[Location – Unknown]A man stands on top of a tower near collapse. With him is the knight named Michael. The same one that Junrio tried to call upon for the conflicts that occurred with Genesis City. But due to the predicament that he’s still on until that point, he isn’t able to give a response; nor did the message ever reach him.The crystal-like eyes of the knight reflected the destruction in front of them. Gigantic monsters march towards the humans. Towering over seven feet in height and, with these are smaller ones. All sharing the same war cry that resonates one goal – to feed on Michael and his ally, Sariel. Flames rose across the entirety of the battlefield and on the skies swirled monsters half the size of a full grown dragon. The stomping feet of the monsters made the foothold of Michael and Sariel begin to crumble. Yet even with all this pressure, the two knights remained calm. In fact, they’re even having a normal conversation as we speak.“There seems to be a lot of stuf
There are two territories that humanity temporarily abandoned. Both of which are ruined cities where no life can currently thrive. The first is Genesis City. A place boasting of a level of defense so great that, it is said that nobody is supposed to be able to get through it and yet the demon named Merlin Warlock is able to prove otherwise. Breaking past the barrier and unleashing chaos which the city has never experienced before.Then there’s the free city of Kraken. A place owned and managed by the pirates who is led by the cunning Raksha, a man with Omniscient Eyes that an see through all lies and deceit. A pirate who has claim over the legendary monster called Kraken which is bound to him under some form of contract. Yet even this city fell to the ground. Primarily because of P{Philein, and his allies but, Merlin is the one who cleaned p after their mess. Destroying everything that’s left behind while also getting his revenge on the two former members of Avalon.Between these two
When Merlin’s senses came back, he’s already deep within the sea. There is nothing but darkness here and a cold that is not as inviting. Yet even with all of this, Merlin doesn’t feel the slightest bit of fear. Probably because there’s no reason for him to be frightened or, probably because one of his new passive ability [Mind Clear].This ability prevents any negative effect on his mind to take effect. This includes hypnosis, confusion, and other negative mental states. And yes, it is an overpowered skill to say the least. With this skill being in effect, Merlin’s able to think clearly on what’s happening currently and, there are three things to note. One is that he’s within a vast body of water. This can be a sea or an ocean but there’s no clear way of telling which is which.The second one is that, even though he’s in such a state, Merlin isn’t drowning nor is he wet. He’s completely unsoaked and he can breathe properly. He isn’t falling deeper into the body of water as well. Mere
Merlin’s eyes opened slowly, like a newborn who’s introduced to the light of life after being in the shelter of its mother’s womb for too long. Yet the light that welcomed Merlin in that moment is a lot harsher. As if his eyelids are being burned and, as this sensation spread across the entirety of his body.Unknown to him, this is the result of him leaving the domain of the Kraken. The cold yet welcoming waters within the Kraken’s territory is alien to the harsh indifference of the world’s light brought about by the sun. And Merlin experienced this in its fullness. With his body slowly regaining its senses at the same time.There is a weight that prevented him from getting up. Not caused by a spell nor an increase in the world’s gravity but, just from him having no more mana. He knows that this is the reason because it’s the same sensation he comes across when he exhausts his mana reserves during the days of Requiem the game.“That bastard. It didn’t tell me anything about sucking me
The weapon stopped.Right before it can even reach the neck of the demon lord, the weapon stopped – caused by a block from another large weapon. Owned by none other than the Chimera, Samira.“You know, when I said that I wanted to spend more time with you, this isn’t what I meant.”Samira released a powerful blast of crimson mana that forced the abomination to back away. As this happened, Beatrix hurled shards of icicles towards the demon lord and the manticore. Intercepted by arrows that are fired by none other than Sylvie who appeared right in front of Merlin.“You know, when you said that we won’t be engaging in any battles soon, I already called your bluff.” The dark elf commented, wielding her new weapon. A longbow made from the blades that she took from her previous master, forged together with two other high rankings bows and a couple of other materials.“In my defense, I only came here for the contract with the Kraken.” The demon replied. “These guys just decided to pounce on
The fight between Sylvie and Beatrix. Merlin watched this from the comfort of the ruined Kraken City’s high walls The same way that he’s also observing the fight that’s going on between Samira and Corpus using a second [Faye].He is far from the reach of both sovereigns that have aimed for his head earlier on. Now, they are preoccupied with the fight against his own allies. Individuals that he raised and trained through the methods that he knows of. Allowing them to grow stronger within a shorter period of time compared to others.This is the reason why Merlin can watch without having to worry about a single thing. His allies aren’t so weak that their opponents would be able to take their eyes off of them without suffering any severe consequence. And, even if they do reach him, Merlin is ready to flicker to a new location.That being said, he can focus on watching the fights that are, at the moment, going in nobody’s favor. His allies and the opposing sovereigns feel like they’re even
“That’s dangerous.” Merlin said as he continued observing the fight between Sylvie and Beatrix.He’s proud of her because of what she’s able to do. Although the dark elf is caught unawares in the middle of a large magic circle due to her focus being tunneled on countering the fireballs, she is nevertheless able to remedy this. The dark elf made use of the items provided by Merlin for her in that moment. Creating a living armor made of her own mana that sucked up more than eighty percent of the damage done by the barrage of Beatrix.As the witch mentioned, the magic circle cancels out any spell from being fired. But that doesn’t include item activated effects. Something which Merlin also thought of when he began preparing for the war and, even before this. He personally led the creation of all the equipments, items, and weaponry of his allies. That’s why it isn’t an exaggeration to say that Sylvie is twice as strong as she would normally be.That being said, the remainder of the damage
[Demon Forest – A Day Before the Kraken Duels]“You can’t win against her.”Merlin walked in the forest alongside Sylvie. The two of them have just finished looking at the preparations for the upcoming war. With the focus being centered in making sure that the monsters are well equipped and properly disposed for what is to come, as well as making sure that the surprises across the forest are properly set.“What? Why not?” Sylvie asked in reply.The thing they’re talking about is a fight between Samira and the dark elf. With the month that has passed, Sylvie didn’t just sit idly by and waste away her days. No. She did all she could in order to make sure that she’d get stronger. Strong enough to be worthy of being at the side of the demon lord and, though the current state of Merlin proves her even more unworthy, she at least wishes to hear that she’s now enough to defeat the manticore. But her ears are not graced with these words.“Samira is a bonafide warrior who’s also blessed with g