34 Too weak (1/2)

By the time Zatiel stop hitting the head of Johann the ogres already reach out to him, instead of distance himself from the group, he just raises his hand and coldly looks at the group.

”Abyssal Blast!” A beam made of pure abyss aura blasted the ogres and due to the proximity between them, almost half died by the attack as for the rest, most of them end up hurt.

Abyssal blast uses the energy that is saved in the core so even though Zatiel energy was low he still could use it.

Not letting them regroup, Zatiel attacks them, but unlike before with the apprentices, his face was emotionless.

He flashed to the closes ogre and he sends a kick at his back with so much power that pulverizes his spine, once the ogre was incapacitated instead of killing him, he continues with the rest.

All his attacks were brutal destroying organs and bones with every hit but although they were screaming from the pain none of them died from the damage.

Once he makes sure that all the enemies were taken care of and assessing the area in search of enemies and finding nothing he runs to the place the cocoon was.

When he arrived next to it, he waves his hand and the chains moved to allow to see the interior of the cocoon. The person inside was Sophia, but despite the chains protecting her and saving her life, she was badly wounded and the flames destroy most of her robe and bandages, showing her body.

Her body was full of tumors that show trough her skin and there were areas of putrefaction leaking puss, her face was also deformed, it looked like if it was the combination of a pig and a human.

Almost anyone would feel disgusted by what the saw, but Zatiel got closer to her and caress her face with warm in his eyes as he put a liquid in his mouth that he took from the spatial sack, and sigh.

”You are really dumb, aren't you,” Zatiel was remembering what happened right before the explosion occurred. The ball of light was headed for him, so everyone's first instincts should be getting away from him, but the girl started running faster in his direction.

Zatiel original plan was to divide the chains between the two, with that he was sure he will be fine, as for Sophia, her chances of surviving were low but he will not risk his life for someone he has known for less than a year, but when he saw the determination of the girl reaching for him, the idea of leaving her to her luck infuriate him a lot. So of the five chains that he could use, four cover her and using Aerial Walk he jumped in the air and buried himself in the ground, luckily the earth was broken for the impact when he attacked Alan, so he was able to enter easily and use one chain to create a shield over him, partially protecting himself from the flames, later using the chain he excavates to the place where the apprentices were, and after the ogres left for the cocoon, he attacked them.

He saw how the potion was starting to heal her, closed the cocoon and went for the ogres and the two living apprentices to start the ritual.

Although the ogres were heavy, with his strength it was easy to knock them and put them all together. Barbara was unconscious due to the strong blow to the head so there was no problem with her, as for Cristian it looks like he had passed out from the pain but when he got closer to him, he flashed to his side, punch him in the stomach and ripped off his remaining arm.

”HAAAAA,” The apprentice screams from the pain and blood came from his mouth with pieces of organs inside.

Zatiel didn't even look at him and just took a small sphere that was in the hand of the now amputated arm.

”Hmph, if you think I will fall for such a pathetic trick you are more stupid than I thought” Zatiel picks up the screaming man and throws him with the rest.

Zatiel got to were Sophia was and made the chains disappear before covering her body with a robe and start meditating and eating the heart of some of the dead ogres to heal his body and recover his abyss aura.

It barely took him a minute to devour the heart of an ogre, after an hour his energy was mostly recovered, and he went were the apprentices and ogres were, to start inscribing the runes in the ground with his blood.

This time his body was stronger so he didn't has to rest before activating the secondary array and affect the mind of the group inside the runes.

Like last time, the ones inside the array got crazy and start to kill each other. When they were all dead the chaotic presence of the consciousness of the Abyss arrive to take the souls of the group inside.

Zatiel manipulates the runes and the bodies started to melt and become abyss aura. The two apprentices created almost the same amount of aura that all the ogres together. This was because the natural energies were purer in the body of humans due to their being the ruling race of this world, so their souls were more useful to the Abyss.

Once the process was done, the consciousness of the Abyss leaves and a two-meter sphere of abyss aura was left, although it was only double the size from last time, the concentration now was way superior.

Once all the process was over, Zatiel goes to Sophia and wakes her up.

Sophia starts to wake up slowly and the first thing she saw was Zatiel, warmth fills her heart as she remembers how the chains protected her, but when she felt her face and know that her bandages were off she starts panicking and tries to cover herself.

”Enough!, what we are going to do next will transform you completely but if your will is so weak then there is no point in trying,” The process of becoming Neo-Demon rellies heavily on will, so Zatiel was very serious with the panic displayed by the woman.