Chapter 84: Wanna See Me Do a Flip

That unsettling ‘frown’ never left the girl’s face as she continued to stare towards the writhing mass that was Eel.

Images of death, betrayal and torture constantly filtered through Eel’s mind leaving her unable to do anything but fall to her knee’s in tears. Her hands slowly deformed into her draconic claws which she unintentionally racked down her flesh yet compared to the pain weighing on her mind this was nothing. After All these didn’t appear as mere illusions of the mind as it was nothing as simple as that; no these images were very much real with people Elizabeth Jr. Bloodleaf knew all too well.

The ground under her seemed to crumble away sucking her bellow into an light-less rift. No matter how much she clutched at the edges to try to pull herself out it crumbled for quicker than she could act, sending her plummeting down. It looked as if reality itself was wrapping in on itself to create this endless space of suffering as glass shards made up pillars. Those started and stopped as if between walls or floors yet that too was just trying to rationalize the irrational as she was sent randomly in any such direction with no rhyme nor reason.

Images of countless scenes played out upon these pillars as she was forced to take in all this information she’d rather do without. Trying to stop herself from taking in these scenes was like trying to. When she can’t even tell what direction she’d even fallen from at this point, how could she prevent herself from seeing such scenes?

Emily stabbing her in the back for the chance to apprentice under Promicarus due to an unquenchable desire to learn. Leaf sucking out her lifeforce from her as she sleeps in order to fulfill the will of her empress. Ali beats her for failing to live up to how her mother used to be breaking any illusions she may have of her being the ‘real Elizabeth’. Fuka kills her in jealousy because she has it so easy in gaining strength.

It wasn’t just her people betraying her but even them betraying each other; such as scenes of Ali being killed by Lisa for ownership. Lyada pierces through Emily’s throat in jealousy of the attention she receives due to her own lover not loving her as much. An older looking Alexis abandoning them all to die due to her own beliefs in her supposed great god.

For good measure she even found out about things behind the scenes - like it being Ali who incited the crowd to chase her away. Lisa dealing with that old dwarf bitch at the orphanage in order to purchase her only to find out Eel ran. Leaf discusses with Promicarus & Emily about plans to corner her within the {Moonlesh Mountain Range}. Abbigale being the one who pushed her mother to sleep with the vampire which lead to her dying during bi-

<Wait why is it showing my mom sleeping with a vampire not lord shit for brains?!>

“Oh~? It seems like Akaibu’s antics have been revealed due to my own carelessness though I suppose your past hardly matters when I see no future for you. Honestly it is kind of boring for you to find out like this… Well there is a certain amusement to it all, yet I suppose this just proves to you that all these visions are indeed true, correct?” <Girl of Dark>

That disturbing yet bell-like voice tried to be emotionless - like {The Sovereign of Storms} before her - yet it couldn’t hide that mocking tone. For the powerless Elizabeth Jr. this was nothing more than another glass shard, screeching as it pressed against the chalkboard of her mind, leaving her reeling in pain. All she could do was clench her fangs together while feeling as if her wide open eyes were about to pop out her head.

She was trying to control the power still overflowing within her however it was being generous that her sanity hadn’t collapsed in on itself already. If she couldn’t even stop herself from shedding snot and tears while clawing at her face how could she truly manage to control that overflowing energy inside her. Those mocking words ringing in her ears.

‘These visions are indeed true, correct?’

<N-no how could t-they be correct?! E-Emily would never do that for something as small as a little bit of knowledge! Though it is true, Leaf is a spirit and… No, w-what am I doubting them for they are my companions for life… Yet what if they intend for my life to be short then such promises are pointless and it wasn’t as if Emily was particularly surprised by Promicarus’ existence while the two certainly have gotten along well. It’s true it makes sense that a vampire needs to be involved in order for my birth to be as it is->

One vision led to hundreds of doubts.

Hundreds of visions led to tens of thousands of doubts.

If it was just that few doubts the mentally sturdy hero could no doubt withstand; yet at the same time could her willpower be absolute? Could a girl, not even finish developing physically let alone mentally, withstand the doubts brought on by billions of visions? That isn’t even mentioning the little time all these visions forced themselves upon her with each seeming more plausible by the time she gets the next.

Even a drop of water can burrow through a rock let alone a flood.

Being able to see the girl's mind quickly whittling away to the insurmountable pressure the inky black seemed to writhe around with joyous celebration. Eel suddenly felt a hefty impact upon her front causing her to cough out blood as the energy inside her went crazy - still the cold slither cold grasp of the liquid below seemed to embrace her. Slowly dragging her in as her body seemed to all but accept it as her eyes went unfocused and half closed.

Her breathing grew fainter by the second as her eyes drifted upwards as she slowly sank below to catch the face of the little girl who accursed her to this place. She didn’t have it in her to grasp onto the last flickering flames to get angry at the girl however. Instead the girl pup just wished to close her eyes and pretend there was nothing left of her as it was far too hard to carry on.

Just when her body was about to fully sink into the inky black and her eyes close to never see the light of the world once more… The sound of chains rattling faintly filled the place as a warm rich purple light seemed to chase away the darkness if but for a moment. Feeling the mass ripple and shrink back Eel opened her eyes onto the see dainty gauze-wrapped feet with leg warmers which was certainly an unusual combo.

Looking past that there were… Boobs.

Like those weren’t ‘big’ but gigantic beyond belief while being contained in a half zipped up hoodie that definitely didn’t match the setting of the world. More unfitting for the time period was from her position she could tell for a fact the very fit woman standing over her wore no underwear to speak of as that flower was present for public viewing. The woman didn’t seem to care though as she proudly had her legs apart with her gauze wrapped hands pressed against her waist.

Upon her face was a big smug smile that Eel Jr. would recognise from looking in a mirror whenever she decided to admire how handsome she was. A bandage was plastered on the bridge of the girl's nose while her eyes remained closed yet that didn’t stop her from facing the hatchling with that smug smile. Flowing behind her was the voluptuous purple locks of hair that appeared to be exactly like the girls if far more wild and unkempt.

“A-are you me?” <Eel>

Most importantly the heroic landing of the woman had chased away the vision of the unsettling girl leaving Eel Jr. with the vision of the woman. Something about her made Elizabeth suddenly safer than she ever had before in her entire life - warm tears dripped down her cheeks as she did nothing but look at the woman. The woman didn’t say any words of comfort as she just cheekily smiled upon the girl.

“Stop being a cry baby mini-me, I’m you but bigger, something like this isn’t enough to take me down so you shouldn’t let it take you down~♡” <Eel?>

“B-but-” <Eel>

“What are you doing here Elizabeth… It displeases me to see you where you don’t belong and you should know I’m not kind to things that displease me. You couldn’t possibly think of rebelling against both me and that bitch Mother?” <Girl of Dark>

That voice came from every direction and from every distance causing Eel to feel as if her brain was about to explode in her skull yet soon a hand landed right on top of her head. A soothing energy flowing through that warm hand yet Eel could clearly feel that countless scars were hidden below those white gauze. She couldn’t imagine what hells someone as powerful as this woman would have experienced in order to form such heavy scars.

Despite that upon looking up all she saw was that same boastful smile that sent a silent promise that everything was going to be okay now.

“Well if you know about me rebelling against you two why haven’t you gotten the fuck out my way yet; your tough-love act won't work on me~♡” <Eel?>

The voice held just the same amount of confidence as the smile promised as the woman rose up from kneeling to pat Eel. Turning around to show her back which somehow seemed to tower over her far more than Photon’s ever did despite ‘only’ being 6’9 in height. Still it seemed like the girl was mocking the shadow with how her stance kept changing like some kind of drunken dance.

However much she wanted to trust in that smile now her trust had long been shattered while her peripheral vision could easily catch the tendrils the size of mountains. Each one could easily crush the entire of Orrid yet an endless amount was coming down from all directions to crush any thoughts of resistance. In a moment of strength Eel finally managed to open up her mouth to yell out.

“Just g-!” <Eel>

“Ya wanna see me do a flip~♡” <Eel?>

Although she couldn’t see the woman’s face she had a strong feeling she knew exactly what her facial expression was.

It was easy for Eel to feel the build up of energy yet she could only wish to reach the level of finesse the woman pulled off her next move. Doing as promised, she drunkenly appeared to leap off the floor to send herself into the air while leaning backwards to do a backflip. Yet her outwardly stretched left leg glowed with a pearl-like glimmer before the foot faced upwards where a giant pearl dragon roared out.

“[Pearl Ice Flying Dragon Kick]~♡” <Eel?>

The dragon bravely reached the tendrils above in an icey explosion that made even the tentacles that didn’t come into contact with it retreat with a shiver. When the explosion was over it was clear why they did that as the 'pearl ice' (which made the dragon) had frozen those tentacles in addition to spreading more as time went on. Yet the monster that consumed them cared little for such losses as those caught in the blast were mercilessly cut off from the ‘body’.

Instead they seemed to try to make use of this chance by piercing through the woman while she was in the air - sending thousands of masses of various sizes to complete that wish. All the hero could do was watch on with her barely hanging together. To say she was worried was an understatement yet the woman being worried about just let out a haughty laugh that somehow suited her.

Curling her body up allowed her to dodge one of the tendrils while a fist met another batch with an icy explosion. Her legs split apart above her head to kick away some more while her remaining hand held her weight as she balanced on the first one she dodged. She wasn’t the type to end things there as she began to literally break dance upon the eldritch limb as she began executing an expertly done windmill.

With her overwhelming strength this of course let her send the attacking limbs on their way yet once again this was just her building up momentum for something greater.

“I’ll make you regret acting exactly like those bullies you always hated [Pearl Ice Coiling Dragons Uncaged]~♡” <Eel?>

“Is it bullying to bring down those greater than yourself?” <Munzumira>

Despite her calm words - the picture in front of Eel spoke to just how amazing the ‘giant-her’ truly was at this moment. Her two legs began to become encased in a coiling dragon that extended out them split to form more dragons then more then more. In a matter of moments a veritable typhoon of pearl-like ice dragons were tearing apart the world around them with absolute ease that Eel simply couldn’t fathom.

Hail of ice flew beyond even the storm causing many of the pillars of visions or patches of writhing dark tendrils & eyes to be punctured. Of course, being strongly of the ice attribute it didn’t end at that as the pearl-like ice continued to expand from the places it landed to cause untold amounts of damage. Even the peak existence keeping them here couldn’t help but let out a groan of pain.

Something like that wasn’t enough to keep the monster at bay though as tendrils came from below in an attempt to pierce her through its own body. Trying to catch a venus by surprise was an absolute dream and nobody dreamed better than the woman - abruptly cancelling her martial art she let those dragons roam freely to cause all the chaos they could. Meanwhile she pushed against the ground to fly above once more, this time under the cover of her coiled dragons.

Protected from all sides but below it was clear enough what she would do. Although she was in a flip this time it was a front flip where she moved her right foot out into an axe kick.

This wasn’t any old flying axe kick however!

“[Pearl Ice Dragon Descending]~♡” <Eel?>

With that another mighty dragon heralded her own descent as it met the mass of tendrils head on to send all of the hurdling downwards. A big move came an equally big icey explosion yet this time due to landing on the ‘ground’ where Eel was she too was caught up in the explosion that made even the monstrous eldritch shiver. Though it was useless to worry about it since it wasn’t as if she had the ability to move due to her barely holding psyche.

At the same time there was no need to worry as strangely the icy mist only helped soothe her broken mind enhancing it. Even if she hadn’t fully recovered she couldn’t help but feel like her mind would be far stronger thanks to the care of the woman than it was before this whole event yet getting out of this place was another problem she had no answer for. Luckily for Eel the woman who approached her once more did.

“Don’t have much time so just listen; your evolution attempt is a failure anyway so give into your instinct since that should be strong enough to keep you going~♡” <Eel?>

“But… Everyone I know…” <Eel>

“I’m not going to lie to you - what Munzumira showed you are indeed events that could be true in the future or could just be things that could have happened in the past. I don’t have the time to sit down and comfort you about that. With that in mind the solution is obvious~♡” <Eel?>

“W-what?” <Eel>

At that the ‘big Eel’ stomp her foot down sending the mist surrounding them away so they could once again see eachother. What shocked Eel was that the woman actually opened her eyes to look upon her causing a huge overwhelming pressure to fall upon the world. Even Munzumira’s writhing masses paused while pearl-ice snowflakes drifted from seemingly nowhere just at the instance of the woman opening her reptile-like purple eyes.

“Give into your instincts and beat the shit out of everyone close to you; if they truly care for you they won’t try to kill you but stop you from going beserk fufufu~♡” <Eel?>

“Wait, what if that’s a trick?” <Eel>

“Heh, and what if it is~? Just hunt me down to beat the shit out of me next~♡” <Eel?>

As one can imagine Eel’s eyes shot open in surprise at those very blunt and brutal solutions to the mind shattering problem. The woman wasn’t done there as she suddenly thrust her hand forward to point forward while her other stayed upon her waist. A smile surpassing the confidence of any being in existence plastered its way onto her face as the air around began to tremble while the mist circled around.

“Are you or are you not Elizabeth Jr. Venus Bloodleaf who hunts the unhuntable and adventurers into lands no mortal world dare go~?! If there is one thing my lil sis is not, it's a coward, there is only ever one solution to your problem. You are just too blinded by the complexities of the world to see such a simple solution. No matter how many idiots try to stop you - no matter how many villains scheme - there is only one thing you need to do to beat them all with ease!

Push forward~♡” <Eel?>

While saying that a purple energy exploded out from her expressing her power as it seemed almost as if she was about to evolve herself. Yet Eel only felt like that for a moment; it was something akin to her own transformation when she used her draconic bloodline yet at the same time it felt different.

Icey 5 digit dragon claws slowly began to form over her feet while the same claws came to poke out from her bandaged hands. Of course that ice was the pearl ice she had been using, however the changes didn’t end there as the ice slowly spread up from her digits to all the way down to her knees/elbows. Ice slowly encased around from her elongated ears to encase her chin while her teeth became viscous fangs. Yet the other transformations revealed she wasn’t some simple ice dragon but something more just like Eel herself.

On the side of her head two jet black horns formed yet they weren’t your regular horns as they appeared to be similar to that of a rams. From her buttox sprouted a tail which could only be described as a phallic tendril that put the lewd potential of the writhing mass to shame. Despite the ferocious appearance Eel felt no fear of the woman in front of her even as the tail coiled around her waist.

The purple aura emitted from the woman offered nothing but comfort for Eel’s mind even as the woman turned away before turning her head upwards.

“You may have lost which way your meant to run, thanks in no part to the uselessness of those I sent to protect you *cough*Zandman*cough*Bloodleaf*cough*etcetera*cough*, yet since I’m around let me show you the right way since your so close~♡” <Eel?>

Two jet black bat-like wings sprouted out from her waist as the dragoness lowered herself before leaping up into the air once more. This time, even if she was carrying Eel, she wasn’t as helpless as with a flap of her wings she shot forward at greater and greater speeds. It wasn’t as impressive as a certain other empress yet it was certainly faster than Eel had anticipated!

The tendrils that once seemed menacing found it difficult to keep up with the woman who flew towards freedom. It wouldn’t be that easy though as the tentacles came flying towards them from above once more yet in reply the woman’s grin grow more ferocious. Reeling back her fist/claw she simply punched the air in front of her but…

“[Dreamer Pearl Ice Dragon Breakthrough]~♡” <Eel?>

A dragon far bigger and more intimidating than any of those before shot out from her arm with the same horns & wings to boot. It roared out in joy of the challenge as it’s roar alone caused the tentacles to writhe and Munzumira to surprisingly groan since it hurt her right where she was the most sensitive; the mind. Her pain no doubt far worse when that mighty dragon began to tear through anything that dared try to block it’s masters path while any that came from the sides were dealt with quick parries and kicks as expected from the drunken style.

That wasn’t to say these punches were simple as, although smaller, even they released these mighty dreaming dragons to fight on behalf of the woman. Soon enough a rift into a smoking black landscape presented itself where Eel actually saw her own body revealing that not everything was as it seemed. Thankfully the woman came in to clarify the confusion.

“It’s difficult for strong entities to pass between the {Mortal Realm} & {Spirit World} yet it isn’t the same for souls so with your mind in disarray she disconnected the soul from the body. Luckily nobody knows more about the mind than me. I’m not just a pretty face fufufu~♡” <Eel?>

Hearing that allowed Eel to calm down some more yet at the home stretch she found herself shocked as the woman who was carrying her suddenly jerked backwards. Looking back she found the tendrils coiling around something while the woman could only smile bitterly. Soon that unsettling voice called out once again.

“Initially I thought you managed to break free at first yet your movements slowly got more and more constrained as we went on… I suppose even you can’t fully break free from the chains of the all mighty Mother which bind you to the dreamscape. Maybe I’ll just keep you here for a bit so we can catch up.” <Munzumira>

Following that the sound of glass cracking slowly played out causing Eel to look at the woman's visage once more. This time however the crackling noise made sense as around her was surrounded by the countless cracks in space itself. As those cracks Munzumira’s words made far more sense to the hatchling.

The abyssal space echoed with the sound of shattering as the illusion cast by the mighty dragoness exposed her true self form. Her figure cut a sorry figure as the very hands & legs she had used to defend Eel were bleeding with golden blood - lashes covered in a dark cursed aura stopped her from regenerating. In the grasp of the tendrils were several glowing green chains that wrapped coiled around the woman’s neck, upper arms and thighs restricting how much power she could actually use yet from the looks of it she was mostly running on fumes.

“Now… How abou-” <Munzumira>

“Whoops, finger slipped~♡” <Eel?>

Before the faux god empress could say anything Eel found herself flying through the air once more as the woman launched her with that perverse tail. Saying nothing of the tail certainly not being her finger she at least succeeded in her desire to get Eel out so that smug smile returned to her face. Eel meanwhile could do nothing but watch as the purpose of risking her own life for her for reasons she didn’t understand got further and further out of reach.

“Trust Alexis, that old fox may be cunning yet she’s a big softy for you, if you had any visions of her seeking to harm you I can say for sure they’re fabricated~♡” <Eel?>

With that Eel’s soul flew through the rift back into her body while the woman turned to look back down into the mass of writhing tendrils as three lights flickered into existence.

“Using the fact she was blessed by you and that little nymph to drag her soul into here while her body was so distraught that I couldn’t stop it was smart, yet now you’ve made me a little peeved mommy dearest, so how about I go on a tantrum~♡” <Eel?>

Even as blood seeped from her, that fierce smile didn’t falter, as she instead launched herself back into the inky black…