In the icy Alps. Opal; Shiva.

Misery made her way to the Alps of the Chaos on Khrona's order, as that was really the ONLY icy place in Vescrutia.. Other than Fenri's house. Misery sighed, looking at a random cave of ice "... God, I just KNOW I'm gonna hate this..."

She sighed, stepping into the icy cavern, ready to tread the dismal road to the Opal that contained Shiva's summon.

As Misery began walking, she noted how it got slightly colder. "... This place REALLY does piss me off... But I'm gonna endure... I'll endure it... It's all good..." She wasn't really affected by the coldness, she was just pissed off about it.

As she continued walking, a large, goat-headed, bat-winged demon appeared before her chanting some magical spell. It was the Ash.



The Ash waved its hand at Misery, accumulating some magic within it... Then cast Reflect on itself.

Misery sneered "Fucking goat head... Your soul is MINE." She extended her sword and scythe blades and focused Insanity and Condemnation wavelengths through them.

Misery scoffed at the Ash using Reflect on itself "... You dumb bitch... Do you THINK I use any magical attacks like that!?" She would dash at him with incredible speed, slashing her sword, aiming to tear straight through the very essence of the Ash and devour its soul from the get-go.

The Ash would hold out its hands to Misery and unleash the Snowstorm from its hands, making a massive blizzard burst outward with incredible force, coldness and power, launching it back as well as hopefully freezing Misery on the spot.

10

Being caught in the blast didn't seem to affect Misery at all, except for blowing her back with the force. She was delayed just enough for the Ash to escape her slash, but her attack wasn't for nothing. "You think that weak shit will stop ME!? DIE!" Misery fell to the ground, letting scythe blades curve from her back and jut into the ground to keep her in place from the Snowstorm. She would then place her hand on the ground, making numerous sword blades jut up from all over the cave, trying to impale the Ash and keep it from escaping further into the cave.

Seeing as Misery was now ingrained with the ground, the Ash could make use of its death inducing abilities... But was had not foreseen the blades jutting from the ground, and its wings were pierced by the blades, now stuck on them. It still continued its attack as planned. It would use Doom on Misery, cursing her very essence with the power of death. After 10 turns, Misery would instantly be beckoned by the reaper, and her soul would be harvested.

Misery knew the power of Doom, however wasn't afraid of it. She smirked "Fool. Did you really think that would stop me? Let me show you the power of death... And what true Condemnation is." She sent a paralyzing wave of Insanity through her blades to immobilize the Ash, then retracted her sword and scythe blades so she could move, allowing the Ash to fall. She would then run to the Ash through the Snowstorm as if it weren't there, and when she was close, she would step on the Ash's face with incredible force, almost cracking through its skull right then and there... But for the finally, from her foot came a scythe blade, straight into the top of the Ash's head. Misery swiped her foot straight down the middle of the Ash, the scythe blade glowing with her Condemnation wavelength, slicing it in half. Misery would then proceed to devour the resulting soul that would come from it, as the Snowstorm stopped. "... Tch. I hate these sorts of things..."

Misery continued forth as if nothing happened.

Misery had only gone a little bit of the way, when suddenly, she was confronted by a Cave Imp.



The Cave Imp seemed to be insane... However it could feel Misery's power skyrocketing over its... For it was a very weak monster in general.

Misery smirked "Oh, I'm gonna LOVE destroying you..."

The Cave Imp flailed, shaking up its bottle of Sleep Juice, attempting to flee and splatter the juice all over the place, as it was an infinite vial of it.

Misery laughed "Where ya going, ya little bitch!?" She would stab her hand into the ground once more, making a massive cage of swords appear around the Cave Imp. Using her wavelength, she would totally disintegrate the Sleeping Juice that came near... As it was just some juice.

In one swift motion, Misery sliced clean through the Cave Imp from all sides, then quickly absorbed its soul. "Yawwwn... This is really pissing me off. Weak ass enemies and not a single Opal found... Grrrr... Dammit, Shiva..." Misery continued her quest, jumping down a random icy hole that led deeper into the cave...

Out of nowhere, a Feather Circle and an Ice Flan came to greet Misery...





The two of them blocked Misery's path, the Ice Flan charging up for what seemed to be a powerful icy magic... The Feather Circle floated behind, watching Misery...

Misery sighed "These fucking monsters are getting on my LAST nerve..." She pointed her sword at the Ice Flan, charging up some Insanity wavelength so that she could kill it easily...

But then, out of nowhere comes a Garuda.



Then a Grenade (ice version)



A Snow Mu...



A Green Vepal



A Wyerd



AND A Yeti




Each of them seemed to want to protect each other, and was called upon by the other dead things that Misery had killed beforehand.

After seeing the 8 monsters appear altogether... Misery was downright tired of this. She wanted to get to the Opal... And she wanted to get there FAST. "I... Don't have time for you specks... You guys are really pissing me off... Now, I'm just gonna have to obliterate you all..."

A sudden power began to surge and flow through her. She was angry. She was VERY angry... The anger was manifesting itself into power... That anger, that hate, that fury, that power... It made her body glow with a burning light... This was the power of... Trance.



Misery began to change, her boots becoming different sized, wings sprouting from her back, her shirt becoming nothing but a corset and her pants becoming a thong. The white streaks in her hair became black, forming into wings on her head and her arms were wrapped in an energy that became gloves. This was Trance Misery.

The blinding light of hate faded, and she took note of the charging Flan... "When I said I was going to obliterate you... I meant I was going to OBLITERATE YOU. This is the power... of TRANCE!!" Misery held up her hands and said "Lust's Hold..." and millions of tendrils of manifestations of her power in the form of devil tails shot up, wrapped around and stabbed into each and every one of the enemies before her. Their energy was instantly drained in the process, sucking out their very essence... And their souls, giving Misery their souls without having to slice through them. Their bodies became nothingness afterward, being disintegrated. Misery snickered "Aaaah... Finally able to use Trance in my human form... I like it. Now I'm gonna go get this Opal..." Misery began to hover a bit, floating into the deepest part of the cave.

Finally, Misery made her way into the final crevice of the cave... She could see the Opal and was ready to grab it, when 2 more monsters intercepted her; a Wendigo and an Ice Dragon.





Wendigo: Foul temptress... You dare seek the awesome power of Shiva embedded within this Opal? I, then Wendigo and this Ice Dragon shall not let you pass...

The massive Ice Dragon roared a chilly roar, and the Wendigo clenched its massive fist. The two immense giants towered over Misery, ready to destroy her when necessary.

The Ice Dragon would first attack using Mighty Guard, increasing the defenses of the Wendigo and itself by a massive amount so that it could sustain substantial damage without being hurt. The Wendigo would then use the confidence it gained from the Mighty Guard protecting it to rush in at Misery, then stop right in front of her and use Sunder Earth, stomping its foot and making the ground crack and rupture, icy earth shooting up into the top of the cave in an attempt to crush Misery.

With a smile on her face, Misery surged some of her power through the ascending ground, causing it to be destroyed upon the touch with her power. She floated down majestically, cackling slightly "Did you honestly think such an attack would stop me?" She would extend her wings, which suddenly spiraled themselves into drills, trying to pierce through and destroy the two quite quickly. She didn't want to use a lot of her power, since she wanted to go through all of the gems in Trance Mode... And according to Khrona, using less power and acquiring more souls made it possible to stay in Trance for a long time.

The Wendigo quickly casted Haste upon itself and the Ice Dragon, making the flow of time and space within them increase heftily. The Wendigo would dash off in a blur of blueness behind the floating Misery, casting Blizzara in an attempt to freeze her.

The Ice Dragon also would evade the attack, flying around the cave at a high speed in a blur of blueness, as well. It would then proceed to use its Cold Breath, an icy blast so cold that it could Freeze anything upon contact. They were both trying to freeze Misery in ice.

Scoffing, Misery could easily see the two and hit them as if they were moving at a normal speed. Misery's reflexes were just that potent. The chilling air that came toward her would be sliced clean through by her sword blade, as in Trance, her weapons gained the ability to slice through Forces. Next was to handle that Blizzara... As she felt the accumulation of ice around her, she let her wings encase her and made thousands of spikes jut from them simultaneously, preventing the ice from further accumulating and destroying any ice that was already there. She retracted the spikes and unwrapped her wings from herself. She would release manifestations of her energy from her own shadow on the ground that would cover the entire ground, making it turn completely black. Since the Wendigo was currently touching the ground, its body, starting with the feet, would begin to be broken down into energy for Misery.

The Wendigo was caught, unable to do anything once the process ensued, eventually letting its body completely be devoured by Misery's energy.

The Ice Dragon, which was in the sky, however, would not go so easily. It used Dragon Force, increasing all of its powers and abilities by a massive amount, then it would use Sleet. The Sleet came out a lot more powerful than it would have normally, easily covering the entire cave in nothing but the icy cold liquid. There was nowhere Misery could run from it.

A frown came upon her face as the iciness got into her direct range of vision, making her squint... However, that seemed to be the only thing that it did. It did not seem to harm her much, if at all, nor hinder her with its coldness or its force. All of the black energy on the ground that Misery made devour the Wendigo would now shoot directly upward at the Ice Dragon. There was no escape. All exits were blocked by the energy, and it was slowly closing in on the Dragon, ready to devour it.

The Ice Dragon, having nowhere to run, could only be broken down and absorbed by the energy, having its soul eaten along with it, giving Misery more power.

Misery basked in the numerous souls she had just collected, actually feeling the effects of Trance extending before her... "Ah... This is good..." Out of the corner of her eye, she saw an odd glimmer that was different from the normal ice. She walked over to it, picking it up and inspecting it. It was the Opal.



Suddenly, a massive power started to surge through her, as if all of the powers of Ice had become hers alone to manipulate. "... Shiva... Your power is mine..." Misery would place the Opal inside of her corset, then proceed to walk to the exit of the cave, onward to the next destination... Wherever that may be...