Abyssal Awakening

Now that Alice merged her Personal Artifact with the power of Allura, she was about to sense the 'connections' that were usually hidden from the naked eye.

While she could 'see' it with Cayla, unless she knew what she was looking for, it was still hard to filter through everything.

But Allura's power was the opposite. It singled out this connection so that she could severe it without any issues.

Sensing the countless complex seals placed around the Inverted World, Alice furrowed her brows as collapsing this was going to be harder than she thought. But still not impossible.

She had the absolute counter to such abilities that relied on the Abyss!

'If I merge Allura's power and my own, it should be sufficient. I'll drain the barrier so that it loses its power then severe the final connection using Allura. Without anything holding it back, even if it's three Lords waiting outside, they wouldn't be able to stop the destruction.'

"I'm planning to ride the Void out of here once I collapse this entrance. You got plans of your own or do you want to follow me?" Alice asked curiously.

If she was being honest, she'd rather not hang around with Selen if she could help it. However, because Selen had given her assistance during this fight, Alice couldn't abandon her either.

Scratching her hair in annoyance, Selen sighed.

"Even with my abilities, I can't guarantee my safety through the Void. If you have a better option then I'll tag along."

Nodding her head, Alice closed her eyes.

Her senses weaved through the countless strands of energy and sought out the connections maintaining this realm.

'Found you…'

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Crossing her arms, Renna furrowed her brows while looking at the entrance of the Inverted World. Considering how much time has passed, it should be more than enough for them to enter and come out with the so called antidote.

But seeing as how they're taking longer than initially expected, she couldn't help but worry. But then again, the antidote for such a pandemic wasn't something that could be found in a day.

Just thinking about the sight of the pandemic, Renna couldn't help but sigh as it was her first time seeing something like that. Even if she's been alive as a Lord for quite some time now.

*RUMBLE!!!

Glancing up in shock, Renna froze upon seeing the space around the entrance begin to warp.

The seals that were put in place cracked little by little. The maelstrom of energy frozen in time began to resume!

"Renna! What the hell is going on?! Did you sabotage the seal???" Kizen, a Lord belonging to the eastern nation, rushed over with a face of anger.

"Do you think I would do something like this? Shut up and help me stabilize this entrance!" Renna snapped as veins bulged on her neck.

Sigils flared across her body as she framed the entrance between her hands before slowly bringing her hands together.

However, there was an invisible resistance from the entrance as it continued to shrink.

Seeing that Renna wasn't the source of this, Kizen clicked his tongue before pulling out his blade in a reverse grip.

Slashing towards the entrance, an army of spectral blades manifested in the air with flaming chains connecting them to one another.

With two Lords attempting to stabilize the entrance, the collapse slowed down but showed no signs of stopping.

"URIGAR! ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP WATCHING OR ACTUALLY HELP?!" Renna roared, glaring towards Urigar who was hovering in the air with furrowed brows.

"In the face of a collapsing mountain, how can mortals fathom how to stop what's already begun? Even with my help, we cannot stop this." He shook his head.

"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK, JUST HELP YOU DUMB OAF!!!"

Glancing down at her, he sighed before reaching out with his hands and slamming them together.

*RUMBLE!!!!

The space surrounding the entrance was torn apart as a pair of illusionary arms grabbed hold of the edges and attempted to pull the entrance open.

'Indeed deserving of his title. One move and the pressure of the entrance closing was relieved by this much.' Renna thought to herself.

The God of War belonging to the northern mountains, The Impenetrable Wall of Verona. The final bastion and the Immovable Mountain.

Urigar, The Abyss Lord of Titans

*CRACK!!!

Furrowing his brow, Urigar watched as cracks began to form along the arms of his manifestation.

The unstoppable storm of power leaking from the Inverted World violent enough to harm him!

"What kind of monster was killed here? More than that, what kind of Hunter was able to kill a Lord of this calibre?" Urigar questioned before letting out a sigh.

"I suggest you evacuate the citizens while I hold the entrance back. If all of us were to let go, none of the people below would be able to survive the subsequent explosion." Urigar warned as Renna gritted her teeth.

"But the cure?!"

"We can find it elsewhere. You know full well that this entrance is a lost cause." Urigar shook his head.

"The big guy is right. We're done here." Kizen raised his hands as the swords began to fade away.

"We'll have better luck asking elsewhere for help regarding the pandemic. If anything, isn't the Extalia Kingdom the one having the most issues despite housing the Zenia family? We're only getting small cases and with enough precautions, we should fair just fine." Kizen snickered while scratching his chin.

"Rat b*stard!"

"So fierce. But don't blame me, we're still at war you know? Perhaps I can earn some merit by taking care of you. The life of a Lord is rather precious, no?" He narrowed his eyes as killing intent began to seep out.

Widening her eyes, Renna glanced towards the city momentarily before turning her attention back to Kizen.

Since things have gotten to this stage, she wasn't going to bother about the city.

Compared to the life of a Lord, how can a city be placed on the same table?

If Kizen was going to take this chance to try and kill her, she wasn't going to just stick out her neck and let him try!

"Try me you filthy sand b*stard!" Renna retaliated with her own killing intent as she gave up maintaining the entrance and aimed her sword at Kizen.

Adjusting her body, green and blue energy coiled around her blade as she lunged towards Kizen.

Seeing this, he revealed a wide excited grin and raised his blade above his head.

Whispers of smoke rolled around him, twisting unnaturally and began to form the visage of a demon. Bursting through the smoke, the personification of demonic fury appeared.

It wore a dark crimson mask pulsing with a malevolent force. Two large jagged horns jutted from the forehead, curving into the spikes of a twisted crown. Its scarlet hair, roaring and flaring behind like an untamed flame, whipping around in the wind refusing to be extinguished.

Eyes burning with an unholy light, mouth filled with rows of jagged teeth. Large canines pushed out as its mouth formed a wide grin, filled with the excitement of battle.

As the two auras belonging to Lords clashed, the Abyss reacted. The skies above turned cloudy with thunder crackling through the clouds.

Furrowing his brows, Urigar wanted to stop the two as the civilians were going to get dragged into their clash but letting go of the entrance would spell doom for them all.

Just as their attacks were about to clash, their auras reaching their apex, a single figure stood between them.

*Tap~ BANG!!!!!!

"Oh my~ My dear guests, please don't use such frightening attacks near my Academy. I'm afraid the building can't take the power released by esteemed Lords such as yourself." Rosalyn revealed a smile as she redirected their attacks to the sky.

At first, both of them were confused as to how their attack was parried then came the realisation that it was Rosalyn who did it! A six star Beast stopped the attack of two Lords!

Neither of them held back and both attacks were released with the intent to kill. They may not have used their resonances but it's still an attack from a Lord. It wasn't something a six Sigil beast could withstand.

Jumping back, both Renna and Kizen narrowed their eyes at Rosalyn.

"Is this your doing?" Renna asked, gesturing to the collapsing Inverted World.

"Oh deary me, of course it wasn't. Did you think I could pull off such a stunt in front of three Lords? I'm flattered. Though I will admit the thought definitely crossed my mind and the scenarios certainly favour my plans." Rosalyn let out an elegant laugh while glancing up at the shimmering entrance, resuming its fate of destruction.

"May I ask if the two Lords are familiar with the way beasts attain the status of Lord?" Rosalyn glanced at the two while slowly floating up towards the entrance.

Without answering Rosalyn's questions nor giving her a chance to approach the Inverted World, Renna appeared behind her and cleaved down with her sword.

But to her shock, her attack didn't deal any damage! Rosalyn's body turned partially into a blood mist that evaded the attack.

*Sigh…

"Not even going to answer my question? How boring. And to think you'd strike so soon as well, I'm hurt~ Have I not been loyal to the Kingdom for all these years? Fostering youths as it demanded and repurposing the Inverted World for the benefit of mankind?" Rosalyn shed a single bloody tear as Renna's form began to shift.

Without communication, Kizen followed suit and the two of them activated their second Resonance, attempting to drag Rosalyn away.

They weren't sure what she was up to but their many years of instinct honed by countless dangers told them not to let her reach the entrance!

"Shh!" Rosalyn narrowed her gaze and placed her finger against her lips.

*CRACK!!! SHATTER!!!

Breaking apart before it could even form, the Second Resonances belonging to the Lords failed to activate!

Widening their eyes, they could only watch as Rosalyn sat upon the arms used to hold open the entrance.

"Let's not get violent here." Crossing her legs, she leaned forward.

"How many years do you think I've spent in this place? Bold of you to assume I've been sitting idly without preparing anything." She sighed while waving her hand lazily.

"So now I ask for a second time my dear esteemed Lords. Are you familiar with how us Abyss Beasts attain the status of Lord?"