Kaiser of the New World

Awakening (107)

Failure quickly used Densify on the tiny wooden dome protecting his body as the meteor brutally crashed into the ground.

It hadn't landed directly on them, but had landed close enough for it still to be devastating nonetheless. No regular being would be able to survive it normally.

Failure hugged his legs into his chest as he bit down on his lower lip, drawing blood as his eyes started to turn bloodshot as he held his concentration.

Kai's entire being was screaming at him, the pain was overwhelming as cracks started piling up on his soul. By now, there was no place that gray wisps weren't spilling out of on the dull gray orb.

Desparately trying to repair his soul, even though he knew it was futile, Kai activated Soul Flame, hoping it would make the repair process ever so slightly easier because of the increased stats.

But it was no use, the burden on his body and soul was just too much. He struggled to stay conscious as the damage as the pain overwhelmed him.

And not even ten seconds later, Kai's soul gave in as he fell unconscious.

Leaving Failure to fend for himself.

Failure roared in pain as he held strong. The force of the meteor crashing into the earth was constantly pushing at the dome around him, wanting to evaporate and annihilate the weakened man.

But Failure just remembered what he had done all of this for and persevered. He was someone who kept his promises after all.

And his promises were a personification of his will.

Failure continued to push back against the shockwave as it furiously tried to invade the safety of his wooden dome.

He lost track of time, each second felt like years had passed and the body he was possessing became more and more damaged, especially now that Kai was unconscious.

Since Kai was unable to fix the cracks in his soul, it just sped up the rate at which it deteriorated.

Each passing second, more and more blood continued to pour out of every orfice of Kai's body. His nose, ears, eyes, nowhere was safe. His skin had started to peel away, much like Failure's puppets had done previously when they overexerted themselves.

But time was moving too slowly, much too slowly. It seemed that Failure had underestimated how strong a meteor would be or overestimated how strong he would be.

Just as he thought it was over, just as Kai's body was on the verge of collapse...

The violent assault stopped.

Failure fell limp as he desparately fought to catch his breath. He didn't dare to make any movements incase his whole body just gave in and he died on the spot.

Slowly, the resilient dome he had protecting him started peeling away, some moonlight slipping through the cracks.

Opening his eyes, Failure blinked to clear the blood so he could see his surroundings.

All around him was a vast crater, nothing in it except for a few bits of wood and the piece of land he was still on that had been protected by the dome.

None of the forest that he had created over the last however many millenia existed anymore. Every single tree had been pulverised.

Of course, this forest was just a replica, the real forest was perfectly fine, except for the Corroding.

Still, it was a very exact replica.

Glancing towards where the Demon had been just before the meteor hit, Failure caught a glance of the Mother Tree.