The Walker Of Voids
chapter-27

"Let's play a little game, shall we?"

With those words echoing throughout the lunar forest, silence descended upon it while an intense killing intent exploded out of Lloyd's body and covered its entirety.

Without a second of hesitation, the wolf began to flee with as much speed as possible, yet it was too late for it to do anything at this point.

That small creature it bullied a little more than a week ago had become a creature that could contend with it, and if that wasn't enough, it had also turned crazy in less than a week.

Its animal instincts told it to get as far away as possible, while its pride as an alpha wolf begged it to stay and fight to its last breath.

Who would have known that a second of hesitation would doom it?

*Boom*

The ground cracked around Lloyd's feet before a dust cloud was kicked up several meters into the air.

As Lloyd left the ground, his body catapulted through the dust cloud, allowing him to speed past the clearing and narrowly miss the trees that were still standing.

A loud whoosh echoed throughout the forest, and before the wolf could understand what was happening, Lloyd was in front of it with a katana blitzing past its tail and cutting it cleanly off.

The wolf let out a loud howl while Lloyd slid to a stop before readying his blade and shooting forward, yet this time, the wolf was ready for what was coming.

The shadows around it began to flicker wildly while mana began to flood out of its body.

"So you wanna participate now? Fine by me." Lloyd let out a savage grin and shot forward, but what he saw next made him widen his eyes in surprise.

As the shadows flickered, they slowly rose and began to form in the shape of a wolf.

"Shadow clones?" Lloyd muttered with a frown and quickly jumped over one of the clones to avoid its extended paw and sharp claws.

'So that's how you escaped last time...' Lloyd thought to himself and recalled his last encounter.

'I thought it teleported when I hit it last time, and it became nothing but shadows, but to think it had this trump card the entire time? Truly fascinating...' Lloyd thought with an excited grin before slashing in an arc and decapitating one of the clones.

'They are weaker than the original. I'd say they have 1/10th of the original's strength, but this ability was never made for fighting... It was created to trick and overwhelm. However, if a third commandment individual were to get their hands on this, they would be capable of completely and utterly ruining an army of 2nd commandments with ease...' Lloyd thought to himself as he snapped his wrist and killed two clones in the process.

"What an amazing ability..." He thought aloud, yet in an instant, his curiosity and fascination vanished before his aura flickered green in envy and greed.

Several wolf clones attacked him at the moment, and despite their attacks still having the capability of killing Lloyd due to their shadow claw ability, he did not retreat and instead placed one of his palms on the ground.

At that moment, it was like time itself froze while the winds began to howl all on their own.

Lloyd's eyes slowly shifted upwards, and when he finally locked eyes with the original, he let out a devilish smile.

"I want it..." Lloyd muttered, his eyes flashing an orangy red for a millisecond before returning to normal.

"And I'm going to take it."

*Crackle*

"Whether you like it or not..."

*Crackle Crackle*

"Burn."

*FWOOOOOSH*

In that very instance, flames gushed out of the palm of his hand before engulfing everything in a 5-meter radius.

The clones did not even have a second to whimper in pain as their bodies had been incinerated before realizing what had hit them. On the other hand, the distance between Lloyd and the original was simply flung away in the other direction, causing it to crash into several trees before regaining its balance.

Wounds and burns littered its body, but it did not wait another second to dash to the side as something wooshed past it, barely grazing its cheek.

Opening its mouth wide, it let out a deafening howl that sent shockwaves toward Lloyd.

"Tsk..."

Seeing that he could not duck or move away from the attack in time, Lloyd placed his two forefingers on the base of the blade before beginning to slide his fingers to the top.

Of course, there was no way that he had the speed of casting his ability before the sound wave hit him, yet he didn't have to.

His body immediately disappeared after taking a miniature step forward before reappearing behind the wolf; however, instead of coating his blade with runes, he covered it with vibrant blue and orange flames that flickered beautifully.

The blade tore through the air horizontally, causing it to distort slightly, and while the wolf finally understood what had happened, it was already too late for it to do anything.

*Sching*

*Sizzle*

*Fwhoooom*

[Flower Petal Style - Horizon Slash]

It was nothing but a flash of light, yet when the light finally subsided, all that remained were the ashes of a wolf that once ruled those lands.

Every tree within a certain radius turned into dust, while the ground had become scorched beyond recognition, making it look like hell herself had stepped foot onto those lands.

*Pant* *Pant* *Pant*

Breathing heavily, Lloyd lowered himself to the ground and held his chest.

'I used too much mana... I haven't learned how to control my fire abilities, yet here I am trying to erase a forest from existence.' Lloyd chuckled, but a moment after, he began to grimace in pain.

*Crack*

*Rumble*

"Hmm?" Lloyd's eyes widened before darting around in confusion. However, it did not take him long to find the source of the disturbance. After all, it was too large for him to miss.

Tilting his head upwards, Lloyd stared at the crack in the sky as it slowly expanded to envelop the stars and moon.

Lloyd could do nothing but watch as the crack became larger and larger, and before he knew it, the crack had expanded to the point of no return, deleting everything in sight while expanding into a white void with no end in sight.

"Wow... I didn't think you had it in you." A feminine voice entered Lloyd's ears, yet even after looking around for several seconds, Lloyd could not see her. It was as if she was the white void itself, yet how could that be possible?

Unless...

"Three void walks and you already beat the first stage? That has to be a record, right?" She exclaimed in surprise, but that did not change how Lloyd looked at her at the moment.

"Oh, sorry. You, humans, tend not to trust things you can't see with your own two eyes-" The voice chuckled as the white void began to shift and warp randomly.

"Yet..." She muttered, and with that mutter, the space warped to create a figure.

"You're not human anymore, are you?"

Finally landing on the ground, a soft click echoed into the vast void, yet he felt something touch his shoulder before Lloyd could understand what was happening.

*Swoosh*

Without a moment of hesitation, Lloyd's hand swung back in an arch towards the thing that touched him, yet a frown appeared on his face after not feeling like he had hit anything.

"Come on now, no need to be hasty with your attacks."

Lloyd's eyes widened, and he quickly turned around, yet he saw something this time.

A light-skinned woman with pitch black wavy hair draped down her shoulders. Her beauty was otherwordly and almost angelic, while her aura seemed to scream with the power of a monarch.

She wore a cosmic dress that clung to her well-endowed figure. A dress that seemed to have been created from the very fabric of space itself. However, despite her otherworldy beauty and immense power, it was her piercing violet eyes that caught Lloyd's attention. The eyes of a sadistic maniac mixed in with the eyes of a grieving, vengeful soul that had lost everything in its pursuit of salivation.

He didn't know why he recognized those eyes, but at that moment, the thought of recognizing her eyes were the least of his worries.

"Who are you?"

After all, why would anyone care about such things-

"Oh, I must have forgotten to introduce myself. You get clumsy when you are alone for a few millennia."

When they are in the presence of-

"My name is Eris , The Queen of Chaos..."

"And the first Void Walker."