A/N: alright people! It’s time for our end of the month mass release..

We’ve secured another top 100 GT spot, and this time we’re even higher than last month.

I cannot thank you guys enough, so here’s my way of showing it..

The contest is still on btw, I don’t think anyone is beating @omni_dragon For the #1 fan spot, so it’s mainly the #1 GT spot that’s up for grabs.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy...

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A few moments ago, before the world froze..

"Hahahahahahaha.... Die!!!" Khalifa swung her sword in blistering fashion, taking the heads of multiple demons with each single swing.

The horde was gaining on her, but her figure was a phantom, never staying in one spot for more than a blink.

"Ice blossom art: Flowery graveyard."

She immediately twirled her sword, ice flowers blooming from the blade’s edge as they floated through the air, landing on the figures of the rushing demons.

Each demon hit by a flower froze instantly, their bodies cracking and fissuring into icy mist.

"Ahhhhh.... That’s it! Right there. Hahahahaha." she sighed in utter satisfaction, sidestepping a wild sword swing from a charging demon, cleaving the creature into two.

She twirled, thrusting her blade forward, stabbing though over five demons at once.

"This is it..." her eyes unconsciously closed as she entered a sudden trance, her form flickering from one spot to another, heads being sent flying into the air whenever her body passed by a spot.

"Ice blossom art: phantom snow." Her voice was but a whisper in the wind.

A snowy breeze blowing past as multiple demons instantly collapsed, thin sword wounds on their necks, as all life was frozen within them.

Khalifa didn’t stop.

She couldn’t stop.

Her mind delved deeper and deeper into her trance, each move becoming more minimal, each move becoming more deadly.

If one were to look from a different angle, one wouldn’t be able to tell where Khalifa ended and the sword began.

She had become.. one with her sword.

"Ice blossom art: one with sword." Her soft voice came out low, almost too quiet for the loud battlefield, yet somehow loud enough for all to hear, as the world stilled for a moment, Khalifa’s body finally coming to a halt, and then.

SHIIIING!!!!

The world blinked and realigned itself, hundreds of demons coming apart cleanly, their figures having been bisected into two equal halves from a blade so sharp, it defied the concept of sharpness..

"Hahaha.. I did it! I actually did it!" Khalifa cheered, throwing a victorious fist pump into the air.

Swoosh!

The sound of the air splitting apart reached her ears as she sidestepped a blade strike aimed at her head, her blade unconsciously swinging backwards, only for her to halt her movements abruptly..

"What? How??"

There, right behind her, a child had appeared, the little girl weeping her eyes out.

"Hic hic.. big sister... help... I can’t find my parents." The child begged.

Khaliaf hesitated.

On a battlefield filled with throngs of violent demons, a child suddenly appearing was all kinds of suspicious, yet her heart couldn’t help melting at the scared and terrified look on the child’s face.

"Alright.. come here." She beckoned, still alert, the events from earlier before still fresh in her mind.

The little girl ran up to her, clutching her legs tightly.

"Alright. Stay close, I’ll get you out of here."

"Mm."

Settling the child, she grabbed her sword, twirled, then continued cutting down demons.

"Ahhhhh!!! Big sis! Help!! They caught me!!" A sudden yell immediately made her stop, turning around, she saw two demons grabbing hold of the little child, dragging her away,

"FILTHY CREATURES! Unhand the child!" She roared, chasing after the demons, catching up to them, her blade flashed as the heads of the two demons were cleanly decapitated.

It was at this moment, that the world suddenly froze, everything going still, and the moment the world resumed, Khalifa turned around, looking for the child when,

SCHLICCKKK!!!

The sound of a blade tearing through flesh sounded out.

"Blerghhhhh...." Coughing up a mouthful of blood, Khalifa looked down, a blade had been pierced right through her, with the tip poking out from her chest.

Furious, she turned around, blade chopping downward, only for her to freeze,

"Big sis..." the child’s terrified face immediately stopped her cold.

"Heh! Fool!" The fear on the face of the child immediately twisted into a sinister smile as,

Schlickkkkk!!!

Another blade pierced through Khalifa from behind..

"Blerghhhh..." she puked another mouthful of blood as she collapsed to her knees.

Struggling, she raised the blade high, aiming to cut down at least one of her attackers, but still,

"I’m so scared big sis... please..." the terrified voice of the child ate her conscience as her arm faltered.

"NOW!!!" The child ordered as another demon appeared behind Khalifa’s fallen form, both demons raised their weapons high, aiming to cut her down when,

"KHALIFAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" An enraged roar tore through the entire battlefield.

Bang! Bang!

The two demons that had attacked Khalifa were instantly blasted apart by a single slap, as Dante’s figure materialized right before the collapsed form of Khalifa...

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Rage!

A boiling, burning, furious rage bubbled through me the moment I appeared next to Khalifa.

Her bleeding and stabbed form eating at my heart.

I wan angry.

At myself for getting carried away.

At Khalifa for letting her foolish ideals get in the way of what she had to do.

And at.. "demons...."

The temperature immediately shut up to impossible highs.

There was no fire.

No explosions.

Yet the place was feeling hotter than hell.

Demons were literally melting from within as their bodies failed to cope with the ungodly heat being permeated through the air.

My hands flowed a soft green light as I activated my evolved healing skill, pressing them softly into her body, her wounds visibly beginning to close up.

"You foolish woman... I told you. I told you they weren’t worth it. But you insisted. Not once, but twice now, you’ve fallen for their tricks." My voice came out low as I healed her.

"I have put up with this for long enough. I have given you the benefit of a doubt. You cannot blame me for what happens next."

"Cough.. cough.. Dan..te..pl..please.."

"Enough! Khali... I am done."

The moment I’d made sure she was alright, I stood up.

My body levitating into the air.

"Demons!" My voice called out as throngs of demons kept dying from the unbearable heat they were experiencing.

"Allow me to thank you."

"Time and time again, I have wished to eradicate your filth from the face of the earth, yet time and again, I have been forced to reconsider."

"No more!"

"You have squandered my mercy for the last time."

"You have touched what’s mine for the last time."

"So. For my show of gratitude. Gratitude at the fact that I can now get rid of you wretched creatures in good faith, allow me to make your ends swift and painless."

Saying so, I raised my hand,

"Abyssal Descent!"

The moment the words left my lips,

CRAAAAACKKKKKK!!!!!!

A massive line split the entire sky in two, as the sky cracked, fissured and then... FELL.

Not figuratively.

Not metaphorically.

But literally.

"Begone!"

The entire sky turned into one giant vacuum that fell upon the entire city of panthos, devouring everything within it, and when the dust finally cleared, there were only three things left standing.

Myself.

The silent Khalifa.

And the city lord’s mansion where our next teleportation would be taking place.

My eyes surveyed the entire landscape, cold and unfeeling.

I had already given them the benefit of a doubt, now, it was time to give them the sword of judgment, as from now on, mercy shall be a concept no longer in existence for these wretched creatures.

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A/N: Okay, real question. Do yall think bro is right, or do you guys think he’s still tripping? Personally? I feel he’s still tripping, and I’m hoping there’s someone or something that makes him see that, cause that much hate ain’t good for nobody.

Poor Khalifa though, now she’s not going to have any arguments left..

Anyhoo..

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Thanks for reading...