Hold The Line: The Claim For Garðabær [Iceland Conflict; Event Mission]

The Hollow-controlled shinigami took in a long breath, dark energy covering the right-half of their body and rapidly mending the damage caused by the clash. Muscles were restore, a new layer of flesh put in place over them and the burns on his face dissipated. It was disappointing though seeing his foe not in the same kind of battered state; at least not at first. The man's eye narrowed at the husk of skeletal armor, their wings of bone ceasing their descent right before impact with the sundered Earth. When all seemed too go toward the bad end of the spectrum, many things began to happen that drastically tilted things back in the fiend's favor! The first and most direct event was the fatigue and drain apparent in hos foe. Despite that immense power, it didn't seem they could maintain it for very long, With these signs already in place, the monster's victory was certain. Any chance of the Human winning before their exhaustion consumed them was abysmal. Even now the creature had the potential to push itself further, feeding on not just their battle and Nix's chaotic emotion, but a building pool of malevolence that stretched across the whole of Iceland!

That feeling of pure, unbridled hatred was growing though..The Hollow didn't know the exact details, but it could feel every vibe of wickedness being manifested in the war. It spread across the land like a flood, the killer intent and broken fury of a young Hellspawn and those that served under the Shadowfall banner was unmistakable...But that wasn't all. A secondary flood of dark power was also taking effect, both of the twin conduits originating from the same area as well. While one was much darker than the other, both eruptions of ill will served as an immense amount of fuel for the fire. The unseen monstrosity consumed vast amounts of the metaphysical in bulk. Not only from the raging Hollow-like man he fought against, but the war in its entirety. It was like an instant high crossed the entity, enriching its power on a grand scale that hand yet to become apparent. There was such a vast amount of concentrated evil that even it couldn't draw from it all at once!

That was when his adversary went under one last surprising transformation. The parasite remained still, drawing in as much of the vile energy that flooded Iceland as it could with each passing second. Its regeneration skyrocketed in effectiveness, any wounds left now gone in a matter of seconds. The only trace left was the half-broken visor over his left-eye. Their power reached new heights, a massive veil of silver energy piercing the sky like a blade. All their fatigue seemed to vanish for the next few moments. Were they simply pushing their own demise in a last ditch effort to strike down the terror in fake skin? A shock wave stretched across the landscape, breaking apart stone and smoothing out the rough terrain of the decimated battlefield. Dozens of large craters dotted the island, the very city itself only saved by the vastly augmented barrier that encased it Yet even the defense of the people radiated with that same black hatred. It was like a three course meal for the creature. For that reason, it didn't experience any concern for the newly evolved Nix. Though not apparent yet, an even larger change was occurring in the parasite.

Sparks of red electricity danced around the Shinigami, their bloodshot eyes looking dead forward with a smile on his face. As the twin blades lit up with steam in the Human's hand, the Zanpakutō grasped by the corpse pulsated with increasingly dense black spiritual pressure. The metal began to crack, the spirit locked away inside it being bombarded by this new power coursing through the parasite. The spirit's last wallows of pain were drowned out by the chaos, their entirety being consumed and forced under the fiend's will. The sword was fixed once, but now almost appeared as if it would break. Almost as if a show of arrogance, the entity moved their sword back into its sheath, sealing it once more. Now bare-handed, the man waited, their eyes always directly focused on the beast ahead. A feeling od dread filled the eternal graveyard, the crimson currents growing denser and more volatile. Right as the transformed Nix took form to move the new evil of the unknown Hollow erupted outward!

A pillar of black spiritual energy lifted from their body, the ground under their feet reduced to cinders in an instant,. They floated in the air, the reversed waterfall of power stretching even higher than the silver conduit of his opponent's. Lightning crackled violently around the mass, the power of the host and its owner multiplied multiple times over. it was ridiculous, the energy they absorbed from all the evil building in Iceland easily enough to reach his peak in power and then some! It kept coming, the foul energies coursing through the land pushing an equally malefic force to new heights. In moments it even transcended the limitations of his own conceptions of a limit! With new heights, there was nothing left that would bring him down in their battle! The Shinigami's natural power was nearly non-existent now, completely washed over by the foul energy signature of the Hollow inside and its personal corrupting essence. This just added that much more to the culminating powers of Iceland that drenched the sky in the power of chaos.

The release of energy ebbed as soon as Nix approached, a constant flow of lightning now surrounding the Shinigami. It waited, unwavering as its target approached. Even without the visor it saw everything in the finest details. Time seemed to slow down for it, the grim reality of its own creation beginning to manifest. As soon as the sword struck the ground and the explosion of energy began to expand outward, the Shinigami moved. Their body blurred from the acceleration, outpacing the rate of of the explosion's expansion and easily crossing the range of its effect in less than a second. He stopped high in the sky, nearly half a mile above ground. Both of his hands were pointed toward at Nix, their open palms outstretched. Even now his power continued to rise, breaking any limit it once had and putting the parasite on an entire new level. This transcended a simple power up. The war's essence was drained into the core of the monster's being, permanently changing them; making them stronger tham than ever before.

A blinding black light poured out from the Shinigami's palms. Not just one, but two ceros formed in an instant. They were vastly more powerful than even the blast a moment ago during their collision. Wind picked up around Ruvik, the Monarch's new power gathering in the twin masses of obliteration. At the sight of the sword being thrown in his new location, the first Cero shot off with an explosive kinetic burst! It darted downward, distorting the very space around it from its sheer might. When it met the blade, the result was an immediate detonation. The silver and black energies clashed, trying to consume one another in a firestorm of madness. The shock wave passed over the puppet, their attire and hair ruffled by the force of the collision. One blast still remained though. While the destruction between the two opposing forces had still yet to cease, the Shinigami fired their second cero straight for Nix once more! It ripped through the remainder of the former two blasts, the black beam piercing the field of negating energy and corrupting every reishi around it.

As the white light flashed around Nix, the beam crashed into it. It was weakened by the field, but still far from harmless.The blast crashed with a loud boom. black flames spilling out and the barrier being tested to its limit! The distorted space was warped, breaking apart under the unquestionable consuming force that crashed into the ground..Yet despite the displayed of power and destruction, a frown briefly crossed the Shinigami's face. He could feel it...The prey had escaped in an instant! They were finally at their limit, and Ruvik had won as he always believed he would. But now he was left without compensation, the meal he worked to attain escaping right from the jaws of the beast. The energy around the parasite continued to flare, even growing still, but at a much slower rate. The destruction below settled, the blast digging the crater even deeper and eradicating anything left of the field without a caster to maintain it. The victor stretched their arms. Though the final prize had been removed from its grasp, many good things came out of this. Perhaps a new prey would come now to serve as the meal to sedate its hunger.

"After all that talk, he runs..Right when I start having fun." The creature pulled the aura around them back into their core. The dense power radiating from them lessened, but only because their directive changed from destruction to absorption. The wicked bonds set a blaze in Shadowfall were delicious, a feast nearly rivaling the complete consumption of another demented soul. It was unexpected for things to suddenly turn like that in the war to such an extreme. Things must have been heating up for a select few about now. A long exhale left the creature, their breath a visible smoke. They took a moment to relax, harnessing the new energy coursing through each cell and bringing down the high of power to think clearly. A third point of interest was the remaining function of the scanner. It picked up on the entire island, scanning for anyone else that may be left from the vanguard army, or anything new approaching. Perhaps this would b the end of his purpose in the war for now. All invaders were removed, burned to ash or retreated. Only the Monarch remained with the metallic duplicate of his crimson commander in the background.