With a fierce look in his eyes, Iancu says, "Split apart your fucking gremlin!"
From a rooftop, Iancu holds up his hands, and soon spirals of blood burst out of the giant orb and head towards his army of puppet smashing right through their chests, then moving towards Skrie, who with his tiny and nimble body, dodges them all.
"I see why your soldiers were so weak, you gave all of your enhancements to that Blestadrac, allowing him to control a 4th seats level of blood, rather insane. But with how strong I am now don't think that will be enough to stop me."
He starts smashing his tails against the ground, and says, "Pawn weapon 2."
Soon, the standard puppets appear holding bows in their hands, then forming their fingers into arrows, they shoot them forward towards Iancu, who quickly moves blood down to form a shield, yet he only manages to move enough down to block half of the arrow getting hit by the others.
With an impish and annoying voice, Skrie says, "Oh, what is this? Is the little son of the genius, the beloved half-blooded Blestadrac, not able to control such large amounts of blood on his first try? I guess having good genes doesn't mean you have talent."
"Oh shut your mouth, you disgusting little rat. It will make it less embarrassing when I end up stamping on your face."
Iancu activates his legacy, holds his hand out, moves his fingers downwards, and the gravity soon follows, holding Skrie's body in one place.
"Enough! The wrath of all those whose blood has been spilt today, you rotting piece of trash."
The spiral head towards Skrie, and with all the force he can muster, he quickly raises one of his tails up and taps it against the ground, making it cave in on itself, sending him underground.
Iancu soon sends the blood underground as well, then says, "Did I get him?"
Yet all around him, more puppets appear holding swords, bows, spears, axes, daggers, hammers, and shields, along with some that have larger fists. He quickly releases control of all the blood near Skrie and then forcefully sends some blood from it down towards them all while using the gravity of his legacy to increase their descent, hitting the targets before they can strike him back.
But from the ground, the tail hands grab Iancu's legs and pull him down through the building until they reach the living room, where Iancu's body is smashed down, before Skrie slams his fists right into his chest.
He places his tail on Iancu's neck, arms and legs, then says, "You've got to be trickier than that if you want to survive on the battlefield, but I guess you never had to learn that being the spoiled brat of one of our country's modern heroes. Your father has all these accomplishments, yet he can't raise a better child. I bet he is secretly an awful bitch, who stole all his accomplishments from others in Elpída, I guess that is why whatever dog he impregnated isn't here with him."
Fighting through his grip, Iancu raises his head and says, "SAY THAT AGAIN!"
But he is pushed back down, then with a whimsical tone, Skrie says, "3, 2, 1." And soon a massive amount of blood falls from the sky onto the both of them. Iancu's eyes open wide in shock, and Skrie says, "Blood is controlled through mental fortitude by the Blestadrac when it comes in contact with their own. Someone who gets annoyed easily, like you, is just an easy target. Mental domination is just as important when it comes to combat, you brat. That rhymed, it really must be a good day for me."
"How are you still so sane? The rest of the Nightmares who have been affected by this have been nothing more than rampaging monsters."
Instantly, he brings his face close to Iancu's and says, "You want to know? You really want to know? It's because this only allows one to act on their most basic desires in distilled form. Protect, attack, run, release. When people have had their curses changed to such an extent, the strongest and most basic emotion in their souls at the given time is all that remains. And for me, I have always been a rather simple guy. Be selfish, the very principle I have lived my entire life up until this point coveting, SO NOTHING CHANGED! Now I get to live my life however I feel, just with more power to do so."
"You'd do all of this for such a stupid reason. What kind of stupidity is this?"
"You know what's stupid? The fact that some people like you pretend that you live in the same world as I do. You've got a handsome face and a strong curse thanks to being Blestadrac. A successful father, a group of handsome friends, a legacy, even human blood flowing within you, all for the great achievement of existing. While I had to train all the time to get my curse to even function, while being a little gross midget, that woman confuse for a demonic child, all the while pretending to be nice for platitude until they learn others don't like me. Blestemate likes to spread this fantastical lie that we are somehow better, or more moral than others, but if you think choosing not to murder someone because they were born makes you a good person or not, you're already too far gone. The fact of the matter is that the people of this country love hierarchies, as everyone does. The ability to put another down while deeming them evil and raising yourself up is the most coveted mental luxury that people seek, and those who deny it are the people who want it the most. So I seek it, I seek the strength of Blamator which will place me at the top of Blestemate, I seek the their ideology because it will let me dominate humans, I ruin the country to feel the strength of ending a multi-millennia legacy, I slaughter their enemies so I can take their wives and daughters as my toys, I laugh knowing that a world were all my pleasures flow constantly as those beneath me beg for my favour is soon coming, and I love it more than anything else this world for me."
A smile appears on Iancu's face, causing Skrie to smash his fist into it and say, "Don't think I plan on letting a luckily handsome bastard like you survive till the new world order. Cry at the loss of all the slaves that will never please you."
Iancu spits in his face and says, "That's not what's making me happy, you sex pest. It's just that I was feeling bad thinking all you Blamator guys are getting yourselves killed and starting a pointless war due to a different ideology; on some level, I felt bad that it even had to reach this point. But with a tiny little goblin like you, I don't even have to think twice before crushing you into the ground!"
Iancu activates his legacy and robs the area around them of gravity, lifting them both up into the sky, before increasing it and slamming his bloody into the ground.
This makes a bit of his skin break, and blood flies from it to the pools of blood surrounding them, granting him control over it. And he quickly reshapes it into a lance and sends it flying toward Skrie, knocking him off.
Standing up, he quickly cuts his finger and throws fragments of his blood into the large pools all around him, granting him control over it all, and quickly he forms a curved blade of blood around his arm, then activates his legacy on it as he sends the rest of the blood flying towards Skrie.
Like a monkey in a forest, Skrie uses his tails to jump around the inside of the house, evading all the attacks while slamming them against the ground, and says, "Come, my rook!"
A giant puppet similar to the one that attacked Suzuka forms in the middle of the house, blowing it up and away, pushing Iancu outside as Skrie climbs onto the top of it. He smashes his tails against it and says, "Weapon type 2." The rook giant's fists turn into giant shields and guard its front completely.
Iancu rushes forward and jumps upwards, gathering all of his blood into the blade, forming a giant one and then swings it downwards as he increases gravity, and shouts, "TIME TO DI-. Just kidding."
The blood instantly dissipates, and Skrie stares at him with confusion, right before the back of the rook explodes completely collapsing it, and turning his head around, he sees Suzuka's fist slamming into it, and soon the force of gravity sends him down towards he were she winds up her fist.
She moves to slam it into his body, but Skrie cuts off one of his tails and uses it as a shield, stopping Suzuka from making direct contact with him and just blasting him off into a house in the distance.
Landing Iancu runs over to her and says, "Were you able to get him?"
"No. He was able to counter in time; his curse is still functioning at full power."
"Then let's end this."
"Right."
"AS IF YOU COULD!" Skrie walks out of the rubble with blood gushing from his tail and rage embedded across his face. "You really think you're all that? You think you're so great that you can just step on me without facing the consequences! But understand you have made an enemy of someone you never should have. I am going to string your stupid anathematised face across the ground and make that girl stare into it as I have her as my own!"
Iancu gathers blood into a blade, and Skrie hands against the ground repeatedly. Then says, "Bishops, and Queen!"
Soon, a feminine puppet with wings as large as Cyrus manifests, holding a large hammer, as two priestly puppets form beside it, one with a staff, and the other with a whip.
Φ At least judging from the name, it looks like the Queen would be the strongest one he got, and I can only hope that one is the maximum he can create, but judging from the multiple Knights he made eariler it might not be that simple. Still with Suzuka beside me, I am sure we can set up another assault.
I quickly blink as I prepare to charge forward, and as my eyes open, I see the hammer of the Queen inches away from my face. Suzuka, using her tail, pulls my head downwards, and quickly punches the Queen away, following after it.
I take a quick breath, trying to regain myself, but the Bishops leave me no time to recover. The whip swings near me as the one with the staff charges in close to strike me.
They both fight in perfect unison, with the bishop holding the staff effortly moving in a way that guarantees the whip will never hit him. Feeling the pressure from the strikes, I activate my legacy on and increase the gravity on the one with a staff, halting its movements, before lunging forward towards the one holding a whip, then extending my blade of blood and serve it in two before turning around and doing the same to the one behind me.
Yet in that moment, I hear the crackling of two more whips move towards my head, and lower it before hopping to the side to stop an arrow from flying down towards my skull. Then, turning my head all around, I see a large number of puppets all across the area, but worse than that, I see the puppet holding people in their hands.
Skrie burst out in laughter and says, "Now the real fun shall begin!"