Without hesitation, Alice clenched her fist as blood mist erupted in the area, nullifying any abyssal abilities that Theron might try to use! Unleashing Void Fang, Alice appeared behind Bella and slashed down! Theron reacted in time, using pure physical power to block her strike. "F*ck off!!! Do you even know what she did to me!? To my friend!?" Alice shouted, twisted her body and unleashed a sequence of kicks. Theron blocked while grabbing Bella by the back of her neck, tossing her towards the guards who rushed towards the area. "You’re not going anywhere!" Alice shouted, snapping her fingers and creating a garden of briar thorns that lunged after Bella. "Calm down! Let’s talk about this!" Theron shouted. He didn’t know why he couldn’t use his abilities right now but he had to keep Bella safe! "Calm!? CALM!? Let’s see you be calm when I RIP OUT HER F*CKING SPINE!" Alice roared, swapping places with Alyss. Theron quickly turned his head to the side, avoiding a devastating strike at the last second but Alyss didn’t stop. As the master of hand to hand combat, she transformed Void Fang into a set of gauntlets and broke Theron’s guard. Gritting his teeth, Theron was pushed back. With no other choice, he prepared to break a blood vial but Alyss was faster! She lunged into his range, kicking the vial from his hand. ’She’s fast!’ Theron creased his brows. Just as he was about to grab her, he felt his body controls invert, causing him to stumble! Before he could react properly, Alyss kneed him in the face following up with a spin kick to slam him into the walls. "My twin’s first f*cking friend, brutally mutated and forced into a battle. And you want her to stay calm? F*ck you." Alyss gritted her teeth, veins bulging on her neck. Sliding forward, she placed her finger against his stomach before forming a first, slamming a wall of energy into his organs. Grabbing her wrist, Theron threw Alyss away while blood seeped from his lips. "Did you think that would be enough?" Alice appeared next to him. Her eyes cold with blood lust. In front of her, a single spark was formed. Theron froze. He recognised this attack. Nova Core, one of Allura’s signature attacks. ’No, that’s not right. This one is a bit different, modified.’ Regardless, he couldn’t allow himself to get hit by that while his abilities were still returning! Theron aimed to poke Alice’s eyes in order to throw off her aim. But unfortunately for him... A portion of Alice’s body transformed into blood! Theron was thrown back as Alice reconstructed her body. Even though she had disabled Abyssal Abilities temporarily, she understood that it wasn’t enough to kill Theron. No, a nine Sigil Lord wouldn’t fall this easily. Not to mention the fact that he was still taking it easy on her. Maybe it’s because of her relationship with Allura but regardless, Bella was dying today! Jumping into the air, Alice activated Vision and scanned the entire estate. "Found you." Alice’s eyes snapped towards a moving figure within the mansion. It’s been a long time but there were still traces of her blood inside Bella. He must’ve used quite a lot of expensive medicine and treatment to keep it contained, preventing the mutation from worsening. But since there was still a little left in her body, tracking her down was easy! And if she wanted to... Alice curved her lips up into a sadistic grin. Snapping her finger, she forcefully established a tether between her and the blood within Bella. She can’t force it to mutate but she can cause Bella a lot of pain! Check latest chapters at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚫𝙣𝙚𝙩 Creating a portal, Alice stepped through and saw Bella writhing on the ground, clutching her throat in pain. Tears gathered in the corner of her eyes as she glared at Alice. "Did you think your husband could save you? Your life is mine." Alice spoke slowly. The guards around Bella tried to attack Alice but what could they possibly hope to do? A lesser version of Void Axis. The prototype she had shown Feris long ago. Alice had made it into an array and all she needed to do was inject energy. And before the guards could even react, a horizontal arc of energy decapitated all of them. Their bodies crumpled next to Bella as she shrieked in horror. She struggled to form words but Alice could tell Bella was telling her to stay away. Despite the pain, she tried her best to crawl away. "If you had behaved yourself, this wouldn’t have happened, you know? Karma works in wondrous ways." Alice smiled. Making a small cut on her finger, she created a thin needle. The most potent blood she could create that wouldn’t kill her immediately. She controlled the dosage as well so that she wouldn’t transform and lose her mind. No, Alice wanted her to suffer. Suffer like Lilia did. When she could barely speak, trapped in that monstrous body. Forced to move against her will for Bella’s enjoyment. Her tears that fell during the final moments when Alice was forced to take her life. Gritting her teeth, Alice felt her throat tighten. Just before she could stab Bella with the needle, Theron smashed through the wall and threw Alice into the air. "Dammit!" Theron gritted his teeth upon seeing the guards dead. All of his abilities are focused solely on killing. So even if his powers are back, it’ll be difficult to restrain Alice with brute strength alone. Especially since it seems like she’s been personally trained by Allura. Suspending herself in the air, Alice brushed her hair back. Her emotions had calmed down a little but there was still this seething rage inside her chest. To kill Bella, she would need to deal with Theron. She didn’t know his full story but it’s clear that he owes her a great deal. "Are you still insistent on keeping your wife safe? You’re a good man. So why must you fall to such a level?" Alice asked, violet flames crackling around Void Fang. "Because without her, I wouldn’t be here. What I owe is the debt of life." Theron smiled bitterly. "And so that justifies you saving her despite all the people she’s killed?" Alice clicked her tongue. Theron couldn’t respond. Indeed, if he had been more focused on her, he might’ve been able to stop these things from happening. That was a mistake on his part. But even so, he couldn’t allow her to kill Bella. "When you said you wanted to see her condition, was it because you could deal with it? If it’s your blood that did this to her, can you remove it?" Theron asked as Alice tightened her grip on her blade. "I don’t want to kill you. Especially if Allura and Gin are acquainted with you. But if you force my hand, I won’t hesitate." Alice glared. Theron felt a slight chill down his spine. This killing intent... It’s hard to think that such blood thirst could come from a delicate looking girl like Alice. Enough to rival the killing intent of his own, proving how big of an issue Bella had caused. "I don’t want to kill you either. I know that this is Bella’s fault. But even so, we can come to a compromise." "Compromise?! COMPROMISE?! How do you make up for the death of my friend huh?! Are you going to turn back time? Bring her back?! Undo what she did to her?!" Alice glared. Spider lilies formed as a singularity spun to life in her eye! Theron felt the threat of death and immediately summoned a sword. Slashing the area around him, he destroyed the invisible sparks that Alice had prepared! "I can’t bring back your friend but I can stop her from doing more in the future." Theron jumped away as a singularity erupted where he stood. Behind him, Alice appeared using Void Step. Hastily parrying the arc of energy, Theron was about to counter when he held himself back. His small hesitation couldn’t escape Alice’s notice. "Holding back? Now? Oh you must feel great being a nine Sigil Lord right? Let’s see if you can keep holding back after this." Injecting energy into the array, Alice lunged forward, weaving between spells and physical attacks from Alyss. Theron was forced on the defensive with wounds starting to stack up. But despite all of that, he still didn’t fight back. Snapping her finger, Alice created a network of portals and unleashed a series of Void Flux – Cleaves after forcing Theron back. Parrying the dangerous ones while ignoring those that would only leave a small mark, Theron could only hope for a prolonged battle. When Alice finally calms down, they can have a conversation. "You really want to force my hand. Fine... Since you’re so insistent on protecting her I’ll kill you both at the same time. Let’s see if you can still block it." Slamming her hand down, an array erupted beneath Alice. Energy converged towards her location as she aimed her hand towards Bella. Her artifacts, her resonance, the entire Abyss injecting energy into Alice’s body. All for a single attack that can bisect the space they reside. Not from a single direction but from the world itself. He couldn’t hesitate anymore. If he did... Gritting his teeth, Theron summoned his unique artifact bestowed by the Abyss. Standing in front of Bella, he swung his blade towards Alice. Within the confines of the estate, two attacks were fired off at the same time.