Through my Eyes of Darkness Unique Skill, everything around me slowed down to a crawl, as I went about combining these two skills together, I could see that Vert with the time afforded her, made probably the best decision, which was to use an equally devastating power to override my anti-magic.
Alas, that will not be enough, as I finish the combination, and I am about to attack, I hear that same emotionless voice that greets me anytime I create or evolve a skill.
[ NEW SKILL LEARNED: MULTICAST - ALLOWS FOR MULTIPLE SKILLS OR MAGIC TO BE USED IN TANDEM. ]
I smile slightly, as I point my hand towards the awaiting Vert, and suddenly hundreds of weapons shoot forward, to hold off her attack for a vital few seconds, as many thousands stay stationary in the air, charging up with a low hum, then the sound increases to a loud static-like sound.... VWOOM! VWOOM! Suddenly, thousands of beams of condensed anti-magic, as black as the abyss, rain down upon Vert as her spell is launched at terrifying speed like a grenade that has been lobbed, to greet my attack. BOOM! BOOM! I quickly summon an Anti-Magic Shield and spam multiple Barriers around me as I also start to summon thousands more weapons, some I summon and direct to surround me like a makeshift shield, to protect me from the scorching flames, and reinforce my other shield and barriers while continuing to fire weapons off at inhumane speeds, along with the beams of energy, like some sort of orbital attack.
The whole ordeal must look celestial if there were any outside observers, as I could feel the very air bend and moan as if in agony, as the mixture of molten flames and anti-magic collide like some catastrophic natural disaster had descended, destroying the barren environment, and causing a large crater under our location.
As the explosions and sounds dissipated, I dispelled my skills and floated calmy in the air looking in the direction of Vert, like I hadn't just let off a near-catastrophic skill. I couldn't help but exclaim, as I looked around at the aftermath. "*Whistle* Now that... that was the most exhilarating moment in either of my lives, it made me feel alive for the first time!" It seems I found something that can get my emotions boiling, I laughed to myself, then looked for Vert, she was no longer in the air, it seems from my Mana Perception that she is still alive, but is currently letting off a weak aura from below within the crater that looks like an asteroid had landed and that was how it was created.
I slowly descend from the air still feeling my heart racing with adrenaline like nothing I have ever felt before, my face still was as expressionless as before, however, if one was to look close enough, they may see a slight, restrained smile.
As I arrive next to Vert who was looking like... well, shit. Her hair was all over the place, she was breathing heavily, her magicules seemed to be nearly used up and her body was battered and bruised. Some anti-magic weapons were still impaled within her, I quicky dispelled them.
"So, are you ready to serve now? Or am I going to have to kill you, Vert?" I say coolly. To my direct question she simply says, through weak breaths "Just kill me! Why do you even want me anyway?!" I was stunned slightly, I didn't think she was an idiot in the novels, no she was quite intelligent and competent in the way she served Rouge, that's the reason I want her. It has to be an age and experience thing, I mused. Before saying blankly "You will be of use to my plans and ambitions, simply as that. I will let you in on a little secret that not even that prideful 'King of Hell' knows yet, we, the Primordials cannot die. Even if I destroyed your core, you will come back, so, knowing this, save me some time and effort and bend the knee. I could see your respect of my power in that little exchange of ours through my eyes." I say as I point to my eyes with a single, slender finger. "And we all know, whether it is a detriment or not, that all Daemons, including us, respect and admire the powerful." Vert looks directly into my eyes, seemingly surprised by my revelation. "How do you know this information then?" I simply stare down at her and say chillingly with my Eyes of Darkness active "It does not concern you, Vert, now decide." She seems to think for a second before she weakly gets to her feet, it seems her magicules are steadily replenishing as her body is now slowly healing, as she stands face to face with me, she takes a deep breath and then simply... kneels. Her head hung low.
I lean back slightly looking up into the nothingness that is the sky and take in a large mouthful of the smoky, slightly bitter air of Hell, as I relish in this moment. One of many more to come, many more conquests, many more powerful entities kneeling to me and my power, my superiority and many more bloody battles. I let out the breath I was holding and look down at the still kneeling Vert, and bend slightly as I use my long fingers to lift her delicate face to meet mine and I simply say to her. "Vert, from this day, you are mine." She seems to show a slight, shy smile as she simply replies with a shuddering breath. "Yes... master."
New Skills:
Mana Perception
Multicast
Multilayer Barrier