Rested from her thermal fight against Infamous, Angela continued on her way. Two Destiny Bosses on the clock, she looked at the astral map with the route to follow but, without explanation, the next one was invisible. She couldn't see him. The constellationnate line didn't continue as if nothing had happened, there was an empty space at the location of what should be a Destiny Boss.
<< A empty ? Why doesn't this card show the next opponent ? >>
As she got closer, she felt her vision blur and her senses weaken.
<< W-What happens ? >>
Suddenly, a shrill cry echoed through Angela's mind and a horrifying face appeared to her. She was scared to death at that moment, surprised and confused. The cry stopped then and the face disappeared, leaving Angela in question.
<< It's the first time it's done this to me. Could it be related to the next one ? >>
The more she moved away, the more her vision cleared up, and vice versa as she got closer. However, even after closing the map, the spectral apparition lingered in her memory, like a curse. It had really marked her, she had never experienced a screamer before. She then tried to think of something else to make this image disappear from her thoughts. It was then that an idyllic sight appeared to her. Countless Tacos had popped into her head. Looking at all her beauties, she was blissful, making her forget her fear. Following this slight incident, she resumed her way to find this mysterious and frightening Destiny Boss. In the vastness of space, always the same story, planets here and there of the cosmos. While nothing really impressive was to be deplored, it made her happy to see things in her path instead of a constant emptiness. But after a while, Angela sensed that something was wrong. All the cosmos darkened as she advanced, like a mist that would cover the places when a boss approached in some terrian games. The atmosphere was becoming as unhealthy as possible, very heavy too. It wasn't the pressure of facing a new enemy that weighed on Angela, but something else. She had the feeling that it was the enemy himself who was pressing on her, as if to play with her. She had an unpleasant feeling of bitterness.
<< What is this place ? It is now all dark, much more than space itself without the glow of any star. What then is this darkness ? Brr ! I feel like unease coupled with fear. >>
Turning around at full speed, the darkness now remained as it was. Everything around her was nameless darkness. She thought she was hallucinating at hearing laughter and a few echoes in that unhealthy vastness, but that also coupled with stealthy appearances, so much so that she never managed to distinguish them clearly before they vanished. Her mind would spin at various times and then recover, she was really not well. She could not make this discomfort disappear with her care because it was not activated. Her other powers either. No matter which one she wanted to use, it didn't activate, as if the place prevented it. Really scary. Angela was actually starting to panic at this stinging helplessness.
<< Raah ! What happens at the end ?! >>
In her nervousness, a quiet voice reached her. A voice in a rather arrogant tone.
<< Hin hin ! Well well ! >>
<< What ? >>
A male voice with a pronounced echo reached her from either side of the space, with no exact provenance. Sometimes from the right, sometimes from the left, sometimes even from the bottom see from the top. It surprised her all the more when she seemed to be coming from right in front or behind her, scrambling to fend off a visibly nonexistent threat.
<< Who's here ? >>
<< Don't pretend you don't know me. It makes me incredibly sad. >>
<< What ? But... >>
<< Silence ! >>
This word then resounds in every corner of space with deafening acoustics, making Angela dizzy.
<< Ha ha ha ! You are such an entertaining little thing. Poor thing. Weak. >>
<< What are you ? A kind of clown ? >>
<< A clown ? Hin hin ! Don't make me laugh, if I'm a clown, I'm THE clown. The one who devours your dreams and makes them nightmares. Yes, that's it, a devourer. Ha ha ha ! >>
<< What do you want from me ? >>
<< You know about your destiny, don't be fooled. I myself am aware that you have to defeat me to accomplish it. >>
<< Defeat you ? But then you're ... >>
<< And yeah huh ! Here in front of you is the great, the frightful, the dreadful ... >>
A moment of silence fell.
<< The dreadful ? >>
<< ... Boom Breaker ! >>
At the announcement of his name, countless afterimages of him appeared around Angela. Ghosts, grotesque and amorphous, looking in her direction. Each emitted a pestilential aura, as much in the smell as in the darkness. Some differed from the others, sometimes bigger, sometimes taller, but only one thing remained to them : The fear they instilled. Angela wasn't indifferent to it, and the fear she felt had never been greater. Oddly, she knew it wasn't natural, the fear she had of these specters was not rational and seemed to come from a presumably passive power. Even her sights of imaginary Tacos didn't help her stop it, a fear so irrational it kept her from moving at will, just poor jerky movements.
<< Fear, fear, FEAR ! She makes me dream, nightmare !! My wife, my friend, my muse, I can smell it ! This bitch emanating from you fills me with joy hin hin hin ! >>
<< W-What's he saying ? >>
Suddenly, one of the ghosts burst out of the shadows and locked Angela in a sort of cage of darkness. Paralyzed, she could not react.
<< What is that ?! >>
<< This "Infa-mouse" was very shabby for having been defeated by such a feeble young lady. I recognize there my superiority hu hu ! >>
<< What are you doing ? >>
<< You've rubbed shoulders with the stars, I'll take you rubbed shoulders with the hells ! >>
Without waiting, the cage descended and was submerged with an endless pitch.
<< Come back when you are a memorable character ! >>
And so sank Angela into the depths of an unknown abyss. Right after, all the ghosts disappeared and the space returned to how it was before. For her part, Angela was falling constantly towards an unknown destination, still taken by an absurd fear.
<< W-What's going on ? W-Why am I so afraid ? I had never felt this before. >>
Around her, nothing. The black, continuously. However, various things were appearing as she continued to fall. Many cages, suspended by a chain from which the beginning was hidden, were more or less visible in this dark lair. Although she could not clearly identify their content, at times she could make out presumably humanoid figures. As the pressure eased from her body, the cage suddenly stopped, pinning her to the ground violently. Unsurprisingly, this dark dimension always nullified the use of powers. Waiting for a solution to get out of there, Angela spotted a cage closer to hers than the others, in which an entity was. A humanoid entity like some others rare and more indistinguishable in the distance. Coming closer, always paralyzed, she tried to get a better view of this thing that sat silently in its cage. Noticing this, the thing suddenly turned its head and clung to the dark bars with strength, which surprised Angela. With a look of terror but as if weary, the humanoid with the male voice began to speak.
<< A-A-Are y-you a-alive ? Y-You're n-not an illusion ? >>
<< N-No, why do you believe that ? >>
The man, visibly relieved, sat down wearily in the same spot as before. Angela, confused, was curious to know who this person was.
<< Can I know who you are ? >>
<< Me ? You mean ... me ? >>
<< Y-Yes, you. >>
As if proud to have received attention in this dismal void, he sighed.
<< I don't know. At least, I don't know anymore. I have been living here for a long time and my identity has been useless to me. >>
<< W-What do you mean ? >>
The man stared at Angela.
<< You're scared ? >>
<< S-Scared ? >>
<< Fear is a very strange feeling. I felt it intensely the first time I found myself here, but now it's more loneliness that oppresses me. >>
<< Y-Yes. Fear is above all an activation of the amygdala in the face of a potential danger or threat, allowing various answers to be adopted depending on said danger. It is generally essential to the survival of a species it seems. >>
<< A-Amygdala ? >>
<< It is a nucleus located in the antero-internal region of the temporal lobe, inside the uncus, which is itself the anterior extremity of the parahippocampal gyrus. >>
<< I ... don't understand. >>
Angela had just realized that she had get carried away.
<< H-Ha, it's a purely biological explanation of fear, related to the brain. >>
<< I see. You seem to be very cultured ... and to have calmed down. >>
Against all expectations, she was actually no longer really paralyzed by any fear. She could now move freely.
<< I can move ? >>
<< It seems that you have developed like me a certain resistance to the passive fear of this place. This Boom Breaker doesn't have to be in the know, that's an advantage. >>
Angela then stood up in her cage, contemplating the surroundings with more attention.
<< How do we get out of here ? I can't use my powers. >>
<< If I knew, it would be a while since I was gone. >>
Angela, though she was once again free to move, was again paralyzed where she was. Seeing her puzzled as to how to get out, the stranger held out his hand.
<< What's that ? >>
<< Take. >>
The man had just given her a kind of shell, similar to small crustaceans on Earth. When she took it, an intense light sprang from the object in the palm of her hand and dazzled her and the entire place. After the flash dimmed, everyone in the far cages started screaming, like during a flashmob.
<< W-What's going on ? >>
<< I don't know. It has never happened since I landed here. >>
The screams, in unison, were not shrill. On the contrary, they were not very powerful, like background noises, but as filled with an eternal sadness, resembling heavy tears. Angela, uncomfortable and pained, sensed their grief. Looking at the object her friend had just given her, she decided to act. Cross-legged, she took a deep breath and cleared her mind.
<< What are you doing ? >>
No answer. Silent, Angela meditated. The crying continued and her companion was wondering what, when suddenly she emitted a faint body glow. This light, strange as it was, began to cover her cage as well, which shattered into small white shards.
<< Impossible ! How is it possible ?! She destroyed a cage of pure darkness just by meditating ? But what monster is she ? >>
Continuing to meditate, the darkness composing the place itself then began to purify itself and became a place of immaculate white. The man, for his part, could not believe it.
<< She can ... yes, she can save us ! >>
The place continued to crumble to become a warm place. The other cages containing individuals also destroyed themselves and freed them from their burdens. The cries of desolation quickly transformed into a calm but peaceful silence unlike the heavy ambience of the previous silence. However, Angela could no longer purify the rest. Struggling to continue, she opened her eyes and stood up. Looking around, she saw the new places she had created, but also those she hadn't been able to reach.
<< Y-You're great ! You saved us all ! >>
Angela turned to that voice that sounded familiar to her and came face to face with the person she had been conversing with all this time in that black void. But this person had changed, she was now more radiant. With a more polished and vivified appearance, the man was now much classier.
<< You ... Who are you ? >>
The man wondered why she didn't recognize him. Looking at himself then, he understood this questioning.
<< Ha. I see. >>
Positioning himself with righteousness and nobility, he put his right hand on the chest to make the introductions.
<< Benoit. This is my name. You know me in a rickety and miserable shape, but here is my real self. >>
<< I see. Was that dimension making you weak at this point ? >>
<< Over time, this dungeon loses the strength of those trapped there, making them weak. As you may have noticed, it also instills irrationally high fear and prevents the use of any power. Boom Breaker first seals his victims in dark cages and sends them into this dark dimension relentlessly. Suffice to say that those who get caught can do nothing. >>
<< So I canceled all that. >>
Benoit opened his hand and let out a blue flame.
<< Looks like you've even canceled out the negation effect. You're awesome. >>
Angela then emitted a strange feeling.
<< Awesome ? What is this feeling ? >>
<< What's up ? >>
Benoit leaned over her and was suddenly closer. At that moment, she emitted a strong blush and backed away.
<< W-W-What a-are you doing ? >>
Seeing her embarrassment, he found where the problem lay.
<< Do you have a pain in your chest ? >>
<< Y-Yes, how do you know ? >>
<< It's a feeling you've never experienced before, so ? >>
<< I-It would seem. >>
<< Have no idea what it is ? >>
Angela knew all the different emotions, but she obviously hadn't experienced them all.
<< I feel very hot, what is happening to me ? >>
<< Surely my love power. >>
<< Your love ... power ? >>
<< Yes. I didn't tell you, but formerly, I was a great adventurer traveling the worlds. I have a whole host of powers entrusted to me in order to complete various quests from my home realm, as well as several others that my companions have given me in the past. This attractive power is one of them, I named it Love Attraction. >>
<< I-It's effective ! >>
<< Indeed. Too effective, even. I even attracted men with this filter. I even had the opportunity to manipulate their minds to change their sexual orientation. >>
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<< What are you ? >>
<< Me ? I am heterosexual. I could manipulate my own mind to become gay or bisexual, but I like my current situation very well. >>
Angela seemed embarrassed about her condition. She, who had never felt that way, was a little scared. Knowing the cause of this behavior, it annoyed her then and she got angry, whereupon her hot flashes stopped.
<< You seem to be back to normal. >>
<< It seems that I have acquitted myself of this attraction. >>
<< Unsurprisingly, you are indeed awesome. >>
This time, Angela had no real reaction. She therefore had deny his love power. Continuing to talk, Benoit slowly told his story to Angela.
<< So like that, you were an adventurer ? >>
<< Adventurer, yes. I was doing many quests in the name of our king to repel the invader, to win my life, to serve the homeland. We were even a group of adventurers, I did a lot of missions with them. >>
<< But why are you talking in the past tense ? >>
Benoit gave a sad expression. Angela suspected from his expression that she had drifted onto a delicate subject.
<< Oh, maybe I touched a sensible point. >>
<< No no, that will be fine. The reason I speak in the past tense and stand alone is that these same companions all perished in a terrible battle. It was several centuries ago. >>
<< Several centuries ? >>
<< Several centuries, surely 300 or 400 years. I was imprisoned by Boom Breaker a very long time ago I can imagine, but its dimension seems to bring literally eternal torment to its victims, feeding this monster with madness, sadness and fear of its prey. It's not that dimension makes people immortal, Boom Breaker seems to keep them alive on purpose by extending their existence in order to make them suffer even more. >>
<< It's cruel. Did you observe him to deduce that ? >>
<< No, no one can see Boom Breaker, let alone in his dimension. I won't say it's due to invisibility, at least it is in part, but I feel like it's something beyond that. >>
<< Can you tell me more about your companions ? >>
<< Well, they were proud compatriots, all united for the nation like a division. One of the things that I liked the most about them was the mutual aid and the camaraderie. But this is paradoxically what lost them. >>
<< You see me sorry. >>
<< It's nothing, don't worry, it's been a long time since I make a mourn of my companions. >>
Angela and Benoit changed the subject and continued to talk about their origins. Angela revealed her true nature, which puzzled Benoit.
<< Tacos ? What's that ? >>
<< You do not know ? After all, it is an Earth specialty. It's a dish from my home planet. >>
<< Ha. And are you the anthropomorphosis of a recipe ? >>
<< That's it. I myself don't know why or how. >>
<< It’s quite strange. >>
Oddly, Benoit was more astonished at what a Tacos was than at Angela's very existence as the incarnation of the concept, to believe he had already had such strange experiences. As for him, Benoit revealed where he came from.
<< I come from a far, far away place. >>
<< With an green ogre ? >>
<< An ogre ? There are ogres, but they are very dangerous. Why ? >>
<< Ha n-no, for nothing. >>
<< As I told you, it was a kingdom. There were different races, most of them beastmen, others demons. At first I thought I was on the only world existing in existence, to be in the central place of the universe, but it would seem not. In my wandering after the unfortunate disasters that left me lonely, I traveled here and there and landed in what felt like a parallel universe. >>
At these words, Angela couldn't get over it.
<< A-A parallel universe ?! B-But it was only at the theoretical stage ! >>
<< Ha ? We had always considered as true the existence of a parallel universe for our part. >>
<< On my planet, a physicist by the name of Hugh Everett related in his thesis of multiple worlds the quantum mechanics and the wave function as well as that of Erwin Schrodinger, another physicist who had theorized that as long as the we do not know the result of an event before it happens or after but without seeing it, the latter has all the probabilities at the same time. He had performed this thought experiment on a cat contained in a box, which contained a vial of poison that could shatter and release deadly gas after one minute. In summary, as long as the box is not opened after this minute, the cat is both dead and alive. For parallel universes, believing that, we admitted that when an event occurs, the various possibilities each generate a new universe in which they unfold. >>
<< I ... am not sure I understand everything. You are much more advanced in your world than we are. >>
<< Sorry, it seems. But anyway, we had never been able to prove with exact certainty the existence of parallel universes. >>
Benoit sitting and looked around.
<< We have so much to learn from each other. >>
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Suddenly, a thud was heard, like the echo of an earthquake. In the white expanse, Angela and Benoit jumped in fear and warned themselves. Angela was surprised that her clairvoyant sixth sense hadn't warned her, but that detail slipped out of her mind when a voice she had heard before suddenly appeared.
<< Well ! Well ! Well ! I see we're cooing here. >>
<< It's that ... >>
<< Yes, it's definitely him. >>
A dismal voice, seeming to come from the hells. Boom Breaker had burst in again. As elusive and sly as ever, the Destiny Boss seemed to be playing with them for the umpteenth time.
<< You got to know each other now. You are so touching. I'm also surprised that this little girl has managed to free herself from my dimension, a real sleiht of hand that no one has ever done to me ! Haaaa how exciting ! >>
<< Let's be careful. He can be anywhere. >>
<< ~ He can be anywhere ~ Hahaha ! How touching! ! Ugh ! Hypocrites that you are ! You are disgusting. >>
<< Is he lunatic ? >>
<< Who know. >>
<< Are you wondering where I am ? A futile question ! Hopeless ! Are you looking for me ? Why ? Yet I am ... >>
A moment later, an icy hand touched Angela's shoulder. It wasn't a cold making hairs stand on end, that hand had frozen her soul.
<< ... right next to you. >>
<< Angela ! >>
With a gesture, Benoit positioned himself in Angela's place, as if exchanging their two bodies.
<< Little insolent ! Go play elsewhere, it's not an ignorant little insect like you that I need ! >>
Grabbing his soul, Boom Breaker swung it away, leaving his body inert. Now face to face with Angela, he prepared to fight her.
<< When I knew that we Destiny Bosses would have to face a powerful opponent sooner or later in a plane of destiny, I was puzzled, but seeing your map and being here, I realized how dangerous you are. I must not take you lightly, you will suffer, you talkative little lump of meat ! >>
<< H-He charges ! >>
Angela narrowly dodged a hit causing afterimages. She wondered why her clairvoyance did not activate.
<< No need to try to save yourself by preventing my blows ! I have no future, any attempt to predict myself is IMPOSSIBLE ! Ha ha ha ! Little bitch that you are ! Take this ! >>
<< Can't I predict his blows ? Ouch ! >>
Boom Breaker's hits weren't just attacking on a physical level. The psychic plane was also affected. Each of his blows caused soul damage.
<< I feel reached on a whole new level. Gnh ! >>
<< Poor thing that you are ! Your soul, so puny. Raaaah ! I want to destroy it, crush it, explode it ! >>
Boom Breaker continued the blows, which Angela tried as best she could to endure. He gave her no rest to use her powers, he emitted anyway like a field that had the same negative properties as his dimension, although more efficient.
<< Sending you to my dimension is useless since you will come out sooner or later. I know your past exploits, I won't let myself be fooled like those two clumsy "Scylette" and "Infa-mouse". >>
<< Don't talk about Scyllah like that. >>
<< Mmh ? I beg your pardon ? >>
<< Don't talk about Scyllah ... like that ! >>
Furious, she approached with fuliginous speed Boom Breaker, who was surprised.
<< F-Fast ! >>
<< Take this ! >>
Barely, he dodged her blows, which he feared for some reason. Indeed, Angela also emitted a kind of white aura. Boom Breaker made the link with the purifying technique used in his dimension.
<< Why did I dodge this ? Yet I am incorporeal ! I have the feeling that her blows are dangerous. >>
<< I will defeat you, here and now. I will recover your fragment and I will continue my travel. So is my destiny, and neither you nor the others will be able to hinder it ! >>
<< She feels herself growing wings, the Black Loli ! Go down a floor or two, you haven't seen anything of the extent of my power yet !! >>
Boom Breaker then raised his hand to the side as he leaned forward and squirted a large amount of whitish mass, in the form of a scythe.
<< Eat that scythe ! Slow Death Scythe ! >>
<< Huh ? >>
Quickly, Boom Breaker swung his scythe like a frisbee at Angela. Dodging her at the last minute, the scythe turned around to hit her full in the back.
<< Ugh ! >>
<< You like ? Here is a taste of the hell mouhahaha ! >>
After the shock, Angela's limbs were extremely heavy. They weren't actually heavy literally, but extremely slow, like going in slow motion.
<< I'm gonna be teasing, but do you still love your collapse so much ? Pouahah ! You would see your constipated face, hilarious ! My intangible scythe can slow down the time of those who get hit, inflicting a slow painful death on them when I grab them ! You'll see, it's fun ! >>
<< I ... didn't say ... my last word ... >>
Attempting to move, her body was indeed slowing down, she even saw Boom Breaker moving even faster, but that was only due to her also slowing perception. Even her white aura couldn't instantly negate this effect. It was then that she had an idea.
<< Hey, Boom Snicker ! >>
<< Boom what ? >>
<< Yeah, you ! You bragged about being more powerful and intelligent than Scyllah and Infamous, didn't you ? >>
<< Well, yes, indeed, what could be more normal than a ascertainment as obvious as this one ? Oh, I know ! Your impending defeat ? Ha ha ha ha ha !! >>
<< Die The Death. >>
<< Huh ? >>
<< Sentence The Death. >>
Suddenly, Boom Breaker felt weak. Staggering, the temporal slowing active on Angela immediately ceased and his negative aura lost its effect.
<< What is that feeling ?! Why do I suddenly feel so weak ? Could it be this kind of incantation ? >>
<< You will suffer my wrath ! >>
<< What ... It's not the same girl. This is not the same opponent I have in front of me ! No. No no no. No no no no no !! >>
<< Great Equalizer is The... >>
Before even finishing her incantation, a titanic gust shook the surroundings, coming from Boom Breaker.
<< Salvator Fields of Euyme ! >>
<< What is he doing ? What a strong wind ! >>
<< Oh no no no ! You are not going to end me like this ! Your little magic tricks here, it won't work on me, you heard me right ! >>
<< H-He canceled the negative effect ? >>
With a black aura of anger visible from afar, Boom Breaker summoned colossal clouds of darkness above him. Melting into them, it changed shape and became even more monstrous. Thirsty for revenge and drunk with hatred, the Destiny Boss had finally revealed himself as he really was.
<< Here it's finally. His true form. Scary. >>
<< Succumb to the most total darkness, that which encompasses light and hopes. To engulf and consume, such is my Nindo. >>
<< Nindo ? >>
<< Devour her body and her soul, let nothing remain ! Black Storm, Murder of Hope ! >>
The masses of darkness in his body then rushed towards her, accompanied by heart-rending cries. Angela, not having time to recite the incantation and cornered, did not know what to do. It was then that a brave stranger intervened and countered the attack. A brave man, all dressed in nobility, who possessed a charm that, strangely, did not reach her.
<< B-Benoit ! >>
<< In the flesh ! Or at least, not yet. >>
<< What happened to you ? Weren't you supposed to be dead ? >>
<< Me ? Dead ? With a simple separation of the soul from my body ? Come on, let me laugh. I have faced loads of creatures in my universe capable of this kind of feat. This is not one more that will scratch me ! >>
<< I-Impressive ! >>
<< Ha ! It's nice to see the roles reversed. If you look closely, my body is already at work. >>
Looking away, her body, yet soulless at the time, was summoning incantations to boost his soul who was at the front. Like a cloning technique, it went even further, it was a perfect harmony and synchronization between the soul and the body of someone, a separation are all philosophical from a certain point of view.
<< A soulless body acting on its own ? I-It's ... Woaw ! >>
<< Glad to have captivated you. Now, it's time to push that annoying mass away. >>
Grabbing his right hand, he made it shine with the same blue flame as before.
<< I will shatter your illusions ! Slayer of Reality ! >>
Benoit then bent reality to distort the attack and shatter it.
<< How dare you oppose me, you dirty stinking trash from the shallows of the abyss ?! >>
<< Did you want to get rid of me ? In a casual way, moreover. Well, now you're going to be dealing with the other side of the coin, and be sure he's the last thing you see before you die, miserable boss ! >>
<< To include myself in a sentence that calls me "dead" is abject and stupid. I am already dead, I transcend death, I cannot die, insolent !! >>
<< Angela ! >>
<< Y-Yes. >>
<< Let's join forces ! >>
Nodding, Angela joined forces with Benoit to defeat Boom Breaker once and for all. The latter, mad with rage, unleashed all his power on them.
<< You ... Bunch of wretches ... You will take expensive !! Stargunner ! >>
Suddenly, millions of stars equivalent to the sun appeared.
<< Wow ! There must be 100 ... 200 ... No, at least 300 million stars ! We must act ! Angela ! >>
<< Right now ! >>
Looking for a solution, she had an idea the least to say strange.
<< Your reality power. >>
<< Yes ? >>
<< Share it with me ! >>
<< B-But... How ?! >>
<< Wait. >>
Taking his hand, she scanned him and copied his power.
<< W-What did you do ? >>
<< I copied your power. >>
<< You did what ?! >>
<< Look well ! >>
Concentrating, she combined Benoit's Slayer of Reality with her aura and created a new attack. Letting go of her hand, she asked Benoit to step aside, an order he carried out, and waved a hand at Boom Breaker.
<< Tomb of the Slotted Attacks. >>
A sparkling dome appeared above the two of them just before Boom Breaker executes his attack. When the stars began to burst, the force field took all the damage, several hundred million stars, without interruption for almost 15 minutes. After hits, space was devastated, molten stellar clusters here and there from the cosmos and the assailants still in full combat.
<< You stopped my attack ! Grrrr ! >>
<< You've created a new attack right in the heat of the moment ! I do not know what to say. >>
<< W-Without your attack, I probably wouldn't have been able to do it. >>
<< Thanks again to Kylian, one of my companions to whom I owe her. >>
<< Your companions were very nice. >>
<< For sure ! Now let's see what he's going to do, I'm not serene with this specimen. >>
<< This ... specimen ?! Me, a specimen ?!! I ... >>
<< Oh, we pissed him off again. >>
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His cry and his anger caused an intense shockwave that pushed the duo back. The two, determined, launched the attack with all the confidence and determination they possessed. Angela going to the right of Boom Breaker as Benoit took the left while retrieving his body in the process.
<< Shadow. Shadow ! SHADOW !! >>
Shadows appeared on all sides and chased Benoit.
<< It will be fine. Healing Ring ! >>
Benoit projected golden rings that made the shadows disappear. It also healed him slightly. For her part, Angela tried to take him by surprise, but in vain. He knew in advance where she was, like a diviner.
<< You, you're dangerous, you don't pass ! >>
<< And you even ! Colossus Summoning : Blazblue ! >>
At these words, Angela summoned a Fire Golem. A blue fire. Benoit recognized his flame in this Golem, which making him strange but also happy. Angela then sent this newborn Golem to Boom Breaker, which was nevertheless quickly destroyed.
<< Do you think you got me with that little thing ? You are distressingly naive, wake up a bit ! >>
<< It's you who is distressingly naivete, ghost. >>
Suddenly, a blue fire spread over Boom Breaker, a fire he couldn't quite put out.
<< What's that ?! It hurt ! >>
<< The explosion of the Blazblue Golem causes an intense burn that cannot be mitigated by conventional means. Even reality could not deny this burn. >>
<< What have you done to me ?! Dirty bitch ! >>
<< I don't want to waste my time and waste that of the Destiny Bosses that you madly criticized by summoning them. I will take care of your case myself. >>
Boom Breaker, then on fire, then undergoes a second attack from Benoit's side. The latter, furnished with wings, a left of water and a right of fire, charged an elemental orb composed of electricity, fire, water and light. He infused his manipulation of reality into this sphere and propelled it onto Boom Breaker. Said sphere, yet normally ineffective on him, changed color and metamorphosed into a dragon riddled with screws.
<< The Globe of God is one of my most powerful attacks, it consumes a fair amount of energy but can distort reality, deal elemental damage and even absorb the target's life force to regenerate me. >>
<< What... >>
<< I used a tiny bit of it earlier when you separated my body from my soul, I healed it that way. Basically, it's the union of 5 attacks, some of which I learned from my companions, namely Mermaid Water from Lucie and Slayer of Reality from Kylian. I also had to use Warm Fire, Electro-Blast and Wind Storm which are all mine. >>
<< I don't give a damn interest about your personal details, you incredulous ! >>
<< However ... >>
In his words, the dragon bit Boom Breaker on the neck with violence, which shocked the latter.
<< Argh ! Aaah, what is this thing ?! >>
<< ... The Globe of God is only the sphere containing the 5 powers I mentioned, this dragon is more powerful than the elemental globe itself and is called Carni-Request. It will absorb you to the last drop of your strength until you're just a plasmic dry apple seed ! >>
<< Bastard ! I should have to make sure of your death first ! >>
Angela, to the side, was discovering a dark and vengeful side of Benoit, but if that would finally secure victory over this tenacious specter, it didn't bother her more than that. However, like a never-ending storyline, Boom Breaker once again emitted an aura of rage, disgust, and revenge, but unlike previous auras, this one was literally overpowered, on an immeasurably higher level.
<< I-Is he never going to stop ? >>
<< I cannot answer this question. Even my Carni-Request was ineffective. I have never seen such a monster. >>
<< You ! You, the challengers of the destiny of the Tacos concept. You who have decided to go down the road of servitude. Feel the overwhelming difference in power between us. You, insignificant stray microbes, facing me, the God of Eternal Darkness. You previously cited your ire, young candidate. You will now suffer, with your companion, mine. >>
<< Oh no, that doesn't smell good ! >>
<< May you be cursed and fall with me into the abyss of infinite nothingness ! >>
From then on, a seal was placed on the torso of each of them. They were now cursed by the Boom Breaker's curse.
<< What does that mean ?! >>
<< These seals are the mark of the fateful fate that awaits you. I'll erase everything right here. Time, space, matter, thoughts, everything. There will be nothing left in this world, in this universe, you as me. >>
<< Does he intend to sacrifice himself to take us away ? >>
<< But who is this boss ?! It is on a whole new level ! >>
<< Since then ... >>
Boom Breaker, engulfed in crimson light, raised his arm. The next moment he lowered it like a judge would order his sentence.
<< Perish ! >>
The universe then began to fade in its entirety, taking away everything, including Boom Breaker. Angela and Benoit, trying to prevent this massacre, found themselves stranded because of the seal. In a final rush, Angela concentrated in the hope that something would work and by a twist of fate, her seal was gone. Hurrying without further delay to remove the seal from Benoit, she launched all her available attacks on him, without success, Boom Breaker did not waver an inch.
<< Angela. >>
<< Help me attack him, we'll probably get there together. >>
<< Angela ... >>
<< Come on, let's attack him with all our might ! >>
Benoit looked a little sad.
<< A-Angela. >>
<< What ?! >>
On the verge of tears, Angela saw parts of Benoit's body disappear.
<< N-No, but ... why ? >>
<< It would seem that only you are immune to the seal of this disbeliever. He must have also put the whole universe under his curse to erase it. >>
<< B-But, I took it from you ! >>
<< Visibly, no. But that's okay, you're the actress in this story, not me. I knew one day or another that this would happen to me. >>
<< No no no, don't go like that ! >>
Benoit had a few tears as well, but soon only his right eye could afford to cry due to the absence of the left part of the skull. Getting closer to her, he took her in what was left of his arm and wished her good luck. In this final farewell, he used one last technique, his most powerful, to save Angela from nothingness.
<< I would have had a great time anyway. You even made me forget the pain of having lost my arms comrades ! Eh eh ! If I can, I won't forget you. >>
<< W-Wait ! >>
<< Quantum Transfer. >>
Powerfully, Angela was swept away by a mysterious force that carried her far, far away, where Boom Breaker's attack would not affect her. As for him, he found himself face to face with Boom Breaker, the one who had once kidnapped and tortured him.
<< So like that, I'm going to die with my executioner. >>
Boom Breaker was unresponsive, as if already dead.
<< No answers, eh ? Typical of kidnappers when it comes to being smart. You targeted her more than anyone because you knew she would be able to withstand all your attacks and even defeat you. This universal destruction in which I am going to perish, you were aware that it would not have overcome Angela. But then, why ? Why ?! Answer me, ectoplasmic dirt ! >>
Boom Breaker turned his head slowly.
<< I let my narcissistic and rowdy side speak and fight. I denigrated this child without taking into account the fact that she was at the heart of an irrefutable and uncontrollable destiny. Now awake, the least I can do is reset everything. From nothing, new branes will collide, a new Big Bang will be born and life will resume, such is the cycle of life. >>
<< What comes from the earth, returns to the earth, doesn't it ? >>
<< You are smart. Now, the words may be silver, the silence is golden. Enjoy your last moments of existence while you can. >>
<< Tss. I guess I can do nothing to counter all this. At least she will be able to continue her life normally. >>
In a last word of sigh and relief, Benoit has died out at the same time as Boom Breaker and the entire universe.