"Fine. Then we will get rid of her after we got our payment. Since she can't hear us while wearing that bracelet she will be unprepared. Jack, you can send energy slashes so behead her head with one strike." "Why do we wait until we got our payment? Let's deal with her now." "You do realize that we are dealing with someone very dangerous, right? The Crimson Skeleton is a big group. They may erase us if we look weak to them. And we are in fact weak now." I heard some more confusing things. Firstly that bracelet sounds terrible. It makes someone unable to hear anything. So that's why she wasn't reacting to what they were talking about. I should inspect it later. The other thing is Crimson Skeleton. This is a weird name like it just jumped out of some fantasy novel. Wait! The world around me has a lot of weird things recently so this should be acceptable. Anyway, it sounds like a name for a dangerous group. According to their conversation, they must be the ones who ordered them to ma
Her body was covered with dark veins visible to even normal eyes. Her eyes also changed. Her scleras turned dark and her pupils start glowing with crimson light. There is also a bit of blood coming out of both sides of her eyes. In just a few seconds the air around her changed. Whatever this form was, it made her a seriously dangerous opponent to me."Kill him!"With the shout of the man, she moved to attack me. She swung her fist toward my face but I dodged it by jumping backward. She didn't care about me dodging her and she kept attacking me with a similar pattern. She would gather a lot of aether on her fist and charge at me. It was easy to read but the problem was her getting faster every time I dodged her."Hey, your name is Izumi, right? Why are you listening to that guy? Isn't he using you for his own gains?"She didn't respond to any of my questions and kept attacking me. I was still able to dodge her attacks but at this rate, she will be able to land a hit on me soon. Before
"Izumi! Stop laying on the ground! You can not look pitiful! Get up, right this moment!"Kenji Kinukage yelled at the little girl who was weakly laying on the ground. He was frowning while watching the girl struggling to get up. The tiny body of the girl was shaking. She was trying to breathe but she was coughing nonstop and unable to breathe air properly."You have to master our clan's teachings. If you can't learn them that means you have no talent and you are the disgrace of our clan. Do you want to be a disgrace to our clan?""...no...""Speak louder!""...No...""Then get up! You aren't allowed to rest until you at least get the basics.""But father-""No buts! You have to do as I say! Get up now!"Kenji shouted at the little girl. She was clearly frightened by his father's harsh attitude. She tried to get up even while her body was shaking. She gathered the last of her strength to stand straight but a single flick of the finger from her father made her fly away several meters aw
After dealing with Izumi I was finally able to relax a bit. She is sleeping for a while now. She looks peaceful while sleeping. Compared to that pained expression this one clearly suits her more. Anyway, let's return to the present.The moment I relaxed, I start vomiting. It seems like seeing that bloody death affected me more than I thought. Or it was me killing those gang members and robed figures without any hesitation. I was afraid of getting used to killing people and it seems like I'm turning into what I'm afraid of. Am I turning into a monster? A cold-blooded killer?I can safely say that those people I killed weren't innocent. I'm not sure about that robed guy but if I took the suicide of that one member, I think it is safe to assume that they are a shady group of people wanting to preserve their secrets even if it cost their lives. Not to mention the things I heard about the mana and magi-tech. These things alone are enough to prove to me that they aren't innocent. They are t
An eight hours long bus travel to Daxhoull. That's how I was planning to return. But because of what happened at the border of the Zhose, my plans have been changed.Izumi has become my companion and she started traveling with me now. We are basically running to the Daxhoull, thanks to our bodies it's not as bad as it sounds. My body is already strengthened by mana and hex so I have more stamina and power compared to before. Izumi also has a supernaturally strong body.Unlike mine, her body seems to be strengthened from birth by aether albeit the degree of strengthening is about the same as mine, which I achieved in about two weeks."So, you have a bloodline power. It comes from birth and only manifests itself when you are able to activate it.""Yes. I couldn't activate it when I was little so it was dormant for a long time. But about six months ago I was able to finally activate it.""What it can do exactly? I saw that weird berserk form but I don't really understand what it was.""T
After arriving at the Daxhoull Oscar and Izumi directly went to the cave. Izumi was surprised to see the cave and the magical lake. She was even more surprised after seeing Kairi. It was her first time meeting a spirit."Oscar, welcome back. I see you brought a friend with you.""She is Izumi. I will tell you details later but for now, she has to stay here until I get the ingredients I need."Kairi didn't say anything but looked into Oscar's eyes. She could feel the sadness of Oscar. She was worried because of his extreme emotions for the last week."Are you sure about this? What you are planning to do is... it something will change you forever.""I already crossed the point of no return. I already killed three people."Kairi released a heavy sigh. She didn't want him to shoulder this kind of burden. But it was already too late for this. The first person he killed was turned to dust and the others were cleaned up by Akane.The gentle kid was already gone at this point. The Oscar that
"Everything is almost ready. I get the ingredients and the formation is almost complete. I just need to add the last touches."I muttered to myself. I'm nervous about the ritual. It's too important, I'm going to use it to resurrect Mason. The formation I'm using is my own creation as I inspected and decoded many formations recorded in the library. Those were especially about the soul and death. It's dangerous but there is no other way to bring someone back from death. It's something unpracticed as I'm the one who created it a few days ago. Well, Mason is already dead and there is no other way so there is also nothing to lose."What are we really doing now?"Izumi asked me with a clear curiosity on her face... That's right. I haven't told her about the plans I have. Kairi raised her brows and looked at me. Oh, I think I should tell her about the Mason and what we are going to do.I told her about Mason and how he died in my arms. Just talking about his death made me clench my fists. I
"We made it!""No, Oscar. You made it yourself. You worked for it and finally manage to pull it off."Ah, I really did it. My body hurts all over but it is worth it. The formation worked as intended and we successfully put Mason's soul back into his body. Kairi healed him again when we are done so he is really back to life.I finally fixed my mistake of letting my friend die. It will take some time for him to wake up but he will. Ah... I woke up after passing out due to exhaustion earlier but it seems like I still need some time to rest my body.***When I woke up I was underwater. No, this is not water. It's liquid mana. Kairi must have put me here to let me recover quickly. I guess that worked. I feel like almost all of my earlier exhaustion is gone now. I swam out of the lake. When I reached the little shore of the lake I saw Kairi and Izumi sitting somewhere close and chatting with each other."Hey, girls. How long I was out?""A little more than five hours. I had to help your bod