Whoosh!
Imbuing his ultimate magic with the Wind elent, Valyr caught Erika at her most vulnerable mont as a massive wave of energy surrounded the two of them.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Designating the woman before her as his target, the energy swiftly condensed around her, transforming into a cocoon that subtly shifted between dark blue and light green.
Watching the ground surrounding the cocoon turn dark the more ti passed, Valyr went ahead and moved to a safer spot, giving his attack the opportunity to unleash its true might.
Bang!
'-588,152!'
With his thoughts acting as the fuse for the spell, the cocoon imdiately exploded the mont he willed it, briefly turning Erika's body a shade of dark blue in the process.
Feeling as if she were hit from every angle at once, it took a while for the woman to comprehend what was going on, only to then shudder in fear the mont she did.
"…"
Although he had the opportunity to cast another spell on her while she was still vulnerable, Valyr decided to choose not to as he instead moved closer to her once more, his expression calm as he remained silent.
"…"
Staring back at the young man, who hadn't received any injury from her whatsoever after her transformation, Erika felt the fear deep within her turn into sothing more tangible, only for it to intensify once she stared directly into his eyes.
Swoosh!
Though the two only looked at each other in the eyes for a brief mont, the woman felt as if she was staring at a deep chasm for that length, making her feel as if she were standing on the edge of it.
Because of that, she began to ask herself… should she not have antagonized him in the first place?
Whoosh!
Continuing to remain silent even after exchanging glances, Valyr soon felt a burden being lifted off his shoulders, which he imdiately realized was Erika taking back the energy she sent to his forehead.
Realizing this, a slight smile crept up on the young man's lips.
"Now that wasn't so hard, was it?"
"…" Hearing those words, it was now Erika's turn to remain silent, the gears in her mind turning as she tried her best to co up with sothing that would let her benefit more from the situation.
Eventually, she asked him, "Could you… at least remove this part from the recording crystal?"
"And also reap the gains you've obtained from sacrificing so many people in the process?" Valyr firmly shook his head. "As you've said, there's no point in antagonizing you any further."
"But don't you think you're pushing it a bit?"
"…" Gritting her teeth as the gears in her mind continued turning, Erika continued to co up with other ways to make sure her connection with the Underworld wouldn't be revealed.
In the end, she let out a sigh as she asked him, "If I gave you information on the Underworld… will you accept?"
At those words, Valyr raised his eyebrow in interest.
"Now, that…"
"…We might just be able to co to an agreent with that."
…
"Haah…"
Letting out a wide sigh of relief after making sure both Valyr and Ataraxia were gone, Erika laid on the ground as she sensed the lingering energies from the magic circle she created.
Returning to her normal form, she then absorbed these energies before chanting a prayer that called out to the god she worshiped.
'Considering how this miniature elite ritual was a success, I suppose selling out the Underworld wasn't a bad trade-off…'
'Though it would have been better if I didn't say anything about the Crimson Cathedral.'
'…Then again, I could have fed him lies and he would be none the wiser,' she thought, her body continuing to move according to the ritual she had in mind. 'But I'm sure he has a ton of ways of verifying information.'
'Aside from that, I'm also sure he has yet to go all-out when I revealed my form as a Lesser Sin.'
Whoosh!
Finishing the ritual with a solemn bow, a crimson light soon appeared within the area, casting down on Erika as she felt her body thrum with greater strength.
Sensing this newfound strength course throughout her body, she eventually stood up with a solemn expression.
"Ylvar, huh…"
"You might think I've given up on revenge, but just you wait."
…
"She's definitely going to get her revenge on us in the future."
Sitting on the edge of his bed, Ataraxia looked at Valyr with a slightly bitter smile.
"As if I hadn't already thought of that," replied the latter, laying down on his own bed.
"But what would you rather want to happen? Us to continue fighting? Other people would definitely be implicated if she were to go all-out."
Valyr slightly shook his head. "In comparison, her having a grudge is the better option, especially since we've obtained information on both the Underworld and the Crimson Cathedral."
"Plus, we were still able to save a bit of her transformation in the recording," added Ataraxia, to which the young man nodded in agreent.
Although Lunarossa had only given them one recording crystal for the purpose of the request, both of them had prepared extra recording crystals in advance.
After all, even if Erika wasn't part of the Underworld, the two were certain that they'd have to fight her sooner or later, which put the recording crystal Lunarossa gave them at risk.
With that, the two were able to show Erika that they had completely deleted all evidence of her transformation on the recording crystal they had, while also still keeping a backup of the recording on another crystal at the sa ti.
"In any case, fighting against her is a reminder that we need to at least reach the peak of Rank 5 as soon as possible," said Valyr after so ti.
Ataraxia nodded in agreent. "Not only that, but we have to evolve our classes and subclasses as much as we can before tackling the Myth barrier."
"We need to match in levels first, though," replied Valyr, to which Ataraxia nodded once more.
"But of course," said the latter with a slight smile. "The Administrators did say sothing special if that happens, after all."
After talking to each other for a bit more, Valyr eventually dispelled [Soul Split] before dozing off into the land of slumber.
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