Chapter 1085: Red Haired Girl

With the understanding that Nyer had successfully deceived the world in order to bring his plans to fruition, the group took a moment to reorganise their thoughts before continuing to the next memory.

Unfortunately, the rest of the memory showed little in terms of useful information. Most of it being the monotonous times he shared with each of the experiments.

But seeing all of this only furthered Alice’s confusion.

Times where he would gently care for the subject, acting as a father, a friend. The years he spent with then and yet...

His heart remained cold. His smile might be warm but none of them moved his heart. Once they showed signs of breaking down, he would abandon them without a second thought.

And this memory was going to be no different. Or so Alice thought...

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"Nyer! Again you’re not looking after yourself." A girl huffed. Her long hair fluttering behind her as she pulled on Nyer’s coat.

"I know the experiment is important but what can you do if your body breaks down? How can you keep experimenting?" She tried dragging him away yet he refused to budge.

"If this body breaks I’ll hop into the next one." Nyer replied with a helpless smile.

With the way she was treating him, it almost felt as though she didn’t see him as a immortal monster persisting through the myriad eras and instead was a simple researcher who was addicted to his research.

Though... That wasn’t far off the truth.

"It! Urg! Doesn’t! Uuf... MATTER!" She finally dragged him away as Nyer gave up.

" If you keep working away at it without resting you’ll slowly back yourself into a corner you know? Even if you’re not physically exhausted, resting your mind is just as important." She rested her hands on her hips once Nyer finally took the time to sit down.

Compared to the other experiments this one was a lot... Different. Perhaps a prototype in how he should approach the idea of decieving the world.

Since Nyer needed to make sure the girl wasn’t recognised as ’Velouria’ by the world, she not only looked different but also had a different personality.

For her appearance, she had long fierce red hair that seems to flicker like fire, a pair of golden eyes and what seems to be faint black scarring across parts of her body.

She wore a simple white dress with no frills or details. Not even shoes were given to her.

"So what did you need? I doubt you’d drag me away for no reason." Nyer sighed as the girl pursed her lips.

"Didn’t I just say I wanted you to rest?"

"Yes. But that’s not the only reason is it?" Nyer rested his chin on his knuckles.

Hesitating for a moment, the girl coughed awkwardly.

"I want new clothes." She asked meekly.

"Didn’t you burn everything up last time? I can’t keep spending money to buy you clothes when they don’t even last two days." Nyer shrugged. "And this dress is pretty good wouldn’t you say? Durable enough where even your out of control flames can’t burn it away."

"Pretty good yeah if you’re only talking about uses. But look at this." She gave herself a little spin.

"Isn’t a waste keeping my prettiness hidden behind just a plain old dress?"

"True beauty doesn’t need fashion to show itself." Nyer countered as the girl tapped her heel in anger.

"No but this beauty over here would still like to dress up a little so I look even better."

Seeing that she didn’t want to take no for an answer, Nyer shrugged helplessly.

"Fine, how about this. If you can prove to me that you can take care of your power well enough, I’ll get you the clothes you want." He offered.

Hearing this, the girl’s eyes glimmered as she nodded her head.

"Promise! No take backs! If I can show you how much I’ve improved, you’ll let me buy some more clothes okay!?"

Nodding his head, Nyer couldn’t help but chuckle.

The essence of Velouria was hidden deep within her body in order to fool the world. To ensure that even if we was in close proximity, it wouldn’t awaken prematurely.

However... despite this being the case, she was still showing certain signs relating to Velouria.

Of course, this could be just a misconception as fashion was something most people could relate to.

Artificially created or not.

"Come then, let’s find you something worthy to test your strength on." Nyer stood up.

The main focus for this current experiment was to see whether or not he could create a power that’ll refine her body into the perfect vessel.

It was difficult balancing everything within her while maintaining the abilities but she’s been the best attempt so far.

The only issue came from control.

Creating a portal into the Abyss, the two of them stepped through with the girl sitting on Nyer’s shoulder.

"The new Lord of Inferno should serve as a good target for you. Overpower it, consume it. Steal its authority and come back to me in one piece. Do not let this dress take damage from your own power."

Nyer instructed as the girl narrowed her eyes at the being in the distance.

The inheritor of the Lordship named Inferno had blazing red hair not unlike herself. Draconic eyes that flickered between radiant gold and a deep purple.

Slitted pupils snapped towards the invaders of her territory as a blistering heatwave erupted from her body, melting the land around her as lava bubbled up to the surface.

As for her outfit, she wore a set of jagged armour that looked as though it was pulled out from the pits of the earth while burning fabric layered the gaps.

"What if my dress is burned by her?" The girl asked, not feeling afraid at all.

"Then I won’t hold it against you, don’t worry. Now go and take care of yourself."

*BANG!!!

Without any hesitation, the girl crouched and launched herself into the air.

Cracks form from her back as strange violet flames burst out, forming a set of wings.

Black chains snapped around her body as a black obsidian mask appeared, covering only the upper half of her face.

With the flames escaping her body, the Abyss started to tremble. The Lord of Inferno froze, her gaze focusing on the girl who was rapidly falling towards her.

A beast like no other... Malice that seeps deep into the bone.

A danger that must be killed no matter what!

Baring her teeth, the white parts of her eyes turned black as the ground shattered.

Lava and stone merged together to form a giant get of hands as she launched them towards the intruder.

Behind her, flames spiralled into a halo as she shot her hand out to the right.

Flames condensed into a blade that she stabbed into the ground, transforming the land in the Abyss into a molten landscape of volcanoes, flaming rivers and burning lands.

Yet Nyer’s experiment didn’t falter.

In fact, she even looked excited by this prospect.

The stronger the foe, the better it was for her to show Nyer exactly how far she’s come!

*Badum...

An echo rippled from her chest. Her hair flared outwards as eyes seemed to appear through the gaps. And eldritch sight that sent shivers down the spine of those that saw.

Above her head, a golden ring spawned.

False relics that Nyer had created in order to simulate the Abyssal relics left behind by Velouria.

Though he had one of the Eyes of the Abyss, implanting it into this girl at this moment would be too early.

It could cause an awakening she wasn’t prepared for. As for the other two, tracking them down weren’t going to be easy.

Regardless, even with False Relics, everything he’s implanted into her body would transform her into a conduit of power like no other.

Clapping her hands together, the girl created a single spear and lunged towards the giant molten hands rushing towards her. Twisting her body in the air, she unleashed two slashes of the spear.

Arcs of energy rushed forward, transforming into dragons that destroyed the hands.

"Who are you?" The Lord of Inferno asked, clashing with the girl in mid air.

She grabbed the girl by the face, slamming her into the ground.

"I’ll tell you if you beat me!" The girl grinned. Without any fear, she opened her mouth and bit down on the Lord’s hand, ripping out a chunk.

It didn’t matter if there was lava inside her mouth, the burnt flesh would regenerate without care.

Feeling something wrong, the Lord kicked the girl away but it was already too late.

Her first mistake was grabbing the girl and bringing her within punching distance.

Taking the deep breath, the Lord exhaled slowly and entered an offensive stance.

She brought the sword to her hip, readying herself for a quick draw.

Flames converged into her location and in that moment, the world turned to silence.

Nyer’s experiment let out a laugh. Her body was transforming little by little.

Lava flowed from her finger tips as authority was usurped.

Around her, a flaming halo manifested from the violet flames while a similar black obsidian armour warped around her limbs.

Disregarding this, the Lord of Inferno took a single step forward.

She condensed her power into her blade, the world lost colour as she discarded everything that wasn’t necessary for this attack.

In a world of black and white, her eyes focused on the girl’s neck and slashed.

"!!!"

Her pupil’s constricted. Right as her blade was about to cut through her neck, the Lord noticed her energy disappearing in an instant.

What would’ve been a slash that not many could defend against lost all it’s power, turning into a normal slash that the girl easily caught with her teeth.

Breaking the blade, the girl reached out and grabbed the Lord by the head.

Bringing her face closer... she leaned forward and kissed.

Confusion spread through the Lord’s mind before overwhelming pain.

She tried to break free but the grip was firm.

"!!!" A muffled scream echoed out as soon, strange black serpents burst out from the Lord’s body, tearing her apart from the inside out.

Twisting the Lord’s head off from her body, the girl licked her lips and held her trophy.

Not only was the authority usurped but her dress was also unharmed.

She looked towards Nyer for a reward and the man simply smiled.

Unknown thoughts flickering through his mind...

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