Salvos (A Monster Evolution LitRPG) - Chapter 753.One

753. Embracing Death Part One

[Prison Of Isolation].

It was one of my newer Skills— one of my stronger Skills. It had allowed me to capture Hartia in a room of corruption, even though he was capable of even tearing through space with his powerful magic.

If I had tried to box Chordus in a space of my magic, I was sure that her antimagic affinity would somehow allow her to tear her way out of it. At the very least, I knew that she would rip through it before I was even finished with creating a pocket space to contain her. That was why I couldn’t just trap her and throw her into the void between the planes.

However, I had seen the way my corruption eroded her defenses. It was not something even she, as a transformed Primordial Demon, could repel. So I knew she wouldn’t be able to escape easily if I just trapped her in my [Prison Of Isolation]. But I had to lure her in first and catch her off-guard.

And it worked.

Or at least, it was working. A wave of my corruption surrounded her. It encased her in all sides as she swung her sword around, trying to keep it all back. But this time, my corruption wasn’t trying to crush her. All it did was contain her.

As it did, I began to build the fractal space around her to keep her in— to keep her from escaping the final part of my plan.

Because I would toss her to the fold between the planes to be crushed.

The Enemy had lured Chordus into a trap. The [Queen Of Diamonds] should have seen it coming. But she had been desperate. She had thought that this was her only chance of victory. After all, she hadn’t known how long her [Hidden Ace: Spade Of Graves] would have lasted. Thɪs chapter is updated by ⓝovelFire.net

If it abruptly came to an end soon, she would have not been able to catch the Enemy, and the battle would be over. It didn’t matter how much stronger she was. Because this was a one-time use Grand Skill. And it meant she would die at the very end of it.

So as long as she couldn’t reach her target, this battle was already lost.

Chordus knew that this attack… whatever it was… it wasn’t trying to kill her. This was unlike when she was being crushed by its sheer presence. This time, it was simply trying to contain her. That was why she desperately fought back against it. She swung her sword wildly, trying to keep it back. But it simply pushed against her.

It tried to box her in.

And that made it all the more difficult for Chordus to break out. Because if she swung out to her left side, the distortion would simply move back. And if she tried to push through the gap, the distortion would move behind her, keeping her still trapped within this box. It was frustrating.

Desperation began to settle in as no matter how wildly Chordus swung out, she wasn’t able to escape. And she began to see the fractal pieces of space build up around her, joining with this distortion to contain her. At this rate, she was truly going to lose and perish.

The [Queen Of Diamonds] flew around atop her surfing spade, trying to get away to now avail. And she thought that things were over. That she would rot and perish here in whatever this strange prison was.

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However, as she slowed to a halt, placing a knee and a hand to the crystalline surface carrying her, she paused. A weird sensation washed over her. An intuitive understanding of [Hidden Ace: Grave Of Spades] was capable of doing that that she hadn’t realized beforehand.

It was a second phase to her Skill. Not just a boost in speed. Not just a platform to carry her on. But something else.

A smile slipped onto the otherwise expressionless face of Chordus as she recalled the battle between Regnorex and the true [Queen Of Diamonds]. She might have forgotten about many of the details of their battle back then. However, right now, it came back to her.

And the crystalline surface beneath her feet began to crack as she closed her eyes.

I watched as my [Prison Of Isolation] began to fully manifest before my eyes. It was taking a while to create, because Chordus kept moving— trying to escape from its grasps. But there was no point in her trying. I had already won at this point.

Or so I thought.

I grinned to myself as I watched the space of my pocket world warp around her, when all of a sudden, there were flashes of light all around me. I blinked, spinning around as I readied myself for more of her clones to spawn in.

Because that was what had normally happened previously when these flashes of light appeared. And as I expected, crystalline objects began to form all around me. However, this time, they were egg-like spheres. Instead, they were… other spades?

Akin to the very same platform that had been carrying Chordus.

They just floated all around me as I stared at them.

“...what?”

I narrowed my eyes, looking back towards my [Prison Of Isolation]. But as I caught a glimpse of the inside through my warped space, before I realized that Chordus was gone. The [Queen Of Diamonds] had disappeared.

“Where—”

I started, only to hear a cracking sound coming from above me. I looked up at one of the floating spades as its surface broke open, and the giant looming figure of Chordus emerged.

It wasn’t a weaker clone. It wasn’t a smaller version of her. It was the actual [Queen Of Diamonds] in her full size and strength. She crawled out of the spade as if her body was crystalizing into existence, and I could only stare at her in shock.

But I quickly shook off my confusion and sent a wave of corruption her way. The attack crashed into her back, causing smaller cracks to form. But she rose from the spade in her full height, before swinging up at the corruption with her sword, dispersing it in a single strike.

However, that was only meant to be a distraction. I once again focused my [Prison Of Isolation] to continue manifesting around her. To trap her once again. But then I watched as her form sank back down into the spade as I blinked.

Once again, I heard a cracking sound coming from the side. And I watched as she pulled herself out of another spade, looking up at me with a savage grin. I cursed as I was about to send another wave of corruption her way. But then she raised a hand, and the dozens of spades that appeared all around me began to move as she sank back into her spade.

They zipped around rapidly as I flew back. I narrowly avoided a few of them as they shot straight for my face. But then she suddenly popped out of one of the spades that were shooting past me just overhead. And she swung down at my neck with her giant sword.

I only dodged her surprise attack thanks to [Angelic Premonition]. However, that Skill wasn’t going to be able to keep me alive if I was being completely overwhelmed by her. She was practically teleporting all around me while distracting me with the speeding spades.

I knew I needed to get away from the middle of her strange field of spades. So I opened a rift and quickly entered it, appearing at the complete other side of my pocket space. I panted as I looked across my little world. But I didn’t even have much time to breathe, because her spades shot out straight for me, cutting across the distance between us at a rapid pace.

I wasn’t sure what to do— if she kept teleporting like this, [Prison Of Isolation] wasn’t going to be able to contain her. Especially since she wasn't teleporting by bending space. It was almost like she was just making perfect copies of herself elsewhere as she dissolved her body.

So there was practically no way for me to stop her from escaping. What do I do now? I wondered as I pursed my lips, seeing her approach.

Perhaps I might have no choice but to drag Manos here into my pocket space to help me defeat Chordus. But as I considered that option, a voice boomed all around me.

“[Fulmination Of Winter].”

And I watched as a white sphere of frost engulfed the entire armada of spades that was flying my way.