Will of chaos

Pov Barerosa:

When the Commander used his Ascendant Law, my heart raced, my own Law was pulsing inside me, it was as if his Law was making my Law of Desire react, but I don't understand why.

His power and presence were so profound that I found myself fascinated until I received his instructions, a brilliant plan to keep us safe while the enemies come out of the darkness without realizing they are jumping on the cutting board.

"(Strange... my mind has never wandered so much before...)" (me)

Finally I noticed the surroundings, most of the Ascendants look cautiously at our Commander Bond, especially Ernani's look of fear was strange to me, incomprehensible to the point of irritating me, even so I followed the orders until the moment of the attack.

"< Law of Desire: Ascendant Rune >" (me)

Following the instructions, I used my Personal Rune to mark all the Golems under my control while Ernani commanded the other Ascendants.

The enemies were Serpent men, this is their 49th appearance here, their registered powers are Poison and Curse with a strong focus on magic, I remember reading about them in general reports, but the great Serpent behind them was not in any of the reports I saw in the past.

I used my control over the Golems to focus on defense, even though I had adapted all of them to heal and purify wounds or poison, they Arminda are capable of attack and defense by default, in this case I am using them for defense now.

With thought I implement a layered perimeter following the offensive defense strategies we were taught, even without saying anything, Ernani recognizes my maneuvers and acts accordingly just as I expected.

Half of the Golems separate the enemies, giving our troops openings to attack, and by doing so, our risk decreases significantly.

We didn't need to massacre them, just buy time for our Commander to deal with the greatest threat, the great Serpent. Its power seems to be above mine and it emanates a very strong desire to kill against the Commander.

"< Law of Desire: Field of Desires >" (me)

I clap my plates together and separate while my wings open, between the words in my hand an Ascendant Rune forms, already creating the magic circle around it in rapid activation.

A wave of power spreads with me in the center, taking over almost the entire battlefield. All the enemies stopped in the middle of the attack for a brief moment that didn't even last a second, even so they were influenced by me, their senses diminish and their minds are more easily distracted.

The Golems continue to follow my orders while focusing only on defense with few movements in attacks, mainly focusing on detoxifying the allies.

The battle was going as planned, but the enemies were difficult to fight against, they had strong and resilient bodies, normal attacks were doing almost nothing against them, the fight was difficult and yet we were moving towards victory.

It was with such positive thoughts that I turned my eyes to the Commander's battle, his power was incredible, his Law was strange to me, it seemed fundamentally different from the Law of other Ascendants and yet it seemed incredible.

Something about him was fascinating to me, the only other time I felt such a great fluctuation in my emotions was when I finally became an Ascendant.

"That was close... I need to focus!" (me)

"< Law of Desire: Assassin's Blade >" (me)

All my desire to kill crystallizes into a spear at my side that I control remotely. I use the spear to pierce one of the Serpent creatures through the mouth as it was about to release its venom into me. Their bodies may be hard on the outside, but on the inside they are as soft as the fabric of my clothes. My spear pierces its head before I can pull it out.

This time I closed my senses to watch the commander. His presence was hindering my concentration. So I focused solely on my duty as in the past.

After several minutes of combat, the enemy that was previously close suddenly exploded with violent power. His serpentine tail wrapped around one of my wings, pulling me towards him. My spear collided with his neck but did not go through. In my momentary confusion, his claws pierced my stomach before tearing everything towards the side of my body.

I was in pain, but if I had let it affect me, I would have died a long time ago. I concentrated my power in my leg and with a strong spin I threw the enemy forward while I felt the bones in my leg vibrate.

He was thrown into the middle of Golems that attacked following my command. Their movements were synchronized, all cutting one after the other at high speed, aiming directly at the same place. Thanks to this, I managed to cut off the enemy's head.

That thing did not remain still, even without its head. It moved towards me for a few seconds before remaining motionless, lifeless, floating in space.

The problem was that this wasn't the only enemy like this, they were all acting the same, they were much stronger and their bodies were even more resistant than the Golems, besides that they were attacking recklessly as if they didn't feel fear, pain or anxiety.

They weren't trying to dodge our attacks anymore, I couldn't even concentrate on controlling the Golems to heal the others, dozens of them were coming towards me without caring about the Golems' attacks.

"< Law of Desire: Rejection Pulse >" (me)

"< Law of Desire: Sensory Distortion >" (me)

Two Runes appear, one in each hand, one of them I use to push away the enemy that tried to bite my wings from the side while the other Rune confuses the senses of the other enemies that were almost surrounding me, but even that only bought me a few seconds of time where I tried to move away only to see them chasing me while ignoring the Golems.

His poison was spreading and my body was becoming numb, in addition to that my Law energy was circulating with more difficulty, I couldn't use my Law Runes.

It was when the enemies managed to get past the Golems that I could no longer control so well that it happened, rays of dark light passed through my vision leaving silver trails and all the enemies were shattered, I didn't even understand what had happened and yet my vision turned directly to the Commander while all those rays of silver light revealed themselves to be shards of dark energy that gathered in the shape of a strange dagger in Commander Bond's hands.

"(He saved me...)" (me)

Looking for a brief moment I saw the severed body of the great Serpent and a sphere of purple flames that seemed to be sucking the power of the curses, it must be some kind of Purification technique of his, that's why I haven't felt any curse until now.

What came next was the cleansing of the last enemies, while they were finishing the cleansing, suddenly the Commander passed by us carrying something in his hands, then there was the fluctuation in the Laws, looking in the direction of a nearby planet I saw signs of a Purge taking place.

"(Exactly as I studied, the eradication and dismantling of all error before starting a new construction in its place.)" (me)

It was similar to destroying an already damaged house to create a new one in its place, it was a wonderful process that brought out the best in the Ascendants, it was possible to see the interaction of the Laws in the creation of entire Worlds, this was the first time I was seeing this with my own eyes.

But for some reason I didn't feel happy seeing this, the Laws were being used as I imagined, this was an interesting process to see, but the energies being refined under the control of the Laws seemed strange, it seemed too restricted.

I felt lingering traces of desire in the vitality being implanted in the destroyed world, a desire that caused me pain as if I heard a scream in my senses.

"It has begun, I hope the chosen planet is uninhabited, I wouldn't like to deal with more refugees so soon." (Ernani)

"..." (me)

Ernani's words made me realize where this desire I was feeling on the planet came from, this vitality was being transferred from one of the mining planets to here, I remember reading this in my studies, using a useless planet from the outer rim to maintain a world suitable for our people.

"(A sad but necessary thing... I understand, but it still doesn't make it pleasant.)" (me)

"(An unfortunately necessary cruelty...)" (me)

"Ernani, seal the bodies of the dead, we need to keep their Ascendant Laws under control, their deaths can still help nurture new Ascendants." (me)

"(The problem will be how we're going to deal with this, my Ascendant Law was more connected to this Planet along with the previous Commander, I'll have to wait months to return to normal functions.)" (me)

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Pov Ragnar:

I was in a room full of blood, 3 Ascendants covered in demonic marks were lying in front of me.

I stand up, waving my hands as a stream of energy evaporates the remaining blood, the Ascendants were unconscious and all were Level 2.

"I'm done, you can begin." (me)

"Your Demonic power is very pure, impressive for someone who can't use Demonic Divinity." (Yaffe)

"Did it really need to be those 3?" (me)

"Yes, look at their clothes, they're messengers, they know the places we want to find as well as the Ascendants we'll find there." (Yaffe)

"There's no need to feel depressed, they're not part of the Ascended people, they're people converted from other conquered universes, just look at the state of their Souls." (Yaffe)

"I see, they're traitors." (me)

"Possibly or experiments, but I think it's unlikely given their states... so let's begin." (Yaffe)

"< Demonic Curse: Demon's Birth >" (Yaffe)

The bodies of the 3 Ascendants began to tremble, screams and flows of power as well as the Ascendant Laws collided with each other throughout the room, the barrier she raised prevented us from being noticed.

Soon all the Ascendants had their bodies torn apart, new creatures were born from within their remains, their appearances exactly the same, their naked bodies covered in blood, they knelt as they began to eat the remains of the bodies they came from in an almost animalistic way.

"When they're done, we can start gathering information. We'll also have our own informants. Information is power, remember that." (Yaffe)

"I know, but I don't like using cruel means when they're not necessary." (me)

"That's sweet... but cruelty is always necessary, just know where to apply it." (Yaffe)