February 5, 2023, Past Midnight
"FIRST! THIS GLASSES GUY FIRST!"
The large mouth on the Witch's stomach swallowed half of Reza's body, leaving his waist and legs.
Amon's eyes widened in shock. "REZA!"
Dark. Reek. Why did it suddenly become so dark?
I always bring disaster wherever I go. Not in my own country, even in a foreign land. Why did he choose me as his vessel?
This pain in my stomach is real, even though it hurts, I don't feel like I'm going to die.
Amon's feet immediately moved, charging at the Witch who was eating Reza.
Sizhu and Elizabeth gasped, their hands immediately take a stance. Elizabeth threw two blood swords, while Sizhu charged, following Amon from behind.
"HAH!"
The mouth on the Witch's stomach was half-open, trying to chew. Sharp, thorn-like teeth bit into Reza's stomach until it bled, but his chewing motion stopped, feeling something pierce inside his stomach.
Inside the Butcher Witch's stomach, hearing Amon's scream, Reza hardened his jaw.
Even so! There are still some people who want to be my friend!
TRSSS!
The ice koi spirit that was also swallowed turned into sharp crystals, resisting the Witch's chewing of Reza's half-eaten body.
"DISGUSTING FLESH!"
"Spit him out!" Blazing fire punches from Amon's hands struck in succession, blocked by the Witch's two large hands. The Butcher Witch, now transformed, leaped high into the sky, then spat out Reza's body, half of which was almost severed and full of wounds.
Reza, floating in the air, was immediately caught by Amon.
"Reza! You idiot!"
Reza, who had lost his round glasses and whose stomach was full of shreds revealing his internal organs, only smiled faintly.
"Haha... Cough! Cough! This... Is not... A problem.."
Sizhu chased the Butcher Witch after two blood swords were embedded in his arms.
The echoing sound of continuous weapons struck was heard. With two minutes remaining, Sizhu still had his left hand, he charged with all his might and spun his staff, hitting the Butcher Witch left and right quickly. The Witch easily handled Sizhu's continuous and fast attacks. It even seemed that his reaction speed was faster than Sizhu's staff blows.
CRACK! CLANG! CRACK!
"O Moonlight, giver of tide to sea and river,
By the might of Night's Lord, hear my summons: cloak the heavens with rain of swords. Banish the darkness from this land; let my enemies taste ignoble defeat."
From behind, Elizabeth chanted a high-level intermediate water spell, preparing a dozen water swords floating in the night sky. She raised her right hand high.
"Sizhu! Move!"
Sizhu felt something sharp in the sky and immediately nodded after dodging a long chained meat cleaver that almost cut his shoulder.
Sizhu's feet jumped to the side, letting the Witch's arm swing miss.
Then, right after Sizhu was out of Elizabeth's attack range, Elizabeth's right hand came down, pointing at the Butcher Witch.
Immediately, a dozen rain of water swords continuously rained down on the Butcher Witch.
He parried some quickly, some managed to cut his skin.
But the main attack came from Sizhu, who had prepared his green fiery staff technique.
"Second staff technique; 尖銳的火焰
Jiānruì de huǒyàn! (Sharp Flame Fangs!)"
The impact from the super-hard staff spin hit the Butcher Witch, who raised his left hand, trying to parry the impact of Sizhu's thick green fiery staff spin.
CLANG!
The loud echoing sound of the impact, the long chained meat cleaver held by the Witch cracked, resisting Sizhu's staff blow. Not only that, he felt the unextinguished heat of the fire in his left hand.
But he smirked.
"WHAT A PITY!"
The chains clanged loudly, then in an instant, Elizabeth's waist was pierced by something, causing her to vomit blood, more precisely, hooked by something sharp.
"Ugh! What?" Elizabeth did not realize there was a large meat hook attached to her left waist. The Witch, who was fending off Sizhu's attack, immediately pulled back her right hand and slammed Elizabeth, who was hit by the hook, into a tree branch next to the forest, causing her to collapse.
"UHRK!" Elizabeth rolled on the ground with a torn left waist and a head full of blood. She immediately fell unconscious on the spot.
"Elizabeth!" Sizhu said loudly, worried about his comrade. Allowing the Butcher Witch to open a gap in his defense.
In an instant, the meat hook successfully hooked Sizhu's left calf.
"CAUGHT!"
With wide eyes and a grin on both his upper and lower mouths, the Butcher Witch jumped very high, pulling Sizhu into the sky.
Then in the sky, he slammed his long chained meat cleaver down very hard from above.
Sizhu immediately raised his staff, trying to ward off the Witch's attack from splitting his body in two.
BOOM!
Sizhu landed hard on his back on the ground. He immediately coughed, feeling several broken bones and crushed organs inside his body.
"Cough! Cough!"
He hadn't finished coughing. From the sky, the large, fat body of the Butcher Witch slammed the long chained meat cleaver down a second time.
Sizhu had no choice but to get up and jump aside as far as possible.
BOOM!
Smoke billowed high as the Witch landed, cutting a vacant patch of ground.
Sizhu stood with a limp. His left leg was limping with heavy bleeding. The same went for his head, mouth, and nose. A considerable amount of blood flowed, dripping onto the open ground.
"Cough! Cough!"
"Put me down... Amon... We have to do something..."
Reza, breathing heavily, weakly patted Amon's hand, who had been standing silently watching the fight.
"Your body is broken and dying! What can we do?! We'd better run away from here and let those three be bait!" Amon, panicked because he felt there was no hope, inadvertently squeezed Reza's shoulder in his hand in frustration.
Reza, feeling that, knew that Amon wanted to help, but he was also at his limit. Most likely, he had run out of mana and could no longer cast magic spells.
Reza's head shook slightly. "They are fighting with us too." He tried to speak firmly.
Then his body writhed and fell to the ground even though half of his body was almost severed.
"Thirty seconds... We both have thirty more seconds, Amon..."
Reza then got up, even though half of his body was bleeding profusely. Amon remained silent, clenching his jaw and fists.
"Heh, life with humiliation or death with glory?"
Amon tried to grin while raising both hands. Thirty more seconds and his right leg would be severed again as before.
Mei Mei's healing effect could not regrow severed limbs. Sizhu's left hand and Amon's right leg were made of temporary light mana that formed. Without a vessel, it would disappear when their time limit ran out. In addition, Mei Mei only made body cells regenerate very quickly until the wounds on the body closed as before.
The only way to reattach severed limbs was to return to the academy and ask one of the doctors there to do surgery on the severed limb, in one condition that the severed limb still had its connection, meaning the severed hand or foot did not disappear or get destroyed.
Like Sizhu's left ear and left hand, which now lay on the ground. And Amon's right leg, which lay nearby. As long as they were still alive and brought the severed limbs to the academy, there would be a doctor who would help them reattach them with magic surgery.
Sizhu glanced at Reza and Amon, who were trying to stand upright even though their breaths were ragged.
Just like those two, Sizhu planned to unleash all his abilities in these last thirty seconds.
"WHAT A PITY KIDS!"
The Butcher Witch raised both hands in front of his stomach. Forming a symbol with both hands.
"心染邪惡,生驕矜.
Xīn rǎn xié'è, shēng jiāojīn.
(A heart steeped in evil gives birth to pride.)"
Reza and Amon chanted their signature magic spells again. Reza summoned a wind pigeon spirit, while Amon chanted a low fire magic spell in both hands while coughing up blood. They didn't care even if both their faces turned pale.
"Ahaṁ dāsaḥ rājātmanaḥ, yo loka-bhūtānām adhipatiḥ. Dehi me paśum tava, dehi me kalapāṁśukaṁ svātantryasya. (I am a servant of the king spirit who rules the spirit world. Lend me your pet, give me the pigeon of freedom.)"
"أنا بتوجه للنار الأبدية بتاعة السما، ولّع إيدي، واحرق عدوي لرماد.
"(I turn to the eternal fire of heaven, burn my hand, and burn my enemy to ashes.)"
"身染驕矜,生傲慢.
Shēn rǎn jiāojīn, shēng àomàn.
(A body steeped in pride gives birth to arrogance.)"
Sizhu focused all his senses on the heat of the green fire on the staff, making it glow intensely, enveloping his. His eyes began to stare sharply. His feet stomped hard on the ground even though his left thigh was torn and bleeding.
This is for Mei Mei and Elizabeth who have fought hard!
Sizhu's green eyes shone brightly. He took a stance, ready to charge as fast as possible.
"魂沉傲慢,致毀滅.
Hún chén àomàn, zhì huǐmiè.
(A soul steeped in arrogance gives birth to destruction.)"
The three immediately charged simultaneously. Cutting the distance of twenty steps to two steps. Attacking the Butcher Witch who stood in the middle.
Reza, from afar, ordered his pigeon to create a swirling wind drill, Amon, with his fiery hands, burned fiercely, intending to land his punch on the Witch's body, and Sizhu, with his staff technique, thrusting, the green fire forming a dragon's head ready to pounce.
"惟夜主之影,惟宇主之虛,惟獄主之刑.
賜我一室,以刃斬光,令塵世生靈受苦.
Wéi yè zhǔ zhī yǐng, wéi yǔ zhǔ zhī xū, wéi yù zhǔ zhī xíng. Cì wǒ yī shì, yǐ rèn zhǎn guāng, lìng chénshì shēnglíng shòukǔ.
(Only the shadow of the master of night's darkness, only the void of the master of the universe, only the torment of the master of hell. Grant me a chamber, for my blade to sever the light, to bring torment upon the creatures of earth.)"
"領域展開:屠戮之室
Lǐngyù Zhǎnkāi: Túlù zhī Shì
(Reality Marble; Slaughter Chamber!)"
The three, who were floating in the air, were just an inch away from landing their final attack on the widely grinning Butcher Witch.
In that moment, Sizhu's right hand, Amon's two hands, and Reza's left hand were severed in the same time.
CRAT! CRAT! CRAT!
"Argh!"
"What?!"
Blood spurted high, before they could land their attack, the three were trapped back into the Butcher Witch's reality marble, their bodies entangled in many chains made of flesh.
The three opened their eyes wide. This time it was not a room with faded yellow walls and a blood-soaked floor. Instead, it was red flesh walls with flowing blood and many bones and body parts stuck to the floor and ceiling of the room. A red crimson lamp hung in the middle of the 20 x 20 room.
Besides the chains made of flesh, tentacles with sharp bones managed to sever the hands of the three young men.
"Damn it!" Amon shrieked, unable to feel his right leg and both hands. He growled in annoyance while writhing, trying to free himself from the flesh chains that bound their bodies. Although his eyes were almost losing consciousness, his emotions still kept him breathing.
Meanwhile, in the distance, Reza was unconscious. He had lost too much blood from his open stomach and his left hand.
"Your story is over! I WILL ENJOY EVERY SECOND OF CUTTING YOUR FLESH!"
***
The blood-red light illuminated the room full of flesh and blood. Three dying youths are now entangled in the air with chains of flesh wrapped around their bodies. A foul odor wafts, which not only makes the stomach churn but also makes the head dizzy from inhaling it.
"Hah... Why.." Sizhu, entangled in front of the Butcher Witch's face, tried to speak, gasping for breath from his mouth and nose. "Why... Hah.. didn't you kill Mei Mei before?"
The Butcher Witch in front of his face laughed widely.
"HAHAHHAHAHA! BECAUSE I LOVE TO SKIN WOMEN'S FLESH! SHE LOOKS LIKE MY DAUGHTER! I WANT TO SKIN THAT GIRL AND CUT HER FLESH SLOWLY, PIECE BY PIECE, WHILE ENJOYING HER BEAUTIFUL SCREAMS!! HAHAHAHA!"
"Then.. I will eat her flesh and make her one with me. HAHAHAHAH!"
"Disgusting." Sizhu said cynically. Nevertheless, the Butcher Witch laughed heartily with both his mouths. He then slashed Sizhu's chest and licked the long chain meat knife. Tasting Sizhu's blood.
"You... That woman said I could eat you if I managed to kill you. You have very delicious blood! THIS IS SO DELICIOUS! I HAVE NEVER TASTED ANYTHING THIS DELICIOUS!"
Then from his head, he bit Sizhu's shoulder, tearing off the flesh of his shoulder.
Nevertheless, Sizhu did not flinch or scream in pain. He regulated his breathing steadily to stop the bleeding in his right hand. The healing effect of Mei Mei, which temporarily created Sizhu's left hand, had disappeared. Only leaving a neat cut mark that was now covered by skin.
"WAAAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH SOOOO DELICIOUSSS!!!"
The Butcher Witch, who was chewing Sizhu's shoulder flesh while laughing widely and happily, cried, feeling a deliciousness he had never experienced.
"THIS IS SO DELICIOUS! THIS IS SO DELICIOUS! THIS IS SO DELICIOUS! I WILL ENJOY THIS SLOWLY! YES! SLOWLY! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The green light in Sizhu's eyes did not dim. He stared at the Witch in front of him with a serious gaze.
"Do you hear the thunder?"
"I DON'T CARE! Your face is handsome but disgusting. I will cut off your head first. AFTER THAT! I WILL ENJOY EVERY INCH OF YOUR VERY DELICIOUS FLESH!" Licking Sizhu's blood on his meat knife. The Butcher Witch grinned so widely that his smile stretched to the sides of his face.
He raised his left hand, then quickly swung it towards Sizhu's neck.
A soft slicing sound was heard. From across the wall in front of the Butcher Witch. Its flesh wall was torn by a white katana. Very neat, though slowly slicing.
Then, after the slice was wide enough for an adult to enter. A foot appeared, stepping through the sliced gap into the reality marble room created by the Butcher Witch, who was about to cut off Sizhu's head. The long chained cleaver had already touched the skin of Sizhu neck, scratching it and drawing a small amount of blood. The Witch movement stopped, startled to see someone successfully slicing through the very thick flesh wall of his reality marble.
"Who are you?"
An adult man entered. Dressed in a black and white suit. Wearing square glasses, with thick, neatly cut wavy brown hair. He stood straightening his crooked black tie.
"Pardon my intrusion. I apologize for interrupting your dinner. I'm afraid your arrival tonight is very disruptive. Furthermore," The man's golden-brown eyes stared sharply at the Butcher Witch. "You have killed too many humans."
"TEAR HIM TO SHREDS!"
Hundreds of sharp bone-tipped tentacles immediately surrounded the man named Jianying, who had forcibly entered the reality marble.
"What a bad host."
Assuming a slashing stance, stomping hard on the floor full of body parts. One continuous movement.
CTAR!
The sound of thunder was heard, along with the sound of loud thunder, the 20 x 20 reality marble room was cut into hundreds of lightning slashes. All flesh, including the fleshy tentacles there, was cut except for the bodies of the three dying youths.
The Butcher Witch's eyes widened, a black shoe stomped hard in front of his face. Or rather, kicked him so hard that it shattered the reality marble wall behind him. Making the reality marble shatter into pieces.
So fast!
Although he was thrown thirty steps out. He landed on both feet on the ground.
The Butcher Witch immediately twirled the two weapons in his hands. The rattling of chains was immediately heard, making ears ache.
"Are you alright, Sizhu?" Jianying stood for a moment beside Sizhu who was kneeling on the ground.
Sizhu turned to Jianying with a veined forehead.
"You have eyes, don't you?" Sizhu weakly raised his two severed hands.
Jianying grinned slightly. "Watch. This is how to kill an Arch Witch."
Jianying swung his blood-soaked white katana to the side. Throwing drops of black blood that flowed to the ground.
"YOU... HOW DARE YOU TO DISTURB MY SPECIAL DINNER!"
The sound of chains rattling loudly in the air.
The Butcher Witch's face flushed with anger.
Jianying took a stance, katana raised with both hands beside his face.
"I'll be a little serious."
***