41 Lightning Dance (1/2)

Helial, Snowflake and Lumia were surrounded by a large number of bloodthirsty Goblins. In the Goblins' eyes one could see their thirst for blood and the hatred for those little humans. They had killed their brothers, they could not get away with it.

”Who's going to kill the brats? How about we roll for it?”

”Uhm, right, they're too juicy…” said a Goblin, who's mouth was distorted in a compassionate grimace. Then he smiled viciously and added: ”We should pick who'll have the pleasure to cut them to pieces!”

Another one said: ”Or we could skin the furry one first, then take turns to torture the stupid Master and the boy and then ****…”

Boom!

A huge shockwave struck all the Goblins, making them fall to the ground.

Helial took a step forward, Curse of the Demon tightly clutched in his fist and death flashing in his eyes. Like an unrivaled colossus, Helial took another step forward.

Boom!

His Aura had suddenly exploded, catching all the Goblins off-guard. Now, heedless of all consequences, he was advancing towards the soldiers, while a black Aura that seemed to belong to a Devil was slowly covering him from head to toe.

It looked as if his Aura was eager to turn to dust all living things in its path, to directly wipe out Life.

”You'll all die today, so disfigured that not even those bitches of your mothers will be able to recognize you”, snarled Helial, while his eyes started to slowly change color.

Like an Emperor, he took a third step, while all around the Goblins felt the urge to run away as fast as they could. The arrogance in his words looked almost like modesty, when compared to the horror emitted by his Aura.

The forest was enveloped by a terrifying pressure, as if under the foot of death.

**** Lumia? The Goblin first would have to rip him to shreds to ensure he would not exterminate their race. He would have kept fighting even without his head steady on his head.

Crack

The air surrounding Helial bent to his will.

Those eyes.

The gaze of Helial burned the skin of the Goblins on which it rested. The veins in his neck seemed to be about to explode.

The tyrannical rage that he was feeling in that moment could have pierced the heavens and ripped the fabric of the universe itself.

His Aura showed no sign of decreasing, on the contrary, it was expanding more and more. The Goblins looked at him completely dumbstruck.

One took the initiative: ”Alright, brat, you'll be the first. Come here! Then we'll have fun with the girl!”

BOOM!

Helial's Aura exploded one more time. The Goblin that had dared speak literally imploded.

Kyaaaaaaaaaah!

Helial let out a bloodcurdling scream, that did not seem human, while the Goblins kept explodingall around him.

Helial started bleeding from all his facial orifices, falling to his knees on the grass. He let Curse of the Demon slip out of his grip and grabbed his hair. He looked like a demon; his face completely disfigured by a mask of scarlet blood.

Kyaaaaaaaaaah!

He spat a mouthful of blood on the ground. That Aura was consuming him; it was too powerful and it was damaging his Meridians. In the meantime, more Goblins had turned into pink mist.

It felt as if someone was ripping his soul out of his body.

Now the warriors were staring at Helial, convinced that he was not human, but an evil spirit. They were staring at him with eyes full of terror. For the first time, they smelled the true stink of death.

…

Congratulations, you have evoked again a shred of the Aura inside your Soul. But do you really think it is so easy to control this power? Without Body of the Qilin, you would be already dead at this point. Consider those minor wounds you're receiving as a blessing. What a Shithead…

…

Helial kept screaming as if a blade was slashing his organs from within. The last time he had used that Aura, he had fell in a state of deep concentration that had helped him to not suffer serious injuries. This time the Aura was directly destroying his body. But he knew he could not let go of that power. He had managed to handle the Aura and make several Goblins explode on the spot. I he had kept going, he could probably kill them all. Even if had had to pay with his life, Helial would not have hesitated. Vidio was there; he would take his sister to safety.

Helial suddenly heard a voice inside his head.

Weirdly enough, many people see death as a kind of liberation. Many, yes. The weak, those that fear life. Do you wish to die? Do you really think it's easy to handle this power, do you think you can bend it at your will?

Death, a liberation.

Let me see if you wish death or power.

What do you want? Abandon your sister or try to live with the idea of failing every moment of your life?

You did not amuse me enough, let me see more!

A diabolic laugh resounded inside his head and then everything was quiet. The voice had disappeared.

Helial felt tears stream down his cheeks and shook his head hard. He vomited a mouthful of blood, then took Curse of the Demon by the hilt. In That weapon seemed to have some kind of magnetic power on him, the moment that he stretched out his hand. He made an effort to turn around, to look at Lumia.

His sister's eyebrows were knitted in a preoccupied frown. Helial looked like he was suffering like hell. The boy, however, smiled at her warmly, his eyes full of pain, while trying to stand up with unsteady legs.

Suddenly, Helial felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked at the hand, then the arm, then the face of whom was touching him.

Master.

Vidio looked very grave; he motioned to Helial with his head and said: ”Stop, I'll take care of it. You've done enough.”

Helial nodded, gritting his teeth. He started to recall the black diabolical Aura inside his Soul. His chest was raising and falling rapidly, while watching Vidio step forward and give his back to him.

Vidio flexed his neck to one side, then to the other.

Crack crack

”I'm too old for this”, said he, resting his hands on his hips and stretching, ”but since I'm here, let's see if I remember how it's done…”

The Master's words fell in the air and the sky suddenly began to darken, while electric shocks went through the air all around.

Vidio inhaled slowly, then exhaled, eliminating the impurities of the Mana he was gathering.

He put the Staff horizontally in front of himself and panted: ”Forbidden Technique: Lightning Dance!”

A large number of lightning started dropping from the sky, like a deadly rain.

The Goblins ran for cover, terrified by that attack. But, contrary to their expectations, no one was struck by the lightning.

The lightning bolts started to struck Vidio, one after the other, although they did not seem to hurt the Master. Every time Vidio was hit by lightning, a faint bluish halo appeared where it had made contact.

After a number of lightning bolts, Vidio was already surrounded by a truly mysterious bluish mist, emanating a terrible Aura. Despite all this, it still aroused less desperation in the Goblins' hearts than Helial's Aura.

Blood appeared at the corners of Vidio's mouth, while his forehead was shiny with sweat.