Way of the Knights

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"You! What did you do to me?" Vit'hum roared as he tried to break the chains wrapped around his limbs. 

The chains and shackles appeared ordinary yet to his surprise, they were incredibly sturdy. No matter how hard he tried to break them, his attempts doesn't even leave a mark, on the contrary he's even hurting his own body. 

Vit'hum was also alarmed that the chains were rapidly draining his strength. This feeling greatly infuriated him since in his mind, he's the only one who devours, not the other way around. 

Raven snorted as he witnessed his futile attempts, he said: "Don't look at me, I didn't do that."

"But let me offer you a piece of advise." Raven sneered, "Stop wasting your efforts on breaking those. Even if you grew an additional hump on your back, you'll never break it."

"Damn you!" Vit'hum was incensed, causing him to ignore the chains and instead focus on killing Raven. 

He shot forward like a cannonball, his face was twisted due to anger and his energy ferociously flared. However, even in his angered state, Vit'hum was still apprehensive. He was actively paying attention to Raven's movements. Last time when he attacked, he didn't see what Raven did to push him back, his guess that it was some sort of a barrier or a defensive trinket. For an existence who's no different from an ant to be able to do this to him, is already a great source of humiliation to him, so he didn't want it to happen again. 

As he neared Raven, he was surprised to see that the human wasn't even moving. Vit'hum started rejoicing, he thought that this human must've turned dumb, thinking that he'll fall for the same trick twice. He could tell that the human was deliberately provoking him to make the same mistakes earlier. 

Which is why, just before his claw reached Raven, he forcefully stopped his momentum. 

However to his shock, neither the barrier nor the defensive trinket he's expecting appeared, Raven was even staring at him with eyes full of disdain and mockery. 

"What's wrong? Why did you stop?" Raven sneered, causing another wave of anger to surface on Vit'hum's heart. 

He couldn't believe it. This puny mortal had the audacity to trick him! He couldn't accept that fact that he was outsmarted by a mere ant. Vit'hum had never been this humiliated in his entire life. 

Anger consumed his rationality. In his rage, he threw all caution with the wind and vowed to tear this audacious human into shreds. 

Vit'hum stomped, his raw power caused the ground beneath him to shatter on impact. He wound up his fist and planned to deliver a solid punch on Raven's face. All the rage and humiliation he felt was focused on this punch, and if this lands to anything, the force behind the punch will be enough to shave a decent chunk of the land around them. 

This time, Vit'hum has no plans on pulling back his punch. He thought whatever it is that's protecting Raven, it would be broken by his power. Beside, all tricks and schemes are useless in front of absolute strength. 

*Boom!*

A loud explosion occur, but instead of blowing Raven up, the force of Vit'hum completely missed Raven. 

*Boom!*

Another explosive sound was heard. Everyone watched as Vit'hum's body was sent flying while he coughed out black blood. The chains wrapped around his limbs tightened and prevented him from going any further. 

Vit'hum slowly stood up. His face was incredibly ugly and his eyes were filled with unquestionable wrath and a tinge of disbelief as he stared at Raven, who's still standing still on his original spot as if none of what's happening had anything to do with him. 

None of the watchers understood what's going on. In fact, even Vit'hum himself was confused. 

Just what did go wrong? 

He could've sworn that his punch was about to connect. He even saw that it was mere inches away from Raven's face until, through some sort of a miracle, his punch missed him completely and the force behind the punch was redirected somewhere else. After that, it was as if he was hit metal pole of his gut, causing him to reel back in pain. And to top this all off, the chains on his limbs made it clear that he can't escape.

All of this caused Vit'hum's patience to completely snap. 

"Damn you!" He savagely roared as he tried charging head first once again. 

*Boom!*

Again. Vit'hum was sent flying like a broken ragdoll again. 

"Argh! I refuse to believe this!" Vit'hum roared in madness. 

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

Again and again, no matter how hard Vit'hum tried to lay a hand on Raven, he will be sent flying back in an painful manner. No one knew what was going on. None of them even saw Raven lifting a finger at all yet somehow, he's managing to do this. The scene they witnessed was akin to a human hitting an pest with a fly swatter, only the fly swatter was invisible.

Vit'hum looked extremely pathetic. His hair was dishelved, his face was swollen, his entire body was in pain, there's a couple of bruises on his body, one could even see some cuts on his arm and body, causing his blood to stain his clothes. 

"Argh! Damn it! Fuck you! Damn you! Go to hell! Die!" 

Strings of profanities and spit flew out of Vit'hum's mouth as he tried and tried to attack Raven with ruthless abandon, only to fail over and over again. His words didn't even have an effect on Raven's mentality at all. 

He simply stood there with an apathetic gaze, staring as if he was mocking the laughable attempts of a puny insect to hurt him. 

"How does it feel?' He asked coldly, gaining the attention of Vit'hum. "Doesn't this scene strike some kind of familiarity to you?"

Vit'hum was stunned, but it didn't take a long time for him to realize what Raven was referring to. Realizing what's happening, Vit'hum's pupils constricted.

Seeing his enlightened face, a chilling smile surfaced on Raven's face. He then said: "Yes, you finally remembered. After all, it hasn't been that long right?"

"This scene, is a replication of what you did to the plane." Raven stated casually, "The only difference is that you are the one suffering now and not the plane."

As people was confused as to what Raven was referring to, his next statement brought light to the subject. 

"Through the years, many people hunted you yet you mysteriously disappeared. You ended up invading the Center, a place where the Core of the Plane is located. Using your Bloodline Pact, you forged an link between you and the core, allowing you siphon it's lifespan and causing the plane to slowly die while you gain strength."

His words sent shivers to those who were listening. They couldn't believe that such a thing was actually happening under their noses. This hybrid actually had the ability to destroy their world and none of them had any idea about it.

"The consciousness of the plane tried its best to get rid of you, but your curse prevented it from doing any serious harm to you, lest it wanted to hasten its destruction. It could only glare at you hatefully as you continued devouring the plane's lifespan. It could do nothing but stare in helplessness as you sucked the life out of the plane."

"You got so close…so close to completely sucking all of the life of the plane dry." Raven turned somber as he continued, "Thankfully, the consciousness was wise and asked for help. Thankfully, I had a way to deal with pests like you."

A golden seal appeared on Raven's hand. He raised it and tightened his fist. Along with that, Vit'hum suddenly felt a massive pain assaulting every inch of his body and soul. His blood flow was in chaos, his soul was in constant pain. Along with that, he could also feel that the shackles on his limbs were getting tighter and the drain on his energy was getting faster. 

"Thankfully, the Old Masters' left another lifeline for the plane and thankfully, I know how to unleash it." Raven chuckled and said: "I've even benefitted from it to be honest."

A majestic light suddenly erupted from Raven's body. It momentarily blinded those who were watching. When their vision adjusted, all of them could now see the majestic changes and the benefits that Raven was talking about. 

Raven wore a majestic Black Armor covered with a dark golden sheen. His arms were crossed on his chest and he exudes an air of a true Son of Heaven. What's surprising from all of this is that, there is a floating wheel behind him. The wheel depicted multiple arms, each filled with ancient strength. Each arms were arranged as if it was forming a beautiful lotus behind him, further escalating the profound strength and majesty of Raven. 

"Now, the roles are reversed." Raven's voice boomed across everyone's ears. "The plane will now retrieve everything that you took with an interest."

The wheel behind glowed with a fearsome light and each arms were seemingly coming to life. 

"Grit your teeth, pest.. The interest will be your life." 

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