Chapter 9

Xulian verses Lilith.

The storm was building up and heaven became chaotic. Deep down in the alley, Mac stood confronting a naked baby, an evil spirit, a leftover of Lilth that was on a rampage terrorizing and killing innocents to grow back to its previous power.

"I said I'm going with unparalleled," Mac repeated himself as Lilith smiled wickedly.

"Is good to know you have been awakened, Princess Xulian."

Rachel watched from her cage as Sapphira took two steps back, closer to the cage as she prepared a quick spell in case she had to escape with Rachel.

With every passing word from Lilith, the sky grew darker as a howl of wind cruised the city. Lilith was converging her powers together, she knew who Xulian was.

Before the creation, Xulian had helped the Aryjia create humans, but the Aryjia had got disappointed in the work and blamed Xulian alongside the high God who at the time had been blamed for treason. This was a master plan Iblis had planned ages before, blinding the judges and the Aryjia as he led troopers of watchers to attack the heavens. Lilith was Iblis' lover at that time, she had disobeyed the high God, and born children with Adam but later she made the first sin by having intercourse with Iblis.

Xulian was long banished from the heavens, her body trapped in the Elysium with her spirit rendered hopeless to roam the earth.

It was all thanks to the high god who had created a regeneration system in advance and set it only so a body that contains a pure and authentic essence could revive Xulian back to her glory.

"Lilith, you have a chance to redeem yourself," Mac spoke calmly, and confidently, as he approached his opponent. "You don't have to walk the same path as Iblis." Mac went on, it was his words but the power contained inside his voice was that of an ethereal power bank.

Sapphira sensed the power, she could feel Mac's aura condensing, suppressing Lilith who had turned slightly taller, her eyes red inside a smoky foggy body.

"You should see that Iblis only wants equality!" Lilith launched herself sneaky as Mac smiled and drew his left hand in the air as if scribbling some scrolls. His hand movement was quick, a golden bluster accompanied his movement as words hung loosely in the air. This was Xulian's power, Formatting!

The power that only she possessed, even before the war of gods, Xulian survived by using her power, formatting, to change the flow of events and safely escape to another universe where she finally met the Aryjia who took advantage of her only to destroy her body.

Lilith screamed as she ran headfirst into the wall of notes that hung seemingly loose in the air. Mac's body had transformed into a princess look as a golden halo covered his face. Lilith recovered quickly to seep over the wall and attack Mac. The area soon filled up with thick fog that smelled of miscarriage, Lilith was using her terrible desire, just to see Xulian down.

The fight was edging to an end as Mac, who had turned into a female figure, leapt high and scribbled a will before Lilith could escape. This caught Lilith right in her motion, condensing her back into her weak form as Mac let Xulian use his body fully.

"Lilith, I'm sorry but you have to die!" Xulian was pitiful. What she had scribbled was not anything else but the will of formatting Lilith into nonexistence. Putting a full stop to her golden notes was the mark to seal the will, this was the formidable power that the gods feared. Even the Aryjia feared messing up with Xulian, but it was already late as Xulian had been regenerated, 10,000 years after Iblis' first attack.

"Don't!" lightening filled up the sky as a blast of light hit Xulian, and Mac, off balance making the golden notes quibble and fail.

The fraction of a second was enough for Lilith to retreat as a more frightful being manifested itself out of the red lighting.

"Iblis!" Xulian recognized the intruder at first glance and quickly drew in more spiritual power, from the environment and Mac's body, letting her get a chance to use her full power for once in centuries.

"Not this time." Iblis was cool as ever. His face showed no fear or excitement, he was just stoic as he flapped his hands and shook Xulian by sending a flick of light out his finger. "You still need to recover, you have nobody." Iblis finally smiled as Mac toppled over with Sapphira to his rescue.

"How about I help you regain your full power?" Iblis asked covering Lilith behind his back.

"You should never have been created!" The voice of Xulian was loud as Sapphira held Mac up. A sudden bolt of golden notes blasted out of Mac's chest making him choke blood, Xulian had used up all energy she could get to use the last will she had but her power was still weak as Iblis's laughter cracked deep within the cell of golden notes. His body together with Lilith's was fading off.

"I will be back to earth!" Iblis let out his last words before the golden notes compressed the two and turned into nothingness.

"I couldn't kill them." Mac opened his eyes as Rachel came tumbling over in shock.

"Mac! Mac!"

He had passed out due to over-drainage caused by Xulian's last attack.

He could hear the two girls trying to wake him up but he choose to close his eyes and embrace the quiet darkness.

*****

Everything turned quiet as Mac felt his body floating in space. This was a fault between death and life, and it felt just nippy, with no worries over politics or the economy.

[ SYSTEM REACTIVATED ]

[ HOST TIER 2 FANTASY ART TIE 3 ]

[ GIFTS- FLASHSPEED(0km/h)]

[ STATE-DEAD]

[ CONNECTION TO XULIAN IS WEAKENING ]

[ DO YOU WISH TO TERMINATE THE BOND WITH XULIAN?]

The last words gave Mac a smile in the dark.

'Yes, terminate the bond.'

Mac whispered sickly as he regretted accepting Xulian in the first place.

[ DIRECTING TASK.]

[ N/B TERMINATION WILL LEAD TO DEATH ]

[ YOUR SOUL WON'T BE REINCARNATED SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH XULIAN ]

[ 1 MINUTE TO DEATH OF HOST ACTIVATED ]

'What? Wait! Hey, system! Parasite!'

Mac suddenly shouted trying to find a deny button but there was only a green allow/accept button floating holographic in front of his eyes.

'I don't want to die that way! Hey! Hey! You hadn't mentioned that termination will lead to death!'

Mac shouted as the System responded undisturbed.

[ DO YOU WISH FOR XULIAN TO ABORT TERMINATION? ]

' YES ABORT!'

[ HOST DEATH DEACTIVATED SUCCESSFULLY ]

The ring of the system voice bought relief to Mac who saw the darkness fading into blue.

'Where am I now?' he wondered as he saw a new scenery form in front of his eyes.

[ CONGRATULATIONS! ]

[ YOU HAVE UNLOCKED THE SPIRITUAL GARDEN ]

Spiritual garden? I'm I still dead? Who is that girl?

Mac could see a girl under what looked like an oak, sitting on the green slippery grass with her legs folded. Her body was covered in leaves, exposing her sexual parts slightly. He could feel his legs touch the soft ground as the girl stood up with a disappointed face.

"Hi, Mac. I'm Princess Xulian." The girl walked up to him sadly with her head avoiding eye contact.

"Who are you," Mac asked stupefied by the beauty in front of him. She was the definition of magnificence, and she had jet hair that flowed with the cinch!

"You already know me wholly, sorry for almost killing you." Xulian bowed her head as Mac felt awkward. He had to act as a gentleman.

"Is ok, I got a second chance." He smiled lifting Xulian's head so her crystal eyes reflected his image in them.

"where is this place?" Mac asked after shaking out of his Romeo stance. He had been staring into those jade crystal eyes for a while.

"The spiritual garden is in your heart," Xulian said pointing to his left side.

"So I'm inside me?" Mac asked bewildered. Nothing was making sense.

"Your body is in the real world, this is your spirit, like mine with no flesh," Xulian explained as she pointed up in the sky. "You angel is kissing you again. "

She could even feel his body! That was abuse!

"I just know... Don't think I feel anything when you mating, I'm just bonded to your spirit, not the body." She read his mind while excusing herself. "You better leave before it's late."

She said the last words pushing Mac lightly backwards. "Go now. I will wait for you here." She pushed him against his will as he toppled over a block of wood and fell into a pond.

With no word but a plead for the beauty to be polite and gentle.

*****

He could feel himself drowning. His air was cut off as he breathed water once then twice before he opened his eyes and saw Sapphira helping Rachel pour another bucket of water on him.

"Hey!" He jolted upright making the splash miss him barely as he cursed.