Chapter 12: Chapter 11 : Dungeon arc, pt 2
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3RD PERSON POV
Aki kept randomly hitting kicks whenever he smelt the cursed spirit thanks to his immense sense of smelling, after a while his vision came back, as he looked at the spirit before him, he knew he had to figure out something to stop or mess up this op technique.
The tall thing charged forward, unleashing a flurry of powerful punches. Aki deftly evaded the attacks, his movements fluid and precise, buying time to think something out. As the tall man's fists came crashing down, Aki seamlessly slipped into a side-step and delivered a lightning-fast jab to the man's ribs, the impact resonating with a dull thud, it was a black flash that backfired on him short after, this made him even more frustrated than he was.
Grunting in pain, Aki started sharing the pain with rats nearby, but it was no use, there were none, then the tall man regained his footing and launched a series of devastating kicks. Aki responded with a masterful display of footwork, weaving and bobbing to avoid each strike. Sensing an opening, he countered with a swift front kick, the impact sending the tall man staggering backwards. At this point he was just bearing the pain, luckily he was healing in a blink of an eye.
Enraged, the tall man attempted a spinning backfist, but Aki was one step ahead. He ducked under the attack and delivered a powerful knee strike to the man's midsection, knocking the wind out of him.
As the tall man gasped for air, Aki stepped back, his expression calm and collected. He had clearly been holding back, his movements and strikes betraying a level of skill and control that the tall man could not match.
Determined to land a hit, the cursed spirit charged forward, only to be met with a devastating axe kick from Aki. The strike landed with bone-crushing force, sending the man crashing to the ground.
Even that slenderman was not feeling pain nor tired thanks to his technique, he was now angry, since Aki was holding back yet kicking his ass, his technique felt useless, as if every damage wasn't transfered but disappeared into the void, neither of them took it.
He increased the lapse energy around him to ensure greater reflected damage, upon sensing the change in the spirit's cursed energy, Aki now was trying his best to copy and learn to change his flow of cursed energy, to make reversal around him, in order to mess up the damage reflection since positive and negative cancells out each other.
[Use : 10 years]
Pulling from his halo, like usual, a damascus steel blade shimmered with an otherworldly glow, its edge honed to perfection. The sword ignited, wreathing the blade in ethereal flames that burned with the intensity of a thousand suns. He wasn't having any of it now, that slanderman guy was going to get hurt for real because he injected in it reversal cursed energy, hoping while fighting he would be able to change the flow in the process.
As the tall man's fists rained down, Aki deftly parried each blow with his flaming sword. The blade cut through the air with a piercing whistle, the magical flames licking at the man's skin. But with each strike, the curse reflected the damage back at Aki.
Undeterred, Aki pressed the attack, his movements a blur of steel and fire. He unleashed a flurry of slashes and thrusts, the sword's edge carving deep gashes into the tall man's flesh. Yet the wounds closed almost instantly, the curse's power healing the man as quickly as Aki could inflict the damage. It was a bit bearable, since the positive energy within the blade, lowered the damage transfered.
Sensing an opening, the tall man lashed out with a powerful kick, the impact sending Aki skidding backwards. But Aki's regenerative abilities were equally formidable, and he quickly recovered, the burns and bruises on his body fading away.
Aki grinned, all this time he was trying to figure out how to change his flow and to intervene with the curse's, he managed to ! Aki now focused his positive energy around him, making it impossible for the curse to reflect any more damage, the slanderman just lunged for a black flash but was surprised to see, Aki not affected, like not regenerating like he does every time, the curse realised what was happening, and rather chose to run.
Aki groaned in frustration, he now was chasing after some some wierdo who was low key running like roblox character, down staires, getting to the first floor apparently.
As he got there, the man seemed to disappear out of existence, making him annoyed again, but suddenly he heard a phone ringing, he followed to sound that led him to another metal door, another office identical to the other one, except there was a fix phone ringing, he picked it up
"Moshi Moshi ~ Aki des ! " answered the phone call in a silly tone
"....." there was no response just some beeping
[Simple domain: Cursed calling]
Aki found himself trapped in an odd domain. The landscape is shrouded in an eerie, perpetual twilight, casting long, distorted shadows across the terrain. The sky above is a swirling vortex of dark clouds tinged with an unnatural, sickly green hue.
The ground is a patchwork of cracked, barren earth interspersed with jagged, obsidian-like shards that jut out at odd angles. Scattered throughout are the decaying remnants of old rotary phones, their dials and receivers twisted and warped, as if corrupted by some malevolent force.
In the distance, the faint sound of a dial tone can be heard, echoing hauntingly across the domain. Occasionally, the phones will ring out, their shrill tones piercing the eerie silence, beckoning to be answered.
At the heart of the domain lies a towering, monolithic structure - a twisted, distorted telephone exchange, its wires and cables snaking across the ground like the tendrils of some ancient, eldritch creature. It is from this nexus that the cursed energy of the domain emanates, fueling the summoning of the haunted phones and the deadly screams of the gigantic mouths.
In a distance, Aki could see clearly a trio of the slanderman, a lady with a telephone body, and a black guy wearing shiny clothes with a disco ball floating above his head.
The fight started.
A telephone started ringing beside Aki, a haunted rotary phone that materializes next to him. When an enemy is targeted, they have a mere 3 seconds to pick up the phone and answer it, or face the consequences.
He didn't.....
A gigantic, otherworldly mouth appears next to him, unleashing a deadly scream of cursed energy.
[Bellow ] A powerful concussive shockwave that can knock the enemy back and deal massive damage.
That sent him crashing into a pile of rotated telephones,recovering, suddenly, he couldn't move, the wires started binding him, crashing his leg bones, he quickly wielded his sword, cutting them, but again he heard the ringing again, like usual he didn't answer
[Shriek] the scream this time pierced into his flesh , to the point of exposing his chest bones.
[Use : 50 years]
A gun that shot rockets (big ones ) of cursed energy, straight into that mouth without wasting any more time, yet to his dismay, that thing just swallowed it whole, leaving the boy utterly annoyed.
Slenderman, in a supersonic speed, lunges at him with a series of strikes, Aki fought with the gun, shouting multiple rockets, none of them hit the spirit, since he was teleporting every time the rocket got near, or so he thought.
Actually, it was the disco man doing, Flash steps, a technique that allows the user to create a shoe imprint (footstep) of cursed energy. As long as the footstep exists the user can teleport back to the footstep. The duration of the imprint depends on how much cursed energy is placed in it, and the user can create up to six steps at any given time. User can also store energy in footstep and detonate the next time they land/teleport onto it.
He was aiding the tall spirit, since the place was full of his imprints, both of them teleporting, disappearing, appearing again, landing hits at Aki, the pressure of them and that mouth that appears from time to time. He was cooked.
Aki stopped on the ground, his cursed energy glowing purple, focusing on his feet, trying to destroy the imprints, and he managed to, while the other two were still teleporting.
With future devil powers, he prefired where they would appear, blowing them with a rocket. He then used 10 years to create an arrow and target the phone girl that was standing on top of tower, this time the halo formed above the girl, not him, which made it impossible for her to dodged, it managed to pierce through her shoulder.
The other two recovered and lunged forward at him, he was more than ready.
The clash of the fight erupted in a flurry of motion. Aki, his sword glinting in the light, lunged forward, only to have his weapon knocked aside by the towering frame of his first opponent. The tall man made a pledge agian, his massive fists swinging in a powerful onslaught.
Aki deftly dodged the blows, his agility allowing him to evade the brute force. But as he backed away, the disco-themed black man moved in, his flashy outfit belying the deadly precision of his strikes, but his fist glowed more with cursed energy.
Aki found himself caught between the two, parrying and weaving to avoid their combined assault.
With his sword lost, Aki resorted to his fists, landing solid hits on his adversaries. The tall man roared in pain, but the disco fighter merely laughed, his rhythm unbroken. Aki's breath grew ragged as he struggled to maintain his defense.
In a last-ditch effort, Aki feinted left, then drove his elbow into the disco fighter's face. As the man reeled, Aki whirled and delivered a devastating kick to the tall man's knee, lucky to say, it was a black flash, dropping him to the ground. The fight was his, for now.
[Blow]
Sending him flying agian, but this time followed by multiple strikes from slenderman, while the disco guy was remaking more foot imprints, Aki knew he should manipulate his cursed energy to a high level to survive this, why wasn't he summoning any back-ups ? Because it'd be boring then, plus it's such a good training to break the limits of his energy manipulation.
[Shriek]
It's getting really annoying now, like he is fighting some mad cats, their techniques are exposed now, one can't fulfil his pledge while the other can't displace near him, since Aki now is releasing his cursed energy to a certain output, and the telephone girl is practically doing nothing besides the whole mouth thing.
He sighed before saying "domain expansion.."
[Domain expansion: Hell's scent]
To his suprise both the back and tall men unleashed their domains.
[Doamin expansion : honest womb] (slenderman)
[Doamin expansion: toxic party] (black man)
Now there was a domain clash of three, this was amusing for him, he didn't expect these weakling to have a full domain.
After that all different and new use of his energy, he was trolling them, making their domains dominate then restore his domination by reinforcing more cursed energy. A clash of three domains is even more complicated than two and too many conflicting factors can cause the barriers to shatter before the domains are completely formed, in other words, to be trolling now, needed an enhanced manipulation of cursed energy.
His domain won the clash....
Now the three of them were all shaking with fear, fist thing Aki did was damaging their brain's so they won't be able to use their techniques, used five years of lifespan, ready for a good fight.
Aki stood alone in the vast, grinning, his sword held at the ready as the three opponents approached him across the grassy field. The tall man, the shorter dark-skinned man, and the cursed phone woman moved with purpose, but there was a clear hesitation in their steps.
The woman's eyes darted nervously as she launched her initial flurry of strikes, bunch of wires trying binding him. Aki deflected her attacks with ease, but he could sense the underlying fear that fueled her movements. The two men flanked him, their faces tense with apprehension, their strikes lacking the confidence of true masters. That was all because of the domain effects.
Aki maintained his composure, his sword an extension of his body, but he could feel the tension in the air. His opponents were skilled, but their fear was holding them back, making their movements erratic and unfocused.
As the three fighters pressed their assault, Aki could see the doubt creeping into their expressions. They knew they were outmatched by his swordsmanship, but their pride and role in the dungeon kept them from backing down.
Aki sensed an opportunity to de-escalate the situation. He slowed his movements, allowing them to gain ground, while still denying them any openings. The three combatants paused, their chests heaving, their eyes wide with a mixture of fear and awe.
*ring*
He just chopped her head, there was no use of phones now, he turned his head to the remaining cursed spirits, they were fighting the overwhelming emotions that they probably never experienced.
[Falling blossom emotion]
They managed to use, but it only weakened the effects, the red-haired boy just yawned. Above them, a door opened, from which a piece of flesh dropped like water, upon hitting the grass, it started growing, forming the eternity devil, appears as a vaguely humanoid mass of partially melted fingers with a hood-like head with no facial features and instead of legs it has a slug-like foot.
"I expand with fear... and ensnare in fear. Your deaths are guaranteed. Feel more fright. Dread death. Fear everything. The one to kill you all... will be me... me... the Eternity Devil." Said the thing in the most terrifying voice ever.
The cursed spirits made a fighting stance, their energy glowing even more, using their maximum output, they started hitting him with strikes and even tried to reach Aki, but it was no use, since they were stuck in a loop made by the devil (curse), so the distance between them and Aki was increasing into infinity.
In a one swing, the summoned cursed picked the two and swallowed them, eating them to death....
Moments later, the domain shattered, he was now in a new leve
Congratulations you reached level 3
Rewards : +30 cursed energy
+ healing spells
+ cursed object: Sword of Extermination
The boy's eyes widened in suprise, the cursed blade in front of him had a massive amount of positive cursed energy, he quickly took it and looked around, a red walls hall that ended with a door. He swung it open to see a casino filled with all kinds of cursed spirits, playing poker and whatever has to do with gambling, they all turned to him, hissing and annoyed but changed expression upon seeing his sword, they were grinning? Aki felt happiness of his new found tool and confusion of what he had to do now.
should he gamble or what....
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End of the Chapter
Changed my mind, the arc gonna be hella long maybe 6 ch
Till next one !
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Ps_Zaki
Ps_Zaki that tool was use by dog-horaga against sukuna in shibuya....
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