Point-of-View: Aries Velenet
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"H-holy...," Muttered the Knight with the Teleportation Skill as he teleported to the area under attack, blazes of blue flas rising up ahead, a sweltering heat around the area as the air around the flas shimred ominously.
"Get out of here, go to Kaygee Town and bring Captain Jenwell here. I don’t care if she protests, teleport her here by force if necessary," I remarked with a grimace, as I chanted to manifest my Soul Weapon and headed towards the center of the flas.
"Understood, Commander."
As he teleported away, I hurried through the area, avoiding the flas...strange, they are spreading quite quickly, but knowing how potent these flas are, it’s odd that they haven’t spread out across a wider area.
It wasn’t long before the Monster girl ca into sight, firing out blasts of flas at nearby buildings while also inhaling so of the flas that were starting to spread, absorbing them back into herself.
And all around her, were the bodies of Knights...but none of them were dead. So of them were injured, but not fatally so...I’ve seen what she’s capable of, she can turn several bodies into ash with a single attack.
Why...why is she holding back?
"Hm? Oh, hey, I rember you, I fought you a few years ago," She remarked, taking notice of as I sent a couple of my blades shooting towards her, which she flew up to evade.
"I’m honored...it’s been a while, hasn’t it? What are you doing here?" I inquired warily, as my blades floated back towards .
"Oh, uh...rampaging. Yup, just going on a mindless rampage like the Monster than I am, nothing strange about that," She replied, her gaze darting about slightly before she unleashed a blast of blue flas at .
I swiftly ford a wall in front of myself with my six blades, blocking the attack...she should know that an attack of that level is nowhere near enough to get through my defenses, that blast wasn’t even half as powerful as anything she threw at during our first encounter.
Not to ntion, her response to my question was, er...rather suspect. I’m getting a bad feeling about this, what in the world has she co here to accomplish?
"I strongly suggest that you leave, or I’ll have no choice but to kill you," I warned her, getting ready to unleash my Soul Weapon Ascension.
"Hm? Oh, sorry, but that’s not going to be possible. See, last ti we fought, I had access to a smaller portion of my full power than I’m currently using. And currently, I’m at ten percent of my full power," She replied with a smug grin.
What? N-no...no, there’s no way that’s true.
"That’s a rather intimidating bluff, but it’s a bluff nonetheless," I shot back, getting a bad feeling about this.
"Huh? No, no, it’s not a bluff. Well, I can’t actually control my full power yet, but I can give you a glimpse of forty percent. Here, let show you...Unlock Seal: Level 2," She chanted, the black, bone-like layer over her right eye shifting, a burst of purple energy erupting out of it as I felt a chill running down my spine, my blood running cold as I found myself backing away on pure instinct without even realizing it.
My Instinct Skill is blaring like crazy, she, uh...she might not have been bluffing, after all...
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Point-of-View: Larrk Stryker
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"Your highness? What brings you here? And who are these two-...?" Began a guard, before I swiftly turned my right arm into sli and rapidly extended it towards him, enveloping his face and choking him until he lost consciousness.
"Alright, your highness, lead the way," Remarked Argent, giving the King a slight push towards the entrance leading into the underground dungeon.
"What are you after? Is this about Rhyle? Are you here for revenge for what happened to your father? Because that was all Drakkar’s doing, I had nothing to do with-...," He began with a frown.
"Oh, it’s not about that. Quit stalling and taking us down there already," I prompted him.
He paused for a mont, before reluctantly leading us down into the dungeon.
"And besides, we already got our revenge for happened to dad, when I killed our dearly departed Uncle Drakkar myself," Chid in Argent.
"I see, so he really did die, then. That’s good, I was afraid he might still be alive and preparing for a second attempt to take over the throne," Landis sighed in relief, before adding warily, "If you aren’t here for revenge, then what is it that you’re truly after? I don’t get it...what could you possibly hope to achieve by freeing the Demon Lucifer?"
"There’s no need for you to know that, uncle. But I suppose I can tell you this much...no one needs to die today. Just take us down to where she’s being held, free her and we’ll be right on our way with her without harming so much as a single hair on your head, you’ll probably never see us again after that. And we have absolutely no intention of harming Obsidian either, so yeah," I inford him.
Rhyle said that this guy tends to sche a lot, and that he’s pretty smart too...this is only a hunch, but I’ve got the feeling that he plans to eventually make a move against Hematite to try and take over it, which is exactly what I’m planning.
I’d rather not give that away, he might try to beat to it, after all...
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