PHASE 48 - CRIMSON BLOOD HAND

Void Wolf is now living up his name, becoming a giant big bad wolf. He’s now a ten-meter tall werewolf with dark coating and razor sword-like claws. His fangs are like giant blades that could easily cut any armor in half. There are several Aztec linings all over his body that keeps glowing.

He is now Fenrir, the beast that is capable of destroying the gods.

“Anti-God, huh…” Helena forced a smile as sweat crawled downward on her cheek. “...Neo...”

“Raaaaaaaaaaaaaugh!!!”

Fenrir roared and the ground shook. Then he smashed his giant paws to Lord Zeus! In the nick of time, the God of Thunder dashed backward to avoid getting hit!

The big bad wolf charged an orb of darkness from its mouth, and released it forward! It was not aimed at Helena, but it was for her little brother who was just an innocent bystander!

“Heushac!”

In the nick of time, Helena managed to dash and cut the black orb in half. But it was too late. That attack was a trap! The shattered orb of light burst off chains that shackled the thunder knight’s body!

“Sis!” Heushac shouted.

“Stay back!” Helena answered. “I can break this chains easily-!!!”

It was no good! The chains are glowing, and it seemed that it’s absorbing her strength! Brute force or even magical spells won’t break the chains alone! Her prana is slowly depleting, making Lord Zeus revert back to her normal form.

“...H...Heu...shac…” Helena was so helpless that all she can do is stare at her crying brother. Her face went pale as all her energy left her body.

Suddenly, another set of chains spawned from Fenrir’s mouth that grabbed the helpless sword princess and pulled it down to its throat!

“Hraaaaaaaah!” Helena, with her little remaining strength, struggled to crawl out from the gigantic wolf’s tongue. She reached out her sword hand, attempting to touch her brother’s arms so that he can pull her out.

“Heushac!!!” Helena cried.

Heushac rushed. “Take my hand!”

Helena made a wise move by stabbing her sword to the wolf’s jaw, preventing the mouth to close. As soon as the sword princess used her remaining strength to break the chains, she immediately jumped to reach her brother’s hand!

“Hang in there! I’ll just have to pull you-”

But then...

There was a loud crunch. As the dark wolf shut its mouth, Helena’s right arm was severed and the sword she’s holding tumbled to the air until it stabbed itself on the ground in front of Heushac.

“...out…” Heushac’s eyes lost its glow as he realized he only managed to save a part of his big sister.

That monster… He swallowed Helena!

Heushac’s eye opened so wide as he witnesses the end of his sister. A stream of tears washed his face.

Everything happened so fast…

“No… No… No… Not my sister!” Heushac clenched his fist. “...Helenaaaaa!!!”

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Tears gushed out of my eyes as my perception of time stopped.

Heushac’s cries made me remember Helena’s words to me.

“You know, I quite like you. I see you as a dependable brother, like a Baby Brother 2.0”

“I’ll leave my baby brother to our field commander’s care.”

Helena… She’s the perfect big sister that I have once dreamed of. We’re not really that close, but… I am sure that she played a big part of my life.

Why the hell is this happening? Why is it that whatever I do, somebody dies! Aren’t my best efforts not enough to save even a single life!?

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Darkness started to cloud on my consciousness. Hate. Wrath. Madness. I feel tremendous energy entering my veins. My muscles became a thousand times heavier, and my whole body is engulfed with excruciating pain.

Tiara and Amy were about to act, but then…

The ground trembles as a gigantic dark portal opened on the floor. This Gate covers everything around us. I know this much because it was I who opened it.

“”

Dark clouds came out from the humongous Gate that made everything black. When these smoke faded, we are now in a different reality. Not Yami or the Earth Realm. This is my alternate reality; my artificial universe, the R’lyeh.

We are at the center of the city, full of skyscrapers of alien architecture. Weird spiral buildings, floating spheres, and different laws of physics. This is the place I forged with the power of the Great Old One.

Then a portal opened again from above. There is a giant eye in the sky, which is full of disgusting veins. It has a bloodshot red iris. It released inaudible deafening noise that can render insanity to the one hearing it.

It is a widespread , which can only be accessed by the fake cosmic gods.

“Raaaaauuuuuu!!!”

The proof of that temporary insanity is Fenrir, who is howling and crying at the same time. The monster’s eyes are now bleeding endlessly. Its body felt heavy that it fell down on the ground without much resistance.

On the other hand, Tiara and Amy crouched and held their heads due to intense pain. Tiara even reverted back to her tailless black-haired normal form. Both of their eyes become soulless as their whole body paralyzed due to the hurtful sensation on their heads.

Suddenly, the floor turned to a black quicksand-like mud which slowly swallowed the wolf, the shrine maiden, the tiny blonde lady, and my normal friend. The black swordsman and the unconscious Cursed Guardian girl has no escape either.

I… I was no longer thinking straight. All I want is to destroy everything and to kill everyone around me.

“R-Rikkun…” The shrine maiden tried to reach out her hand at me. The mud already absorbed up to her chest. It’s too late for her to be saved.

At this moment, I was completely oblivious. I don’t even know the name of the woman who is begging for my help.

Suddenly, time froze.

A portal opened in front of me. And a white-haired man wearing a black jacket and a red scarf stepped out of the Gate. He drew a white sword with a golden hilt from his chest, and smiled at me with the face of the devil.

“You’ve gone mad again, huh?” He muttered. “You may have gained omniscience and control on your reality warping, but you have to discard all the feelings and memories you had with your friends. And that is not good. I should have realized that your old power would only trigger through wrath and hatred.”

This face. I could never forget that man who exists away from the universe. He is The Outsider.

“...OUTSIDEEEEEER!!! I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!”

Suddenly, he stabbed the white sword straight to my heart! I would like to kill this man for the things he was about to do, but I’m completely powerless against the man who was in love with the Frozen Soul.

“I can’t afford you to kill Tiara Hikari. She still has to sing for me.”

The white sword, glowed to alter fate once more. Reality itself polymerized, and the gears of destiny were once again set.

I lost consciousness and fell into a deep slumber.

I will be waiting and dreaming, The Outsider. And when the stars are right, I shall have vengeance for all you have done to me. It was an eternal hell.

That’s what I promise to myself eons ago.

But I’m sure… When I wake up… All the grudges I had with this man will forever be forgotten.

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When I opened my eyes, we were already in the gymnasium. It was not so dark thanks to the full moon. It was eerily quiet, and not even a cricket noise can be heard. My neck hurts, but I managed to scan the surroundings.

Amy, Tiara, and Heushac were still unconscious. I went to them and shake their bodies, worried that they would never wake up. But thank god, their eyes opened.

All three of them shook their heads as if they had a morning headache. Then the silence of the night was broken when Heushac started to scream.

“Helena! Where’s my big sister!?”

All of us never dared to answer that question. When Heushac saw our saddened faces, Heushac forced himself to laugh. But his eyes are full of fear.

“I-I-I-It’s all a dream, right!?” Heushac muttered. He looked around in desperation, hoping to see his big sister in this place, but there is one thing that proved that everything was not a dream.

It was a red necklace, covered with blood. To be precise, it was Helena’s Weapon Gem. And sitting right to it… is a severed right arm.

“....He...le….na…” Heushac slowly reached the lifeless arm and put it on his chest. Then his eyes went empty as water droplets fell on the shiny wooden floor.