"Okay, here I go...," Chanted Cleo, after letting out a slow exhale to compose herself.
Nothing happened for a couple of seconds, before an intense burst of energy suddenly erupted around her, her eyes rolling back as her Aura shimred and slowly but surely intensified.
I can see subtle changes developing in her body, her muscles are getting more toned, her posture is shifting too.
"Alright, while we wait for her...you’re up, Brid, whenever you’re ready," I remarked, approaching him and holding out one of the Personalis Arma towards him.
"Yeah, okay...let’s do this," He nodded, a look of anticipation on his face, before he reached out and took hold of the rod, his eyes widening slightly upon contact.
The rod began glowing and changed shape, floating up to his neck and wrapping around it, forming a glowing white brace around his neck.
Na: [ ]
[ 25% Boost to All Stats While Equipped]
[-50% Mana Consumption to All Spells While Equipped]
[Anti-Healing]
"Wait, that’s it? I was expecting a warhamr since, you know, that’s my weapon of choice and all. I an, I do feel stronger, I guess," Frowned Brid, looking a bit disappointed as he touched at the neck brace.
"I wouldn’t be so quick to judge. This weapon-...or I guess gear would be more accurate...-boosts you physically by twenty-five percent, cuts the Mana consumption rate of your Spells by fifty percent, and gives you a new ability called Anti-Healing," I inford him.
"Oh? Okay, I like the sound of that, a new power...how does it work?"
"Hm...let’s try it out and see. Here, use it on my arm, just try chanting it," I replied, as I held up my left arm.
"Yeah, alright, I can do that," He nodded, before chanting as he took hold of the middle of my forearm, "[Anti-Healing]."
A dark, murky energy flowed around both his hands, before I winced as the skin and flesh around the spot he was holding ruptured and degenerated, blood spurting out as clumps of flesh fell off my arm, before he quickly let go of in alarm.
"Wow, that was painful," I remarked in bemusent, as my arm healed up.
"Uh, sorry about that, GM, wasn’t expecting that. That felt weird...as soon as I chanted and activated it, I got this instinctive sense of how to use it, it now feels like I can turn it on and off at will. It also felt like it didn’t consu that much Mana."
"Nice, that sounds pretty handy. Alright, ti to na it."
"I’m pretty stoked about this new ability, so I’m gonna go with...Anti-Healer," He decided, after taking a mont to mull it over, before I let go of him and turned my attention to Jax, who looked a bit restless, a glimr of anticipation in his eyes.
"Hey, use that Anti-Healing thing on , I wanna see what it feels like," Remarked Jaden curiously.
"Uh, are you sure? You can’t regenerate."
"It’s fine, you can just heal ."
"I guess..."
Hm, looks like Cleo’s still in the process of the effect of her Hidden Skill, wonder how much longer it’ll take? I suppose there’s no choice but to wait until it’s done.
"Ready?" I prompted Jax, as I approached him and held out the rod.
"Yeah," He replied, tentatively reaching out and taking hold of it.
The weapon glowed and changed shape, mounting onto his back before extending into eight tendrils, four on either side of him, each tendril about a ter and a half long.
The tendrils were jet-black, with glowing pink Mana Orbs at the ends, floating around Jax on either side.
Na: [ ]
[ 30% Boost to All Spells While Equipped]
[-50% Cooldown Period to All Spells While Equipped]
[Auto-Defense]
"Not gonna lie, this is kinda creepy, didn’t expect tentacles," He remarked in bewildernt.
"Yeah, they’re pretty powerful, though. They boost your Spells by thirty percent and halve the cooldowns. And there’s also an ability called Auto-Defense, I’m guessing it’s a passive Skill," I inford him, before drawing out Desecrator and unfurling a half-hearted swing towards the side of his neck.
One of the tentacles rapidly zipped forward and blocked my slash, a sharp clang ringing out upon impact.
Nice, that was pretty fast. I did hold back, but I still generated a fair bit of speed in my swing, and the tentacle was able to block it fairly easily.
"W-Woah! Uh, maybe give a warning before you slash at my throat next ti," He replied with a wry smile.
"Sorry, my bad, didn’t an to startle you. In my defense, I was planning on stopping short if the tentacles were too slow to block the attack," I grinned sheepishly.
"That felt weird...I think I can control these tentacles at will, if I channel my Mana into them...," He muttered, trailing off as he tried it out, the tentacles swaying about around him, before he added with a sigh, "Yeah, that’s going to take a fair bit of practice, this is really tricky."
"Well, it’s evidently primarily ant for defense, so it’s fine. Alright, ti to na it."
"Oh, right. Think I’ll go with...Octo-Enchanter," He decided after a brief pause.
"Cool. And, with that, all of us are now equipped with Personalis Arma," I declared with a smile.
If nothing else, this should raise everyone’s chances of survival, and in direct correlation, our chances of winning this battle.
I’m definitely feeling a lot more confident now than I was when we first entered the Final Dungeon.
All of us have gotten stronger thanks to this Dungeon, so of us to pretty damn significant extents, so-...
My train of thought was cut off as a sharp gasp suddenly rang out. I glanced that way, to see Cleo regain consciousness, stumbling back slightly with her eyes wide, and her Aura visibly stronger than it was a mont ago...
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