Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground-Chapter 1157: Scream

"We only use Manifest if it's our last option."

Lysara nodded seriously at Kaelith's words. Manifestation would bring their actual Wills directly into the world.

Right now, with just Impose, they only felt pain when Atticus harmed it. But any damage done during Manifest… would be irreparable.

The gash didn't vanish. In fact, it still sizzled from the remnants of Atticus's Will left behind.

'I have to get rid of it.'

Kaelith's white Will engulfed the wound, and in the next second, the traces of Atticus's Will were purged.

"We attack together."

Kaelith's icy words were met with a firm nod from Lysara. Then they turned toward the distant streaking figure, cloaks of white and green bursting along their bodies.

Atticus twisted mid air.

His body skidded across the land, tearing a deep gash like a canyon into the earth. As his momentum slowed, he raised his head.

White and green had engulfed everything once more.

Lysara's forest had vanished, replaced by an army of towering, tree-like creatures, their numbers stretching into the horizon.

Kaelith's creatures had grown. Bigger. More vicious. More powerful.

Together, they marched toward Atticus in unison, shaking the earth with every step.

But as Atticus took it all in… he chuckled.

He sheathed his katana. The air around him paused…

Then, he spoke.

"Endless Blade."

Atticus didn't move.

But slashes roared to life around him, blotting out the skies in uncountable numbers.

Each one crimson. Each one searing.

Without pause, they shot forward, raging toward the advancing armies of wood and bone.

The two forces clashed, and then… the crimson slashes tore through everything like hot knives through butter.

The tree like creatures were reduced to splinters of blackened wood.

The creatures of sinew and bone were cleaved into steaming chunks, scorched and melted from the inside out, reduced to ash drenched bone fragments.

In an instant, the army was decimated. However, it was only the beginning.

More tree like creatures spawned from beneath Lysara's feet.

More creatures of bone and sinew raged out from the gate behind Kaelith.

Once again, they stretched into the horizon, charging toward Atticus without pause.

Atticus' gaze moved upward. It pierced through the oncoming army and landed on Lysara and Kaelith high in the sky.

They both gazed down at him with cold expressions, their killing intent evident.

Atticus spoke.

"Useless."

The army reached him… but he was gone.

Lines of crimson streaked across the beasts' figures, their numbers multiplying with each passing second.

Then… they split.

Each one sliced into multiple pieces before bursting into flames and turning to ash.

The crimson lines spread like wildfire as Atticus moved at a speed that couldn't be tracked. Not even a streak was left in his wake.

He simply appeared, and disappeared, leaving behind split remains and drifting ash.

The expressions of Lysara and Kaelith shifted. Their Wills surged higher.

Their armies responded.

They halted… then, as if obeying a higher instinct, they began hurtling through the air, coalescing into two massive, growing slumps of power.

In the next instant, they morphed and shifted before taking form.

On Lysara's side, a towering Verdant Titan erupted to life, bark like armor bristling, its size eclipsing all that had come before.

On Kaelith's side, a monstrous white Behemoth rose, formed of twisted sinew and jagged bone, looking like a nightmare given shape.

Then, in perfect unison, Lysara and Kaelith dropped their hands.

The Verdant Titan pulled back its arm before punching forward, its fist so colossal it blocked the sun. The speed of the strike created tornadoes in its wake, ripping the air apart.

The white Behemoth slashed its colossal claw forward, a cleave of pure destruction tearing toward Atticus.

But Atticus' grin remained unchanged.

"Burn."

He released his hold over the Will cloaking his body, and it detonated.

A wave of raging fire tore through everything, engulfing tens of kilometers in a blaze that seared through even the soul.

Through the inferno, the figures of Lysara and Kaelith burst out, their expressions twisted in pain.

'He burned everything.'

Because Atticus had collapsed his Will, they had forgotten what Impose was meant to do. It was supposed to change the world around the user.

But when it came to Atticus' blaze, it didn't shape the world, it burned it.

Their gazes met. Grim.

This… this wasn't what they expected when coming to this world. The best resistance they had expected was from Whisker, their last born.

But the one they hadn't even seen as a threat had become their worst enemy. freēnovelkiss.com

'We have to wear him down,' Kaelith thought. It was their only option now. They just had to fight long enough for Atticus to burn himself out, to overuse his Will.

They both nodded, coming to the same conclusion.

But what they didn't know, was whether Atticus would ever let them reach that point.

Suddenly, a trail of red burst out from the crimson haze.

Squelch!

Lysara's eyes widened. Her gaze dropped downward to see blazing blade had pierced through her chest. It burned her from the inside.

For a second, her body froze. Then the pain came.

"AHHHHHHH!"

Lysara's scream pierced through the chaos as an unimaginable wave of agony tore through every corner of her body.

Smoke streamed from her in steady steams, and her bloodshot eyes rose, locking onto the monster inflicting her pain.

Atticus.

His grin was unchanged. And Lysara could see it now, his eyes were filled with madness.

'What is this boy!?'

She gritted her teeth, fighting the burning pain that seared through her being.

Then, with a sudden burst of strength, she raised her hand, gripping the blazing blade impaling her with all her might as she roared:

"End it!"

Kaelith appeared in a streak of white behind Atticus.

His arm rose, wrapped in sinew and bone. Without hesitation, he brought it down, splitting the air as it tore toward Atticus's head.

Atticus sent a glance backward, but when he tried to move his blade, it didn't budge.

Lysara gripped down tighter as she grinned, revealing her bloody teeths.

Kaelith's strike drew inches away from splitting Atticus's skull.

But Atticus… only chuckled.