The neon lights of the skyscrapers of Shinjuku were a bittersweet contrast to the chaos on the ground where gunshots and explosions were going off left and right and at its center were Devi, Neagen and Shotgun king having a showdown.
“Damn it, he's fast-!” exclaimed Devi while trying to dodge Shotgun Kings explosive shells, Neagen provided support but was drawing nearer to Caeliestis Burnout, he needed time to regain the energy he had lost but Shotgun king wasted no time and turned his attention to Neagen using his technique: body transfiguration to grab him and slammed him into a building.
“Shit!, Curse this damn city and it's over abundance of buildings!” He swore.
Devi spread his wings and flew over to Neagen to help him on his feet. Shotgun King jumped onto him and using his weight, steered him onto a curb on the sidewalk, curb stomping his ass, once he was immobilized, SK made his way to Neagen. Neagen Who had just regained a good 49 percent of his Caeliestis reserves retaliated, “TWIST” he chanted, he used manifestation chants on SK but it proved useless against his Body Transfiguration.
But there was one way he could keep him away for long enough to get out of reach, he needed to use the terrain to his advantage, under him was the railway system so he did the logical thing in this situation.
“COLLAPSE!” He chanted at the ground, the road collapsed and sank into the railways. Shotgun king fell in and was rammed by an incoming train. Meanwhile Neagen walked up to Devi who was laying on the sidewalk, his jaw was destroyed beyond recognition.
“You can't last even one minute without my help, huh..?” He said cockily while using Caeliestis to repair Devi’s jaw.
“Shut up, Neagen. Where is he? Do you shake him off?” he questioned. “....About that…. I might have got him rammed by a train in the subway,” he said in nervous tone.
“YOU LET HIM GET AWAY!?, HE STILL HAS THE SIGIL YOU IDIOT!” He barked at Neagen.
“Listen,” he said in a monotone.
“I've pissed him off, he's not gonna go down without a fight he's just got a short temper which we can use against him, he will come back with the Sigil.” He continued.
Unfortunately, they were correct, Shotgun King had returned and he was fuming, he stepped closer and closer, one step, two step, three step- he was right behind the both of them, they hadn't even noticed him, Neagen, who had sensory type Caeliestis couldn't detect him.
“How did he..” Neagen gasped
“What….?” Devi said under his breath.
Shotgun king yanks them from the back of their clothes and said with a dark tone “hey there boys..” and threw the both of them into a nearby restaurant, Devi crashed onto a table full of food and he smelled like fish-shit.
“Sigh… Angel just got me this shirt… she gonna fucking kill me…” he said painfully.
Devi got back on his feet, Cleavers in hand and jumped out the same window he was thrown through, he unfastened his belt and wrapped it tightly on his left arm, and with a fell swoop, sliced his arm off with one of his cleavers, “gah….! FUCK!” He writhed in agony. Devi watched as Neagen was getting his ass handed to him by Shotgun King. He then thought to himself. “OKAY, if what Mal said was correct, then me cutting off my arm, then going into Black form should render the divine pact null and void.. good now I can tilt the scales without consequences..” Devi drew out his other cleaver and kept it between his elbow.
“NEAGEN! Listen up! I got an idea on how to bring this bastard on his knees! Just keep him busy for another minute!” Devi shouted out.
“Look, brat I know that both me and him are Incarnates but do you really think I can stretch out my reserves to fight him for a full minute the way things are now?!?!” He shouted back, “Fuck.. Whatever you need to do.. DO IT FAST GODDAMNIT!”
Devi reached into his right pocket and pulled out two of his M.A.D.N.E.S.S stimulants and stabbed his freshly amputated arm with both, numbing the pain and giving him an adrenaline boost.
“He who slices the deepest of hells..”
“He who brings emergence to thine worthy..”
“With thine sacred ring, I summon thee.”
And with the incantations complete, Devi was engulfed in a Caeliestis of deep red, once dissipated, Devi was now in his Tenebris Form, his skin shifted from a beige to a pure black with folly red markings. His eyes glowed a blood toned red. The odds were now in his favor.
Devi burst forth, blade flourished, and used his sword skills to deliver an array of cuts to Shotgun king, Shotgun King didn't think much of it at first, sure it had hurt a bit but he could just heal with his transfiguration abilities, but the thing was, he couldn't heal, the slashes Devi gave him weren't just to his body but his very soul.
“What the hell did you do you twat..?!”
He thought “This shit hurts differently than before, usually it feels like a punch to the gut, this shit feels like a chain saw combined with barbed wire!”
Devi and Neagen had finally cracked to code to their problem, all that they must do is alter the shape of their Caeliestis, make it sharp and jagged enough to pierce through the body and hit the soul simultaneously.
The tables have turned out for the better.
The fight went on for another hour, until it reached its climax. An Extension Clash was imminent.
“Neagen! I'm almost out of Caeliestis to keep Tenebris active, give me some leeway!” Devi yelled.
“OK what do you plan on doing?” He asked.
“We're gonna drag his ass into an Extension clash!”
Devi shifted out of his Tenebris Form to conserve energy, but kept staying alert, using Caeliestis he regenerated his arm, usually the drawback would be paralysis of his left arm but since he cut it off an hour prior the pact was null and void.
Devi flourished his cleavers and did not give Shotgun king any room to breathe, a clash was drawing nearer by the second, Neagen Who provided long range support, continuously casted manifestation spells to keep him pinned. A “twist” followed by “slice”, “lacerate” and then a “freeze” to finish it off, and finally their opportunity arrived when Shotgun King's fingers formed the hand sign for a Territorial Extension.
Both Ecliptic Nova and Buckshot Cataclysm went off, and an Extension clash commenced.
And both of their Domains fought for control, but the both of them were dangerously close to reaching Burnout, the outline of their domains are fighting for control, colors shifting from red to folly each passing second both of them were drawing nearer to burnout.
The sound of glass shattering filling the air, they both reached burnout, Devi collapsed onto the pavement, his motor functions were disabled, SK was still standing, he walked over to Devis motionless body, about to deal the final blow until, “STOP.” his body came to a halt, like gravity was pushing him down.
“Forget about me so soon? “ Neagen asked cockily.
Neagen appeared behind him and in his hand was a fleshy sphere, one which he knew all to well, the Prison Dome.
“Seal target: Orion Alonso”
The sphere split in two and expanded in size, clamping down on Shotgun King and finally started to close.
“Goddamnit! Not again.. Neagen! I swear I'll get out of here and I'm coming for ya! Your gonna be the first one I kill!” he swore at him.
And the sphere slammed shut, shrinking down to the size of a softball. Neagen stored it in his coat and potato sacked Devi and left the scene.
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