Eric’s charred arms were already regaining colour as he flew forth towards the serpent that was just regaining clarity from the reflected attack. He was regenerating his lost mana and health just like the serpent would. Although it wasn't as perfect and flawless as the serpent's own, it was still useful for him to continue the fight.His eyes, however, still remained unfocused and hazy as he continued to fight.His fist connected with the head of the serpent and a series of slashes appeared on the serpent's head.Lucency returned to the countenance of the serpent and it let out a loud wail, releasing its hood as though it was a cobra.“Oh? Is that a method of intimidation?” Eric said darkly, with a devilish smirk.The eyes and the body of the serpent started to excessively leak mana essence, potent mana essence like fumes being exuded from a large frozen substance.“You are going to die!” The serpent said with a gutteral snarl.A normal person would have heard the serpent hiss and sna
Eric's eyes were severely and intensely unnatural, perfectly resembling that of the Samsara Serpent; a bright burning azure sphere in a much brighter azure sea of mana essence.The sclera was the sea of blue burning mana essence and the pupil was the burning sphere.Asides that, some part of his skin perfectly resembled that of the Samsara Serpent; a seamless metallic hide with a perfectly harmonised combination of azure and gold alongside several odd symbols and glyphs.The part of the skin covered were mostly his forearms, part of his face, a large part of his chest and torso, as well as his waist downwards to the sole of his feet. He was also currently devoid of any cloth.To top it all off, he was bathed in the same mana essence that the serpent exuded and also had a personal aura of a Supernatural Class entity.The three boys involuntarily swallowed and tensed at the sight.“Don't interfere.” The Samsara hybrid Eric in front of them said and walked forward towards the serpent tha
The rest of the cohort watched as two serpents struggled in the distance, destroying stalagmites and pillars as they struggled.“That… Has Eric been always capable of that?” Jasmine's weak voice came, disrupting the silence.“To be honest, I don't know.” Matt answered, his voice portraying his constant surprise. He then caught himself and scowled at her.“Why the hell am I even answering you? Don't ask questions and stay silent. You're lucky to be alive!” Matt retorted and scoffed before muttering something indecipherably under his breath.Jasmine returned the scowl and scoffed as well.A couple of them had recovered their mana, while some were still in the process of recovering.Amy had gone ahead to heal all the wounds of the cohort, including Jasmine’s lost arms.“I should reconsider call him fodder because if I look at it, we're the fodder.” Nelson said with a soft voice and shook his head. “Yeah, I'm calling y'all fodders as from today. No dispute about that because, you all can'
The breath of everyone was involuntarily stifled as Eric turned his attention to them from within the massive dust cloud.The large shape of the serpent within the dust shrunk rapidly turning into a humanoid shape. The humanoid walked forward towards them, exiting the cloud of dust.As he walked forward, his ethereal fiery azure eyes shifted focus from one member of the cohort to the other.From Maric, he simply nodded. To Amy, he let a soft smile grace his features. To Matt, he maintained the smile. To Mr. Baker, he continued to maintain his soft smile. To Chuck, his smile became somewhat taunting as though he was about to make a rude joke. To Erica, his facial expression softened and he furtively nodded. To Nelson, his soft smile became a dark smile as though viewing a allied rival. To Jasmine- to Jasmine…He stopped advancing and arched his neck to the side. His burning blue eyes that were starting to embrace clarity and limpidity became agitated and unfocused again.“Oh sh*t. Ah s
Cool sea breeze caressed the bodies that sprawled on the cracked asphalt beneath a spatial anomaly.One of the bodies moved and stirred, before opening his eyes.His brown eyes scanned the floor since it was the first thing it saw.“Asphalt?” The person muttered before a smile slowly crept to his face. “Asphalt?!”He screamed in happiness and kissed the floor multiple times, caressing it with his hands.“Stop being noisy fodder!” Nelson's voice came out angrily at the noisemaker.“Sorry. I'm just excited that we're back home.” Chuck said nervously with a genuine smile.Nelson glared at him before softening his expression and finally smiling softly.“Yeah, no place like ho- oh my God!” Nelson was about to acknowledge Chuck’s words when he turned his gaze to the horizon.Everyone's gaze was glued to the horizon.“Where did New York go?” Eric asked with a befuddled expression plastered on his face.“Is this even New York and not a random position in the world?” Amy asked him with a stif
The sun had long set and the platform was looking severely brittle with numerous cracks and fissures running along its form.“Whenever you're ready, sis.” Eric said with a nod.She was standing at the edge of the platform, her eyes on the large expanse of ocean before her.She steadied her breathing, inhaling and exhaling slowly.“I'm ready.” She said with a nervous nod and her breath turned cold, mists of low temperatures exuding from her every breath.The surrounding temperatures dropped steadily as she prepared herself.The others as well tensed their bodies, ready to execute Eric's plan.Erica walked back from the edge by about four steps and then ran forward and leapt off the edge of the platform.She held her breath as she plummeted for the dark waters below. The wind rushed past her face, blowing her hair upwards. Her heart was pounding hard in her throat as she fell but she tried to keep calm.She closed her eyes and pushed her hands forward towards the water. From her core, s
Eric was beaming at the additional rewards he got from the system and when he performed his usual action of nudging his nose bridge, his friends just simply rolled their eyes.“Here we go again.” Matt said when he heard Eric's statement. “Besides, you aren't the only one who got something good from the system. So pipe down bro.”He had a slight frown on his face.“Chill. What are you getting vexed for? Sure, y’all got good rewards and all that. But compared to mine? It's not as fun or exciting.” Eric grinned.Nelson let out a sigh and shook his head. “Speak for yourself, fodder. With this boost that I got as rewards, I'm eternally sure I can beat you in a duel.” Nelson spoke rather confidently, his face adorned with a soft and subtle smile.“That's some mad confidence you've got there, Nel. You wouldn't even want to call Eric a fodder after what he pulled at shelltear or was it shaltear?” Chuck responded, stroking his chin as he asked.“Shayal'Teir dummy. The system has shown you thi
You have something that I want and I have come to collect it. What the hell is that? What is in my possession that he could want? Why does he even know me? Who even is this? He's so strong.Eric's thoughts whirred like an engine in overdrive as he tried to figure out who the enemy was and what he wanted exactly.{What do we do?}Amy's voice echoed in his head and he briefly glanced in her direction before facing the enemy again and exhaling.{We court death. That's what we've always been doing and we don't plan to stop now. Just avoid his touch, he seems to be a user of a skill known as Theft and yes, it does whatever you think it does. It could also be his trait.}Eric paused his mental speech momentarily before adding again.{Although I don't know what his limitations are, treat him as though he can steal anything from you, including your very life. Be very careful.}“Insidious.” Amy whispered and drew her blade, a searing heat spreading throughout the surroundings in an instant. A