SHADOW BEFORE CREATION

Dwells

{I am the first, human… Arthur.}

Dwells moved forward, stepping through the air as though it were solid ground, then landed with his weight before Arthur, who was standing atop the surface of the water. The sea rippled gently beneath his feet in a deceptively calm manner.

Not a moment later, the tentacles from Dwells' eyes shot directly toward Arthur's eyes at an incredibly swift speed.

'So fast…'

When the tentacles were only four steps away from their target, Arthur's hand moved violently, delivering a focused punch in an attempt to knock the tentacles away from his eyes. However, despite the force of the blow, it had barely any effect. Dwells took the attack as though it were nothing, while Arthur suddenly felt weakness spreading through his hand.

Without hesitation, Arthur struck the surface of the water beneath his foot and plunged through the sea at tremendous speed.

{You are fast… but did you forget that the sea is my home?}

Dwells spoke with a voice filled with excitement before diving into the depths of the dark sea, where complete darkness prevailed, making it impossible to see anything.

Within the sea, Dwells began releasing magical energy through the tentacles of his eyes, sensing everything around him. At that moment, he sensed a strange entity staring at him.

A terrifying image formed within his perception: a human… fused with the power of the High Priest Cthulhu, Bokrog, and Baston.

{Is this even possible?}

In the human world, such a thing was impossible… but this was Arthur. The one who had fused Cthulhu's power into his body and soul during their previous battle, turning his body into a vessel for the powers of great entities.

With restrained fear, Dwells shot out of the sea at tremendous speed and remained suspended in the air, while beads of sweat gathered around his triangular head.

The next moment, a human missile tore through the air at a speed that broke the sound barrier. A heavy mass slammed directly into Dwells' unarmored stomach.

Arthur smiled excitedly, pressing against his opponent's stomach with tremendous force. With his momentum, sharp speed, and thunderous strength, the two rose high into the sky.

When Arthur felt that his hand was about to tear through Dwells' body, a powerful aura exploded, pushing him away.

'He's trying to transform… I need to get away before he catches me in the middle of the fusion.'

Arthur released his grip and shot out of the range of Dwells' transformation.

He raised his gaze toward his opponent's body, which was covered in thick, strange steam. The steam began seeping from Dwells' body into the surroundings, and with it, his aura gradually weakened until a terrifying scream rang out, tearing through the world.

It was not the voice of a single mouth… but several mouths at once.

'What the hell is happening to this bastard?'

Meanwhile, the pain in Arthur's arm intensified until it became overwhelming. He looked at his arm and saw the skin slowly dissolving as though it were nothing.

All of this was the result of him striking one of Dwells' eye tentacles earlier. At the time, he had felt a strange, viscous liquid wrapping around his hand and gradually draining his strength.

As the battle continued, the skin around his fist disappeared completely, exposing the bare flesh.

'Damn that disgusting bastard… that substance is dissolving my hand little by little.'

He hesitated for a moment.

'Should I do it? Or… no, not yet.'

Arthur clenched his hand tightly, enduring the pain, then raised his gaze toward Dwells as the steam around him dissipated.

He now appeared in a terrifying form, completely different from before. A massive body, a mound of flesh, with four heads, and in the center, a human body sitting upright. It was a grotesque sight that filled the soul with terror.

{{I will kill you.}}

Dwells screamed before suddenly disappearing from above the sea, only to appear behind Arthur in the next instant. He swung one of his heads and struck Arthur's back with tremendous force, sending Arthur plummeting into the sea at an insane speed. His body crashed violently into the water.

'Damn… he nearly broke my spine. If not for Armament Haki.'

Arthur tried to get up, but Dwells gave him no chance. He fell directly on top of him, completely covering his body.

{{Give me… give me your eyes now!}}

Dwells screamed ecstatically, launching his tentacles toward Arthur's eyes once again.

Arthur's body was trapped beneath Dwells' weight, while pain ravaged every part of him, especially his back.

"You want my eyes? I'll give you your brother's children's eyes… enjoy."

Arthur smiled arrogantly, and in the next moment, no fewer than a hundred enormous spiders appeared around them. Thirty of them moved in front of Arthur's face, confronting Dwells' tentacles, while the others climbed onto Dwells' body.

The scene was like something straight out of a disgusting horror film.

The spiders began pressing against Dwells' flesh, injecting it with a deadly poison. It was not an ordinary poison, but the poison of Atlatl Nasha, one of the Great Ancients.

But as they released the poison, the spiders' bodies began disintegrating before disappearing. It was a suicidal move that completely drained the soldier's soul and body.

Dwells screamed in hysterical pain and fell to the ground, while his body began disintegrating under the poison's effects.

Arthur stood before his fallen body, watching him scream madly as the pain of corrosion tore him apart.

{{You bastard… how?}}

"There's no need to be surprised. I'll send you to your brother, and you can ask him whatever you want there."

Arthur raised his hand, attempting to absorb Dwells' power as he had done before, but the technique was no longer a secret.

Before he could do so, Dwells' body gradually began to evaporate until it disappeared.

When Dwells realized that Arthur was about to drain his power, he chose to transfer what remained of it to his brothers, choosing the path of suicide.

"Damn bastard… he sent the last of what he had to the two above, and left nothing for me."

Arthur lowered his hand, then smiled coldly.

"Well… who's next?"

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