Abyssal Awakening

*BANG!!!

Jumping from her spot, Alice landed where Albert was earlier and scanned her eyes around.

Veins bulged around her neck as killing intent surged out in waves. Those who were weak willed found themselves passing out while Warriors felt a chill they had never felt before.

It was as though a demon had just appeared in their midst and was now standing in the middle of the market.

They dare not look towards Alice's direction in fear of invoking her ire.

'Where!? Where is he?!' Alice gritted her teeth.

There was no way it was a figment of her imagination. That appearance, the way he glanced at her, it was him!

She knew that the Zenias would find her out sooner or later but this was far earlier than what she had expected. More than that, it was her damn brother that was here!

'Alice, don't let him leave.' Alyss narrowed her gaze coldly as Alice agreed wholeheartedly.

Since he decided to deliver himself to her, there was no way she'd let him off the hook so easily! Experience new stories on mvl

Clasping her hands together, she slammed it into the ground as the earth began to tremble.

Her aura surged as spider lilies began to blossom. From the sky, motes of blood converged and scattered.

Her pupil shifted to match her power as she activated the partial variant of her bloodline release to extract more power. She didn't need the full version for now.

Wearing a white dress with red patterns, an image of the entire capital appeared in her mind.

This was similar to what she did underground with Ria when they were trying to find the members of the Eclipse. To map things out with her blood.

Only this time, she enhanced it further by getting information about the person. Their silhouettes and the energy that flowed through their body.

Even if they had a disguise skill, as long as her spider lily attaches to them, they'd never escape her gaze.

"I found you."

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Running through the capital, Albert could feel cold sweat rolling down his back.

One gaze.

One gaze was enough for him to sense the brief instance of overwhelming killing intent that was simmering within Alice. Rather than a fight or flight response, his will to live screamed at him to run!

Glancing up, he could see blood motes forming before exploding. He figured that this was probably her way of trying to track him down.

'I need to get out of the city first. If master makes a move in here, that'll only attract the attention of the other Lords.' Albert gritted his teeth.

Activating his Sigil which manifested on his ankle, he narrowed his gaze and sped towards the exit, turning into a blur.

At that moment, he felt danger from above and glanced up.

He saw Alice's partial bloodline release form as she aimed a single orb of destructive energy towards his feet.

'I need to block this!'

Instinctively, he knew that if he was to let this succeed, he wouldn't be able to leave the capital!

Gritting his teeth, he activated his second Sigil.

*BANG!!!!

Summoning a longsword, he grabbed it with both hands and parried upwards, cleaving the attack in half as the edge of his blade flickered with crimson energy.

Flinching from the weight of the attack, Albert continued to run but Alice wasn't about to let him have the easy way out.

A portal opened up beneath his feet and his balance was disrupted.

Appearing in front of Albert, Alice came face to face with one of the people she hated the most in the world.

Her anger reached levels she couldn't even imagine as she grabbed him by the neck and slammed him into the ground.

*CRACK!!!

The ground fractured beneath her but Albert was unaffected. His body crumbled apart as it was a clone. He switched out the moment he lost his footing!

Switching out with Alyss, Alice focused on tracking his location while Alyss focused on chasing him down.

"Do you think you can run from me? Dream on!" Alyss cried out as her shadow twisted and twitched.

Having Alice create a spear for her, Alyss twisted her body and launched it towards her brother.

The shadow of the spear transformed as a single darkened hand reached out to Albert.

"Tsk!"

Pivoting on one foot, Albert cleaved the hand in half before resuming his run but Alyss was faster.

Grabbing the back of his head, she slammed his head into the ground and tried to stomp down on his spine only to see that it was another clone.

Veins bulged on the back of her hand.

"Slippery f*cker! Twinnie, I'm switching out the first for inversion." Alyss clicked her tongue as Alice agreed.

Switching out the first Sigil to one that they hadn't used in a while, Alyss narrowed her gaze towards Albert.

Abyss Lord of Duality – Inversion!

Mid step, Albert felt a pair of invisible hands latch onto his body, shifting his controls. His limbs didn't listen to him and the energy within was in turmoil!

Stumbling on the ground, he glanced back and saw Alyss approaching with relaxed footsteps.

He wanted to figure out the controls of his body but all he accomplished was squirming around on the floor.

Taking a deep breath, he activated his resonance!

*BANG!!!

Silver aura erupted from his body, cleansing him of all debilitating effects and statuses. White plated armour wrapped around him with blue energy pulsing through the gaps. On his helmet, a single blue flame acted as a plume.

Knowing that it was going to be hard to run outside of the capital without exposing himself, Albert needed to create an opportunity to flee!

"That's more like it. It wouldn't be fun if you didn't make it interesting. I'll teach you the depths of my hatred with that body of yours." Alyss cracked her knuckles as a pair of gauntlets appeared on her hand.

Ruinous Void – Gauntlet Form!

Stomping down, Alyss appeared in front of Albert in an instant thanks to Alice's blood mirror and slammed her fist into his chest.

There was only one ability for the gauntlet forms. And that's to detonate the Void wherever she hits!

*BANG!!!

Feeling a sudden explosion of force crash into his chest, Albert's body was thrown back before he could even counter.

Sliding across the ground, he stabbed his blade down to stop himself and prepared for the next hit.

"Common! Fight back!" Alyss roared, wanting to grab him by the neck.

Parrying her grab, Albert calmed his mind and slammed his shoulder into Alice, forcing her to step back.

After two quick swipes of his blade that was blocked by her gauntlet, he stomped his foot down and activated another Sigil.

Alyss felt her body locking into place as blue energy gathered around his blade and unleashed a single powerful slash.

Alice took over.

The powers of the Void wrapped around her body as violet flames burst around her, dispelling the spatial lock.

Using the gauntlets along with the Void acting as defence, Alice caught the blade between her palms and lifted herself up into a handstand.

Twisting her body, she unleashed a kick against Albert's head as he slid back by a few steps.

But since he was so trusting of his armour to the point he didn't even want to try and dodge that kick, Alice narrowed her gaze.

Creating a single blood blade, she slashed upwards.

Void Flux – Cleave!

A wave of destructive energy slashed towards Albert.

*BANG!!!

"!!!" Widening her eyes, Alice glanced at her arm that was now missing from her shoulder.

In that instant, her attack was thrown back at her.

She could see a blue flame appearing from his eye as he had a similar stance to her when she unleashed the attack. The blade in his hands cracked away and sizzled with energy as blood seeped from his gauntlets.

Not only did he parry the Void Flux, he also copied it and threw it back at her!

But if he thinks the fight was over just because she lost an arm, he was sorely mistaken!

Blood converged towards her arm as flesh and bone reconstructed itself. Regenerating her arm, Alice dashed into close quarters combat.

Since he's using a longsword with both hands, it'll be difficult for him to handle extremely closed ranged fighting.

Just as she wanted to grab his wrist, his figure flickered backways and raised his blade.

Widening her eyes, Alice reacted immediately and twisted her body. She launched a spinning kick against the face of the blade, pushing it to the side before firing a Void Flux at point blank.

*BANG!!!

The attack was parried upwards once more as Alice took a deep breath to calm her mind. She's getting impatient. A Hunter should lay down traps for her prey rather than fight them head on.

Even though she knew this… Even though she knew she should be patient…

The images of their torture flashed through her mind and her anger burst out.

Activating her fourth Sigil, Alice jumped back and unleashed another Void Flux - Cleave.

Seeing that Alice was trying the same futile attack, Albert frowned and activated his own Sigil in preparation for parrying and countering.

However, right before his blade could hit the attack, it phased into the Void!

"!!!"

He could see the attack reappearing in front of him. With it phasing through his guard, it was too late for him to use his Sigils.

In this situation, he could only rely on his Personal artifact!

*BANG!!!!

Before the cleave could clash against his body, a pair of angelic wings blocked the attack, dissipating it as Albert's wounds began to heal up.

Seeing that her attack didn't work, Alice bit her lip and tried to follow up. But without knowing, she had already reached the outskirts of the capital and was near the exit.

Stabbing his sword down, Albert launched Alice with an illusionary blade that forced her out of the capital!

The space distorted as Eryn made her move!