Black mana began oozing out of Claire’s body. As soon as she held on to the weapons, the transformation began as well. Black and powerful mana covered her entirely. To the point that she seemed like a shadow inside the spiral of dark mana.Asther stood just outside of this. Watching the whole thing carefully as she examined Octavia who was beginning the test already.Her training is a lot different from what the first three experienced. She will not try to tame her weapon by fighting alongside it. No. Octavia will tame her weapon by fighting it. She needs to use the same method that Asther talked of with Parch. Octavia needs to dominate her weapons. This is the only way she can ever get them.[Warning: This zone cannot be entered. Anything that enters the point of range will receive corruption damage.]This notification appeared to the necromancer who stood outside the spiral. He didn’t have the slightest intention of going in of course. That’s why he placed the preventive measure on
Asther remained outside the area of effect of Octavia’s training. He’s the one who made the female knight do this after all so, he has every intention of seeing it through until the end. This is the least he can do to show that he actually cares about what would happen to Octavia.But it isn’t like he’s idly standing there as well. While the necromancer is there, he used his [Analysis] in an attempt to get some useful information out of the spiral of dark mana. Although he knows that there is already a safety measure in play, Asther still checked this nevertheless. After all, it wouldn’t hurt to be too careful when it comes to things like this.True enough, Asther found something interesting coming out of the spiral of dark mana. A warning at that which is connected to what is happening to Octavia.[Warning: The mental fortitude of party member Octavia is declining below the reasonable threshold.][Mental Fortitude: 45%]This is the first thing that Asther saw. This kind of notificati
[Item Name: Dark Mana Capsule][Item Type: Container][Durability: 100/100][Information: The item works as a container of dark mana. The container can store up to 1,000 dark mana. The value is calculated by the item itself.]This is the new item that Asther created. As mentioned, he created something that neither exists in earth nor in Jhinn. This is a new creation by him. One that would not be created as well if not for his ingenuity.The necromancer didn’t waste any time and began absorbing the dark mana that enveloped Octavia. He clicked the button on top of the mana capsule and, soon enough, the dark mana before him began getting sucked inside of this.The good thing about this item is that Asther doesn’t actually need to hold it for the item to work. He can just leave it on the ground and let it do the work for him. And this is exactly what he did. Knowing that he’d need to suck the dark mana faster, he began opening one dark mana capsule after the other. Surrounding the spiral
Octavia is barely holding on to dear life. The amount of damage she has sustained throughout this whole ordeal is no laughing matter. The body of the female knight is basically in tatters because of the effects that her weapons have on her. In fact, she doesn’t even seem to have any energy anymore and this can easily be seen with how she is seemingly unconscious already. Unable to move a single inch anymore.She isn’t even screaming. Her head is bowed down and simply accepting all the damage that comes with the process she needs to undertake. Muscles torn and veins carrying seemingly boiling blood, Octavia should not even be alive anymore. It’s like she’s being burned alive while getting struck by lightning over and over again. That is how the whole thing felt.Yet, even with all of this, her hands gripped tightly to the weapons. Even with all of the pain. Even with all of the torture. Octavia’s hands gripped on to her weapons, not letting the power on her wrists get any weaker.“Look
Asther prepared for the worst. He knew that the sate Octavia would be left in would be far worse compared to the others. After all, she is the only one who deliberately needs to get injured and hurt just for her to get her ego weapons.However, there’s also something that needs to be noted here as well. That is, that Asther knows that it’s nearly impossible for Octavia to win. With how things are going and, with how low her mental fortitude and health points are, Asther didn’t hope much that Octavia would win. In fact, he was already thinking of the new ego weapon that needs to be forged for the female knight. Something which he needs to start right away in order to, at least, compensate for whatever state Octavia would be left in after all of this is done. However, none of this seem to be needed anymore.Asther looked at the spiraling flame of dark mana and, he felt something. He felt that it was finally getting weaker. After all the minutes that has passed, after the long stretch of
One thing that Asther is sure of is the fact that what happened to Octavia would never happen again. This is not something that he planned but something that came about as an accident. An accident which works in his favor at that. And although he’d love for something like this to keep on happening in the future, it would be impossible for the same kind of accident to keep on happening, even for a second time. That is why it is an accident after all.Hence, the one and only product of this accident is Octavia. And before Asther moved to the main topic, he first got the little details out of the way first. Beginning with telling the female knight that, unfortunately, the color of her hair changed because of the recent events.Of course his garnered a negative reaction on Octavia’s part. She was shocked about it and looked at her hair right away. Shouting the word “WHAT?!?” once again. But this is all that happened and no major commotion was stirred. Asther thought that this is mostly ow
Right after Octavia struck the deal with her ego weapons, she went to report the incident to Asher. This is only fitting since the necromancer needs to know everything that goes on in their group in order to create the best improvement plans for everyone.Hence Asther was told about the deal that was struck. How she would undergo the process of hybridization little by little. How her weapons agreed to let her use their skills while this is still going on. And how they would only accept her as their master once Octavia has actually turned into a full hybrid.These are the conditions to using the double ego weapon. Asther thought that this is a good bargain on the female knight’s part. Especially because, at the moment, she doesn’t have the strength necessary to dominate the said weapons. And although he is a bit worried about the said hybridization, Asther would have to reserve his thoughts and worries about it for another day. After all, there are still other more pressing matters tha
A hundred wolves. That is the exact count of the enemies that Asther and his allies need to face this time around. The group could clearly see this number as well. They could see it from the area that they currently are. That is, on top of a seeming hill within the forest. With the elevation being enough for them to see the direwolves on the camp.This place isn’t actually free. In fact, there were direwolves which guarded this area. This is something which should be expected. After all, the leader of this group of monsters is one of the three rulers of the forest. Although these monsters are still inferior to the avians that roam free outside the forest, the said direwolf alpha is not a monster that should be trifled with.Asther confirmed that it has a certain level of intelligence because the said hill was guarded by other direwolves. Other than this, there are also other direwolves nearby which served as backup to the ones that are out in the open. Just in case these gets ambushed