Will of Сhaos

Pov Thais (Four-tailed fox):

I aimed for more than just my life, I bet possibly an eternity of suffering if I fail, Pride, like any other Entity, has an unimaginable ability to apply punishment, beings so old and with so much knowledge that they don't care about moral distinction can be ruthless.

I risked everything for this opportunity, it took me centuries to gather the rumors into something that could be possibly true information about an item whose very existence was not confirmed.

An item that even if found means nothing to me, since I wouldn't be able to Wield a thin Artifact of Primordial Origin, but it would still be the gateway to more power and authority that I could never achieve otherwise.

No matter the enemies I make if I have the power I desire, I followed every trail and crumb of information until I knew that Ghanor was the one who received it, someone as foolish as him wouldn't know what it was yesterday and wouldn't have a chance of fulfilling the requirements for its use.

The only reason someone like him would be with something so precious, especially after hearing that this was a punishment as well as a test to see if he was a traitor or not.

I return to my quarters, my Servants follow me, but all the time I start to hallucinate around.

All the furniture seems wrong as if it had been moved inches in random directions, this plays with my memories as the lighting in the room was inverted with the shadows, my senses feel strange and I can't use them properly.

I can hear whispers of Ghanor's voice and I can see figures moving around the corners of my vision without ever being able to visualize what it could be, my mind fills with negative thoughts.

"(Thais... you were an idiot, a traitor and on top of that weak...)" (Samara?)

"What was that!?" (me)

"Where are you, you outdated shitty Saint!!" (me)

"(To dare to betray an entity when you can't even face the weakest of its Avatars...)" (Samara)

"You fucking wretch!!!" (me)

"(Where should I be...)" (Samara)

Sometimes she seemed to speak from a distant place, sometimes she seemed to whisper in one of my ears and other times her voice echoed in all directions, my two Servants didn't seem to react and that opened my eyes to the fact that it was only me hearing this, it was in my mind.

"This isn't real..." (me)

"< Corrupt >" (me)

"(Are you going to use this thing here...?)" (Samara)

"(See you later... haha ​​hahahaha... hahahaha...)" (Samara)

Soon he opens his eyes inside me, my mind becomes clear as a chill runs through my insides, a horrible sensation of having something moving inside while a claw-shaped stain runs around my neck as if it were going to suffocate me before going down to my right shoulder and continuing down my arm until it reaches my elbow where it touches something I didn't even realize was there.

A simple spell containing Samara's Aura, the dark claw grabbed what turned out to be an eye symbol, tried to corrupt it unsuccessfully by the Infernal energy that emerged from her Aura before squeezing it and breaking it into pieces.

When this happened I realized that the levels were in their exact same places, her voice disappeared and my senses were working as they should.

"(You've been discovered...)" (Corrupt Shadow)

"I know, that's what she wanted all along, to force me to use you here?" (me)

"(You should act now, it will take them a while to clean up and they won't suspect you for now...)" (Corrupt Shadow)

"I know, but are you sure there aren't any more tricks in my body?" (me)

"(You are clean of influences...)" (Corrupt Shadow)

"Then I must act first, knowing that the Artifact of Origin must be with Ghanor, I must separate that useless thing from the Artifact" (me)

"(My lady wants the Artifact... remember what was promised to you...)" (Corrupt Shadow)

"I know, I will get the Artifact, I will force War to act, except that Ayden was busy with the new Bringer of Chaos, so he will only send one of his Captains against Ghanor." (me)

"Funnan, release this when..." (me)

"(Wait... the communicator...)" (Corrupt Shadow)

"..." (me)

I was starting to give orders to my subordinates, their already corrupted bodies are my perfect puppets to manipulate, their minds as corrupted as the rest of their bodies with a stigma of the shadows on their bodies ensuring their total obedience to me.

But before I could put my plan into practice, a year already in a hurry, suddenly the one who was placed as my partner in this mission draws my attention to the pendant again, where the message I received only worsened the situation as well as gave me a unique opportunity.

"A Meeting of Rules..." (me)

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Pov Samara:

Playing with Thais was always rewarding, this Fox always liked to think she was the smartest in a room, even though she was inferior in power she always mistakenly thought she was smart enough to compensate for her lack of power.

She must have thought that the magic I put on her arm was from our previous encounter, she didn't even suspect that it was something planted minutes ago.

I wanted to disturb her mind, force her to say something she shouldn't or at least reveal the thing inside her, unfortunately she didn't say much, but at least she revealed what she was hiding inside herself.

Hinata could feel an Ethereal Entity inside her, a Spectral type due to her eagerness to eat, but since I couldn't feel it with my senses and she lacks the knowledge to identify it, I needed to force her hand and fortunately that part was a success.

"(I knew it was of the Dark element since we found this thing in the bodies, but I didn't imagine it was a Corrupt Shadow...)" (me)

Curse was playing seriously this time, the Corrupt Shadows are her most trusted assistants, there is one next to each of her Avatars and there is even one of these things as one of her Avatars.

"(So the Origin Artifact is with the Avatar of Pride and is important enough for Curse to use a Corrupt Shadow.)" (me)

"(Can I... eat it...)" (Hinata)

"(Not yet, let her act a little longer...)" (me)

For the next few hours I saw her participating in the search as well as the rest of Ghanor's troops, during that time she took something from a sealed box, it was a sword, an Origin Artifact that was close to breaking, the energy leaking from that thing was surprising and without thinking twice Thais threw a vial of blood that broke before even touching the weapon, the Blood that contained traces of Pride's power touches the weapon that breaks releasing a wave of energy that devastates the entire city.

Thais had several broken bones and seemed weak, but her smile was obvious, Hinata and I were fine, but the bodies they inhabited were covered in wounds.

That shockwave wasn't just the allergy released by the weapon, it was a lament of a shattering consciousness, that wave of energy had the power of war within it and I already understand what Thais seeks to achieve.

Just as I imagined, it took mere minutes for space to crack above the ruined city as a 3-meter tall Knight wearing full armor stepped out of the Rift into space, his Aura was marked by the smell of blood and did not contain the power of the Concept, but his great 4-meter sword was an Origin Artifact filled with the power of War.

"Come forth and fight, Ghanor of Wealth!!" (???)

"I'm here... I knew it..." (Ghanor)

Ghanor couldn't speak, as soon as his golden figure dared to stand in front of the War agent, his Aura flared in fury as he brandished his great sword with a speed that I couldn't follow with my senses.

The fight between the two continued for several minutes, the already completely destroyed city below became even worse as the number of dead increased while the planet itself was shaking, earthquakes were running through the entire area, the sky vibrated and cracks were everywhere, the two were bleeding, for the one with Armor was not able to kill an Avatar, she could only fight against one and soon reached her limit in a stalemate against Ghanor, the two badly injured looking at each other for a brief moment.

"Let me help you!" (Thais)

Thais lunges towards Ghanor, with me and Hinata right behind, still disguised as his subordinates. Ghanor was yelling at her not to interfere. As an Avatar of Pride, he clearly didn't want help in a 1 vs 1 duel.

But he didn't notice that as soon as Thais approached, the Corrupt Shadow came out of his back and pierced his chest. The Corrupt Shadow revealed part of its body at that moment. It was a dark creature with no solid form. Its head had only one eye that smiled as it opened into sharp teeth while its claws pulled something from inside Ghanor's chest, something that could be seen through his wounds.

As soon as this was done, the bodies where Hinata and I were moved as the Vitality quickly drained away. We were on either side of Thais as she disappeared. Ghanor fell backwards to the ground while the knight from before advanced towards us.

Then everything changed, a tug took us to another place still within the Ascendant territory by the power of the Law in the surroundings, Thais was laughing when the Corrupt Shadow left his body, his lower half looked like a scorpion except for the lack of legs, he was almost 4 meters tall and was holding something in his claws.

"(Hinata, now!)" (me)

The bodies where Hinata and I were fixed weakly, whatever technique was used, took their vitality almost completely leaving the two on the verge of death, but even as we both acted their bodies shattered.

"< Infernal Eclipse Magic: Star Demon Seal >" (me)

"WHAT...!!??" (Thais)

"AAAHHHHH!!!!" (Corrupt Shadow)

I don't know what Hinata did, but the Corrupt Shadow's scream was agonizing behind me as my right hand lifted Thais' neck into the air, six arms and legs attached to crystal chains coming out of cracks in space.

Her surprised and terrified eyes were simply priceless, my smile widening at the reflections of her eyes filled with terror as I understood what was happening.

"Come on Thais... smile for me... HAHAHAHAHA..." (me)