Chapter Twelve: [The Road to Paradise, A Blessed Curse]

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Corin and Rapheus stood back to back facing their adversaries. Little by little, they took their stance. Preparing themselves for the inevitable. Blue Pulser began to flow out of them, harmonizing with another as if a harmonic symphony was taking place. Suddenly, the two appeared aside Adonis' and Judace. The feared woman of The Imperial V drew her scythe in order to parry with Rapheus'. Though the Scythe phased past her own, vividly vanishing from sight and reappearing. It startled her a bit. However, Black chains caught Rapheus' scythe, stopping its momentum. Judace reached for his face, just before she dug her fingernails through his eyes. He quickly leaped away. As for his scythe, it vanished again and reappeared into Rapheus' grasps. Judace wasted no time to go chase him down. From the distance, she saw him swung his Scythe. From that swing unleashed a massive rift of Pulser that came speeding into her direction. Instinctively, she maneuvered herself from the incoming attack. Unfortunately, her own scythe had been chopped in half which caused her to go into a state of disbelief.

[Judace's self-conscious]: "He completely halved my scythe! As if it was butter!"

More rifts were opened, and a barrage of Pulser was released. She tried to form a Black Prism around the projectile, instead, it simply blew away from the attack's power. Judace did not attempt to take on the rifts force and decided to avoid it at all cost. "Yeah! There you go! Now you're learning!" Rapheus was ecstatic at Judace' new tactic of defense. This time, he tried to chase her. "Yo! By the way, you're not going to take me out by running, are you? If so, sounds like a PRET-TY unique technique! Oooh, bars." Shouted Rapheus, Judace did not take kindly of his childish attitude.

[Judace's self-conscious]: "Just our luck. Two Definitive Souls show up, and I have to deal with this guy. I can't take him head-on when he's discharging that particular ability. Nor' do I have any intentions of letting it strike me and hope it instantly suppresses into nothing. I already took off one seal, I can't humiliate myself to release another..."

Judace twirled in the air, evading every rift as she could. "I have to revive, Zero." She was getting anxious from this fight. Though as she attempted to run over to him, a blast of Pulser resembling light stood in her path. Adonis and Corin were on par with one another, however, Adonis still kept his distance and shot his white luminescent swords down at Corin. With ease, Corin sidestepped out of the way and jumped off of one of the discharged swords. With such athleticism. It was as if he's been at this for years, Adonis summoned another in his hand to clash against Corin's. Shockingly enough, his claymores cut cleanly through his.

"There isn't a damn thing I can't cut." Muttered Corin, it spooked Adonis so much he froze there for that split moment. Corin took the opportunity to cleave him in two, only for him to react. Electrical Sparks flew off the blade and stung his cheek. Corin leaped down to spring himself back up at Adonis, as the lightning fast Anarchist jumped wall to wall in order to catch Adonis off guard. He sprung up at him and swung his blades, unfortunately. It did not hit its target. But instead, a saint that played a shield for Adonis. The dismembered saint fell, leaving Corin disturbed by his actions. Adonis knocked Corin down with his wing as the dust of ashes flew in the wind.

"Do not worry yourself. They don't die unless I allow them to. The Pulser I've fragmented across my domain is divine. Hence why I am immortal." Stated Adonis, he landed down to the crater from where Corin landed.

"Immortal?" Repeated Corin in the smoke. The Saint stood up and was reconstructed by Adonis' Pulser.

"That's right. It's a Blessing, Gifted by not only me but the late Dameus of The Sacred Order. Even from a distance, I may change their Entity Pulse with my own Pulser. Gifting them something between the realms of men and God." Replied Adonis, right after he was done speaking. A sudden thud was heard, that thud came from Adonis' wing. Corin stood behind him, back to back as Blue Pulser erupted from him.

          

"Then I guess this ain't gonna cut it...I'll just dice you up until I see nothing!" Screamed Corin, a bolt of lightning shot down from the sky onto him. Shocks burst out at Adonis' making him immobile. Even his mind was in a state of shock. Another burst shot out from him and rose into the sky. From afar, Ernesto could see where the fight is taking place.

"Corin...You've gotten stronger." Muttered Ernesto. He flew down onto the hill covered in feathers. Before he could take another step, an ominous presence alerted him. "Who the hell?" Ernesto was confused by the glowing figure beside him.

"Ernesto..." It called out to him, its voice was also familiar. Until Ernesto realized who it belonged to.

"Leo?" Ernesto faced him and stood his ground.

"Good...You...Can hear me..." Moaned Leo, as he took a couple steps forward. Which only made Ernesto quite hostile.

"Stay back, bastard. I didn't forget what you guys did to me..." Said Ernesto.

"...Understand this. We. Had no real intention...Of hunting you down...By our own will." Replied Leo, he stood there hunching.

"The fuck are you talking about?" Asked Ernesto. Leo looked up at him straight into his eyes.

"A request...Was issued to apprehend you...After you fled...By the higher ups. The Imperial V." Said Leo, although this was interesting to hear from Ernesto's perspective. It did not change his view on The Sacred Order. "They had said...If you were to go rogue...Such power could cause them trouble...Fate itself will be in your hands..." Leo could hardly speak and dropped to his knees. Ernesto walked forward and kneeled with him.

"Yeah, what of it?" Ernesto waited for Leo to continue his news.

"We...Were sent out to strip you...Of your power...They mentioned...Something about...Maturity...And a fail-safe...Ernesto...I fear, that The Imperial V...Are out for some phenomena." Muttered Leo. Ernesto's eyes widened by this.

"Phenomena? Finish what you're trying to say!" Ernesto screamed for Leo's truth. But it appeared he was too weak.

"Just take...Note of this...That Anarchist...And You...Are in danger...Danger...Is a subject I've always despised...I've devoted my life, to keep Adonis out of danger." Stated Leo, he fell over. Though, Ernesto caught him. "Ernesto...Hate me...Hate Adonis...I don't care...Though, 'The Chosen One' wished for a bright future for everyone...Can you...Fulfill that? Can you show the world a better path?" Asked Leo. Ernesto kneeled there in silence and remembered to himself.

[Ernesto's self-conscious]: "Will my...Curse. Prove as Blessing towards my enemies?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I can." His reply graciously left his mouth.

"That's good...You know...Being an Entity. It's pretty strange...Though, Adonis managed to give me the vestiges of what was known as 'His Trinity'...I will bestow it...To you..." Muttered Leo. Ernesto was concerned by this turn of events. "This form...Is insufficient...To carry out anything...You, however...Are perfect." Stated Leo. "I have never hosted anything like Bloody Sunday...But. Here's a token of my gratitude. A Blessed...Gift." Leo's final words were cemented into Ernesto's head, and Leo had converged into Ernesto. Similar to what had happened with Adonis' and Dameus.

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