Facing the personification of her greatest regret, Hina was brimming with bloodlust and sorrow.
Facing this wave of emotions, the armored general smiled a dry smile.
He gripped his sword and rushed towards her.
Hina created two huge and crude looking magic swords, and rushed forward.
The two swung down their swords at the sametime.
*Boom!*
Their blades collided and created a strong shockwave.
Hina swung her free sword at the general’s side.
*Boom!*
The General blocked it with his arm.
The gauntlet covering it shattered and revealed his thick red arm.
He gripped the sword with all of his strength and shattered it.
He threw a punch towards Hina's head.
*Boom!*
A few snakes from her back sacrificed themselves to weaken the force of the fist.
*Boom!*
The weak fist collided with Hina's head, and forced it to the side.
Hina forced her head back, and the sunk her teeth in the general’s flesh.
“Hah?!”
She ignored the General’s scream and used her mouth to pull him towards her.
*Boom!*
She used her hand that had its sword shattered, and punched him in the stomach.
The General held back a groan and kneed Hina in the stomach.
*Boom!*
He then swung his arm, that she was biting, and slammed her into the ground.
“Cough?!”
The impact forced her to let go.
The General then thrust his sword towards her head.
A purple light flashed out of Hina's eyes and entered the General’s head.
“?!”
He suddenly felt like his surroundings started melting.
He even saw Hina melted out of his grasp.
He stopped his sword, stood up straight, and looked around.
*Boom!*
“Guh?!”
He suddenly felt a powerful blow to his midsection.
*Boom!*
He then felt another blow to the head and stumbled back.
When he received this blow, his surroundings returned to normal.
What he saw was an illusion created by Hina.
The illusion disrupted his perception and created an opening for her.
He looked at saw Hina's crude blade swinging down on him.
He hurriedly brought his sword in front of him to block.
*Boom!*
He blocked it in the nick of time, but was sent flying back.
His feet skidded on the ground, while Hina rushed towards him.
Dark aura was released from his body, which formed wings.
He used those wings to shot forward.
Hina swung down her sword and purple flames ripped through the ground and formed a gigantic purple serpent.
The General created two balls of darkness in each hand and threw them.
The dark balls spun around each other and then fused to create an even bigger ball.
The ball of darkness and the snake of flames clashed.
*Boom!*
An explosion of flames and darkness rage about and caused mass destruction in the city.
Hina shot out of the explosion with her wings, that was now black, emitting sparks.
The General also flew up in the air and met her head on.
Hina swung her sword that seemed to have split the sky with its purple flames.
A massive wave of flames rushed towards the General.
He kept his calm as a ball of darkness half his size formed behind him.
The ball turned into a black beam and shot towards the wave of purple flames.
*Boom!*
The beam blast through the flames and charged towards Hina.
Hina flew up in the air to dodge it, however the beam followed her.
She flew at an incredible speed and moved in a zig-zag pattern, but she still couldn't shake the beam.
Seeing that, she stopped in the air and faced it.
Purple sparks started to emit wildly from her wings.
The sparks then turned into purple lightning bolts.
These lightning bolts gathered and struck towards the black beam.
*Boom!*
The lightning and the beam canceled each other out.
“Say, Mother.”
The General suddenly spoke to Hina.
“Don't call me that.”
Hina answered it coldly.
“What's wrong with calling your parent mother?”
*Boom!*
Hina got angry and made bolts of purple lightning shot from her wings and struck the General.
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“Haaah!”
He stubbornly stood in the air and withstood the electric shock.
“….Say, Mother. Do you even remember my name?”
“……”
Hina didn't answer.
“When I was created, my name was embedded in my every being.”
He pointed at her.
“The name you gave me.”
Hina had a bitter expression on her face.
“....Zoran. That's your name.”
“That's right. My name is Zoran. It's great that you remembered.”
Zoran spoke with a self-mocking tone.
“Just what are you getting at?”
“Nothing really. I just wanted you to acknowledge me as a person, instead of a target of your unjustified hatred.”
Hina's eyes twitched when she heard that.
“Unjustified hatred?”
The aura around her become extremely thick with bloodlust.
“You killed my grandmother!”
“And whose fault was that?!”
Zoran shouted back.
“Who was the one who messed up when creating me? Did you think I asked to be created? You're the one who made me the way I was!”
Hina was unable to refute him. That's because what he said was true.
“Don't think you're the only who felt pain and sorrow from what happened. Do you know how I felt, when I was suddenly attacked the moment I was created? I'm a person too! I might be a bit different, but I have emotions too!”
Every word Zoran said stabbed at Hina.
When she looked at it from his point of view, he was the one who was a victim of injustice.
She gritted her teeth.
“….Even so, that doesn't matter.”
She admitted that what happened to Nami was 100% her fault. She also admit that she caused Zoran to live a life he didn't ask for.
However, the bottom line hasn't changed.
“I will still kill you here! I don't know how you survived and what kind of life you lived, but as your creator and as your worthless mother I will kill you!”
She pointed her sword at him.
“I no longer will kill you because of hate, but to get closure to a chapter of my life that should've closed a long time ago.”
Zoran’s face twisted in anger when he heard that.
“Who the hell do you think you are, God?!”
When she heard that Hina's face showed a surprised expression for a bit..
“….A god, huh? That actually doesn't sound too bad.”
The murderous air around her slowly dissipated.
“Mikky is aiming for the title of Supreme Being. Then as his woman don't you think that I too should walk the path to godhood?”
She suddenly had an enlightened expression.
“Yeah, let's do that. From now on I'll aimed to become a god.”
She said it with such a casual tone, that it sounded like she was talking about going to a store to buy groceries.
“….You're insane.”
She shook her head.
“No, I'm just chaotic.”
She threw away her sword, and replaced the gauntlets on her arms with thicker ones.
They started giving off a icy aura.
She changed her boots as well. They gave off intense heat.
Zoran saw that she was even more determined to kill him, and started gathering darkness in his palms.
“If you're god then I'm your adversary(Satan)!”
He threw the darkness in his palms which transformed into two tigers, and rushed towards Hina.
He also transformed the darkness around his hands into tiger heads, and followed behind the shadow tigers and charged at Hina.
The tigers leaped towards Hina at the same time, wishing to rip her to shreds.
Hina calmly welcomed them, and punched them each in the nose.
*Boom!* *Boom!*
The tigers both flew back at the same time. But strangely enough, their faces showed signs of freezing, even though they were made out of magic.
Zoran didn't noticed this and leaped towards Hina.
He punched out his right arm, and the shadow tiger around his fists grew and slammed into Hina before she could dodge.
*Boom!*
Hina crossed her arms in front of her to block the attack.
The attack was heavy, and it forced Hina away with her arms aching.
Zoran followed up with another attack.
Hina saw this and countered with a punch of her own.
*Boom!*
The two fists collided.
“Hm?”
Zoran suddenly felt like his right arm was encased in a block of ice.
He tried to quickly pull it back, but before he could he was hit in the midsection.
*Boom!*
“Haah?!”
He screamed as he felt an intense heat enter his body.
He looked down and saw that Hina had kicked him in the stomach.
He retreated back, but lightning from Hina's wings struck his body before he could.
She appeared in front of him and slammed her fist in the side of his head.
‘Cold!’
That was all Zoran could think about when felt Hina's fist.
He felt like an ice arrow struck his brain directly.
*Boom!*
He was uppercut.
*Boom!*
He was punched in the other side of his head.
*Boom!*
He was kicked in the stomach.
“Guh?!”
The transmission between extreme hot and extreme cold quickly caused massive damage to his body.
*Boom!*
He was finally able to retreat after slamming his fist in Hina's chest.
“…Those gauntlets and boots are magic weapons. The gauntlets emit cold while boots emit heat.”
He quickly deduced.
Currently, Hina’s punch would freeze you, and her kicks could burn you. If you add her wings that could release lightning, it was dangerous to fight her with fists alone.
“Zoran, why aren't you using your final form?”
Hina suddenly asked.
“I created you, so I have a great understanding of your combat abilities. I gave you the power over darkness and light, but you only used darkness. Why? Could it be that when you blew yourself up you lost that ability?”
“………”
Zoran didn't answer.
He could tell from Hina's tone that she was genuinely curious, which was terrifying considering that she was fighting to the death with him at the moment.
For some odd reason, Hina no longer saw him as a threat or an obstacle. Only a chore she needs to finish before going to work.
This sudden change terrified Zoran.
He was terrified of the abnormality that was her mind.
The truth was that hearing how Zoran felt about what happened in the past, made Hina come to terms with how irresponsible and stupid she was in the past.
She created a person and made him unnecessarily suffer, she caused the death of hundreds, and indirectly killed her grandmother.
These were all things Hina wanted to put behind her as quickly as possible.
This caused Hina to view Zoran as nothing but a nuisance. A chore like he expected.
She accepted him, but at the same time wished to quickly destroy him.
She even casual choose her next path in life to distract herself, so that she wouldn't notice the conflicting feels in her heart.
Her thought process was extremely abnormal.
This was the abnormality of those born with Chaotic Qi that Nova spoke of.
They were the most spontaneous and illogical of all humans.
“Well, whatever. I'll still appreciate it if you die right away.”
She rushed towards him.
Feeling the hands of death quickly approaching, Zoran gritted his teeth.
“[Grey Zone]!”
A bright light was emitted from his body which made Hina stop in her tracks.
“Oh? So you can use it after all.”
Zoran transformed into a gray being surrounded by a dim light. He looked dark and bright at the same time.
“Die!”
A ball of light with darkness swirling in the center formed in his hands.
He threw it and it grew into a 10ft ball of darkness and light.
Hina didn't try to block it and immediately retreated as far as she could.
*BOOOOM!*
The ball exploded and destroyed everything in a dozen miles. It caused the entire city to shake.
Zoran disappeared and reappeared appeared in front of the retreating Hina.
He swung down his claws.
*Boom!*
Four arcs of darkness and light ripped through the air and hit Hina head on.
Blood sprayed from her body like a fountain.
Zoran then slammed his fist, that was covered in darkness and light, in her stomach.
*Boom!*
A dim beam pierced through her body and destroyed a few buildings behind her.
“….It's exactly how I imagined it.”
Hina smiled at Zoran with blood leaking out of the sides of her mouth.
“Truly my greatest creation.”
“?!”
A chill ran down Zoran’s back.
*Boom!*
“Guh?!”
He felt extreme cold when Hina punched him in the chest.
“Die!”
*Boom!*
He uppercut her, and slammed his palm over her chest.
*Boom!*
A beam pierced through her chest.
“?!”
However, the Hina in front of him suddenly faded away.
“An illusion?!”
He turned around to look for her.
*Boom!*
“Ugh?!”
However he suddenly felt intense heat penetrate his back.
The illusion was her fading away. She didn't move an inch from where she was. It was all a distraction for this moment.
Zoran turned around, and Hina placed her palm on his forehead.
*Boom!*
“Haaaah?!”
Zoran suddenly felt the magic in his body going out of control.
It started to rampage around wildly, damaging his organs.
Light and darkness started leaking out of his body, as he went limp unable to move.
“I said it early didn't I? I created you, so I know of all of your abilities.”
Hina spoke with a monotone voice.
“That naturally includes your weaknesses. I purposely made the center of your forehead your Achilles heel. It's where your powers are stored and manifested. If you pour a little outside magic in it, it will cause the magic in your body go berserk. Just like one of the characters you were modeled after.”
“Cough?!”
Blood started leaking from Zoran’s mouth.
He looked at Hina with fear and hate.
“….I really hate you.”
Hina looked surprised to hear that.
She then smiled.
“What a coincidence. I hate myself too.”
She poured magic into her gauntlet which started freezing Zoran's head.
“Haaaaaah?!”
He started wiggling like crazy while he felt his brain slowly freezing. He shed tears of blood as the cold flowed down his body and slowly freeze his heart.
“Although I hate myself, there are a lot of people who loves me dearly. So I guess it balances out.”
“N-No! I don't wanna die!”
“I'm sorry, but your birth was a mistake.”
Hina spoke gently.
“As your mother, creator, and god it's my job to put an end to your pitiful existence. No matter how hard it is.”
“Haaah?!”
Zoran screamed as his face started to freeze solid.
After a few moments, his struggling weaken. And after a nearly a minute he silently went limp in Hina's grasp. His eyes looked sad and empty, especially with the frozen tears running down his cheeks.
“……..”
Hina stared at him in silence for a while, before putting all of her strength in her grip.
*Crush!*
Zoran's head shattered like glass, and his body fell on the ground, and broke into three pieces.
“……..”
Hina stared down on his headless sculpture for a while.
“Hina!”
She turned around and saw Sora covered in wounds.
“Hinami!”
Not long after, Sasha also appeared. She wasn't too injured like Sora.
“Are you okay? I sensed a powerful but sad magic coming from you.”
Sasha asked.
“Me too.”
Sora also agreed.
Seeing how concerned they were, Hina smiled.
“Don't worry, I'm fine. It's over.”
When she said that they looked at Zoran's ice sculpture.
“…I see, you won.”
“Yeah. Now let's go and finish destroying this place like Mikky asked.”
“O-Okay.”
Hina and the other two walked away leaving Zoran's frozen corpse behind. Hina never mentioned what happened between she and Zoran, she considered it as something unimportant.