Chapter eighty one: Pain and pleasure
That cunning little trickster. They had adjusted the living arrangements of the Village slightly, and moved the Nurse so that she was easier to get to without leaving the UFO. They hurriedly handed over the necessary payment, and received a corresponding amount of Elixir in return, just enough to heal everything. The peculiar concoction did not even leave any detrimental effects on the user when consumed. The Nurse was secretive about the recipe though, and it apparently was expensive to make... For which the Moon Lord was grateful.
The Moon Lord's hand passed through the Village walls, and took a swipe at the Nurse as punishment. The wound was light, and she quickly used some Elixir on herself as the Moon Lord chased after the Immortal again, as they fled to the Clearing. The Moon Lord was cursing himself as the Eye on his forehead received more Arrows, courtesy of the Immortal... He should have suspected this. He had seen them do it many times, when the Village was invaded by Pirates, Martians, Pumpkins and Elves. And now... They had used it on him.
The third Eye did not last long, soon slipping out of the remaining socket. The Moon Lord felt a twinge in his chest, much like he had in the previous battle... The extra thick protective casing around his Core, the heart that pumped the Power around the mighty Vessel, was now exposed. The Plating had suffered with every Eye to detach, as the Core needed to spend some Power to simply fuel the Eyes as they flew around. The energy protecting Core had been it's undoing, but admittedly, had kept it from getting harmed any sooner.
The Moon Lord let out a low growl as he charged up the Beam. Or, well, he would have, had the Vessel possessed a throat. It may be modelled after him, but it did not require any of the usual organs, deriving sustenance purely from the Power. As the beam readied, the Immortal dodged attacks from the Eyes, all three of them providing a relentless assault upon his foe. As usual, the Immortal weathered their way through the Beam, using a Potion to recover and keep on fighting.
The Moon Lord kept close to the Immortal, and the Immortal kept high off the ground, making sure they had a clear shot at the Core at all times. Bolts flew from both the Moon Lord himself and the Eyes the entire time, with Phantasmal Sphere being thrown at the Immortal regularly to try and crush them, or at least the UFO. The cursed saucer did not seem to be overly affected by damage though, and the Immortal managed to sustain themself with Potions for the most part.
Feeling his Core weakening, the Moon Lord began to panic slightly. This was his Vessel. His. Housing the Soul of the ruler of this land. And he was losing to this... Human. Or were they Human? The Moon Lord brushed the thought to the side, instead focussing on sending another focused Beam of death through the Immortal, hoping that they would die. Preferably for good, but even a reprieve from this uphill battle would be welcome.
The Immortal was sent careening down to the ground when the Beam hit them, and the Moon Lord felt a glimmer of hope. But that hope quickly vanished. The Immortal had not puffed into Coins, after all. No, they were simply retreating to the Nurse, again. The rage and frustration he felt must have transmitted to the Eyes, as they all sent waves of Phantasmal Spheres at her house, trying to get both her and the Immortal. The Immortal had already fled, good as new, and the Nurse managed to hold on somehow, quickly fetching some Elixir to help recover. She was a resilient one, that's for sure.
Blinded by panic and rage, the thought of aiming for the Nurse did not occur to the Moon Lord at that time. It may have been better for him if it had. Instead, he kept up the attack on the Immortal, trying to bring them down even faster then before. They remained infuriatingly agile though, and managed to avoid most of the attacks, barring Spheres and Beams. Which, sadly, took a lot of energy to fire. The Moon Lord used them as often as he could, which whittled through the Immortal's health, and their Potions.
And then a surge of pain went through the Moon Lord. The Dragon had been stubbornly gnawing on his exposed Core the entire time, and it now pierced through it, disrupting the flow of Power that kept the Vessel stable. Pain overwhelmed the Moon Lord, and he froze... As his body began to crumble, sparks flying out wherever Power overloaded and erupted through his skin.
He heard the Immortal cheer, landing below where the Moon Lord hung, dying. And then his vision went dark.
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