Chapter 67 - Evolution 1

After I was done checking my status, I talked with Akira since I want to ask some questions.

'Do you have any idea what will happen to Jan when he's captured?' I asked.

'He'll be imprisoned on the royal castle or he can be sold off as a slave. But I think they want Jan to spill some answers, they would force him to tell what organization he belongs to.'

'Wait isn't obvious that the Mercenary Guild is the one who do these kinds of job?'

'Of course they know that but knowing that doesn't mean they have the evidence. The Guild has counter measures for a person to not talk about the Guild. One of those is the Soul Mark Bomb, you actually have one right now. One fatal information you say about the Guild and your soul will explode.' Akira explained.

'Wait. How did they do something like that to my body? I didn't notice at all.' I asked worriedly.

'The Guild won't let you know since you won't join them if you have known that they have this strict measure. They have done this once you have drip your blood on the Guild ID.'

'So, they can kill me anytime?' I asked.

'Hmph, they can't. I already destroyed the Soul Mark Bomb but of course they didn't know that it was destroyed already.' Akira was saying with an arrogant voice.

'That's good. I thought that I will be a slave to the Guild for all my life.' I said with relief.

'You won't because you're a slave to me.' Akira said teasingly.

'So Jan can die by the Kingdom or the Guild. I wish I can save him. I can't think of anything that can save Jan. That Mark guy with him was strong and I can't even keep up with that guy. The level of that guy and my level just has a huge disparity.'

'Don't worry about Jan, I'm sure he has a life saving skill or item he holds. His father is powerful so I'm sure Jan must be given a great life saving item.' Akira said relieving me from my guilty feeling.

'You're right. Jan should be safe.'

While I was talking with Akira, Blite suddenly removed himself from my finger and went to an open space in the cave. He was then enveloped by a black light.

'Akira I'll talk to you later.' I said while watching Blite carefully.

Blite must be evolving now. What would Blite look like when he evolves. I can't wait for Blite to be powerful.

This will take a whole day to finish so I should just do something productive than waiting for Blite to finish.

I then trained with Nixie. She used her water magic to attack me while I practiced my presence detection and my HP Regeneration. I have turned on my Pain Immunity to let me not feel the pain.

The whole day we did that and not a single skill of mine leveled up. Two of my shadow clones died again and I retrieved there experiences when they were alive which enhanced my battle sense.

I then slept for the day and felt excited for Blite's evolution.

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Jan's Point of View.

I was encircled by the same knight from before and I can't find Ave with them. I felt mad when I saw this.

"Where's my partner?" I asked with anger going out from my voice.

"Oh that blue haired guy? He's dead." The man wearing the green armor said.

"What!?" I said with anger. I dashed towards the green guy and gave a flurry of slashes when I was in front of him.

The crazy man was powerful and he blocked every attack I gave him. It was a display of how stronger the man was. I do fear this guy but the anger I felt was more intense.

I didn't stop attacking the guy and didn't try to rest. Since I'm sure I'll die today, I might as well bring this man with me.

I jumped out and land on a decent distance from the man. My Soul Sword has a skill called 'Devil Sword's Deal'.

It was an extreme skill that will multiply all of my attributes by two times and even give my Sword Arts a boost of Two Grades. The skill will last for 3 hours but when it ends it will give me a backlash of 50% of my total attributes being lowered for a month, and my Sword Arts will decrease by 1 Grade permanently.

I dropped my blood on the sword and suddenly my sword turned into a red color while both of my arms was filled with tattoos of swords.

I felt my Master Sword Arts being enhanced going into Grandmaster Sword Arts to Legend Sword Arts. I even learned two new aura skills that was called 'Petal Dance and Slash' and 'Lethal Sword Rampage'.

The skill 'Petal Dance and Slash' is used by making my aura into tiny bits in the sky around me that looks like petals. The petals are sharp and can cut even a Grade 4 magic.

The other skill 'Lethal Sword Rampage' is a skill that will use up all of my Aura points. It will give 10 sword slashes to the opponent while the sword slashes will be imbued with aura that will make the sword sharper.

"I can feel that you have grown stronger. Well it doesn't matter even with your current strength, you will only manage to stand up to me but won't defeat me." The man wearing the green armor said.

I didn't reply but instead dashed towards him. It was hard to control my own speed but I can still manage. I was in front of him by the next second and made a slash towards him.

The man blocked it. I can't believe that even with my current power up, I still can't beat the man in terms of Sword Arts.

"Hmm.. your Sword Arts is in the Legend Grade now but I'm also in that current grade. We might have the same grade but it doesn't mean we have the same experiences." The man said while countering each of my attacks.

Since I can't damage him with my basic attacks, I'll use my skills instead. I took a step back and used the skill 'Petal Dance and Slash'.

Small auras enveloped me. A person's aura will differ in color so my aura was colored grey. It has a plain and lifeless vibe that you will feel when your around it.

I then dashed towards the man again while slashing him with my sword. The grey petals followed my attacks and hit the man all over his body.

I can see that my attack was effective and wounds were starting to appear on his body. My sword may not have reached him because he was blocking it but my grey petals did.

Soon my grey petals was used up while the man opposite of me has a bloodied figure.

"This is what you call an aura attack?" The man said while healing his wounds. He smiled at me while I can see that he imbued Aura on his sword. I retreated and stood at a great distance.

"I'll show you what a real attack is!" The man said while slashing his sword on air.

"Emerald Dragon Slash!" The man said while a green dragon made of aura came out of his sword. The green dragon looked alive and went towards me.

I don't know how to block it but I used my other skill 'Lethal Sword Rampage' to negate the attack.

I slashed at the dragon going towards me. The 10 slashes from me only took a second to execute and destroyed the green dragon but it doesn't mean I was left unscathed.

My body was full of wounds and felt the greatest pain I have experienced in my life. Blood came out of my mouth while I fell down to the ground. I tried to stand up but my body won't follow me so I just laid on the ground with face looking at the man with hatred.

"You're still weak kid but I'm impressed by your talent. Maybe I'll let some Arch-Mage erase your memories and let you be a dog for the Kingdom." The man said before I felt weak and soon my vision turned black.

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Ave's Point of View

I woke up feeling refreshed while looking at my MENU again to check on my status.

I can see that I have leveled up again and was already level 200. I can see the notifications for the evolution but I left it first. My Experience Points was at the maximum capacity now but I didn't level up. It must be because I haven't evolved yet.

I want to see Blite evolve first before taking my turn to evolve so I waited in my bed with Nixie.

My shadow clones have all died now but I didn't summon them since I'll be needing to evolve anyway.

I and Nixie waited until we saw a change on Blite's black light. The black light shined brighter until Blite came out.