Chapter 661 Sickle

[[[Author's Note: This chapter is a little less than normal, since today is Valentine's Day.]]]

"Roar!" The combination of the professor's sword, Queen Mother's continent, and Alina's enslaving chains were powerful enough to completely stall Alex, and all that he can do at that point was roar angrily at his opponents.

He might not be in a dangerous condition as his own powerful soul and Abyss Magic was preventing him from dying, but he knew that he cannot easily shrug off the attacks that are used on him.

After all, these attacks were all used in a way that their weaknesses were hidden and their strengths exemplified, allowing them to fully restrain Alex.

Professor Frances' sword was here primarily to attack Alex's soul and anything related to it. This prevents Alex from quickly accessing his soul-related abilities, and if he wanted to use them, he had to remove the sword first.

Queen Mother's summoned continent on the other hand uses its concept of strength and life to force Alex's physical body into a halt. This essentially stops Alex from performing any physical movements.

Of course if Alex was in his normal state, he can shrug off the pressure brought by this continent. But since his soul was injured and corrupted at this point, it made it much harder for him to muster any strength to push off the suppression.

As for Alina's enslaving attack, it uses the power of slavery and compliance to force Alex to become her slave. This power might be a little vile, but it was the most potent out of the three attacks, especially against opponents that have been weakened already.

If it were any other person, the power of Alina's enslaving attack will be surely effective on them, as they do not have the mental toughness to resist getting enslaved. Luckily for Alex, he had the willpower to fight back against this slavery ability.

"…"

He was using a majority of his willpower to resist getting enslaved, and fortunately for him, it was working. He was still free, albeit he was still tied up in a compromising state.

But although Alex was not enslaved, the fact that his willpower was being used to resist slavery made it impossible for him to unleash any spells.

If he wanted to use spells, he must focus on it first, something that is not possible now given his current state.

"Tsk, f**kkjlkjd . With these three attacks pressing down on my soul, body and willpower, there is no way that I can attack them now. My soul is hanging like a useless noodle here, while my body and spells are like blocks of wet sand. Tsk, they really have no use @̴̖̦̟́*̵͖͕̗̘̱̘͇̥̈́̓͋̈͋͂̃͋#̷̨̜̘͚̖͇̼̲̞̀̔͝@̶̢͕͕̲̙͍͗͋͐(̴̲͎̮̇̀̓̔͐̔*̸͕̩͖̙̯̓̇̒̿͑̂u0026̴̡̨̞̥̣͉̭͕̎̀̽͒͛̔̚͝͝#̸̞͈̟̙̙̼̅̍͌̌̕͜(̵̢̮̻͑̋̃̈́̊@̵͓͋*̶̡̧̩̞̥͔͔͉͇̅̎͌͆̈́…"

Alex knew that in his current state, he will be like an open target for his opponents, and it was not beyond his imagination that they might try killing him now.

But given the way that they gave their effort just to restrain him, Alex doubts if they can even kill him…

"But although these attacks can restrain me, they are not powerful enough to kill me. Since that is the case, then my opponents are still bound to lose ǫ̴̮̗́ͅ3̵̙͎͔̳̇̎̉̃͐̈̔͘͜ȕ̶̬̝̉̋̎͝͝3̷̳̳̮̘̠͇͒ṷ̶̧͓̥̔4̴̮̟̙͍̜̂͝…"

Seeing the struggles of his opponents, Alex realized that his opponents can only keep him down for a short time, especially since his overall power was still greater than them.

This partially cooled down his rage, as he realized that he had just to wait until his opponents get tired.

"Their combined attacks might be enough to restrain me, but judging from their actions and auras, they can only keep their attacks for a few more secondse58rw09e809w" Alex thought surly to himself as he ignored the stabbing pain brought by the professor's sword.

"No, to be exact, the one who will lose her attack first will be Professor Frances…" Alex added, as he gave a slight glance to Professor Frances. "She's the one who attacked first, and it appears that her attack was also the one that consumes the most power…"

Alex could sense that the sword stuck on his soul was already showing some signs of fading away, which coincided with the professor showing a decline in her aura. Some cracks had begun appearing on the sword's surface too, which just made his guess more accurate.

But although Alex could see that the professor was close to losing her strength already, the professor kept pus.h.i.+ng herself, with her eyes glowing with her sheer determination to win.

The professor appeared to be unwilling to let her attack disappear, a conviction that she showed when she poured out all of her power into her soul-severing sword, just to make it last for a few more seconds!

"…."

If it was before, Alex would be happy seeing this grit and determination from the professor. But now, the corrupted Alex only felt disgust, as he could not fathom why someone weaker than him had to waste her power this way.

"Hmph, no matter what you do Professor Frances, you would not be able to kill me. I am stronger than you three after all, so don't waste your time like this!"

"Ah!" The timing of Alex's declaration cannot be more apt, as it was at this moment that Professor Frances' soul-severing sword disappeared entirely.

"oOum~"

The sword's sharp blade and frightening piercing power faded as if they did not exist in the first place, leaving Alex and his soul floating in the open. Some flakes of the soul-severing sword tried to persist on sticking to Alex, but they also disappeared, as their caster looked extremely out of breath already.

"Sho~"

With the disappearance of the sword, all the hidden soul power inside Alex's body began to rush on his wound, quickly healing it in seconds. All signs of damage that existed on his soul disappeared in an instant, leaving him with his soul back to its intact state.

"Hahahaha!" This healing allowed Alex to regain his clear state of mind, something that he badly needed now.

"Hahaha, now I am liking this situation!" Even though his body was still suppressed and his willpower was doing its best to resist the enslavement, Alex's fully recovered soul will be powerful enough to do its job for him.

His soul was already free from any suppression, which meant that he is now free to cast all the soul-related abilities that he can use.

"I applaud you three for bringing me into this state. It is rare to see people… that can cooperate to force me like this. But it's too bad that this is the best that you can do…."

This is the exact moment that Alex had been waiting for all this time, and now that he can use his power on his opponents, he would not hesitate on using it.

[THE PERCEPTS OF EVIL: TWILIGHT OF LIFE]

"Honba~"

Large amount of Abyss Magic flowed out from Alex's orifices, before combining together to form a sickle that was the length of his body.

This sickle appeared like an ordinary sickle, but within its body, an aura close to death and destruction could be felt. Illusions of depravity and corruption can also be felt and experienced around it, turning the scythe's surroundings into an area full of corruption.

Alex did not show any outward reactions at the presence of this sickle, although his eyes slightly lit up, indicating his pleasure from seeing the said object.

"Thonm."

Once it made its appearance, the sickle began to express its interest on reaping souls and destroying life, an instinct that seem to gather Alex's attention. But although he seemed intrigued by this horrific interest, Alex did not reject the sickle's request to him.

Alex actually even encouraged it, as if he was itching for it to happen.

"There, there, there, my sickle. I know that you want to kill these poor heretics already. After all, that's the reason why I summoned you here. But before I allow you to eat, please keep yourself behaved first…" Although he was not holding the sickle in his hands, Alex appeared to have the ability to easily control it, as showcased by the sudden movements of the sickle above him.

The sickle bobbed, weaved, and meandered above Alex while the man himself was still tied up. This created scenery that was strange on its own, and it just became stranger once it combined with Alex's tied-up state.

"I know that you want to take their souls and eat them for lunch. But give me a few seconds first. I want to talk to my companions. Who knows, they might ask for my forgiveness… heck they might even-(̸̨̛̹͇̙̀͌̎̾̔̾*̴̨͍͗̔̀̔@̷̭̪͉͚̏̓̃̎̓͐̕͝(̵̧̡̘̻̤͎̣̀̿̎u0026̵̢̗̳̗̜̼̤̳̘̈́̀̍̄̀͠#̷̢̨̱̻͈̾̇(̶̧̗̤̳͕̆̓̏̄̂͂̌̆̅*̵̧̨̣̜͎̟̝̼̌̏@̴̫̗͖͂̆̚͠

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