Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

Kayla suddenly had the urge to disperse her avatar and simply hide within Raven's Mind Space, but she knew that this can't be done. She needed to defend Gaia and everyone else!

Noticing her small body shivering, the five of Raven's Executives looked at her strangely.

Kayla had spread the Cyber Particles in the void surrounding Earth and as such she could easily tell that the strong enemies were making their move, but the rest had no such means and simply could not feel the danger yet.

With that being said, they weren't stupid. They quickly realized the seriousness of the situation from Kayla's behaviour!

""They're coming!"" The five suddenly said at the same time as they quickly looked upwards in dreadful expressions.

Although they were extremely powerful themselves, they knew that they could not overcome someone as powerful as the Star Twenty angel leader that was coming their way.

Not to mention that there were two Star Fifteen and twenty Star Ten angels...

"Tch," Kayla clicked her tongue with a frown while shaking her head. "Be careful of their aura, it can affect the mind. Protect yourselves!"

Of course, the massive difference in power was enough to make those who hold the higher ranks appear like nightmares to the lower ranks.

Thus, the sheer difference of power between the two parties was enough to affect the mind and sometimes even harm the physical body.

"All units, retreat into a defensive position, now!" Kayla issued her command via the bracelets. "Strong enemies are approaching, do not engage. I repeat, do not engage!"

Everyone frowned and retreated readily. From her tone, it was enough for the soldiers to realize the seriousness of the situation.

With a quick mental note from Kayla, the hundreds of Cyber Force members above the clouds adopted a defensive formation and guided the Dark Angel Puppets they had under their control towards the front lines. They could no longer send them towards the sea of blood; they were needed here!

"Keith," Kayla sent Keith a private message through his bracelet. "Tell Calcer that he has to get out now; his enemy has almost arrived. We can't delay any longer!"

"Yes, Lady Kayla!" Keith replied and swiftly launched an attack at the sea of blood.

With his current power, he wasn't eligible to enter the depth that Calcer was practicing at. 

With the Immortal Blood Mantra practiced inside, the sea of blood was stormy and unforgiving. This was enough of a deterrence for most, but if that wasn't, then the corrosion of those red waves was.

The moment Keith's attack landed, the sea of blood didn't appear to have been affected at all and continued to crash around. But inside, at the deepest part, a figure slowly opened its red eyes.

The pressure emanating from the figure's gaze was akin to that of a sleeping dragon that had just been woken up abruptly; lazy yet quite fierce!

This figure was none other than Calcer, Raven's first summoned demon!

Raising his hands while sitting cross-legged, Calcer started manipulating the sea of blood with unmatched precision, causing the waves on its surface to crash against one another even more violently.

Although this move may have seemed without a purpose at first, Keith started slowly observing the shrinking size of the sea of blood. It was like a storm that was coming to an end! 

Blood continued to splash around in a rather disturbing scene. Luckily, no one but Keith was around to witness such a thing.

Just a few minutes later, Calcer stood up slowly and extended his right hand forward. 

In his grip, a dark red blood sword appeared. It was long, yet thin, and looked rather normal with nothing special about it. However, under Keith's shape gaze, he could clearly feel the dangerous glint it was emanating.

Calcer finally extracted his eyes from the sword and noticed Keith who was standing just a few meters away. 

With a rushed move, he swiftly held the sword and pierced towards his own palm, causing Keith's eyes to jump in surprise. But contrary to his expectations, the red blood sword penetrated Calcer's hand and quickly and quietly disappeared.

Having put the sword away, Calcer bowed towards Keith respectfully before glancing up with a wide grin.

Seeing that Keith looked at him with a complicated expression, he didn't think much of it and only shrugged his shoulders.

"Keith, is it time yet?" He asked rhetorically as he looked up with narrowed eyes. His gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the sky and see the troublesome opponents that were coming his way. "Shall we go?"

In general, any demon would have to call Keith as Lord Keith, but Calcer was Raven's first summon and Keith's close friend.

The two were the first two demons to have fought together for their mistress. Thus, their close relationship was something others didn't have. Not to mention that Calcer is usually always smiling and laughing. Etiquette is the last of his concerns.

"Calcer…" Keith still looked at his friend with the same complicated gaze. Although Clacer was one of the weakest, he now had enough power to stand at the very top. With that being said, that wasn't the reason for Keith's strange gaze…

"Uhm, what is it?" Calcer nodded while passing his hand through his fiery red hair. His red blood eyes glimmered with mana as he asked.

And although he has been swimming in blood for quite a while now, his skin was still shiny white like his normal self.

No, under the few sun rays that could penetrate the angels' blockade, his skin was even brighter… as white as porcelain… and as shiny as a piece of silver… so shiny… abnormally so… maybe because he usually has his clothes on which he now didn't...

Calcer seemed rather confused at his friend's look and didn't know what to do other than tilt his head in a questioning manner.

Keith used one hand to cover his eyes and the inexplicable look that appeared on his face while using the other to point at Calcer quietly.

Calcer followed his finger and looked down at himself. Not a second after, his face turned from white to bright red, and from red to dark as his expression was filled with dread.

Suddenly, a curtain of red blood exploded around Calcer and covered his body in shiny red armour.

Without a single word, Calcer pointed upwards and quickly disappeared. Keith nodded and swiftly followed.

During this whole rather interesting interaction, no words were spoken between the two. 

And although not said out loud, the two have determined that this must not be known by a third party, at all costs!

***

While everyone was getting ready to defend the coming Angela for the sake of survival rather than winning, Kayla had her eyes closed as she was deep in thought. 

One second of time on the outside world was more than many hours for her inside Raven's Mind Space, thanks to her own skill: Thought Acceleration. 

This allows her to have more than enough time for her to simulate many scenarios and choose the one that would generate the best outcome.

As she was deep in thought, her eyes snapped open as she slowly looked down at her hands and clutched them with a determined look.

"Aella," Kayla sent the leader of The Raven's Guards a voice message. "Get ready quickly, The Raven's Guards will be taking on one of the two rank Star Fifteen angels… but, if you think that you can't do it then-"

"Kay," Aella's kind voice sounded on the other end. "Don't worry, we got it!"

"Uhm," Kayla nodded, her voice shaking. She was very stressed about sending them to fight such an opponent, especially with their identity, to face someone as strong as a Star Fifteen angel, but she was out of options. Not to mention that those angels were akin to puppets, with no spirituality yet, which made them significantly weaker than those of the same rank. 

"Please be careful, if you feel that you can't bear it, run away to the Demon Realm immediately." Kayla continued. "Remember that everyone who stayed here has done so out of their own free will, if they die for their home planet then that's on them. Don't force yourselves!"

"Haha, little Kay, don't worry," Aella simply said. She wanted to say that she and her team also stayed out of their own free will, but she could feel the stress in Kayla's voice and she didn't want to make her more nervous. "We'll be careful!"

"Uhm," Kayla nodded before connecting her bracelet to someone else.

"Um, Kay?" Maria's voice was heard from the other end. "What's wrong? Did something happen to Raven?"

She knew that Kayla would contact Aella, their leader, if she needed anything. But now that she contacted her then it is almost guaranteed to be something that is related to Raven.

"You know, Maria, we'll be facing the biggest danger we have encountered so far, in just a few minutes from now," Kayla ignored her question and spoke in a rather calm tone, contrary to her conversation with Aella.