I-Uhm-
Should I tell him who I am? Would that even hel
Your hesitation begets my suspicion. Die.
Woah!
And a blast of concentrated mana struck my barrier, sending the ball I was in flying as it took on the full force of that attack. I was safe, but I still had to deal with all the rolling, like I was being tossed around inside of a hamster ball. Thank goodness I managed to protect my head, otherwise this would have hurt.
[Asaka!] The onnikais voice entered my head.
Urgh yeah, Im alright, I groaned, holding my head as I struggled to stand up.
My vision was slightly blurred, shaking even. The [Light] I had floating in front of illuminated the area, but I had absolutely no idea where I was. Well, outside of knowing I was still inside this onnikai forest.
Fascinating. A cold, monotonous voice appeared again, drawing my attention in the direction of a figure slowly walking into the light. Sothing was able to endure my miniature mana cannon. Intriguing. I must see how much longer you survive this.
And his arm opened up again, revealing the blue glowing tal barrel from before. A chill ran down my spine as it grew brighter, but I couldnt do anything but take the hit again. And another. And another!
Arghhk!
My body felt bruised. The barrier might still be standing, but my Health still suffered from being thrown around by the projectiles force. I tried to cast [Moderate Heal] on myself to get rid of the pain and injuries, but my [Danger Perception] warned only seconds before my spell was undone.
Uwarrrk!
What the hell is happening?! Argh, this fucking hurts!
I have to move.
The mont my barrier landed safely on the floor, I grit my teeth through this god-awful headache and had my onnikai bring down the barrier. Forcing my tired body forward, I dispelled [Light] and ran in the opposite direction of where that man was, hoping he wouldnt find .
But, only monts later, my onnikais jumped in front of , projectile their barrier in front like a shield and covering from an incoming blast of mana.
Unique. A faemancer? That sa abominable voice entered my ears again. I wanted to puke. Then, your survival is even less desired. We cannot afford to let any of this information escape this area.
Stop! I pleaded in desperation. I have no intentions of doing anything with all of this! Please, believe !
It was a lie. I hated lying. It reminded of my parents. However, this was the sort of information I couldnt just keep to myself if I were to get out of here, but telling him the truth here was the worst.
Impossible. However, in that sa almost robotic voice from before, he rejected peace. He saw through my lie and chose violence. Your existence will prove to be nothing but an obstacle for our future. You must be erased to ensure our safety. May you rest in peace.
Shit! Psycho!
[Asaka, were draining through our mana! We need your help.]
This couldnt have co at a worse ti. As I was distracted by the words of my onnikai, another blast crashed against the barrier, causing dust and dirt to fly around . Sure, having the mana barrier in the form of a shield prevented the force of the projectile from pushing away with it, but my ears rang so much more from the loud noise, compared to when I was still inside the ball version.
Another advantage of the ball was also an omnidirectional protection, aning it was impossible to hurt if they were to flank . Now? I was vulnerable from the sides. And this was exactly what this man took advantage of.
Shit!
My onnikais moved just in ti to block another hit, but I was beginning to see the cracks in the barrier. The onnikais werent kidding when they ntioned they were using up their mana. At the end of the day, they might have been A rank fenrirs in their lifeti, but now they were only dead spirits with a little more mana than the average onnikai.
And I was learning that the hard way.
What?! My mana! I looked in horror at my dropping Mana pool, seeing the number drop down to half just to repair the barrier up again. How much are you using to keep this barri Woah!
And the crack reappeared. Half of my mana, gone. For a single use of the barrier to stay up. I could feel sweat drenching my face as I stared in despair at what was happening.
Im gonna die!
[Fear (Moderate)] inflicted on [Human, Asaka Hanazawa]
Shit!
I couldnt control my body anymore. Fight or flight. Every single cell chose the latter without a single hesitation. The endless parade of thoughts about my death was killing my brain, clouding it to the point I was auto-piloting through the forest.
[Asaka!] The onnikais shouted as they darted in front of , blocking an explosion a few feets in front of .
I was knocked onto my butt from the wind pressure, as the shield materialized too hastily to block everything. Before I could make do with what was around , the onnikais moved again, blocking sothing from hitting . However, this ti, it wasnt a blast, it was a sword.
You are tiring to kill, woman. The foxians eyes and mine t each other, making want to puke at how lifeless and uncaring he looked at . His aloofness was nauseating. Once Im done, please wait for O
I could tell he was saying sothing, but my ears didnt register any of his words. My attention was fully focused on the widening crack of my barrier. It was about to break, and that ant my last defense was about to go. Without the others around, all I had left was my spells and this dumb mace from the church.
[Asaka, RUN!] The onnikais ordered and my body stood up as if I was possessed. My legs didnt stop
which left unaware of the foxians next move.
Got you. And at that mont, he was flying right above , casting no shadow as the light of the moon barely got through this thick forest.
I stepped my heels onto the ground as he landed right in front of , trying to stop my acceleration but I wasnt in ti. Nor did I have the room nor space to dodge his sword strike
Death flashed right before my eyes.
No! Ugok!
Blood splattered right onto my face, covering my nose in that pungent iron sll. But there was sothing else among the stench, sothing foul like rotting at.
As I ca back to reality, I saw two things suddenly drop onto the ground. Guts spilled, flesh sundered, and red liquid drenching the grass and ground. A black robe covered the wound, the bisection of a torso, but I still found it gut-wrenching from how the man who just saved my life was still wriggling around on the ground.
Emil! I shouted, realizing who it was.
Get out of here! Im fine! he stated as a black magic circle appeared from his arm, only for hands to sprout out from the ground in the next seconds. Get out here!
So you were the one to hide the corpses of our recent intruders. Resourceful, necromancer. As the zombies attacked the man, he used his sword to ward them off easily, but from the horde of bodies Emil summoned, it should still buy enough ti for to escape.
Still
Why isnt he using that cannon of his? That arm thing.
Hey! Emil drew my attention. Run away, already! You cannot die!
W-What, how can you still speak?! Here, let I was about to instinctively heal his wounds, despite knowing it would be impossible to do with [Moderate Heal].
Im an onnikai! He stopped . This body is one of many. I can repair it, but you? You cannot die! You were chosen by Goddess Death for an objective! You cannot die! Escape from here!
What?! Thats impossible! That person can outrun and all of that! I cannot do anything!
Monts of that man shooting his cannon and almost slashing with his sword flashed before . I could feel my hands drenched and my heart dropping from the fear I felt from him.
You were chosen by Goddess Ilsaphone! I do not care if you are a priestess of the Light Goddess or not, but you were chosen! You received her boon in the form of that amulet. You are a onnikai faemancer and elentalist now! Use us! Use our powers with your mana! Cast dark magic and escape from here!
My eyes widened and it felt like ti slowed down. I took out the amulet, realizing I had it the whole ti. I wasnt wearing the amulet of Aurena, the one I received from the Holy Capital which marked as a priestess and follower of their church. Neither was I wearing the robes of a saint candidate; instead, this black robe I wore was made from Segawas mana threads.
Was it truly fine for to use dark magic when I was supposed to be a holy priestess?
Emil suddenly went silent, dropping onto the floor as a black cloud seeped out from him. [Use , Asaka. Channel your mana into , and I will transform its elent into dark. Use that to cast whatever spell you wish.]
Dont you hate humans?
Emil was an onnikai from the ti of the War for the Faefolk. He was one of the spirits who died in pain from having his mana drained for a battery. The whirling emotions he had at his ti of death brought him back to life in the form of a vengeful onnikai. He didnt specify who killed him, but from what I could guess, it had to be a human or beastman.
[This is not the ti for that! Dodge!] I did what he said as my [Danger Perception] agreed with him, avoiding a zombies decapitated head.
That foxian man wouldnt be occupied for too long anymore.
[Asaka. Use us. We can handle the chants and magic circle construction,] my onnikais offered to , but I still felt apprehensive of this idea.
The one who didnt want others to rely on her, but who was always reliant on others. I felt lost when my brother died. Lonely. And now I was relying on people like Yorshka, Hestia, my onnikais, and
Elrick Grk! That baaaaastard!
I clutched the [Amulet of Blessed Spirits] and reached my hand for one of my fenrir onnikai and began pouring my mana into him with [Mana Control]. I could feel my body losing it, only for it to return back into my body, however, sothing was off about it.
[Saint Candidate] has rejected the usage of this type of magic. Reason: Dark elental mana
It felt like my body was treating the dark mana like a virus. Rejecting it. And I learned this truth after a system ssage appeared before . My own title was the culprit behind this nausea I was feeling? This wasnt an allergy, this was my ticket out of here!
Go away! This is my body! You will not do as you wish!
[Individual [Human, Asaka Hanazawa] is attempting to overrule the effects of [Saint Candidate]. Denied
What?!
[Saint Candidate] control has been usurped by individual [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]. Sending title owners request to the usurper Request accepted. [Saint Candidate]s effects were overruled by individual [Human, Asaka Hanazawa]
Hestia-san!
The swirling mana inside my body began to subside, no, in fact, it felt almost normal at this point. As if it was part of my body, erasing all the problems I had of it before.
Who would have thought Hestia usurping control over my title was this beneficial?! I thought she was trying to do sothing, but if it was for this, then who was I to complain?! That girl was a goddess in my ti of need!
[Asaka, what spell? We can conjure it now, so give us the command!]
There was only one I could use at that mont.
Light! Shadow Dash! I snapped my head around as I conjured a new [Light] to illuminate the darkness, increasing the visibility of the area.
I identified an area as far away as I could. In the next mont, words stread into my head and a black magic circle appeared where I was looking at. I rembered all of this. This was when I still didnt have [Chant Revocation Lv. 10]. I had to read this chant while the system created the magic circle.
Now, I had to do it again, only this ti, it was with my onnikais help.
God of Shadows, consu in your embrace as I travel under the cloak of the night. Allow passage through your world! Shadow Dash!
I grabbed Emil and my four onnikais and slipped into the shadows whilst watching the foxian fight through the hordes of zombies. In the next mont, the world around turned completely black. There was no light here, as if it was actively rejecting everything.
My onnikais then tugged on my shoulders as I felt overwheld at where I was, understanding a bit what Segawa and Kazumi had to go through with their dark magic practice. They drew my eyes to a single light source in this whole place. I could draw myself towards it, so I began swimming.
Once I was there, I looked out of it, only to see the shine of the moon right above . All I could of it was how beautiful it was. The sun didnt allow to watch it, denying and shoving away to do sothing else. But the moon I could watch it without getting hurt.
This wasnt ti to frolick. I need to get out!
I pushed myself out of the hole, nodding at how the spell worked perfectly. This gave the confidence to cast my next spell.
Appendages of the dusk, reveal yourself. Horrors of the night, do my bidding! Dark Tendrils!
Acquisition requirent fulfilled. [Dark Magic Lv. 1] gained
Spell gained: [Dark Bolt]
I didnt have Segawas [Shadow Armant], aning I couldnt bounce around like a flying squirrel with a grappling hook attached to myself, but what I could do was emulate her mana threads. Creating a spider web was all I needed before I ran away as fast as I could.
All I could hear for a while was the sound of my breathing and my feet stomping the grass, but after a while, I suddenly heard a loud Urk! It seed that foxian was actually caught in my trap. That should delay him for a bit for to use [Shadow Dash] two more tis.
I killed my [Light] after I exited the third shadow. [Shadow Dash] might ntion shadows in its na, but even complete darkness was acceptable for using the spell. I could use the spell again without any light, but that affected my line-of-sight. That was the real weakness of this skill, as I needed to see my destination. My onnikais knew their spells well enough.
In any case, I had to concentrate on getting out of here. That foxian couldnt track that easily, so I had to find the entrance with Emil leading the way. While I ran, I noticed multiple onnikais and undead looking at .
Emil shouted, The monster is chasing us! Protect the chosen one of Goddess Death! at them. They were initially quite confused about it, but that changed quickly when that foxian appeared out of nowhere, shooting his mana cannon at only for my onnikais to block it with a barrier.
Unlike before, though, the barrier cracked. My onnikais were at their limits with their mana. Anymore, and they would die.
Shit! How did he get here so fast?!
He was once again using his mana cannon and it really showed the difference between that and his sword.
Hey, hey, a large spell! We need a large spell!
[Dark magic spells arent designed to be offensively used. They are made for those creative enough to use them properly,] the onnikais stated, making wonder who the hell Marsven was for developing these shitty spells. [[Tenebrous Magic] is what you are looking for, but even with [Dark Magic Efficiency Lv. 5] on your amulet, you yourself dont have the mana anymore for advanced spells, Asaka!]
Shit! I cursed before pulling out my amulet of Aurena and shooting a spell at my enemy. Sacred Smite!
This spell too was from an advanced magic skill, but at least I had a lot of skills to reduce mana for that elent. Also, at this point, Ive been casting holy spells in front of this man twice now. He probably already knew I was a holy mage, but he still didnt stop his attack. Nothing to hide anymore but my na and appearance.
The man easily avoided my attack and readied his cannon again, causing to flinch back. As I tried to [Shadow Dash] away, I stopped when I heard an ear-piercing cry around .
Gruuooooooooeeeeeek! The onnikais, both the clouds and those possessing bodies, charged at the man with feral war cries. Far more viciously than the undead from before.
The man jumped back and shot a cannon at the incoming onnikai, blasting a few of the bodies into a bloody mist. However, none of them were scared. None of them stopped their cries. They raged on like berserkers hungry for the deaths of their foes.
[This is the true nature of us onnikais, Asaka. You were lucky Goddess Death chose you. Our wrath would have been indiscriminate towards humans and beastn, regardless of their gender or age. The pain we suffered cannot be appease outside of the deaths of our offenders.]
I gulped. Was this what Hestia, Tasianna, and Segawa experienced when they t the onnikais inside that ruin? Endless waves of zombies, uncaring of the danger and threat? Frightening.
However
Are you su
[Dont try to stop us, Asaka. This is our lives and we cannot die outside of them using us as batteries again. However, I wont let any of them die. As long as I am the dungeon master, I will stop any of my companions from dying before we regain our freedom, enact revenge on those who killed us, and fulfill Goddess Deaths wish. Now g]
You will go nowhere! The foxian shouted as he sliced through three zombies before sothing exploded underneath him, slinging him up in the air as he prepared a cannon blast at .
I couldnt avoid nor block this one. Was this checkmate?
Gruooagh!
Stop it!
No. For five bodies jumped right in front of , saving from a direct hit, but the blast still flung into a tree.
[Bleeding (Moderate)] [Broken Bone (Left Arm)] inflicted on [Human, Asaka Hanazawa]
KyyyyaaaaERRRRRKK! I howled in agony.
My left arm was broken. Twisted and bent to the point it showed my bone. My left side received the brunt of the damage, with my robe in tatters and red with my blood. I managed to survive, but I did not co out of that without substantial damage.
Grk! I wanted to pull out a Health and Mana potion from my storage, but the pain was almost paralyzing. I had to buy out [Pain Resistance.]
[Pain Resistance Lv. 4] evolved into [Pain Resistance Lv. 10]. 1500 SP remaining>
[Pain Resistance Lv. 10] evolved into skill [Absolute Pain Tolerance]>
Thank you Haru-chan! Thank you for telling to keep so for ergencies!
The pain dulled imnsely. It still hurt like a bitch, but I was able to regain control of my body and pull out the necessary potions to heal myself. Sadly, my arm didnt heal completely. It needed proper treatnt before a healing potion or spell could fix it.
[Miss!] I heard a familiar voice.
Imila?
[Miss, you need to stand up! Run!]
W-What!? I looked around, noticing the bits and parts of the bodies which saved . From four of the five, onnikai clouds escaped. D-Did you save ? But, why? I thought you didnt like ?!
[Emil commanded , too! I wont say no to a favor from my big brother!]
Big brother? Are they No, cant be. Emil said he didnt belong to this group of onnikai.
However, while I was occupied with that, Imila continued pleading for to go. [Escape! Dont co back! I dont care what Goddess Ilsaphone told you to do! Just leave! We dont need more pain in this place! You will just die! Forget what Emil said and run away and dont look back! We can handle ourselves!]
The voice of a small girl, sobody that should have been protected, was telling to leave them to their faiths. Was it care or her disinterest in ? I didnt know, but her words still hurt .
Still, I was thankful.
Ill co back! I announced as I forced myself back up, before questioning what I just spat out. Only to rember how often I had to rely on people instead of trying to have others rely on . I felt like a loser.
[Idiot Miss! Dont co back! We dont need you! We will escape soon enough! Emil knows how to do it!]
Yes, and I will help you when that ti cos! Urgh! Saying all of that while my arm was completely useless. What was compelling to act like this.
[We dont need a human help]
Shut up, kid! Let help you! I dont like putting expectations on myself, but I hate it even more when I cant get rid of this guilt! You guys have suffered enough from all of this, so let help! I have enough allies that can and will help you! We arent just humans, but also other races! So, shut up, kid, stop being stubborn, and let this Miss here help you out!
[?!]
However, for so reason, I felt the need to help. I wanted to help. I wanted to be useful. It was the sa feeling I had whenever I saw sobody hurt in front of . I had these healing spells on hand, and I knew if my spells would or wouldnt heal them in ti. I would go around healing people in need even without paynt, cause I felt I had to.
I hated this feeling so much. I hated becoming responsible for everything since it would most likely fail. Even now, I was questioning what I said. Why was I willing to help them this much?
[ You better.]
But when I heard her say those two words, sothing caused my heart to beat faster. In a good way. Sothing in my chest felt happy. Was it pride? Confidence?
Yeah! And that energy escaped through the tone of my voice. I just dood myself but it felt so correct to do.
Not on my watch! In the ti where I had this discussion with Imila, the other onnikais distracted the foxian, but now, he was free. He had his cannon aid at , glowing at with its rciless light. Die.
Shit, Light!
Pshewww!
Was this my death? Was the third ti the charm as they say? I managed to survive that cannon gun so often now, so I was anticipating my luck to finally run dry. As such, I had no wish to die. I made a promise to this onnikai girl, and I will fulfill it!
A white magic circle appeared from my hand and a bright light shone as the cannon shot out. How would this save , you ask? Well, I had to inform my allies where I was, right?
Not only my arm, but my party bracelet was broken. However, there was one thing I saw before it stopped working completely.
Na: Yorshka Nordor Distance: 800m
Boom!
A dust cloud exploded before . I wasnt hard, thankfully.
Good thinking with the light, girl. I heard a familiar voice praise . Sorry for taking so long.
Thanks for the save, again My hero.
Cloaked and with her iconic white spear, the White-Winged Dragoon appeared before at the last mont. My party bracelet had broken, turning the search function off. The [Light] was there to signal to my savior where I was and I was hoping she was fast enough to reach before I blew up.
Yorshka then turned around and cast [Wind Blast] at the confused foxian before he could understand what was going on. He was blasted away, along with a few zombies. Yorshka then dashed towards and held up in a princess carry.
Wait! I called out, reaching my hand towards Imila and Emil. However, they didnt budge.
[We will see you again, Chosen of Goddess Death,] Emil announced. [We will wait here. We will hold our ground]
[And when the ti cos, save us!] Imila ended his sentence.
I nodded and placed my tired onnikais back into their catalyst. Yorshka then sprinted through the forest at a speed too fast for to comprehend. In the next second, multiple explosions were triggered at a far point of the forest. What caused it?
[Sorry, I t so interesting people while getting the others and also had an angry aunt tell to hurry up to rescue you,] Yorshka told through [Telepathy].
Hold on, Hestia?
I guessed the system ssage helped get their attention in ti. Still, why didnt they save sooner? I could have died three tis already.
The explosions acted like a marker for where we had to go. Our path out of here as they occurred on the edge. After we escaped through it, Yorshka threw down her [Room] runes and told to enter it. The other three Tatsuya, Kyouya, and Ellaine were already back ho, and Yorshka would be taking the long way back to Gleisvale.
I accepted it and entered the subspace, where I was greeted by the other three. Ellaine ran up to and gave a hug before I groaned at the pain from my still broken arm. She noticed this, and let go and helped adjust it in ti.
Looking at the three, it seems that they also faced so sorta trial. They were sweaty and covered in dirt. Not as bad as I was, but whatever we experienced today sure was a tribulation.
Ellaine sighed and then led towards Hestia, saying she was ready to heal . Yup, Hestia actually received that System ssage. No more questions.
We entered our small infirmary, a new room still in need of furnishing Hestia wanted to make in case of ergencies. When I entered it, I expected Hestia to have a bed ready for , and it ca true! The only problem was that I didnt expect to have a neighbor sleeping next to it.
Segawa-san?! I blurted out as I saw Segawa on the bed, unconscious.
Hestia sighed and turned around. OBloom and the Resurrection, she stated with gloomy eyes, looking like she was on the fence at sothing.
A fight happened in the warehouse Ilsaphone told you about, Asaka. I was surprised to hear Hestia knew about the Goddess of Death, but I didnt interrupt her. The Resurrection and Senator OBlooms gang fought inside that place, a slave auction. They burned it down and Saori tried to rescue the slaves inside.
Hestia then turned back towards Segawa with a sad frown. Dammit, Saori! Thankfully, she only fell unconscious from the carbon dioxide.
It seed like everybody had a reason for why they couldnt help us today. This night was too filled with conflict.
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