>>5972993>>5973030>>5973060Rushing to save Casca, you forget to factor in Gunpowder's exhaustion, despite flying at the speed of sound being much easier thanks to his improved armor, you could tell the three dimensional movement was starting to render him nauseous, yet still transferring as much as your Od as you could give him, you send him charging towards the fallen pillars where Casca was laying at, taking her in your arms as one swift thrust by your trident is enough to disintegrate the apostle in his human form.
"It can't... It can't be happening again..." Casca reminds herself of the last time Judeau attempted to save You dodge and strike at all the attempts of the abyssal amalgamation to attack you, with none of your Od strikes doing anything but phase them mid air. It takes all of your focus to control and guide GP at high speeds while still finding time to heal Casca's perforating chest wound.
Eventually, the pursuit seems to be too much for even you to keep up, as Ubik transforms the remaining red walls to corner you against the astral spikes, Gunpowder forcefully shakes upside down as he is forced to drop you both from his seat.
"GUNPOWDER!" You hold Casca above you as the flying horse does his last move as an ultimate sacrifice, throwing you off his mount to dodge the ethereal limbs impaling him in all directions before ripping him in half. His neigh echoes as his intestines are ripped off of him, sending both halves of him straight into the vortex of the creator.
As you fall on your back from the great fall, you are pleased to see that Casca had not taken any damage, though it came at the cost of losing the strongest horse to ever live...
"Damn it, Damn it! DAMN IT!" I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I BROUGHT HIM HERE!" You punch at the red faces on the floor to the point of reddening your knuckles.
To make matter worse, Casca shakes and trembles as her chest swells up with blood, her brand making her hemorrhage to the point of barely being able to stand up, let alone fight despite having the axe of the giants with her.
"This child seems to be at a disadvantage." Slan comments as she watches Lucio being encapsulated into a cocoon. "His greatest wish is to separate his body from Femto - the root of all the misery in his life, yet the ones he cherishes the most have already been branded."
"With the amount of sacrifices we are already having at our display, our powers should not be constrained by the standard rules no more, we shall grant him his wish, and let the misery of the new cycle commence into the world of absolute control--" Void presented a green totem charging with dark energy, getting ready to fire his brand at all present, before Skull Knight finally managed to fake out his attack and grab hold of the God Hand finger, tearing off his hand and stopping the spell in the process.
"You and I have remained in this world for far longer than we should, ancient magician."
