Abyssal Awakening

A sacred luminance filled the castle as both Bo and Olivr had to shield their eyes from the attack.

The burning against their skin, the innate reverence that welled up within them. The sheer power of the spear sent a chill down their spine as they understood that this was no mortal power.

This is a God.

"How dare a filthy mortal pilfer the soul of my believer." 'Caelum' spat out in anger as flames coiled around his arm. A single golden eye overlaid his own right eye while his body was breaking apart from hosting this overwhelming well of power.

The Night Breaker Spear, a weapon of myth that appeared within Solaris' story. A spear that pierced the night veil and brought down the radiance of the Sun.

A weapon that could only be thrown once.

*COUGH!!!

Hearing a cough from within the dust, 'Caelum' widened his eyes in shock.

"You really decided to use that of all things to try and kill me. Haha… Are you that annoyed your little boy toy doesn't belong to you anymore?" Alice's voice rang out.

It was clearly forced and even Bo could tell the girl was injured.

As the dust settled, they paused in shock.

A single spear pinned Alice against the wall but tendrils of flesh, briar thorns and red spider lilies grew around her. Thorns coiled around the spear shaft, hoping to slow it down for even a moment. Lilies that gathered to siphon the power, the twisting of the void and blackened limbs all tried to stop the spear.

Yet it was still firmly lodged into Alice's chest, completely destroying the right side of her body.

Looking down at his hand, 'Caelum' frowned.

Even if his power was restricted, that spear should've been more than enough to kill a single mortal. But she was still alive? Alive enough to taunt him?

"Who are you?" 'Caelum' demanded to know as Alice's flesh began to twist. Jumping back towards her body, she started to regenerate herself. Repairing her eye, Alice looked up at 'Caelum' and grinned.

Raising her right hand, she showed him her middle finger.

"F*ck you Solaris." Alice laughed.

'Twinnie, can you do it?'

'Who do you take me for? Of course I can.'

*BANG!!!

A dark malevolent energy erupted from Alice's body as golden chains coiled around her limbs and neck.

Seeing these chains and the energy they exuded, Solaris froze up.

"VELOURIA!!!" He roared, as flames rushed across his body, burning away everything Caelum had to offer in order to bring down more of his power.

Pulling her hand back, Alyss punched forward, shattering the Void. In the brief moment before Solaris attacked them with the spear, she had drunk Caelum's energy out of panic to protect herself.

But this had another effect. She was now equal to a six Sigil Hunter!

Overlaying Allura's Sigil onto herself, she pulled out her personal Artifact.

[Ruinous Void – Lance form]

When her personal artifact was shifted to a Lance form dedicated to Alyss, it allowed three attacks that gathered the might of the Void. All three were guaranteed hits!

Alyss recalled the sensation of mimicking Enris in the Inverted World as the corner of her lips curled up into a devious grin.

"Oi, Sun God. Do you believe the weapons of Gods are beyond the reach of mortals?" Alyss taunted as energy converged towards her Lance.

The severance effect of Allura, the guaranteed hit of Ruinous Void, siphoning and cancelling ability of their blood along with Tiamat's Sigil for absolute power that comes from gathering the ambient energy around them.

As the world lost its colour, Alyss's lance began to change.

[Replication – Night Breaker Lance of Ruinous Void]

Her artifact shifted to a dark metallic material with jagged edges and a pulsing purple power that could be seen through the gaps. Veins of purple could be seen wrapped by the briar thorns that ran down the body of the lance.

Holding this lance, Alyss glanced up at the fragment of God that was trying to descend towards the mortal realm.

Despite it being night, a singular sun hung in the centre of the sky, illuminating the realm in its brilliance.

She didn't need to kill a God, she didn't need to wound him. That was not the goal of this lance.

The goal was simple and what they had sought out to do from the start. To completely sever his connection to this location at this moment!

Taking a deep breath, she gripped the lance and felt its power flooding her body.

'No wonder this thing was f*cking us up from the inside.' Alyss thought to herself with a laugh.

The artifact is a sentient being. Juvenile and very eager. It tasted the height of Alice's power within the Inverted World and had thought that Alice got injured. It's trying to destroy the 'weakness' so Alice could reclaim that power.

The sentience wasn't strong as all it had was its baser instincts but at least for this moment, it had stopped trying to destroy their body. Instead, its attention was focused on the divine being in front of them. To accomplish the task that its owner had set out for it.

To shatter, tear and destroy the connection!

Taking a few steps back, Alyss glared at Solaris who was gathering his power for a singular strike before he was forcefully expelled.

Flames burst around the lance as runic symbols lit up on the handle. Dashing forward, she twisted her body and gritted her teeth, funnelling as much power as she could to the lance.

*BANG!!!!!

Her throw caused the ground around her to shatter as the lance erupted into a brilliant spiral of light. A trial of shimmering stardust left in its wake as the fabrics of space began to twist. The Void forcefully opened up to welcome the attack, bridging the gap and appearing before Solaris.

Two points on a paper, folded in half to reduce the distance to nothingness.

With Allura's power, Alyss singled out the connection and the lance flew true.

*CRACK!!!

Trying to block the spear with his hand, Solaris gritted his teeth in anger as memories of Ayr flooded his mind. The divinity held by Velouria and her Apostles has once again appeared before him.

Doubt, confusion and disbelief gripped his mind as the spear shattered through his spectral being, colliding with his tether to this realm and shattering to countless pieces.

*BOOM!!!

A pulse of energy rippled out from his tether being shattered as flames began to melt the stone around them. Shooting to the sky was a single pillar of energy as Solaris' figure began to disintegrate.

Glaring at Alyss, Solaris showed a face of disgust.

"I'll remember you. Hear me and despair. One day, I will tear your head from your very shoulders and mount it for all to see. The story of a fool who dare take something of mine.

"This time, I will properly clean the remnants of Ayr from the face of this world." Solaris promised as Alyss rested her lance on her shoulders.

"Bold words for a worthless God who can't even kill a filthy mortal." Alyss smirked as Solaris lost his composure and screamed towards her but his words were cut out. His essence unravelled and the Sun in the sky disappeared, leaving the Civilians wondering if it had all been an illusion.

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Meanwhile, Tristan had a frown on his face. As a Cardinal of the Moon, he could clearly recognise Divine power when it appeared. That was no archbishop, no cardinal or pope. That was the Divine being himself descending.

Who could even force a God to descend despite the restrictions?

He wanted to investigate but he could feel the intent of his Goddess. She was warning him not to intervene or approach the location in fear of having her beloved Cardinal stolen from her embrace.

With his Goddess sending down an order, Tristan didn't remain and left as she had ordered.

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Three figures watched from the distance as frowns hung on their faces.

"Did the family send someone like that?" Keria asked, crossing her legs while floating in the air.

The aura they could feel from area was similar yet different at the same time.

"I don't believe they have." Elowen furrowed her brows as this was outside of their expectations. She wasn't sure what they should do as their plans had been thrown in disarray now.

"Maybe it's a product by a different branch? A Divine being did appear after all." Troy theorised.

"Forget it, orders haven't come down from above yet. Let us simply observe for now until new orders arrive." Elowen sighed after a moment.

If they took matters into their own hands and it turns out to be another operation by the family, they could inadvertently ruin things. Thinking about the potential punishments for doing so, she paled slightly as the three of them left, not wanting to hang around for too long.

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A man with could be seen sitting on a throne as veins bulged on his temples and neck. His eyes burning with anger as the flames around him grew with his rage.

He was already angry enough to find out that one of his followers had been forcefully ripped from his embrace but to make matters worse, he found an Ayrian who has a fragment of Velouria's power.

"After all these years you continue to haunt me with your power." Solaris muttered, remembering the fear he felt long, long ago when he faced Velouria. That unrivalled power and control over the Abyss which dwarfed the power of the three Gods.

Summoning his apostles, Solaris took a deep breath.

"Send a message to the Moon and the Eclipse. I'm ordering another gathering of the Gods."