The Ripper's True Power (92)

Jack the Ripper, the man known for killing scores of innocent people. He possessed the Eyes of Realms from birth.

Akasan's father.

Akasan looked at the man, responsible for killing his mother. He felt rage. But all he saw, was his mother's eye in Jack's head.

Jack chuckled. "What's wrong? Too surprised to speak?" He looked at their environment. "I must say, I didn't expect you to have become this strong with just some magic spells. Impressive."

Akasan turned on his Kamigen. He surrounded himself with Sirius energy.

Jack looked back at his son. "What? You aren't using your new form again? Don't tell me it has a time limit..." He started laughing. Then his face got serious. "What a fool."

Jack's body became an afterimage as he kicked Akasan in the jaw.

Akasan was sent through the ground on his right, leaving the massive hole and rolling along the ground.

Jack seemed to walk through time as he reappeared bent down in front of Akasan. "How pitiful." He raised his arm and hit Akasan in the back, cracking the ground beneath severely.

"Get up." Jack said, hitting him again. "Get up."

''wham. ''

"I said, get up."

Akasan grabbed his hand this time, looking up at him with purple eyes. "Don't touch me so casually." He quickly got up in a low stance as he pulled Jack's body towards his right fist, punching him in the face.

Jack was knocked back a few feet, still standing.

Akasan ran after him, they started fighting back and forth.

Akasan was blown back by something he couldn't see.

Jack jumped in the air, a wicked smile on his face. The Eye of Destruction glowed red. He extended his arm in front of him towards Akasan.

woom!

Three giant claw marks were in the ground.

Akasan had just barely dodged.

Jack vanished and appeared behind him. He sent his elbow into Akasan's back.

Akasan coughed up blood as he was sent several meters away. He recovered.

Akasan stopped himself, crouched on his legs and left hand. He raised his right hand. "Creation Art..."

Dust and rock started to swirl around in the palm of Akasan's hand.

Jack clapped his hands together. Dark energy swirled around him. A monster formed that was three times larger than the one before.

Akasan started running at Jack. "Planetary Storm!"

Jack clasped his hands from the inside of the monster. "Thousand Ripper!!"

A thousand black arms formed and swarmed Akasan. He was taking hit after hit after hit. But he kept on running. He thrust the Planetary Storm in front of him, destroying most of the arms.

Some of the arms still got around and punctured his sides. He winced as he ran forward. "HURRRAAAGGHHH!!!!"

The attack finally hit Jack's monster and blew it hundreds of feet back as the Storm exploded, destroying the rest of the arms.

When the dust settled, Akasan was holding his left side, breathing heavily. He had three holes in his body, two on the left and one on the right.

Jack was still standing, stretching out his arms. He vanished and appeared in front of Akasan, extending his hand.

Three claw marks shred through Akasan's body. He yelled in pain as blood gushed everywhere.

Akasan was flung through the air and hit the ground.

Jack walked towards him.

Akasan heard a voice from inside his head. ''"Do you really plan on dying here?" ''

Akasan slowly got up to his feet as blood gushed from his body. His eyes were only halfway open.

''"I thought you were better than this." ''the voice said.

Akasan clenched his teeth. "If you're not gonna help me out then shut up..."

The voice laughed. ''"Fine, fine, I won't bother you anymore." ''

Akasan gasped for air and took a deep breath to calm down. It hurt him to breathe. He deactivated his Kamigen and turned on only his Eye of Creation. Then he covered himself in crimson flames.

Jack laughed. "Honestly, what are you doing?" He appeared behind him. "And here I thought I gave you enough time to do something surprising."

Jack raised his arm and elbowed Akasan in the base of the neck to break his spine, and then kicked him in the lower back, which sent excruciating pain into Akasan's head.

Akasan was knocked hundreds of meters away, then hit the ground and rolled over. Tears were in his eyes. "I can't... move... my body..."

Jack laughed as he started walking back to Akasan. "I almost forgot that I have to take one of your eyes."

Akasan's heart started racing.

Jack knelt down near him and reached for his face. "Hold still. Not that you can move anyway."

Screams of pain echoed throughout the wasteland.

Akasan was face down on the ground, silent.

Jack stood up, blood dripping from his hand. "Alas, I've finally obtained it."

Jack walked away to a open area. He pulled out both of his own eyes and put them in his hand along with Akasan's right eye. The eyes glowed, and merged into one, glowing a sky blue. He placed the eye in his right socket. He rolled it around in his head until it set into place.

It was now a Kamigen.

Jack kept his left eye closed, as there was nothing in it. "I only have one, since you forced me to throw away one of my own eyes, but it was a small price to pay for something as great as this. You have fulfilled your role in life, Akasan."

Jack clapped his hands, and dark energy started erupting from his body. His sclera turned black from white, showing the Kamigen glowing in the darkness.

Akasan's head rolled over on its right side. He opened his left eye, which still had the Eye of Creation in it.

Jack looked at him. "I see. So no matter which eye, you still have one Eye of Creation."

He smiled. "I guess it'll do me some good use too."

Akasan raised his left arm and stretched it out. He hit the ground in front of him. "Creation Art: Golem."

Rocks started forming on the side of Akasan, into a messy layer.

Akasan's face went back to the ground as he struggled to bring his right arm up to his left. He timidly placed them together. "Magic Art..."

Akasan placed his left hand on the golem beside him. It glowed blue for a moment. "Seal. Black Magic: Soul Sacrifice."

Jack heard the words come out of Akasan's mouth and burst out with laughter. "Black Magic? So you've finally decided to kick the bucket huh? Dark Magic has one requirement to use; you have to sacrifice a human life! And the only life you have to sacrifice is your own!" He crossed his arms. "Very well. I'll bear witness to your final moments. Just so you know, your mother Ana is always watching." He laughed mockingly to himself.

Tears flowed down Akasan's face. "Ana... my mother... I'll never forgive you... I'll never..."

Black energy mist came out of Akasan's back into the form of a demon. The words 'Grim Reaper' was written on its forehead.

The demon raised his hand and made a sword. It grabbed it and shot it into Akasan's heart, killing him.

Jack laughed. "What was even the point in all that?"

Then he coughed up blood.

"So that's... it."

Jack fell back onto the ground. He quickly clapped his hands together. "Magic Art: Equivalent Exchange."

Jack gasped for a breath of air. He started catching his breath. "You little... so you sacrificed your own life to crush my heart? Well I guess you didn't know about this. I think my spleen was taken this time. I'm gonna run out of organs soon." He started chuckling and got up.

Akasan's body was sitting lifeless in a pool of blood.

Jack had a smile on his face. "I must say. A valiant effort you put up. A valiant one indeed."

--

Allaneir roared. It was the first time Judah and Kawa have seen him show real emotion.

"Iglesia!! Heal me!!!"

The weapon glowed red, and the wound on his chest closed up almost immediately.

Allaneir looked at Judah with a fire in his eyes.

Judah got himself into a stance.

Allaneir moved faster this time, blazing behind Judah in an instant.

Judah's hair started flaring green as it flowed like the wind constantly waved through it. The Lunar Eye turned on.

Judah looked behind him as he quickly flashed his sword in Allaneir's direction.

Allaneir immediately jumped away. ''"His reaction time was... abnormal. He couldn't have known so soon... has he grasped the Sixth Sense already?!" ''

Allaneir's eyes widened as Judah turned to face him. He had the Lunar Eye in his right eye, and his other eye was glowing yellow with Holy Blaze. His body was twice as buff as it was before, and his Judgement Cross was fifteen percent larger.

Kawa's expression lit up. "That's...!"

Allaneir took some steps back. "Body of God... no, no this isn't real!! There's no way that you've achieved that technique in so little time... the last person to master it took a hundred and twenty years just to awaken it!"

Judah left an afterimage behind as he moved behind Allaneir. There was a solid golden aura around his body that was as unwavering as his spirit.

Allaneir quickly whipped around to swing his sword but Judah became another afterimage.

As soon as he realized, Allaneir turned back around to see... nothing. The afterimage behind him turned back into the real Judah as he punched him in the back with a solid fist.

Blood spewed from Allaneir's mouth. ''"Impossible... he's... too fast..." ''

Judah then changed direction while Allaneir was still going up in the air. Granted, Allaneir had only gotten about two inches off of the ground so far, but time seemed to move slower to Judah. He quickly positioned himself in front of Allaneir and swung his cross.

A clean split. No blood was even shed on the cut.

Each half of Allaneir's body glowed the same golden color as the cross until they finally burst into millions of particles.

Judah's hair stopped glowing and he went back to normal. He looked back at Kawa and smiled. "Didn't I tell you?"

Kawa watered at the eyes as she smiled and nodded her head.

Judah looked at the ground. Iglesia was still there. He picked it up. The weapon turned into pure Holy Blaze and went inside of Judah's hand. "Did... Iglesia just, change... ownership?" He looked at his palm. The black cross showed up on his hand. A black snake went up the cross, changing the symbol.

Kawa walked up to him. "It must've chosen you. Most Holy Swords vanish when their owner perishes and don't come back for at least a hundred years."

Judah stood up straight. "Come on. We have to go help Akasan now."

Kawa said nothing.

Judah took one step and fell unconscious.

Kawa caught him before he hit the ground. "Dummy, you're in no condition to help anyone... you already pushed yourself too far."