Ascension of the Nephilim

The power that the Dark Fiend Lord carried was not just the first darkness that Kyriachos made. The darkness that was left was the shadow of all the darkness. Kyriachos\'s powers were only harnessed to contain the darkness but now, the final form of the darkness was released.

"Hey! I know this one! Skia Kyriachos! The Fallen of the Casted Shadow!" Calaminus recognized the power.

The Dark Fiend Lord harnessed the power to create a shadow of Hyperion\'s sword.

The power that Skia revealed was the closest thing to the power of Hyperion. The dark blade that was forged was renowned even in the Heretic Wars.

The Crown power of the Dark Sword was revealed and the Dark Fiend Lord slashed out.

"Die!"

Kyros was impressed as he could sense the power of a corrupted True Cut forming.

"Impressive... Harnessing True Cut that goes beyond the levels of Crown... A perfect foe to test my power! If you made the darkness a sword, I shall make the Celestial Code a sword! Form of Andromeda! [Constellation Severing Slash]!"

All of a sudden, the sixteen heads of Eugene began to harness all the elements and it all became like a sharp sword that extended outwards.

Sixteen swords led by Kyros\'s sword slashed out and the conflux of elements struck the dark sword that was falling.

BOOM!

The meeting of elements caused an immense shaking that even those at the very top could feel it.

Mechiel was amazed at the level of power that Kyros revealed.

"Amazing. He even surpassed his peak compared to his form in the Unrecorded Pages." Mechiel was amazed.

Suddenly, Martha appeared out of the void. Following her was Puff. Puff had assumed his dracanae form and had a humanoid figure. To most eyes, he looked like a Lizardman hybrid as his form was slightly altered.

"That... power...!"

"How envious. If I try to harness this level of energy the universe will kill me. And somehow Kyros can do that." Mechiel chuckled.

"This is the path that Kyros said?"

"Yes. But don\'t move in yet. Something happened that forced Kyros to fight."

"Should we be worried?"

"Do I look worried?" Mechiel asked.

"... You\'ve sure changed a lot. It\'s hard to imagine you as that innocent girl that was possessed by the Blood Calamity. Now..." Martha smiled.

"Even the Blood Calamity is dormant now. Her will is weak compared to mine. Two memories are in me. In one, I\'ve already conquered her." Mechiel chuckled.

"My concern remains with Kyros."

"...I saved him and betrayed my race, abandoned whatever form of power I had and died happily with him."

"Many people will die for their loved ones. If you ask me, it\'s the easy path. Dying for someone isn\'t the same as living for someone. The Nephilim have great powers. This power awakens pride, selfishness, and a whole list of desires. I don\'t care if you happily died for him. I care if you will happily stand by him for all eternity." Martha gazed at Mechiel\'s eyes and didn\'t even blink.

Even the beauty of Mechiel could not affect Martha.

"Are you sure you\'re not his mother? It seems to me that Diana is more of the aunt and you are the mother."

"I am still a member of the Coven. Kyros is first my lord before he is my nephew. Will you be next to him forever? Isn\'t that the problem of the Charm? Will one ever be enough?"

"I would have been insulted by your words... if it weren\'t for me being worried about the same thing..." Mechiel sighed.

"The more power of hers I have... the more distant I feel. It\'s as if... Kyros is just another prize."

"... I guess your honesty will account for something."

"Kyros knows. He always does. I\'m hoping that he can resolve it. I want to love him. I do. But my nature... The curse of the Charm... The longer I stay around him the more I feel that Scarlet should be his wife."

"Really? Diana liked that Listrel woman. But she\'s a Paladin. So it\'s understandable."

"So who would you ship? It\'s obvious that it\'s not me."

"Neither you nor Scarlet. You two are too conniving. I did like Lea. She seems strong and I feel like we are kindred spirits."

"Must be that tsundere thing you have with your lovers."

"But I think Kyros needs several women beside him. He has too much to worry about that he does not need one companion to share his burdens. He needs a company. But as Calaminus would always say..."

"This isn\'t that type of novel." Mechiel and Martha sighed together.

"It looks like the battle has ended." Mechiel felt the Crown-level powers disappearing.

"Should we go down?" Martha asked.

"I think we should. There\'s something peculiar of the darkness here." Mechiel answered as she stepped down.

CRACK!

The pair heard a crack and found Scarlet emerging out of the small portal of light.

"Wait for me!" Scarlet appeared.

"I think it\'s not wise for a daughter of Zelah to walk in there. You who copy the darkness will not resist it."

"Copy the darkness? My dear, Mechiel. I\'m not a copy. I\'m the upgrade!" Scarlet chuckled and moved down the steps.

Kyros stood at the very bottom and Eugene was behind him.

The two were drained of power and had numerous wounds all over their body. The universe\'s attack was far less severe than the first one Kyros suffered.

"That... was amazing!" Eugene laughed.

Against the combined attack of Eugene and Kyros, the Shadow of Hyperion\'s sword stood no match. His powers had slightly exceeded the limits of what Crowns could do. But it was easily defeated by the power of the combined two.

The moment the attack ended, Kyros and Eugene lost all of their energy and were tired.

In front of them was a wisp of darkness that remained.

The Dark Fiend Lord\'s body was attacked and a strange power repelled the soul out of the Dark Fiend Lord\'s Body. The halved remains of the body were on the ground while the soul was floating above. He once again reverted to a Darkness Aspect. But now, only a wisp remained! He was so weak that he could not even command the darkness around him!

"I\'m... so hungry..." Kyros sighed as his stomach grumbled after exerting a massive attack. His wounds were already healing thanks to his high regeneration, but the energy that he had were being consumed causing him to fall into a hungry state.

Kyros turned to Darkness Aspect that was dying.

"Lord Kyros!" Scarlet suddenly appeared but right before she could reach and hug Kyros her blood froze. For some strange reason, her blood obeyed Mechiel and she couldn\'t move.

"Hm? Isn\'t that Eugene?" Mechiel noticed and moved ahead of Scarlet.

"Wha...at?! Ho..ooow?!" Scarlet cursed.

"Blood Magic. While you were unconscious, I gave you some of my blood. I am a Vampire Empress. A Vampire Lord like you will obey my blood." Mechiel chuckled as she arrived next to Kyros.

"Y...ou!"

Mechiel undid the magic as Scarlet was about to hurt herself by breaking free.

Scarlet glared at Mechiel and moved to the other side of Kyros.

"Eugene. Do you remember me?" Mechiel asked.

"Ah... My lady. The Charmed Fallen. You had my other self quite smitten and managed to control my Soul Cores." Eugene recollected.

"Correct. I can guess what happened. Sixteen Heads... not bad. You\'d probably be the only Okto-Khefali to do that."

"I\'m the only Okto-Khefali who has sixteen cores!" Eugene laughed.

Mechiel saw the Darkness Aspect and the remains of the Dark Fiend Lord.

"Oh my... What a delicious meal!" She licked her lips.

"Sorry, Mechiel. We\'ll have to offer that to the Fortress. I need several Crowns to offer to the Fortress, remember? Martha... Please store the soul in." Kyros approached and brought the corpse of the Dark Fiend Lord to the Fortress.

Martha went ahead and quickly used her spatial powers to store the soul of the Darkness Aspect.

The soul tried to flee and use the darkness but it was too weak to resist and Martha punched the soul with her dark powers and absorbed the helpless wisp along with the Soul Core of the Dark Head of Eugene.

"So, what was it that you were eager to acquire from this place?" Martha asked.

"Please direct your attention... to the altar where the darkness gathers. We can still use this place to train our resistance and powers in the dark. Anyway, I was sure that they hid it here." Kyros moved towards the darkness as he stabbed his sword which now assumed its light form.

The darkness cowered and gave away and a strange altar was revealed in the center of where he stood.

"This is the chamber that controls the connection between Middle and numerous worlds and realms. The darkness of Destiny had clogged the passageway with dark magic preventing or limiting interplanetary travel. And I\'m going to release this bottleneck!" Kyros explained.