Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

* Feint - My Sunset *

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"Why do I feel so lost?" Raven muttered to herself as she inspected the crimson chains binding her in what seemed like a dimensional prison of sorts. "How did I get here? Was the Voice never my friend to start with?"

In front of her, she could only see clouds of crimson and black. No stars, and no planets... Nothing alive. "I was happy with Maria, Maya, and the rest... why did I have to undergo this stupid test?" tears started to flow down her golden eyes and towards her cheeks as it was getting harder and harder to breath.

"Kayla..." Raven said in between sniffs, "I need you, please don't abandon me now..."

Raven didn't know how long she's been in that state, but it seemed as though it was an eternity of loneliness and despair.

Meanwhile, in another corner of that distorted space, there was a young girl with tears running down her void black eyes. Her dark purple hair was almost floating from the lack of gravity as her little frame shook in a rhythm with her crying pattern.

[Raven... *sniff* please come back...]

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"I will kill you and show you that the one mess you didn't bother cleaning will be the end of you," Scott said with seething rage as his eyes looked fiery red with a tinge of gold that resembled a birth of a new star, a nebula, "I will end you... cursed Crimson Dragon of Death!"

At that, Scott's eyes released an ominous glow that seemed to shatter the boundaries of space.

Light was sucked into an invisible web of slashes that cut through the space fabric and threatened to explode the moment it got unstable.

The scale of the attack wasn't large, but it was strong enough to make the ground melt into boiling lava and then evaporate into volcanic fumes.

"That's a well executed lightshow," Raven teased with her voice as the deep one echoed after, "but I'm afraid your time is running low... Against me, you will only get one chance to perform one good attack since I'm being lenient, and so far I've seen nothing impressive."

What the voice didn't realize was that the concentration of slashes were actually meant to cut space and that wasn't a byproduct of the real function. After all, isolating one area of space in such powerful pressure conditions was enough to make it collapse on itself.

"You impatient f*cker I'll make it worth your while I promise," Scott cursed as he was about to show the b*stard that had destroyed his planet that leaving him alive was a big mistake.

"Cosmic Inclination," Scott muttered, "I hereby order thee, devour the impurities of this world, cleanse the universe of this vile curse... COSMIC ASSIMILATION!"

Scott wasn't naive, nor had he hoped to one shot a creature as powerful as the Crimson Dragon of Death. However, he wanted to at least seal it away since its presence has only brought chaos to the universe.

'This creature... whatever its real name is, has lived for far longer than me, or anyone that I know of for that matter,' Scott thought as he himself was only a couple of hundreds of years old which meant he was considered young in his planet's standards, 'he must have fought against other Cosmic Inclination wielders before me, and if that's the case, then he's most likely familiar with the obvious techniques.

'That's why going with the indirect approach of sealing it, rather than actually kill it now, would be the most surprising and thus increasing the probability of its success.'

Scott has worked on this sealing technique for so long and has made it especially to isolate the Crimson Dragon of Death with it. If this didn't work, then humanity was doomed.

'But I will not lose... I will prevail!' he thought as he unleashed the true power of his eyes.

An enormous magical circle appeared in the sky which covered the entirety of the EDA's headquarters, but specifically targeted the little girl in the crimson draconic armour, Raven.

All of a sudden, the previously small web of slashes drastically increased in size as they released a white and black hue which seemed to prevent air from moving or escaping the active suction.

With a wave of his hands, the slashes compressed in size and instantly tore the space around Raven which would have usually caused a massive explosion. Yet, everything was accounted for and no explosions occured since Scott has done his calculations right after all.

The slashes didn't need to touch the girl or her armour for the voice to realize something wasn't right. However, before Raven could even move, the entire universe seemed to pull her into nothingness. Light was no more.

Blinking twice, Scott made sure he wasn't seeing things. Looking around and double checking to ensure the creature's signature was no more, he sighed in relief as he was about to collapse.

'The b*stard must be regretting his choices now, fufufufu-' before Scott could even clean his mess, space seemed to get distorted once again as a bright crimson light penetrated through.

Not believing his eyes, Scott had trouble breathing in front of Raven's might. 'She cut through space? She cut through my seal with this much ease? No... how could this be?'

Scott could see a huge claymore in Raven's hands. The claymore looked as if it was built from molten lava that was magically held together.

'What are you?' Scott muttered as he'd never seen such a creature before. Let alone anything that wielded such powers.

He had so many questions: How did the Crimson Dragon get to Earth? Why bother with disguising itself as a little girl? What was its objective? What is that great sword in her hands? What role does Raven play in all of this?

"So many questions and so little answers, huh?" Raven's double voice echoed as she looked at the fatigued Scott.

"This sword is a sword created by my own aura. A powerful seal was cast on it to dim its powers, otherwise, the after effects of me cutting your little prison might have been disastrous for this planet." Raven pointed at the void black chains that were now visibly hugging the sword.

"Also, me and the girl are two separate beings. Yet, I am trapped within her..." Raven said and the deep voice echoed, "It might be surreal to imagine for someone as weak as yourself, but I have been defeated before... hence why I'm sealed."

'Weak?' Scott thought to himself as he was literally one of Earth's most powerful, if not the most powerful. Yet, the girl in front of him seemed to tower over him, strength wise.

"To make matters worse, I can't break the seal, no matter how hard I try. Without her permission, I would have never been able to show my powers." continued Raven.

"In addition, while we do have a past, I have no interest in your struggles with revenge. I am here now because you tried to push the girl's limits beyond what she has allowed. And let me warn you, she is more capable than you can imagine..."

"Someone defeated you?" Scott found it hard to comprehend, "and the girl summoned you here? But... wait..." Scott tried to get his calm self back again and regain his previous professional attitude.

"What happened to the girl?" he asked calmly.

"She is in a sort of slumber." Raven answered and the deep voice echoed. "But she's in no danger."

"*sigh* I understand that your powers are sealed, but how-" he wanted to ask about how could he break the seal that he's worked so hard to create. Yet, one look at the claymore in the girl's hand made it all clear. So instead, he decided to ask a different question. "How come you're being... reasonable?"

From what Scott could remember, the creature that destroyed his planet was a tyrant dragon that only brought calamities. No one knew its real name, but it or rather 'he' was known as the Crimson Dragon of Death for the amount of death he brought upon this world.

The tyrant he knew would have never spoken to someone weaker than him...

*sigh* "Humans, Amarakans, and all mortal creatures are so naive... your question is flawed to start with. You're implying that I was unreasonable before because I've destroyed your planet?" without waiting for a response, Raven's voice continued, "the question is rather biased. If you want to know the truth about the destruction of your planet, then you better look for it... Anyhow..." just as the deep voice echoed, Raven's body flickered next to Scott who found it hard to even breath in the presence of such intense aura.

"Let me show you the true power of your eyes," and with that, Raven's index and middle finger touched Scott's forehead who in turn widened his eyes suddenly as mana erupted from the two of them.

"The little stunt you pulled here has most likely affected the planet in too many ways already, but the girl wouldn't be happy if such a display was left untreated..." Saying that, Raven retreated a few steps allowing Scott to breath again. Blinking twice, he knew what he had to do.

'For a stranger and a tyrant to know the power of my eyes better than myself is... a big disgrace...' Scott thought with a sigh. 'Let alone that he's practically asking me to fix a problem I created.'

Raising his right hand above his head, he focused all of his mana in his palm as he shouted: "Cosmic Inclination, I order thee, cleanse the lands of this foul display and purify the evil signs... COSMIC PURIFICATION!"

And with that, he snapped his fingers.