Ascension of Chaos

B1 | Chapter 103

ashley

following my activation of the two skills, a deep crimson and black orb of flames appears in front of my mouth, along with thick bolts of black and crimson lightning that begin to move along my arms. with both attacks growing larger and larger by the second, at the same time as the breath attack from the king of destruction grows.

i make sure to put in half of my remaining mana into both attacks. half of it into the dragon's destructive breath and half of it into the destructive charge.

and it shows. because the breath attack continues to grow larger and larger until the orb in front of me is nearly a meter in diameter, and the bolts of lightning jumping back and forth across my arms grow so numerous that i can't even see my arms anymore beneath them.

then, as if timed specifically to happen, all of the attacks launch at the same time.

my breath attack shoots out in one powerful blast straight at the king of destruction's own breath attack, and the bolts of lightning on my arms fire off on either side of the breath attack. with the bolts revolving around the breath attack in two different spirals on opposite sides of the attack.

and all of the attacks collide halfway between the king of destruction and me, sending a powerful shockwave through the area. one that completely wipes out all of the lava around us while sending me flying up into the air after i activate the skill ashen scales of destruction for more defensive power with the last shred of mana i saved and regenerated as the king of destruction is sent into the ground.

but after the initial shockwave, the visibility in the area instantly plummets as black and crimson lightning sweeps through the air mixed with flames of the same color. meanwhile, amidst the chaos, i hear the king roaring out in pain.

before i can feel any happiness about that though, i feel my own pain flash through me as a couple smaller jets of the king's breath reach me and burn straight through both of my arms and some of my wings. leaving me armless with large holes in my wings as i begin to plummet down towards the ground with the scales having been completely shattered almost immediately. deactivating the skill in the process.

i try to fly anyways, but i can't feel my wings anymore. so i eventually crash into the ground as my vision begins to go dark.

the sounds of the king's continuous roaring repeatedly echoes in my ear through the pain. the pain of my now-missing arms and what i'm pretty sure are completely broken legs and some incredibly large holes in my wings. all while the aftermath of our attacks' colliding still plays out through the area.

but even that slowly begins to die down, eventually leaving the area barren of anything except for me. with the king of destruction being too far away to see through the ash and debris scattered throughout the air.

time passes, and the king's roaring grows quieter and quieter.

i look at my status when i glance at my wounds to find them pausing in the middle of their healing to find my health completely depleted, the same as my mana. leaving me with my wounds largely patched up but still without any arms. although the king's breath attack seems to have cauterized the wounds, so i'm not bleeding. and i should still have more than half of my body left, so my life isn't currently in danger.

currently being the key word.

especially when i begin to feel the ground tremble once in a while with what feels like footsteps.

i push with my wings against the ground to climb up to a sitting position as the last of the ash and debris clear up in the air. revealing the king of destruction as he slowly marches over towards me. at which point i see the crimson light in his eye glowing brighter as the system messages about the true damage being reflected begin arriving again.

the king himself isn't in very good shape either, but he is clearly still in better shape than i am in.

he is missing both of his arms, the same as me, with large holes running through his body, and chunks ripped out here and there. and what was previously nothing more than half a tail is now just a stump, with all of the king's fangs in his mouth completely gone.

but most importantly, the king is now missing an eye.

i use my wings in the place of my completely missing arms to push myself up to my feet, only to lose my balance and fall to the ground again. then i try it once more, pushing myself to my feet before falling again.

and one last time. with me finally making it to my feet and using my wings to keep my balance.

everything around us is just a completely barren wasteland, and the king is repeatedly blinking his remaining eye closed at this point. until it eventually just leaves it closed permanently. as if the unique monster is trying to make sure its own attack isn't just reflected back at it.

and finally sever the king's head.

leaving me falling down to the ground.

but after landing, i quickly begin to turn around towards the king of destruction, only to pause when a large primordial system notification is displayed in front of my vision. one that leaves a smile on my face as i just flop down to sit with my right leg on the ground in a half circle in front of me and my left leg held up to my shoulder with my foot on the ground.

then i place my left hand on the volcanic ground around me and the other on my right knee as i read the notification.

primordial system notification

attention all users of the universe.

the successors of chaos and magic, ashley sinclair and blake sinclair, have slain the unique monster known as the king of destruction.

therefore they have both earned the titles of unique slayers.

nice.

immediately after seeing that notification – one which was sent throughout the entire universe according to what's said on it – i feel a burning and stabbing pain in my eyes as system messages force their way into my vision. a pain so bad that i can't help but scream out in pain and only barely even register what the system is saying as it reads the messages, much less read them myself.

{you have been granted 10000 skill points for killing the unique boss monster of a unique domain.}

{you have slain a being while assimilate is active. you have now unlocked the skill tree: king of destruction} – error – as the user is not the original holder of the unique skill tree, the skill tree's skills shall now change their names to accommodate the new user.

{processing...}

{you have now unlocked the unique skill tree: queen of destruction}

{you have unlocked a new unique skill tree, therefore the root skill of the unique skill tree, gaze of destruction, is now unlocked for your usage.}

numerous other messages appear as well, but the pain grows so severe that my mind simply doesn't register them.

then, all at once, the pain vanishes, leaving me gasping as i suddenly find myself still sitting in the same position as i was before. with one more universal primordial system notification on top of the first one that pushes its way over the messages.

primordial system notification

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attention all users of the universe.

the successor of chaos has officially assimilated the skills of the former king of destruction. therefore the system is now declaring the user, ashley sinclair, as a new unique being.

as the new queen of destruction.

but i don't pay it any mind.

instead i just quietly mutter, "that... hurt..." as i stare at the fallen king's corpse.