The Extra Wants Control

"you will all die."

Memphis laughed he was offended annoyed and angry yet he was laughing. "It\'s that right?," he said, a cruel glint in his eyes.

"Unfortunately today I didn\'t come here to fight you one on one, oh no. That would be barbaric. I\'m declaring war, my dear, sure demons never refuse challenges but I\'m smarter than them... I\'m a pride demon but I know how to use my head... So I\'ll attack you with numbers..." His smirk died and his face became serious... He snapped his fingers.

As if on cue, figures materialized around them – demons, yes, but unlike the chaotic hordes attacking the world. These were \'disciplined\', clad in dark armor and looked intelligent enough.

Memphis gestured towards the two crimson moons. "See, this charming light show? Not very conducive to a full-scale invasion, is it? That\'s why I wanted to destroy them... but unfortunately I couldn\'t... it would have been great if I had a true showcase of power...

Then I had a thought..." His smile widened.

"Taking out the Vampire Queen and occupying the vampire continent would be a great power move... " He laughed.

" Though it\'s late..."

He then took a deep breath and his voice was loud. "WE DEMONS DECLARE WAR!"

The announcement echoed through the darkness, and was heard by the people who were already fighting against the demons in the dark...

" Really? we hadn\'t noticed..." A thought share by almost everyone fighting the demons.

Verona just looked at him and said, " you think you can occupy the vampire continent?"

Memphis chuckled again. "Oh, my dear, I KNOW I CAN... I\'ll illustrate." He turned towards the demons surrounding them. "Attack!"

The demons surged forward, like waves of heads and tried to attack Verona.

Key word is tried...

But their attack never reached her. As they got close, their bodies contorted and twisted, warping unnaturally as if sucked into their own chests. Screams and groans from them were the last thing that was heard before they completely disappeared not even blood was left behind.

Even the Memphis seemed surprised. He was also attacked but he ripped a small black vortex from the air just as it tried to latch onto him. The tendril writhed and pulsed in his grasp, then with a grimace, he shoved it into his mouth and swallowed.

"Well, this is unexpected," he said, wiping his mouth as he smiled widely as if trying to mock Verona.

"But it\'s just an inconvenience can be overcame."

"Looks like only one minute is up..." somehow Xavier had survived.

" I need to do something." He thought...

"Law Initialization: Warmonger," He said as his body became bigger and bigger becoming 15 feet tall... He was heavily armoured and his body emitted heavy aura.

" Oh?" Memphis raised an eyebrow meanwhile Verona seemed unamused but ever since she unleashed her law she hasn\'t been showing any emotion...

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[Valeriana\'s Space]

Valeriana twisted her head away from Thadeus\' surprise attack. His blade, imbued with purple aura, hissed as it passed through the spot where her head had been a split second earlier.

It vaporized into nothingness before striking anything solid.

A sphere of white light erupted around her, pulsating with celestial energy.

Thadeus stumbled back, shielding his eyes from the sudden brilliance. Encased in her impenetrable bubble, Valeriana floated calmly amidst the chaos.

" You are good at these, aren\'t you? You like cowardice attacks."

Thadeus stumbled back, shielding his eyes from the sudden brilliance.

"Cowardice?" Thadeus asked, his voice icy.

"Yes... Cowardice..." Said Valeriana.

Thadeusdropped the useless blade hilt. "This isn\'t about just cowardly tactics! I want justice!" he spat, his voice laced with desperation.

Valeriana raised an eyebrow, a flicker of doubt crossing her features. "Justice? YOU speak of justice? And how are you going to explain attacking cowardly by using Justice? Explain yourself, Thadeus. What injustice could be so great that it would drive you to betray your oaths?"

Thadeus hung his head low and sighed in defeat...

"My family," he said his voice hoarse and pained...

"They were urdered by bandits who were sponsored and paid off by nobles. So at a young age I was I was weak, talentless. Cast aside, enslaved… treated like an animal until I couldn\'t take it anymore and I killed my masters, and that\'s when they found me. The organization."

"They offered me power, a purpose. A lie, of course... I knew that I was just a pawn, one of many but it was okay as I atleast got stronger... I was raised and nurtured and I was planted into your life. I was the handsome strong and cool headed guy with a sad backstory. It wasn\'t just me there were a few others, men and women, since the organization didn\'t know what was your type...

We had different personalities and hobbies... But eventually I won."

A humorless laugh escaped his lips. "Ten years, Valeriana. Ten years spent playing the perfect husband, the devoted father. All an unbearable lie."

The revelation didn\'t make Valeriana act in any way... She had already came to terms with the betrayal... But a part of her wanted to know more...

"We had a daughter, she was meant to be theirs. A failsafe if I couldn\'t sway you. And also she was a to be used to become the next monarch cause she had the royal blood... Then you bore another child and ascended to ten stars. A prodigy... No a monster.

Young, powerful and extremely talented, surpassing even me… someone who had been boosted with runes, drugs, experiments for years. I was supposed to be the better one, Valeriana! But you stole it all!"

He clenched his fists and threw it down slamming against the air but the man split a portion of the sea.

"You stole the \'Destruction Law\' from me! That was what I was working towards, the culmination of everything I wanted... For godsakes I have a gravity element, that was my path... My LAW! But You… you took it all!"

Valeriana watched him, her thoughts unknown but her eyes were cold as if saying," really."

A guttural roar echoed from Thadeus\' lips as he unleashed his attack. "Maestro: Palm of God!"

With a flourish of his hand, a colossal invisible palm materialized high above Valeriana. Pure heavy and crushing gravity, its pressure building with every passing moment as it descended.

The air itself seemed to solidify, growing heavy and oppressive.

Valeriana, trapped in the epicenter of this gravity well, felt the as if weight of the world pressing down on her.

She was still mid air but she descended lower due to the to the gravity... the sea itself splashing under the invisible hand\'s influence. It made a hand-shaped indentation on the ocean\'s surface, pushing down and away, the water with heavy force.

Undeterred, Valeriana closed her eyes, drawing a deep breath to fortify herself. Her fingers tightened around the hilt of her blade.

With a swift motion, Valeriana drew her sword. The air crackled with destructive energy as she channeled it into the blade.

With a slicing sound that echoed across the space generating heavy winds, she swung her sword upwards, slashing with all her might.

The blade finally met the invisible palm, the pure white light energy of her attack momentarily pushing back the crushing invisible hands.

The impact was colossal. The very fabric of reality seemed to tear as the two opposing forces met.

And finally she cut it...

Where Valeriana had cut, the gravity well faltered, the pressure momentarily disrupted.

In that split second, pull and push forces randomly materialized making the sea rose in colossal pillars, water defying gravity as it shot skyward. Clouds parted as violent winds were repulsed.

It was a terrifying spectacle.

Then, as quickly as it began, the gravity shifts disappeared. The severed invisible and unstable hand of gravity faded, the sea was starting to settle back into its churning torment, and the winds calmed.

Valeriana sighed, her chest heaving, lowered her sword, the tip glowing faintly. And she sheathed it.

"That\'s not all," Theodore said as if not impressed...

"There are four others."

As if on cue, four more colossal, purple palms materialized above Valeriana, stacking one on top of the other.

The pressure intensified exponentially and it was four times greater than the last.

It was crushing into her with a force so immense it felt like the very air was solidifying into a solid weight. Valeriana, caught in the center of this gravitational inferno, was flung downwards.

She plunged through the churning sea(that was suddenly split), the water offering no resistance against the crushing pressure.

The sea floor itself began to crumble under the weight, making a hand shaped crater.

With a surge of her destructive law power, she slammed her foot down, creating an invisible barrier against the descent. The force of her power rippled outwards, creating a small space of relief from the pressure around her, she then propelled herself upwards going against the gravity.

Reaching for her sword felt like as if she was an ant trying to move it\'s limbs in molasses.

It seemed the very air itself was conspiring against her, refusing to let her unleash her blade like a hand was on her hilt preventing her from unsheathing.

Yet with great effort she ripped the weapon free amd swung it against the heavy pressure.

The moment the sword touched her hand the faint white glow emanated from it, pushing back against the oppressive atmosphere while also eating away at it.

The more she held the blade and swung, the less intense the gravity became.

Slowly with every inch ahe swung and her destructive energy ate away at the pressure... she chipped away at the invisible prison.

But it was a grueling task. The closer she got to severing the final hand as she cut through, the harder it became.

Meanwhile Theodore\'s face contorted because of how hard he was struggling, poured every ounce of his power into the attack.

Blood seeped from his eyes, ears, and nose, a testament to the immense strain he was under. Same with Valeriana whose nose was bleeding...

Finally, with a burst of white light, Valeriana severed the final invisible hand. The pressure vanished instantly but that meant recoil was coming up...

Suddenly the pent-up sea water, released from its forced compression, erupted outwards in a colossal wave. Coastlines miles away experienced a devastating tsunami, the elven continent was unscathed...

But the others when there was a threat of floods their race leaders made barrier at the sea...

Except the Aethelred who snorted as his people would just fly but the \'impure breeds/halflings\' died... The dragon continent lost the most lives but they were people that they didn\'t care about.

The ocean raged and before it ocean settled back down well it was forced to by the Eleven star beings who took action.... But it wasn\'t so easy, the ocean rebelled, it churned and became frothy. But it was settled...

Valeriana meanwhile gasping for breath, landed back on the devastated seabed, her body in pain.

Looking up, she saw Theodore collapse onto the churning water, his eyes vacant, his body spent. His attack had been devastating, but its cost had been immeasurable.

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" Mom... Why do 10 stars fight in this world when they have a battle dimensions? Why cause this much harm to the world." Asked Lara who saw her mother dealing with the after effects of the attack.