The mysterious transformation induced by the Demoncasting process caused the D-arm to gain other properties.
One of them happened to be the ability to devour phasewater - as well as phasewater-infused blood - to fuel its phasewater-charged mechanism!
While Joshua imagined that this might happen, he did not dare to put too much hope in this possible interaction. He had already been prepared to launch repeated attack runs in order to finally land a killing blow on the lesser phase lord.
What happened instead was that the Bitter Scimitar exploded in power shortly after its blade sunk into the Eight Lord's exposed chest!
The flesh, bone and other toughened organic tissue tried to resist the advancing blade by any means possible, but the phasewater that reinforced their structure and granted them transphasic capabilities had turned from a source of strength into a serious liability!
Any organic tissue that contained any scrap of blood got drained by the Bitter
Scimitar!
Any pieces that did not contain blood could not withstand the sharpness of the
resonance-empowered transphasic blade.
Even if the Everchanger did not press the D-arm any deeper, the Bitter Scimitar drove
its blade deeper into the chest on its own accord!
Though the Bitter Scimitar clearly exhibited signs of going out of control again,
Venerable Joshua did not try to interrupt what was happening.
If he wanted to develop a respectful relationship with the D-arm, he needed to extend his trust to it and give it space to take action on its own initiative.
Killing the Eight Lord of Takansha was their common goal. If the Bitter Scimitar
thought that driving its blade straight through the chest, then that was a viable
choice!
It became a lot more difficult for Joshua to maintain the fusion spirit that empowered the Everchanger so much. The dark crow briefly grew fuzzy as Joshua tried to sort of the explosion of euphoria and power from the D-arm.
He still managed to keep it together. This time, the dark crow no longer used its beak
to peck into the lesser phase lord's body. The Bitter Scimitar was already doing an excellent job in its phasewater-charged state!
What the dark crow did instead was serve as an additional defensive layer to the
Everchanger.
While the Bitter Scimitar was still digging deeper into the chest of the Eight Lord of
Takansha, the suffering phase lord frantically used his scepter and his knees to bash into the stationary Everchanger!
The expert hero mech's resonance shield was still intact and able to resist a number of
direct attacks, but the additional protection provided by the fusion spirit granted the machine an extra safety margin!
Soon enough, the phase lord started to lose his strength as the Bitter Scimitar cut too deeply into his large body. Phasewater-enriched blood continued to spill out of the open wounds. Anything that wasn't devoured by the bloodthirsty blade freely seeped into vacuum and disappeared into the mists!
After the Everchanger made another concerted push, the D-arm finally cut into the enormous heart of the phase lord.
The Bitter Scimitar especially enjoyed the act of draining and devouring this key
organ.
Orven hearts functioned similar to human hearts. Both of them were responsible for
rhythmically pumping blood to every organ and piece of flesh in an organic body. The catastrophic damage inflicted to the lesser phase lord's heart caused his true body to quickly lose most forms of blood circulation!
Even if phase lord bodies were able to last considerably longer without a fresh supply
of blood, there was no way for the Eight Lord of Takansha to save his life unless others
immediately came to the rescue.
Alas, the confinement spell array still remained active. Nobody was able to come to the lesser phase lord's rescue, let alone observe what was taking place. The orven phase lord had lived for so long and amassed so much power. He had
managed to scheme his way to the top of his society and successfully passed the life tests that resulted in his ascension to godhood.
He should have enjoyed a much more glorious life, but because he got drafted into the Red War, he instead lost his life at the hands of a human expert pilot!
The Eight Lord made one more expression of despair behind his closed helmet before
losing consciousness.
"Is he dead?!"
"No. Not yet. He's comatose." "Should we capture him, Joshua?"
"That is not a good idea. We won't be able to get away with hauling away this huge
corpse without driving every orvan soldier crazy. We should end his life immediately and quickly harvest the most unique and valuable phasewater organs that we can carry away. It will be messy, but I have been told that it is fine if just half of the organic
tissue is left."
The Everchanger withdrew the Bitter Scimitar from the ruined chest of the dying
phase lord and flew up until he reached the same height as the top of the alien god's
head. Joshua did not bother to conduct any ceremonies and straightforwardly chopped the Bitter Scimitar directly through the forehead that was covered in armor.
Armor and skull bone parted easily enough. Once the Bitter Scimitar finally cut apart.
and drained the vulnerable brain tissue, the Eight Lord of Takansha had finally
perished!
A soundless scream briefly shuddered through space as the Bitter Swordsman instantly captured and devoured the orven lesser phase lord's soul!
Just as Joshua had promised, his new life sword could freely devour the soul of the
defeated champion!