The Walker Of Voids
chapter-49

"Fatima?" Lloyd asked with his brows knitted into a tight frown.

He knew that the black-haired girl before him was Fatima, but her entire atmosphere seemed different...

And the blood... The blood didn't make it any better. The Bloodlust that came out of her felt like that of a wild animal's, but who was he to speak when his Bloodlust was technically much stronger.

Bloodlust and Killing intent was not the same thing, despite most ignorant people thinking that they were.

While killing intent is a controlled feeling/aura that allows a person to exude their inner emotions to the outside world, Bloodlust was an aura that was completely out of control, as if the being became a rabid wild beast willing to kill everything in its path while being blinded by rage.

While the exuding of killing intent is something that happens naturally when someone chooses to take a life, Bloodlust is more of a state of mind that very few classes can control, berzerkers and barbarians being one of the few capable of doing so.

"If she exuded bloodlust, it means something really bad must have happened," Lloyd muttered just loud enough for Jack to hear him.

"How do you know its not killing intent?" Jack asked with a whisper despite knowing that Jenna and John were far from a state capable of comprehending their conversation, even if they spoke normally.

"I know what bloodlust feels like." Lloyd simply replied while Jack nodded in understanding without asking another question.

Walking forward to examine her body, Lloyd realized that her body was filled with cuts and bruises, to the point where he was certain any other person unawakened would have died of blood loss.

Kneeling before her, Lloyd watched Jack wobble a little before clutching his head.

"Headache and drowsiness?" Lloyd asked with an unsurprised tone of voice.

"How did you know?" Jack asked, yet despite Lloyd expecting him to have a suspicious expression on his face when he looked over at Jack, he saw nothing but curiosity.

"I felt it a few minutes ago too." Lloyd lied through his teeth.

"Does that mean we are running out of oxygen? Too much carbon dioxide I'm guessing, so we are suffering from CO2 poisoning?" Jack asked with a grimace.

"I don't think that is the case." Lloyd muttered while checking Fatima's body for any significant injuries.

"What is it then?" Jack asked.

Lloyd knew that an explanation would waste the little amount of oxygen they had left, but despite that, he felt the childish need to gloat.

"What do you get when you combust something but you don't have enough oxygen or heat?" Lloyd asked.

"Uhmm... I don't know. It's been three years since I've taken a science class." Jack rubbed his neck awkwardly.

"Short answer, you get carbon monoxide, and I'm sure you are well aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide, am I correct?" Lloyd asked before Jack's eyes widened in realization.

Looking at the flames surrounding the room, a panicked expression appeared on his face, yet before he could start panicking, even more, Lloyd smacked both of his cheeks and looked him in the eyes with a stern expression.

"Don't panic. It could cost you your life." Lloyd spoke while releasing a little bit of killing intent which caused Jack to hold his breath for a moment before slowly calming down.

After calming down Jack, Lloyd looked toward Fatima with a frown before inwardly asking-

'What the hell happened to you?'

***

Earlier.

She didn't know how many times she had to go through this.

She couldn't remember how many times she had stood there and watched her parents being slaughtered like cattle who didn't resist in the least.

And all she could do was watch.

Watch and scream, yet somehow not move a single muscle while doing so.

Her screams were far from audible, making her feel even worse every single time it happened.

Until she finally snapped.

It might have been her 500th attempt; she lost count after a while.

"Mr. and Mrs. Ahmed. I've come to collect your dept." A feminine voice spoke from behind them, and the instant Fatima heard her voice, she froze.

Now that she heard the woman's melodious yet dreadful voice, Fatima finally realized where she was...

She was in her personal hell. A hell-loop, to be exact.

Yet, despite her knowledge, she couldn't move a muscle.

She was scared stiff.

Yet her neck seemed to work.

Slowly, Fatima turned around the absorb the dreadful scene of her mother kneeling before the woman and asking her to give them a little more time with their daughter. Yet from the expression the woman had worn, Fatima knew that she wouldn't spare them.

She hadn't spared them the last 500 times; why would she do so now?

For the 500th time, Fatima felt dread like no other, but it was different this time.

This time she felt different. As if something a seal inside her had finally shattered.

As if her soul had awakened once more.

And as if waiting for this moment, a torrent of emotions flooded her mind. Everything she felt over the last 500 hell-loops returned stronger than ever, and despite feeling reborn, her eyes had become listless once more.

The woman raised her blade and took a breath in, and just when she was about to slice through Fatima's mother's throat, she felt something.

*Crack*

"You wanted courage..." Fatima muttered, yet that mutter alone seemed to echo for miles.

*Crack Crack*

"Then I'll give you courage..." She spoke softly, but the power behind her voice alone caused the ground below her feet to shatter while simultaneously shaking the entire city.

"Since this is going to be your final battle..." Her sinister voice echoed as her eyes turned pitch black while black and white energy began to surround her, slowly crawling up her legs before enveloping her torso and then her face.

Covered in black-and-white energy, the woman couldn't see Fatima properly, yet from the aura and energy that exuded from her alone, she knew that the little child she had pitied earlier had not become a monster beyond her wildest imagination.

"I'll give you everything." She spoke with a dominance that would have made an emperor drop to his knees.

Black and white lightning bolts shot out of Fatima's body, while her eyes became hollow and white.

[Racial Bloodline Temporarily Unlocked]

[Name: Fatima ???]

[Commandment: Unknown ]

[Race: Unknown]

[Class: ???]

[Talent: 9-Star]

[Affinity: ???]

[Passive Ability: Transdimensional Awareness (Lvl 9)]

[Abilities: 5th Dimensional Telekenisis (Lvl 9), 5th Dimensional Energy Manipulation (Lvl 9)]

"What the hell!" The woman roared and flipped back several times before readying her katana by covering it with bright violet energy.

A white rune shone in each one of her violet eyes, before a powerful gust of purple icy winds shot towards Fatima, or at least what was left of her.

Raising her hand towards the incoming attack, Fatima emotionlessly waited, and without skipping a beat, the icy gust of wind disappeared before the woman felt something pull her.

It all happened in less than a second, and before the woman could even realize what had happened, her face had slammed into the little girl's palm before a strong grip enveloped the rest of her head, beginning to ever so slightly squeeze with a power that slowly increased.

Not wanting to die such a pathetic death, the woman tried to cut off the arm Fatima held her with, but just as the blade was about to touch the arm-

*Shatter*

The blade crumbled into a million pieces as a barrier appeared between the blade and her skin.

"Damnit!" The void walker let out a muffled roar and pointed her hand toward Fatima's face.

*BOOOOM*

In an instant, a large and powerful violet iceberg formed, slamming into a nearby skyscraper and even threatening to tip it over.

The moment the void walker had encased the little girl in the ice, the woman took advantage of that split second and quickly got out of the girl's grip.

'I'm a peak second Commandment. How is this happening to me!? I'm a void walker! I am a part of a superior race, how can I be losing to a pathetic human child!' the woman inwardly roared, but she knew that she had to run.

Or at least, she was going to try to.

*Crack*

*BOOOOOOM*

Ice was flung into the air as a powerful blizzard formed over a certain part of the city.

Floating in the air, Fatima looked towards the void walker with an unshakable stare that peered through the blizzard itself and stared into the woman's soul.

"Huh." The void walker exclaimed as she saw the girl point at her, yet her unspoken question was quickly answered by a low rumble that entered her ears, followed by two buildings moving towards her at an extremely fast speed.

*BOOM*

*Zip*

The two buildings turned into dust, but whatever was left of Fatima's consciousness knew that the woman was not dead.

Instead, she was probably right behind her.

Looking back, Fatima quickly raised a barrier as she watched a fist shoot at her at lightning speed, breaking the sound barrier and appearing before the barrier in a mere instant.

[Void Walker Style]

The moment the fist came in contact with the barrier, a purple flash illuminated the surroundings for miles before it suddenly became dark.

Within an instant, the darkness shrunk and became concentrated at the fist.

Simultaneously, the fist began to shine in the shape of a four-pointed star, with the inner part glowing purple while the outer part shone with a pitch-black light capable of warping space itself.

[Star Collapsing Fist]

For an instant, the buildings around them began to warp and get sucked into the area of impact, but in the blink of an eye-

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

A beam of black and purple energy shot through the city before firing into the sky.

That one attack killed millions while trillions of dollars worth of infrastructure just disappeared.

Landing on the ground, the woman quickly widened her eyes as she felt danger coming from her right, and in a split second it took her to react, she barely moved out of the way as a black and white beam shot toward her from a distance.

"Damnit... She's still alive after that?" The woman asked before forming a pair of knuckles dusters created from what looked like a pitch-black material, so dark that it didn't even reflect light.

[Void Walker Style]

Smashing her fists together, she stepped forward, shone slightly, and disappeared immediately.

In the next instant, she was right in front of Fatima, yet right before Fatima could react to her appearance, the woman appeared behind her before punching her in the liver and sending her flying towards an unscathed part of the city.

However, right before Fatima could start smashing through the city, she stopped herself mid-air, but the void walker already anticipated this.

Appearing above her and performing an axe kick, she shot down at impeccable speed.

However, within an instant, the woman was in front of Fatima, slamming her foot onto the top of her head a full second before she was supposed to reach her.

[Teleportation Barrage]

For the next three minutes, Fatima continued getting pummeled by this woman as she would use [Void Step] to appear anywhere she wanted before slamming a foot or fist into Fatima.

"Enough!" Fatima roared and pointed an open palm at the woman, freezing her in place before slowly crushing her alive.

The woman quickly used Void Step to escape, but to her surprise, Fatima's hand suddenly appeared right before her face as the little girl catapulted herself through the air at such speed that it allowed her to appear before the woman before she had even appeared there.

*Swoosh*

Teleporting out of the way in the nick of time, the woman barely escaped death, yet when she looked up again, she knew that death would follow her no matter where she was.

And that death came in the form of a little girl with powers rivaling hers.

Instead of appearing in front of the woman again, Fatima simply walked towards her instead, yet somehow, from the woman's point of view, the walk felt a lot more terrifying than her tremendous speed.

The walk was ominous and horrifying, not only putting the woman on edge the whole time but also causing her to feel a small amount of fear as the girl released an unbelievable amount of Bloodlust.

*Zhip*

Appearing Fatima's right, the woman was certain that the girl wouldn't see her attack coming, yet as if the world had slowed down to a crawl, her eyes slowly widened as the little girl stared at her with a side eye, waiting for the woman to attack so she could finally grab her.

"Forget this." The woman muttered and teleported over a mile away.

"I'm going to end this today, even if I have to take the surface of this continent with me." She roared and made a gesture that looked like her grabbing the sky.

[Void Walker Style]

At the same time, Fatima also seemed to have enough, causing her to point an open palm in the general direction of where the woman was before muttering-

[100% Release...]

And as if they were in sync, they both roared with equal vigor to one another-

[Violet Sky Fall]

[Dimension Breaker]

[Author's note: For those confused about why Fatima is so powerful, it will be explained in due time. Don't worry; it will all make sense in the future, and you will completely forget about your temporary hate for me... Hopefully ._.]