Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Three: Azure Fire Burning the Moon, bl**d Stained Royal City (Finale)
Cracks sprouted from the monster’s face like a bad case of acne, and fragments of bone danced around like confetti before vanishing into the black smoke.
Beneath those cracks, gory red flesh wriggled like maggots, stitching itself together like a really bad attempt at a meat quilt.
“Awwooooo—”
The chaotic wailing shattered clouds and rocks alike, with bl**d froth shooting out from the stench-laden air and splattering across my face.
In an instant, serpentine tendrils of soft bone sprouted from the monster’s head, wrapping around me in a fiery embrace. It launched me skyward, soaring out of the trees and into the night sky dozens of meters above. Scarlet flames flickered like a dying candle, desperately resisting the encroachment of dead smoke and black flames.
“What are you resisting… you naughty creature?”
A cyan arm, cloaked in black smoke, came crashing down on the monster’s head.
Bam!
With a dull thud, the monster’s ascent halted, and it teetered mid-air like a drunkard, flipping sideways a few times before taking a nosedive back into the trees, tightening its bone tendrils around me.
Crack, crack…
The sound of bones shattering echoed from within my body.
“Cough—”
I spat out a mouthful of bl**d.
My insides felt like they were being squished…
Something was about to burst out of my throat…
A deep voice echoed in my ears: “In the name of Diana, the product of blasphemy shall be judged…”
“Judgment on the monster, Mama Li!”
Boom—!
A heavy fist slammed down onto its head once more.
Black clouds churned violently, wrapping around the infernal flames as they plummeted to the ground, smashing into several tall trees before crashing down. At the same time, another cyan arm emerged from the chaos, grabbing the monster’s right claw and yanking it with all its might—
Creeeak…
With a sound that sent shivers down spines, I forcefully tore off the monster’s grotesque right claw, hurling it behind me, where it instantly disintegrated into dust in the dead smoke.
Bam!
Its body hit the ground with a resounding thud, shaking me to my core.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
The dead smoke rapidly expanded, covering a radius of hundreds of meters, turning lush trees and the verdant grass beneath my feet into barren, scorched earth.
At the center of the scorched earth, deep within the swirling black clouds, scarlet flames flickered, splattering bits of bl**d and flesh everywhere.
k*ll it… eat it… faster…
The desire to feast had reached a boiling point.
I desperately manipulated the cyan arm, tearing off the disgusting chunks of meat from the monster, ripping apart things I couldn’t even identify.
At this point, the fight was reduced to raw instinct. Both I and the monster were nothing more than two primitive, savage beasts, hell-bent on tearing each other apart to devour the remains.
The entire forest was left in disarray.
Creak… creak…
Dark shards of armor began swirling out of the sea of dead smoke, gradually converging towards me.
The monster’s resistance was clearly fading.
“In the name of Rabishixemos…”
Crack—
The cyan arm grabbed what remained of its shattered face and yanked it down along with the gory flesh.
…Hmm?
Did it just call me…?
Boom—!
The monster’s bloodied head was pressed down by my other cyan arm, creating a deep imprint in the ground.
“In the name of the Abyss… we… are deeply pained…”
The dim infernal flames flickered in front of me, eventually vanishing.
Dead smoke and black flames went berserk.
Like starved, bloodthirsty beasts, they lunged at the monster’s remains, engulfing the repulsive chunks of flesh and violently tearing them apart, reducing them to countless fine ashes that drifted away into the night sky.
Scarlet smoke rushed towards me and entered my body.
Boom—
As black radiance surged within me, I tilted my head back and closed my eyes.
Here it comes…
“Ugh…”
This feeling…
“Ugh… ugh… ha ha…”
A spine-tingling sensation coursed through me like a jolt of electricity, racing up to my brain.
A fiery temperature surged through my bl**d, my lower abdomen constricted rapidly, and my body uncontrollably began to spasm. In my hazy state, it felt like I was lifting off the ground.
No way, I’m going to d*e.
“Ha ha…”
I’m going to d*e, I’m going to d*e…
“Haah~”
A sticky, gooey groan escaped my slightly parted lips.
With a soft thud, I collapsed to my knees.
This sensation lingered far too long—long enough that I could no longer think straight.
“Ha—, ha—”
I let my limp body fall back, landing on the blackened earth, panting heavily.
After a moment, I raised my hands, gently patting my flushed cheeks, then let them slide down to my stomach, lightly massaging.
…Cramping down there.
My body occasionally trembled.
I decided to just lie there, hazy eyes glistening, staring quietly at the profound night sky, lost in a intoxicating reverie.
The dead smoke had dissipated.
In a radius of at least a hundred meters, all that remained was desolation without a trace of life.
The night was deep.
A delicate crescent moon peeked out from behind the clouds, its beauty stunning.
After a while, I quietly reached into my tattered skirt, tugging on the lining, trying to make it less uncomfortable… though it was pointless; I’d need to change completely.
But right now… a deep sense of satisfaction kept me from wanting to move at all.
I lost track of how long I just lay there. Gradually, new desires began to bubble up in my mind.
I want to do it again…
As soon as that thought emerged, it snowballed.
There’s always dessert after a meal.
Dessert…
I turned my head to the right, gazing towards the area untouched by dead smoke… I knew there was dessert over there.
Because Victoria had just fallen there moments ago.
Let’s do it again…
Without even realizing it, my body stood up, staggering as I took a step forward.
That… mind-blowing experience… I want to do it again… no, once isn’t enough… I want several more times…
There are plenty of people in the Royal City.
I’ve been through that already… I don’t need to hold back anymore.
Whoosh!
Out of the corner of my eye, a scarlet tongue of flame surged from my left shoulder and quickly dove into my side.
…Don’t mind it.
My footsteps quickened.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—
Suddenly, my body began to heat up and flush red.
It felt like something was burning inside me, my skin turned boiling hot, and steam began to swirl around me, slowly obscuring my vision.
So uncomfortable…
“Ugh…”
I stopped walking.
I looked down at my slightly reddened hands.
What’s happening… what’s wrong with me…
I need to feast…
In the next moment, the scarlet flames surged within me, blending with two other energies, and the remnants of comfort vanished, replaced by soul-shattering pain.
“Ahhhhh—”
Boom—
A powerful shockwave erupted from beneath my feet.
I collapsed to the ground, curling up and cradling my head.
My head hurt.
It’s hurting, hurting, hurting, hurting…
My consciousness began to blur.
In my hazy state, a melodic female voice reached my ears.
“The Chaotic Fire and the Sin Fire… this is troublesome…”
Footsteps drew closer… who is this stranger…
I couldn’t open my eyes.
Buzz, buzz, buzz…
A warm glow washed over me, tethered to the peculiar buzzing sounds, instantly sweeping away the pain.
An overwhelming drowsiness followed.
“Do we really have to place our hopes on such a monster… Pope-sama…”
I faintly heard that before plunging into darkness.
