Sudden Turn

Despite my multiple attempts to call Mavros, I can no longer hear his response. Only the message of this.

[Warning. Communication with Mavros has been severed.]

FUCK! Then it could mean one thing, he's dead or trapped in a holy barrier meant to ward or trap undeads, dark type monsters, or hellkins!

I was about to plan something and strike at night, but because of them cutting Mavros and I off of communication from the barrier, that's out the window.

And I already sent Vampa and Burya to deliver the letters, so I'm already 3 monsters down.

"Dammit!" I cursed and ran back in the hidden hideout and called out to Stein, Flammen, Viri, and Taudera.

"Stein, Flammen, Viri, Taudera, run to my location! If they closed the gate, run right through!" I said to them and they began running. Taudera, however...

"MROOOOOO!!" Taudera roared and ran ahead of the four, remembering that the singular fat man humiliated him, insulted him, took him from his homeland. He desires blood.

I ran down to the room where the meeting is taking place and burst through the open.

"Ayy, it's the Beast Tamer!" one man happily yelled.

"Did you send the letters?" Thompson asked.

"Yeah, but there's a problem. The feudal lord is making his move and trapped Mavros!" I answered quickly.

This startled the crowd from the trauma of the feudal lord, but then realized that me, Hyoran, and my monsters are their best chance of victory. It's funny to know that they let children lead the battle, but they have no room to debate.

Besides, I think there are instances where teenagers went to war and led an army in my world's history.

"Hyoran, Gris, Noire, Fennec, Paura, let's get started. Everyone, let's make a ruckus!" I commanded. I took Hyoran's hand and took her with me to battle. Gris and the others followed.

"You heard the man, the rebellion starts now! It's time to liberate Valtuz!" Thompson yelled, raising his fist for revolution.

Everyone shot up and roared for liberation against oppression, I smiled, thinking back when I started the rebellion while I was alive.

Hyoran and I walked out of the hiding place and stopped for a moment to call Schwarze.

I checked my stats to add and upgrade skills.

"System, All base elements to Tier X."

[Elements Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Ice, Light, Dark, Poison, and Healing to Tier X. 10,000,000 EP required.]

[Attention. Upon reaching Tier X, you cannot upgrade any further due to rank restrictions. Proceed?]

"I better squeeze out what I can do. Do it."

[Acknowledged. 10 million EP deducted.]

[Skills upgraded. Fire Magic-X, Water Magic-X, Earth Magic-X, Wind Magic-X, Lightning Magic-X, Ice Magic-X, Dark Magic-X, Healing Magic-X.]

[New Skill acquired. Light Magic-X, Poison Magic-X.]

[All base elements acquired. New Unique Skill acquired. Beginner Elementalist.]

[All base elements reached Tier III. Novice Elementalist acquired.]

[All base elements reached Tier V. Advanced Elementalist acquired.]

[All base elements reached Tier X. Expert Elementalist acquired.]

HOT DAMN DIGGETY DOG!! Four Elementalist rank ups at once! Getting that skill takes hours of grinding, investing points into INT and finding armor and weapons to fit that style! But it makes a player versatile in combat as a mage AND adds benefits for mages!

We ran out to the streets where we put our monsters out in full display. Which alerted the citizens there.

"Eeek! A Silver Gale Wolf!" a woman screamed.

"A Black Shadow Wolf is here too!? What were the guards doing!?" one man yelled, tripping over himself.

"Evolve Fennec, Inferno Fox." I said to the system.

[Flare Fox > Blaze Fox > Inferno Fox. Selected.]

"Fennec, Evolution!"

*KYAOOOO!*

Fennec's eyes flashed and let out a howl.

*BWOOOSH!!*

A large pillar of flame erupted forth, it's light and heat forced us backwards and shield ourselves. Even though I have Heat Resistance, my skin will get burned if I'm not careful. The people witnessing us saw something to further fuel their horror.

"The Flare Fox is evolving! Run! Alert the guards! The soldiers!" one nobleman yelled. The people ran away from safety as the flames began to swirl violently.

"We're doing it, right?" Hyoran said excitedly.

"Yeah, sooner than expected, but we can work with this. The problem is that I lost Mavros." I said.

"No way...is he dead?" Hyoran gasped.

"I don't know, but let's hope he isn't." I answered.

*BWOOOSH!!*

The raging inferno swirled even more violently until it then exploded into the sky. Going out with a bang.

What lies there is a larger fox the size of a small child with flame patterns coming from its feet to its torso. Its fur also gained a deeper red color.

[Evolution complete. Fennec has evolved to Inferno Fox.]

[Due to evolution, Fennec has risen to Rank A.]

[New Skills acquired for Fennec. Fire Magic-XI, Fire Absorption, Menace, Bravery, Water Ward-V, Fire Dominance-IV]

Let's hope that those bandits don't catch wind of this rebellion, the quicker, the better.

We ran through the streets to find where Mavros last located before he was cut off. Although, I already know where to go thanks to Overvision.

Large amounts of panic fill the air and the rebels in the underground base flooded the streets, tearing down everything that is in favor of the feudal lord.

Many people ran away from the chaos of the rebellions as they just wanna live peacefully, but...

If they choose security over freedom, they deserve neither.

"Another rebellion!?" the guards said, weary of the rebellions.

"Once our feudal lord uses the skill, it will all be over, we just have to hold strong until then!" another guard said.

"Gris, Noire. Make a path." I said.

Gris and Noire ran ahead swiftly at the guards. Their speed kicks up dirt and dust around.

"Silver Gale Wolf and Black Shadow Wolf!? How'd they get in the city!?" the guards yelled, but Gris and Noire are too fast for them to react.

Gris and Noire turned into a blur and knocked all 6 guards away swiftly and easily. Since these guys aren't even C ranks, they're leaves in the wind.

We reached to the feudal lord's estate, but it's surrounded by a large white barrier. This is a holy barrier no doubt. Mavros might be weakening by every second.

I began walking towards the barrier and Hyoran became nervous by me walking to it.

"Be careful, we don't know what it'll do!" Hyoran yelled.

I touched it and my hand stopped on contact. This is a Holy Barrier for sure. But I wonder if I can use Dark Magic on it.

I created two swords out of Dark Magic and slashed at it.

*Slash!*

*Crack!*

The barrier cracked, but my dark blades disappeared on contact. However, the crack fixed itself. However, I have a better idea. I'll use light to trick it.

I imbued light into my hands and tried to bend the light of the barrier. The white barrier then showed an opening, but small enough for me to get through. Holy and Light are basically the same since they're basically light, but Holy is much harder to control even if I have Tier XII Light. And I am S rank!

I better evolve Taudera since he's on his way. I could go to Hard Stone bull and Iron stone, but it'll slow him down.

[Rock Bull > Red Rock Bull > Firestone Bull]

"Taudera, Evolution!" I said.

[Acknowledged. Now evolving...]

I jumped inside the barrier and the guards out here are fighting Mavros. But Mavros is struggling. It's time for rescue.

I used Tier VII Dark Magic spell, Black Vortex and launched it at the group fighting Mavros.

*GWOOOOM!*

The horizontal vortex barreled towards them and as the guards looks back at the shadow, they only saw a black and purple maw waiting to devour.

The vortex consumed them whole, blowing them away where Mavros in the middle caught in the blast. However, he absorbs Dark Magic.

"Mavros! You good!?" I yelled and Mavros swooped in and met me. I first looked at him fighting the guards with burn scars on his face and hands. But now that I gave him a dose of Dark Magic, he no longer got these scars.

I checked on his stats.

Oh shit! He lost two ranks from the barrier!? I looked back to see Fennec behind me and the opening from the barrier closed shut.

*BREEP! BREEP!*

By then, an alarm came up.

[Warning. Due to the Holy Barrier, your Dark Magic potency has been halved. Also, your Curse Magic skill has been sealed due to it being Tier I.]

[Warning. Communication with Ezo, Tuya, Hyoran, Gris, Noire, Flammenberg, Steinberg, Vampa, Burya, Viridesca, Taudera, and Schwarze has been severed.]

[You cannot gain skills inside this barrier.]

[EP is locked until the barrier is removed.]

[Warning. Mavros' power is declining from the Holy Barrier. Find the source and deactivate it.]

Damn, this could really screw me over down the line if I were to encounter it again unprepared. But time is running short for Mavros.

"Halt! Wait...a Dark Wraith and a Inferno Fox!?" one of the guards yelled in shock.

"Let's stick a fork in this pig." I said, unsheathing my sword.

"Lower your weapon!" the guard commanded, but by then, I was within striking distance and sliced his head clean off.

The rest of the body fell afterwards and the guards swung their weapons in a panic, but I went close in range and began cleaving them in two. More guards come out running and sees their men swiftly massacred in their wake.

"Kill whoever broke in and I'll reward you handsomely! Refuse and face execution!" a voice yelled from the mansion. The guards slammed the door behind them and prepared for battle.

"Get outta my way!" I yelled and Fennec used a Tier V Fire Spell, Flame Wave and a sea of flame erupted from a magic circle in front of Fennec's head, scorching them in the process.

*BWOOSH!*

"AAARGH!!"

Screams fill the mansion as the inferno blasted the doors off its hinges and sending burnt corpses of the guards sent on front.

We walked inside the mansion and yelled out.

"Oh Alphonse!" I called out. "Payment's due and we're here to collect!"