As Lilith walked out of the Cathedral the first thing she saw was a.. a werewolf? it was a creature that was on all fours, had a wolf's face, its eyes where white and lifeless, it had sharp claws and was covered in dark gray fur.
'That's a fucking werewolf, damn it!'
She crouched behind a wall but it was too late. the Werewolf had already smelled her. So, Lilith did the only thing she knew both from the School and the knowledge given to her by Persephora's in her illusion.
She used inertia. Just as the monster jumped on her to devour her. She placed the blade on the floor and used it to impale the Werewolfs brain from the inside of his mouth.
[You have killed an Awakened Beast! Wolfhound.]
'Awakened?! im not even a Dreamer, and i don't have any aspect to use! how is this Fair?!'
Lilith would have really liked to take the fragment of an Awakened beast.. but her face was covered in the Wolfhound's Blood, and She was sure it would attract other Nightmare creatures soon. She had to run!
So she did. she somehow flipped over the beast's corpse from atop her. retrieved her sword and sprinted downhill. making as little noise as possible. using allies and so on.
She was thankful this 'Wolfhounds' were stupid and only relied on smell or she would be dead already…
[You have killed an Awakened Beast! Wolfhound.]
[You have killed an Awakened Beast! Wolfhound.]
[You have killed an Awakened Monster! Blood Wolf.]
That last fight got to her. that Bloody wolf slashed her chest and part of her left arm away.. it also wasn't blind, so Lilith had to use her cunning to kill it.
she had resolved to get Slashed by the wolf before falling down. then bait it to try and bite her neck off. that's when she wrapped her legs around the wolfs neck and used her good hand to pierce the wolf's eye with her sword.
It was a dangerous and risky move.. but she didn't have time to set up traps taught by Persephora and she wasn't nearly strong enough to fight this monster head on..
After slaying the Blood wolf she saw the Well made out of Dark stone, it was just 50 meters away. but just as she was about to walk towards it. a loud explosion came from behind her.
A whole building exploded. a 5 meters tall, Dark and Bloody giant that looked like it was made of Bones was running towards her!! it was killing everything in its Path too!
'Why does everything in this city want to kill me?! I'm just a dormant beast! can't they just kill each other?!!'
Lilith ran in a ally, using stone buildings to slow down this Dark and Bloody goliath. It wasn't working.. she was lucky that the giant's movements were awkward and somehow rollable..
Just before the giant was about to make her a Pancake. She saw the Well right in front of her. as if instinct overtook her, she jumped head in.. Too bad she didn't know it was ten's of meters deep..
Once she touched the ground. Both her legs, feet and hip bone shattered, splinters of bones cutting her muscles and piercing her skin. making her bleed both internally and externally..
Also, because of the fall. all the air in her lungs got knocked out of her. she trembled and tried to move causing even more pain to herself. She panted for air for a moment before she creamed.
"ARHGGG.. FUCK!! shit…!!!"
Lilith was panting in pain, tears streaking down her face as she looked up at the sky from the Well.. she bit her lip hard trying to change the pain.. it didn't quite work..
Lilith looked around, it was mostly dark in this cave.. but ahead there was a Red light..
She started to crawl, leaving a bloody streak on the way.
she could see human corpses and beast corpses around herself.. it was a well yet there was almost no water. only small poodles made from the stalagmiti on the ceiling as they dropped drops of water from time to time..
"Ngh!! Shit.. shit.. Argh!!"
Lilith kept moaning from the pain as she crawled forward with her arms. every movement sent pain down her damaged nervous system, She was sweating cold.. but she held on..
She kept heading down until she was 10 meters away from an ancient white throne. sitting on it was a skeleton with long black hair, from the proportions and anatomy she could see it belonged to a woman, albeit the women's skeleton was 2 meters tall at least.. then Lilith looked at the skeleton's Blood red fangs…
Just looking at this corpse's fangs gave Lilith a strong feeling of Evil and Profane.. it was so strong for a moment she forgot about her pain..
"Ngh.. what was it Persephora said..? Bite yourself with this corpse's fangs..? Ugh.. I must be out of my mind.. but it's fine as long as i can get out of this damned shitty nightmare.."
Just as she started crawling toward the corpse, she heard a loud thump from behind her… That Damned Giant had broken down the well and made the cave collapse! he had followed her down here!
'Why could such a big creature want from me?! Shit!'
Lilith ignored the pain and crawled as hard as she could, she grabbed the skeleton's head and pushed herself up, she was sitting in the skeletons lap, her crushed leg on both side of the skeletons. she moved her hands to the skeletons skull.
Just before the Black bloodied giant was about to crush her. she pushed the skull's red, bloody fangs deep in her Neck. and then. A feeling worse then Death assaulted her.
[You Sacrificed your humanity.]
[The Void Being you seek has long been killed.]
[You bear the mark of Profanity.]
[You are a Willing Sacrifice.]
[The Void being Looks at you from beyond Death]
[It tries to grab you but it Can't. your choices will be your own.]
[Profane Sacrifice, Receive your Curse.]
Time stopped. The world stopped. it felt as if nothing but herself existed. Lilith was paralyzed, she felt a pain that could consume her very soul. but she could not scream. pass out or do anything.
as if accepting a divine Punishment, she simply stood there. in the skeleton's lap, in the throws of an unforgiving and merciless pain.
minutes. hours, days. Who knows how much time really passed.
Lilith's very being, Her skin, muscles, bones, eyes, organs, will, spirit, Even her Soul got destroyed and re-shaped.
She felt that her mind was foggy and hazy… when she heard a sound of flames devouring the world itself. and then a voice.
[You have killed an Awakened Titan! Black War Golem.]
[You have killed a Dormant Human.]
[Wake up, Lilith Arcane! Your nightmare is Over!]
[Prepare for Appraisal.]