It was almost in an instant that all of us were overpowered as the Hexabeast raised his lantern. A bright flash emitted from it as multiple streaks of blood red lines shot forth at speeds that couldn't be possible as they slammed into each of us. I doubled over as I clenched my gut as a mouthful of blood was spat out onto the ground below I had also been knocked off the Hexabeast resulting in a painful impact with the ground as well. Out of the corner of my eyes, I barely registered that everyone was knocked out except me which did surprise me since Bulat had been in Incursion when he was struck. Even Evil Akame had been taken out and her Hexabeast had dropped to the ground and refused to move from whether it being dead or unconscious I did not want to find out.
I looked back at my attacker to see that the cloaked girl had jumped off her Hexabeast and was approaching me with a dagger in her hand.
"Surprised you're still conscious are you?" She asked in a taunting manner as she approached me. She was fiddling with the dagger as she pricked her left index finger with it letting a lone trail of blood flow down the blade. I didn't respond to her question as I thought of ways to get out of this until I spotted Toripuru on the ground. I slowly made my way over to the blade as I clenched my gut with one hand and was surprised I wasn't attacked by the girl or her Hexabeast.
"At least you still have some fight in you." She said again as I turned to face her. "Since you have this much will left I suppose I should introduce myself, I am Void otherwise known as the person to kill you." She flicked her dagger outwards as the thin trail of blood that had been on it grew and twisted around the blade until it was coated in the dark substance. The blood then got if possible a shade darker as it began to bubble slightly making me shudder and take a step back.
"What is that?" I asked looking at it warily. She smirked at this as she gazed at me.
"Rulebreaker is a special Teigu I suppose since it can pretty much do anything it want's with little exceptions." My eyes widened in fear as I gazed at the Teigu. It was truly the most powerful thing to exist and I could tell that Judgement wouldn't be able to rival it if it was used correctly. "You should recognize these bubbles though as they are the true form of the poison your little girlfriend is so fond of." My eyes widened even further as I realized that the Teigu now could kill me in a single cut but then I realized that I might have a chance if I could plan this just right.
"You will die!" I exclaimed as I turned to look at Toripuru. "Toripuru you have always saved me so do it once more. I'm not sure if you can hear me but please use your remaining energy to form Judgement." The blade hummed as I felt Judgement form in my hands once more. "Thank you, my dear friend," I told him as I placed Judgement in my left with him in my right. I turned the dial to number eight and once again had to watch the cracks form on Judgement. Half of the watch was now cracked meaning I only had three uses left. But the results were worth it as a round glass shield formed in my left hand. While it was made of glass this shield could not be damaged in any way. Plus it had a sentence of sorts and could stretch itself to block and blows within a certain distance and I could mentally command it to extend but this would cause the shield to break.
"A shield really?" Void asked in a disbelieving tone. I just gave a grin as I rushed forward and slashed at the girl as she expertly parried my attack. She followed up with a counter and I would have been impaled if the glass shield didn't forcefully extend itself and block the blow. The girl faltered in surprise at this allowing me to strike again but she evaded at the last second allowing Toripuru to only scratch her mask causing it to snap in half. Without the mask, I could now see the girls face which was extremely beautiful with her bright green eyes but I didn't stop to look as I followed up with more attacks.
The two of us continued our dance of blades as we struggled to gain the upper hand on the other. I was surprised that her Hexabeast had stood still this whole time making me realize that she had ordered the creature to not interfere. After another couple of minutes, I decided to enact my plan as I purposely overextended my strike. As expected she took advantage of this as she plunged her blade deep into my shoulder. I cursed in pain as I flicked Toripuru and took off her right arm. The dagger fell to the ground as we both cursed in pain but I still managed to giver her a sly grin.
"You took that on purpose." She said realizing what I had done. "Why would you sacrifice your life just to cripple me?" At this, I grinned as I looked to my torso where the tattoo I had received when I had first been stabbed by Murasame was. This had made my plan successful since I figured if her Teigu mimicked Murasames poison they would be the same and she would have no clue I was immune to the poison. I readied myself again and rushed forward for my strike to only be blocked by the lantern of her Hexabeast who seemed to have teleported in front of her. I jumped away as I cursed myself for failing my attack as I knew my strikes with Toripuru would be extremely sloppy now that I had a chunk of my shoulder missing.
"How are you not dead?" Void asked as she walked over and picked up her dagger with her remaining hand not caring about the amount of blood she was losing. She waved the dagger over her bleeding stump and the wound stopped bleeding. She then picked her severed arm up and jammed against her stump as she once again waved the dagger over the wound except for this time her arm was attached. My mouth stood agape as I realized that my whole plan has just been thwarted.
"You've got to be kidding me," I said as I tried to think of a way to win now. The Hexabeast would surely fight now meaning I had to kill it but that seeming improbable at this point.
"Since you seem to not be able to be poisoned maybe I shall burn you alive?" She seemed to ask herself. But as she did the bubbling blood changed shapes into a bloody flowing fire. I visibly gulped because at this point I knew I was screwed before I looked at my shield and got an idea. It was a very improbable one that had almost no chance of succeeding but at this point, I had no other option as I readied myself for one final attack. Seconds felt like minutes as I analyzed the girl and waited for any opening as she took her first step towards me I saw a very small one as I likewise rushed forward.
Our blades met with a loud clang as we traded blows but I mentally grinned as I saw her repeat the same opening everytime she made a sudden movement. After a few more blows I decided it was now or never as I blocked a strike with my shield this time and swung Toripuru towards her as she did her usual movements. As I predicted she had blocked the blade with ease and due to the position had left me in an opening of my own as she twisted her dagger on the hilt of Toripuru causing the blade to escape my grasp. But as she did this I had maneuvered my shield next to her side and using its ability to morph I caused the shield to extend into her side causing a massive wound to appear. I grinned in victory as the glass shield broke due to me mentally commanding it to extend.
"Looks like our fight is at an end." I said as I watched the Hexabeast crouch down next to its Tamer." I had wondered why it had stayed out of the fight so far and I scrambled for Toripuru as I knew something bad was about to happen. I picked my blade up from the ground just it time to see the Hexabeast hold the lantern over Void's head as a dark crimson liquid most likely blood began to drip from it. I started advancing as I wanted to stop whatever was happening but I was too slow as the Hexabeast stood back and looked at me.
It was just eerie as the skeleton face looked at me from what I could under its robes. I readied Toripuru as I waited for it to strike but I didn't even get a chance as it teleported in front of me and slammed down its lantern on my head nearly knocking me out cold. He raised his lantern again and I knew I couldn't block so all I did was close my eyes knowing what would happen. The last thing I heard before I passed out was a clicking sound of bones most likely the skeleton was laughing at me due to how impossible the fight had been since the beginning. He was right though as I was just overpowered and couldn't beat their strength. I had lost and it was more than likely going to cost me my life.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter as there are only three left.
