Abyssal Awakening

Golden flames wreathed around his body as he slammed his fist into the ground, causing the earth to crack and spew forth a hellscape of inferno while his opponent countered using ice.

[Abyss Lord of Inferno: Dion - ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦]

[Abyss Lord of Ice: Sherry - ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦]

\'They\'re both seven Sigil Lords. Lord of Ice seems to be holding back for now.\' Alice thought to herself as the current Second Resonance belonged to the Lord of Inferno.

The Lord of Ice has yet to make a move.

The Lord of Inferno looked as though he was a flaming demon. Lava and flames created the foundation of his body while obsidian armour wrapped around his forearms and shoulders.

He wore a torn and burnt leather jacket and pants with a pair of boots.

On the other hand, the Lord of Ice looked far more composed and relaxed. A simple white suit with a large coat hung off her shoulders and attached using two silver clips. Despite wearing a pair of heels, she didn\'t seem to have any issues with her movement while parts of her body would transform into ice in order to deal with the Lord of Inferno\'s attacks.

\'Dion is going to lose this.\' Alyss concluded while Alice raised an eyebrow.

\'Sherry is not struggling at all. She\'s using the bare minimum needed to deal with Dion\'s attacks. While Dion is aggressive, a lot of his attacks are meaningless and serve only to waste his energy. Its inefficient and he only knows how to keep attacking. Despite his proactiveness, he\'s already lost the initiative in this fight.

Everything is going to Sherry\'s beat and she determines when it should end.\' Alyss explained.

However, Alice didn\'t think so.

Dion may seem reckless and on the back foot right now, but everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. As the Lord of Inferno, Alice believes that he\'s not someone who would go down easily.

She may be biased towards people who belong to Ayr, but either way, Alice was cheering for Dion\'s success.

"Is that all you can do?! Run?!" Dion shouted as the flames around him grew in intensity.

Raising his hands, he grabbed the air in front of him before dragging it down with all his might.

At that moment, the skies turned dark as an array of meteors rained down from the sky, threatening to destroy anything and everything within the vicinity.

With Sherry\'s attention drawn by the rain of destruction, Dion grinned widely and ran forth without care.

"Are you not afraid of being hit by your own attack?" Sherry asked calmly as ice stabbed up from the ground in an attempt to skewer Dion but he simply twisted his body and slammed his foot into the pillar.

The sudden impact of the heat against the ice caused it to bubble from within before exploding. And tearing through this mist, Dion arrived in front of Sherry with his fist pulled back.

There was no need to be afraid of his attack. If he died to it then so be it. It simply means his body wasn\'t strong enough.

Clicking her tongue at this battle maniac in front of her, Sherry took a light step back as a pillar of ice appeared where she was just standing.

*BANG!!!

Shattering the pillar to pieces, Dion jumped up into the air and dodged one of the meteors before activating one of his Sigils.

An array of flames exploded on his back, propelling him forward as he slammed his heel into the meteor, shattering it and causing a show of fire and destruction to rain down upon Sherry.

Feeling as though she\'s put up with his long enough, Sherry narrowed her eyes as she clasped her hands together. An orb of unfiltered frozen energy gathered between her hands as she raised it to her face and gave it a gentle blow towards the apocalypse above.

*KRRR!!!

Everything within the realm was frozen over in an instant and suspended in the space above.

Breathing out a mouthful of cold air, Sherry sighed as the ice began to disappear from her body.

\'Seems like I was right twinnie.\' Alyss chuckled as he prepared to reflect on what she\'s seen so far but Alice simply kept watching.

Finding this a little weird, Alyss turned her attention back to the fight.

*Tzzz….

"!!!"

Widening her eyes, Sherry turned her head towards the source of the sound and saw that the ice around Dion was beginning to melt.

A faint echo of his laugh cough be heard before the ice shattered into countless pieces.

The instant he was released from his prison of ice, the temperature of the realm sky rocketed as Sherry took a step back in shock.

Just by standing in this realm, her skin was beginning to catch on fire.

"Come on! Kill me if you can! Let the fire of my life burn!" Dion screamed out as the realm responded to his passion. Pillars of fire erupted around the area as Sherry was forced to use her first Resonance to survive within this hostile world.

Amour of ice wrapped around her body as a silver silken veil draped in front of her face and hair.

Kicking off the meteor, Dion rushed towards Sherry who created an array of attacks towards him.

Yet the moment these attacks reached his vicinity, they were evaporated in an instant! A swirling inferno danced around Dion as he rushed forth without care.

He is an unstoppable force, ready to eradicate anything and everything.

Seeing this, Sherry gritted her teeth before resolving herself.

Jumping back, an array manifested behind her as Sigils began to appear across her body.

Second Resonance!

With a single flash of white, a wave of frozen energy pulsed out in an instant. At that moment, within this world of white that clashed with the inferno, only silent remained.

A wave of cold mist that froze even the air they breathed!

Landing on the ground softly, Sherry collapsed on her knee as her Second Resonance was unstable. A personal domain capable of freezing even the Abyssal Energy that flowed through their bodies in order to activate their abilities.

For her opponent, this was an instant death. But for her? It was just as dangerous. The backlash of activating her Second Resonance was one that threatened to pull her into death\'s embrace.

She could hear the beating of her heart slowing down as she laid in the blanket of snow. How quickly the senses leave the body upon being assaulted by the unrelenting cold air that belonged to her Second Resonance.

Her personal hell.

Her eyelids grew heavy and her mind hazy.

*Ba-dum…

Sherry\'s vision began to blur but she managed to gather what remained of her strength to look up.

*Ba-dum…. Ba-dum….

\'Impossible.\'

That\'s what Sherry wanted to say yet no words left her mouth.

Within the frozen confines where even the Abyss cannot help him, a pulse of glowing hot crimson began to spread from his chest.

*Ba-dum! Ba-dum! Ba-dum!

In this world of white, Dion\'s fire refused to get extinguished as his heart pounded against his chest. The flames across his body reignited in tandem with his heart beat and at that moment, his eyes locked onto Sherry.

"!!!"

Fear invaded her heart as she wanted to push this demon away from her, but her ice could not reach him.

Taking a step forward, the ice shattered from his body as blood poured from his wounds. Yet the flames around him evaporated this blood just as quickly as it appeared.

Taking a punching stance, Dion grinned towards Sherry.

His idol and target, the Executioner, would not be put down by such an attack. She would break through with everything she\'s got in one focused strike using everything she\'s got!

The air around him began to crackle and pop as the air around him warped from the heat. The flames that make up his body slowed down until they disappeared. Yet the temperature continued to grow.

The ground beneath him bubbled and steam coiled around him from the airflow.

Ignition!

With a single spark, his entire body erupted with a roaring flame manifesting into the shape of a malevolent demon.

*BANG!!!!

Neither Alice nor Alyss could see Dion\'s movement as he disappeared from their view, reappearing in front of Sherry with his fist inches away from her chest.

An eruption of power first forth as the entire world was basked in surging hot fire and Sherry was no exception. As the target of the attack, flames clawed away at her body while Dion\'s arm was charred by his attack.

As the flames faded away from his arm, it broke into countless cinders while he collapsed on one knee. The boundaries of his person realm disappearing as the flames faded from his body.

Returning back to his usual form, he collapsed on the floor with a smile on his face.

The Abyss Lord of Ice- Eliminated.

With Dion managing to turn the tides using one final attack with everything he\'s got, Alice turned to Alyss with a smug grin.

*PUCHI!!!

Feeling as though a vein was about to pop, Alyss clicked her tongue, crossed her arms and looked away in annoyance.

Of course, she managed to understand and \'replicate\' a few things that she saw during the fight. But there was two that stood out to her.

First, was Dion\'s overwhelming vitality. The way the fire acted as a medium to replenish Dion\'s lifeforce after the last attack was something Alyss wanted to replicate for Alice.

If she could find a way to do this, they\'ll have another safety net for when Alice runs into strong opponents.

But the second was something Alyss wasn\'t sure if she should divulge or not. An all out attack in a split second, mustering all of the energy within the body and amassing lifeforce for a single explosive strike.

Replicating it wasn\'t hard for Alyss. In fact, she could even make it stronger through the connections tied to her spiritual heart. But Alice would not be able to withstand that. And for her, Alice took priority.

If she had to give this attack a name, there could only be one.

Berserker\'s Gambit.