Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

"Please Kayla, do it…" Raven muttered while shifting her attention towards Black, who had a sadistic smile plastered across his face.

Widening her eyes at Raven's request, Kayla hugged herself tightly in her mind space before nodding with a sorrowful expression. 

She didn't want to do it, but she had to support her and especially in critical situations like this one. 'I am so sorry Raven, you deserve someone more powerful than me to support you…'

[The Blessing: Avavia's Affection has been internally deactivated.]

A single message appeared in Raven's mind. Taking a deep breath, she focused her attention towards Black who suddenly widened his eyes in realization.

'No, this is not part of the plan!' He yelled in his mind, fear getting a grip on his soul.

On the other hand, Raven had only one thought focused in her mind, and that was to remember Maya…

'I will not lose myself to my killing intent, nor will I lose my loved ones for my enemies…' Suddenly, her golden eyes seemed hollow, yet extremely focused, as they glared at Black who was standing still in shock.

The two other demon lords had similar expressions. Even though they had stood up previously to announce their alliance with Black, they were now just frozen in fear.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" A short maniacal laugh escaped Raven's mouth. 

Without Avavia's Affection, it was harder to control her bloodlust, yet it was the only sure way to end the threats in front of her. 

Now, she was feeling the same bloodlust she had felt while facing Red Joe's men previously, or even when she had tried fend off against the cursed scythe that was about to devour her soul. 

"To think that I'd be betrayed again, ironic yet disappointing... life… isn't it? But let me tell you," her previously amused expression was now ice cold. "I don't tolerate traitors-" 

Before he was able to hear the last word, Black suddenly fell on the ground unable to keep his body from shaking as Raven flickered in front of him.

Gripping his throat tightly with her hand, she lifted him up in the air. To compensate for the difference in height, she made herself float slightly above the ground.

Placing her other hand on where his heart would be, she started muttering something before stopping mid way. "Soul Hunt-"

'Wait…. He didn't betray me-' A wave of thoughts that didn't belong to her filled her mind and made her widen her eyes in surprise.

Without waiting for a second longer, Kayla reactivated the Blessing that was responsible for keeping Raven sane.

[The Blessing: Avavia's Affection has been internally reactivated.

[The Blessing's Will, Avavia, is extremely unsatisfied with the previous course of action.

[The Blessing's Will, Avavia, has issued a last warning notice to the admin of the system.

["Do not attempt such a thing ever again!"]

Of course, Kayla had prevented any of the messages from reaching Raven who was now struggling to breath, even though she hid that fact from the demon lords quite well.

Out of the four people in the room, Raven was the last one standing after her little stunt.

Hiding a deep inhale, Raven looked up at Black in the eyes while she was still grasping his throat.

"Don't ever threaten me, you incompetent servant, do you understand?" She asked, trying to go along with his plans for now. "Normally, I would have killed you on the spot for such a remark, but as I mentioned before, I need frogs to kill the flies.

"You will be my servant in the Demon Plane while I take care of the Humans', however, I will not hesitate to end you if you ever think about repeating this again."

"And you," she asked while letting go of Black. Just as he was about to fall to the ground, she kicked him in the chest and sent him crashing against the wall.

Seeing that, Blue and Yellow had thought that they were doomed since they had intended to go against her.

Dreads filled their faces. While Blue was merely terrified, Yellow seemed lost in thoughts while gritting his teeth, as if he was thinking of a way to escape or fight back.

"The same goes for you two," Raven continued, but avoided getting closer to them since she didn't want to give her secret away. She was barely standing now after all. 

"I would have killed already if I didn't need your services. I'll contact you later when I determine the next step in the plan. For now, just scram!"

With that, they instantly disappeared from their spot. 

Making sure that they have actually left the castle, Raven's dropped on the ground and coughed a mouthful of blood.

Banishing the effects of Avavia's Affection had multiple effects on her body and soul. 

The most important ones were allowing her invasive and bloodthirsty soul weaver essence to take over, and the second was allowing Infinity's Will to be more dominant.

And the last time that blessing was fully active, her soul was mildly corrupted, an effect that has only been possible to heal with the constant application of Avavia's Affection.

"What the hell Black?" Raven yelled as soon as she could speak.

Kneeling in front of her, he bowed so deep that his forehead was touching the ground. "You may punish me, Lady Raven," he simply said, guilt and anger could be felt in his voice.

While he had a plan, he felt his heart shatter to pieces when he realised that he had made Raven very wary of him. 

For a moment, in their short encounter, he had activated one of his skills to transfer her the message about how all of this was part of his plans, and he had exposed his true feelings for Raven as his master and proved his loyalty.

But at the same time, he had felt the rage and pain of betrayal in her heart that it made his ache.

Raven was the sole person he had ever called master, and he didn't mean for any of this to happen.

"I need you to explain, everything, from the start!" Raven said while gritting her teeth.