Chapter 197: Similar
3rd person view
Craig is in Steel's house library trying to find a book.
"Why are you back here, shouldn't you be with your wife and daughter at your new house?" Emma asked
"There it is" Craig exclaimed and pulled out a book titled 'Victoria'.
"Victoria, the first person to ever used aura. Born during an era where magic was rare and around the same as Andrius Thames, she is titled as the greatest swordsman of all time, despite being born with magic talents second to only Andrius himself, she did not pursue magic" Craig read aloud "Rumor has it that she was a sword goddess reborn as a mortal, she was so proficient with the sword that sometimes people would say her body can't follow her own thought process as if she isn't used to her own body. But her skills with the sword, spears and every weapon is second to none"
"Are you going to be like that church and believe he's a reborn god too?" Emma sighs
"No, it's strange..." Craig was fidgeting a bit "I sometimes see it with the boy too when I used to teach him, sometime he would try doing some moves that only season veterans would do, but...his body couldn't pull it off like as if he's not used to his own body. His parents are adventurers, but I'm so sure that he was never taught those moves
"Plus he's strange, he can hide his presence completely or he can expand it to the point that he can kill us just by standing still. Not just that, the more injured he gets, the more stronger he gets, like a cornered beast, and when it reaches a certain point, his personality gets more wild like what you see during the raid"
"Well he is strange...but we can't ask him about it since he's far away at the moment, I have asked Cordelia about it, but..." Emma sighs "She definitely knows something. She's hiding it, but with my intuition, there's nothing she can hide"
"The kid hides a lot of things, the rumored prodigy from the Golds household Albert was supposed to be the strongest mage born during the new era, but..."Craig said "That spot light has been taken easily by Perseus, strong enough to beat adults of the higher core and is recruited by the father of magic. I bet it has something to do with the material of that sword, that's the biggest clue we got"
"I heard Albert called it plotinum" Wally chimed in "And only special individuals can wield them"
"Well then it seems like I might need to get busy" Craig sighs
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1st person view
We were waiting outside of this cave, apparently the cave is deep and it's where the summoning ritual takes place, that's where Arthur is.
"I know that our beast this time and all, but I feel really guilty since one of our executives is one as well"
"You're not the one killing the beast, you're fine" Urie patted my shoulder
"My bonds are, and we'll distracting the opponents, so we're accomplices"
"You killed fellow humans, this is no different" Stella said
"I know, I drank some of their blood in battle too, so I know what I'm getting into"
"So the plan, the beast can only be killed if a saint has placed a curse on it, the shaman can sense its weak spot and if it's hit at its weak spot, it will change locations to another part of the body." Damon reminded "And the seer can predict its next move, but all 3 need to be in the area for it to be able to be killed,1 for each head"
The ground then shook, meaning that the beast is summoned, we can then sensed several mana energy emerging from the cave.
"Alright, Stella will take Arthur, I'll take 2 while you take 1" Urie said as his skin started to turn black "I'll be a bit serious, but I won't be using my demon form today"
I saw Arthur charging straight at me, but Stella intercepted him and stopped him in his tracks.
"Angel's lance" Stella casted as several lances of light shot itself towards Arthur, Arthur then created a black wall from dark magic and blocked the attack.
"Stella West, tch, today might be hard after all" he clicked his tongue "Why do you always insist on getting in our way, he will rise and you are in his way!"
"I don't care" Stella replied "I just do the tasks assigned to me"
"Hephaestus' Fury" Urie casted as a hammer of flames appeared in his hands, he smashed it and flames spewed everywhere.
His opponents are 2 of their executives, one looks like a regular human with black hair and black eyes, but on his back were 8 spider-like legs and the other one is a huge ice spirit, he was gigantic and his body is made of solid ice.
My opponent is a cat girl, which is kinda awesome. But having a girlfriend really changed me, I barely rate other girls now. She had an angry expression as she had gauntlets on and readied her stance.
-That's a lie- Dabria pointed out
-Please pretend that only the readers can listen to all that-
"I heard you like to box in your spare time, specializing in lightning and fire magic...what was your name again? Purr? Fangs?"
"You seriously wanna die?!" she retorted as she threw a jab, I used my arms to block it and her magic exploded on impact "Number 11, Kathy."
"Explosion huh, we might be similar than you think. Magic wise anyway" I chuckled before casting "Dream world"
But unlike before there was no orb, and as she quickly looked around, she sensed that nothing has changed either, but she did sense that mana is denser in the area meaning that my mana is being spread into a field.
-Don't you need to cast the void first?- Siege asked
-Not anymore-
I then pointed to her tail, she stared at it as she saw it detached itself and float in the air.
"Reality can be whatever I want"
| Fuck you, why?!!! |