The Seraphic System The Tempest Deva – Part 1

The Seraphic System

Chapter: 15

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(The Tempest Deva - Part 1)

Groaning as my whole body flared with pain that was gradually dulling as my regeneration fixed my body, I had to wonder what the fuck had just happened. I rubbed away the dust that was getting in my eyes.

The impact that had hit had contained magic, and thus it had bypassed my physical immunity.

Damn it, I had been inches away from collecting the object of my mission only to feel sothing large slam into my body and break most of my bones.

Then I was flying through many different walls and found myself here.

Pushing a massive piece of concrete off , I got up and looked around only to stare flabbergasted. I wasn't in the mansion anymore, looking at the mansion now it had been wrecked and several houses in a straight line leading to all looked ruined.

I'm pretty sure all the guards that were in the mansion are dead.

That wasn't what was the source of my bafflent, though. The titanic serpentine form towering over the mansion itself was. Its eyes were lazily gazing at as if my existence ant little to it.

The storm above it seed to swirl around the large serpent's body as the central point. The harmless rain earlier had stopped and was replaced with thunderbolts that struck out randomly every few seconds.

Houses in the distance were on fire and the sound of sirens could be heard. Screams of terrified humans scrambling away in their cars, all of this created an apocalyptic atmosphere.

'Appraisal'

{Na: Namara}

{Title: The Tempest}

{Race: Deva}

{Power level: 12000}

Oh.

Well, shit.

I guess the mission was a failure then. I didn't sign up to fight whatever this was ant to be. On the bright side, it was a good experience and sothing I could learn from.

The serpent which I had now identified as Namara still lazily gazed at . A brief look at the hovering tail that had lightning crackling through it showed what had sent flying through several buildings.

Yep, I'm out. With that in mind, I turned around and booked it out of there. Unsurprisingly, Namara didn't stay still, as he imdiately reacted to my attempt to escape. By sending a fucking bolt of lightning thicker than the Eiffel Tower down in front of .

The sheer force of the attack sent a shockwave that made skid back a few inches and eviscerated the alleyway and surrounding buildings I had planned to escape from.

A resounding ground-shaking boom reverberated through the air, which made wince at its sheer volu. I paused and slowly turned back towards him.

"You think you can escape , child?" He spoke.

His voice oddly enough wasn't angry or even had any emotion at all, not what I expected since I had tried to rob his weapon of power. I'm sure it was pretty valuable to him.

The voice itself sounded tired. Maybe apathetic was a better word? It rumbled through the sky like the lighting he had just blasted a shot of down at . I frowned at him.

"I don't suppose we can just call it a day and go our separate ways?" I asked with a casual shrug.

The large serpent's eyes bore down on as its opened maw revealed its sharp teeth, followed by the abyss of its mouth.

"Amusing, it won't change your fate, but I guess I'll spare my ti to play with you a bit, it's been a few months since the previous attempt at theft, and you even managed to get into the vault. Congratulations." He spoke boredly but with a bit of an amused drawl at the end.

"Don't suppose I can get a consolation prize for my efforts?" I responded while looking for a way I could get so cover and escape.

"You have a valid point, I guess I shall give you the rcy of a quick death? How does that sound?" Despite his words, he didn't seem interested in, well, anything going on at the mont.

I put on a mock thinking pose, as if I were pondering on sothing difficult.

"That's generous, but I believe I will have to decline, maybe we can arrange it at a later date?" I responded.

A genuine snort of amusent was all I got in return before the sky lit up. Shit, I guess the peace talks were over. The lightning crackled in the sky as multiple swords of lightning ford in the air, each big enough to match a bus.

I think I'm seriously out of my depth here.

The lightning swords suddenly shot down at insane speeds, they all left streaks of light trailing behind. Summoning all my strength, I jumped away with a boom and unfurled my four pairs of golden wings.

A massive sword of lightning predictably struck where I was just standing, lting everything around it from the sheer heat and leaving small static shocks dancing around from the residue of the lightning sword.

Namara observed with a detached air, his lack of enthusiasm evident in his deanor as I quickly avoided each of the eight lightning swords. The scene repeated itself much like the first, leaving behind a trail of destruction in its wake.

My eyes narrowed, I didn't want to fight but it seed to be the only way I would be able to buy myself ti to think of a solid escape plan. Light burst outwards from .

Two copies appeared, one on either side of , and I created an intense burst of light, temporarily blinding Namara. I took this ti to use quite a bit of effort to make my body disappear and created another clone of myself as a replacent.

The light died down slowly as I stopped channelling energy, and I saw Namara's eyes only half shut, looking a tiny bit more interested.

My copies ran to either side of him, making him look at them lazily before giving an insidious-looking smirk that looked improper on his serpentine face. The large rows of teeth certainly didn't make it any better.

He stopped paying attention to them after a mont of staring and looked directly at .

"Impressive, it may have even worked if I couldn't sll your scent and hear your movent. Sothing your clones don't possess." He started casually, which made nod.

I had suspected that would happen. It was worth a shot anyway, and I hadn't expended a lot of mana on the clones themselves. Snapping my finger, the clones dissipated.

I guess I'll stick to more direct attacks, forming a ball of holy light that shimred into existence, I quickly sent it at Namara as more of a probing attack. Not to say the attack was weak, it had a decent amount of power in it.

The ball of holy light shined ethereally, this tended to happen when I added holy power to my attacks. I let the ball shoot towards him.

Namara's large form suddenly moved. The large serpent was faster than he should be allowed to be with such a massive body. He bent his serpentine body and let the ball of light fly past him.

The ball itself exploded sowhere in the distance, but I didn't pay too much attention to it. I propelled myself away as Namara's tail flattened the building I was standing on a few seconds later.

Four Light spears ford around , each packed with a nice serving of holy light, which made the air around the light spears burn from the sheer heat. I shot one directly at him and made the other curve around either side of him for a pincer attack.

I didn't stay idle as this happened either as I slamd to the ground and used Mokuton. Roots swirling up and wrapped around his large form in an attempt to stop his movent.

I wasn't surprised when lightning spears appeared around his body and fired into all my light spears. The attacks collided and both exploded in a massive display of light.

Namara's interest remained mild at best as I gave him a grin, and suddenly, a large light spear erged from the ground, striking him squarely under the chin. His head jerked upwards, and I took this chance to fly away.

I quickly distanced myself from him before Namara regained his composure. A colossal pillar of lightning surged from the sky, accompanied by a strong gale that impeded my flight, slowing my speed down noticeably.

The massive pillar of lightning barely missed , and I felt a small shock travel through my body from the static surrounding it. I shook it off and dived out of the way as a tail swung at .

I understood he wasn't being serious, even if it annoyed that even after all my training, I was still being outclassed like this. He didn't even seem to be bothered by my attempt at stealing his weapon of power.

There was also the fact he was a warrior who had been alive for thousands of years. I doubt even my prodigy perk which allowed to learn things that took years in re months would allow to breach that gap so soon.

The tempest Deva's attacks didn't end there. Namara, now sporting a burn on his chin, unleashed a barrage of hundreds of smaller lightning bolts, each crackling with power.

Weaving through the hectic and unpredictable bolts of lightning, I grit my teeth as I was hit with the static shocks as they passed by.

As I kept dodging through the bolts of lighting raining down on , a lightning bolt finally struck , causing my muscles to spasm painfully as I gritted my teeth and endured the shock.

Namara took this ti to slap out of the sky with his tail. Once again, I was sent spiralling down through several buildings. I had acted in ti and used my quirk Hardening to offset so of the damage.

Fortunately, he hadn't infused his tail with lightning this ti, so while I still went flying through the air, I erged unhard. Sothing I saw him instantly note as his eyes sharpened for a second before becoming apathetic again.

Deactivating my quirk. I shot Namara a glare, irritation coursing through . Bursting out from the rubble that was partly on top of , I fixed my gaze on the passive Tempest Deva.

I had been conserving mana to avoid exhaustion and potential danger, but it seed I had no choice now but to attack seriously. Namara's lack of seriousness would work in my favour.

It also didn't help that now I realised I didn't have many offensive skills apart from Light Embodint and Mokuton. With Murasa destroyed, I couldn't even properly use Sun Breathing.

"You're quite the impressive child, aren't you? Not that it'll change the outco of this little scuffle we are having, but impressive nonetheless." He spoke as he slithered over .

I surveyed the once-quiet city, now partially engulfed in flas, with debris scattered everywhere from stray attacks and the nurous lightning bolts that missed .

Namara's re presence caused destruction, flattening buildings with every movent his large body perford, while he was indifferent to the destruction he caused.

I could see why Shanu was worried about this guy, this situation was getting out of hand. Shanu wasn't going to be happy about all the destruction and deaths this had undoubtedly caused.

Enhancing my body with chakra, I didn't respond to his idly musings as I shot towards him. This got a curious look from Namara as he almost looked amused at the idea of trying to physically fight him.

When I got close to him and saw his tail begging to rise for another swipe at , chains of lights burst from my body fast enough to impress an Uzumaki and quickly wrapped around the large form of Namara.

I needed to get closer, so my chains would be stronger. I could have launched the light chains from a distance, but Namara could have easily evaded or destroyed them with his magic.

The hundreds of chains did their best to restrict Namara's movent as he began resisting it.

Dozens of chains tore apart as his body pulled against them, As Namara's powerful form strained against the chains of light, I focused my energy, channelling all the vines underground.

With a quick motion, I placed my hands down on the ground and summoned forth tendrils of vine imbued with chakra. The wooden tendrils surged forward, intertwining with the chains of light and reinforcing their hold on Namara's massive fra.

Knowing that the light chains and chakra-infused wood wouldn't last long, I didn't waste any ti and gathered a large amount of light in my outstretched hand.

Thanks to my adept rank in light embodint, I could shape it into a large construct. Which I did, and I forced it to take the form of a giant hamr.

Namara's eyes looked at it in intrigue, and his tail lit up with lighting as all the chains around his tail slowly shattered.

Swinging the large construct around to gain montum, my hamr struck at him which he predictably swiped at with his tail. The hamr and his lightning-infused tail struck, creating a massive shockwave from the impact.

I didn't waste ti and ford two giant light spears that shot at The Tempest Deva blocking my hamr construct. He in turn matched with lightning spears of his own.

I backed off as Namara destroyed all the chains binding him. Opening his maw, a focused shockwave erupted out and shot at . The invisible force harmlessly passed over . I retaliated back by sending two giant rods of light back at him.

"So my suspicions were correct, how curious. An ability to negate all physical attacks, perhaps?" Namara mused as thunderbolts flashed from the sky and intercepted my light rods.

"I don't suppose I can just settle this was a sowhat heartfelt apology for trying to steal your weapon?" I asked halfheartedly.

I sent a rotating ball of condensed holy light at him for good asure. I didn't expect Namara to accept, after all. A powerful gust of air that ripped apart buildings with ease sent the ball back towards .

Taking control of the ball of holy light, I sent it circling back to Namara now with double the montum than before. A lightning spear once again ford and t the ball midair, causing a large explosion.

Namara snorted and responded to my not-quite-serious question with a lazy raise of his tail and the tip pointed at . Lightning sparked and a large stream of lighting burst out chaotically, sowhat going in a straight path with random diversions.

The stream of miniature lightning bolts heading straight for with trendous speed. Judging by the way it was lting and destroying everything it touched, that wasn't a good sign.

"I've grown tired of playing with you, feel honoured that you held my interest for this long," Namara said, but I didn't feel any pride in his voice.

Uh oh, it looks like we were getting serious. Despite the powerful attacks being thrown around, we hadn't been doing more than probing each other.

Surprisingly, his form shrunk, a weird sight as the large titanic serpent shrunk into the form of a man. I was also confused. Why was he shrinking into a human form?

'Appraisal'

{Na: Namara}

{Title: The Tempest}

{Race: Deva}

{Power level: 9965}

I felt myself grow even more baffled, his power level had shrunk a good bit too. It made no sense for him to give up of his power.

The only advantage I could see was him gaining a smaller body which ant a smaller target but compared to the sheer strength his large form provided him with. I didn't see the trade-off.

Now in his humanoid form, descended from the air from which his body had shrunk gracefully and stood atop a colossal piece of rubble, likely once a grand mansion given its imnse size.

Namara had lightly tanned skin with spiky black hair and piercing electric blue eyes that were slightly slitted, which currently held a bored expression as he gazed at .

His shoulders were slumped, making him look disinterested and uncaring for everything around him. A certain look in his eyes caught my attention as I examined his new form.

Eyes I could now read much easier than his serpent eyes. They held sothing that I felt myself understand deeply. It gave a weird sense of familiarity which confused .

"Co, boy, since you wanted to steal my weapons, let give you a first-hand view of how they should be used," Namara spoke in that sa almost uncaring way.

Ah. So that's why he changed into his human form. Strangely enough, this only increased my wariness of Namara. Suddenly, I felt my instincts scream as I looked at a piece of shattered glass behind Namara who stood silently.

I enhanced myself with as much chakra as I could manage in such a short ti fra and pushed myself away. My form blurred away, and I felt sothing cut my cheek as two familiar-looking weapons ca slicing through the air behind .

The Tempest Chakrams now held a faint shimr of blue light around them as they ca flying towards their owner. He almost in a lazy manner caught the two blades, one in each arm.

Lightning crackled in the sky, heralding his intentions, as the surrounding storm intensified tenfold. The winds send debris of where our fight flying around. I wasted no ti and appraised the weapons.

Tempest Chakrams

Forged from the celestial winds themselves, the Cyclonic Chakrams are dual-edged, razor-sharp discs that embody the chaotic essence of Namara, the Tempest Deva.

Material: Crafted from a combination of ethereal alloys and storm energies, these chakrams exhibit an ever-shifting, swirling pattern resembling miniature cyclones. The edges of the chakrams are razor-sharp, capable of effortlessly cutting through earthly and celestial matter alike.

Control Over Storms: When wielded by Namara, the Cyclonic Chakrams enhance the Deva's control over storms. With a re flick of the wrist, Namara can command the chakrams to summon thunderstorms, tornadoes, or hurricanes with precision, unleashing destructive forces upon its adversaries.

Aerial Mobility: The chakrams are not just weapons but extensions of Namara's serpentine form, capable of hovering and manoeuvring independently. This grants the Tempest Deva unparalleled aerial mobility, allowing it to swiftly navigate both terrestrial and aerial realms.

Storm Empowernt: Upon contact with storm-related phenona, the Cyclonic Chakrams absorb and amplify the energy, becoming even more formidable in the presence of turbulent weather. Namara can harness this stored power to unleash devastating attacks or create protective barriers.

Sonic Disruption: When thrown, the chakrams emit a thunderous sonic pulse, disorienting and incapacitating foes caught in its wake.

No wonder Shanu wanted to take these things away from Namara, here I thought Murasa had been a decent starter sword.

He stared at for a second, then he moved. Much faster than he had before, he blurred over the rubble and reached . I backpedalled away as all I could do to narrowly avoid the swing to my jugular.

I didn't escape unhard as his other Chakram blade cut deeply into my forehead. I sent a powerful light spear at him to get so space as I confusedly touched my forehead.

Why did he hit there? Suddenly, I understood as blood started pouring from my forehead into my eyes, the cut healed itself, but the blood was still there. Clever, he cut my forehead, so the blood would obscure my vision.

I didn't have much ti to think, as he was back in my personal space. I ford a spear of light and attempted to block the incoming strike, only for the Chakrams to cut through the light spear with only a brief pause.

The energy in the spear destabilised and exploded, sending us body skidding back.

I struck my palm toward him, unleashing an explosion of pure holy light. The mass of superheated light burned everything it touched and shot toward Namara.

The Tempest Deva opted to jump back onto another building, avoiding the searing energy as it burned a path through the city. I winced a little as the energy hit an orphanage.

Shanu was going to give scold the fuck out of . God damn it, maybe I should just let Namara kill to avoid it?

Namara didn't stay idle and threw one of the Chakrams towards , the circular blade left a streak of blue light arcing behind it as it shot straight towards . I flew up, and annoyingly the blade turned direction to chase .

I launched a light bomb at it, knocking it off course montarily, but the blade circled back to . I couldn't focus on it for too long as I had to dodge a bolt of lightning from Namara.

Then he was beside and I felt a sharp pain as he struck my lower tendons. I managed to send a crude jab at him with my left fist that he skillfully avoided. I summoned a spear of light and shot it at him.

Namara cut through it and spun, sending the Chakram at my neck which I barely avoided. I felt his knee drive into my stomach as he kicked through a building, he got up close again, and I'm pretty sure he realised it was my weakness.

Sothing I would have to solve in the future. I backed away and sent light chains at him, followed by a large light circle that tore through the air towards him. Ducking under the other Chakram that had just circled back.

Namara destroyed the chains easily with a few swipes of his Chakram blade cutting through them. He casually caught the other blade from the air, and I braced myself.

The two Tempest Chakrams began glowing and suddenly the surrounding air began spinning. Suddenly, I felt a strong wind pick up, swirling around faster and faster. Before I knew it, I was caught in the centre of a rapidly forming tornado.

Reacting quickly, I flew out of it just as it properly ford and started to get stronger. It attempted to draw in with the powerful suction the tornado was creating.

Large pieces of debris flew past , whipped up by the intense winds. I watched entire piles of collapsed rubble from ruined buildings effortlessly picked up within the tornado. Turning it into a massive grinder.

Massive rocks started slamming into , not able to do any damage, but it was annoying and my view of Namara was quickly being obscured.

A dim light caught my attention and I dodged just as one of the blades ca right past my neck. A leg appeared a mont and smashed my face hard enough to cave it in, sending flying away.

Spreading my wings out, I righted myself in the air, my face regenerated, and I glared at the floating Namara who had his arms crossed.

"How curious, so sort of regenerative ability? I wonder how much it can take. You're impressive boy, you have the potential to rise into the realm of gods with all the abilities you've displayed to thus far." Namara complinted and I listened while looking for a way out.

"I don't suppose you've had a change of heart? I think we've taken it far enough." I gestured to the half destroyed city with a raging tornado rampaging around.

I wasn't too upset by it, but I would rather not continue this needless slaughter. My angelic instincts wanted to go down and help the humans, who were crying in despair as rocks fell on top of them.

"No, your fate will still et its end here today. It's rely a sha you decided to make the foolish decision to try to steal from . As for the mortals, their lives have no aning, in the end, their deaths will have minimal effect on the world." He replied.

"Strange, the stories depicted you said that you used to cherish human life, I can't help but wonder what happened." I said idly fishing for information, mostly so I could get so wiggle room with Shanu.

Finally, I got the first true reaction from Namara, a minute widening of his eyes before his expression went back to his apathetic state.

"That doesn't concern you." He replied dismissively.

"I disagree, considering it's the reason I'm here. To take away the weapon of power from an evil deva. I understand that look." I spoke carefully, noticing him flinch minutely.

Namara's eyes narrowed and his lips thinned.

"Perhaps betrayal? No. You don't have the anger. Or maybe it was the death of a lover?" I questioned calculatingly, watching his expression closely, I noticed the pain that flashed in his eyes.

Bingo.

I felt sympathetic for him, beyond my angelic instincts, I knew the kind of pain he was in. I had grown a lot colder in this new life, I've done so horrific acts even, but I truly felt sympathy.

He just looked so defeated, even with all that power and wealth.

"You know, I doubt she would approve of this." I spoke, maybe with a bit of emotional manipulation I could make his emotions distract him. A small edge but an edge nonetheless.

Namara's eyes sharpened, and he beca more focused than he had been since the battle had started.

"It's a sha, maybe if you didn't lack any training in hand-to-hand combat or had so sort of weapon, you may have been able to contend with ." Namara spoke sowhat lancholy.

The Tempest Chakrams crackled with lightning. Namara raised his arm and a gigantic pillar of light ca exploding down. The speed was multitudes faster than all his other attacks, which made dodging impossible.

I hastily ford a barrier of light around that instantly started cracking under the powerful attack. The cracks let in small shocks that made my body spasm and weakened the shield further, which in turn let in more bolts before I was gritting my teeth in pain.

As the lightning faded, I barely had a mont to lift my arm before a forceful kick knocked back. My arms throbbed in pain, then dulled to numbness monts later.

Namara shot through the air towards , and behind , hundreds of light spears materialised behind and I commanded them to rain down onto Namara, forcing him to evade and retaliate with lightning spears of his own.

I quickly opened my inventory and grabbed Manasa's stone. I hadn't forgotten about it, but I had been hoping to avoid a fight, which now seed a certainty considering there was a barrier covering the whole of the city.

Pushing a bit of mana in the stone I felt Manasa's unique signature pulse.

Looks like the true battle had begun.

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