Chapter 25-JOURNY OF AZUBAH AND SURA

After Zucifer vanished with Nyxiel, in Hell's Void, Azubah and Sura continued their training for two days in the normal world and Azubah and Sura have grown in huge form in age, Azubah who was 3.5 billion years old is now 3.5003 billion years and Sura who was 500 years old is now 346.1 thousand years old. Their training continued as one of brutality and none rest.

Azubah looks behind him as Sura walks a mere distance behind him, she turns her attention towards him.

Azubah: "We've spend about two days in here in the real world and you still can't open your eyes?"

Sura (she softly smiles as she places her forehead on Azubah's chest.): "I don't really think my eyes can open for some time."

Azubah (he hugs her and smiles.): "It's okay, as long as I have you I'm fine."

Sura (she warmly and hugs him back.): "By the way, are you going to contact your brothers?"

Azubah (his expression changes.): "I'm not their brother, even if Lucifer treats me as his own I'll never be a Morningstar."

Sura (she cups his cheeks with both of her hands.): "My general. No matter what you think, they'll always accept you for who you are."

Azubah: "Even so, I still don't think I am worthy of standing next to them. I mean my magical power isn't enough to even stand against does Ten Commandments punks."

Sura: "Well, I know that by now your power has increased from when we entered. So are you going to tell them about your mother and sisters?"

Azubah: "I think so, right up until now I haven't sensed Mav's shadow. Maybe they are busy or something. I mean we grow up knowing that they are dead, killed by the angels."

Sura: "Even so you'll have to tell them."

Azubah: "I'll tell them, after I've reached my peak."

Sura smiles and gently kisses Azubah on his lips and turned back. Just as they are about to continue their journey, a massive long creature burst out of the sand and attacks them. Azubah notices it and grabs Sura and jumps out of the way. As it crashes and lands inside the sand.

Sura ( she grabs Azubah hardly.): "What's that thing?"

Azubah: "That's Hell's Void worm called Null worm. It can erase anyone it eats from history itself, so make sure it doesn't eat you."

Sura (she takes out two of her poisonous needle blades.): "I'm gonna need more than that information to counterattack that thing."

Azubah (he summons his scythe and grabs it as he rushes to the hole the worm made.): "You don't have to worry about the rest, just avoid getting eaten my elf."

Azubah jumps straight deep inside the hole, before he could land a massive head pushes him flying outside the hole and he lands on his back. He groans, trying to get himself up, then a massive shadow covers him. He looks up and see the worm charging down towards him, without thinking he jumps straight towards it, with mere inches way from being swallowed, he dodges to the right side and summons his scythe and stabs the worm. But the penetration fails and he looks at it shocked.

He looks closely and sees the worm covered in brown iron scales, he pushes himself away from it and lands near Sura.

Azubah (he breathes heavily.): "This doesn't look good."

Sura: "What is it?"

Azubah: "The worm has iron scales on it, it's gonna take a while to kill it."

Sura: "If that's the case, why don't we break it's will of fire?"

Azubah (he looks at her surprised.): "Like it's soul? That could be tough. Fine, then how should we do that?"

Sura (she softly smiles.): "Let's begging and I'll show you."

Just as they are about to discuss the plan, the worm raises from the sand beneath them. Azubah and Sura jump as the worm appears under the sand. As part of the worm's body flows in the air, Azubah and Sura exchange a knowing nod and they charge and the worms head, Azubah throws his scythe and it stabs its head. The worm screams in pain, the sound echoing through the void, making Azubah grab the scythe and drag the worm to the ground.

Sura rushes at the fallen worm and rapidly stabs the worm, leaving poison with each strike. The worm raises and makes a massive sand storm that swallows both Azubah and Sura. The worm charges straight towards Sura, but she avoids it and lands on top of it's back. Azubah senses her and rushes towards her. As he is about to jump and land near her, a massive tail hits him and he is sent flying and crashes on some boulders, making him cough out blood.

Azubah (he groans as he tries to get up.): "This ain't gonna be easy, the null worm is more stronger than I thought."

Azubah slowly gets up and tries to see where it disappeared to, right before he could move, he hears Sura's voice telling him to move out the way behind him. Then the null worm appears and crashes the boulders in it way and swallows Azubah whole. He wakes up in an empty space, he turns around to look at what's going on. Before he could move, he hears Sura's scream in pain outside the worm's stomach and which makes him angry. He starts to cut through the worm's inner body, with every strike he can hear Sura's scream of pain. Without thinking Azubah roars and a massive aura gray light shots out of the null worm's inner body,and Azubah's physique becomes lean, sharp, and imposing as an ash-gray shadowy liquid smoke jackal shroud manifest over his shoulders, and his burn with shadowy liquid smoke cold blue underworld flames eyes and thick, dark whisker lines grow across both his cheeks with ash-gray shadowy liquid smoke jackal ears and tail manifest. His Cursed Bone Scythe transforms into a massive, heavily-bladed polearm made from the calcified remains of ancient cosmic entities, crackling with anti-holy energy.

With a final strike, he cuts open the inner flesh of the null worm, blood sprays out as Sura backs away. Azubah walks out of the cut, hiss body filled with blood. He looks at Sura's fallen position and runs to her and hugs her waist.

Azubah (he hugs her waist tightly while tears fall out of his eyes.): "My elf, I'm sorry you had to cry."

Sura (she's startled by Azubah's embrace and then hugs him.): "I assure you my safety is alright."

Sura's hand accidentally touches Azubah's jackal ear and it twitches. Azubah looks at her surprised and touches his ear, then he screams in surprise.

Azubah: "What the heck? What happend to my ears? AND WHY DO I HAVE FANGS AND A TAIL!!?"

Sura smiles and stands up, as she brushes the void sand off of her maiden clothes.

Azubah: "Everything is like I'm a jackal, what is this?"

As he struggles to understand his new transformation, his beast mark on his right side of his neck glows ash-gray shadowy liquid smoke of a jackal's face. He looks at it and his expression turns to one of surprise.

Sura: (she notices Azubah's quietness.): "What seems to be the matter my general?"

Azubah: "My beast mark, it's glowing."

Sura: "Does that mean your beast marks powers have unlocked?"

Azubah: "That could explain alot. And it seems I didn't just change appearance, my power has risen roughly."

Sura: "That's impressive."

Just as they are talking, in a distance the void sand starts to tremble and sink in the ground. After the sand shake, massive null sand worms are charging towards them. Azubah holds his scythe and then places it in his shoulder, Sura stands next to Azubah.

Azubah (he looks at her and smiles.): "You can handle them right?"

Sura (she nods and takes out her needle blades.): "I'll take care of myself, my general."

Without hesitating, they both charged at the sand worms and continued their training. While elsewhere, a mysterious figure is watching them on a crystal orb, observing their fight. The figure sits calmly on its bone throne chair, it's aura evaporating in the air, the skull on its face clearly white as its eyes pure black, holding a three headed puppy.

???: "Interesting, so you are their child, Azubah the undead prince. It's a matter of time until we meet, my son."

The puppy barks in excitement as it looks in at Azubah on the orb.