Chapter 21: Whore of Insanity Pt2.

"Guess the Kishin is angry now …" mutters Nadis as she feels Veijka's terrifying gaze upon her. Slightly trembling, Nadis raises her weapons.

"Steady ..." Kayla's stern voice returns as Veijka's seductive grasp finally vanishes. "Chain resonance!" yells Kayla.

Nadis and Mathak nod and both prepare for the rather difficult synchronisation of their souls. Each of them is an outstanding personality, thus having their features combined isn't an easy task.

However, just as the trio anticipates a savage attack … the Kishin begins to chuckle. And soon it turns into a maniacally laughter.

"The pain! The fear! The rage! The scream! You dirty whores I'll murder all of you!" Disorientated and screaming, Veijka motions across the scenery like a helpless whelp.

Her loud shrieking however disturbs the Meister trio. "When I'm done with you, I want the breath you hold inside you! This lust for murder ..."

The Kishin's eyes turn blank and she begins to cough up blood. "What the ..." Mathak's tongue slips on surprise and the tall man drops his guard.

And within a blink of an eye, Veijka charges forth. The velocity ... the savagery. Blood. Everywhere. It's everywhere. The crimson fluid of life unleashed.

Red rivulets of steaming blood sidle across the stoney ground. Kayla slowly turns her head into the direction Mathak stood a moment ago. But now ...

"Murder, suicide, murder suicide. Every single one of us has devils inside. Murder, suicide, murder, suicide. Every single one of us is going to die."

Kayla's eyes widen whilst Veijka chants the lines of death. Suddenly a great pain strikes her mind. The successful chain resonance is shattered and torn to pieces.

Eventually, Kayla begins to tremble as Veijka steps down from the dead body of a horribly mauled Mathak.

His flesh and bones have been raped to the point of unrecognizably. "YOU BITCH!" Nadis screams with all her power, all her frustration and all her fear.

Mathak is dead. His eyes are wide open, the pain he felt was only for a short moment, but his soul was screaming.

Kayla is paralyzed, she can't move. Now the Meister helplessly watches how Nadis throws herself against the lunatic and as her nunchucks connect, deafening sounds haunt the peak again.

One powerful blow after another echo across the entire mountain. The stones shake, sparks of power dance but Nadis' efforts are futile.

Veijka's sudden change of awareness caught them by surprise. Now one is dead, the other about to die and Kayla's body refuses to move.

The Kishin's eyes remain blank and dark blood continues to stream out of her mouth. Her entire face is motionless while only the talon-like feet and wings unleash one attack after another at Nadis.

And Nadis ... despite all her power and prowess, her attempts won't cease to fail. Veijka's might surpasses her by far, and it won't take long until Nadis will conk out.

"Kayla! Help me damnit!" Kayla holds her breath in shock. Even as an experienced Lord Meister serving Grandmaster Ascard, she has never felt the company of a Kishin this destructive.

All of a sudden, Veijka ceases her counter attacks and instead seems to cast a spell. "What the ..." Nadis jumps back as Veijka begins to whirl with her hands.

But before she can fully realise it, Nadis finds herself trapped in a cocoon of chaotic energy that hovers above the ground. Fragments of raw power are drawn to the energy that once thrived through Veijka's body.

Topping it all, Veijka shows her fang like teeth in a grin. Her traumatic phase has ended and now she focuses all her power into a dark purple orb.

The ball of power which hovers over her left palm begins to pulsate. Like a dark chaos hole, it starts to become larger and a pitch black entity emerges from it.

As it begins to shape and form, Kalya sees that it is in fact an enormous arm, the claw of which could hold a large truck in its palm. The massive limb reaches for Nadis.

"Madness ..." She says softly. "YES! You have challenged the power of chaos, mortal, and now you will pay the price. Only arrogance is your virtue, and even that failed you." Laughs Veijka.

Kayla, shocked to feel the life leeching force that comes from the goddess she fights. How gladly will she sacrifice men, women and children in the thousands just so she would never have to lay eyes on this corrupted goddess again.

"Veijka … you … fool ..." breathes Kayla with tears in her eyes. She still loves her. Veijka, the cool headed, innocent and faithful Demon Weapon she once was.

Life was good, but all of a sudden everything changed. Like a lightning bolt, Veijka's dark confession thundered through Kayla's mind.

This isn't the Veijka she once loved, this is a Kishin at the peak of her power. At the peak … of madness.

The pitch black claw nearly reaches the cocoon and the energy that wraps Nadis is being sucked into its palm, dragging the Meister towards it.

Naids faces the claw and sees inside its palm just above the place where the chaos energy is being sucked in two dark red eyes. In the twinkling of an eye, the shrieking feints and there is nothing but utter silence.

Slowly, the entire mountain begins to tremble and the wind starts to blow towards the palm like an upcoming outburst. With all the shifting powers, Nadis tries to look deeper into the massive claw.

Between all the chaotic streams of energy and force, sparks of fire and thunder charge out of the hole. And suddenly, Veijka's voice echoes over the peak.

"You ..."

Even though the sound makes Kayla tremble even more, it can't conceal traces of recognising that someone is being an unpleasant fact. Nadis is obviously confused as well since the inhuman grasp of the dark energy slowly begins to fade.

And after a few moments, the Meister is free again. Enormous amounts of dark liquid collapse onto the ground and wash away all the traces. Mathak's body also vanishes within the wave of darkness.

Covered in the unnatural fluid, his body is slowly carried away. As Nadis' feet dive into the liquid and eventually feel the ground, she precipitately flounders through the dark mass.

Nadis quickly runs to Kayla, who still hasn't moved an inch. She's up to her knees in dark liquid. "Kayla, what is going on?" queries Nadis, panting.

The addressed woman furiously shakes her head, she too has no idea what is happening. Her conflicting mind is still dominating her entire sentiment.

This time Veijka does not even try to hide her surprise as the words pass her lips, a weird feeling crosses through the bodies of Nadis and Kayla. "Dais."

Whilst the unforeseen exclaim hits Nadis' and Kayla's ears, Veijka ultimately ceases her actions. The pulsating energies of madness fade away and the last bits of chaotic power turn into red sparks.

"Dais...?" whispers Kayla, who, like Nadis, doesn't realise what the God of Wreckoning has to do with this. They both look at each other, utterly confused.

Then, a sound catches their ears. As Kayla turns her head her eyes spot an immane shadow on top of a knoll of rocks.

Seething steam erupts from the countless rivulets of his body, the pitch black armor gleams with an unnatural beauty and the grotesque spines across his body consummate the picture.

Dais is standing mere metres distant from the Meisters and Kishin. His tectonic body boils with power, his all consuming gaze intensifies the already tense atmosphere.

Nadis begins to uncontrollably tremble and quake. Eventually she falls onto her knees, her mouth slightly open, her eyes wide open. "Da..."

Where is the hideous Wyrm? The inhuman armor of death and decay, what happened to his form? What is going on?

Countless questions race through Kayla's mind as her gaze is glued onto Dais.

The humanoid monster slowly motions forward and with every step, the echoing scales of Dais sound across the entire mountain.

With every step, the sky darkens more, with every step, the mountain quakes louder, with every step, they all flinch testier… they all shiver visibly.

Clearly, Dais occupies the role of the principle of evil, opposed by his brother, Shinigami-sama, the principle of good. Thus either madness or rage are responsible for this god's corruption.

Dais' hideous wings are turned upside down as a crude reference to the guardian angel he once portrayed. The menacing wings also bear countless rivulets of magma-like liquid which crawl over his entire warped body.

"Dais. Are you here to play deathsman?" The sarcasm in Veijka's voice limbers the tension and she begins to waltz towards the God of War, smiling in the process.

And in front of everybody, the Kishin strokes the chest of Dais. "Hmmm~ I wonder what you are up to today?" Her eyes slowly dance across Dais' chest, excitingly scanning every detail.

Barely able to comprehend the view, Kayla squeezes her eyes and rubs them, over and over again. She looks back to Nadis and as their eyes meet, both shake their heads.

"I can offer you more than just the pleasure of my flesh, Wreckoning. What is it that you most desire?" At a slow pace, Dais' head shifts so that his gaze hits Veijka's body.

However, instead of voicing an answer, Dais raises his head and spreads his arms. Suddenly, immense power erupts from his armor and body.

A shockwave goes over the mountain like a giant bubble, the colour changes from red to orange. On impact, the wave hits like a 10 meter thick concrete wall at 10000 k/m per hour.

"For Ascard." whispers Kayla as she remembers the day she first set foot in the training hall of Kataki all these years ago. "Do not expect a glorious death! You will most likely die mud covered in a ditch with a sword up your ass!" shouted the trainer.

Kayla gives a satisfied grin as the massive shockwave speeds towards her and Nadis. "Glorious after all." When Dais lowers his head, he looks at the surroundings.

The Meisters lay on the ground, heavily breathing with broken bodies. Even though she achieved victory, Veijka's euphoria is gone. Dais is certainly not here to confess unconditional love.

In spite of being unharmed, Dais certainly didn't hold back. The entire mountain seems deformed as rocks and stones now permanently fall off.

But that is maybe the least of her concern, as she tries to figure how he managed to arrive at the peak so quickly and without her able to sense his wavelength.

In the silence after the shockwave, Veijka notices gunfire. She looks to her right and sees smoke within the city, and above that a large, dark cloud. With her enhanced vision she can easily identify the situation.

"Wreckoning is spreading once more, seems like I can at last get my hands on the shield generator." She looks up to the towering God of War and gives a soft smile.

"You were planing this all along, weren't you, Dais?" Multiple cracks appear on Dais' face and as the bursting ceases, the fallen Shinigami reveals a wicked smile.

The cracks are highlighted by a sinister red luminescence which emits from his mouth. Slowly he begins to step towards the broken duo and carefully scans the victims of the shockwave.

Just then Kayla manages to throw her gaze at Nadis. Her body is deformed with broken body parts sticking out everywhere, pain and terror being her last emotions judging Nadis' faces.

Unrestrainedly sobbing, Kayla closes her eyes. Her body is numb, the incredible pain has numbed her body. "We've failed Shibusen … Kataki …" breathes Kayla between all her desperate sobs.

Veijka looks at Kayla and enjoys every moment of the view. Her former fancier lays broken on the ground, and the path towards the shield generation has been declassified.

"Veijka." Despite not putting much power and effort into his throat, Dais' voice thunders across the entire peak. "Find the wretched machinery that cloudscreens wavelengths, and obliterate it."

Yours faithfully,

Skadow

PS: Done this in a slight rush, so more typos than average perhaps. D: