Arthur paced around his room after leaving the palace he had too many things on his mind— Linux had interacted with this world that meant she would find him and the Yggdrassil was in danger once more. He could feel the stress rising up; why couldn't she just stay in her own lane.He had no time to waste now— breathing deeply, Arthur cleared his mind. He had been postponing the clearing of the quest the Arodis system. Arthur at the back of his mind knew that it was inevitable; one day he would have to fight Linux but he was still not powerful enough.Arthur sat down on the bed and folded his hands in a lotus position. He was the guardian of the Yggdrassil, if it falls all his predecessors hardwork would be lost— as the last remaining descendant of Lunox he had to be strong, strong enough to fight. His mentor Gusion died vigilantly like a hero, it was his time to step up and protect the secret of the universe. The secret of eternity.Arthur's mind suddenly concocted a hypothesis— The Ar
The sphere glowed tremendously as the Qi within it fueled the ability to be triggered— The light it projected shined right on top of Dante removing every ounce of tainting from his body through casting the holy light of repairing and recreation the light of Eternity.HOLY MAIDEN TEARSThe syphoned negative Qi being purified before being absorbed into Arthur's body. He huffed and puffed hard— because of the physical and mental toll the technique was having on his body. His perseverance showed when Dante returned to normal, the shadowy figure he once was now removed leaving behind a normal entity.Dante looked around, he was in a place he couldn't recognize, the last time he was awake; He was fighting against his sibling, fighting to protect his wife and unborn child. Now he was in this barren land, he didn't understand how he got there.Light as a feather, Dante moved from where he was to where Arthur was free falling— he wrapped his hands around the boy balancing him and in the proces
Everyone was speechless— the underestimated interim S-rank from South Korea just did something a few people in the world could do. He stopped the Daybreak punch that the savage berserker Anorld was famous for and with a finger no less. Everyone were starting to gain admiration from the young man, he proved he wasn't any pushover even ranking lower than any of them there.Arnold was furious; this young man before him had stopped one of his deadliest attacks with just a finger— to add salt to injury proceeded to taunt him, mocking him as if what he did was nothing. He could level small mountains with that attack.He growled which Arthur caught and smirked— the man before him packed a punch but raw power that's not controlled amounted to nothing in front of his eyes. Arthur knew that normally he couldn't have taken the attack with his barely adjusted body so he purified the Qi around him and used it as a shield that absorbed the ricochet damage from the attack.They couldn't get far as L
FAST FORWARD : 3 DAYS LATER“So how is it going? Is the preparation done?”“We are nearly close, we just need the information and we are done.”“When will you get the information?”“Possibly around the beginning of the summit, we will be done by the point the summit reaches its midpoint.”“Good”Several silhouettes appeared within a laboratory— their faces hidden by the darkness leaving their clothing to be the only things visible. Written horizontally across their jackets upper shoulders was S.A.B.E.R. Around them were huge tubes, easily the size of a human containing green liquid and they all had been preparing for years for this day to come.“I'll see you all then,” The presumed head of the organization S.A.B.E.R addressed the other members and disappeared into the darkness— the sound of a door closing following behind his disappearance.The man with a walking stick walked the dark hallway— although dark he could see just fine and he took turns and twists moving across the labyrint
Arthur tried to shift his body but he couldn't— there was a weight pressing down on him. He opened his eyes and looked around only to see Lisa right on top of him. He returned his attention to the vicinity; he couldn't recognize where they were.Their surroundings were red, fiery red like fire— Arthur could've sworn he had seen the walls move, above them was not the sky as they are used to but was a layer of skulls; skulls? That was something new. Arthur nudged Lisa on the side waking her up.Lisa immediately got up after being woken— she helped Arthur to his feet and looked around, scrutinizing her vicinity much like Arthur earlier. “Where are we?”“I don't know, I only remember Granger sending us through a portal.” Arthur replied trying to piece everything together.He was starting to get hot, it was as if the temperature was rising per second— he looked around him trying to see what could be the source of the drastically increasing temperature.There hovering above ground was a be
Arthur jumped back as the large snake dove right into the bridge destroying it a bit. He jumped up as a wide mouth emerged from beneath him and supported himself in the air with his air magic, his eyes roamed around the lava lake scrutinizing the large Serpent who's body was submerged in the lake. Raising his left hand; Several runes manifested around him and focused beams of Qi shot from the inside of the runes bombarding the lava lake from all sides. As the aftermath died down, Arthur looked through the soot expecting the snake to have perished. But to his shock the beast was simply recovering from having its scales destroyed by the Qi blasts, having no significant damage— Arthur gritted his teeth, the durability on the snake was rather high, even his most powerful area of effect ability could not wound it deeply. “So this is why Ra was never able to defeat you.” Arthur mused to himself, never had he had a challenger such as this one. Linux was extremely powerful, she could destr
Olivia's jaw dropped for a moment, her eyes widened as she heard the sickening quenches and bones being destroyed, bones of her fellow Rankers. Her look of stupor transitioned to a new one. She clamped her mouth shut, her eyes creased heavily as hate flared in her eyes. Granger saw the look and chuckled, a cornered dog bares its fangs Afterall. “It's rather amusing, a moment ago you were at each other's throat now you are angry for what I did. Truly disgusting.” His words lacerated the air reaching the ears of Olivia who snarled in response and leaped the distance separating them. Granger's taunting smirk merely stayed as he watched the woman catapult herself to him, he snapped his fingers. A punch hit Olivia on the side sending her spiraling off course into the walls. C322 stood where she was, with its hand outstretched. Granger turned his head to the side just as a harpoon flew beside him stabbing the wall behind him. He was not phased by such miniature assaults. In his eyes,
[Spectator room] Lisa watched baffled at what she was witnessing. The naked woman with Arthur there was gorgeous but what made her feel a bit unease or slightly angry was the sole fact she was touching him. Why am I like this? She turned her attention to Anubis and Persephone who were beside her administrating the challenges. “Is that normal?” Persephone turned to Lisa and smiled. “Well yes, we did say to go back one of you would have to pass the test of mortal sins to be allowed with their souls intact.” Lisa made an O shape with her mouth as she understood the concept behind the challenges a bit better. But something about the interaction below was making her uncomfortably angry, angry at the woman who was touching Arthur. “So how will this one come to an end?” Lisa asked, her hands gripping the armrest of the chair she was sitting on. Persephone caught the gesture. Someone was jealous, she smiled having made up her mind to tease Lisa. “Well Arthur has to win, how he does t