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Chapter 105: Fighting Back

"Senior ForgiveClass Demon He could see the pride in its eyes, a pride that bent as it asked for forgiveness It seeive off faint reverberations of the Law of Wrath because of the Rage Dragon’ He nodded internally His eyes narrowed as he looked at the Demon

BOOM

His arms blurred, too quick to trace as he s it several hundred h the far into the air

"Apologizing won’t make me spare you&8221; His eyes were cold

One less De

"Ahhh!&8221; His eyes twitched, however, as a shrills screaure of a quiveringaround five feet tall (152 c a pair of worn linens She had a collection of freckles dotting her face,her look oddly cute despite the dirt she was covered in It reminded him of an old friend

It was unfortunate that he had to kill her

"I cannot allow anything close to a witness to survive seeing ies Blame the chains that are Fate&8221; His eyes were callous as he leaned down and picked her up by the throat

The farirl clutched at his hand, her voice weak Her body shook at her panickedher eyes as she looked at him with horror

Yukeli didn’t hesitate Without a second thought, he clamped down and crushed her throat

Or, rather, he tried to

"Another life lost on the journey to perfection, your sacrifice will n-&8221; Yukeli froze, stopping his ht ar uselessly at his hand

Her throat was decidedly not crushed

"What?&8221;

"Die&8221; His eyes flashed as he put the full force of his strength into the blow, clenching his fist with enough power to crush a

Once again, she re a uard His eyes studied her everyhis vision

After ahim

"You are just a normal mortal How can you resist me?!&8221; He didn’t understand

He leapt forward to stand next to her,Earth: Mountain’s Edge&8221;

His hand cut down in an arc, the side of it taking on an incredibly sharp concentration of energy His entire stance see in the world could stop him

WHOOSH

Injust over her neck, his ar appeared in Yukeli’s eyes He smiled A cold, cruel s her?&8221; He spoke aloud, talking to seey, the air around hihty Aura surfaced

"I AM A GOD! You cannot resist raced by le life is NOTHING to me!&8221; His words shook the air itself

Thein fear Yukeli’s ar to end her life on the stop

His right arm trembled, and after a moment, slowly retracted back, away from the milkmaid’s neck

Yukeli shook his head, dissatisfaction present in his eyes,

"You shouldn’t be able to obstruct me at all More deviations from my planned future…&8221;

"For what reason? Why would you fight me? You and I, we are one and the same now Your Fate is tied to ly join witha witness alive is like asking to be tracked through Fate There is no reason to spare her The ave you was to seek perfection in destruction Not to spare randorave danger&8221;

Dorian’s body shook Abruptly, words caain Words that carried a different tone, lacking the ancient pain and dissatisfaction of Yukeli

Words frohost Thi-this is my body&8221; Dorian’s words were stifled as he spoke, stuttering out a response

Yukeli frowned His eyes filled with evento take back over, beco What would you do if that Demon came back over here? Without me, you would be dead&8221;

"I- I- I plead the Fifth&8221; Dorian sputtered out, trying to glare at Yukeli to no avail as he referenced a law fro to answer questions His mind was cluttered, andto the forefront, for some odd reason

Yukeli didn’t understand, but could tell that he was being mocked

His eyes flashed one last ti away He could only temporarily surface, as a remnant part of the darkness that ran flush in Dorian’s soul

"Fine, ‘Dorian’ Have it your way&8221; When he said Dorian’s na it sound off,

"If you wish to be free of mor Seek the Chamber of Life at the center of the ruins There, you will obtain what you need to bring back your friend, William&8221; His voice was full of ancient wisdom as he spoke, mysterious and authoritative Dorian knew, instinctively, that he was not lying

"There you will see the answers to all your questions There you will see the truth&8221;

"But be warned…&8221; His voice took on a cruel edge, a co would fall in his favor,

"You may not like what you find&8221;

WHOOSH

The darkness in Dorian’s soul fluctuated Underneath all that darkness, a s Dorian’s soul coinated froo

Abruptly, Dorian felt hi

"Huff-huff&8221; Dorian closed his eyes and shuddered for aa deep breath, his fists clenched His heart pounded and slowly began to cal in his veins

"Pl-please don’t kill irl’s voice, so quiet it was alht Dorian’s attention The milkmaid that Yukeli had tried to murder

His eyes flashed darkly,

‘You bastard I see why you grabbed my soul and made a body now You just wanted to take it over It’s probably the same for the other Anomalies, huh? Well, don’t think it’ll be that easy’

Dorian bent down, holding out his hands,

"I’ to hurt-&8221;

"Please!!&8221; The milkmaid’s body shook in terror as she crawled backwards, treot closer She stared at Dorian, a mix of pure hatred and fear