"I AM THE ONE WHO FACES THE IMMORTALS, THE ONE WHO DEFIES THE ETERNAL. I AM NOTHINGNESS, I AM INEXISTENCE."
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The claws of time were still in the haze of an unending duel yet, a strange ticking was still felt in the atmosphere as the smoke rose to the skies, signalling that the fight was far from being over.
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"Time", Raven gasped as his robes steamed, "time", his mask flared with the passing of each second, an hourglass flashing on its satin like surface, "time", Raven echoed, "infinite yet ephemeral"
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He rose from that flaming crater his robes burning and mask flaring, this moment, this hour, was a burning fragment of instance. His thoughts flared as his burning eyes couldn't hold back their rage, they could sense the phantom beyond the unknown, he could feel it, that presence watching him from beyond the fabrics of the present.
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"Coward", sighed Fang, was he so afraid that he had to hide behind the curtains of an alternate realm and watch as his minions got battered to smithereens. "Such a dunce", well, that didn't matter, all he had do, Fang grinned, was provoke the shrimp and he'll come out of his hiding place without a second thought.
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"Come out now Vegraz !" Fang called out.
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His form was like a shadow levitating in this atemporal plain, it was the heat of a radiant song stuck in a labyrinth of numerals that had intertwined with the fabrics of looped dimensions. One would say a sphere of alternate worlds.
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"How come ?" He wondered, "I thought he was weak, now he has exceeded my expectations. I now know where that feeling came from", Vegraz remembered, "I have found a worthy opponent, it seems everything has played out perfectly well"
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This was the realm he had felt the traces of the Valtur from and he was sure of it, it had that glaciated feeling and the transition of space was chilly, it had the perfect sensation he wanted, making it resonate with his soul.
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Emerging from that burning portal his mighty horns and burning being gave away that aura of one supreme amongst all creatures. This was the clash of the infernal against the terrestrial, this was the first battle that would rip the earth garments to shreds.
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"Which was if I allowed that happen", Fang smiled he had been waiting for this moment for the past seven days. He knew his chances of winning against this being were slim but the fight itself had its other purpose, a deadly purpose, one that could flip the entire game in his favour.
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This was the ever shrewd game of the grand god of mischief, the symbolic form it had taken was yet to tell it all and that glance Raven bore, was the full gaze of a predator.
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"You seem excited to see me old friend"
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"Since when did we become friends ?" Raven replied.
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"You know very well", said Vegraz "even though it hasn't been long since we have known each other we could call ourselves friends, can't we ?"
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"And foes", said Raven, charging at Vegraz without hesitating even for a second.
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Fang knew what was ahead, he didn't have time to waste as the more time was spent waiting the more complicated the whole game was going to be. And he didn't want that. An encounter of the two variables he had placed on the table a contrasting set of rivalling cards, it wouldn't be just his odds that would backfire the whole deck would come crashing down.
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"What's with the rush ? You didn't even wait", said Vegraz as he locked fists with Raven, "to even introduce yourself and one more question", he said swirling as he unsheathed his sword how did you know my name ?"
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"That isn't an answer you should be bothered about", Raven charged with his whip which burnt and lashed. It was fierce and furious slithering through the distance as it engulfed the openings around Vegraz, but Fang's foe was prepared he knew he wasn't dealing with an ordinary being. This was a man who had wiped out his entire army of Kaldroxs single handedly and he was already dead sure that this man might be an existence alien to this realm itself. One could say an anomaly in this grand order of creation.
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"I won't fall for your tricks this time"
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"You think I don't know that", Raven replied as they locked horns both battling to overpower the other. Their battle was fierce, blade against whip, who was it that was going to emerge victorious ?
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"I thought you used a lance as your weapon", said Raven dodging the slashing sword.
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"I make use of any and all weapons", replied Vegraz, "one isn't enough to deal with a beast like you", he said as the sword faded away and in its place was a dual dagger, "and this pair of daggers is perfect for dealing with a treacherous serpent like you"
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Indeed, Raven smiled, treachery was his middle name and that reminded him of someone he hadn't seen in a while. Fang shivered he remembered her fully well, Treachery, Versura's companion.
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"Treachery that creep", Fang gritted, always sneaking up on him, she was definitely worse than Artena, at least Artena gave him some space.
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"Am I so insignificant", said Vegraz who pulled away from Raven, "that you have the liberty of talking to yourself ?
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"Nah", Fang charged, "a thought just crossed my mind that's all"
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"You better focus", Vegraz's eyes blazed, "you'll be needing that head of yours for later won't you ?"
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"I definitely will", answered Fang as he took on an aggressive stance.
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Both closed the distance between them as they confronted. The impact of their collision was fierce as they rammed into themselves, they were beasts prepared to rip this earth apart this was the moment that both had anticipated this was the hour where both wished that dawn would never come and dusk would never fall, the hour of war.
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"But not me", whispered Raven.
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This damned knucklehead, did he think he had all day to waste throwing punches ? Man ! He was definitely going to grab a drink after this and only the devil knew what Ora was going to do to him, since he had left her without any warning.
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"Still caught up in your thoughts", Vegraz charged, "you aren't taking me seriously"
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"Only an idiot like you would take you seriously", Fang smirked.
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They couldn't hold themselves back, Raven was precise with his movements, his lashing whip twining, whirling and slithering, it was more alive than just a dead tool, it was the whip with which he had slain countless foes and now, it was the whip with which he was using against all obstacles. But this wasn't the time for victory yet, Raven knew he could lose and he was definitely going to lose this fight just as he had predicted.
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Vegraz began his counter, his motion became a torrential storm of lightning as his blades struck and slashed like the wind, it was a gale of flames the infinite expanse around them falling apart, but Raven wasn't going to give in easily and Vegraz knew that regardless of how strong he had become, he wasn't dealing with just any kind of opponent, he was facing the man in possession of the Valtur
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"Do you know why I came after you again ?" Vegraz asked.
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"You seemed prepared, I didn't expect to see you soon", Raven grinned as he parried Vegraz blades with the metal band on his wrist. The impact was severe making the earth tremble, but both held firm to their ground neither shaking nor trembling and in the passing of a split second they regained their momentum. Blade for whip, it was a battle of endless whim and will, they couldn't stop for anything in the world, each fighting for their aims but one had to win one was definitely going to win.
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"I sensed something coming from you earlier", Vegraz said as he slashed with all his might, "something radiating of extreme power. What could it be ?"
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Raven charged and countered, they were caught up in a deadlock, neither able to make a move.
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"It was something that had such a powerful aura that even we of the underworld can't mistake it"
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"And what could that be ?", Raven countered a fierce blow from Vegraz's dagger, the impact resulting in a visible ripple of an expanding circle of sound which swept across the city.
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"The Valtur !", Vegraz broke the pause as he pushed Raven backwards, their motion lifting dust into the air as their feet dug into the ground.
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Raven kept his composure, this was a time for no mistakes it had to go accordingly.
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"I won't tolerate mistakes", Raven growled pushing forward.
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"Neither will", I Vegraz replied, as he too stepped up to the challenge.
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The battle continued as they rammed into each other like streaks of lightning, their motion was unparalleled and it was savage, blow for blow, they battled back and forth, each keeping to their calculated timing they weren't in a hurry, but they knew that time wasn't waiting either.
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"Time", Fang gasped, "time", he was in that haze where the world was at its endless cycle of rotation, it's will trapped in the eternal commands of the supreme one, the hourglass of fate was still in its endless turmoil of inexistence and in that false claim of immorality, what could challenge the infinite ? What could match the eternal ?
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"I AM NOTHINGNESS", that voice called within Fang's soul, "I AM INEXISTENCE !"
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It raged, as it swallowed the entire plane in its furious will of destruction.
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"I think this battle has stayed too long", Vegraz gasped.
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"I too think the same", replied Raven holding Vegraz back, "so what do you plan on doing ?"
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"Anything", Vegraz slashed, "anything that will guarantee victory, it doesn't matter if I have to tear this entire realm apart in order to have the Valtur"
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"The Valtur", Raven sighed, you have already fallen for it.
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Vegraz went into a frenzy, his slashes became more precise and lethal, he was preparing to strike the final blow. He wanted it to be clean, he wanted it to be savage.
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"Prepare to meet your maker !", Vegraz said.
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Soaring to the sky, his being raved and flared as he became consumed in his rage. With that power bursting through his being and like a pillar of enflamed lightning he tore downwards at Raven.
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That mad burst of fury was the same as the one he had tapped into, using the power of a part of the book of creation back in the realm of the dragons. The rage was enough to consume all and leave them as nothing but the tales of the past, that was if there was any to remember their existence. All was taken in this course of fire which was the zenith of destruction and at the helm of authority and order the trance of the world had taken a turn towards its inescapable fall.
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The enflamed dust rose to the sky as Vegraz stood watching the horizons burn. But that form was still standing there. Its robes fluttering to the lyrical call of the infallible one, the chantings were clear as they raged.
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NOTHINGNESS ! INEXISTENCE !
NOTHINGNESS ! INEXISTENCE !
NOTHINGNESS ! INEXPENSIVE !
NOTHINGNESS !!!
INEXISTENCE !!!
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I AM NOTHINGNESS ! I AM INEXISTENCE !
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Lord Raven was still alive !
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"And I can say Vegraz", that devilish smile was clear, even though his face was hidden behind a mask, "I AM YOUR MAKER"
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Vegraz couldn't piece it together, he looked around and realized that this wasn't the realm that they had been battling all along.
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"I'm not a fool to allow you destroy my home", said Raven
, "so I took you somewhere else at the last moment. it was supposed to be the final blow wasn't it ? and trying to use such a powerful attack for the second time", Raven charged without hesitating, "will be fatal to your stamina in this fight."
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Vegraz gritted, he had been played like a fool, but he wasn't going to give in now, the snake was right another surge of such explosive power was definitely going to be a drain on his stamina as this fight wasn't over yet. It seemed like he was being toyed with, as the seconds passed he just couldn't comprehend the man he was facing, was this a mirage or a phantom ? Vegraz knew he was way stronger than him but why was it so hard to defeat him ?
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"You think you can compare me to the beasts you've been facing at the underworld, popostrous !", Said Raven striking with his whip. "All the enemies you have fought up till now, are nothing compared to the monsters you'll be facing from now on, this is the tip I'll give you, you can't win with brute strength alone here", he pushed Vegraz backwards as he made the first perfect hit since the start of the fight and it was fatal, "you need more than brawns to win"
Vegraz roared in pain as he was blown like a torn piece of robes by the force of Raven's whip. He had been hit first a fight that he had been having the upper hand right from the very beginning. He couldn't lose, Vegraz growled he couldn't lose the Valtur, if he lost here he knew there was no way he could escape this realm, he had been trapped.
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At that instant, those chills began running down his spine what was happening ? he wondered he just didn't know the reason but just like back at the realm of dragons, he began having those fits of fears.
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Vegraz saw that fire in this being's eyes as he walked towards him, whip lashing and eyes blazing, Vegraz realized that the battle was just beginning.
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"And it has already begun", said Raven, taking on the assault once again like he always did.
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"This was going to be fun", he smiled. He'll give this rascal the fright of his life before the other one was going to arrive, then the deed was going to be done.
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"You know", he said, as he used the whip to tie up Vegraz's right hand, "I've been keeping you on hold since the start of this fight, I thought that I had gotten weaker. But it seems that all there is to you is that surge of massive energy, apart from that I don't see anything else", Raven's form glitched as he disappeared.
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"You are", he reappeared at that same instant, his whip striking Vegraz's face, "just too weak"
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The impact was severe, as it sent Vegraz rising to the skies and before he could come back to his senses, he felt that bolt of lightning strike his core, sending him crashing to the ground.
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Vegraz's head rang as he watched this being walk calmly towards him, slowly taking his time to torture him. Vegraz was at loss on what he had to do in order to get out of this situation, was this the end ? He suddenly realized that he had picked the wrong opponent.
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At that instant, that rain of lightning fell from the skies, it engulfed Raven with its blinding light and in the next second vanishing along with its captive.
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Vegraz was dazed by what had just happened, but was suddenly brought back from his thoughts on seeing the prize that he had unknowingly gambled his life for, lying on the parched and steaming earth of this mysterious realm.
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His adversary was gone and before him without its owner, was the scroll containing the Valtur.
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