The spell and its chant were also not in the language that could be understood, even by Lira. It was like an entirely new language even for her... The language of gods. A language that was older than any language currently known.
After Gabriel finished his spell, the mysterious red mist started rising around him, covering the left side of his shoulder.
What surprised Lira even more was that Gabriel's left arm started appearing once again, exactly the same as it used to be. The left arm looked quite illusory at the start, but with time, the left arm became as real as the rest of Gabriel's Spirit.
Lira had already seen so many impossible things happening today, and it wasn't any less surprising! She had sliced a part of Gabriel's Spirit with her own hands, and regenerating a soul like this should've been impossible even for him.
"Just who... Is he...?"
She didn't know what to think anymore. The boy before her was too strange. She had many questions, and one of them was about this strength of his.
She understood that it could be because of his Grimoire. It was possible that he might have had some spell in his Grimoire which could somehow heal his soul as well, no matter how impossible it sounded.
However, what still didn't make sense was how he had taken over her Realm of Darkness. She wasn't able to use the Darkness of her own realm. It was as if her surroundings were out of her control as well. It puzzled her when she thought why he didn't do it before if he was actually capable of doing something like this.
If he could take over her Realm, then why didn't he do it before? What was he waiting for?
Unfortunately, she couldn't ask Gabriel, as he didn't look like he was in the mood to answer. Even without the support of her realm, she knew she had to stop Gabriel. He was completely free now, and it was evident that he could also use his Element. She had to take him down before he could attack her.
So what if she couldn't use the darkness of her realm? She still had her own Elemental and the support of her Grimoire.
"Daggers of Darkness," she cast a spell, making a dagger appear in each of her hands.
"Shadow Transformation." She cast another spell, making her turn invisible. At the same time, she cast a third spell to increase her speed before flying ahead.
'I'll see how many times you can heal yourself!'
Gabriel seemed distracted in healing his arm, which gave her an opportunity to take him down. She didn't want to kill him, but she still had to control him in the situation before he could pull some trick.
Lira moved through the red mist, like an invisible assassin, closing in on Gabriel.
Gabriel was still looking over his left arm, which had just healed when Lira reached closer. She appeared behind Gabriel and placed both her daggers on Gabriel's throat.
"Make any movement, and I'll be slicing you in two halves. Remember, even you won't be able to heal if I take off your head here," she warned Gabriel.
She didn't just kill him since she was still worried about a potential curse on his soul. However, she also didn't hurt him since there wasn't much she could do.
Even if she sliced his hands or legs, he could still fight back. There was also a chance that he could try to escape from her realm after he was hurt, so she had to make him surrender first.
Gabriel lowered his gaze, noticing two dark daggers on his throat, merely half an inch away. A little movement and the daggers could actually hurt his soul. That's also where his subconscious desire for survival kicked in. At the same time, there was also a desire in him for revenge on Lira, who hurt him so much.
Even when Gabriel wasn't consciously controlling his soul, his desires were still there in his subconscious self.
He spoke two more words, but this was also in a language that Lira couldn't understand. Following the words, Gabriel disappeared.
His soul appeared behind Lira, switching their positions. Lira sensed Gabriel's presence behind her. She turned around, but she was too late. As soon as she turned around, mysterious red shackles appeared around her hands and legs.
The shackles were quite similar to what she had used on Gabriel. Moreover, Gabriel also took the help of this realm to make these shackles like she did.
The shackles trapped Lira in her place like they had trapped Gabriel before. Gabriel grabbed her by her throat as his lifeless eyes looked into her deep yet slightly scared eyes.
As soon as Gabriel touched her, she didn't know why, but it was as if her body completely froze. She had her Element of Darkness, and she was quite close to her Grimoire. If she wanted, she could escape these shackles, but her body froze.
It was quite ironic that Gabriel held her throat in his left arm, which Lira had cut as if giving it some poetic justice.
Gabriel started tightening his grip, choking Lira. The pressure in his grip only kept increasing. He hadn't even used the strengthening spell yet. Lira found it quite painful. Even though her real body wasn't here, she still felt as if she was actually being choked.
Surprisingly enough, it was actually the case as some finger marks appeared around her throat in the real world as well, as if some mysterious force was choking her there as well, almost on the verge of crushing her neck.
Lira found it very hard to breathe as she had to struggle for each breath.
Lira was at the door of death, and she was unable to do anything. She couldn't even speak, let alone use any spells. Her two daggers also fell on the ground as her vision started getting blurry.
