As Elyenora stared at the soulless foe, the fog began returning to surround everything yet again, blurring out her sight fully once more.
‘No wonder I can’t find this thing with my soul vision…’ she clicked her tongue, even more wary than before. ‘How can there be a living creature without a soul? This makes little to no sense!’
“My dear,” the soulless one spoke, “won’t you take a quick nap alongside your friends as we all fall?”
“No…” Elyenora put her guard up towards where the voice still came from, it didn’t seem like the thing had moved since she last saw it, other than going downward along with her and the party, of course.
“Why not?” it asked, “don’t you see how blissfully your comrades are sleeping? Wouldn’t you want to join them?”
She scoffed. “I’d rather wake them up, thank you very much.”
“You’re… Humming?” the voice of the eye spoke in confusion, it couldn’t grasp what there was to hum for, she was slowly losing her life at each touch it inflicted upon her after all, and its onslaught wouldn’t stop ever, not till she passed away at least.Her melody continued as she narrowed her eyes further, the light coming from them concentrated and dazzled brilliantly in the dark space, barely allowing for her vision to return for a tad bit.It was just enough for her to start her counterstrike.Elyenora’s rapier moved in a near perfect circle around her, slashing away the tendrils and cutting deep holes within each of them. The wind made from her strikes and the one released with them, she’d used to push back the tendrils for but a single moment, and a single moment is exactly what she needed.“Huh?” the eye trembled, a soft tear began to form at its edges as a descent of fear weighed down
It didn’t take quite too long for the rest of the members to start nudging their eyes open. It was Elyenora who managed to pry Sereia’s eyes open first.“Ugh…” the swords lady mumbled under her nose, opening her eyes as she barely stood up to a sitting position. “What the hell happened…”“Rise and shine,” Elyenora stood crouching beside her, watching as the woman held her head with a hand. “Everyone kinda got forced asleep, we’re on the fifth floor now by the way.”“Huh?” Sereia tilted her head to the side, more confused now than three seconds ago.“The fifth floor?” Lanos stood up, seemingly without feeling groggy, unlike the others. “How’d we get here? And also...” Lanos turned towards Mon’Ter, who was working on getting Namir to wake up too. “Since when did the chimera grow wings? And horns… And an arm…&rdq
The party of six marched on into the not so grand hallway leading from the dining hall. It looked ancient in comparison to the well kept area from before, with moss growing on the walls and cracks at each second step. There weren’t any cobwebs to be seen, insects and the like simply don’t nor can wander down here. It’s an isolated space, after all. Sereia suddenly piped up. “How long is this hallway, anyway?” “How would we know?” Samuel turned her way. She played with her hair a bit before speaking. “I dunno, you were being all knowledgeable about the dungeon at the entrance, weren’t you?” Samuel halted his march and mumbled. “Sereia…” “Yes?” she stopped next to him as well. He gave her a concerned gaze and placed his hand on her shoulder. “Is your head okay?” “Huh?” she raised a brow at him. “The hell is that supposed to mean?” “Well, you see, we’re the first people to clear the third floor, let alone reach the fifth…
Lanos’ mouth went agape at the sight, he nearly forgot to breathe as he spoke. “That… Is Lord Spiritus Mora’s son?” “What has become of him at least,” Elyenora added, brandishing her rapier in front of her. She felt a cold sweat form at her brow, even before the enemy had stood up to stand before them the princess knew just how outmatched she was in a one versus one. Sereia, on the other hand, froze up, smiling while staring at the monster of a spirit before them. “Can I just go home?” “Shush,” Samuel put his hand on her shoulder. “It’ll be fine, we’re the ones making the attack this time and we’re also all prepared.” “Speak for yourself! I’m not prepared at all!” Sereia blurted out, pointing at the black sun. “Please do not tell me that’s a King Class corrupted spirit!” Samuel grimaced, biting his lip. “I don’t know its class… But...” “Might not be far off,” Namir finished for him, his eyes glowing brightly. “Spiritus Finis, currently
Finis gazed at his challengers, his golden light of an eye fluctuating amidst the lightless flames covering him from head to toe. He was like a torch that sucked light away rather than giving it off; he was the epitome of a corruptee. “What’s our next move now?” Sereia quizzed, her brows furrowed deeply, with her hands clenching tightly on the blade. “Would you be mad if I said I didn’t know?” Samuel grimaced, he held not an ounce of ideas for how to attack now. “The bastard might’ve actually reached King Class after absorbing that thing…” “I can confirm,” Elyenora’s voice cracked. “He did, most certainly, reach King Class after that… I’ve never seen a stronger soul in my life… Nor a darker one...” Sereia turned towards Elyenora. “So what? Are you saying we’re doomed here?” “Not necessarily,” Lanos glanced toward Namir. The kid gave him a confused look back, raising a brow at him whilst asking. “What? Why are you looking at me like tha
The five of them laid unmoving with auras surging through their every pore. Magic so powerful it caused gales of wind to implode in the surroundings solely from them standing where they were. It was an impressive sight, and an impressive feeling for them each.“Whoa…” Sereia raised her hands, looking at them. Sword in one whilst the other remained empty. “This is awesome…”“Yes…” Elyenora herself couldn’t believe the incoming surges of prowess. Stamina and energy she could only dream of at the tip of her fingers. “Namir’s spell is simply… Undeniably… Intoxicating.”“I told you,” Lanos smirked. “I hate to admit it too but, I’ve longed for this again.”“Don’t get used to it!” Namir made sure to add once more. “And do go get him as fast as magically possible!”“Right on!” Sereia clenched
“Sam?!” Elyenora shouted at the man oozing with insanity. “Hahahaha!” Samuel continued to laugh. “Oh, how I’ve longed for the day I have the strength to use nuclear destruction magic!” “Samuel!” Elyenora called out again, moving up to him. But he on kept laughing. And laughing, and laughing. As if nothing around him mattered other than the strength he came to possess. So she slapped him. “Samuel!” He got immensely taken aback by that. “W-What?” “Do not go crazy on us!” Elyenora pointed at his nose with her index finger, showing him a rather mean look and a pout. “I am not crazy!” Samuel defended himself, swinging his hand to the side while placing the other at his chest. “I’ve finally done it, Ely! I’ve achieved the thing I needed for so long! The thing I only found out was possible after meeting Namir! That same thing I should have known my eyes would be capable of with just a slight push forward! This is my very own specialty
“Tag team?” Elyenora questioned, her head tilting to the side, then shaking it. “I don’t like that idea.”Mon’Ter glanced at her. “Well there aren’t many other options, are there?”“Not now, but we could…” Elyenora began, only to be cut short.“There are no buts,” Mon’Ter rebuked. “Anyone other than me would die against him when he uses that time ability, Samuel has a few cards to play which would lead to him evading being targeted altogether. You three don’t.”“So you just mean to leave us in the barrier?!” Lanos thundered, moving up to Mon’Ter and looking up at him. “No, I’m fighting.”“How?” Mon’Ter asked him. “How will you fight when he can make it so you can’t move and then cut your head off?”“How will you fight when he cuts Your head off?” Lanos
Just as Mon’Ter was busy rotting on the inside, Samuel and Sereia were finally able to get back on their feet. Samuel could now see properly and move around, and Sereia had drunk a high grade healing potion that brought her back up to speed. “Agh… My back was killing me there…” Sereia said as she stretched, trying to get herself back into shape. “Do I even need to mention my head…?” Samuel held it, he still felt like it would start spinning again but thankfully it was over. “We really need to go and help Mon’Ter out,” Sereia mumbled out loud. “It seems like he got two of them but he’s facing that guy that my dad said was the best assassin in the world…” Still, they were a bit far away from the chimera and couldn’t assist him right away, especially since Mon’Ter’s fear came true. “It seems like we have our own troubles to deal with first…” Samuel pointed out as he gazed at the sky above them. “Huh? That guy again?” Sereia said in annoya
As Mon’Ter stood in a confrontation between himself and the three assassins, Sereia and Samuel did their best to catch their bearings and get to assisting him rather than being a burden for him. Thankfully, Samuel had some recovery potions on him, but due to his issue with coordination caused by Hendrick’s eye ability, he couldn’t move his arms in the right direction much less find where he’d stored the bottles.And as for Sereia, she actually did try to get to Samuel and find the potions for him, but, given how wounded her back really was she was having some difficulty pushing herself to stand back up and move towards his bag. Of course, this would only take her seconds to do in real time, maybe ten or twenty, but in the moments of combat those seconds would be more than enough for her and him to lose their lives at once many times over.They were dealing with assassins after all, and while these assassins were definitely slowed down from the g
Just as Elyenora was dealing with Alinesia with the help of Randus’ Gravity Zone spell, so were Sereia and Samuel working on using the spell to their advantage too. Seeing as they were able to outmaneuver their respective match ups and bring down two specters, they had now managed to get away from the other two old men who’d targeted them and made their way towards where Mon’Ter was being held down by Alinesia’s parents.That, of course, didn’t take long at all with the help of Samuel’s teleportation magic.Sereia quickly landed right over the female assassin with super long nails, Allison, while Samuel waltzed right into her husband, Hendrick, and swung straight at his arms that were holding Mon’Ter’s head up close to his eye level.On Sereia’s end, things were quickly and easily dispatched. Having had the jump on the opponent she was able to instantly get Allison to dodge her first blow and leave Mon’
With Alinesia’s light blinding everyone, Randus was able to easily move about by practicing a simple spell to allow his eyes to perceive past the blinding shine of her. He had basically created pseudo shades on his face which he used to escape from Lerroy’s immediate reach.During the course of the battle so far, the two of them had been flying high up in the air and blasting each other with all manner of magical spells, it had gotten to the point that most of the soldiers down below were getting nervous just by standing underneath them. However, Randus hadn’t just been mindlessly flying about and chucking explosions at his old master, no, of course not, he wouldn’t be where he is at today if he did something so basic.The whole time they were moving around the air space, Randus had been leaving small sigils in specific locations high above the ground and laying out a layer filled circle of magic large enough to encompass most of the existing su
Alinesia had completed her transformation, however, she wasn’t the only one making moves during that last minute of action. There were still many people on the battlefield, and the ones who made the biggest change aside from her, were definitely Randus, Samuel and Sereia who all made good use of the previous minute or so of time.On their side of the field, just as Elyenora and Alinesia were having their clash of wills, Samuel and Sereia both found themselves pushing against their respective spectral opponents. It had gotten to the point where they were chasing after these Low ranking Arch Lord Class entities as if they were hunting rabbits.It was at this time that both Gandar, the court mage of the Royal palace and the elderly master of the assassin’s guild intervened on their little chase. Gandar shot through the sky atop a conjuration of wind and flew near enough to be within his range of Samuel, he weaved his staff and made a spiraling motion with it b
Back to the princess’ side of the field, where she was facing off against a previous foe. Elyenora could feel that things weren’t going her way at all, she knew it in her heart with every strike she sent towards Alinesia and every second she wasted on fighting against her. But what could she do while everyone was being held back like this? There was one and only thing she could really do to try and help out.Ending the fight swiftly.Alinesia had certainly grown significantly since their last fight, she was more than the princess’ match even after Elyenora had gotten her significant growth spurt after releasing the spiritual cultivation shard from her body. However, it didn’t seem like the Lioness would be able to keep up with Elyenora if she just made a simple action and unleashed her newly acquired artifacts.“I’m sorry, but I’ll be ending our little rematch early,” the princess said as she pushed back on the fla
Cazimir fell, cut in half and in a completely stupefied state. Someone meant to have been on his side, an ally, had just taken him down. His bloodied eyes shone with a bright light and created shadow soldiers that tried to hold him back together, barely, even as his own blood and organs left his body to splatter down on the ground. “W–wh–y…?” Cazimir asked as only one of his eyes barely managed to move and look at Finn. “Because you interfered where it was not your place, stupid assassin,” Finn said, his eyes wider than an open door and staring the vampire down with intense pressure behind his every word. “Couldn’t you follow simple instructions? I told you. Don’t interfere with my fight. Leonidas is mine to do battle with.” “Bast–ard…” Cazimir barely mumbled out, and with another glow of his eyes he forced the soldiers to move him about ten meters away from the now enemy. With yet another glow, he summoned out a potion that fell from a litt
Alinesia glared at Elyenora with her fiery blade burning at her side. “It’s sure been a while, hasn’t it?”“You again?!” Elyenora clicked her tongue, she had been forced to stop right in her tracks by her once again, for the second time. “Why are you here!?”“Why?” Alinesia grit her teeth. “Did you seriously ask me why, you blond bimbo?!”“What?” The princess felt a little taken aback by the assassin’s words. “Don’t you understand what you’re working towards right now? Do you even know what my brother is trying to do!? It’s all foolish! Why would you work for him? You’re smarter than that!” Elyenora tried to change her mind if she could, though, it didn’t seem like Alinesia was here for money or anything of the sort by the look on her face.“You think I’m here just because that prince twat brother of yours asked t
“We kill all of them to get to him,” Mon’Ter’s voice reverberated throughout the entire space, being heard by everyone that surrounder him and his comrades.It caused several laughs to erupt, which then continued into multiple more and more until the entire enemy legion made a laughing stock out of Mon’Ter’s words.“Bold words from someone bound to die,” Gandar, the royal court mage, snickered at his words. “Who even are you, boy? Another knight? Not with that get up you’re not. Perhaps a mage? Shall I teach you some proper manners in speech?”“I’d actually like that,” Mon’Ter said truthfully. “But it’s not the time to be learning manners.”His hand extended and his fingers grew as his nails elongated into sharp swords capable of piercing the thickest of hides and slashing the hardest of steels. The strange development caused many to put their guard