Gravity quickly enforces its rules on the Shadow Lord, making him “fall” to the ground. Maybe it was thanks to the arrogance but, he did land rather brutally and with a despicable smile on his chaotic mouth. Indeed, he’s more than happy with what he did, more than excited for showing the girl his strength but of course, more than exalted for being able to consume such a tremendous amount of magic energy. Ah, truly the thoughts of an imbecile, an idiot, a Defect of the world, a despicable being that shouldn’t exist whatsoever. Amidst the dust cloud the girl dashes towards the Shadow Lord, surprising him beyond belief in the process as he truly believed that she was dead. However, such a dash was quite fast, easily indicating that she used magic in the process, not only that, because of it he couldn’t react properly as the moment his disgusting mind was able to process the new information in front of him, a blade already went through both of his arms. Indeed, a side swing that sliced through both of his arms, lower arms to be more precise, one after another and from how smooth the process was, I dare to say that there was no resistance whatsoever to such a phenomenon. Thanks to the landing, he raised both of his arms upwards until roughly chest level not only that, for some inexplicable reason he also raised them forward, not much but enough for this to happen. While if this happened to a human being, it would cause a gruesome scene, one where blood would then be splat from both of his arms towards the universe without either warning it or without asking for consent, a scene that can kill a human if the wound is not “treated” quickly but on this case, he will simply grow a new “pair” in the very next moment.

  Although, that’s exactly why she won’t stop with her massacre.

  There’s nothing that he can do to retaliate against her, correct? It’s a normal and understandable conclusion to reach as after all, both of his arms are currently non-operational, unable to retaliate against the just cruelty that is mere moments of being unleashed against him. However, this is a Shadow Lord that one is talking about. This thing is crafty, much more than the other Shadows, not only that, and to make it an even greater crime to the world of course, it has much more intelligence than them. In other terms, it is intelligent enough to be able to figure out a solution for his problems. Indeed, if he can use his hands to unleash his desires into the world then, his chaotic and despicable mouth can also do the same. The moment his arms were sliced into halves he panicked for brief moments as he wasn’t expecting for his prey to survive his furry, let alone to be doing something like this. This panic however, only lasted for a fraction of a moment as once he regained his arrogance, at front of his mouth a magic circle is formed, one with dark colours, ones that resemble the abyss itself telling the world that he will use Black Magic not only that, the magic circle far exceeds the size of his ugly head indicating with it that, he’s preparing to unleash a powerful spell towards the one in front of him.

  Or at least that was his initial plan.

  Slice!

  Another dance of hers but one that does not resemble a ballerina at all but instead, a Tango dancer. It was an elegant movement of hers where she gently but quickly spun around while also moving slightly forward towards the Shadow Lord but also to her left side, allowing her to be in a perfect position to commit an action that should be praised by everyone in this small Bubble Universe. With the main Scythe, the blade of it, she quickly descends it down towards his head, cutting it in perfect half in the process. Since she was on his side, such a cut was not done in a vertical manner but instead in a horizontal manner. From the front the cut cannot be seen but from the sides, the story changes completely. The way that the blade sliced the head and the “helmet”, it gives an idea to the spectators that said action was done with ease, resembling a hot knife cutting butter from how effortlessly it was done. A fraction of a second later, the front half of the head (the face), since it lost connection to the main body, dragged itself from the head towards the ground, leaving it by entirety a second later however, thanks to the properties of the blade, it disappeared instead of falling down. As can be expected, the moment such a fantastic deed was done against such sin of the world, the magic circle collapsed into nothing. Though, looking directly at the Shadow, what can be expected to be seen? The answer for such is quite simple, all thanks to how his body is made of. It has no blood whatsoever instead, only magic seems to be coming out from his body even though part of it seems to have a physical form. The head is no expectation, there isn’t a brain, no throat, tongue, nothing of that sort, just magic and more magic can be seen, one that is slowly leaving towards the universe. If this act was committed against a normal human, only a gruesome scene would result afterwards. One that would even traumatise the one that committed such a heinous act. Thanks to how “sticky” meat tends to be and of course everything else in that region, such half would slowly suffer the consequences of gravity, caused by losing the connection it had with the main body. It will slowly descend down the head, slowly revealing something that should only be seen by doctors as they desperately try to cure the patient and his terminal illness, something that will traumatise everyone who is far too unfortunate enough to witness such a scene. The worse however, has yet to come. Only once that half of the face hits the ground with a “wet sound” it will reveal the true horror. Half of the brain has been precisely sliced in half and the same can be said about the rest of the face. Not much will come out from it as the vessels for such are not present to such a degree for that to happen however, that does not mean it won’t spit out blood from it. The neck however, has been spared of such “art” at least in this case.

  Ah, enough of this, the girl is ready to end this.

  Even though his head has been cut in half, even though both of his arms also suffered the same fate, the Shadow Lord is still alive and well after all, the core as yet to suffer any type of damage. He backs off a meter or so, a desperate attempt of gaining distance from the girl so that he can recover his limbs or head although the goal is for both. A pathetic attempt, one that measly extended his life for a few extra seconds. The moment he backed off, she in an instant covered said distance however, thanks to this it allowed her to reposition herself to strike him once again but this time, by using her Extinction Scythe for such. A quick action from hers where she swung the scythe downwards, cutting the rest of his right arm as said cut was done at the base of the arm itself. Afterwards she did the same but this time it was an upwards swing not only that, it was aimed at his left arm. Same happens, no resistance whatsoever and of course, a slice that was done easily however, it can be said that any attempt of recovering his arms went down the drain because of this. But this was not the only thing that happened as those areas where the cut happened, Extinction was left on them, a dark red aura that slowly extinguishes everything that comes in contact with it and the body of the Shadow Lord is no exception. Maybe it was pure instincts that allowed him to act however, after getting both of his arms cut yet again, by using magic he was able to forcefully gain some distance as with said magic he jumped backwards quite violently. A loud “bam” sound was heard when that happened but the reason for that was because he destroyed the ground where he stood as he jumped backwards and with it, a small dust cloud was lifted but one that easily covered the girl and even some more. Another futile attempt of his but one that yet again increases his life expectancy for a few extra seconds.

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  Stab!

  Indeed, it’s another futile attempt as before he even landed on the ground, the girl had already covered the new distance that they had between them. This time around she didn’t use magic for such as her physical strength was enough to cover said distance quickly. Then, once she was close enough, with the Extinction Scythe she stabs him right on the middle of his chest and with it, the end begins. Once again, instincts seem to have taken over the inexistent logic he might have as once he was stabbed by such horrifying scythe, his entire existence shook with fear. He knows well that that “thing” is beyond dangerous. That magic, even though it seems to have the same principle as his own magic, it’s far more terrifying than anything he has ever come across in his entire miserable life. That magic is capable of ending his life and what makes it even worse it’s the simple phenomenon of not being able to fight back. However, his instincts forced his core to leave his own body but he did so by getting out of his back. The other “directions” are not safe at all as said core would be visible to the girl and in the case that her gaze stumbles upon it, he undoubtedly has no way to defend himself in such a peculiar situation.

  It won’t serve him for nothing though.

  The blade of the scythe was able to pierce through the body, allowing for the tip and a few extra centimetres of it to come out of his back, the middle of it to be more precise. Right afterwards a magic circle is formed in front of her slender hand, the one that is tightly gripping into the Extinction Scythe. This magic circle is around the same size s the torso of the Shadow Lord and as can be expected, the colours of it indicates that she’s about to unleash a horror upon the one that is defying her. A type of horror that will end his life but also scare those that see it. The scythe loses its form as the magic circle seems to be pulling all of its magic towards it, forming a rather small ball mere moments later. This ball is roughly the same size as a tennis ball, maybe slightly bigger however, it contains something that can very well destroy an entire neighbourhood in an instant and to make it worse, it will make it as if nothing existed in the first place. That’s correct, she’s preparing to unleash an Extinction spell, one that the Shadow Lord has no way to defend himself against.

  “Quench their very own existence – Extinction Burst.”

  Magic noises! Blast!

  It’s as the name suggest. The ball made of Extinction bursts the moment she finishes spelling out the deadly spell; however, it did so towards a single direction, the front one to be extremely accurate. With a diameter of close to 5 meters, anything that was in front of the girl, it was extinguished into nothing. And yes, the environment suffered because of it. With the magical ball as the centre point, the ground beneath her suffered quite the damage but the same can be said until the very end of this area. She is roughly in the middle point of this area and towards the very end, in this case it’s a distance of 50 meters something akin to what a magic ray would do, one with said dimensions, until the very end the burst destroyed everything on its path leaving behind only traces of such cruelty. No, this is actually incorrect as the element Extinction as the name suggest, extinguish anything that comes in contact with it and when that happens, nothing is left behind. The destruction that can be seen it’s thanks to the shockwave that followed such burst as with a radius bigger than the 5 metres, anything that was on its path was what suffered the havoc and caused the aftermath. It was for a split second but in that moment, a dark red colour swallowed the entire area as the spell is released into the Shadow Lord and with it, the chaos occurred. A massive dust cloud was created as the shockwave went through the space, hiding the damage it caused for brief moments. Though, the one that caused such horrifying event, such dust cloud dares not to even touch her, allowing for the remaining hundreds of Shadows to see her elegant figure and her tremendous but horrifying amount of power. One could expect for them to be quite excited as they sense such beautiful amount of magic energy but in this moment, in this specific scenario, the truth couldn’t be the complete opposite. Ah yes, they are feeling…

  Scared.

  They cannot consume such terrifying magic after all, they will be the ones getting “consumed” instead. However, their feeble minds can only keep such fear for brief moments, one that forcefully quiets every single one of them and the same can be said about their non-existent movements. Ah indeed, they didn’t even dare to make a single move as the sheer understanding that they might become the prey instead, forced them to act in such an uncharacteristic way. From the hunters to the preys, for brief moments that’s an accurate representation of what happened to them. Although, while the silence is music to one’s ears, it didn’t last for too long. Having forgotten of what just happened, several Shadows quickly get their chaotic legs moving, getting closer and closer to the girl. They are as eager as before, as excited as before that much hasn’t changed, on their part that is. The girl, on the other hand, has understood that this “event” requires more drastic measures and that unfortunately, the area she wanted to preserve will have to suffer the consequences of being in the battle field. The moment the Defects get moving, she faces them and with it, she once again recreates her Extinction Scythe. She will keep up with the pressure as in this manner, these Shadows will be exterminated in a span of a few short minutes.

  Something that she does with a rather “gentle” smile on her face.

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