Next Time (3—Last Part)

Ting~~ ting~~.

Both Ciemnosc and Valeria drew their swords' and ruler dagger's blades smoothly, flowing like water and as smoothly as the movements of a pair of dancers, going at it on their stage and beginning a historic moment for all art to come to venerate until the end approaches. Their Mortal weapons, now with the addition of Valeria's chain connecting the handles of her black sword and ruler dagger, separated yet seemed to follow and notice as well as watch over each other while moving their bodies to the right and left respectively.

… whoosh whoosh- clank clank! … whoosh whoosh… clank clank! …whoosh… …

Amidst the insanely heavy downpour, with the naked eye becoming absolutely hopeless and the most unnecessary organs for the current moment, as their blades separated from each other and moved along the air and the free space, only the smallish sounds of their edges cutting through water droplets and still being engulfed and almost drowned simply by the sound of the rain hitting the ground, they met once again in another few seconds.

After having moved away from their previous position, as if disappearing at one moment, then seconds later, they reappeared just to clash their swords and ruler dagger against each other. The mere clash of theirs would stop the heavy downpour no matter how heavy, how deafening it is, and how blurry it was to easily hide their bodies.

Gnashes would be made as if into the world itself, with the rain droplets no longer falling with what seemed to be 4 meters long cuts in the air aiming skywards to the left or to the right; towards their front or towards their rear. The rain was all cut through and the might from the Mortal weapons couldn’t be defied even then, even as their bodies became wholly soaked, and even as they both could perfectly, clearly; see each other whenever it happened.

Again and again, with the sounds of chains being mostly covered by the rain and with the entire world seeming to stop every time they clashed, the rain became the witness of itself. Their bodies, in the dark, deep blue night sky, were not even visible already except for the only fact that they opened a gap in the insanely heavy rain surrounding them by several kilometers in the distance even.

Their steel every time it clashed with the steel of the other, sparks flew about, but before they could become large enough to scare off anyone, they were drowned in the rain and eaten by even darker - dark Power Energy.

… They continued clashing against each other, only once at a time, before separating from each other and finding another spot to make a mess out of the ground that the seemingly infinite rain was also able to muffle the sounds from. Each time with their full power, each time with their aim changing to the previous one, and yet, always meeting the other’s edge and stopping on their tracks altogether.

Shralalalank-...

At this moment, just as they had clashed for just a moment and, as Ciemnosc was able to see her in the clear image even though he really didn’t even need the rain to do that, nor his Spirit Sense. And just as well as she was able to see him, just as they were going to separate from each other again - Valeria suddenly chased after Ciemnosc!

Her hands danced with her handles making some dancing of their own by drawing smallish circles in the air and within the falling rain that was little by little resuming its heavy, downpouring rain. Ciemnosc could see such, and just as his eyes widened a little, a chain that was bursting in orange flames despite such rain appeared behind him right after he felt the ruler dagger fly around and pass behind him for a little bit.

Shrilalalee~, thonp… pam!

Ciemnosc could barely have any time to reach himself, as the next thing he knew was a left hand holding that very same ruler dagger had already been drawn towards him and began to encircle his neck from the front, and just as his Mortal swords were lifted to stop the still ongoing chain from hugging his neck, he felt his neck harshly pulled from the front.

And yet, just as he was tripping in the middle of his first forced step forwards, a fist that was already formed came right towards the back of his head, hitting him squarely on it and even making Ciemnosc directly lose balance and fall on the wet ground helplessly.

Putong- …swish swish…

However! In the same moment that Ciemnosc felt her black sword about to hack down at his column from his back, and at the very same moment which was when his hands were supporting his body after being slammed down - as silent as the nights, as unnoticeable as the darkness - a thin yet not so thin whip made out of purely the darkest substance that opaques and consumes it all flew from below his left palm with his fingers clawing at the ground.

“!!” Valeria, just as her black sword was heavily falling without any mercy and not holding back in any bit, just as they’ve been going at it like. Suddenly saw a 4 inches thick snake, tentacle, worm, or even a rope that went directly towards her head; whatever it was, it surely made her remember Ciemnosc’s Power Energy, and that was the only reason she attributed it to being one of Ciemnosc’s abilities that he had simply never shown before; even at her!

She dodged it, however, and as she did, the unknown, long thing moved on its own as if it had a life of its own. Feeling her eyes as if they could lose their luster if she kept looking at it, but knowing she could not focus on it with just her Spirit Sense if she wanted to avoid it, Valeria moved her right-handed black sword up to try and cut it off.

But, just as she did, she realized that it was already making its second spin around her neck and that her sword was suddenly immobile… as soon as it made contact with that seemingly unique ability that could be easily broken by an ordinary weapon, let alone a Mortal graded weapon!

Yet, just as she felt the shock from finding such new things never seen before, Valeria saw the incoming sole of a right foot come at her from below, her abdomen becoming its target. When she wanted to move her black sword to block it, as she had her handle just inclined to the left and in front of her shoulders, she just had to lower her handle a little and twist her wrist to easily block an ordinary physical attack with her Mortal grade weapon.

But, right then, and as if shocking her before wasn’t enough, she noticed that her right arm was completely unable to move an itch. And from looking at it with her eyes giving it a side glance, while her Spirit Sense was all focused on whatever foot was coming at her, finally moving her left-handed ruler dagger to intercept it. Valeria saw that it was not only her black sword but even her right arm beginning to be ‘touched’ by a different section from that black ‘whip’s’ body as if it could give birth to many more of those whips and was now doing so to both entrap her sword and arm!

And even then, that didn’t seem to be enough, as directly after, Ciemnosc’s Mortal swords could be heard, cutting through the wind and rain droplets as their aim, by Valeria’s hearing, were directly understood to be targeting her head and her heart that would be completely defenseless should her ruler dagger otherwise still try to intercept his right foot.

…clank- clink! Pum!

Naturally choosing not to let her most easy-to-kill-with vulnerable spots in danger due to simply her gigantic amount of experience, as it would be a shame to any warrior to let such attacks go on to reach her body, Valeria repelled both attacks from Ciemnosc’s swords. And naturally, her abdomen got kicked at which made her directly fly from the ground while the whip around her neck pulled her downwards just as she did with Ciemnosc!

Step step! Whoosh.

“!... !” Valeria was already shocked by the force her weaker body was sent flying up when she suddenly felt her feet. And arms grab at from the back and become immobile in just the same way that her right arm had been previously. And just then, she saw Ciemnosc’s body after 2 loud steps resounding from below. Therefore seeing his face coming closer so quickly in the next seconds!

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“!” Valeria gritted her teeth furiously, a most wonderful of wrinkles forming at the center of her eyebrows and below, orange flames appearing on her left arm as both her black sword and ruler dagger became deeply embedded into the wet ground before becoming stiff in the coldness with Ciemnosc’s swords lying flat on the ground in-between them.

Fwoosh… pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter…

As Valeria’s left hand burned with orange flames, her body also began to fall. But it didn’t manage to fall from up in the air by much when Ciemnosc had already reached her, just about 14 meters above the ground level. Ciemnosc had his right knee up to his stomach and his left leg projected forwards with its knee slightly bent. But there was a similarity between both his feet and his hands that were aiming at her legs and torso respectively.

Tiny nails made of pure darkness were protruding from his real, actual nails!!

“!?” Valeria was already shocked enough that she could only put these images to the back of her head. And with her left hand beginning to burn with a smaller amount of orange flames than in her right arm, the latter had already freed itself from Ciemnosc’s strange but efficient entrapping technique!

Whoosh, whoosh.

The moment that Ciemnosc’s hands were about to meet her ribs, to try and tear them open, from which Valeria felt itchy and hotness on her ribs and therefore did her utmost to also free her left hand at the last moment…

Pah! Pah! Whoosh whoosh whoosh…

It was right when Ciemnosc was about to tear her left ribs open when Valeria’s left hand jolted out from its containment and joined up her right arm altogether to try and stop Ciemnosc’s hands! Her palms, fueled by the orange flames wrapping them, directly clashed against the heavy and powerful hands of Ciemnosc, leaving her body gasping for air as even with her Power Energy and with her deadly semi-technique protecting and enhancing her.

“Ah!” But right after both their hands became entangled with one another, and their bodies not falling due to the strength that Ciemnosc jumped with and clashed with Valeria upwards, leaving their bodies still in the air for a few more seconds about 10 meters above the ground level, Ciemnosc’s nails penetrated through the back of her hands.

After Valeria shouted her pain out, a rare, incredibly rare thing indeed. She looked down as her shout seemed to make both of their bodies begin to fall down. And Ciemnosc was already looking up at her with his nails getting a millimeter deeper into her hand for each meter they went further down and down.

“...” - “...” Both their faces tired, both their expressions helpless… both their roles and strength so little despite already being so fascinatingly amazing. The fire in her hands was quelled, by Ciemnosc’s darkness, their moment for just an instant reminding them of what could’ve been.

Pum- whoosh! Thud! Crack- whooooosh, grab grab- grab grab, swish swish swish swish- clank clink clink, step step, clink clink clank clink clink clank clank, step step, clink clink clink clink!

“Heh,” Valeria smiled, and as she did, her right leg came down after having raised up and watched him with her black eyes seemingly confused and lamentably looking at him endlessly in time but in just a slow motion only she and him could ever witness.

Ciemnosc’s body flew down instantly, his back directly hitting the ground right from where he jumped up with all of his might, his dark Power Energy included of course, which made the craters he had created there before become one altogether and of a total of 9 meters in diameter, but barely any deeper than 8 inches for that matter.

Right after, however, Ciemnosc could hear Valeria’s body coming right down to meet him but not directly. His body rolled backwards with a sudden, last powerful impulse of his feet at the last moment to dash towards where their swords and ruler daggers were becoming treasures of a future lake being formed at these moments.

As they both reached the place where they left their weapons, their feet could be seen already down a certain water level formed in a long line that slithered about, and they both each picked their own respective weapon before jumping away in different directions; Ciemnosc was at where the little, tiny river was being formed, and Valeria was more towards where it was flowing to.

There was no more time wasted nor words spoken. There hadn’t been any in any case. Ciemnosc directly dashed up to Valeria, who with her feet under the water, could barely move at ease but was still not a problem for an incredible cultivator who was so damn strong already at the Spirit Gathering realm 10th stage. And, in some way, Ciemnosc had it easy as he was facing the river flow while Valeria was facing it instead.

Their weapons, yet even more, began to fly through the air while still being attached to their powerful hands. Ciemnosc swung both his swords down from being positioned high up in the air, hacking down at her as Valeria blocked them with her own black sword while her ruler dagger stabbed towards his collarbone.

“!...” Being heavily surprised, Valeria suddenly saw as Ciemnosc took his ‘fangs’ out and his pair set of teeth all began projecting the very same kind of darkest substances that could consume it all. Ciemnosc then literally faced off the incoming, wide as hell ruler dagger. He, like a wolf showing its fangs and retracting upwards his flesh, protruded his teeth out and caught the left corner of the ruler dagger, not letting it get into his mouth and easily break it should it have happened.

But just before Valeria could make a response to this development, her mind numb already from Ciemnosc’s shocking features that were being revealed one after the other, she saw his body disappear from her eyes and back into the rain. While in the next second, she felt danger from her back, and she turned around to meet with her ruler dagger and black sword, barely avoiding a pair of flying-through Mortal swords aiming at her right shoulder and column from the back.

Valeria had to cover her heart and her sternum when she turned around, both her weapons placed at the front while leaving her back completely open - and that was when she noticed that the swords aiming at her body had just been thrown with strength and precision towards her; while the real danger was now behind her once more!

Taking half a step forth, Valeria barely managed to turn around and stomp down with her left leg that was taking that step. And Ciemnosc, who was both already burying his right-handed fingers into her left ribs, was stabbed by the ruler dagger in his right rib in return.

Both jumped away from that incredibly fast, perilous, and witty encounter before she heard Ciemnosc’s swords moving once again from the ground behind her feet. Valeria immediately slashed with her 2 meters long black sword at the air behind her. But she immediately saw the swords move back into the rain while barely being able to see something black pulling on them.

Seconds later, Valeria faced another assault, and this time it was double, as she saw a fast approaching sword towards her dantian area but also saw Ciemnosc’s body moving directly towards him with his palms wide open and with his 10 nails aiming at both breasts of hers, ready to go through them!

Ciemnosc’s whip then moved at the same time towards Valeria’s back. But she incredibly responded by bringing the first sword around with her weapons’ chains, while her black sword aimed at Ciemnosc’s head and was sent flying to it. Her ruler dagger was thrown at her back. Her wet warm brown hair flowed beautifully while Ciemnosc was forced to crawl but still forcefully and quickly moving towards her in that position like a monstrous beast. Yet he still focused his eyes on that beautiful darkened hair due to becoming soaked wet.

As a ‘clink’ and a ‘clank’ were heard a few meters away within the heavy rain downpouring around and on them, Ciemnosc saw Valeria getting to turn around before raising her feet and launching herself right at him!!!

The subsequent encounter, which was to Ciemnosc’s surprise but a very well-welcoming new activity, began when they least expected it as the rain seemed to make everything seem so much farther apart.

Ciemnosc and Valeria commenced it all off by headbutting the shit out of each other’s foreheads, their eyes closed, and their hands went at each other’s bodies, though not like what they used to do before.

Ciemnosc’s hands tore Valeria’s clothes open. While Valeria simply began to heavily punch his body, only managing to really severely injure him when using her 2,000 kg of her arms’ strength and her Power Energy was furiously flowing within her while covering her whole body. And with Ciemnosc seemingly no longer being covered by his dark Power Energy, she was able to have all of her might punch at his body.

And so it began. Their bodies became more and more challenging to be seen as normal humanoid bodies with the way they jolted time and time again, their hits on each other only becoming more and more brutal instead of anything else. And a few light smiles flashed past Valeria’s face while she delivered and while she received.

Whenever she hit Ciemnosc’s body, whether it was his heart, lungs, any other organs, any of his bones, and even when it was just to inflict pain on his body in a safe spot, all of it held all of her being, all of her might.

Yet, whenever Ciemnosc tore her flesh open and inflicted more and more pain on her, as the skin of her upper chest, ignoring most of her breasts, were all broken open and blood could be seen gushing out and down her body both their bodies having their own bleeding with Ciemnosc’s nose and ears even having a long stream that divided several times down the sides and back of his body. And whenever he landed and kind of hit on her, even when he was just using his fingers to stab at her up to where his palm commenced, that was also like a punch from Valeria’s might.

As such, for each hit that Valeria made on his body, Ciemnosc would instead deal 2 even if he was slow and… and unwilling. His strength was just that much, and he could feel her body become weaker and weaker, much faster than his own body, even as he no longer could take much of his Power Energy out, which he unconsciously stored and kept for any circumstances.

Thud…

But now, as he felt her body become a little dainty, lithe, and sickly girl, her warmth was basically gone as she began to cool down, the sensations of her body against his as their blood was mixed in the other’s body and hers even fed him somewhat; deliciously… Her body fell, landing on her back against the wet dirt while the heavy rain suddenly became light and then began to slowly clear out.

There was still the darkness of the deep of the night, but Ciemnosc was able to more than clearly see her; as she parted her dried-up lips despite the insane rain all around them from before, her eyes tired but… so much gland for nothing in particular.

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Let It Rain's Note: Fever Dreams from Movements, this time o_o ...