INDESTRUCTIBLE PHANTOMS OF THE DARK REALM

INDESTRUCTIBLE PHANTOMS OF THE DARK REALM

A brilliant flash illuminated the scene just as three menacing slashes lunged towards me. These slashes, borne from the monstrous limbs looming before me, were nothing short of deadly.

"Dark Claws of Death"

I recognize the origin of this malevolent creature who attacked me for no reason, this was one of the many crawly hands that had broken free from the confines of the Realm of Darkness in the heavens above.

With swift reflexes, I summoned a formidable shield to intercept the impending assault.

"Shields of Quiescent"

The clash between the conjured claws and my protective shield was fierce, shattering my defense but draining the slashes' dark magic in the process.

Determined not to succumb to this otherworldly threat, I conjured a magic lance and thrust it towards the beast.

"Lance of Drakul"

However, my confidence shattered as the lance passed through the monster, leaving me bewildered and dismayed.

The escaped denizen from the dark realm was ethereal, impervious to my magical attacks. Despite my efforts, it seemed my powers were futile against this formidable adversary.

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"Damnit, even my lance couldn't kill this damn creep. What the Hell is this?", I complained and asked myself.

"This monster is a Phantom of the Dark Realm. It doesn't have a body, only an ethereal presence", a voice replied to me as a familiar piece of clothing appeared before me.

The clothing floated before me, swaying in the form of an invisible presence holding the fabric.

"Teacher, you have awakened from your slumber?" I asked the clothing, the shroud, or the soul of Emperor Tian when I recognized and suspected the presence behind the fabric.

Emperor Tian was a bodyless soul, the soul of my teacher from a previous life. I recently was reunited with him in my current life and rescued him from an eternal purgatory.

"My soul is resting on the magical shroud", Emperor Tian replied to me.

He could appear before me now because he possessed an unknown magical shroud that I obtained from the vaults of the Knight Templar Academy as a reward.

"How did you manage to possess the shroud and appear in the real world?" I asked him.

"The magic of this place resonates and is suitable for me which is the reason I can appear before you as this apparition", Emperor Tian replied to me as he floated above me.

The dark energies of this realm flowed into the magical shroud to increase my teacher's magic and fuse into it. The magic of this realm was healing and rejuvenating my teacher.

"But we must get rid of the Phantom now before it becomes a danger for us", I said to my teacher and warned about the danger facing us.

"Only certain magic can hurt a Phantom of the Dark Realm", Emperor Tian told me.

"What kind of magic can hurt the damn Phantom?" I asked him as the Phantom was preparing another powerful magic to strike me.

"There may be a few kinds, but the magic of the Knight Order can defeat the Phantoms. That is why the Knights of the Cross will make their stand here against them", Tian explained to me.

The Knights of the Order were trained in special magic that allowed them to explore this realm, which was a fact that I realized only now.

"Damnit, I've never learned about Knight Order magic in the academy", I replied to him and complained.

Despite having graduated from the academy, I've not learned the unique magic of the knights- The magic of the Knight Order, because I was overconfident about my own abilities. I never thought the magic of the Knight Order was useful to me.

"The magic of the Knight Order are summoned from their unique weapons, which is the strongest magic against the Phantoms of the Dark Realm", my teacher explained to me.

"Damnit, where the hell do I find the magic weapon of the Knights here in this realm?" I asked and complained.

Suddenly I remembered something.

Dean Masker gave me a book that described the situation in this realm to prepare me for the exploration of this realm, but I didn't bother to read it. If I had done so earlier, I would have come prepared.

Suddenly, to my surprise, someone responded to me.

"Are you looking for this?" Ratatouille asked me as he handed me a long and broad sword that he recovered from the ground.

The sword was large and unwieldy and also covered with rust and damage.

"What the hell is this? This can't be the weapon of the Knight Order?" I asked.

"Bang…Kaboom"

Suddenly, another triple slash of the Phantom's malicious magic struck us. Luckily, they were blocked by my conjured shield again.

"Yes, this sword once belonged to a knight of the Order and it still contains the magic of Order in it", Emperor Tian recognized the broken sword and told me.

"How do I use this damn broken sword?" I asked as I took the sword from Ratatouille to inspect it.

"You will need to conjure the powers of the sword by channeling your magic into the sword", my teacher told me and explained.

"I've never done this before. I usually don't use conjuration artifacts or swords. The last time I used something like this was when I was a kid", I told them.

Conjuration artifacts were tools that Templar students used to learn magic before they mastered how to activate their own templar constellations and create their conjurations.

"There is no need to learn a new conjuration, the conjuration is embedded in the sword", Emperor Tian told me.

I held the broken sword as I tried to channel my magic into it. At first, my attempt was rusty but eventually, I've got the hang of it.

The Phantom now rushes towards me after realizing that his conjured slashes were ineffective if I could block them with my conjured shield.

The Phantom would attack me in close combat as it swiftly rushed toward me.