others?"
[They are currently being chased by the mechanized soldiers]
"That\'s good to hear well the underground is being raided by me so it\'s okay"
[Having dozens of body sure made your work convenient]
"Yeah"
While we talked I summoned my spear while the archbishop calmly landed a few meters away from me.
"You look distressed oh holy priest"
"Shut your trap demon"
He looked pale like a sick person but my eyes could scan how his mana didn\'t even drop.
"Perks of being a vampire"
Vampires feed on the blood of other creatures and currently, this battlefield is filled with blood, he could easily gather them just like how easily I could gather essence. However how long exactly will it take for him to exhaust himself? Should I test it?
Never mind I should finish this, currently, I am fighting multiple people and some of them are extremely powerful like this guy. I can\'t fool around.
My spear landed in my hand while my mind began formulating a spell.
"Demon"
I was in the middle of casting when this vampire priest spoke.
"What is it?"
"What are you?"
I couldn\'t help but sigh
Ever since this attack started I keep hearing that from the people I killed.
What are you?
Are you a monster?
Are you a rebel from the other temples?
What kind of a monster are you?
They kept asking and my ears began to distinguish their question as one.
"I don\'t really want to entertain such a question"
I raised my spear which was already charged with my spell but then the priest spoke yet again.
"I don\'t know if I am right but seeing what you are, I could only reach this conclusion..."
Here we go again... I am guessing his next words.
"Are you a child of Nirvana?"
Are you a child of Nirvana?
[Well in sync]
My head is getting numb with all the questions they are throwing at me. So I finally changed the answer I usually gave them.
"Why do you ask me that?"
Usually, I would either deny being associated with Nirvana and then blast the person who asked me but now I will change. I wanted to know why they had such an idea. And the fact that Nirvana has children may pose some problems with me. If I want to erase all possible dangers for my friends, I need to eliminate everything that is related to the Monastery, especially to Nirvana.
"Demons don\'t have the mind to think they only a will to kill, however, there is one exception to that rule"
"And that is Nirvana?"
"Yes, our lord is one of a kind he overcame the destructive instinct of a demon and became a transcendent being. One that surpasses the limits and goes beyond what the natural border has been set"
Now I regret asking
No, he keeps yapping about how great Nirvana is
[You reap what you sow]
It always ends up like this
Why are they so obsessed with him?
[He is being worshipped so of course his followers will always praise him]
"When Nirvana reached his peak he began experimenting, seeking knowledge on how to spread intelligence to lower beings. However, not all demonic beasts can reach the same height as our lord, until an idea comes to him. He was the sole demonic beast who didn\'t turn berserk, so our lord thought what if he shares his power with other demonic beast? Will they turn like him?
However, to our lord\'s disappointment, no one can bear the power he has. As soon as they received the power their bodies would explode and disintegrate"
"Should I kill him?"
[Come on Creator we should hear him out]
But I could just extract memories I don\'t need to hear it.
I don\'t really want to keep hearing his babbling rubbish but the archbishop kept on speaking.
"Despite plenty of failing attempts our great lord Nirvana strives to achieve perfection"
Somehow I think this guy is enjoying his narration, since he is gonna die later I\'ll give him this moment.
"Our Lord Nirvana discovers that through his blood he can share his powers, and so he did! He crafted seven piles of flesh from his own and breathed life into them, just like the Gods in legend! As he succeeded he began sharing his powers with everyone who decided to follow him! Men, women, children, magical beasts and devilkind all bow down and follow our great lord, Nirvana!"
Removing some unnecessary words I can conclude he did say something important. The followers of Nirvana are not just humans, it turns out they also have magical beasts and devilkind in their lane. So my question now is where are they?
"Jeremiah check the memories of the other archbishop and see if there is anything about them"
[Affirmative]
I guess I can kill him now?
I was about to move when he continued speaking Continue your journey on m|v-l\'e -NovelBin.net
He is not done yet?
"So tell me, are you one of the three children of Nirvana that rebel against their own father, their maker? And their creator!"
My steps suddenly halted hearing his words, rebel? Wait I think I am missing something.
"Children of Nirvana....demons....hmmm"
"Speak! Are you one of them? That instead of helping your father you choose to help those bastards!"
While I contemplate his last words, he suddenly concludes some delusional speculation and randomly attacks me.
A sea of blood suddenly flooded in forcing me to fly into the air.
"You won\'t get away!"
He shouted as he commanded the pool of blood to attack me. Spikes were formed and flew in my direction.
[Stay alert Creator he is chanting something]
"Okay"
The spear in my hand waved and the spell that\'s been inside it activated. A magic circle emerged at the tip of the spear\'s blade and a monster born from darkness came out.
Its body was black, and like a human, it could stand on its two feet. Two long black arms while sharps claws on its hand. Horns like a devil and a mouth full of sharp teeth like a beast. This spell was made in the tower to mimic a demon.
I remember all four towers decided to do research regarding the genetic build-up and composition of a demon. They wanted to find a way to manipulate demons so that the casualties in breakouts would decrease. Unfortunately, the research wasn\'t successful but it wasn\'t fruitless since they created this spell.
"Darkness element, Hunter"
The spell hunter was the result of the tower\'s understanding of demons. It was a waste to destroy the research they had made so they put all their materials to create a new type of spell.
However, there is a slight difference between the demon from the spell and the actual demons in breakouts.
"RAGGHHHH!!"
A scream came out of the Hunter\'s mouth, resulting in a small wave of energy leaking out of its body.
The blood spikes are only an inch apart from his body and mine however their momentum halted.
"Here it comes"
I couldn\'t help but say as my eyes witnessed the blood spikes moving backwards.
"RAGHH!"
I heard another scream and the Hunter opened its mouth to eat the sea of scarlet projectiles.
"What is this!"
I couldn\'t help but smirked with his reaction.
Yes, this is the difference, the demon in the spell Hunter eats blood to strengthen itself. The more blood it takes the more powerful it becomes.
"Go and make yourself comfortable"
Hunter looked at me, its red eyes and vertical pupils gave a sense of danger to anyone who saw it, however to me it was just ordinary.
More blood came and Hunter shifted his attention to the meal in front of him.
While my spell took care of the blood my eyes shifted towards the archbishop whose gospel was ready to fire.
[Be prepared Creator it\'s about to come!]
With Jeremiah\'s warning, I began putting my guard up.