Raven hated to admit it, but the daemons were actually good foes, rather he hated the fact that they could propose a proper challange to him.
He had already gaged that their raw power wasn't much greater then your average ultimate class being. So nothing he couldn't easily exterminate, however their combat ability was truly monstrous. They're ability to fight in sync, perhaps they were even a hive mind.
While he could easily just use a single blast to end them, the power needed to do such a thing truly annoyed him, and for a moment his bloodlust permeated the area, unfettered and unbound, but he quickly sealed it back up.
No need for too much chaos.
After all, he didn't want to disturb Rose's fun at the arena, so with a sigh he blurred forward and slammed a hand into the the side of one of them and ripped out some form of organ and casually tossed it aside as he blitzed out the way of the hands that went to grab him.
"Sorry, but I believe in consent to touch. You could try asking kindly and maybe I'll consider it." Raven snarked as the daemons screeched at him, the sound momentarily rattling his brain as it tried to translate it, but failed to do so.
A shield sundered sprang up in front of him as a blast of energy from seven different angles shot at him, each one harmlessly splashing off the shield as three spears were suddenly aiming to pierce him.
"Not bad." Raven mused as he blinked away as two of the daemons impaled themselves into the third one.
"But, you are getting rather boring I must say." Raven frowned as he titled his head to the side before suddenly blinking away again as a muscled hand just passed by where his head was.
"Oops." Raven realized he had completely forgotten about the summoning circle as he stared at the large new daemon before him, this one radiated much more power, but above all, was the intelligence he felt staring at him from the gem like eye.
"Aren't you an interesting creature." Raven mused as he casually back handed one of the lesser daemons away from him as they attacked.
"M̷̧̹̘̎̊̉̕ͅö̸̗̖̠͉́͆̑̈r̴̜͚͊ṱ̸̥͕̃͜a̸͇̩̓l̸͖͗̆͝ ̵̰̦̮̫̥̔̐̆̂̕y̴͚̍o̵̫̱͕̥̊̂ű̵̡̻͓̦̭ ̵̗͂d̴̮͕̎̿ͅa̴̺̰͇̻̎r̵̙̫͙͛͊͗̋͜e̸̡͔̝͂̑̒̿ ̵͍̺̀́͒́̌i̴̛̛͙͈̘̖͆n̵̫͛̕ţ̸͈̥̌̏è̴̜͖r̸̢͕̤̄͗̆̊̎ḟ̵͇͉̿ĕ̶̛̖͑͐͘ŕ̵̥̼͈̼̈́̾̍͠ë̶̛̦́̈ ̵̦̹̎i̷̡͔̓͜n̶͙̳͎̐̄ ̸͓̃͆͗̚͠t̴̳͑͋̏̉͘h̴̙̮̳̱͐͗̌̓̂ͅe̴̛͇͔͐͝ ̸͉̠̲̩͗͆͌͘͜͝b̴̛̭̯̹͎̐͝u̸̹͙͕̹͈͑s̶͙̮̗͔̗͒̍̕͘ȉ̵̡̤̺̜̠͌́ṅ̴̞́͒̎̑e̸̳͇͑́͌̾̕s̷̡̨̪̱͙͛̑̈́s̶̞̣̘̃ ̸̼̀̍͠o̸̧̲͕͖͊̑f̴̛̘̰͕̤̞ ̶̭̋͛͐̀̓y̷͔̰̹̓̊̍ö̵̩͇̱̩̳̅̈́̍̎u̴͈̬͒ŕ̶̲̼̮͍ ̵̥̼̰͓̑̍͛b̸̢̠̌ȅ̵̡͙̟̩̒t̶̝̦̯̐̿̀̚t̶͔̓̄̋̉̎ẹ̴̡̱͈͚͊͗̿̏͠ȑ̷͎̜̻̟̃͘s̶̨͚̋͐̍̑̚?̷̞͖̎͑"̵̤̼̞̤̔̾̒̈́ͅ ̶̛̻͍̪̥̥͆̍͐́
Raven clutched his head momentarily in pain as the language of the daemon set his brain on fire, no, better to say it almost liquified his brain attempting to understand it.
"M̴͓̫̯̓̌̀̒̋̈́o̷̖̩̺̮̐̄̂͜s̵̯͕͔̤͐̂̈́͗t̶̨̳̘̆͗̋̔͒͜ ̷͍̻̃̓͒i̷͚̔̈́̊m̷̨̠͓̮̮̳̌̏̍̀̏͝p̸͙̱̦͒̈͝ŗ̵̫̳̐̾e̶̫͋̽̈́͊͗s̴̢̛̳̼̣͍̖͗́͊̕͝s̶̯̣̑̑̚ȉ̷̜̩̯̥̣̦̓͒͋̿͒v̶͖̻͕̫̆̚ȩ̵̅ ̴̓̽͛͐̒͜͝m̴͍̯̝̽̊ỏ̴̭̗̅͜͜r̵̨̯̗̠͚͔͛t̵͉͈̻̪͕͑̇͜ä̶͍̹͈́̑̀́̕͘l̷͚̰̺͒͆̌̈́,̶̡̛̘͍̥̔͑͋ ̴̲̯̬͚̽̓ỷ̶̡̛̮̟̺͘͜ǒ̶͇̻̘̎̔͠ứ̸̝͖̙ͅ ̴͎̓s̸͔͛͗t̴̢̤͚̯̼̎̌͜í̷̞͉͕̹̔̊̊͝͝l̶̝͙͗͝͠l̵̛͈̣͈̝͐ ̸̣͕͑͑̎̓͘ͅl̸̢̢͈͍͖̻̎͂́i̵̧̮͎̖̦̋͆̋͌͋͝ṿ̸͍̬͖͠ȩ̴͈̖̍̂̍ ̸̨̨̼͖̦͚̿͌̓á̷̻̳͖̯͒͂̑͝f̷̠̩̬̗̆̅̍̐̄̕t̷͉̙̞̓̇͆̋̒͑ȩ̵͎̦̪͉̳̓͒r̵͖̪̹͓̺̥͠͠ ̸̛̮̫̘́͘u̷̧̖̪̖͐̐n̶̛̰͙̲̩̜̈͆͂ḍ̷̡̰͒ȇ̵̙̜͉͇̹r̸̝̭̼̍̓̓̃́s̷̫͙̤̹̖̋͛͜͝t̴̛̜̩̜̥̪̖̅́͛ȁ̷̰̃̈́ņ̷̱̤͕͚̏̋d̶̦̳͚͆̉̇̀̽́i̷̫̥̰̜̭͒͛̏̍n̴͉̤͓͉͗͆g̶̺͖̗̓̚ ̶̧̫̦͚̩̊́o̷̢̥̘̤͎̐̐̃͝u̶̗͔̳̙̬͕̍ṟ̶̥̩̀͊̽ ̵̦̠̜̖͒̓͐̅͑t̵̲̙̰̮͕͒o̵̞̬̳͍̅ṉ̸̢̋̆͐͝g̴̲̠̲̃̈̔ͅư̷̡͚̦͊̆̒̕ë̴͎̱͇́́̓̊.̷̢̣̫̞̲̅"̶̨̳̠̜͛̈́̐͒̕͝ ̸̧̨͈̪̘͕̓̿͊̔̆̽ ̸͉͖̈́̊͛͘͜
Raven felt he did a bit better this time as he focused on comprehending the language by forcing his brain to focus on it alone.
"Only a weakling would be stopped by something so simple." Raven said as he felt his brain relax as the langauge was fully processed and didn't give him a headache anymore.
(Aka I didn't want to do more cursed speech lol)
"Truly impressive, tell me, what is your name?" The daemon asked and Raven smiled.
"Raven Inanis." Raven declared simply.
"Well met Raven Inanis, I am Vallmor, Seventh Ranked General of My Lord Darkness. Herald of Dariness, Champion of The Pits."
"Oh we're doing titles too, then let me reintroduce myself. I am Raven Inanis, Duke of The Faelands, Magician of The First and The Prince of Denial, how do you want to die?"
"Truly impressive for a child, but I do not fear you magicians, I killed the Third and sent the Fourth running." Vallmor said with pride and arrogance, but Raven supposed that was fair, making a magician run, and killing one, was a top tier achievement.
"Impressive, but killing the Third is an easy task for ones who can touch souls directly. I don't have any idea about the Fourth, but I won't be an easy target." Raven dramatically raised his hand as it started glowing brightly before blast of magic shot off and hit every single lower class daemons in the area leaving just Raven and Vallrom.
"A most impressive display. You will need much more to even survive our encounter." Vallmor praised as a sinister black aura started bubbling around him. "Now come Magician, prove your worth to me."
"Gladly." Raven was covered in a cyan aura as his human form faded away to reveal his true form, in a burst of movement both slammed fist into each others face, Raven taking special care to note be impaled on the daemons horns as they clashed.
•~~~~~•
Izanami frowned as she sat on a tree branch watching Raven and Vallmor clash, memories of the last war with daemons appearing in her mind. It had almost been as bad as The Great War, would have been, if Ddraig and Albion hadn't decided to fight at that time.
The two heavenly dragons fight had torn through the battlefield, entire armies gone from the two not even going all out.
Izanami knew Raven had the raw power to combat this daemon, but he also wasn't fully recovered just yet, and daemons prayed on fighting the souls of people. She was also aware that he didn't want to use too much power and end up destroying the forest and also taking the lives of everyone at Hogwarts.
"It's finally over." Vallmor declared as he swung a fist through Raven's chest and she could only deadpan as Raven pretended to be dead.
"You see little goddess, your champion falls short of our might, surrender and we might stop at using you for-" Izanami laughed amused.
"Fall? You might be misunderstanding something here. Killing my dear Raven isn't as simple as punching a hole through him, oh no, it's so much more. For example." Izanami didn't bother saying more as she just watched the coming moment.
She never had any doubts.
•~~~~~•
Raven laughed as he stood up and dusted himself off, the punched hole in his chest closing almost instantly.
"How-"
"Fuck you that's how!" Raven cackled as he willed his clothes to repair themselves and he took a deep breath and suddenly shot forward as a hand grabbed onto the daemons horns and pulled as he pushed a foot against its chest and ripped the right side horn off brutally.
"I'm going to kill you with your own horn." Raven declared, and it was a statement of fact. "You see, no one, and I mean no one, touched MY cat. So you gotta die."
Raven blurred forward and stabbed the horn right into the brain area of Vallmor, and then with a single throw tossed him up high in the sky as a cyan orb started forming in his hands.
"I would say pray, but there's no one to hear them, for your god is already here, and I'm not listening." Raven said darkly as he shot the orb into the sky before it turned into a giant beam of energy that destroyed Vallfor and left two pairs of horns only to fall into Raven's hands.
"Not impressed." Raven mused with a smile as he hid his true form again. He idly looked at the horns before nodding to himself and tossing them into his pocket dimension.
"You're just a freak of nature, most beings would struggle with Vallfor." Izanami deadpanned.
"Hmm, but my cat could take him." Raven grinned as Izanami deadpanned and smacked his face with her paw, but used her claws were extended and he cursed as he ran around like an idiot.
•~~~~~•
Raven sat contently with a smug energy about him as he enjoyed a sucker candy as three voices groaned beneath him. Currently he sat on a pile of Fred, George and Rose. The three with bruised egos and bodies.
"Now do we remember the lesson?" Raven asked smugly as he flicked the now empty stick of his sucker into the stratosphere.
"That you're evil?"
"That you're a demon?"
"That you're Satan incarnate?"
"No, though thank you for the compliments, but the lesson here is simple." Raven smiled as he leapt off the three onto the ground with a graceful landing.
"Fuckin' dodge you morons!" Raven said annoyed.
"Unlike me, you morons can't heal almost instantly. Fred and George, you might heal quickly, but the time it takes for you too heal you'll be dead by then. Rose, you won't always have flames around by others to heal you." Raven said with a huff as he waved his hand casting a healing spell on the three. "That or myself to heal you." He finished as the three stood with groans, their wounds healed, but their pride shattered.
"Now, I must offer you my congratulations Rose, you taught that drake its place. For my apprentice, it's the minimum expected, and you did good." Raven said with a smile at Rose who went a little red.
"Thank you." She smiled back and he nodded before he blinked as he looked into the distance with a confused look, a weird feeling momentarily distracting him before it vanished.
"I'll see you three later." Raven said before he vanished in a magic circle with a frown.
"That was weird." The twins said in sync and Rose nodded her head in agreement as she stared at the spot Raven had glanced at. For some reason something in her chest felt weird as she stared in that direction.
•~~~~~•
"Sir, are you sure no one will be able to detect us?" A man asked with an unsure tone as he stood besides a person hidden by a cloak, the only thing visible was two glowing red eyes and a fanged smile.
"You worry too much Abashton. My barriers are impenetrable to the sight of all, no matter if it be mortal, god, dragon god or even conceptual beings. There is no need to worry, so long as their attention isn't called to this location with their names, we need not worry." The cloaked man said with an easy going tone.
"If you are sure sir."
"I am, now go assist your team, Frank and Tom seem to be struggling." The cloaked man said with a deadpan as he watched two men somehow trip over literal air and tumble down a hill.
"Not again." The Abashton grumbled as he stomped his way over towards his somehow most competent team members.
"Project Darkness is on track." The cloaked man chuckled as he stared at the giant pillar of dark metals slowly being built, runes of unknown languages littered the pillar, and on it seven spheres laid below a giant one. The bottom of the seven smaller spheres had a single glowing sphere, its shined brightly in contrast with the dullness of the other ones.
"The seventh falls, only six more to go." The cloaked man smiled as a cackle left his lips before he was full on shaking.
•~~~~~•
Raven frowned as he narrowed his eyes at an empty piece of land far away, but after several detection spells and flying through it at full speed, he found nothing.
"It must be the wrong spot." Raven frowned before he teleported away from the spot. If he had stayed a moment longer he would have seen two idiots Tom and Frank tumbling out of nowhere with an irised Abashton tossing them both backwards as he also appeared out of nowhere.
•~~~~~•~~~~~•~~~~~•
[Vallfor]
Hey everyone, it's been a while! I hope you all are doing good.
Life sucks balls, shit I just need a break sometimes from the crap life throws at you randomly without warning, like can I get a 5 minutes warning at least you know?
Anyways, I was thinking of an interesting version of this story in the future, or a crossover arc.
[Denial, Blood of The Fae - Absolute Universe]
In this universe, Raven never had his humanity. Raised by Mama Morgan in the Faelands, known as The Fae Prince. He doesn't possess his true magic, only his fae abilities and a mastery of magic. Rose Potter never lost her mortal parents. Rose was never targeted by Voldemort, Neville Longbottom was by mere chance of them being easier to access as Wormtail took longer to snitch to Voldemort. Neville became the-boy-who-lived. However, in a freak accident, Raven and Morgan are caught in an attack, the whole Faelands were, Raven is left floating in a void thanks to Morgan using her life to power a protection spell, and Raven touches the root gaining The Denial of Nothingness. Rose is attacked by death eaters, her parents are dead and Hestia is more like her siblings and has little care for her child currently. On deaths gate, Raven appears and effortlessly kills the death eaters and then faints. Rose drags him to safety and patches them both up. Together they go out seeking revenge. A prince who is the last of his kind, and a demigoddess who seeks to burn down the world for revenge. Can two kindred souls find hope when they unexpectedly run into their counterparts from another universe who are much more stable then them?
It sounds interesting no? As you can tell, it's got some inspiration from Absolute Batman. Except no Darkside forging the universe, just a sleep deprived writer,
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed, until next time!
Bye~
-Voidy, The Insomniac Writer