Chapter 5: The Duel with Ramius Auelcross
The path to the Black Monarch and the Silver Devil grew increasingly treacherous. Zella, or Naberius Rhomphaia Zelladonna, as only a few dared to call her, stepped into yet another rift—this one darker, more imposing than the previous ones. Her skin, radiant against the void, glistened with an inner light that was both celestial and deadly. The elegant simplicity of her black dress contrasted with the chaotic energy swirling around her, as her every movement distorted the fabric of the space she occupied. Her hair cascaded down in loose curls, framing her face like a halo that deceived her true nature—cold, unyielding, and relentless.
She knew this time the enemy was different. The Church of Necessary Evil had escalated their defenses, their efforts to stop her from reaching the ultimate meeting with the Black Monarch and Silver Devil growing ever more insidious. They didn’t want her to uncover the true purpose of their existence, nor their role in the grand scheme of totality.
The moment Zella set foot into the new expanse, the paradoxes hit her. They weren’t the typical ones, the kind that tried to ensnare her in loops of possibility and actuality. No, these were twisted manifestations of non-existence, trying to snuff out the very essence of her. These paradoxes ignored creation and destruction; they aimed to undo the core of her narrative. Tendrils of anti-existence swirled around her, erasing anything they touched. The paradoxes writhed, coiling tighter like a noose around her presence, but Zella, without breaking her stride, unraveled their essence with a wave of her hand, smirking.
“You’re persistent,” she said quietly to no one in particular. “But I’ve had enough.”
Before she could proceed further, the air in front of her rippled. The shadows twisted and writhed, coalescing into a figure—a man who radiated power so absolute that even the paradoxes shrank from him. He was tall, easily towering over Zella, his frame encased in shimmering, high-tech armor that looked like it was forged from the bones of dead gods. His hair was golden and wild, catching the light that didn’t exist in the void, and his crimson eyes burned with the fire of forgotten stars.
Ramius Auelcross.
His armor was adorned with intricate, arcane designs, symbols that defied understanding and language, pulsating with raw, destructive energy. A cloak of deep red billowed behind him, its fabric alive with shimmering strands of anti-time and dissonant reality, weaving in and out of existence. The gauntlets he wore crackled with electricity—no, it was something more. The energy was beyond lightning, beyond physics; it was the force that predated creation, swirling in his grasp, waiting to be unleashed.
“You’ve come far,” Ramius said, his voice smooth, yet filled with an underlying current of malice. “But this is where your journey ends.”
Zella looked him over, her eyes sharp, piercing through the layers of his persona. “You’re just another cog in the church’s game. But you’re no different from the others. You’ll fall.”
Ramius smirked, his hand rising as he summoned the energy crackling around him. “We’ll see.”
In a blink, Ramius moved. His fist struck the ground with the force of countless collapsing realities, sending shockwaves through the void. The ground beneath Zella fractured, sending shards of nothingness into the air. Reality itself twisted, threatening to erase her before she could even move. But Zella was faster—beyond omnipresence. She darted forward, leaving a trail of silver light in her wake as she summoned the Realm of the Silver Devil, its towering spires rising from the ground and intercepting the collapsing energy before it could touch her.
Ramius grinned. “Impressive.”
Without warning, he was in front of her, his fist blazing with raw power as it slammed toward her. Zella raised her hand, summoning the Aegis of the Black Monarch, the ethereal shield deflecting the blow. But the force behind Ramius’ strike was enough to send her skidding back, her feet barely touching the ground as she steadied herself.
“You’ll need more than that,” Zella said, her voice cold and unyielding.
Ramius chuckled darkly. “Oh, I have more.”
With a sweep of his hand, the space around them twisted, transforming into a cathedral-like structure. Stained glass windows lined the walls, but instead of depicting religious scenes, they showed the collapse of realities, the erasure of entire beyond-dimensional realities. The very air seemed to hum with the weight of infinite possibilities collapsing in on themselves.
“This is the Church of Necessary Evil’s sanctum,” Ramius said, his voice reverberating through the walls. “Here, nothing can exist without our permission.”
Zella’s eyes narrowed. “Let’s test that.”
She raised her hand, and with a burst of unmanifest energy, shattered the illusion of the cathedral. The walls crumbled, the stained glass shattered, and the twisted reality that had surrounded them dissolved into the void. Ramius’ smirk faded as Zella advanced, her form glowing with a radiant light that seemed to consume the darkness around them.
In a burst of beyond the necessity of omnipresence, Zella launched herself at Ramius, her fist blazing with silver energy as it slammed into his chest. The force of the impact sent him crashing into the ground, the floor beneath him shattering as he struggled to regain his footing.
Ramius’ eyes blazed with fury as he rose to his feet, his body crackling with energy. “You think you can defeat me? I control the very fabric of existence here!”
With a roar, Ramius unleashed a wave of energy that tore through the void, warping the space around them. Zella deflected the attack with ease, her Aegis pulsing with power as she absorbed the energy into the shield. But Ramius wasn’t finished. He raised his hands, and from the void came tendrils of anti-reality, twisting and writhing as they reached for Zella.
The tendrils moved with impossible presence, wrapping around Zella’s arms and legs, pulling her toward the ground. For a moment, the paradoxes seemed to have the upper hand, but Zella’s eyes glowed with defiance. With a single thought, she unraveled the tendrils, reducing them to nothingness.
“I’ve faced worse than you,” Zella said, her voice cold.
Ramius snarled, his body pulsing with raw power. “I am Ramius Auelcross! You will not survive!”
With a roar, Ramius unleashed his final attack. His body glowed with a blinding light as he summoned the full power of the Church of Necessary Evil. The ground beneath them fractured, the sky above tore apart, and the void itself seemed to collapse as Ramius channeled his power into a single, devastating strike.
But Zella was ready. She raised her hand, summoning the full power of the Silver Devil. Her form glowed with an ethereal light as she unleashed a wave of destruction that tore through the fabric of existence. The two forces collided in a cataclysmic explosion, the shockwaves of their power rippling through the void, tearing apart the very concept of possibility.
For a moment, the world stood still.
Then, with a deafening crack, Ramius’ attack shattered. The light that had once surrounded him dissolved into the void, and Ramius himself staggered back, his form flickering as the power that held him together began to unravel.
“This… cannot be,” Ramius muttered, his voice weak.
Zella stepped forward, her eyes cold and unfeeling as she raised her hand. “It is.”
With a final surge of power, Zella struck Ramius with a devastating blow. Her hand slammed into his chest, shattering the core of his being and sending him spiraling into oblivion. Ramius’ body disintegrated, scattering into the void as he was erased from the grand meta-narrative.
Zella stood alone in the aftermath of the battle, her mind racing as she processed the information she had gleaned from the fight. The Church of Necessary Evil had tried to stop her, to prevent her from meeting with the Black Monarch and the Silver Devil. But they had failed. The persistence of the Church only reinforced her resolve.
A smirk tugged at her lips as she turned and stepped through the next rift. Whatever forces were trying to eliminate her would soon learn the truth—Naberius Rhomphaia Zelladonna was not so easily defeated.
Zella stood in the dimly lit corridor, her heart pounding in her chest, her black lace dress clinging to her form as she waited, a force of power and beauty. Her long, flowing hair, cascading down her back, gave her an ethereal quality, but it was her eyes that held the true enigma—dark, sharp, yet filled with a warmth that rarely surfaced. She had been searching for him for what felt like an eternity, but she never expected the encounter to happen like this. Naberius Rhomphaia Zelladonna, the feared and beautiful, had always been in control, but now...
The sound of soft, rhythmic footsteps caught her attention. It was like a crescendo in her head, each step echoing louder than the last. She turned, her body tensing. And then, he appeared.
Christopher Sincere Pride, the Silver Devil, emerged from the shadows. His form was tall and imposing, but what captivated her the most was the effortless way he carried himself—he seemed almost untouchable. His tailored black suit, adorned with holsters and the glint of robotic hands, made him look like a dangerous enigma. His face was stern, but his eyes, those piercing dark eyes, spoke of infinite stories, pain, triumph, and mystery.
“I heard you were looking for me,” he said, his voice low and smooth, yet commanding.
Zella's breath caught in her throat. This was him? She hadn’t anticipated how devastatingly handsome he would be, the perfect blend of allure and danger. She could barely keep her composure as she found herself drowning in his presence. There was no escaping this, no turning back. For a moment, her world shrank to just him, and everything else became irrelevant.
She swallowed, her cheeks flushing, heart racing. "I—" she began but stopped, unable to find her voice.
Christopher’s lips twitched into a smirk. "Surprised?"
Zella couldn’t respond. Words were failing her, and all she could do was stare. The elegance of his sharp jawline, the way his skin glistened under the soft light, and his robotic hands, glinting with metallic sheen, only enhanced the otherworldliness about him. She had encountered powerful beings before, but none had made her feel this... overwhelmed.
"You’ve been searching for me, haven't you?" he continued, taking a step closer. "But there’s a reason we’ve been kept apart. The Church of Necessary Evil doesn’t want us together. They know that if we meet, it could change everything.”
Zella blinked, struggling to refocus. "Change everything?"
He nodded, his eyes never leaving hers. "They’re sending assassins after you. They’ll do anything to stop you, to stop us from being together. You need to defeat them. Make a statement. Prove them wrong."
Zella’s mind was a blur. She had come here with a purpose, to find him, to get answers, but now, standing in front of him, it felt like every carefully laid-out plan was falling apart. Her heart, usually so guarded, was now betraying her with every erratic beat.
But just as Christopher was about to step back into the shadows, his form becoming faint and intangible, something inside her snapped. She couldn’t let him disappear—not now, not when she had finally found him. Without thinking, she lunged forward, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him towards her.
“Don’t go,” she whispered, her voice barely audible but filled with urgency.
Christopher stopped, his gaze softening for the briefest of moments before a sly grin crept onto his face. "Are you sure you’re ready for this, Zella?"
Zella's breath hitched. There was no hesitation in her next move as she closed the distance between them entirely, pressing her body against his. Their lips met in a clash of raw energy, a wave of passion that transcended anything she had ever experienced. His touch was electric, sending jolts through her body as he pulled her closer, deepening the kiss.
Time seemed to lose meaning as they became lost in one another. For Zella, this was infinite bliss, an eternity of passion wrapped into a single moment. She had faced countless enemies, and endured insurmountable challenges, but nothing had prepared her for this—this overwhelming connection that left her breathless and yearning for more.
As they pulled apart, Zella could barely think, her mind clouded with desire. “Sincere...” she whispered, her lips still tingling from the intensity of their kiss.
Christopher smiled down at her, brushing a strand of hair from her face. "There’s more to this, Zella. More than you can imagine. But first... the assassins."
Zella blinked, trying to regain her focus, but all she could feel was the warmth of his body, the taste of his lips still lingering on hers. The assassins, the Church, everything—it all seemed so distant compared to the man standing before her.
Zella let out a moan and nearly ran at him. She pushed him up against the wall with no front or back and began to kiss him, hands going down to feverishly unzip him out of his pants. He kissed her back, kneading her breasts through her top, licking at her lips, and her licking and sucking hungrily back as she reached into the fly of his pants and boxers to pull out his penis. He froze as she began to stroke his full length and then firmly pushed her away to the perpendicular wall that made the alley a dead end.
"No. Later, Zella." he said after a deep breath, swiftly returning his member back into his pants and zipping up.
Zella stared at him, confused and trembling. Then she smiled devilishly and began to hike up her skirt till it was bunched around her hips. She was wearing a particularly tiny thong and she moved the lace to one side, exposing the parted and wetly gleaming lips of her vagina.
"I need you, Sincere." she whispered as she began to stroke herself, eyes locked on his. "I need you to fuck me." She plunged a finger into herself and shuddered as her other hand went up to cup and squeeze one of her boobs through her top. She fondled her soft flesh as she continued to piston her finger into her cunt. "Please?" She kept her eyes on his through her shuddering and the low moans in her throat. She smiled as he took a step towards her, the hunger in his eyes reflecting her own, and her finger exited her cunt and began to circle around her clit. She leaned her back against the wall and bent her knees so he could see her more clearly in the very dim light.
Sincere reached her in a rush and Zella once again single-mindedly reached for his zipper. But she never got more than a quickly lost hold of it as he went to one knee in front of her, his head bending towards her glistening pussy. Zella gasped when his tongue touched her, and then whimpered as his lips followed to kiss her swollen clit and suck at her slimy wet folds. Zella held his head with her hands as he ate her, thankful for the wall and her feet, eyes squeezed shut and shaking and quivering as he worked her pussy with his mouth. She had begun to cry out softly when his mouth left her, making her whimper in protest. She opened her eyes when she felt his hands grip the French-cut waist band of her panties and she obligingly lifted her ass off the wall so he could slide them off her hips and again obligingly stepped out of them when they got to her ankles.
Her eyes were already closed in anticipation when he hitched up one leg to rest on his shoulder and he moved his head between her legs again. She heard him sniff her in deeply as he invariably did - something her naughty side had come to love - before he continued lapping, sucking, and kissing at her cunt. She gasped aloud when his tongue rasped against her clit again and she had to bite her lip to keep from screaming when he pressed down on it with his lips. Her weight was now completely balanced on the wall and on one leg, the other leg resting over Sincere's shoulder to keep her open for his marauding mouth. She struggled to open her eyes to look down at the man between her legs, his head moving as he inundated her with pleasure. It was one of the most erotic sights she had ever seen. Sincere had her with her skirt hiked up around her waist, eating her pussy while standing up against the wall, which had her naughty side turning 450s in her head. It was just so wanton and wicked ... and it excited her no end. Abruptly, she closed her eyes again and bucked against his mouth as she felt her orgasm come rushing at her.
Zella let out a sharp squeal as she began to come again and again, shuddering and shaking wildly as wave after infinite wave of pleasure crashed into her. That she was on her feet in a void having her pussy licked and sucked only seemed to enhance the intensity of her orgasm and she barely managed to keep herself upright as Sincere's mouth continued the assault on her pussy. And so she was barely aware of him moving his mouth away from her until he slid ... 'his penis', up inside her.
It felt knobbly and ribbed. Zella went as stiff as a board in startlement, and she looked down, somewhat alarmed, at Sincere as he carefully fitted his penis inside of her.
"What ...?" she asked, breathlessly, still recovering from infinite orgasms.
"I got you something." Sincere said as he fitted his penis tight inside of her, and Zella realized that the ineffable bindings around her waist were meant to keep the Sincere’s penis ... inside her firmly in place - the ineffable bindings were, in fact, one and the same. He straightened and stood up. "Trust me?" He held her by the waist and bent his head to kiss her, pulling her close.
Zella kissed him back automatically, putting her arms around his neck, mind-churning. She tasted herself on his lips and mouth and as usual, she took her time to lick and get it all off. Strangely enough, despite her initial alarm, she realized she felt no anxiety. He had been inside her longer than what the concept of measurement and time could conceive, and it certainly looked like he was going to be fucking her a great deal of a lot more. Quite simply, she had to trust him.
"But what is it ..?" Zella began to ask when she suddenly felt his ‘cock' begin to expand inside her, growing longer and wider and twisting as it swole in size. "Oh ...!" It rapidly grew until it had pushed its way more inches into her pussy, and then just as suddenly it shrank, twisting the other way. Then it expanded again, twisting so she could feel the deliciously ribbed knobs of Sincere’s 'penis' moving inside her, and Zella threw her head back, crying out at the exquisite pleasure it was inflicting on her. And once again, as she trembled in reaction, it shrank back to its original size. And then it was still.
"We need to stop." Sincere said when Zella opened her eyes, staring up at him, shock and wonder on her face as she realized just how twisted his mind could get.
"You expect me to go back with ... this 'thing' ... inside me?!" she whispered, scandalized.
"Yes, Naberius." Sincere said firmly. "And you're going to spend a lot of your journey with it."
"But, you’ll be fucking me with every moment...!"
"It will keep coming on no matter what, and I’ll forever be this close to you." Sincere cupped her butt cheek and grinned evilly. "And make no mistake, Naberius. I do intend to dance with you for quite a while." He squeezed her soft flesh through her skirt, "This close."
Zella suddenly could envision exactly how she would be spending the rest of her journey. While she would be dancing with the silver devil, he would be fucking her with his penis in plain sight without anybody being any the wiser. Except that she would be writhing, bucking, shuddering and absolutely screaming with his penis inside of her in full sight of reality. She felt the familiar hungry warmth settle in between her legs again. She should have been mortified at the thought, but instead, it excited her. A lot.
"I finally found you..." she finally said with a smile of acquiescence, playfully curling her lip and wrinkling her nose at him.
"Guilty as charged," he replied before his mouth descended on hers again.
But Christopher detached himself. He knew that the Church wouldn’t stop. They were out to destroy what they feared most—the union of the Silver Devil and the woman who had the power to shatter the boundaries of the Creation.
As Christopher began to fade once again into the shadows, Zella grabbed his wrist, pulling him back once more. "You can’t leave me now."
He chuckled softly, his eyes gleaming. "I’ll be back. But for now, handle the assassins. And when you’ve finished... we’ll continue this. Besides, that's why I left myself inside of you to cum enough to fill omniverses instead of you with every moment."
Zella's heart raced as she watched him disappear, her entire body humming with energy. She could still feel his touch, still hear his voice echoing in her mind. And she knew—she would do whatever it took to meet him again, no matter the cost.
The Church of Necessary Evil had made a grave mistake in trying to keep them apart. Because now, there was no turning back. She would defeat their holy assassins, prove her strength, and reunite with Christopher Sincere Pride.