SOULTALE | By ShadowNTS

(Chapter 134) Ivy and Arrow.

Akumu clenches its' axe tight and dashes towards Rainha, not hesitating to swing.

RAN: Such an unrefined technique. I'm suprised you've made it this far.

Rainha swiftly dodges Akumus' swing and caresses the ground whilst moving back, causing poison to cover Akumu steps onto it and trips, crashing into a tree.

AKU: Dammit, Bette! I'm not used to a human body!

Akumu stands back up and dashes at her again. Rainha uses ghost step to get behind Akumu. She forms a finger gun with her hand and gently presses her finger on Akumu' back.

RAN: Bang.

A stream of poison fires from her finger and through Akumus' body. It drops onto its' knees and coughs up blood. Rainha smirks at her opponent.

RAN: What a pitiful opponent. The harbinger would've been a more enjoyable foe.
NOR: Just ĐłɆ already...

Noire swings its' axe. Rainha is caught off guard and doesn't have time to react. Suddenly, someone dashes from the shadows and grabs Rainha, saving her from a fatal blow.

LCI: How many times do I have to tell you to be careful, Rainha?
RAN: W-what the hell was t-that?
LCI: Here, let me help you.

Lucia extends her hand and helps Rainha stand back up. Noires' body has completely regenerated and its' face has become distorted.

AKU: Finally, good to have you back.
NOR: I just needed a well deserved nap.

Noire stares at her opponents. They turn to her and look determined to win.

LCI: Let's win this.
RAN: Yeah!

Lucia summons her bow while Rainha dashes towards you. She waves her hands and releases a poisonous gas, covering the area and blocking your sight.

LCI: May the wind guide me.

Lucia draws her bow back and gets ready to fire. She releases the arrow. Noire tries to locate Rainha from inside the gas, but is caught off guard. The arrow flies by her face, scratching her cheek slightly.

NOR: Ha! She missed!
*WHOOSH*
RAN: Or did she?

Rainha appears from within the gas and creates a sword out of poison. She swings at Noire, who blocks with their axe.

LCI: (Tsk, I told her I can't aim through her gas, and she still goes and covers the area in it! Ughh, seems like I have to make it work. Here goes nothing.)

Lucia draws her bow and aims carefully. A breeze of wind passes by her. She releases the arrow.

LCI: Got ya.

Silence dawns on the battlefield. Rainhas' poison cloud dissipates, revealing Noire on her knees and Rainha smirking as always. Noire coughs up blood.

NOR: W-what is this..?!
LCI: It's a pretty simple tactic. Firstly, at the beginning, you entered the area and got suprised by that poison arrow. Unfortunately for me, it didn't fully pierce your soul. The second arrow I just fired... hit the exact same spot, pushing the previous arrow deeper and enough to release Rainhas' poison into your puny soul.

Noire is at a loss of words. She's been outsmarted and outmatched in every aspect. This battle really shows how inferior her skills are, despite having an immense amount of talent.

LCI: It's a shame, really. You're truly just a weak imitation of what they used to be. You can try and act like them, but you'll only ever be a copy at best. I've fought them too, you know, and let me tell you this, the difference in your power can't be more obvious. What a disappointment.

Lucia and Rainha look down on Noire as her blood spills out onto the ground.

NOR: Is that so...
LCI: Hmm, you can still talk?
NOR: In that case, It'd be really embarrassing if you lost to an imitation, ₩ØɄⱠĐ'₦₮ ł₮?!
LCI: Huh?! Rainha, watch out!

Numerous spikes burst out of the ground. Lucia and Rainha manage to dodge them in time and land on one of the abandoned buildings. Rainha notices blood dripping off of Lucias' leg.

RAN: Luci, your leg! Are you okay?
LCI: It's just a small scratch, don't worry.

Noire stands back up and stares at her opponents with her distorted face. Fear is transmitted into Lucia and Rainha.

End of Chapter 134
"Ivy and Arrow"

[ Lucia and Rainha are taking on Noire! Will they be able to defeat the newly evolved evil?! ]