We began to start punching each other, a fistfight, and we were winning. Ren broke that cycle by using his demon ability and throwing a large rock at me. I didn't dodge it, and the rock almost hit me, but I kicked off it and regrouped with Sasha and Lance.

Lance was still in a state of shock because Ren appeared as Dyne before him. I wondered why, before I grabbed Lance's shoulders and began to shake him. That didn't work, so I instead slapped Lance's right cheek, and he snapped out of it.

"It's an illusion! Dyne is not there! This guys soul ability is to appear as the last person you were angry with; I believe that Sasha is seeing him as a man known as Adlif,"

"What do you see him as?"

"You, but he's a demon so summon your incarnate weapon!"

"Got it!"

Sasha heard my speech and blood began to flow out of a ring on her ring finger. The blood flowed backwards, crystallizing into a massive red sickle appendage that was connected to her ring finger.

I summoned my chains again, slightly bending over, so the three on my back are visible. My chains grew and began to attack Ren, while Sasha and Lance rushed towards him. I quickly joined in the fight by throwing three icicles at Ren and quickly punching him again.

Even for the three of us, Ren was still on top, although we didn't give up just yet. Using my chains, I restricted his arms and leg movements, while Sasha and Lance went in for the attack.

I looked back and saw that they were standing still in an attacking position. I tried to move, but I couldn't move. I felt my chains move away before getting kicked in a back by Ren. He held my head and whispered something in my ear.

"Do you think you're the only one that grew stronger?"

"At least I know all of your old moves."

Ren's hand went through me as my chains batted him, releasing his grasp of everyone. I looked at Sasha's eyes, and we both thought the same thing.

"Lance, Sasha and I need to turn into our different forms, stall for us,"

"Got it." He replied.

Lance focused on Ren, and his rapier point began to turn white. He rushed towards Ren, his blade leaving a white afterimage of his arm and weapon. I was in amazement, but not for long, my head began to split again, and I was back in the soul world.

My body was back to it being split into triples, but I noticed something. I could now clearly see which shape was which. My Antral body was visible and different than my Antrite body. I focused on my demon side, and with a small blackout, I was in my demon body in Antrite.

I summoned my chains again and began to attack with Lance against Ren. Soon after, Sasha, who was now Sashal, began to raid with us. Ren was starting to struggle, as he used his ability which I was scared of.

Ren pushed back off Lance's sword and put his right hand on the ground. A massive golem created of rock began to erupt out of the earth. The only thing that scared me, the ability of a puppeteer, Ren only used it once against me, and never again. I was about to warn Sashal and Lance, but it was already too late.

I jumped in the air and made myself untouchable, but I was still hit. I flew and hit hard against a nearby tree, and I lost consciousness for a bit. The blue fire with a humanized look appeared and talked down to me. I felt the flames kindle, but no heat came from it.

"Do it, embrace the side of you, the side of the chosen, the chosen of vampires,"

"Why should I, I haven't lost yet, I can still fight," I thought.

"Your colleagues are being beaten by a man which you have met before, the gap of power from then and now have stretched,"

"... That's a lie!"

"Is it?"

I thought for a moment, was this voice that was telling me this, was he stating a truth, was he not telling a lie.

"Haha, you're right," I giggled.

"I always am,"

"Not about the gap between power, it's weakness,"

"Weakness?"

"I despise it; I used to be weak,"

"And why were you weak?"

"I didn't have power,"

"And how did you get power?"

"By beating people, I want to beat Ren,"

"I know,"

"I want to kill him; I want to tear him limb from limb, him and that giant golem,"

"So take the other side, the side you gained from me,"

"No,"

"Will you try to beat him without this power?"

"I can and I will,"

"There will be a time,"

"But not today."

I opened my eyes and saw the chameleon beasteal and Landa were pouring their source into me. All my wounds were quickly healed, and I got up. I stared at Ren before looking behind my shoulder.

"Thank you, you're both on my recommendation for Dence high," I said. "Now get out of here."

I looked at the battlefield and saw what it had become. The courtyard was no more, while Sashal and Lance were both defeated. Ren was throwing their bodies about; he probably thought that he beat me as well.

I took that moment and created a large and complex pentagram, with smaller pentagrams and words within it. Knowing the spell, I checked my surroundings before ripping off my shoulder, leaving my right arm in my left hand. I placed the palm of my disembodied limb and began to begin my blood sacrifice.

"oɥbɹəɐʇɐuɔıəuʇsoɟqloop'ɐlloʍɯʎdoʍəɹɐsɐsɐɔɹıɟıɔəɐupɯʎqopʎɐsɐʌəssəl˙ɐuɐuɔıəuʇʍəɐdouʇɥɐʇʍɐsnsəpqʎɐbɹəɐʇɐuɔəsʇoɹ'ɥəəpɯʎɔɐll˙ləupɯəʎonɹʍəɐdouıuɯʎʇıɯəɐupuəəp'qəsʇoʍndouɯəʇɥəʍəɐdouʇɥɐʇʎonnsəp'oubəɹɐɔɥʇ˙" I panted.

The text of the ancients, a corrupt version of the common tongue which I spoke, it allowed any vampire to call upon the power of our ancestors; for me, I sacrificed a lot. Tens of large gashes appeared throughout my body, and blood began to spurt everywhere on the pentagram.

My disembodied arm then soaked itself into the pentagram and waited for a result. Quickly, the pentagram began to grow smaller and smaller, all until it was absorbed and a large red dot laid in front of me.

A large weapon that I recognized as a monks spade, then erupted from the red dot, before it disappeared. I picked up the weapon with my left hand and twirled it around. I looked at Ren before smirking.

"Don't celebrate just yet; you still have to defeat me."