[He probably absorbed your lightning halberd upon impact,] I said before I jumped out of the mud tunnel, standing side-by-side with my two mute allies in Grimnir and Vifi. As they didnt have access to [Telepathy], they couldnt speak with in this silence field. [Tatsuya-kun, Nish]
[We got it, Sensei!] Nishio replied, interrupting . [Protect Fleindia, keep ourselves safe. Dont get in your way. Dont worry, we chose to be in this raid because we know how not to be burdens.]
[As I said, we didnt co here without any reinforcents!] Tatsuya growled. [How did you think we got Rajah and Varya to co with us?]
[Then we better start working then! Grimnir, with . My shadow pack is away from , so I need support. Vifi, you know what to do, so play off us,] I ordered, relaying information between our two groups. [I can see his heat signature. Hes done recovering, and nowProjectile incoming!]
A red projectile flared up from within the dust cover before piercing through it towards us, only for Grimnir to step in front of us. Grabbing a gate-sized tower shield he was carrying on his back, Grimnir slamd the slab of tal onto the ground, sending quakes through the ground I could physically feel. The shield then lit up, projecting a barrier around us as the enemys ruby blast crashed against it, sending flas and lightning sparks all around us.
My skills then made snap my head to my left, where I saw the demonkin dash over. His fla boosters from before were gone, replaced by electricity sparking from his feet, spitting out tiny lightning bolts as if he was a tesla coil. His fla arm had also changed into sothing similar to Vifis prosthetic arm, probably a side effect of him absorbing her attack.
Before I could react, Vifi dashed forward and dispelled her red lightning spear to punch him, letting their fists collide. Vifi sneered as she pushed him back with her strength alone, causing the sin heir to grimace, darting his eyes at her contemplative smirk as his arm started growing in size.
Shes letting him absorb more of her mana? I realized, panicking a bit. I thought the tip to fighting envy demonkin was to only rely on physical attacks?
Yet, only a mont later, Vifi pulled him forward and began bending it, almost as if she had full control over it. She could still control her lightning even if it had been absorbed?! Upon realizing the sa thing, the sin heir dispelled his lightning arm and used [Gale Steps] to dodge backward, only for to intercept him, nearly slamming him with my tail.
Red mana mists with static sizzling around it began exuding from his arm. As if he was using magic, the static build up burst like a ripped balloon, shooting out a stream of voltaic lightning I had thought only Vifi could use. My body, being too huge, couldnt avoid this point-blank cast as my lightning and his clashed, prickling my already energized fur. Like a million tiny needles stinging my skin.
I pushed against the ground, jumping out of the lightnings trajectory and thanking my [Shadow Armant] and stygian lightning from protecting from any damage. As I recovered from my landing, Vifi, Grimnir, and even Tatsuya quickly ca to support , pushing the demonkin further and further away from Fleindia.
[Not too far away! The further away we keep him from the other demonkin, the better!] I ordered, trusting Tasianna and the others were all right and could handle themselves while we dealt with the ringleader. Even if a part of was worried since I couldnt access the party nu, there was no ti to be anxious right now. [Vifi, save your mana on this. Well need it for the Wrathbringer.]
This is good enough of a ti. With so dragorade, I should have two uses before arcane corruption gets to . Just cant lose a dispute now. Territory!
Mana Release activated. Aura used as control unit: [True Wolven Bloodlust]. Territory [Yomi] has been established
My shadow quivered before it began overflowing from the ground like a liquid, covering the fractured earth with my Territory. I channeled my lightning through it whilst controlling the shadows movent to turn it into a spear, ready to pierce the sin heirs chest.
In response, he jumped into the sky with [Air Walk], using Vifis electricity to launch himself away before conjuring a red magic circle. Laying his hand on it, blue mana mist oozed out of his pores and surrounded the spell circle, draining red particles out of it like a vacuum.
Without any mana, the circle dematerialized into nothingness as the blue cloud turned red and re-entered the sin heirs body before he materialized his arm of fire again. He began channeling a new spell, prompting Grimnir to aim his blasthamr at him.
The daunting-looking warhamrs parts began to rock around as it turned into its gun form. With a recoil strong enough to force Grimnir, secure in his giant suit of armor, to stagger, manablasts burst from the muzzle, exploding in the air like bombs and forcing the sin heir to form a pair of fla wings to try and fly away. A stream of ice magic and steam blew from the hamrs engines, cooling it down faster than ever before, allowing Grimnir to imdiately begin shooting once again.
However, no matter how much Grimnir had improved on its design, the weapon eventually had to take a break to prevent overheating, leaving Grimnir unable to attack for a mont. The sin heir took this chance to begin his next spell chant, fully focused on us which left him fully distracted and vulnerable as an arrow ripped a chunk of flesh from his cheeks.
It was Misaki! From the side, the demurred archer readied another arrow on her yumia Japanese bow similar to a longbow in sizewhile standing right next to Fleindia. She aid and, with the accuracy of an expert, a second arrow was loosened, piercing the sky and nearly hitting the sin heir in his chest if he hadnt evaded it.
As he had only seen Grimnir, Vifi, and as a threat, his overconfidence left him wide-open for Misakis shot. Even without her unique skill, her ability with the bow was undoubtedly lethal, especially with the new rune bow Grimnir made for her.
After she shot a third arrow and narrowly missed, the sin heir readied another attack, only for Vifi to shoot her crossbow bolts at him, further inconveniencing him and stalling just enough ti for to finish casting six spells. I cast [Umbral Skip] to appear right above him before using two [Dark Tendrils] from my [Shadow Armant], grabbing on his limbs and holding him onto my body. The remaining three spells were [Dark Magic Lv. 9]s [Enfeebling Winds].
A health-sucking spell that dealt little, but continuous, damage over ti that wasnt a direct attack and allowed to slowly chunk the demonkin while healing myself. It was almost the sa concept as his mana mist.
In any case, with him trapped, I called out for two companions from below, summoning Varya and Rajah as they cast [Dark Tendrils], catching my legs and pulling down with them. The sin heir was dragged down with as he attempted to absorb my magic and hurt with his fire spells, but I took all of it with stride since, as long as I could keep my shadow armor intact, a lethal attack couldnt be dealt.
Slamming the sin heir onto the ground, as he was unable to escape , I channeled electricity in my front limbs and landed a [Voltage Impact] right onto him, forcing him to change his elental alignnt to dark. While a demonkin of envys mana absorption was pretty strong, Klea did advise us that they could only absorb one elent at a ti and the accumulated resistance would reset upon a change. forcing him out of fire ant he wasnt weak to water anymore, but holy.
Letting him go to prevent him from absorbing any more of my mana, I then had my liquid shadow grab him, tangling him up to keep him vulnerable for Nishio and Asaka to cast [Sacred Smite]. Too many people were ganging up on him, and with Vifi around to assure the level disparity wasnt too overpowering, it ant he would slowly lose this battle if he didnt do sothing drastic.
Like now.
Hostile Territory detected! [The Roots of Jealousy] has been activated! Territory Dispute engaged
Mana mist exploded from his body, creating a massive smokescreen that obstructed our sight while deflecting the incoming holy spells. My liquid shadow was pushed back as the hostile Territory took control of the area around him.
The mist then hardened into multiple tendrils that ingrained themselves into the ground like roots. Noticing them trying to expand the Territorys area of influence, I directed [Yomi] to surround the areas in shadows before erecting a wall around us, creating an arena.
My heat vision told the demonkin was gathering energy, but the truth was revealed when the mana mist was swept away by a pair of black wings. Flas spewed from his body as if he was a furnace, haughty laughing in pure silence as none of us could hear it.
[A Territory? Against an envy demonkin? VifiYok, I thought you would at least advise your new troupe about how to handle soone like . Every usage of mana will increase the arcane corruption inflicted to the loser of a dispute, so what would happen if I absorb the mana shes spreading around this area? I can keep this Territory on for]
Vifi, Grimnir, Tatsuya, and I suddenly noticed sothing in the sky before our bodies jerked up and quickly ran away. My students, Rhea, and Fleindia did the sa, distancing themselves from ReinYond as much as possible. Noticing this, the confident demonkin frowned in confusion, tilting his head in confusion, as his skills werent activating.
When he finally turned his head around to see what was going on, a split second had passed before a black flash shot right past him, gouging out his other arm and a section of his chest before the projectile crashed into the ground, shattering it into bits. As the rocks burst up like a fountain of water, I had [Yomi] fill up the gap, creating a solid foundation to prevent all of us from falling into the large gaping hole while helping the projectile jump back.
As the smoke settled, ReinYond shouted in silence, clutching his injured body before turning around. [Y-you! How did]
[Relying on your subordinates to finish off? And you have no party bracelets? An appraisal skill below my [Identity Blocker Lv. 8]? Ive learned so much from you without needing to appraise you.] It was Midirns thoughts! He flapped his wings, revealing himself in the middle of the dust cloud with the wounds covering his body.
A wide hole had penetrated his helt while a section of his chest was scorched. Many of the black scales on his plate armor were ripped apart, leaving behind many scars and dents that suggested heavy damage. There was so dried blood around his gauntlets while his halberd was dripping with the red liquid.
He bashed his chest. [Think stealing so of my mana will kill that easily? Think throwing my halberd would make weak? Real warriors will claw and bite their way to victory, even against ard forces! Also, helps that this armor is pretty good.]
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Grimnir bashed his chest with pride.
[Krk! You]
[But I get it, youre angry cause this one move, but this is how dragoons fight. I may be the future grand general of the Loatryxian armies, but I am still the [Black Bomber]! Like the black dreaded blood I was born with, I shall sunder apart my enemies as I crash into the ground, ripping apart my enemies before they can react Also, fool you three tis? No sha on us, sha on you!]
[What!] The sin heir snapped his head up into the sky, recognizing another dragoon diving right at him. Replacing his newly lost arm with fire, he used them to blast himself out of the way, avoiding the silver flash before it crashed into the ground, only to rebound on my Territory.
Yorshka! Our second dragoon ca just in ti!
Supporting her, I had my shadow springshot her into the air as she used [Dragoon Jump]. The sin heir tried to fly away once again, but Varya and Rajah jumped out, snatching him with [Dark Tendrils] while I used [Yomi] to protect them from the roots trying to chase the vircagucas away.
The sin heir leaned back, narrowly dodging the spear thrust, and used the montum to approach the mother and son duo, only for Grimnir to charge in front and protect them with his massive shield. The vircaguca pair kept pulling him down, leaving him open to Tatsuya and Vifi jumping onto Grimnir and using him as a platform to get to the sin heir.
As we were told, the sin heirs physical capabilities werent spectacular and this was especially clear when Vifi charged in, wielding her rapier like a needle storm. The forr Warbringers speed and strike force was formidable and an absolute nightmare for even speedsters like Hestia and Fargryneill to handle. This person couldnt avoid about 80 percent of the attacks.
Already hurt by Midirns surprise attack, the sin heir was already bleeding, slowing him down enough for Tatsuya to contribute sowhat to the fight, but this forced Vifi to actually help him by leading ReinYond around like a horse chasing after a carrot on a stick. Thankfully, she had the skills and endurance to do so. She had, after all, just joined the fight.
[Rajah, Varya. Let . Drop the tendrils,] I ordered, noticing the sin heir kept absorbing mana from them, but they declined.
[You require your mana more!] Varya argued. [We cannot compete against these demonkin with our Profiles, but as long as we have mana, we are a threat. Allow us to restrict them for you!]
Rajah agreed. [We can retreat! You cant! Please, we can do this!]
On one hand, it was true, but, on the other, if the sin heir kept it up those two would be removed from the raid imdiately. Fighting with [Arcane Fever] active was suicidal no matter who you were Which was why I was persuaded. Logically, I was the highest level of the shadow pack mbers and that ant I had to keep on fighting until Hestia arrived.
Therefore, I allowed them to continue and simply kept using my [Yomi] to prevent the sin heir from using his own Territory to its fullest effect. Fact was, we had zero intel on how his [The Roots of Jealousy] worked as, outside of her fellow Warbringers and the Prince of Wrath, Klea had zero knowledge of the Territories of the other sin heirs and princes of sins.
However, as Belzac kept warning during my Territory training, a Territory was best countered by another Territory. As long as your Territory could stifle anothers expansion and quarantine it, you have the ability to prevent the hostile Territory from affecting others. I didnt need to fight, all I had to do was support our actual damage dealers.
Or not.
I snapped my head around as my [Detection Sensor] perfectly pinpointed three targets slowly approaching us from underneath. Considering nobody warned about these, I was extrely suspicious. As such, when I asked Nishio about them, it beca clear who they were.
Rhea raised her sword as a construct made from light descended from the sky, rebuilding itself into a knight the size of Grimnirs large manatech suit. With a blade of light, the knight dug it into the ground, forcing three demonkin into erging from the ground. Three wrathies, obvious to see from their elental arms, and they were quickly making their way over to Fleindia.
[Go!] Midirn said, addressing Tatsuya, before taking over for him with Yorshka. Seeing three experienced fighters pushing the weakened sin heir into the corner, Tatsuya nodded and quickly dashed over to Fleindias side, fighting side-by-side with Kyouya and Kohaku.
My three lee-focused students were fully committed to keeping the wrath demonkin at bay while Nishio, Daichi, Asaka, Kazumi, and Rhea supported them next to Fleindia. Rhea was the strongest lee fighter amongst them, but this operation required Fleindias safety to be fully secured, and that ant we had to protect her from any sort of attack. Risking it would welco mistakes not to ntion, watching my students fight from the corner of my eye
Ive felt proud for my students before, because I was their teacher. Seeing them succeed was good to and I would feel happy since I believed I helped them achieve. Yet, it was always clouded by my need for money, but now? Its They werent overwhelming the demonkin, nor were they decisively winning, but they kept their opponents back and allowed everybody else to focus on their proper task. These children two years ago werent even capable of this, but now?
This warmth in my chest, it was the sa I would feel for Hestia whenever she succeeded in her concerts. Whenever she would sing with so much power and emotion that your mind just becos enraptured by her voice I felt so proud. My students? Theyve adapted into this world, and while this was a bit patronizing since they were far beyond in strength than what a normal Peolyncian was, it cald my mind. To not have to worry about them; I couldnt be prouder!
[Now!] Midirn shouted when Misaki finally landed an arrow, perfectly hitting the demonkin in his exposed right thigh. The constant attacks from Vifi, Midirn, and Yorshka had not only broken through his armor, leaving it to look like nothing but scrap tal and ruined fabric, but also fully reduced his focus through sheer exhaustion.
Hearing this command, Misaki activated a rune on her yomi, letting it glow pure white. In the next second, the arrow lodged into the sin heirs thigh burst in white flas, consuming not only the arrow but also his leg. His face behind his broken helt distorted into a pained grimace, his mouth gaping wide to let out a silent scream. He attempted to grab the arrow, only for the fire to attack him as if it was a living creature.
Hestias [Sanctified Blaze] spell was embedded into Misakis new bow as a rune with the primary function to enchant each arrow shot with the spells hostile function; aning, it couldnt heal but applied all the effects of a normal [Sanctified Blaze] to anyone hit by her arrows. It applied fire and holy damage, attacked hostiles automatically, and would spread like a wildfire to purge. With the amount of dark elental mana the sin heir had absorbed up until this point, I had to wonder just how low his holy resistance had fallen was at this point. Funnily enough, this rune wasnt even made to counter envy demonkin!
Fortunately, this fact ca to help us at this very mont. Fully consud by the fire scorching his body, Vifi successfully managed to land a powerful thrust, stabbing through the chainmail protecting the demonkins throat. Pulling her weapon out, she ripped flesh and blood out and spun his body into Yorshkas direction, only for him to be smack right in the face with her spear. His helt finally shattered into bits while the montum of the swing sent him flying into the air, prompting Midirn to slam his thick, crocodile-like tail onto the demonkins stomach.
As the sin heir crashed into the ground, his body stopped moving. The flas and tendrils that ca out of his body disappeared just as quickly as he had activated his Territory.
Territory deactivated. Territory Dispute completed in favor of individual [Young Stygian-Scaled Fenrir, Saori Segawa]
My Territory automatically stopped at the sa ti as the sin heirs and I was rewarded with this satisfying System notice. I let out a sigh, my mind feeling a bit cloudy due to all the mana I had to use up until now. Rajah and Varya, on the other hand, dropped on the ground, with the forr having closed his eyes, breathing heavily before her mother forced herself up to shield him with her body.
Yet, none of us could relax well, as in the next mont the sin heir suddenly jerked back to life, growling and flopping on the ground like a fish before his skin began to turn sickly purple. The penalty of a lost Territory dispute assaulted him. He tried to stand up, but the white flas created from Misakis arrow were still active, burning him whenever he tried to do anything. He eventually stopped twitching around, but he was fully conscious now.
anwhile, I directed my attention to the demonkin fighting my students. Noticing our victory over one of their sin heirs, the wrathies attempted to escape, but were quickly intercepted by Vifi and . Due to the silence field, I couldnt exactly hear what they said, but I presud they were insulting Vifi before they were unceremoniously killed by the two of us.
[Great work, everybody,] I praised my students before all of them crumbled to the ground.
I felt a bit anxious when I saw the blood, wounds, and spell marks on Kohaku, Kyouya, and Tatsuya. I noticed multiple marks on their armor and clothing that would have led to lethal wounds if they werent wearing Grimnirs armor. Thankfully, due to Fleindias [Noble Prayer], their wounds were slowly healing up. All of our wounds benefited from it.
As Nishio and Kazumi helped them stand up, our group congregated around the sin heir, glaring at the downed man. He was forcing back the pain, but it was clear from his sweating and shivering that it was all a facade.
[We need to deal with the silence field,] I said.
However, Midirn only shook his head. [No need, they can surround our allies as much as they want, but as long as Princess Fargryneill possesses the blood of a true tyrant, none can reach her height!]
Such an abundance of trust. Dragonewts were fervently loyal to true dragonkin, especially to those they shared an ancestry with, but this blind faith was still a sight to witness. Well, as long as Kushlekzar and Tasianna were on their side, it should be all right.
[I would hate to rid the saurians of their revenge, but we must end his life here and now,] Yorshka brought up, before readying her spear. [But, then again, we were also Akashts comrades. I guess they can forgive us when]
Yet, before she could finish her sentence, the earth underneath us suddenly began to rumble and quake. Our instincts imdiately told us sothing was up, so all of us imdiately directed our attention at the demonkin.
[Kids. On , on the virgacugas! Fleindia, Rhea! Now!] I ordered, agitating those I spoke to. They imdiately listened to , all while Grimnir, Vifi, Yorshka, and Midirn readied their weapons and thrust it at the sin heir, only for mud to suddenly explode from the ground, redirecting their attacks while sending the sin heir into the air.
Vifi, unable to use her voltaic lightning due to the mud, was the first to be slung away, following the other three. As I shouted in my head what was going on, my instincts imdiately reminded of the second enemy leaderthe Warbringer. In this mont of realization, the area we fought in burst up in a monsoon of mud.
I wrapped the people on Tatsuya, Kyouya, Asaka, and Fleindiawith [Dark Tendrils], keeping them close to as we were swept away in this sea of brown. The pressure made it impossible for to properly control my body, leaving disoriented. All I could do was ready my lightning and [Shadow Armant] to protect us from an enemys attack.
I didnt know how long it took, but this experience eventually stopped. A headache as strong as getting a hangover after a full night of drinking kept glued to the slippery ground. It was paralyzing, and the sa applied to my students. We eventually managed to recover after Fleindia healed us with [Cure], tending to our damaged brains.
Unfortunately, my headache didnt disappear entirely as the mont I opened my eyes, I gasped as I stared at a torrent of mud spraying into the air. I looked up, noticing it was similar to a wall, spraying mud onto everything below it. It was larger than the walls surrounding this city, and the force being shot up was too much for to push my legs through it.
Furthermore, aside from the four of us, nobody was within eyesight, but I could feel them with [Detection Sensor]. Multiple signals were behind the mud wall that separate various sections in this city, with Asaka ntioning the mud wall went along the route of the mud tunnels her onnikai army used.
[Did he plan this? Or did he adapt after we purposely left the mud tunnels for our own usage?] Tatsuya asked.
[Does it matter?] Asaka replied. [No, right? Whether we left it up or not, he could have done this anyways if he wanted. This was unnecessary.]
[In other words, hes taunting us,] Kyouya correctly surmised, probably. [Look, you should have blocked the tunnels! However, during this entire battle, he could have simply dashed along the ground like he did in the first fight. There was no need to choose the mud tunnels specifically, unless, of course, to save ti.]
So, is this wall supposed to
[Target incoming!] I pointed towards the sky, before noticing the persons lack of arms. It was the envy sin heir!
Wait, what is that in his mouth?
He was holding sothing small between his teeth before he arched his head back, letting so sort of liquid enter his throat. As he let the vial go, his body began to spasm and convulse uncontrollably as his purple skin turned black, undeniable proof he drank a Demons Grace.
Once the twitching stopped, the flesh around his stumps began to multiply, regrowing two sets of arms bigger and more muscular than his original ones. As he landed soundlessly, he straightened his back to show-off the various changes made on his body.
He grew taller than before, enough for us to see eye-to-eye in my fenrir form, with a body structure vastly different, almost similar to that of a Tatsuyas werewolf form. His enlarged arms and legs displayed might while his hands were sizable enough to crush a mans skull like an apple. His thin, spiny tail beca long enough to use it like a whip. To finish it off, his face was distorted, forming four mandibles using the remains of his jaw.
The only thing that allowed to recognize that this was ReinYond was a puncture hole in his throat and a scar across his face. If the normal black elixir caused humans to turn into hideous eldritch monsters, then the one he just used reminded too much of the version Davison created. Have the demonkin actually perfected the formula?
His body sprayed his mana mist out like smoke, only for it to turn red and begin to combust, almost too similar to Hestias scale-dust. He stretched his fingers.
[For Prince ThalsYond! For the Yond family! I will consu BoleTarias enemies! For OUR FUTURE!] he said before releasing a feral scream through our telepathic link..
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