Chapter 111: The Fallen and The Serpent Part 1

Hebi stared at the black flames that were covering the grin on Sophia's mug, of course, if a normal person were to watch the blade of condensed dark flames, they would see a dark streak of lightning-fast ray instead of a "flying blade", but Hebi is not normal, so she can see the true form of the blade, but because she is not normal, her eyes widened as she felt her whole body tremble just by looking at the dark magic infused attack that aimed towards her, she is very familiar with this feeling as an experienced soldier!

She was scared of the black blade!

Never did Hebi imagine that an attack from a person less than a year old would make her feel such a sensation.

_, is that the blade is not a spell crafted by her but a spur-of-the-moment attack, meaning that Sophia can most definitely use such a dangerous attack again and again until she runs out of mana._

Hebi already found a hurdle moments after the commencement of the battle, however, the fear she is feeling did not blind her nor did it hurt her pride, after all, fear is a wonderful thing as it will make one avoid the danger that will cause their life, all of her calculations happened in a split second as she dodged the blade of dark flamed by flickering to the side, she then glared at Sophia, however, instead of a serious expression for having her ultra high-speed attack dodged so casually, Sophia's smile widened, Hebi immediately got a bad feeling, but it was too late for the moment the black flaming slash of Sophia hit the ground, an explosion ensued.

To say that the explosion is powerful is not giving it justice, you see the "bomb" that was detonated created a mini mushroom cloud as the waves of air, dark flames, and shrapnels made of wood soil and rocks splattered in all directions, not only did Hebi got caught on it but also faced its full brunt, her body started to crack and her flesh started to get roasted as the scorching flames enhanced by darkness invaded her body.

"ARRRRRGHH!"

As much as her constitution could regenerate this kind of damage, Hebi's pain receptors still reacted violently to the continued sensation of her whole being getting burned down to the brink of being turned into ashes, she shouted in immense pain as if she tortured.

Of course, Hebi is not the only one who felt the impact of such a spectacular explosion, all of Heimdall was startled by the sound whilst some in the vicinity of the forest got their houses, stores, and other businesses destroyed.

The King of Gjallarhorn looked on in horror as he finally realized what kind of monster he clung his hope unto, but of course, these does not concern Hebi or Sophia who have descended from a very high place back to her original position in the air as they continued to look at each other with hostility even after the mushroom cloud dispersed.

Hebi's whole body was scorched beyond recognition as she breathed heavily, some parts of her stomach were missing, her left lung up to her left arm successfully turned into a pile of ash scattered on the ground and her skull became visible for everyone to see whilst the fat below her clavicle was boiling like mad.

Hebi stood up and looked at her surroundings despite such horrible condition of her body as if she was just casually going back from the pits of hell, her flesh and bones started to squirm at a speed visible to the naked eye, and indeed her naked eyes have seen it, the canyon deep crater that was left on the half of the forest that will become the scar by which people will be reminded of this battle for all eternity, at the same time, Sophia continued floating above with her eyes that spells indifference until Hebi had regained her former appearance and created a kimono for her, Sophia did not even moved.

_What is she doing?_

Hebi looked at the person above her with furrowed brows, she kept reminding herself of the warning against Sophia Demiurge and her resemblance with her spouse, if at first the serpent bearer had some doubts, now she is certain that such an analogy was true, after all, she is the one who survived the most battles with Loki one way or another, so she knew how to use him as a reference, and for sure, Hebi found a similarity.

_Confusing, what the hell is wrong with this person?_

Hebi stared at Sophia who was not making any other move as if she was waiting to see what Hebi was capable of, however, Sophia was also shocked at her initial analysis of Hebi.

_That is way faster than my regeneration, it took her exactly a second to completely recover from being roasted meat._

These two powerhouses' analysis circled on their brains at frightening speeds, there were not even three seconds that got exhausted when they inferred their thoughts towards their opponent, the two people just stared at each other for a couple of seconds, but the truth is that they are absorbing anything they can extract from that small exchange, finally, when the dust was settled completely, Hebi's left waist glowed a purple light and in there appeared a katana that was two times the length of her arms, her sharp expression turned calm as she put her right leg forward with her other pulling backward.

The veins on her neck started to bulge, however, these veins were not only visible to her neck as similar thick nerves spread throughout her body, Hebi slowly grabbed the hilt of her sword as Sophia squinted her eyes, looking at the attack of her opponent, she did not even put up her guard or even frowned, this caused more doubt in Hebi's heart, but she did nothing to heed to them, she just has to take the initiative, that is what important in a battle of heroes, the one who dished out the first strike will win.

_She is not defending, she did not even put out her sword... whatever._

Hebi did not think further as she put mana and her impressive physical power into her legs and her arms before disappearing from the spot she was in whilst a tiny crater accompanied by a small explosive sound appeared at her former footing, Sophia, even though looking aloof, was in high guard, after all, she is currently pulling off a stunt, so she strained her brain and eyes to the fullest, as a result, she was able to track the dash line created by Hebi, a smirk appeared on Sophia's face as a blue line appeared right in front of her whilst, at the same time, an echo resonated throughout the battlefield.

[Serpent Arts: Three Fangs of Death.]

Sophia almost snorted at this gesture, how could someone just whisper an attack name the moment the attack approached the target, despite saying that, Sophia could feel the danger that targeted the middle of her forehead, throat, and heart, but she could not help but sneer, the queen of Kamatayan has now more confidence in being able to pull off a stunner in this fight.

The moment the tip of the katana appeared on top of her eye section and aimed at her forehead, the blue slit at the space above Sophia opened, and there appeared a beautiful lady with red hair, the lady was naked, making her majestic figure to be in full display for everyone to see, but if one is to observe further, they can see a stitch in the middle of her cantaloupe-sized breasts, her skin is also grey in color.

Instantly, Hebi who had unleashed her attack widened her eyes while the lady used the long sword on her hand and placed it in the upper middle section of her body to block Hebi's assault, she then muttered.

[Counter]

The whisper did not last long as the long sword was hit by the fast and powerful thrusts of the katana, the technique that Hebi used was a display of the perfect balance between her unmatched speed and overbearing strength, normally no one can block it and indeed, the woman in front of her cannot last even a moment blocking the attack, the longsword on her hand crumbled into pieces whilst she was pierced in the designated spot, but that did not end there, the length of the katana and its speed let it pass through the lady and successfully stabbed three different parts of Sophia's body, but they were all non-vital, though because of the shock of the attack speed, masterful accuracy, and power caught her off guard, making her lose her control of the air magic she was just controlling as Sophia fell to the ground.

_SHIT! HERE IT COMES!_

Hebi didn't have any time to celebrate as she gritted her teeth at the impact of the counter the lady she had just stabbed, three holes appeared on her forehead throat, and heart from the front through the back as she also fell down and because the counter will amplify the power of the attack, it cleaved through the left hemisphere of her brain up to her left lung, furthermore because it was her vitals, she was in a lot more pain and took a lot of time to recover, however, instead of focusing on her regeneration, Hebi was instead asking her very commonsense fro the bottom of her heart.

_FUCKING KHEARSENBELLE! HOW THE FUCK DID SHE RESURRECTED! AND WHY IS SHE SIDING WITH SOPHIA!_

She's not the only person who is shocked by this, every "spectator" who has found the fight between the young genius and a seasoned warrior has the same reaction, some were laughing, some squinted their eyes, and some frowned, but they have the same reaction among themselves.

"SIGINARUGAN YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

Not only did he not interfere with the two heroes but pitted the youngest hero of this age against one of the oldest living behemoths of the world against each other! Siginarugan also created a mortal version of her divinity and injected it into his hero! The "entities" kept watching, their interest was further peaked by this conjecture of theirs.

Of course, such things are of no importance to Hebi as she does not have any knowledge about the thought process of the gods, she just waited for her wounds to completely heal to try another approach to dealing with Sophia, she presumed that the "resurrection of the dead" was brought by a new unique skill she did not know of and did not think too deeply about it, she is not in a debate room right now after all, she focused her brain on recovering as fast as possible.

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Sophia, even though she was not hit in any vital parts has slower regeneration than Hebi, and in this battle that seconds feel like hours, such healing speed is grueling, as she lay flat on the ground, a naked woman appeared in front of her, kneeling as if the most pious of clergymen, the undead Khearseabelle looked at her master and deeply apologized.

"My Lady, Hebi Tsukaiza's attack is much stronger than I expected and I have failed to become your meatshield, please punish me as you see fit."

Khearsenbelle looks like she is repenting, but the way she is deliberately jiggling her Eleanor tier knockers makes it evident of what she truly desires, Sophia sighed.

_At least hide it a little..._

Sophia immediately got up and then patted the head of her newest subordinate as she looked at the still struggling Hebi, it seemed like Khearsenbelle succeeded in using her own "life" to inflict vital part damage on Hebi, she looked at Khearsenbelle and then smiled.

"You did a good job, no need to blame yourself about anything, I mean, it's not like you have failed what I asked you, right?"

Sophia's first mission given to Khearsenbelle upon her learning that the former queen has a very good mastery of [Counter] is to use counter before Hebi landed her attack and to use herself as a shield so that Sophia can divert her vital spots away from the point of attack, Sophia thought of the worst case scenario that she will not be able to catch Hebi's ass, so she made it so that she will have a cushion before taking the hit. However, this is at the expense of exposing one of her major secrets to the enemies.

"But your majesty how about the...."

Before the new undead could even argue, Sophia made a portal appear at Kharsenbelle's feet that made her fall together with the daggers inside, waiting to be utilized.

_Alright then, time to surprise the old fart..._

Sophia once again relieved the motion of Hebi on her mind, and like her, Sophia's eyes turned calm, she put her one hand on the scabbard of her sword whilst the other was in the handle, Sophia then put his foot in front and slouched slightly whilst the left hand is at the back, veins also started to protrude out of Sophia, she then thought.

_Let's see how you dodge this...._

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Hebi's eyes widened as she saw the stance Sophia had taken, she just recovered from the vital injuries and what entered her eyes was the same stance she had taken just a while earlier, this angered Hebi a little as she berated.

"Do you think you can easily repli..."

Sophia could only smirk with that speculation as she immediately disappeared and caused a mini crater to appear.

"What the fuc...."

Hebi's eyes widened in disbelief, Sophia Demiurge learned Hebi Tsukaiza's move by just seeing it once!

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A/N: It's a pain writing fight scenes for Sophia