"The 5th dimensional planes exist between the borders of reality and unreality."

"Huh? What does that mean? Doesn't her 5th dimensional gates work as a gateway into the abyss, or as a brain damaging technique?"

"No. That's only the repercussion. Once the gates open, as a net personally by Heart, they engulf the area into a void. This void is known as the abyss, where nothing exists, and everything exists at once."

"I can't quite catch up. What's our plan anyways? You told me that you'd make this quick."

The 5th dimensional gates, an ability aided by Heart's Soul Nullification techniques branches from Abyssal Magic.

Heart, who somehow stole the Soul Nullification techniques from the Fanine Clan, now has, unlike most people in history, an overwhelming amount of knowledge about the dimensional structure of space.

The 4th dimension, even though it's a dimension lower than the 5th, is a dimension that Heart hasn't mastered yet. Heart also has no mastery over the 5th dimensions, but she does have complete mastery with the gates and the panels reaching into the abyss through the use of her 5th dimensional gates.

"The 5 sacrificial lambs are our special guests. We must protect them for now. Failure means disaster for the Demons, and the Humans as well."

"Those 5 demons with us? Protecting them will be easy. That is, if they don't do anything that can cause trouble for us. We just need to place them on a safe place and fight the Baphomet in the meantime."

"It's not that simple. A complete mastery over the 5th dimensional gates is near impossible, Heart hasn't even mastered it despite all of what she has showed you."

That was obvious. There's simply no way that a 3rd dimensional being can master manipulating 5th dimensions.

"I can see souls, similar to the Baphomet's abilities. Currently, her agents are all scattered throughout the entire world. There are only 10 in total. The Ocean God, Keasius, is one of the only agents left in Cvvoer, or the Mortal Realm."

"I can open up a portal into my last base, where my friends used to be at. It was the first time I've met Keasius as well..."

"Because of their absence, the Baphomet has been left with one last option: To stop us herself."

"So she's going to arrive in Hreamlea? Our first steps in defeating her would be to get into a place where we can fight with an advantage. This city wouldn't be too good."

"Nope. This city is perfect actually. There are not much creatures alive right now, which means that we can just wreak havoc. Not we, but you guys can."

So Reyana will be useless for now huh?

She weakened my soul and my Magical Energy output, but why now? Why didn't she tell me about this plan earlier?

"If your powers were still sealed, you'd have no chance of winning. No need to thank me. Once your soul heals, there shouldn't be much problem in dealing with the Baphomet."

"My soul's been weakened... But my skills and physical strengths are still there, aren't they?"

"Huh? Don't tell me that you're planning to do hand-to-hand combat with the Baphomet..!"

My Imitation Techniques doesn't necessarily need Magic.

The Imitation Techniques were Techniques that I was born with. It imitates anything that I can think of. It helps in performing anything by utilizing anything that I can use.

Basically, it performs things using things that I currently have.

It's a convenient ability. It helps a lot, not just in combat, but in daily life as well.

"My prowess is unmatched. There will be no one to defeat me, once I copy all of their skills."

It can be used as a way to copy anything, anything that can be performed. Weapons can be imitated, by using only my hands as well.

"Heh. I guess you can use that as well..."

Poof.

Back to the physical world. We are still roaming around the mansion. Everyone's looking for something

"This place's huge. I might make this my home."

"Uuuu... Vi- Vampire..!? Are you still there..?"

My soul has healed 50% of what was lost when my seals broke.

It shouldn't be difficult to separate myself from Arisa, and come back in my own flesh now.

"Vampire, you can come out now. There's no point in hiding for that long. Arisa has been revived, you know?"

Heart already knows..?

Well then.

Of course, I wouldn't come out by just ripping open Arisa's stomach and then stepping foot on to the floor like a monster.

I opened up a Magical Circle, manifesting my physical form back into the Mortal Realm.

"T-This is Vixen..? You are Vixen?!"

"Woah. I didn't know that Arisa was actually a woman."

"That's Vixen, not Arisa..."

It felt good to finally be back in the flesh...

Having no physical form, I could only watch the world using Magic. Everything was coloured blue and green. I couldn't see anything physically.

It felt like I finally regained eyesight after being blind for a very long time.

"Heart, should we tell them about your plans?"

"Sigh... I guess it's a good time to tell everyone... I can't make any excuses."

"P-plan..?! What were you guys h-hiding from us..?"

The plan was quickly put into my brain.

The plan, which is:

First, have Heart set up her 5th dimensional gates by putting nets around the area. Our environment is good, since there are large roads and huge spaces for us to run around in.

Second, weaken the Baphomet and launch a surprise attack. The 5 demons will run off to a safe place while me, Heart, Arisa and Fiya fight the Baphomet together.

Third, weaken the Baphomet enough so that we can escape.

And then the final step, send one of the Pillars of Creation to the Baphomet. Heart wanted to send Tsuchikonoko personally, but she hesitated to tell me about it.

I wonder why.

Did she actually wanted to send someone else..?

Is that why she didn't tell me the plan during that time..?

...

After Heart explained our plan, everyone went into formation.

The incoming Bloodlust is growing stronger.

This Bloodlust... It's coming from the skies?

A loud familiar sound was then heard outside.

"What's that sound?"

"Hm? Is the Baphomet ridin' a fly?"

We walked out of the mansion to find a plane heading towards us.

"Baphomet? Didn't think she'd come in like this. Technologies are for the weak. That goes for you too, Fija, or whatever she calls you."

Heart then picked up a rock, immediately throwing it at the plane.

"Super Thunderblade."

This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.

A massive gush of wind blows through, tearing out the fences near the front gates, and the rooftops of the deserted houses.

"Huh?!"

We were met with an expected confrontation. The Baphomet comes out, catching the rock despite the speed it was thrown with.

"BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!"

She was wearing a sleeveless Karate uniform. Bandages were wrapped around her arms, from her wrists, up to her elbows. She had a black belt tied right above her baggy pants.

Upside-down deer antlers were on her head.

She also had Arisa Skarret's Crimson Blood Blades attached to her left arm.

I wonder how she even got those.

"Tsk! You annoyin' piece of shit..!

Flower... Rain!!"

Arisa aimed her sharp claws at the Baphomet's aerial vehicle, firing large amounts of exploding Blood bullets.

The Baphomet quickly counters all of the attacks, moving the extremely tall blade attached to her left arm in a certain motion, cutting through all of the incoming bullets.

"You bullied poor Cat, Vampire... You'll be the first one to die."

Even when we're this far away, her murderous gaze still sent shivers down my spine.

Her eyes were turned upwards, and her pupils were dilated. She had a wide smile, her teeth were really sharp, and really white.

It reminded me of Arisa's smile.

"I thank you, Arisa... For your Crimson Blood Magic.

Crimson Blood Magic: Blood Refraction."

I fire a long, thin line of Blood. It's designed to cut through extremely hard materials despite it's size.

However, the Baphomet still finds the nearly invisible threads, picking them up between her fingers before casually breaking them.

"At this rate, she's going to close in on us!"

"DON'T YOU WORRY!!! BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE THE ONES TO CLOSE IN ON ME!!!"

She then jumps out of the plane, grabbing it's tail and spinning the entire aircraft around before throwing it at us.

Boom!!!

It explodes right on the destroyed front doors of the mansion.

A massive fire breaks out, filling the air with smoke.

"W-wawawa... M-my head... Blood...?"

A familiar voice spoke from behind the flames.

But before I can think more about it, the Baphomet is already falling down on to the road.

Boom!!

The ground shatters as she lands. She slowly gets up from her knees, finding herself in front of two massive blades dropping down on to her face.

Her reaction time was impressive, dodging Arisa's surprise attacks before doing handsprings to get out of the way.

"Not so nice, when it's the first time we've met huh?!"

"I'm going to kill you."

I didn't even realize her suddenly appearing in front of the Baphomet.

A second ago, she was just standing next to me. As soon as I blinked, she's already fighting the Baphomet 200 meters away.

"M-my 5th dimensional gates didn't work..?!"

For the first time since I've met her, Heart has become really surprised. She was shocked, and swallowed up by fear.

Crash!!

Arisa and the Baphomet immediately began fighting each other, smashing through multiple buildings along the way.

"H-huh..?!"

Fiya was in shock as well, but after she recovered, she quickly grabbed Divine Intervention before trying to aim it at the Baphomet with her shaky hands.

"Channel, Benevolent Blood Eagle."

The [Benevolent Blood Eagle] is a Crimson Blood Demon imitation and also an Eagle imitation.

Similar to Arisa Skarret's body, my body grows a pair of wings and sharp blades like Arisa's, but shorter and only on my arms.

"Show me whatchu've got!"

I say as I sprint towards her.

A myriad of slashes were sent at the Baphomet, which she swiftly dodges before sending a devastating blow into Arisa's stomach, crushing her bones and destroying the surrounding houses.

Arisa flies through, stumbling around as she is thrown back into the palace, breaking through several walls in the way.

"YOUR TURN-"

BOOM!!

As I ran towards the Baphomet, Fiya fires a shot with Divine Intervention. It was aimed at her head, creating a huge explosion directly in her face.

Unexpectedly, she was left unfazed by that attack.

A stream of smoke flowing out of her head quickly disappears, revealing her psychotic face.

She grabbed me by the neck and threw me further away from the mansion.

"Vampire!"

"V-VIXEN!!"

She kicks me in the stomach as I try to get up, sending me flying into the air.

Whack!

Another kick straight into my side tosses me down back on to the road.

"Bluagh..!!"

I tried to recover, but she's already walking towards me.

In a desperate attempt to fight back, I swing my blades at her, but she quickly dodges, landing a blow into my stomach.

It was extremely painful, but unfortunately for her, I already prepared a plan in case my stomach is hit again.

I had a similar plan while fighting Cat, but it failed horribly.

However, I won't fail using the same technique twice. I've already learned from my mistakes. There's no way that I would fail now.

Splat!!

I thrust both of my blades down her body, kneeing her as the blades dives deeper.

I then perform a [Suplex] on her, plummeting her head down into the ground.

Ignoring my attack, she breaks off my blades before throwing a punch into my back, crushing my spine.

I was sent flying down the empty road.

Death imminent, I instinctively began focusing on surviving.

My regenerative abilities functioned properly and my senses further heightened.

As she bolts through, her fist collides with the air, destroying everything behind me as I ducked before swiping her legs away with a kick.

"Not bad."

She says, before performing a [Hurricanrana] on me, smashing the ground with my body.

I then utilize my blades, fixing them before diving into the ground.

"Hiding like a little worm?"

She stomps the ground, causing a massive explosion that destroys the entire town we were in.

I then swam upwards, sending multiple slashes at her.

We flew into the air. In a counterattack, she rapidly punches my slashes, applying more pressure on me. It gave me more worries due to the mere thought of one punch slipping through and hitting me in the face.

"THAT'S WHAT I WAS EXPECTING!! YOU-"

In an instant, Arisa appears behind her, clutching both of her claws together before swinging down, giving the Baphomet no other way to dodge the attacks with me being right in front of her.

But in a split second, she closes her eyes. Then, an instantaneous slash cuts through Arisa, tearing off her arm.

Innumerable punches then landed on my body. Meanwhile, Arisa continues getting torn apart by her other arm, which had the Crimson Blood Blades attached to it.

"Breakfast.

Utensils."

With her left arm, she propels sharp jabs into my body.

With her right arm, she cuts through Arisa's body with numerous slashes using her blade.

She was standing with an upright posture while brutally attacking us horizontally mid-air.

Fiya then fires another bullet at the Baphomet, but this time, she doesn't even react.

The bullet flies past her.

Fiya was then burnt down by the familiar person from before.

That person's eyes showed no mercy. It wasn't terror, and it wasn't fear.

It was anger, hate, rage, and wrath.

"Free?!"

Heart looked in horror as the fearsome dragon incinerated the pitiful girl in front of her.

The dragon had flames spreading throughout her body. Figuratively, and literally.

I recognized that face.

Pikaia...

My former ally...

Her Bloodlust suddenly grew stronger, stronger than the Baphomet's.

I had a lot of questions. What was she even doing here? Why is she attacking us? But I don't think it's a good time to be thinking about that right now.

The Baphomet's fist collides with my face, and her blade with Arisa's torso.

However, thanks to our effective healing abilities, we somehow survived.

"Channel, Benevolent Blood Eagle."

A model for [Benevolent Blood Eagle] was [Shadow Fracture] from Cat, but during our fight, it wasn't used the way it was supposed to be used.

It wasn't just an imitation of a Crimson Blood Demon, those strange blades that [Shadow Fracture] used were quite interesting.

I shall take this chance to finally use them as my blades as well.

"A copy of the same sword doesn't make one better."

She landed on the ground full of debris. She then proceeded to approach me with the intent to kill.

She was really confident, but I've already spread my blood throughout this entire area.

"Drone Prop Attack. Heaven's Model."

Her eyes widened, finally realizing the situation she was in.

She had thought that all that I could've used against her were Blood Magic and Crimson Blood Magic.

Oh how wrong she was.

KABOOM!!!

Everything around me exploded.

An explosion the size of half the city occurred.

It still wasn't strong enough to defeat her though.

We were now left with only one option: To bring Keasius into this fight.

I'm sure that Heart would've wanted me to do this. We can't find the location of any of the Pillars of Creation, so I guess this would be the alternative for the final step of our plan.

It's still unclear whether or not the Symbol, and the Bringer of Order and Balance would win against an Ancient God, even though it's technically a Fake God.

But would they fight? No.

A way to win isn't by using [Antares] again. Doing so would only put my Magical Energy output down to 0. It isn't even possible anyways, due to the insufficient amount of Bloodlust in this continent.

Bringing The Tale of the Great White however...

I haven't even tried it before, but if I can redirect [Divine Whirlpool] to where The Tale of the Great White is at, I can win.

I'll chop her head off since she's incapable of fighting.

That way, I can absorb all of her energy, along with Keasius' powers as well.

With this, we can also finally solve that question.

......

Whoosh..!!

The winds blows greatly.

The flames had died down.

The 5 demons had a way to defend themselves. With their natural resistance to fire, and with their Magical abilities, they'd be capable of casting a [Barrier]. So, I don't think that they need any help.

Heart, Fiya, and Arisa were also out of the question. They're not really your average demon.

"Bit flashy, but I guess that'd kill most targets huh?"

Emerging from the thick smoke, is the Baphomet, unharmed, unaffected, and as lively as usual.

My arms have been converted into blood armor, fixed with blades. They're almost like Arisa's arms...

"That boosts your physical abilities? You still wouldn't catch up even if you copied her entire form."

She jumps up, performing a [Tornado Kick], which I block using my blades.

Whoosh!

Another kick to my legs?!

Wait, no! It's a kick down my head?!

Bang!

She faked a Low Kick to land another kick down a straight line.

It shattered my skull and gave me severe brain damage.

Even though I healed quickly, she's already up in the air. She then sends a [Dropkick] into my throat.

My neck broke and I was sent rolling through the ruined city. Multiple pieces of debris stabbed into my body along the way.

I stopped my speed by digging my blades into the ground.

"Dinner.

Utensils."

Her stance has changed?

She lunges forward, swinging her leg at me. I dodge it this time, but she spins, and performs a [Tornado Kick] again.

I blocked it by slashing at her leg, but my blades were quickly destroyed and her kick lands into my arm.

Bang!!

I was thrown backwards again, breaking through multiple buildings in the way.

"You can not win."

She says while slowly walking towards me behind the smoke.

"Heh..! No... I will win..!"

As I get up, Pikaia appeared with her hands aimed at me.

I've already sensed her Bloodlust so her arrival was expected.

"You are an annoying-"

Crash!!

Arisa then passes through, kicking her forwards and sprinting towards her, smashing her into ground again.

She kicks her back into the air, where she punches her again and again.

"Don't worry about me and this one. You guys should be safe now. My blood has been spread down into the ground... Just blow 'em up, Vixen!"

Boom!

She swings her blades down at Pikaia. Although it wasn't sharp enough to cut her, it still dealt a ton of damage.

"Bgguuaahk..!!"

Pikaia tried her best to get up. She vomited blood and crawled around in pain.

Arisa dropped down, kicking her again and again, destroying multiple buildings as they make their way through.

"Heh..! She's just playing soccer at this point..! Hurry up and kill the Baphomet..! I'll help you guys as well..!"

Heart says, limping behind me.

"Fiya's still alive, don't worry. She's already finding a spot to shoot down the Baphomet..."

"Still alive and kicking huh?! Haaaahahahahaaah!!! Say your last words! No one has defeated me before..! Well... Not in a fair fight at least!"

Arisa's blood is currently everywhere, right?

Okay..! I'll just have to adjust [Drone Prop Attack] and [Heaven's Model] for "Crimson Blood Demon" blood then!