“Is it over?”After the shock died down, the others came to their senses and finally, went over to Arran’s side asking if the battle was finally over. But just as Arran was about to answer, his eyes widened in disbelief as alarm bells started blaring inside his head once again.“No it’s not… watch out!”Arran only had enough time to call out in haste before turning around with his scythe swinging, aiming in one direction. But it was already too late.Just as Arran called out and took action, a blur of motion zipped past his eyes shooting toward the corpse of the decadent horror, reaching it instantly.The others were also alarmed as they noticed too late that something had moved past them without their notice. If not for Arran’s warning, they might not have even noticed it until it was too late.Fortunately, they weren’t the targets if not no one knew what would happened if they had been ambushed.The others felt bad, but none felt as bad as Arran did currently.Damn it!“What the hel
“Big brother, I have something to tell you.”“Hmmm! What is it, Veil?” Arran quickly responded mentally.“About that bad guy, I felt something off when it hit him with my ability,” Veil said.She continued, “That bad guy, I don’t think it had a soul.”As soon as Arran heard Veil’s words, he was immediately shocked.No soul… impossible!No living being in this world could exist without a soul. It was an ironclad rule of life. Even the undead possessed souls, being pure creatures made out of souls that have crossed the threshold of life and been baptized by death. So how could a living creature not have a soul?“Veil, what are you talking about? How could that creature not have a soul? Did you sense it wrong?”“No, I can’t be wrong,” Veil refuted.“I’m sure I sensed currently. But instead of saying it doesn’t have a soul, I think it’s more accurate to say that its soul isn’t complete.”“What does that mean?” Arran asked growing even more confused.Veil explained, “A major part of that c
Arran finally figured out the key to winning this battle with this discovery. It was straightforward, since the horror was basically an unkillable Lich, instead of insisting on killing it, they should just focus on sealing it away so it wouldn’t cause any trouble again.There, problem solved…In hindsight, the solution seemed so simple that it was funny why none of the Aeth had thought about it. They’d all been so focused on killing the horror that they hadn’t considered other options to handle the situation causing them to effectively fall into a rut. Yet things were only simple in retrospect but the actual situation was far from that.Nobody could blame the seven young Aeth to only consider killing their enemy instead of looking for other options. After all, in their view, their enemy while being troublesome was just that — troublesome — and although it was also powerful, it wasn’t overwhelmingly.Each of them was able to go blow for blow against the decadent horror with its main an
The second person who could perform a big and powerful attack was Bernard. As long as he unlocked his second seal, Bernard would definitely be able to one-shot the horror. Even if it could revive it was impossible for it to do so immediately which would give Sable enough time to seal the horror.But the problem with this was equally as obvious. One, Bernard was still unconscious from his previous attempt to unlock his second seal which was interrupted. Secondly, unlocking the second seal would effectively kill Bernard so it was not a reliable option in any given case.Lastly, Arran would also be able to do what was required with his own method even being the most reliable of the three. One use of [Death Bringer] would be enough to do the job but the only problem is that the conditions had to be met first before it could be used and there was no way to meet those conditions right now.With all these options being unavailable, what could they do now?It seems like the only option left w
The seriousness in Arran’s voice was evident as well as his clear aversion to using the ability in question. Sensing this, Joyner and the others wondered what the ability Arran mentioned could be.“When you say there will be consequences, what exactly are we talking about here?”Instead of answering in detail, Arran simply raised his arm which immediately shimmered with a milky radiance before revealing two bracelets worn on his wrists.As soon as the others saw those bracelets, they all immediately came to the same realization. At once, everybody knew what Arran was referring to.The World Essence Pulse Bracers… one of the seven ultimate artifacts of the Aeth civilization. If it was it then indeed it was possible to unleash a powerfully devastating attack that could one-shot the decadent horror instantly. But regarding the current situation, it was indeed no small matter to use it right now in this battle.The World Essence Pulse Bracers were a pair of powerful artifacts with powerfu
The risks were great but the options left very limited. The six of them had to decide now if they would allow Arran to carry on with his plan. But this choice was the same as having no choice at all. If they didn’t do it now, they might not have another chance now. “Do it!” Joyner has his approval, permitting Arran to use the World Essence Pulse Bracers to end things. This caused everybody to sigh. With this decision, they were effectively dooming Earth and all its inhabitants to unknown risks that came as a consequence of their decision. “Got it.” Once the decision was made, Arran didn’t hesitate anymore. With a flap of his wings, Arran flew forward while instructing everybody. “Get back everyone. I don’t know how powerful this next attack is going to be so I might not be able to control it.” Hearing Arran’s warning, the others moved farther back, giving Arran enough space to use his attack while Sable prepared to seal the horror. A few moments later, when arran saw the others
An orchestral hum from Earth responded to the chime of the World Essence Pulse Bracers — like a lady accepting a gentleman’s dance at a ball — as the whole planet began vibrating in tandem with Arran’s heartbeat’s pulsation. A visible fluctuation wrapped around the blue planet as the once invisible barrier became visible to the naked eye.Looking at Earth now, it has undergone a few visible changes than before. From outer space, it looked like the planet had lost its mysterious veil that had protected it — covering up its secrets — and was now exposed for all to see.The irregularities of Earth's current shape that could not be seen before were now clear as day. The once spherical planet had lost its original form and was now looking like an oblong deformity with misshapen bumps and protrusions present all over its body.This irregularity in the earth’s shape was caused by its rapid expansion which was not uniform across its entire regions. The planet was stretched out at its two pole
[Iai: New Moon Technique — Falling Raindrops, Manyfold Slash!]When the decadent horror turned around to attack Arran, instead of its attack landing, it suddenly found that it could not control its body anymore. That is because fine lines suddenly appeared all over its over ten-meter tall body which abruptly split open its body into multiple pieces.What just happened?How did things turn out like this?Such were the questions going through the minds of the Aeth and even the horror — if it were capable of thought — would be asking itself that.Everything happened so fast that nobody could wrap their heads around what was going on. In one second, the horror was perfectly fine but in the next, it was suddenly reduced to a pile of evenly cut pieces of meat and flesh and throughout all this, not a single drop of blood was spilled at all. Just how did things develop to this point?Had Arran suddenly become so powerful?The Aeth were filled with doubt about what they were seeing, feeling th