There was a problem with this auction, and something would definitely go wrong today.An odd feeling arose within Julie all of a sudden. Initially, the Auction was proceeding as usual, and she enjoyed playing with her brother by tricking him into spending more money than the products were actually worth, on several auction items.But ever since the "Last Auction" had begun, she had this peculiar unsettling sensation, that something wasn't quite right.Julie initially tried to suppress this emotion several times, because she thought that since she was a princess, no matter what happened, the powerful Slayers in this hall would unquestionably save her.Julie was a brave girl, but she wasn't a naive fool who didn't understand the realities of life. She wasn't a kind-hearted girl either, despite the fact that she was undoubtedly brave. She didn't come from a greenhouse, who was caged down inside the four walls, and she didn't had this heroic idealistic fantasy of her own that everything
When Julie exited the room and began to walk toward Room No. 19, where August was staying, she abruptly came to a stop, and Olivia, who was following Julie, also came to a stop after perceiving her master's halt.Julie stopped because from the corner of the arced lobbyway, she could see the gates of Room No. 19 opening up and a man wearing a jacket as well as other people dressed in black robes emerging from it.Julie was taken aback because, in accordance with Olivia's report, every person in that room ought to be donning robes and probably wearing hoods over their faces. However, the man who emerged from the room was clearly wearing a jacket, leaving his face blatantly exposed.She wasn't able to understand this situation, but she was able to identify the middle-aged man wearing the jacket right away. He was someone that many people in upper social circles would quickly recognise.After confirming the man's identity, Julie's mind was working at a breakneck pace, coming to various
~Phew!As a result of my nonstop running at full speed, I finally arrived at the city park, which was closest to the downtown area and was deserted at this time of the night.Running at my top speed while toting Luna and [Dáinsleif] on my back was much more challenging than I initially thought.But because of the different bombs that I used, and the Auction's security that arrived at the most opportune time, which gave me some time to get going, I managed to arrive here before August while also successfully keeping his subordinates away from him.I had already killed many people today, so it was now safe to keep the sword [Dáinsleif] back into my soul space, but because I needed the sword for my next battle, where there was almost negligible chances of me killing anyone, so keeping the sword outside was now necessary."Hello, Sylvia. Have you arrived at the spot I gave you the address for?"(Yes, but are you certain that this will work?)"It must work, and you only need to follow my i
// Shadow beasts //August casted a spell immediately without delaying even for a second after casting the barrier.Instantly, black smoke surrounded the area, the benches and the lamp pole began to tremble, and four wild black wolves made of darkness suddenly materialised out of the shadows of the rustling trees.Even on this dark night, the light of the lamp was sufficient to give August a chance to call his beasts from the shadows created by the surroundings. From Regressors' memories, I knew that August was a shadow type user due to his wizard art [Darkness in light].It was an extremely powerful art, giving the user control over shadows with the help of shadow-type spells that used stealthy shadows to carry out the user's instructions, but because it required shade, it had a significant disadvantage too.And that was the light, because in a totally illuminated environment, Shadow spells were always weakened to an all time low, as they needed shadows to manifest.But because shad
My body felt so comfortable even though my head started to feel foggy.Light as a feather, I was ready to fly.The darkness that had been creeping up my heart from the sword was now attempting to cover my entire body.Although I had no idea what it was because it was completely unexpected, the system notifications nonetheless provided me a rough idea.However, the dilemma was that I couldn't stop it, or rather, I don't even had the intention to stop it at this moment.There was no other choice.Because I desperately needed power at this moment and I wasn't prepared to deal with the supposed repercussions of stopping this process forcefully.The little encounter I had with August earlier made me realise that even [forced correction] had its limitations because, at the end of the day, the System was a part of me and operated to the fullest extent possible using my body.Hence, the System would be stronger the stronger I am.And up until this point, August hadn't given it his best in bat
The area was shaken by a loud explosion that was unmatched by any other before, and even August's barrier, which had been put in place, began to show cracks all over it since it had grown so frail and was now susceptible to being broken like a thin piece of glass with only one blow.There was no time to celebrate, though.My vision blurred and my state of consciousness become foggy.Blood was pouring out of my wounds like I had taken a bath in a tub full of it, and my body was screaming in pain.~Swish!However, the battle had not yet been won because the Barrier was still in existence, alerting us to the fact that its caster was still alive inside that cloud of dust.Nevertheless, even I realise that I could not have killed August with that attack, and I had no hope of doing so.My primary goal was to harm him, waste the time, and deplete his mana.So, without wasting any time, I grabbed my strongest healing potions and hurriedly began downing them.However, I was short on time and c
Sylvia was furious.Up until this point she had been able to suppress her emotions, and urges by forcibly keeping a large stone on her heart to prevent herself from running to Noah. But now she had enough, and she could no longer do that. Noah was her life, and she vowed to do everything it took to keep him safe.What kind of wife would she be if she consistently put her husband's life at danger due to her impulsive, foolish beliefs?Regardless of whether it was deliberate or not, for the time being all she knew was that her husband, her love - Noah, had been hurt because of her, and that someone was casting a threat on his life."So you're finally out, the accomplice of this guy, I thought you ran away but you didn't... "August licked the blood on his lick and continued."Did you say husband? So you're his wife, ah! don't worry, I would take good care of you after I kill your husband here...""I'll kill you"Sylvia who wasn't in any mood to talk to August directly unleashed the ful
"What did you do to me... ?"August who was trying to cast a spell to capture both Sylvia and Noah, yelled in rage because no matter how hard he tried employing his mana outside to cast a spell, nothing worked. A powerful spell like [Shadow binds] which he just tried to use, now came out as shadow ropes, which was only an F-ranked attack.Sylvia had already removed August's link to outside Mana, so now only his own condensed Mana could be used to cast spells, which ultimately resulted in them being so weak.However, this doesn't mean that August couldn't do anything in this situation.August was still capable of casting comparable A-ranked spells, or at the very least C- or B-ranked spells using his A-ranked condensed mana, and even his physical stats would be enough to make him the winner if he tried to fight in close range without Mana.Which in this case would have been sufficient for him to win.Nevertheless, due to two factors, he was now unable to accomplish that either.Firstl