Abyssal Awakening

"Erick Zenia, kill yourself." Alice ordered coldly.

Widening his eyes in horror, Erick started to lose control of his own body.

Little by little, his hands reached for the blade sheathed on his waist.

"You b*tch! You won't get away with this! The family will know! They will know the relic is still around!" Erick shouted, trying his best to hold himself back but the contract stood firm.

Grabbing the blade, he began to repeatedly stab himself in the face.

Blood, flesh and bones splattered around him while Alice watched on coldly.

This was far too good of a death for him but she couldn't spend too much time on this fool.

After the beast ate her younger self and received Nyer's blood along with a strange vial, it began to shift and morph.

A cocoon of sorts could be seen within the trunk of the tree while red spider lilies blossomed around it.

Taking a deep breath, Alice glanced over to Selen.

'Cayla, is there a way to break Selen's contract? Might as well do it so that she'll feel in debt to us. I need her help.' Alice asked curiously.

If a contract can be established, there should be a way to nullify it. Especially since she is… No, she was the firstborn daughter of the Zenia family.

The contract recognised the blood within her, hence she could order Erick to kill himself. But she wasn't sure if it'll accept the nullification of the contract.

[The method is rather simple o'master mine. If Selen carries the Law of Agreement on her or if there's a mark, simply using your own blood to resolve the contract would be enough.] Cayla replied.

She didn't say anything more than necessary as both Alice and Alyss were in a delicate situation.

Alyss was taking in the fact that she was the original and that Alice had killed her and absorbed her.

Alice was taking in the fact that she was the product of Nyer, made to consume the original Alice and take over her body.

The anger and hatred from her family towards her had been justified. She was the one who broke apart the happy family.

Nodding her head, Alice made her way to Selen while the cocoon hadn't hatched yet.

"Do you have the Law of Agreement on you? I'll dissolve the contract with my blood." Alice asked as Selen nodded her head.

Pulling out a rolled up piece of parchment, she watched as Alice made a cut on her finger and stamped it on the roll.

Golden energy filtered through the void as it wrapped around the contract.

*SHATTER

The sounds of chains breaking could be heard as Selen felt the contract that's been binding her this entire time fading from her body.

Closing her eyes to enjoy this sensation, she took a deep breath before lunging at Alice!

*BANG!!!

Her blade was parried by a blood sword as Alice glared at Selen.

"The f*ck are you doing?!"

"Venting. So you're the first born daughter of the Zenia family. If it wasn't for you, they wouldn't have poured that vile blood into me. Do you know how much I had to go through because of you?" Selen gritted her teeth as the two of them stared at one another.

"Congratulations. I don't know if you know this but you're not the only one that suffered okay? Now can you help me kill the relic or not? If you don't want to help me, kindly go f*ck yourself and let me deal with this." Alice frowned as flames and flowers erupted around her.

It was clear that Alice was willing to go all out if Selen didn't cooperate. While Selen was confident that she could put up a fight against Alice, she wasn't sure if she could do the same against the strange man who had the syringe.

There was something abnormal about him that terrified her to her core.

If he was to make a move, she wouldn't be able to fight back.

"Fine. Our cooperation ends once we get out of this place." Selen frowned as she conjured her staff and turned to the tree.

"Care to spare a drop of blood first?" Alice smiled, causing Selen to raise and eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Just some preparations." Alice shrugged.

Since she knows they weren't going to be on the same side after this, she wasn't going to hold her cards close to her chest.

Narrowing her eyes, Selen remembered their previous fight and frowned.

"You're going to copy or steal my power aren't you? I was wondering how you can have so many abilities. It must be blood, right?"

'Sharp b*tch.'

"Perhaps. So are you going to give me a drop or not?" Alice asked.

Since they were cooperating and Alice wanted her help, the likelihood of it being 'steal' was unlikely. It was leaning more towards 'copy' as Selen bit her finger before throwing some blood towards Alice.

Using her blood manipulation to attach some blood mist to the droplet, Alice threw it into her mouth.

"Are you taking offence, or shall I? we still need to be careful about the weird guy and I'm not sure if we can kill him or not." Selen asked as Alice glanced up to see Nyer sitting on the pillar, giving her a wave with a small smile.

"Ignore him. He's an observer and won't interfere. He simply wants to see how I deal with his tree of his." Alice shook her head.

Taking a deep breath, Alice activated her partial bloodline release.

"We'll switch roles depending on the situation!"

Charging forward, Alice created four floating blood blades and shot them towards the roots that burst out of the ground.

Exploding into wall of violet flames, Alice noticed that the tree had flames of its own.

'It's resonating with the powers I have.'

"Don't get hit by the fire or flowers. Get hit and you won't be able to use your Sigils." Alice warned as Selen nodded.

Flipping her body, she vaulted over a root before the flowers or flames could reach her.

Just as she was about to land, a trap of briar thorns manifested but Selen was prepared.

Stabbing her staff into the ground, she used it as a platform before slashing away at the roots around her, tearing them to shreds.

Once again, Alice was reminded of just how much control Selen had over her own body.

Even when she flipped her controls, Selen was able to adapt almost instantaneously.

Using her hand as a medium, Alice created several modified Void Flux – Cleaves and used it to fend off the roots that reached for her before aiming a Void Flux at the cocoon.

*BANG!!!

Firing the spark, Alice frowned upon seeing a wall of briar thorns absorb her attack and sprout red spider lilies.

"Tch!"

Watching the two of them try to approach the cocoon, Nyer chuckled inwardly.

Truly, he never expected Alice to be able to use Allura's techniques.

'Seems like the gamble was a success after all.' He smiled.

The 'product' he had injected into young Alice was a type of parasitic blood. One that had extremely potent adaptability capable of even accepting the blood of a God. However, there was one issue with this.

A vessel.

It needed a capable vessel to hold its power otherwise even with superb adaptability, the host would die in due time.

In order for him to create a new body for his Goddess, he needed to fulfil several requirements. And right now, his main goal is to procure the right body for her.

An immortal body and a vessel capable of sustaining the powers of the Abyss.

Young Alice matched this description. Through his countless years of exploring the Abyss, the surface and all of its inhabitants, she was the strangest that he had seen.

While the product was designed to be a blank canvas, she was on a completely different level.

Not only could she adapt, but she could 'clean' the canvas. If paired with his product, he could truly create something miraculous.

A miracle in the flesh that can accept the power of a God. The foundation of a man made God.

Seeing the Alice of the future, it seems like he was right all along as she has truly taken advantage of her own physique. The countless powers stored within her body yet she maintains control.

However… To truly become the vessel of a God, it was still a little lacking.

Hence why Nyer decided to… 'enhance' his product in the current world.

His own blood that had siphoned traces of divinity from Allura and Kaden along with powers granted by Enris, God of the Eclipse. And on top of this, the blood of a God.

With all of this, it should allow the product to undergo a metamorphosis, advancing to the next stage. Once Alice defeats the enhanced product, a resonance effect should occur within her own body as it did earlier, absorbing the residual energy.

'Don't disappoint me now~' Nyer smiled.

Noticing some movement in the back, he could see Luthor and Sienna evacuating their sons while Alice fought against the beast.

Sienna was conflicted and wanted to save Alice. She wasn't sure of her true identity but that was now doubt the appearance of her daughter.

Luthor on the other hand, was more doubtful as he witnessed the beast eat his daughter.

Not only that, but the two of them share the same power meaning the Alice they were seeing was the beast but from a different time!

Scratching his chin, Nyer wondered if he should give Alice another push but upon remembering the hatred in her eyes after seeing Luthor, he shook his head.

He simply needed to watch the events unfold. There was nothing else he needed to do, nothing that he needed to prove. Alice's existence has already proven the progress of his plan and nothing else was needed.

Soon, he will be reunited with his beloved Goddess.