SOULTALE | By ShadowNTS

(Chapter 175) Wrath & Lust.

Descending deeper into pure madness, Chara tries her best to stay conscious in the scorching temperatures of the abyss. She controls her breathing to lower her bodies heat and counteract the surrounding areas' heat.

CHR: Only so far now.

She falls through the layers of hell, being vigilant of the surrounding landscape. Soon enough, Chara arrives at the deepest layer of hell, where historys' worst people reside. A rotting skeleton crawls under her and grasps her foot. Chara kicks the bones away and continues walking through the dark abyss. The sounds of molten lava bubbling fills the eerie silence. Suddenly, Chara notices the sound of humming down a dark cave. There is a sign at the entrance. It says that whoever enters is never to be seen again. At the bottom of the sign is also two signatures, one written stylishly and the other written very harshly.

CHR: This must be their place.

Chara steps through the entrance without a moments' hesitation and grips her knife tightly. An ominous aura follows behind her as she enters the looming darkness. Chara can feel her skins crawling on her back. With each step, the nearby temperature gets hotter and hotter until it reaches its' terminal peak.

CHR: *pant* (So hot... but I'm not sweating, weird.)

Suddenly, she can feel a spike in energy coming towards her. She barely dodges out of the way of a deadly beam. Chara dashes through the tunnel and ends up inside of a vast ravine. There sits a lone throne in the middle of it with a muscular man sitting on it and a pretty lady on the armrest. Chara feels a sense of danger.

ICS: So you've finally arrived!
CHR: Who the hell are you?
ICS: The name's Icas, sin of wrath!
CHR: And her?

The lady giggles and tips her hat up. Charas' eyes fill with a feeling of shock and betrayal.

CHR: It can't be. What the fuck are you doing here?!
JCK: Chara, the demon trapped in human flesh, it is a pleasure to meet you.
CHR: You traitor!

Chara grips her knife tight and lunges towards Jackie, not holding back at all. However, her strikes are easily blocked by Icas who sends her crashing into the ravine walls.

CHR: *cough* Frisk would be disappointed.
JCK: As if I care what that bitch thinks.
CHR: Don't you dare call her that.
*WHOOSH*
JCK: You're fast... but I'm faster!
*BLAST*

Chara appears behind Jackie but is met with a devastating blast head-on. She forces herself back onto her feet and controls her breathing. Jackie smirks.

ICS: Don't you disappoint me!

Icas charges towards Chara and throws a barrage of punches. Chara tries her best to block the onslaught of blows, but eventually her guard is broken and Icas delivers a powerful blow to Charas' stomach, causing her to lose consciousness, but she quickly regains her footing and manages to land a slash on Icas, but no wound is to be seen.

JCK: Just try and get through his body. He's called Icas the invincible monster for a reason.
CHR: (Impenetrable skin, abnormal strength and one hell of a will to fight... just how slim are my chances of winning this?!)

Icas continues to rain blows after blows. Chara tries her best to avoid fatal strikes from her opponent. This truly is a one-sided battle. Jackie watches from the sidelines.