(Intermission) Destined Lovers or Enemies - Chapter 3: Zeth vs Sasha – The Battle to the Death Begins!

Chapter 3: Zeth vs Sasha – The Battle to the Death Begins!

Zeth and Sasha face off on the battlefield.

"Your sadistic smile is creeping me out," Zeth says, narrowing his eyes.

"Good," Sasha replies with a sadistic grin. "It will be the last thing you see."

She looks up at the sky and begins laughing with sadistic desire.

Zeth thinks to himself. "I have to take her out!" He charges forward, ready to start the fight.

He swings a punch, but Sasha leans back, narrowly dodging it. In the same motion, she delivers an upward kick into Zeth’s gut, launching him into the air. She leaps to follow up, but Zeth grabs her by the arm mid-air.

Screaming with ferocity, he throws her to the ground. The impact is so intense that it creates a small crater. As he descends, Zeth hurls a Star Shine Blast at her, but Sasha scrambles up and leaps out of the way just in time.

However, she isn’t fast enough to avoid Zeth’s follow-up. He lands a punch to her face. Sasha grins as she strikes back with a punch of her own to Zeth’s face. Her punch lands near his lip and knocks out some blood from it.

Zeth strikes next with a powerful kick, sending Sasha crashing into a tree, which topples from the force. He immediately forms a Star Shins Blast and releases it in Sasha’s direction.

Sasha rolls to the side to dodge the Star Shine Blast. She grabs the fallen tree and charges at Zeth, carrying it easily. Zeth quickly hurls a pair of Star Shards that slice through the trunk, splitting it into two halves.

However, Sasha still slams the lower half into Zeth, even as he kicks the upper half into her. Both are knocked backward after being struck by their respective halves. The sheer impact splinters the tree into small fragments.

Zeth groans and rubs his face as he pushes himself up, only to spot seven Hellhounds closing in on him. His eyes widen in panic. He forms Star Shards in his hands, but two Hellhounds lunge and bite down onto his arms. A third leaps and clamps down on his neck, bringing him to the ground.

He winces in pain as they continue to tear into him.

Then, his eyes narrow, and his pupils focus with rage.

“Get off, you beasts!!” Zeth yells.

Zeth activates Raging Star Mode, his raging aura tearing into the faces of the Hellhounds. Due to the pain, they release him.

Zeth kicks away the one latched onto his neck and punches off the others that were biting into his arms.

He throws his Star Shards at the four remaining Hellhounds. He quickly stands up, but all of a sudden, he feels extreme pain in his back that expands to his abdomen. The tip of a black magic spear sticks out of the new hole in his abdomen.

“Gaah!!” Zeth screams in pain, followed by coughing up some blood.

Sasha grins from behind, walking slowly toward his front. She twirls a second Dark Spear and shoves it into the ground while attaching it to the first Dark Spear. Zeth is now locked in place.

"I got you right where I want you, my prey," Sasha says, licking the blood off her fingers.

Zeth grits his teeth as sweat drips down his face.

Sasha raises her fingers to his Raging Aura, which immediately starts slicing her skin. She looks at the new wound with an almost fascinated look.

"Why don’t you remove that aggressive aura so we can make the carving so much easier?" Sasha suggests.

"Not a chance!" Zeth yells in reply.

"Very well," Sasha murmurs, stepping back to prepare her next attack.

She flicks her hand, sending rapid-fire small red orbs straight at him. They all detonate on impact, engulfing Zeth in flames.

Sasha smirks. "Maybe my Hell Bombs will teach you to be more cooperative.”

However, her expression soon turns to shock as the smoke clears.

Zeth emerges, barely damaged. His aura is still raging, but now it is blue. He has activated Raging Impact Mode and did so just before the attacks hit him to increase his defense. The Dark Spears are also gone now.

Now free, Zeth rushes toward Sasha and activates Raging Star Mode again on the way.

Zeth punches Sasha hard. He then follows with a Star Shine Uppercut, striking her chin and launching her upward. As she ascends, Zeth forms a basketball-sized, dark red-tinted ball of energy in his hands.

He hurls the sphere upward and shouts, "Star Burst!"

The ball of energy bursts mid-air, scattering miniature shooting stars in every direction.

Zeth smirks as Sasha takes a lot of hits from the shooting stars, all of which deal some damage to her.

Wounded and bleeding, Sasha falls back down. Her sadistic desire does not falter.

"Come out! Hell Serpent! Hell Rex!" she shouts as she falls.

A massive Hell Serpent and monstrous Hell Rex emerge from magic circles on the ground as she lands. Both Hell creatures tower over Zeth and stare down at him with hungry glares.

Zeth exhales and stares at Sasha with determination. "I see you brought out the ‘big’ guns."

Sasha rises to her feet. Her skin turns a pale gray. Her teeth become sharp. Her ears become point. A black devil tail grows out. Her hands become claw-like. Her Dark Divine Eyes become slightly narrower to become fiercer than ever.

She has entered her True Demonic Release form.

She stares at Zeth with an even more sadistic smile. "Things are getting interesting. You certainly are shaping up to be my most fun prey to catch."

Narrator: Zeth and Sasha have begun their battle to the death! The thrill of their battle stirs Sasha’s sadistic desires even higher!

Chapter 3 END

To be Continued in DLoE – Chapter 4: The Death Battle Escalates