A/N: Okay, this is as hard for me to write as it is for you guys to read.
I didn't want to do this, but I've been taking note of the reviews, the follows & the favourites and I've decided...
As of today, The Unholy Wolf is on hiatus until I either finish An Arctic Trident or at least get close to finishing it.
Now, before people start going off in the comments or start sending hate mail in my DM's, let me explain.
Firstly, since I've started uploading the Arctic Trident, I've noticed how most people like it more compared to Unholy Wolf and how it grew in popularity far quicker compared to its counterparts.
However, I've also noticed that while most of the reviews are positive with a few negatives here and there, there were also people saying that if I focused more on it compared to Unholy Wolf, that it could become an amazing fanfic.
Now, I don't know if people think that I'm some kind of great writer that's overworking himself( because we all know I'm just barely above average), but I've also noticed how fun it is for me to write Arctic Trident compared to how dull & boring it is to write the Unholy Wolf & I'm 100% sure others have also noticed it in the way how both stories are written, from the creativity to the storyline.
The second reason is that I'm too scatterbrained to keep up with two different stories in the same universe, as I'm sure people have noticed how I confuse the personalities of a character in both worlds and how one character from one story acts far too close to its counterpart in the other story. So, I'm stopping The Unholy Wolf because Arctic Trident is, as I said earlier, just more fun to write.
The third reason is, as most of you have guessed it, its popularity. In our society, views, reads, follows & favourites are everything to a writer since these things help boosts our stories in popularity and as of today, Arctic is the lead in all of those of all my stories. So, if I want to get my popularity up there, I have to boost its rep and that means focusing only on it as my one DxD story.
The last reason is more of a personal one. Arctic Trident is the rewrite of my very first fanfic that ended in disaster(Frost of Time for those that don't know) and for me to grow as a writer, I feel that I need to take the time to actually finish it in order to feel like I achieved something, which also means finishing off this chapter in my writing career.
So, like I said at the start of this long essay, Unholy Wolf is on hiatus, both here and on the P-word doesn't like.
However! That doesn't mean I'm going to forget about it like I did with Frost of Time.
No, while I'm busy with Arctic, I'm also going to take my time to truly plan out the end of Unholy Wolf to actually finish off my first ever Self Insert as well or else, I'm going to feel like a dickhead.
And who knows? I might even try & finish off An Arctic Trident quicker than expected by uploading early chapters on Pat. Reon/KingCrimsonNova.
...Yeah, that was a shameless plug.
Anyway, that's enough of me taking time out of your day so let me not stall you guys any further and enjoy the chapter.
Nyx grunted as her shadow stretched upwards & created a shield around her, the maw of a giant water dragon clamping down on it before it was dispelled by giant spikes shooting out from the shield.
Sinking into her shadow, Nyx emerged from Ingvild with a dagger made from shadows ready to slice her throat open before she cursed as silver vines wrapped around the girl & pulled her back, glaring at Rossweisse who smirked before unleashing a murder of silver crows from her wands.
Not finished, Rossweisse pointed at the ground before flicking her wand upwards while twisting it, the ground turning to a liquid-like state before it transformed into a giant pool of mercury that surged upwards at the goddess.
Nyx frowned as the mercury condensed into a large ball besides the Valkyrie before her eyes widened as hundreds of tendrils shot out of it & flew through the air towards her.
Hurriedly tracing her finger through the air, a large Greek runic crest appeared below her before chains made out of purplish-grey miasma shot out of it & smacked the tendrils away, the air around her vibrating as tendril & chain clashed in rapid succession.
Smirking as her chain shield kept the spirit vines away, she frowned as she saw Rossweisse smirking at her before her eyes widened as she realized that she was fighting two opponents.
Quickly creating a shadow below her that grabbed her & threw up high into the air, a slight gleam of fear appeared in her eyes as a massive spear made out of the familiar purple water stabbed up from the ground where she previously stood.
Frowning as the tip of the spear nearly reached her airborne form, she growled as she spread her arms wide, darkness spreading out like a pitch black mist from her form and both Rossweisse & Ingvild frowned as they readied themselves for a counter.
"Zet-ten!" A cry echoed through the sky and Nyx only had a moment to look back before she gave a silent scream as an agonizing & scorching pain erupted from her back, golden ichor splashing into the air as she barely managed to make out her darkness mist being cleaved in two.
Rossweisse took opportunity from Yasaka's sneak attack as she stomped a foot on the ground while swinging her wand upwards, a silver pulse of mana sent coursing through the ground before the world sung as an entire forest of vines, trees & plants made out of silver grew into existence.
Nyx was too focused on trying to stitch the giant cut on her back shut to notice the forest around her until it was too late, only able to give a scream of outrage before it was muffled by the hundreds of different vines & plants wrapping her in a tight cocoon.
Ingvild was all too eager to help Rossweisse as she slapped her hands on the ground, a surge of demonic energy erupting from her kneeling form before demonic purple water grew from thin air around the cocoon & sealed it in a tight water bubble prison.
"Thank you." Rossweisse said with a smile as she lowered her wand, Ingvild smiling back as she nodded before they turned just as Yasaka landed on the plant-water prison, tracing her finger rapidly through the air above it before leaping away.
"More sealing youjutsu just to be safe." Yasaka explained as she landed next to the other two, Ingvild nodding while Rossweisse frowned.
"Is that necessary? I'm sure she wouldn't have been able to br-!" The Valkyrie was cut off by a monstrous amount of divine energy erupting from the prison bubble, which was decayed within mere seconds as a pissed off Nyx, in now wet clothing, stomped out of it.
"You should have just kept quiet." Yasaka sighed and Rossweisse gave a sheepish giggle before they grew serious as Nyx spoke.
"You dare think your paltry little prison is enough to seal away me? Nyx, Primordial Goddess of the Night & Daughter of Chaos itself? I shall show you filthy mongrels what it means to anger a true divine being. Pragmatikí Ékdosi Entýpon(True Form Release)." She chanted in Ancient Greek and their eyes widened as her aura increased exponentially, stars appearing from thin air as the clear blue sky darkened & turned into night.
"Mitéra tis Aiónias Nýchtas(Mother of the Eternal Night)." Nyx had transformed into an abomination, having become a churning figure of black ash & smoke, being nearly twenty times their height. Her eyes was the only distinguishable feature of her eyes as they shone with a bright purple light.
A pair of giant tattered crow-like wings were on her back, wisps of pitch black gas flowing from them with each slow beat that kept her in the air and her clothing had transformed from its school look to a void black dress, a kaleidoscope of bright dots adorning it in swirling patterns that were slowly spinning as if they were hundreds of different galaxies.
"Chaíre thnitoí. Giatí egó, i Nyx, írtha na theríso tis mízeres zoés sou. (Rejoice, mortals. For I, Nyx, have come to reap your miserable little lives.)" Her voice had changed as well, a raspy echo that sounded like that of bones cracking accompanying every word, but the ladies didn't get a moment to get out of their shock before the primordial snapped her fingers.
In an instant, Rossweisse had spun & unleashed a pulse of spirit energy, a giant mass of vines shooting out in all directions just in time to deflect a barrage of shadow-like maws that shot up from the ground to devour them.
However, Nyx was not deterred as she flicked a finger at Yasaka, who quickly traced a youjutsu barrier in front of her only to wheeze for air as the divine bullet shot right through her barrier & knocked the wind out of her.
The only that stopped the bullet from going through her chest were her bringing her tails in front of her and stopping the bullet with them, but they did not escape unscathed as five of her tails had their tops cut off, Yasaka stifling her pain & pushing it away as she focused on the battle.
"Entyposiakó, thirío. Den boroún polloí na blokároun tis sfaíres mou, allá as doúme póses boreíte na blokárete. (Impressive, beast. Not many can block my bullets, but let's see how many you can block.)" Yoki covered Yasaka's hands before a pair of chainsaws made out of azure flames appeared on her hands, the kyubi growling as she crouched before rocketing forward.
Nyx raised an eyebrow as she flicked a finger at Yasaka before frowning slightly as water shot up from the ground & barely stopped the bullet, turning her disapproving stare to Ingvild who had a hand raised before the primordial smirked.
Within mere milliseconds, the night sky was dyed purple & Yasaka's eyes widened as hundreds upon hundreds of divine bullets were in the air above her, Nyx smirking as she looked up to see Ingvild looking just as shocked.
"Tóra, as doúme na ascholeísai me aftó, misogynó. (Now, let's see you deal with this, half-bat.)" Nyx growled with a feral grin before she blinked at the sight of Yasaka skidding to a stop, surprised to see the kyubi just staring at the bullets flying towards her at a rapid pace before she hummed as the bullets crashed into her & unleashed a large explosion as the goddess activated the second part of the attack.
'To thirío prépei na syneiditopoíise óti o thánatós tis ítan mátaios. (The beast must have realized that her demise was futile.)'Nyx thought with an arrogant smirk & shrug as she turned to see the looks of despair on the other women's faces only to frown at the sight of them grinning up at her.
"Zet-TEN!" Her eyes widened as Yasaka's voice came from behind her, a deep purple miasma erupting from her wings & creating a makeshift shield that barely managed to block the slash attack as Nyx turned & gave the surprised Yasaka a wide grin.
"To perímena, tsoúchtra nýmfi! (I was expecting that, you slutty nymph!)" Nyx exclaimed in glee as Yasaka turned her head to the side to see a ball of miasma right next to her head before it snapped back as the miasma transformed into a solid spear & shot right through her skull.
"Yasaka!" Rossweisse exclaimed in horror before a burning rage erupted from her soul as she glared at the cackling Nyx, the goddess ceaing her giggles to relish the horror from the two below her only to freeze at the sight of a giant demonic water dragon covered in spirit energy crashing into her form.
Screeching in pain as the spirit energy drained her divine power while the demonic energy burned her body, she unleashed a blast of poisonous darkness that pushed away the water for a split second only for it to reconverge on her form.
Her vision was growing bleary as she was barely able to even move a finger while the dragon crashed her back first into the ground & continued to drain her energy before her eyes widened at the sight of blue azure flames slowly coming closer to her.
"Ochi! Arnoúmai na petháno gia éna thirío san eséna! (No! I refuse to die to a beast like you!)" She screeched as she tried to get out, but her body didn't respond like she wanted as it felt sluggish & weak, the last thing she saw being a grinning Yasaka diving head first into the barrier before her vision turned a bright blue.
"Zet-ten." Yasaka growled as she unleashed her attack, the world coming to a still for a split second before all hell broke loose as the water dragon was cleaved in half.
A giant pillar of blue flames in the shape of a sword obscured both Yasaka & Nyx from view, the inferno burning brightly for a good few seconds before it began to wane, Rossweisse waiting in suspense as the flames disappeared before a happy & relieved grin appeared on her face as the golden kitsune stood above the downed form of Nyx.
Back in her human form, Yasaka was taking deep breath as she felt her body beginning to sag in exhaustion from using such a powerful Zetten before she sighed in relief as she felt herself being picked up carefully, giving Rossweisse a thankful smile before wincing at the pouting glare the Valkyrie gave her.
"We'll talk later with Theo on why suicidal attacks are not good for the others' hearts." Yasaka just rolled her eyes and Rossweisse couldn't stay mad for long as she gave a soft giggle, Ingvild walking closer & waiting a few paces behind them as the mature duo turned back to Nyx.
"So, you've finally came to your senses again." Yasaka spoke with a tired smirk and Nyx gave a giggle that turned into a cough as she choked on a bit of blood, turning her head to spit it out before she took a raspy breath."
"You…may have defeated me…but my husband…shall avenge my death. It's just a shame…that I won't be there…to see it."
"No, he won't. Theo and Issei should take care of him." Rossweisse answered only to frown as Nyx gave a giggle, streams of black & gold blood coming out of the corners of her lips as her eyes glowed a deep crimson.
"That's what you think, little Valkyrie! Erebus! The time has come for night & darkness to become ONE!" She shouted before a deafening banshee-like screech escaped her lips as a pillar of purple miasma shot out of her & into the sky.
Rossweisse tried to use her wand to stop it, but it was too late as the last bit of energy escaped Nyx' body & followed the rest into the sky to form a small purple ball, the energy spinning rapidly on itself before it rocketed in the direction of where Erebus was fighting Theo & Issei.
"Ingvild! Look after Yasaka & take her back home! I'm going to help them!" And before Yasaka could protest, she felt her vision spinning & her body failing her before she passed out, Rossweisse smiling in thanks to Ingvild for casting the sleeping spell before she quickly flew into the air, frowning in concern as she felt Erebus' power grow drastically as the night sky began to darken considerably until it looked like a pitch black void.
'Please be okay.'
Theo gritted his teeth as Erebus smashed a shadow hammer into his blade, barely able to push it away as he was too focused on trying to undo the god's seals.
Issei was not too far back as a crimson orb of draconic energy appeared in front of him, the Longinus wielder pulling his fist back before punching it and unleashing a monstrous energy beam at the primordial.
Erebus frowned as he stared at the giant laser before pushing Theo away & flying into the air, Theo grinning as he flung his hand upwards while Issei unclenched his own fist.
Within mere seconds, a prison of ice sheets appeared around Erebus just as the crimson beam exploded upwards into a myriad of smaller lasers, Issei using his energy to reflect them off the mirrors as the primordial's eyes widened just a split second before they impacted.
A deafening boom ripped through the sky as the explosion grew to obscure both Erebus & the ice mirror cage, Issei taking deep breaths as he floated to get near Theo while the young god himself was focused on the smoke cloud that was left as the explosion dissipated.
"Get ready. Here he come." Theo spoke and not a moment later, the smoke was evaporated as Erebus rocketed out of it, Theo stabbing Anaklusmos & unleashing a cold mist that froze the air solid only to frown as the god ripped right through his ice with ease.
Issei was quick to help as he flew towards Erebus, spinning & snapping his leg out for a heel kick only for his eyes to widen as Erebus caught his foot without even looking,
Quickly spinning to avoid the sneak punch from Theo, Erebus grinned as he spun before smashing Issei into Theo, watching as Theo caught the boy before he gasped as Erebus stomped on Issei & the force of the blow sent both of them crashing into the ground.
Erebus was going to follow up with an attack before he blinked as he felt Nyx' malicious aura washing over him, frowning as he saw the sky darkening & heard her loud screech.
'Already? I thought I told her to just hypnotise the girl & hide away.'
'I'm guessing that's Nyx getting pissed off.' Theo thought with a groan as he pushed himself out of the ground, pushing a groaning Issei off of him as the Red Dragon just grumbled.
"You okay there?" Theo asked as he stood up, Issei just giving a thumbs up as he stretched before groaning in relief as his back cracked.
"I was going to take my time here, but I suppose it's time I finished this little battle of ours. Pragmatikí Ékdosi Entýpon(True Form Release)." Erebus growled as the sky around him darkened to near pitch black, his eyes glowing a bright white as his body turned into a shadow-like form.
"Patéras tis Avyssalikís Nýchtas(Father of the Abyssal Night)." First, his body grew to nearly double its former size, a pitch black hooded robe made out of ripped black cloth covering his body while his skin turned grey & decayed like a decomposing corpse with a slime-like liquid covering his body. With each breath he took, a rattling screech like that of metal carving against metal echoed through the air and Erebus let out a black miasma that condensed into the shape of a deep grey sabre, the same viscous liquid coating the blade while the air around the blade cracked & froze.
"Misó ti chrísi aftís tis fórmas, allá ypothéto óti den boró na synechíso na paízo pia. (I hate using this form, but I suppose I can't go on playing around anymore.)." Erebus growled as he lifted his blade before bringing it down, the air cracking once before a wave of cold mist erupted from its edge & came down with a crackling roar.
Theo frowned as he grasped Anaklusmos tightly before stabbing it forward, Issei placing his hand on Theo's shoulder & transferring several boosts just before a wave of cold matching Erebus' erupted from the blade & roared to life.
Cold mist met a wall of deep blue ice that Theo created with a mere thought, Anaklusmos turning into its trident form as Theo grinned while placing an arm on Issei's shoulder.
"We're going all out. You ready?"
"Not really." Issei muttered before he sighed & nodded, Theo smiling as divine aura flowed into the Red Dragon before Issei took a deep breath.
[Don't worry about doing the chant, partner. I won't let you embarrass yourself again.] Ddraig chimed in with a smirk and Theo chuckled as Issei groaned right as Erebus' aura flooded the sky.
["Juggernaut Promotion: Heavenly Crimson Awakening!"] Both Issei & Ddraig declared in unison as Theo spun his trident around before gritting his teeth in pain as he stabbed it through his lungs & heart, his aura pulsing before he spoke.
"Ichor Desmos." The air went still & grew cold before Theo gave a bloody grin as both his & Issei's aura roared to life & grew exponentially, their combined aura matching that of Erebus as a pillar of blue aura obscured his form while Issei growled as his crimson form grew bigger & bigger to nearly triple his former size.
Soon, the pillar of aura dissipated and revealed a grinning Theo in his new form.
All form of flesh & skin had melted away as he was now nothing but a skeletal figure, twin orbs of blazing blue flames having replaced his eyes while a crown made out of ice adorned the top of his head. A pair of pants & a cape made out of blue hellfire was the only clothing he had on his body and Anaklusmos was now a deep silver bident with golden blades & the tips made out of ice, a deep azure fireball seated at the point where the bladed ends & the staff part met.
"Four-Blooded Bident of Lamenting Destiny." Theo growled out with a grin as he raised the bident before he disappeared, the ground under him vaporizing while Erebus quickly lifted his sabre above his head just in time to block the attack.
"Dragon Bombardment!" Issei growled as he opened his maw, a deep emerald glow in the back of his throat before a gigantic barrage of massive draconic beams carved through the air.
Erebus gritted his teeth as he pushed Theo back before flipping away from him trying to cut his legs off, spreading his arms wide before a thick cloud of black mist appeared & completely absorbed the attack.
Theo spun his bident before pointing the tip at the primordial, thrusting it forward and unleashing a sea of hellfire just as Erebus punched forward & the mist released the draconic beam back at the young god.
Heaven quaked as the two beams clashed, one side turning into a burning hell as the temperature skyrocketed while the ground below the other side cratered as the draconic energy sent out a pulse of aura that forced all below it to submit.
Both gods gritted their teeth as they tried to force their attack forward before Erebus grinned as a mass of darkness condensed below him, Theo only having a few split seconds for his eyes to widen before the mist appeared besides him & unleashed another beam of purple miasma at him.
Spinning around to parry the draconic energy beam past him, he spun Anaklusmos in front of him just as the beam crashed into him & sent him flying through the air, but he grinned as he felt Issei's presence appear behind him just in time to block the sneak attack from Erebus.
"Eseís oi drákoi thélete sígoura na anakatéveste me tis theïkés ypothéseis, étsi den eínai? (You dragons sure like to meddle with the affairs of the divine, don't you?)"The primordial growled but Issei didn't say anything as he kept glaring at Erebus before grinning as he wrapped his tail around Theo's waist.
[BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [BOOST] [TRANSFER x10] Erebus' eyes widened as he heard the declaration from the Boosted Gear as Issei transferred more than half of the boosts to Theo before spinning around & throwing him at Erebus, the chest compartment of his armour opening to reveal a miniature cannon with a deep emerald glow at the back of it that brightened tremendously as he transferred the rest of the boosts to it.
Theo grinned as he saw the shocked Erebus trying to run away, but unleashing a wave of cold froze the primordial solid for just the split second he needed as the familiar vertical eye tattoo appeared on his bony forehead.
"Let time come to a halt." The world around him froze and Theo grinned as he spun Anaklusmos above him, transferring most of his newfound energy into the bident before surprise adorned his face as the tattoo that Hades left him began to glow brightly.
"Fallen God!/ Draconis Deus Smasher!" Theo & Issei roared respectively as they unleashed their attacks and time resumed just in time as the sky itself roared. A ginormous emerald-green beam of draconic energy eviscerating the beam of malicious miasma with ease while Theo slashed his bident down, a giant deep sea-green blade bifurcating a shocked Erebus while the night sky behind him was sliced cleanly for a few seconds to reveal the light of day before the hole quickly sealed back up.
'I-Pós? W-Emeís… ta káname óla sostá. Pós chásame? (H-How? W-We…we did everything right. How did we lose?)' Erebus thought in shock and anger as his body fell to the ground, a baleful glare permanently etched onto his face as he looked at the dragon & god watching his corpse fall before letting out a regretful sigh as Theo pointed his bident at him.
"Hellfire." Theo chanted and blue flames gathered in front of the end of the bident before unleashing a pillar of flames down upon him. However, he blinked in confusion & hope as the familiar sense of Nyx' energy grew closer before her purple miasma enveloped his form, Erebus frowning as he couldn't feel her physical form near him.
"Don't bother. It's already been destroyed. We've lost, my husband, but we have not fallen."
"And what do you think we do? No matter what we do, they are just going to beat us down."
"Then, let it not be us who are defeated. We may die now, but we'll reform within the next few centuries like always. So, let the last of our allies take out the fledgeling god." Erebus' eyes widened at her words before a bloody grin spread across his face as a cackle escaped his lips.
"Then, let it be so, my love. I call upon the father of Monsters! The King of Beasts! The Great Conqueror! The Destroyer of Olympus! Come forth…Typhon!"
A/N: Cliffhanger! You all thought I was going to bring out Tartarus, didn't you?
Nope, this time, it's not Tartarus! I thought about how Typhon was supposed to be one of the top ten in the world with Fenrir as his equal, so I decided 'Eh, why not use him instead of Tartarus?'
Next chapter, gods against a Monster.
As usual, read, enjoy, review and until next time…
Ba-Bye~!