Elven Legacy (Part 2)

Chapter 362: Brutal Elif

As Gyakusatsu pierced Mother's heart, she stopped moving and grabbed her chest, only for her projection to slowly disperse into the very way; it was a little uncomfortable to harm Mother, even if she were a mere projection, but thankfully, there was no emotion or intelligence; otherwise, it might've been worse.

However, I will say, thanks to my fight against Mother, my anger has significantly waned; well, actually, my fury is still ever present; it's just no longer clouding my mind and affecting my judgment. I'm essentially saving that powerful emotion for another time, and until then, it will remain sealed away within the deepest corners of my heart.

Receiving an influx of Qi along with a comfortable sensation washing through me as my exhaustion and injuries, which were both nonexistent, dispersed, I backed away from the middle of the room and waited for the Angel to appear, and that didn't take long.

Once the Angel opened her eyes, I was already standing in front of her, slashing Hokori right toward her pale white neck, though, to my surprise, she was able to react in time; with a surge of Qi, she directed them into her wings, which instead of looking all fluffy and soft, became rigid while her feathers turned sharp. In a mighty explosion, her feathers shot out at me just as I slashed through her neck, decapitating her.

Watching her wingless body ƒall to the ground, I glanced down at the feathers stuck in my body, and I couldn't help but click my tongue as I reminded myself of a demonic porcupine. The feathers weren't able to penetrate deeply into my body, and they got stopped just as they reached my muscles, so her suicidal attack was rather pointless, though if she and I were the same strength, I've got no doubt her numerous feathers would've skewered my through.

"Well, at least I know to be wary of Lucifer now; he would leave me sorely injured." Muttered Elif with a raised eyebrow as he glanced at the feathers, which vanished alongside the projection, only for his flesh wounds to swiftly heal.

With my wounds healed, I walked forward and stabbed Hokori into the ground while I turned around and folded my arms, gazing at the materializing humanoid dragon; grasping my lustrous silver hair, I summoned two golden pins from my dimension ring before stabbing them into hair, keeping my loose bun from falling apart.

"Oh, I'm going to enjoy this." Muttered Elif with a faint smirk as he pushed his purple streak of hair out his way while approaching the humanoid dragon with nothing but his fists.

Befitting of the unintelligent lizards they were, he came charging towards me with nothing; like all lizards, he must've believed his horns, claws, teeth, and tail were the only weapons you'd need; however, I shall show that'll you need more than that to defeat me.

'This is for Elaine.' Thought Elif with a cold expression as he pushed the dragon's fist out of the way before violently kicking him in the head.
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Getting kicked out of the spire, I violently coughed while standing up and dusting myself off, though despite making it to the twenty-fourth floor, I wasn't happy in the slightest.

"Tsk, cowardly turtle; I would've gutted you if I could get past that shell of yours." Muttered Aurora in anger as he summoned a pill from his dimension and consumed it while gently flapping his wings, propelling him through the sky toward his private booth in the distance.

Once I arrived at my booth, I sat down at my throne; my servants were observant enough to notice my anger, so they remained silent, which was good on their part as I would've killed whoever spoke out of turn. Glancing at the bottom of the spire, I noticed Tiamat, Cordelia, and Lucifer had appeared one by one, and given their furious and frustrated expression, I assumed they must've also been defeated by that cowardly turtle as well.