Book 3. Chapter 31.
“The awakening of darkness.” Part 2
Aegir raised a protective shield preventing the attack.
But that did not stop Eris.
Who did not hesitate to throw herself against her prey at the same time that Tsuki launched a great amount of lightning towards her, but Eris erected her own shield quickly deflecting the lightning towards the monsters that were fighting in the surroundings against the army of demons.
However, Kalysto managed to notice a small fracture in her shield before Eris finished deflecting the attack. At the same time the fairy champion turned herself into a cluster of shadows prolonged the two daggers she had conjured earlier, and materialized behind a monster, cutting off its head, only to lose her form again and re-form right behind Eris.
[You have gained 7000 experience points!]
But the dark priestess could feel the attack, activating her shield again, but this time on her back, reflecting Kalysto's surprise attack.
“Did you really think you could hurt me with an attack as insignificant as that?” Eris mocked.
“Who knows?” she replied with a shrug, pretending not to care as she enjoyed watching her opponent's face contort in anger.
Eris launched herself against Kalysto, trying to cut her head or her arms with each thrust of her strong spear, but despite her apparent weakness, the former saintess dodged each of her blows while analyzing her every move.
At the same time that they continued their confrontation, the Demon King's brothers were facing a black dragon while Aegir was fighting Morrigan. But as powerful as the demon king was, Morgan didn't even seem to have to strain to block his attacks.
In fact she seemed somewhat bored.
Which angered Aegir who expanded his magical pressure to most of the vast battlefield, the monsters trembled at the display of his power as the air began to run short in their lungs but neither Eris nor Morrigan faltered.
Quite the contrary.
A soft white glow began to surround their bodies allowing them to stand, immune to his attack.
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Unlike Tsuki whom Kalysto had to make an effort to save, extending her shadow and pulling him inside it to protect him.
Come on, Kalysto! Focus! She scolded herself forcing familiar coldness to spread throughout her body.
[The skill Mental Defense has been activated.]
Eris ignored her completely, concentrating on attacking the demon king and giving Kalysto all the time she needed to save her pet while she lay on her knees and watched the situation silently as she fought against the manifestation of Aegir's power.
However, the black dragon did take a hit, his young and resistant body fell to the ground as he tried to flap his wings and move away from the earth, but was unable to.
Meanwhile, Morrigan remained standing by the altar, like a silent guardian not at all willing to walk away from her master.
Watching them all as if they were nothing more than simple insects that did not deserve her attention, but at the same time making sure that none of them could approach the altar.
It was then that Kalysto noticed the symbols scattered on the ground, drawn with a gray ink so light that it resembled the color of the gigantic stone courtyard in front of the altar and on which both armies were fighting.
A long, slightly curved line caught the attention of the former saintess, and right next to it, half covered by the remains of a monster's head was half of a figure very similar to one of the many symbols Artemis had forced her to learn by heart a few months before.
Kalysto's curiosity was piqued as she noticed how the blood of a fallen monster, slain by a demon of Aegir's army, touched the curved line near what she could swear was a letter of an ancient language and glyph, the lines released a soft reddish glow that then faded.
Kalysto frowned.
The hairs on her arms stood on end as a crazy theory echoed in her head.
She immediately transformed into shadows noting how easy it was to move between bodies when she didn't have a solid one, despite the magical pressure.
She materialized only her hand and one of her elongated daggers, cutting the necks of two monsters to then stand over the corpse of the black dragon, with a scar on its neck that she had seen the day they arrived in Elinor.
[You have gained 9,500 experience points!]
[You've gained 12,700 experience points!]
Her blood ran cold as she realized she had not been mistaken, at the same time Aegir cancelled his magic pressure, allowing his army to recover, launching into charging at the unsuspecting monsters who were not used to this type of attack.
With trepidation she watched as the newly spilled blood fell to the ground, feeding little by little the lines, glyphs and magical symbols drawn on it, hidden with careful care.
They are only buying time. She suddenly realized.
“Stop! Stop killing them! It's a trap!” Kalysto shouted, but no one seemed to hear her. Everyone seemed too busy with the counter-attack to pay attention.
At that very instant, a gigantic sickle of black light was drawn in front of Morrigan, and with a simple wave of her hand the sickle of darkness split in two the bodies of half the army fighting a couple of steps down on the battlefield. Monsters and demons alike were destroyed.
Their blood fed the symbols on the floor of a gigantic magic circle, whose energy was carried to the altar.
Immediately Kalysto's gaze was drawn to the altar where the gigantic eye that was once closed was now slowly beginning to open.