Master Of None

2088  2088. Rebirth n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Walker couldn't understand what he was seeing. The flood of mana was so chaotic that his senses couldn't keep up with it. Even the demon lord's armor had begun to warp with the high amount of pressure he was under. His horns became broken and jagged, but more terrifying. The metal broke away exposing a monstrous face. One that showed he had taken on scar after scar along his many years of fighting others for this one chance. While Walker could feel bad about how the demon lord had gotten here, he could only be disgusted at this point. The demon lord had become obsessed with gaining what he had lost. Yes, it was a horrendous event to lose his mother through experimentation. It was terrible that the world had been unable to help him more. However, that did not excuse the many evils he had done to ensure that he got here. Trying to eliminate entire races from power. Attempting to release monsters sealed for years upon years. Creating monsters using corruption and false runes. Enslaving an entire race and letting them fight to the death amongst one another. Too many things made this list of evils. If Walker were to turn away from all this just because this person had suffered… then what was the title of true hero worth?" Beyond this, instead of growing through the trauma and accepting the role of hero, the demon lord had gone against the very fabric of the growing world. Had shattered the proper flow before creating a massive war. This was both an insult to the very essence of what it meant to be a hero, but also of the very way life existed in the world. He had caused harm just by breaking the flow that was building the world to be a place for everyone to thrive in. The chain reaction was immense. The bones floating in the air were bathed in the chaotic manas that the demon lord was forcing out of the open hole in space. The fragment was still being held in place by the demon lord's control. It would have just shot in to the chaotic mana filled space between the elemental planes and the world if it was not being held by the demon lord. The bones being bathed in this chaotic mana with the demon lord's control was forcing them together. Back in to the shape of a skeleton. Walker couldn't push past the waves of chaotic mana hitting them. They were rooted in the spot. But he could sue the all around appraisal. 'Chaotic monstrosity

This is a monster being created using chaotic mana. Due to the fact that chaotic mana from an uncontrolled space being used, this skeleton can not be used to create a proper undead. Life mana is devoid within it due to the chaotic nature. Death mana also does not properly rest within causing it to not be a truly undead being. This is an imitation of a being that should not be. In an attempt to bring this being back to life, it is actually creating a being that would be called a monster within any plane of existence. Even the beings that are made of and grow within chaotic unlawful mana would believe this to be a monster that should not be. There is a very high chance that this being will spread corruption among the world and all the elemental planes if it is able to fully form. It will be incredibly weak in its first moments. This will be the best opportunity to destroy it. It also needs a proper body to siphon mana and nutrients from while it forms itself entirely. When it latches on to…'

Walker used a burst of natural mana to attempt to push forward. He finally managed to get a whole step ahead before a larger pulse of chaotic mana spread out and the bones came face to face with the demon lord. The madness in the demon lord's eyes was enough to tell he had long become corrupt. Even the corruption from the chaotic mana now was not doing much at all. He faced the dense chaotic mana like it was nothing. Even as it damaged him, he just stood there. The chaotic monstrosity roared out in a silent motion. The chaotic manas becoming threads that latched on to the demon lord's body. His eyes rolling back and becoming a mess of corrupted mana burning them away. The skeleton floating above him as he turned with a snarl toward the party. "That is not a demon lord and not a skeleton being raised from the dead. That is a chaotic monstrosity using the body of the demon lord as food so it can destroy more." Walker felt something grow within him. The true hero title was resonating with him as he believed this to be the singular reason he was even born in the first place. The extreme amount of chaotic mana in the demon lord's body now was nothing to laugh at. But his armor had been degraded by it. His body was also looking more damaged. That was also different from the bones. The chaotic monstrosity was gaijin small thin lines of flesh. It was growing. Consuming the demon lord. "Gil, attack now!" Walker shouted as he felt that the pressure of chaotic mana halted for a moment. It was chaotic mana, it wasn't controlled. The pressure would not stay the same for the entire time. A multitude of arrows flashed through the air. Bursts of ice tried to form where they landed, but the demon lord slashed down with his sword. The arrows being shattered along with the mana escaping from them. But this was mana that was in order. It was interrupting the chaotic nature of his attacks. Stopping a thrown blade of chaotic mana. The demon lord had been controlled before. His domineering strength within the vampire castle had been shown on clear display. But that was before the party had opened their minds. Before the demon lord had burned his existence to attempt to bring his mother back. Bow, he was nothing but a degrading puppet for the chaotic monstrosity. "Take this!" Remey also threw out five potions. They were tightly wrapped together around a central potion. This central potion she had been burning and creating within her hands this entire time. The mana blocking herbs had been one thing that she was very glad to find. While they would not be strong enough to sue against the demon lord, it was a debuff that they desperately needed right now. The other potions, had been explosive potions. The bang sent glass and fire mana all around the demon lord as he had struck out in an attempt to destroy the incoming potions. Instead, he had prematurely released the explosive potions. In return, the mana blocking potion exploded and splattered his sword and arm. The mana becoming unstable in a different way. Flowing backwards away from his arm since even the chaotic mana was dampened. This reverse flow caused him to screech out in sudden pain. What terrified them though, was that the demon lord dropped his sword then began tearing at the flash of his arm. The pain from the reverse flow being strong enough that he could not handle it. The chaotic monstrosity too focused on mana also felt the pain too powerfully. It was just beginning to form. Yet, it felt this kind of pain? It had lost a potion of body that it was feeding on? Naturally it was enraged by this and the demon lord waved the free hand. Long lances of corrupted mana began to point at Remey. Su's quick movements brought a light shield and the twin shields in front of her though. The distraction freed up Onyx and Midnight to attack in tandem. Onyx releasing shadow spikes firm the shadows on the ruined temple. They shot up like vicious thorns. Stabbing at the demon lord and breaking away more of the degraded armor to expose weaker points. Midnight had breathed out an earth elemental breath. The sand was then boosted by wind mana she had also gathered. It created a desert sand breath which destroyed even more of the remaining armor. The demon lord also began to feel some of this on his skin. Since he was weakening, it would only get worse. With the sword on the ground, the demon lord could use magic now as the main attack. But using the magic and focusing on the others allowed Walker to focus his own magic. He was targeting the chaotic monstrosity. His entire goal to ruin the creature now. Erase a monster like this before the worst were to happen. A shard of ice flew at the chaotic monstrosity and began to grow in the air. It was Walker's first attack to begin this process. Destroy the forming bones. Freeze the process then destroy it. Simple enough.  …

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