Arc of the Souls Chapter 84: Arc 3, Chapter 8 - A Perfect Imperfection

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... ... This has turned into a complete disaster. This is bad. Really bad. I feel something leaking out of my stomach. I was stabbed; that's for sure... And so were they. “...” Sachiel... Jumkou... Asheera... Flynnigan... They were all on the floor, on their own pools of blood. Asheera was dead long ago as she was laying here, motionless. Sachiel was trying to stand up, seemingly the only one still left with energy to fight whoever's reduced them to such a state. Sachiel, the King who never lost a fight, is suddenly reduced to a bleeding, dying man. It's horrific. Jumkou was entirely focusing on pushing her intestines back into her body, a futile attempt at trying to save her own life. It was too late, though. She has lost a lot of blood and she couldn't see anything. She also couldn't hear anything. She couldn't even feel her own body. Her eyes were fixed, also motionless. The only thing that moved in her body right now was her hands trying to push her gonads back in. She was lucky that one cord was keeping her alive. For now. Flynnigan Shotaro on the other hand, was no longer. The Call of the Gods was dead. Which meant that Jumkou's mission was a failure, and that nothing could save the galaxy now. Her other hope would be Sachiel Eria, but even he is on the brink of death. Who was this person and how did they single-handedly succeed where entire armies had failed? Who could break a Kamisword? Sachiel coughed up blood as he overexerted his body to remain upright. He tried to speak but gargled his own blood instead, spitting it out while he was drooling. It sounded like he was breathing heavily, not that he could. “...” Asheera, dead. Flynnigan, dead. Sachiel, dying. Jumkou, dying. How could this be? A metallic ting followed with a couple more got gradually louder before stopping a second later. The person was now in viewing distance for Sachiel Eria. It was the same person that tried to assassinate Sachiel back in Snowfall Heights. The Rati-Pact, The One Who Was Born Free. Hana Zurgen. “How nice of Kaioshun to entrust this dagger to me. It proved to be a valuable gift.” The girl casually twirled a blade of impossible blackness, with a red outline that pulsed with the malice of a dying star. “... You might've beaten me in our first fight... But you should really use your Soul from now on. From how it stands now... you really are so weak.” She smirked. She raised her blade, pointing it at Sachiel's head. “Goodbye, Great Kamisword.” “N-NO!” Jumkou jolted upwards, running towards Hana and Sachiel as her intestines drew a line behind her like a grotesque banner. She pushed Sachiel aside, attempting to take the hit for him. The galaxy still had a chance to be saved if Sachiel was alive, after all. But, if Jumkou dies... Then there is no one to prove the legitimacy of Kaioshun's mission, her mission and the Call of the Gods. It was futile. She lost either way. Her will chose this, acting out of impulse. Hana plunged the dagger through her brains and- = = = [ 8 hours ago, in the Eria Tower ] “Hmm...” Everybody's ears were moving as if they were flaunting their wings. Jumkou told Asheera, Altair and Asura everything they needed to know about Jumkou's mission. Her whereabouts, her objective and what must be stopped to prevent absolute entropy from engulfing the universe in eternal darkness. How they need to stop Kaioshun and prevent the Jumkou-side Armageddon. And how Kaioshun wanted to kill Jumkou and Flynnigan Shotaro to stop the Kaioshun-side Armageddon. They both had the same definition of Armageddon. Both sides wanted to stop it from happening but had entirely different motives to prevent such a cataclysmic event to happen. Altair was deep in thought while Asheera was pondering. She was walking in circles, having realized that her mission had several layers instead of just a “do or die”. Well, it was a “do or die”, but it was more like a “try, do, die, reset”. “...So... in Kaioshun's words: Flynnigan Shotaro is the Coming that set