Chapter 379 Revenge?
The Eclipse Spear manifested in Nial's hand as he walked around the large circle that had been created on the ground.
In the end, the circle had become the arena of the life and death battle between him and the two Heligav Assassins. Nobody was allowed to enter the circle before the battle had been concluded and the participants were not allowed to leave before the end of the battle either.
Nial was not sure which of them was responsible for his master's assassination but he had had enough of the entire Heligav race right now.
There was no need for him to spare anyone, to begin with, which fueled his anger, urging him to just lash out at the two opponents and do what he wanted to do.
A slow smile crept up his face as he released the dark energy from within him.
He spread it through the ground that turned pitch-black. The properties of the soil didn't seem to change but the two Heligav Assassins began to frown the moment the ground below them was covered in darkness.
They activated their Innate traits and turned invisible. A sound-muffling ability was activated, followed by another ability that allowed them to mask their scent.
Afterward, they activated a technique that concealed their mana core. Nobody would be able to determine where exactly the Heligav Assassins were located, not even beings at the Deux rank!
In fact, even some Elves and Heligav at the Keltia rank were taken aback after getting a glimpse of the Heligav Assassins' ultimate stealth.
They were born special and their special traits were further honed and nurtured by allowing them to learn special techniques and abilities.
But all of this was not something Nial was bothered about. He had marked the Heligav Assassins before their life and death battle had started.
It didn't matter that this was likely to be against the rules because nobody had detected what he had done.
Nial continued to walk within the circle, while the tip of the Eclipse Spear grazed lightly over the pitch-black ground.
If not for the terrifying power Nial's body released on its own, one might as well think that Nial was utterly calm and not on the verge of causing death and destruction at the slightest motion around him.
With his range of perception, it was easy for him to detect the two Heligav Assassins. They may only be at the Mid Prometheus rank but their physical strength was on par with much stronger beings.
On the other hand, their mana affinity was below-average. Even humans, who had just advanced to the Prometheus rank might have a higher affinity toward mana than the Heligav Assassins.
The corners of Nial's mouth curled upward when he noticed that the two Heligav Assassins attacked him, one from the front and another one from his back.
Nial bent down while he shot huge spikes of darkness out of the ground. The entire arena was riddled with various darkness spikes that had shot out of the ground. Blood spurted in Nial's face and on his body but he remained unscathed, while the Heligav Assassins' invisibility cloak had been ripped to shreds, blowing their cover.
Their hooves and legs had been pierced by Nial's darkness spikes and they were forced to keep running over the spiked arena. The Heligav Assassins grimaced as they tried to endure the unbearable pain that swept through their four legs before they retrieved a scythe from their spatial rings.
With the scythes, they began chopping off the darkness spears around them to make space for them to stand on solid ground instead of letting their feet be sliced by the sharp darkness spikes.
Little did they know that their actions were not only for naught but that they had actually given Nial the opportunity to further damage themselves.
Nial manifested a crimson-colored ball, which he threw in the direction of the Heligav Assassins. The moment the crimson ball reached the area between the two Helgiav Assassins, it exploded, releasing bloody black miasma.
Simultaneously, a dome of darkness manifested around the small patch around the Heligav Assassins which they had freed of darkness spikes.
It isolated the bloody black miasma Nial had created with the combined efforts of his Darkness Essence, the [Blood Eclipse Moon] ability, and the Curse [Hodur's Heir].
The power of the bloody black miasma was not to be underestimated and it didn't take long for shrill cries from within the dome of darkness to reach the ears of spectators.
Nial had retracted the spikes of darkness from around but instead of absorbing the dark energy he had used for the spikes of darkness, he turned the dome of darkness into an Iron maiden.
Lengthy but extraordinarily thin needles of darkness were released from within the dome of darkness that had trapped both of his opponents inside it. The needles began to elongate and grow, slowly piercing through the skin, flesh, and organs of the two Heligav Assassins, whose strength decreased by the second.
They had to breathe to stay alive but every breath they took caused their strength to deteriorate as the highly potent bloody black miasma entered their body through their nose and infiltrated their lungs.
Nial let go of the Eclipse Spear with one hand and he touched the dome of darkness. He inserted more dark energy, and Essence of Darkness inside it before he summoned a humongous Blood Eclipse Moon.
Nial had nourished it from the day he had bound the Blood Eclipse Moon ability and he had never used the entire power his ability had accumulated over time.
Even now, Nial was not ready to use the entire accumulated power. He was beyond furious but he knew that the Heligav Assassins were just the pawns of the true powerhouses and perpetrators, who had caused his master's death.
They were just the tools used by the strong, and it was not worth it for him to spend too much time on them.
"But that doesn't mean I will allow you guys to die easily. Just like you are the puppets of your very own race, you will become my tools to assert dominance, and to show that I am not a pushover," Nial declared quietly as he shot a stream of crimson light toward the dome of darkness that slowly began to turn crimson.
The smile on his face began to turn brighter as he heard the painful screams of the two Heligav Assassins ringing in his ears with satisfaction.
It was enjoyable and worth listening to because it seemed to lessen the pain he felt from losing his master.
The soothing sensation was only temporary but that was enough for Nial to feel increasingly inclined to torture the Heligav Assassins as much as possible and make them beg for death.
With that thought tormenting his mind, Nial retracted the Blood Eclipse Moon before he created a dozen huge crescent-shaped darkness blades. They were coated in the Essence of Darkness and the darkish crimson energy of the Blood Eclipse Moon, strong enough to pierce through the defense of a Deux Angel!
Nial disintegrated the dome of darkness and the bloody black miasma at once, revealing the grotesque appearance of the two Heligav Assassins.
They were bleeding profusely as dark thick blood oozed out of thousands of tiny puncture wounds. Even their eyes were pierced through, blinding them and they barely had the strength to remain standing on the ground.
However, Nial was far from done as he smiled devilishly while controlling the darkness blades and preparing for the next attack.
The darkness blades were shot out and the Heligav Assassins could instinctively feel the danger approaching them. But they didn't dare to move in fear that the thin needles would pierce inside them once again.
Thus, the two Heligav Assassins noticed only too late that darkness blades had shot toward their legs, and before they could react, had cleanly sliced through the flesh and bone.
All the legs of the Heligav Assassins were cut through and their heavy bodies slumped to the ground, as pools of blood gushed through the severed stumps.
Nial's smile turned even brighter than before if that was even possible. He approached the bleeding opponents and manifested hundreds of long but thin needles of darkness around him, which he intended to pierce into the Heligav Assassins to make sure that they would feel more pain, that they would suffer longer.
"LOOOOOOO!!" A few Heligav from outside the circle shouted at the same time. They showed obvious signs that they intended to ignore the rules of the life and death battle between Nial and the two Heligav Assassins and that they were about to charge in the circled arena.
But even before they could intervene, the Nightshadow Elves had disappeared from their positions before they emerged in the shadows of the Heligav, who intended to break the rules of their most important tradition!
"Move a single inch, and we will kill you, just like our master will kill your rotten breed!" One of the Nightshadow Elves spoke in the tongue of the Heligav before he merged with the shadows once again, leaving behind the frozen Heligav, who had no idea what had just happened.
They had been so focused on their youngest that they didn't even sense the killing intent the Nightshadow Elves had directed at them.
Nial noticed what was going on outside but he just smiled. After giving it some thought, he realized that he was still not satisfied with his revenge.
He created four huge arms of darkness that shot out of the ground.
One of the darkness arms got hold of one arm of the two Heligav Assassins, whom they lifted from the ground.
They hung down from the arms of darkness, powerless and bleeding severely. Even if Nial wouldn't do anything else anymore, the Heligav Assassins would end up bleeding to death.
That was something everyone had realized by now. However, Nial was far from satisfied with the torture.
He was still angry, full of wrath...uncontrollable wrath that didn't seem to decrease no matter what he tried to do.
Thus, Nial shot the long but thin darkness needles inside the Heligav Assassins that were already void of power, and helplessly lying on the ground, unable to do anything.
Nial was confused by his rage but he didn't mind this at all. It was a satisfying feeling to be powerful enough to take revenge on the beings, who took away what was important to him.
But even if it was satisfying to be able to take revenge, it was not as if he could get anything in return. The people he loved would never return and that was a fact.
The only thing Nial could do now was to keep living in a way he wouldn't regret anything...not anymore than he had already regretted.
Whether his decisions would impact others positively or negatively was not something that concerned Nial a lot anymore. Others acted however they wanted as well, which was more than enough reason for Nial to desire to do the same!
And with that in mind, he pierced hundreds of long darkness needles deep inside the two Heligav Assassins.
Slowly, he killed them, while savoring every second of their torture and pain to his heart's content until they stopped twitching altogether.
Nial just smiled in response before he released his dark energy that greedily towered above the corpses of the Heligav Assassins.
"Thanks for the feast!"