Return of the Fallen Volume 8 Chapter 70
Etora had just knocked the shit out of Sasai and launched him several miles away with a single blow, shattering his jaw, leaving him bleeding from his face.
Sniffing the air and sensing everyone inside, he was relieved that Nunully and the others were still alive but he also detected another presence and was filled with both an immense sadness and rage.
The very moment he knocked Sasai away, Kazuki, Shaila, Tozu, Danny, and Triska all sensed it and rushed outside.
Shaila and Tozu were wary of Etora. They were not enemies but they had heard the stories of the Wolf King for years. Add the fact that he just harmed Sasai, Shaila and Tozu didn’t know what to expect.
Kazuki saw Etora and saw how disheveled he was. The two locked eyes and Kazuki was about to explain how Sasai was actually an ally but before he could say a single word, Etora roared.
“DAMN YOU!”
The air shook from Etora’s voice and Kazuki’s eardrums ruptured and began bleeding.
(What is wrong with him?)
“Etora, why are you
Once again before Kazuki could say much of anything, Etora made a move.
A simple step forward caused Etora’s body to blur with afterimages and he appeared in front of Kazuki in a split second. Kazuki could barely keep up with his speed as Etora threw a devastating punch straight at his torso.
Kazuki barely had time to raise both his arms up in a X in front of his chest. His ki circulating as fast as possible and his body were reinforced and strengthened with aura strengthening. Kazuki received this punch head-on.
*CRACK SNAP*
Kazuki of course could not withstand Etora’s brute strength. His arms shattered and broke like sticks. With this amount of force though, Kazuki was able to kick off the ground and leap backward. Blue flames erupted beneath his feet accelerating him backward even faster. With all of this, he just barely managed to relieve enough of Etora’s force to avoid his chest exploding into a thousand chunks of flesh.
Kazuki’s began to regenerate in seconds and he roared back.
“ETORA! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!”
Kazuki’s voice was filled with rage but Etora seemed even angrier. Seeing Kazuki heal with such speed, he snapped.
Giving chase, he ran after Kazuki and caught up almost instantly.
“You dare ask what’s wrong with me! You Vazul Bastard. I thought Kazuki died in the abyssal trench but to think you took his body. I DON’T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED BUT YOU CAN NOT BE ALLOWED TO EXIST. I’LL DESTROY YOU!”
Kazuki’s mind raced as he took in Etora’s words.
(He thinks the dark creature is possessing me?)
Kazuki’s thoughts ran up to here before Etora’s hand stretched outward as he tried to crush Kazuki’s skull right there and then.
Kazuki’s eyes glowed with green light and the gravity around him changed in an instant. His body lightened as if he weighed as much as a feather while Etora’s weight climbed to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Kazuki knew he couldn’t beat Etora but it didn’t mean he was powerless against him. Kazuki understood Etora’s advantages and disadvantages long ago. With the change in gravity, Etora slowed by a small margin. This tiny window allowed Kazuki to take to the skies and avoid Etora entirely.
(His strength is basically equal with a 7th stage powerhouse. Dealing with such strength and speed is something I cannot do but when it comes to Etora I don’t have to deal with either. Since he can’t use magic, it means he can’t fly. He also can’t manipulate aura the way I can which means he can’t take to the air using it. He rules the ground but the air he can’t kill me.)
Now that Kazuki had a slight breather. He thought about what Etora said.
(He said the Vazul took me over.)
Kazuki did indeed get taken over by the dark being called Vazul but it was only temporary. Thanks to Zetrazz, the dark being was forced back through the gate at the base of Kazuki’s soul tree and the gate was sealed. Kazuki regained control and hadn’t been affected by the creature nor did he hear the voice calling in the back of his mind. His appetite was suppressed and he no longer lost his mind and started devouring anything and everything.
“You bastard. Come down and die or I’ll make you come down. Either way, you will die today foul creature.”
Triska didn’t understand what was going on but she knew Etora and she knew he wouldn’t act this way without a reason.
“Etora why are you attacking Kazuki? This makes no sense.”
Etora glared at her.
“Silence girl. This matter is beyond you. Shut up and stay back.”
He then glared at Shaila and Tozu.
“That goes for you beasts as well. If other of you dare interfere, I will remove those heads from your shoulders.”
His aura then spread out and pressed down on the toe of them. Neither could stand up with this pressure and both collapsed to their knees.
“Etora stop! This is a misunderstanding! The Vazul is already gone. It’s me Kazuki, I swear it.”
Etora took a quick sniff of the air.
“You lying bastard. You may be able to fool others but nothing gets past my nose. The smell of the Vazul is constantly leaking from you.”
Kazuki actually took a sniff like an idiot. Of course, there was no way his nose could perceive such a smell. At the same time, he knew Etora wouldn’t lie about such a thing.
Kazuki thought of something before he split his attention one half of his mind focused and part of him remained in the real world while the rest entered his soul world. There he saw the problem right away. The seal on the gate, keeping the Vazul back had several cracks running through it. From these minuscule fractures, tiny amounts of dark energy was spilling from within the gate and leaking into his soul world.
Kazuki felt a sense of panic sweep over him.
(How…When!?!?!)
As soon as he thought up to here he remembered the fight he had with both Dreunz and his daughter Camila. Camila had hit Kazuki with a soul attack and he initially shrugged it off but thinking of it now, it must have damaged the seal. Dreunz as well had a powerful attack which caused the seal to incur even more damage.
Alarm bells went off in Kazuki’s mind as he thought about what would have happened if he didn’t find out about this and left it.
(The damage could have easily grown and I could have been taken over without notice!)
Kazuki swiftly used his aura to surround the gate. He had witnessed Zetrazz place the seal using his own aura. Kazuki memorized this and since his manipulation of energy was at a mastery beyond most masters. He followed the exact same steps as Zetrazz and his energy flowed in a particular manner. His aura was shaped into the ancient language and turned into magic inscriptions. These inscriptions became like links of chain as they wrapped around the gate and connected with Zetrazz’s own seal. The seal was now a fusion of both Zetrazz’s aura and Kazuki’s.
With a final push, the seal was complete. Kazuki surrounded any of the dark energy that had leaked out of the seal before crushing it into nothingness. With the seal restored and the Vazul energy destroyed, Kazuki’s full attention returned to the real world.
“Etora, it was a misunderstanding. That energy, I sealed it and destroyed whatever was left around. Use your nose again. It really is me.”
Etora ignored him and opened his mouth as wide as possible.
Without another word, he inhaled deeply. His power activated and a suction force like a black hole began to pull only at Kazuki.
Kazuki’s eyes widened and he quickly used more power to maintain flight but Etora only inhaled more. The force increased several fold in an instant and Kazuki started to get pulled down to the ground.
Kazuki’s aura quickly came out ad surrounded him and his descent slowed. Etora in turn used some of his own aura to drag Kazuki to him.
“Damn it Etora! It REALLY IS ME, YOU DUMB BASTARD!”
Etora ignored Kauzki’s words and continued.
All of the air in the area began to fall into Etora’s mouth creating a swirling tornado, thereby increasing the pulling force.
Kazuki could see that Etora wasn’t going to stop and so the gears in his mind began to turn.
(This ability of his is exactly like the gate inside of me. It devours energy and everything else.)
Kazuki thought about the seal inside of his soul world and his aura started to change form.
(If I can seal the gate inside of me, then shouldn’t I be able to dot the same thing to Etora?)
He manipulated his aura and wrote out the ancient language in the air. As soon as he formed the seal in the air and was about to launch it, a scream echoed out.
“ETORA STOP!”
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