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Chapter 18 - Against an entity of chaos

The Ignis Mountains, Tiamat's domain, were a volcanic hell where lava flowed like incandescent rivers and ash danced in a crimson sky. Jagged cliffs, smoking craters, and caves pulsating with primordial energy formed a labyrinth of chaos. Valzaroth, the Black Emperor of Desires, pursued his hunt for Tiamat, the primordial dragon, through this hostile realm.

His halberd crackled with black lightning, tearing through spacetime to teleport him across battles. Tiamat, in her human form, was an enchanting adversary: alabaster skin, black hair streaked with multicolored highlights, kaleidoscopic eyes glinting with cunning. Her draconic scale armor hugged her curves—round breasts, narrow waist, muscular thighs—and a shadowed cape billowed behind her. Their last clash, in a volcanic cavern, had revealed mutual admiration, but tension remained palpable.

In a smoking crater, surrounded by basalt peaks, Valzaroth found Tiamat perched on a rock, a shadow lance in hand. Lava churned below, casting a red glow on her face. "Still so stubborn, incubus?" she taunted, her voice a chorus of five tones, vibrating with challenge. "You can't break me."

Valzaroth, an arrogant smile on his lips, stepped forward, his halberd gleaming. "Break?" he replied, his voice deep. "I want to conquer you, dragon. But first, another round."

He teleported, a black bolt tearing through space, reappearing behind her, his blade aiming for her flank. Tiamat pivoted, her lance parrying, a storm of flames erupting, charring the air. He teleported again, avoiding the inferno, his black bolts striking her armor, scales flying. She countered, a wave of ice freezing the ground, but he sliced through the ice, his fist grazing her cheek, a trickle of black blood flowing.

"You dance well," she growled, a wild smile on her lips, her claws slicing his torso, red blood spurting. "But you're still too mortal." She summoned a poison sphere, the air hissing, but Valzaroth teleported, his black bolts piercing her shoulder, black blood staining her cape. Their strikes, precise but less lethal, betrayed a new restraint, like a dance of seduction.

Suddenly, the ground shook, and an inhuman roar tore through the sky. A colossal entity emerged from a dimensional portal, an abomination named Zorath, a titan of the Void. Its body, a mass of pulsating flesh and shadow tentacles, pulsed with annihilating energy. Its eyes, hundreds of glowing gems, fixed on Tiamat and Valzaroth, its voice a seismic rumble: "You, children of chaos, dare disrupt the balance? I'll reduce you to ashes!"

Valzaroth, panting, glared at Tiamat, his scarlet eyes narrowing. "Looks like we've got a common problem, dragon," he said, a smirk on his lips. "Keep fighting each other, or blast this monster?"

Tiamat, her multicolored hair flying, chuckled, her kaleidoscopic eyes gleaming. "You're insufferable, incubus," she replied, her lance shimmering. "But I like your style. Let's go." She extended a hand, a bold gesture. Valzaroth grasped it, their fingers briefly intertwining, a spark of desire passing between them. "Together," she murmured, a glint of complicity in her voice.

The crater became an apocalyptic battlefield, lava churning, peaks collapsing under Zorath's aura. Valzaroth and Tiamat, united by necessity, launched into a deadly dance. Zorath, its shadow tentacles whipping the air, hurled a wave of necrotic energy, disintegrating a rock.

Valzaroth teleported, his black bolts tearing through space, reappearing above the titan, his halberd plunging into a tentacle, violet blood gushing like a fountain. "Is that all you've got, lump of flesh?" he roared, his wild laugh echoing.

Tiamat, graceful and terrifying, summoned her five elements. Her fire head—embodied by a crimson aura—spewed a storm of flames, charring a swarm of tentacles, flesh blistering. "Follow my lead, incubus!" she shouted, her multiple voice vibrating.

She leaped, her shadow lance piercing one of Zorath's eyes, black fluid spurting, its screams shaking the crater. Valzaroth, impressed, teleported beside her, his black bolts striking another eye, exploding it in a viscous spray. "Nice move, dragon," he said, his scarlet eyes sparkling with admiration.

Zorath, enraged, summoned a chaos storm, violet lightning and void shards pulverizing the ground. Tiamat, dodging, combined ice and poison, freezing a tentacle before dissolving it, flesh melting into an acidic pool.

Valzaroth, teleporting through the storm, sliced another tentacle, violet blood splattering his armor. "We make a good team," he growled, brushing her arm, a gesture charged with tension. She chuckled, her claws grazing his torso. "Don't get carried away, emperor," she murmured, but her kaleidoscopic eyes softened, a budding desire mingling with them.

The titan, far from defeated, grew, its pulsating body opening hundreds of mouths, spewing annihilation rays. Valzaroth teleported, his halberd parrying a ray, the energy burning his armor. Tiamat, summoning her shadow element, created a spectral shield, protecting Valzaroth.

"You owe me one," she said, a provocative smile on her lips. He growled, his black bolts tearing through space, striking a mouth, pulverizing it in an explosion of flesh. "We're even," he replied, his lips brushing her ear, a warm breath fueling their chemistry.

Their coordination sharpened, a dance of power and seduction. Tiamat, combining fire and lightning, unleashed an elemental storm, charring dozens of tentacles, ash flying. Valzaroth, teleporting around Zorath, sliced its limbs, violet blood flooding the lava.

"You're a spectacle, dragon," he shouted, dodging a ray, his black bolts piercing the titan's flank, bones cracking. She laughed, her multicolored hair dancing, her breasts heaving under her armor. "And you, a chaos I appreciate," she replied, her lance piercing another eye, black fluid spurting.

Zorath, weakened, summoned a final attack: a void sphere, threatening to engulf the crater. Valzaroth and Tiamat, back-to-back, combined their powers. "Ready, emperor?" she murmured, her fingers brushing his, an intimate gesture. "Always," he growled, his scarlet eyes burning. He channeled his black bolts, tearing through spacetime, creating a massive rift.

Tiamat, summoning her five elements, unleashed a chaos storm—fire, ice, lightning, poison, shadow—merging with Valzaroth's bolts. The combined energy, a supernova of destruction, struck the void sphere, disintegrating it, the titan roaring as its body collapsed, flesh melting, bones pulverized.

The crater, devastated, smoked, the lava frozen by Tiamat's ice. Valzaroth and Tiamat, panting, leaned against each other, their armor torn, their blood mingling. "We got it," she murmured, her kaleidoscopic eyes locked on his, a weary smile on her lips. He caressed her cheek, his rough fingers against her alabaster skin. "Together, we're unstoppable," he replied, his voice raspy, a glint of desire in his gaze.

She leaned in, her lips brushing his, a kiss suspended. "Don't get used to it, incubus," she murmured, but she didn't pull away, her fingers tightening on his arm. "This isn't over between us." Valzaroth chuckled, pulling her against him, their bodies pressed together, the heat of the lava reflecting their budding passion. "Oh, dragon, this is just the beginning," he replied, sealing their alliance in the chaos of the Ignis Mountains.

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