Marchosias roared, his flames surging from his wolf-like jaws and firing enormous spiraling demonic explosions of infernal fire. Rakasha and Tisha were barely holding back against him with all the power they got from Aegir, who was constantly conjuring more magic to stop him.
Despite weakening him to this point and fighting as much as they could, the gigantic demonic wolf was seemingly never going down. It had limitless stamina and demonic energy apparently, and it simply kept fighting. Aegir started to fear this monster would only die if they tore him to shreds, and that wasn't something these three could ever accomplish.
"RAAAHAHAHHA!"
Marchosias only grew madder with each passing second, the intense rain was beginning to work much less into his flames, and his body started to regain its former strength.
FLAASH! FLAASH! FLAASH!
With his lightning speed, the wolf flew towards Aegir, which he immediately realized was the one behind this entire plan and opened his jaws.
"I'LL DEVOUR YOU!"
With his giant jaws, he swiftly attempted to snap out Aegir and devour her whole!
"You!"
Aegir swiftly turned into particles of water and disappeared from the scene, only to feel her water-made body beginning to evaporate, as she noticed a long tongue made of flames trying to capture her, coming straight out of the wolf's jaws.
"Are you a frog or something?!"
As Aegir tried to escape his blazing tongue, two azure-colored figures flashed through the skies, swinging their gigantic divine weapons against the tongue!
"Stop right there!"
"You're fighting US!"
SLAAASSHH!!
Their weapons slashed through the gigantic tongue, cutting it apart and freeing Aegir from it, Marchosias gave an agonizing growl as he saw his tongue being easily sliced.
"GRAAAGGH!"
With great rage, the giant wolf clashed against Rakasha and Tisha again, his giant blazing claws tearing through their armor and attacks, while the two did their best to push him back as much as possible.
"Dammit, fuck off!"
Aegir got furious and quickly manipulated the skies, all the rain gathered into a titanic fist made of flames, clashing against Marchosias with everything she had!
BOOOMMM!!!
The Divine Water consumed the entire giant wolf, turning off its flames… Only to quickly unleash even more flames from its body.
"AWOOOO!"
With a furious howl, the demonic wolf released all the flames within its heart, evaporating the divine water in a second.
POOOOF!
"GRAAARRRGH!"
And then it quickly leaped towards her yet again, fully knowing she was his greatest threat! However, her two guardians swiftly intercepted him once more.
They were in a constant struggle to protect her while Aegir moved farther away…
At this point, they won't be able to hold for much longer!
"If only my powers were complete…" Aegir thought, gritting her teeth. "This isn't a good environment for me either! If we were in the ocean, I would be pretty much invincible… But among all Realms, this one is the worst for my magic."
And above all, the reason why Aegir couldn't exert her full potential as a Primordial Goddess was related with her three other siblings.
Because the Primordial Gods of the Cardinal Elements could only achieve their full power when all of them were fully reincarnated, and their Divine Treasure Realms unified back to Yggdrasil.
This was, sadly, something that was impossible as of now, they couldn't even get Logi back to normal yet!
"Drake… you better hurry up and come beat this bastard, I can't hold him back for too long!" Aegir tried to send a telepathic message to Drake for the hundredth time already.
However, due to the disconnection between the real world and dream dungeons, her messages were neve reaching him.
Until now…
"We're on our way back, hold on it for a couple more minutes!"
His voice answered!
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When Yuki was overwhelmed by Marchosias and sacrificed herself to save the life of her friends, she really thought this would be her end, for real this time. She was burned almost to ashes, and felt the pain and agony of a thousand suns burning over her skin…
Yuki fell unconscious right after feeling that agonizing pain, hoping for the best for her friends, while hoping that Drake could forgive her for giving away her life like this.
Darkness engulfed her mind, as she felt like her very soul was floating in an endless stream of obscurity.
"Is this the end?"
She couldn't help but think she was already on the afterlife… And in a way, she was. Between life and death, hanging in a thin thread.
"I'm sorry, Drake… I would have really loved to stick around for much longer…"
As she felt her own lifeforce beginning to fade away from her very own body, which Pekora was trying to desperately to heal, she lamented her end.
She recalled all the memories of her short life, of how she was born as just any other little monkey chinchilla.
"If I hadn't meet you, I would have probably continued living a normal life, and died one way or another… Unremarkably."
But because she was able to meet him, she got to experience all kinds of adventures, battles, and more…
She managed to evolve so far, surpassing the limits of her monster lineage and becoming a beast-kin instead, an unique one never seen before.
Thanks to his help and also due to her own efforts, she managed to even ascend to godhood, something no other member of her species could ever accomplish.
And she was even blessed by Divine Beast Spirits, enigmatic beings that were attracted to her, making contracts with her soul.
However, all of that was brushed aside.
The thing that Yuki remembered the most and what she truly cared for wasn't power, but all the precious memories she made with her friends.
The happy moments, the sad moments, the moments of laughter and even those of despair. All those moments she experienced together with them.
She could feel a tear fall from one of her soul's eyes, as she saw all the things she experienced with them.
"I'm going to miss all of you…"
As she sighed to herself and sank deeper into the darkness, two glowing lights surged from within her soul.
"There is no need to cry, master."
"We are not going to let you die."
