’Who sent you...?’ The question clawed at him, but it was shoved to the very back of his thoughts instantly. Because a far worse truth now demanded his attention.
The swarm of monsters was coming.
The ground shuddered beneath their wings. Their roars drowned even the clash of steel. Every second wasted here in the open was a step closer to being torn apart.
"Let’s move!" Kaiden shouted. "We’ll be overrun in the middle of the street!"
"Moving!" Luna replied with a shout of her own, electricity flaring around her as she fell into stride beside him.
"What about Rae and Riven?" Aria’s voice came instantly, worried. The slightly unhinged pair of twins didn’t spend a lot of time with them yet, but all of them understood that they were good people. Riven, who made her little lab in the part of the basement they didn’t use for their streams, helped Aria a lot with becoming more knowledgeable about the technical aspects of dungeon life.
Rae, meanwhile, was a lot more difficult to approach for the Moon Valkyrie, due to their completely different personalities, but that didn’t make Aria appreciate the woman any less.
The fact that the twins were their guards, right now fighting a battle to the death due to their mission, only added to her feelings.
"We can’t help them if we’re dead!" Nyx responded with a hiss while she weaved a flurry of flying daggers into the incoming horde. The safety of Diaz and the rest of the Runewoven members wasn’t voiced, for even Aria grimaced and steeled her resolve. She had a family to protect; others had to wait until heris lover and sisters were safe. She just hoped that the twins had some tricks up their sleeves to make it out alive.
Bastet’s sunlit aura radiated from her frame like a beacon. "Let’s go!" she declared as her palms formed blazing blasts to cover their fallback.
And so they pulled back as one, using the chaos to make their move. Their formation was tight, steps measured as blades, and magic cut a bloody trail through masked men and scattered beasts.
But even their bloody trail wasn’t enough.
For every masked assailant and beast that fell, three more lunged after them. Wings beat like thunder, talons scraped across walls, and their roars rattled glass to shards.
Kaiden’s crimson eyes flicked ahead, and saw that the path forward was clear for now. But speed was the problem. Luna, focused on the Agility stat which was further bolstered by her speedy class, could sprint through a collapsing storm without missing a beat. Aria, Nyx, and Bastet, however, didn’t have that kind of speed. If the swarm caught up, they’d be shredded alive before they could even scream.
His grip tightened around his blood-forged greatsword.
"Luna, you protect the girls from the vanguard. I’ll hold the rear."
Her violet eyes darted toward him. The hesitation in them was brief, for she caught his look and nodded sharply. Lightning flared across her armor as she stepped ahead.
"Let me help you, gremlin bestie. I didn’t put points into defenses just to pretend to be a fragile princess," Nyx spoke up next as she stepped up to stand beside the Storm Valkyrie, replacing Kaiden.
The Paragon of Sin observed his lovers for a moment before he turned.
He faced the tide alone and called upon his first upgraded spell:
"[Doomrend]."
[Doomrend]
Your wrath no longer burns in a single strike; it festers, rips, and tears. Each empowered blow fractures matter and spirit alike, leaving chaos to linger behind your weapon.
Enter Doomrend state, mana is drained per second.
Basic attacks infused with Wrath deal additional chaos damage.
Strikes leave Chaos Fractures on hit enemies or terrain, erupting shortly after for bonus damage.
If the target is below 8% HP, the fracture detonates instantly for an Execution effect.
Each kill while Doomrend is active refreshes a portion of stamina.
The air warped around him. His crimson aura deepened, shifting into a violent maelstrom of heat and distortion. Wrath dripped off his body, and his greatsword vibrated with a guttural hum, hungry, eager to rend.
The first beast lunged.
Kaiden stepped into its path with his blade, carving through its chest.
SHRRK!
The wound pulsed with chaotic red light. The creature barely had time to screech before the fracture detonated, splitting it apart from within.
[You’ve slain Winged Ravager (Level 29).]
[You’ve gained 1,312 XP.]
Another dove from above. Kaiden pivoted, cleaving through both wings in two rapid, brutal arcs. Chaos fractures laced the cuts, and an instant later...
*BOOM!* The monster detonated in a rain of meat and gore.
[You’ve slain Winged Ravager (Level 28).]
[You’ve gained 1,244 XP.]
Three more lunged at once, their claws already wet with human blood, their jaws snapping for Kaiden’s throat. He counted their numbers in an instant, his crimson eyes narrowing.
"Too many..." he muttered, and shifted.
His greatsword swept in a wide, horizontal arc, sending the beasts stumbling back as even they, in their frenzied charge, didn’t feel like tanking it. Before they could regroup, his weapon transformed in his grip, liquid crimson folding and reshaping.


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