Abyssal Awakening

Parrying two scythe strikes using her spear, she transformed it back into a blade and released a Void Flux – Cleave at point blank range!

But after seeing this strike several times and knowing its danger, the Seraphim was ready for this and managed to dodge at the last moment.

"Gotcha!" Revealing a grin, Alice snapped her finger as metal pillars restricted the Seraphim\'s movements. While her Void Flux – Cleave may have missed, that wasn\'t her main attack.

Manifesting a Void Flux above her finger, Alice aimed it at the beast\'s head at point blank range.

*BANG!!!

Releasing the attack, Alice quickly jumped back to avoid the damage while a swirl of energy erupted before collapsing in front of the Seraphim.

But Alice wasn\'t done. She knew the output of her Void Flux and even if she got a good strike in, it wouldn\'t be enough to kill the beast.

Reactivating her Partial Bloodline Release, she gritted her teeth from the burden placed upon her body and unleashed a flurry of Void Flux – Cleaves towards the Seraphim.

\'Not enough!\'

Taking a deep breath, Alice created an array of Void Fluxes before sending them towards the beast in hopes of taking it out in one go.

But as the dust settled, Alice saw that only her first attack succeeded while the rest were blocked by the Void.

\'So this is what Kaden means by her skills focus on making her hard to be hit. A literal glass cannon.\' Alice thought with a smile.

After all, the Void Flux that landed had dealt substantial damage!

From the impact point, a large chunk of the beast\'s flesh had been torn off, revealing the bone and blood beneath. The Seraphim\'s collar and neck were fully exposed while part of her face was shredded, revealing the bones beneath.

There was a silent anger in her eyes as she glared at Alice. Her wounds were slowly recovering as the aura around her began to dim.

"Hm?"

Noticing this, Alice understood that the Seraphim\'s sixth Ability must have its limits. This supercharged state allowed her to be a better attacker but if she\'s forced into retreat, it loses a lot of its effectiveness.

\'Seems like she can also use the Supercharged state to heal herself. Though doing so exhausts its uses.\'

Making a note in her mind, Alice jumped back and changed her spear into a bow.

Creating an arrow of flames, she pulled back before releasing the arrow.

*BANG!!!

As the arrow approached the beast, the arrowhead transformed into a Void Flux as the Seraphim waved her finger in an attempt to redirect the attack into the Void.

However, before the arrow could reach the tear in space, the Void Flux scattered apart to reveal a torrent of flames!

Alice wanted the beast to block the attack using her ability so that the Violet Flames could latch onto it. This time, it was the aggressive variant that exhausted itself quickly but once it latched onto something, it would burn with renewed vigour!

\'The Void isn\'t something she can use offensively without coating her weapon with it. It\'s more a utility skill. The flames should cut her connection to the Void momentarily meaning my next attack has a high chance of landing!\'

Snapping her finger, a ball of blood appeared in front of her as Alice curled her lips into a grin.

The first strike that she landed against the beast during the ambush, one that managed to sever her arm. It allowed her to access the Seraphim\'s blood for a chance just like this. And in case the beast was on guard, Alice had made sure she collected the blood over the course of the battle to avoid detection.

Without hesitation, she threw the bead into her mouth before swallowing.

A foreign flood of power spread through her body as Alice could feel her vision shifting.

Overlapping scenes from different angles across the battlefield. Views from the Void and reality intertwining. It took Alice a moment to adjust herself to this new vision but she couldn\'t delay it any further!

Right now the key was to stop the Seraphim from accessing the Void!

Stomping her foot down, Alice\'s form began to flicker before appearing beside the beast.

"!!!"

Widening her eyes in shock, the beast tried to swing her scythe towards Alice but Alice burst forth with a purple and gold energy and disappeared from sight.

Sixth Ability! Supercharged State!

Seeing danger behind her, the Seraphim jumped to the side and narrowly avoided Alice\'s slash but Alice never intended on hitting her in the first place!

With the power of the Void now flowing through her body, Alice could see the connection between realms. And with Cayla, she could see the energy tethered with each cast of the ability.

Meaning with the two combined, she could replicate Allura\'s attack of severing the connection to a certain degree! Though in this case, it wasn\'t the connection between the target and the Abyss but rather the connection between the Seraphim and the output of her power.

Her connection to the Void!

Without giving the Seraphim a chance to flee, Alice lunged forward and manifested a scythe in her spare hand.

Overlaying it with the power of the Void, she slashed towards the beast who guarded with her own weapon.

Curling her lips into a grin, Alice laughed as rifts opened behind the beast!

Alice\'s third Sigil belonging to the Blood Coil Amphitere allowed her to manifest metal and blood. With this metal, she could create weapons and naturally, that meant it could unleash her attacks!

From behind the beast, 4 Void Flux – Cleaves erupted from the Void!

*KRR!!!!

Digging into her body, the Seraphim finally let out a cry of pain as her wings were shredded apart from the attack.

A beast with an annoying ability yet weak defences. The perfect target for Alice!

Lunging forward, Alice stabbed her blade into the Seraphim\'s chest before twisting the blade.

Glaring at Alice in anger, the Seraphim reached for Alice\'s head but her arm was cut off by a scythe.

Not allowing the beast to fight back, Alice slammed her elbow into her chest before changing her blade into a dagger and stabbing the Seraphim up from under the mouth.

Flipping herself over the beast\'s head, she dragged the dagger down and slammed the beast against the ground.

Above her, rifts opened up while blades pinned her limbs against the ground!

Gathering her flames into a single spark of concentrated power, Alice aimed it against the Seraphim\'s head.

*BANG!!!!

Firing it down, she adjusted the output to ensure it focused on piercing power rather than explosive.

Watching the beast twitch from having her head torn off from the Void Flux, Alice continued to fire attacks across her body until she finally fell limp.

\'I\'d give it a 6 out of 10. Could\'ve shown a bit more spirit and vigour but not bad.\' [Alice] chuckled at the results.

She understood that Alice was the kind of fighter that once she sees an opening, she\'ll take advantage of that and refuse to let go!

In this regard, the two of them were not so different. Both were like wild beasts in their own right. She was simply more truthful to her desires.

\'After all that and you still judge it a 6 out of 10. How stingy are you???\' Alice groaned, collapsing onto her back as power began to drain from her.

\'If it wasn\'t for me being in your body, you can forget about fighting and surviving. So 4 points of that goes to me.\' [Alice] smirked while Alice couldn\'t refute her.

The flames, mimicry and the ability to cut through the tether connecting the beast to the Void.

Her Core allowed all of this to happen.

\'Thanks.\'

\'You\'re welcome. But a bet is a bet, I\'ll humour you once you wake up.\' [Alice] shrugged.

Before Alice could even ask what she meant, a tether extended from the Abyss and her vision began to blur.

"Ah sh*t here I go again." Alice muttered before passing out.

Landing next to Alice, Kaden and Allura glanced at the remains of the Seraphim before turning to Alice.

"Well sh*t. I knew she was probably going to win but I didn\'t think it would be this overwhelming." Allura muttered.

She could still remember the combat potential that Alice showcased during their first few meetings.

Right now, she could kill her old self 10 times before the other can even scratch her once.

That was how much stronger she\'s become.

"Really? I thought it was pretty obvious. She has improved her knowledge on how she should best use her weapons and even learnt how to control the spacing in battle. It\'s only natural that she\'ll win easily once you remember she can \'steal\' your power the moment you get wounded.

"And that\'s just against beasts. Think about how she\'ll be like against humans." Kaden chuckled while carrying Alice in his arms.

". . .Damn. But now she has a six Winged Seraphim as her fourth Sigil. What\'s next? An Abyss Lord as her fifth?" Allura shrugged.

"Don\'t give her any ideas when she wakes up. Killing beasts is one thing but fighting Lords is something else entirely. Even with her ability of mimicry." Creating a portal, Kaden made his way back to the house.

Nodding her head in agreement, Allura created a single spark of fire and cremated the Seraphim\'s corpse.

Giving her a silent prayer, Allura hoped that the Seraphim would commit herself to Velouria\'s rules in the next life and be reborn as a \'human\'.