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Golden Frenzy
In the forest bathed in the light of the twin moons, chaos had erupted...(¡¡ZUUUT-KHHEEE-FSSS-PFFF...!!)
While the left flank of the forest became the canvas for Silver's ashen dance, the right flank of the Ky'lar clearing plunged into a hell of absolute heat and blinding light.
(¡¡KABOOOOM-SHHHHWWWWWRRRRRRRRR!!)
If the valkyrie's combat was an exhibition of surgical grace, what was happening on Goldie's terrain was a brutal war of attrition, like a clash of primordial forces where delicacy had no place.
(¡¡ZWWWWUUUUSH-FRRRRRRRR-CRACK-KRRR!!)
Before her stood Keahi, the Great Fire Spirit.
(¡¡¡¡KABOOOOOOOM-FSHHH!!!!)
Manifested as a colossal titan of black basaltic rock plates and viscous magma that flowed like boiling blood, the spirit did not attack with technique, but with the thermodynamic fury of the planet.
(¡¡KHHHAAAA-WWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!)
His mane of blue flames crackled with a savage violence, distorting the air around him and raising the temperature of the microclimate to levels that would have calcined the lungs of any living being in a blink.
(¡¡ZZZ-TSHIIIANK-FROOOSHHH!!)
However, Goldie was no ordinary being.
(¡¡KLA-SHWW-¡KHRA-ZTT!-¡KLA-SHWW-¡KHRA-ZTT!!)
As their blows collided, her crimson pupils shone with a predatory fixedness, unphased by the glare that threatened to blind her.
(¡¡ZZZZZZWWWW-CRACKLE-FROOOOOOOOOOO!!)
Shrouded in a dense boundary of golden particles that acted as an armor of pure light, the deity collided head-on against the colossus, exchanging direct blows at a speed that defied physics.
(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡THUMMM-THUMMM-THUMMM-¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡)
The sound of her bare fists impacting Keahi's basaltic plates resonated like consecutive cannon blasts.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!!"
Goldie used no weapons; for she did not need them.
"Move me if you can!!"
Every time her hands struck the incandescent rock, threads of blinding, golden light injected themselves directly into the magma cracks, traveling into the depths of the spirit's body.
(¡¡THUMP-SZZZZ-VUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!)
As a result, a millisecond later, the golden energy detonated from within, shattering the basalt and forcing the Great Spirit to roar as fountains of lava splattered onto the muddy ground, instantly turning it into a crust of black, smoking stone.
(¡¡KRAK-SHH-ZTTTTTTTT-VRRRRRRR!!)
However, the Great Fire Spirit did not retreat and instantly, before the echoes of the golden detonations could dissipate, the heat and magma reformed...
(¡¡CHUCK-SFFFFFFFF-BZZZZZZOOOOOM!!)
... With an intensity that grew infinitely superior each time.
(¡¡CLACK-SHWUUUUUUUU-GHOOOOOSHHHH-SFFFFF!!)
The destroyed basaltic plates amalgamated once more in a blink, driven by a torrent of hyper-concentrated lava that emerged from the depths of the bedrock, scorching everything in its path and turning the air into a dense, toxic vapor.
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In this manner, combined with the debilitating effect of the 35-layered overlapping barrier sealing the forest and draining Goldie's strength, the brutality of Keahi's counteroffensive began to tip the scales in a pure comparison of power.
"¡¡WWWRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!"
Thus, the fire titan roared with the weight of an erupting volcano, unleashing his colossal limbs of incandescent rock in a continuous siege that forced Goldie back, dragging her feet over the charred ground.
(¡¡KRA-TONK-GHLUUUUURRRRRR-PFFFUUUUUUU!!)
And even the thermal pressure was so suffocating that the boundary of golden particles protecting her began to undulate violently, screeching under the onslaught of a fire that sought to consume every last atom of light.
"¡¡!!"
Nonetheless, despite the disadvantage, Goldie did not yield in her ferocity.
(¡¡SNAP-VRRRRRRRR-KRAAAASHHH-ZZZZZZZ!!)
Her blows continued to resonate with the force of meteoric impacts, responding to each mace of magma with a direct punch from her knuckles.
(¡¡VUUU-ZHHH-SHHHHHUUUUUUUURRRRRRRR!!)
As a result, the thermal shockwaves distorted space, creating a vortex where the golden light of the deity was systematically devoured and suffocated by the absolute heat of the spirit.
(¡¡KRA-ZZZTT-SHHHHFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!)
However, despite this, Goldie refused to back down...
(¡¡WWWRRRUUUUUUUUUM-GHLUUUUUUUUUUUU!!)
Even when every golden flash that Goldie managed to inject was swiftly smothered by Keahi's tide of lava, even when the heat pierced and bruised her knuckles, she did not retreat.
(¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡BRRRR-KABOOOOMMM-SHWWWAAAAA-¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡)
Even as the collision made both the charred earth and the sky tremble, unleashing hurricane-force gusts of wind that scattered ashes miles away...
"¡¡SHHHRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!!"
She, in the midst of the storm, exerted herself to the limit.
(¡¡KRAAA-BOOOM-VUUUUUUUUUSHHHHHHHRRR!!)
Goldie was forced onto the defensive, continuously backing away before Keahi's titanic push.
(¡¡WWWRRRRUUUUMMM-ZHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!)
Being a hybrid deity, her existence harbored a dangerous duality, split between a resplendent divine energy and a destructive cursed essence.
(¡¡CRACK-KROOOM-SFFFFFWWWWWWWWWWW!!)
To avoid losing control of her own mind, Goldie had always suppressed her dark side, relying solely on her light.
"STAY BACK!!!"
But the Great Fire Spirit, in combination with the environment, was pushing her to the absolute limit of her divine capabilities.
"Is that all you have, aberration?!"
The brutality of the exchange did not stop.
"... Mom... is upset... A-and I am... upset...!"
Goldie's bare fists impacted again and again against the crust of magma, charring down to the bone under the heat of Keahi's blue flames.
"So please... GET OUT OF THE WAY NOW!"
However, her regeneration factor as a curse worked at full capacity, healing the muscles and charred skin in fractions of a second only to break them again on the very next strike.
"Do not be in a position to demand anything from me, abomination!!"
It was a cycle of agony and "pain" that did not slow down.
"Do you have any idea how many your 'mother' eliminated...? Are you aware of the damage you have done to this world...?!"
Even as the deity continued to strike with a savage stubbornness, the scales kept tipping.
"If anyone is upset, it is us, the Spirits!!"
Her golden light faltered, being systematically devoured by the absolute heat.
"... Ah... GAAAAAH...!!"
But as the physical and mystical pressure threatened to crush her, the invisible seal of her self-control began to crumble.
"... Shut up... What do you know... you... What do you think you know about Mom?!"
The desperation, the fury, and the "hatred" as she was pushed to the limit, slowly gave way to her other nature.
"What?!"
The pain and helplessness acted, awakening that which she so feared to unleash.
"Don't you dare insult her!!"
Her pupils began to stain deeper and deeper with a viscous, profound, and intense crimson that distilled pure bloodlust.
(Her strength is increasing...!)
Beneath her lips, her fangs elongated with a crunch as horns grew more and more...
(¡¡DUSH-SZZZZ-¡KRRR-CHAAK!!)
And as her reason and sanity weakened, she caught a blow with a single hand while the golden aura around her flickered.
(¡¡THUMP-WWWRRR-¡CRRR-SLIT!!)
Directly after, extending her bloody left hand forward, she caught both colossal fists.
(¡¡KLA-ZTTT-¡KRAAAK-SHREED!!)
And ignoring the pain, her fingers dug directly into the boiling basaltic plates, anchoring themselves to the titan's structure and halting the Great Spirit's advance dead in its tracks. The hybrid began to close the distance centimeter by centimeter, pulling the colossus toward her while the heat calcined the flesh of her arms with an unbearable hiss.
"... So you finally show your true face."
But despite that, Keahi did not hesitate...
"Be purified by the flames!!"
And taking advantage of the absolute closeness of his target, the Great Fire Spirit concentrated all the natural energy of his core into a hyper-concentrated wave of fire at point-blank range.
(¡¡ZWUUUUUUUU-GHOOOOO-FSSSHHHHHHHHH!!)
As a result, a beam of white and blue plasma was unleashed, melting reality itself in its path, like a concentrated current meant to pierce and liquefy any existing matter without leaving a trace.
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However, such an action was a mistake.
"... I will kill you... Crush you... Dismember you..."
From the molten, liquid sinkhole that Keahi had left in his path, the divine light did not return.
"Hehehe... ahahaha... Ah! You... How dare you?! Kill... AHAHAHAHA!"
In its place, the air turned heavy, cold, and suffocating as a dense miasma began to unleash.
"Haha... AHAHAHA!"
And through the curtain of miasma that devoured Keahi's fire, two purely crimson eyes, devoid of any trace of reason, stared back at him.