Abyssal Awakening

"Get back and find a chance when you can. I don't know what else my Sigil can do. Might drag you into it." Alice muttered as she was about to activate her Sigil's ability. Nodding her head in understanding, Lilia jumped back as Alice seemed confident that she could handle this.

'I'll look for a chance to sneak attack the lightning guy while they're focused on Alice.'

Now that she was on her own for now, Alice dashed into some cover and coated her dagger with some of her blood once more.

Taking a deep breath to prepare herself, she jumped up and threw her dagger towards the duo while activating her Sigil.

Waiting for her dagger to react, she was shocked to see nothing happened.

Noticing Tristan with his eye closed, Alice widened her eyes and tried to get back into cover but it was too late.

Watching the skies rumble momentarily before a bolt of lightning struck towards her, she watched everything happening in slow motion as her body reacted much faster than she had expected.

Within this slowed world, she was moving as though in normal speed.

*BANG!!!

Dodging the lightning strike with ease, Alice understood what her active ability was.

The passive allowed her blood to poison while the active enhanced her physical capabilities. The only issue with this is that it increased the amount of blood she was losing through her wounds.

'I can probably use this in small bursts like I do with my eye. Overuse it too quickly and I'll pass out from blood-loss. I'm already feeling dizzy from the short burst that I used it.' Alice thought to herself with a frown while deactivating her Sigil.

Clutching her head, she wasn't allowed to rest as the second man launched another barrage of spikes towards her location.

Dodging the strikes, she took a deep breath and scanned the battlefield.

Both of her daggers were beside the duo meaning she had to run towards them bare handed.

She only needed to take out the spiked man since he was the only one that could still move.

'Since my blood affected Lilia, it's safe to assume that Tristan can't use his lightning near his duo unless he wants to kill us both. While the spiked man can't use his ranged ability near Tristan or else he might die. Its risky to run towards them but in the grand scheme of things, I'm at an advantage!'

Making up her mind, Alice vaulted over the cover and dashed towards them while keeping her body low to the ground.

She was prepared to activate her Sigil when needed to dodge the lightning.

Seeing Alice charging towards them, the spiked man glanced at Tristan and nodded his head. His second Sigil lit up with a golden colour as spikes grew all over his body, forming into a layer of armour.

Charging towards Alice with a surprising burst of speed for a man of his stature.

Widening her eyes, she wanted to dodge his charge when he activated his first Sigil, launching a barrage of spikes in close proximity.

Gritting her teeth, she activated her Sigil ability once more as blood rushed through her body. Observing the incoming wave of spikes in slow motion, she dodged the barrage and grabbed the dagger on the floor.

Grabbing one of the spikes on his back, she used it to swing herself onto his shoulders and prepared to stab down with her dagger.

Feeling a sense of unease in her heart, she looked up and saw the bolt of lightning falling towards her location.

'Sh*t!' Cursing inwardly in panic, she gave up on her attack and jumped away.

*BANG!!!

As the lightning crashed into the second man, Alice watched as he escaped unharmed.

Understanding that Tristan will just target his friend if she tries to kill them, Alice turned her attention to him and narrowed her eyes.

Activating her Sigil, she dashed towards him but Tristan was unphased. A wall of spikes shot out from the ground, protecting him.

Widening her eyes, Alice felt her vision blur. A skull splitting headache assaulted her mind as she saw the second man charging towards her at full force but she didn't have the strength to dodge.

With no other choice than to just brace herself for impact, Alice crossed her arms and protected her upper chest and head.

*CRACK!!!

Feeling an unstoppable force crashing into her body, Alice could feel several spikes piercing into her flesh as she was flung back.

Rolling across the ground, Alice coughed profusely as blood started to pool under her body. She could feel the heat departing from her body as the tips of her fingers became cold. Her vision was growing darker and darker with each passing moment.

She could see the barrier of spikes around Tristan dropping as he prepared to kill her with lightning.

However, before he could, a figure dashed behind him as both of their attention had been placed on Alice.

Flicking her wrist, Lilia stabbed down with her daggers into Tristan's neck. There was one dagger on each side and she gave the blades a harsh twist as Tristan shock in his eyes, unable to process what had just happened. Decapitating Tristan, Lilia turned her attention to the man in the spiked armour.

She could see several gaps within and knew she only had a short window to kill while he was shocked over his friend's death.

Stabbing the back of his knees, she kicked him in the legs, forcing him to collapse on his knees before narrowing her eye. A cruel light flicked through her gaze as she plunged the blade down against his upper spine.

Jolting up from the shock, the man wanted to scream out but his body was unresponsive.

"!!!" Widening his eyes in shock, he was unable to comprehend what had just happened as he laid against the ground, trying his best to move his body as dread filled his heart.

"W-WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME! IS THIS A SIGIL?!?! ANSWER ME WOMAN!" He shouted out with fear overwhelming his body. He tried his best to activate his Sigil but the spikes did not fire towards her direction. With him unable to control his arms, it would only fire backwards, away from his target.

She could see the panic in his eyes as he was trying his best to move his body.

"It's no Sigil. I'm just a slave who understood the human body after killing her old master." Lilia spoke coldly as she kicked him only his back.

With him unable to react, he could only try to use his second Sigil to harm her but she was already on guard against it.

Grabbing the corpse of Tristan, she threw it against his chest before sitting down, using Tristan as a seat.

Taking hold of his chin, she narrowed her eyes before grabbing her dagger and plunging the blade into his face repeatedly. Every stab caused blood to splatter around her as the flowers on her body seem to revel in the bloodshed.

With the man's face now mutilated beyond recognition, she stabbed the blade into his ear and pierced his brain.

Seeing the Sigils deactivate, Lilia sighed in relief before making her way over to Alice.

Alice was barely conscious as her body heat was rapidly decreasing.

Turning Alice onto her back, Lilia grabbed her knife and narrowed her eyes at Alice.

"Lilia…" Alice muttered softly.

"I'm sorry." Lilia apologised as that was the last thing Alice heard before darkness gripped her mind once more.

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Standing alone in a cave, Allura furrowed her brows in annoyance as there was nothing but false clues within this cave. All of the people here were expendable pawns with some being brainwashed members belonging to the Church of the Sun.

"The sun worshipping b*stards aren't gonna like this. Urg, there's going to be a bunch of them in the Slaughter Docks in the coming weeks." Allura sighed as she massaged her head.

Right now, there was already quite a few Church of the Moon followers residing in the Slaughter Docks. If the Church of the Sun arrive, tensions will be high and fights could break out at a moment's notice.

Shaking her head, Allura wanted to investigate more when she sensed a connection faltering, a sense of death. Widening her eyes, she snapped her head towards the direction of the slaughter docks and gritted her teeth.

Throwing her cigarette aside, she exploded in a burst of flames and disappeared from the cave. She transformed into a streak of light that cut a path towards the Slaughter Docks. Her eyes narrowed in annoyance as she didn't even contact Gin about the results of the mission.

She had bigger worries in her mind right now.