Volu 2: Battle at the Iredale Castle
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"So it wasn't you who gave the quest?" I ask Amon as I once again find myself back in the white dinsion. I have already helped out over a dozen people, yet, there seems to be no stoppage in people coming here.
Further still, at least once in a while, the people give a chance to talk to Amon and Elle, despite their own urgency, so it's fine.
[Nope. Quests are given for the benefit of a race as a whole in general, along with a logical path that doesn't cause a lack of common sense. Like the organisation belonged to Vampires and Demons in a way, so to get the best outco for humans was to get rid of that particular organisation.]
"Couldn't it have been done before I interfered or sothing? Why exactly at the sa ti when I was killing them?" I inquired a bit confused as I recall whatever happened back then and the answer ca was…
[Because it involved Demitri and the First Vampire Queen. If people had fought the organisation before, they might have lost brutally and even if by so stroke of luck they had defeated Demitri, it would have set Rosaline free, and that would have created chaos, and the whole of Bryxton could have ended up under her control, which all in all was detrintal to the humans]
"So, you are telling that all the quests are not given as individual quests, but over cumulative group quests that are aid towards the betternt of an entire race?" I asked again to confirm as my eyes widened with the sudden realisation behind the workings of the system.
Now that I think about it, it does make sense, especially when compared with what happened after the second Cataclysm, when the parasites invaded.
If I rember correctly, people did have a lot of quests all related to one city at a ti rather than being scattered all over the place. It was as if the System wanted them to work together. Guess this was the reason…
"Though it makes even more curious. Why does the System work like this? What do you want to do exactly?" I ask Amon with a really curious expression and the answer I get is
[I can't tell you, yet. You are not ready]
-Sigh
After that, I asked a few more minor questions related to the event that had transpired to make sure everything checked out and once I was sure that everything was fine, I moved towards Elle.
"Why did you allow Lucia to co with you?" She asked glaringly. After hearing what Lucia did with , she was really angry with her and I yawned before speaking.
"If I don't do it. Lucia will kill both Cristine and Eliza long before I could do anything. She has this habit of keeping her people close to her and anyone who strays too far dies. Though, it's not all bad since William too will be joining us and I can use him to safeguard my life against Mark Leeway's family when I will be in that castle."
Elle looks at with an analysing gaze before speaking,"was it necessary to save Cristine and Eliza? One or two less people should not change your plans by much, won't they?"
I observed her eyes, which seed confused and irritated. Looked like she didn't want to take Lucia at all. I can more or less understand her behavior as I personally would have either killed Lucia or totally avoided her but…
"Cristine had an ability called Soul Needle Darts, which she unlocked just a few months before dying. That ability was practically useless until the third Cataclysm ca. After the third Cataclysm, so people could capture souls and trade them for money and other stuff.
While I personally hunted those bastards, there was a certain person that had a special ability to cancel off the effects of soul capturing. It is more of a gamble, but if I am not wrong, the ability of Cristine, which she would unlock, will have a similar effect if not the sa and I won't give up on that ability no matter what."
I told her my reasons, and she looked at with a slightly shocked face. While I did tell her about the future, I skipped out a lot of information and hence her reaction was normal.
-Sigh
She sighs before she sits on the floor with her feet spread and then falls on her back as she closes her eyes. I look at her exhausted face as she asks,"Tell Zero. What do you think about Lucia right now?"
For a few monts I pondered over that question as I recalled whatever happened in the past and then a burning sensation creeped up from the inside and I said,"I think I hate her more than anything in my entire life."
"I am not talking about that Lucia, but this Lucia. The current tiline, Lucia, has nothing to do with what the past Lucia did. How do you see this situation?" she asked again without opening her eyes and I ca face to face with the question which I was trying to avoid ever since I ca here.
I hated the previous Lucia… If I see her again, I will kill her even if it costs my life maybe… but this one… I don't know.
"I hate her too and I will never get along with her… but do I hate her enough to kill her brutally on the spot? I don't know. Personally, I would like to keep her as a stranger and only use her when I can… else, I would just prefer to be strangers. If she ends up ddling with my business too much, I won't hesitate to kill her, I suppose. All this might sound confusing but… this is what I feel about the Lucia of this tiline," I tell her my feelings honestly and Elle opens her eyes and she moves closer to as she speaks,
"Don't worry. I will make sure you don't end up with that manipulating bitch ever. How does that sound?"
I looked at her determined face and chuckled a bit as I answered,"all right, partner. As you say."
"All right, so before you leave again. Look at this," Elle spoke as she creates distance between us and then took out her sword and spoke out loud,
"[MOON GOD'S FIRST DANCE: SWORDLESS]"
And then swords began forming all around her and started swirling in a rapid circular motion. At the centre of the sword dance, there was Elle standing there as she spoke,"Half of the swords are created from skill bursts which cost stamina while the other half from mana."
'Hmmm.. a mana effective sword attack, huh? Not bad but still… with the amount of stamina I have, it would still not be feasible to make this attack work,' I thought and Elle nodded before speaking.
"Rather than concentrating on stamina, I would like you to practise this move with regards to mana. Later on you can use these forms with blood sacrifice and stuff," she spoke and my eyes turned a bit wide as I looked at her with surprise in my eyes.
"So it's an escape move rather than a combat one, huh?" I spoke, and she nodded before speaking,"Amon, can I ask you for sothing?"
[Sure. Go ahead!]
"Can you create an exact copy of soone? And can you make it so it can be a training partner for either or Zero?" She asks again and understanding where she was going, my eyes turn wide open as I look at her smartness… or maybe I was just an idiot to not realise it earlier.
[There will be so minor limitations, but I guess I can. As long as it does not disturb the energies of this dinsion]
Looking at that ssage, a bright smile forms on Elizabeth's face as she looks at and says,"while it may not be exactly helpful in many real ti situations, I think it will be helpful in more than one way."
And hearing her words, all I answered was,"yeah. I understand it completely. In fact, I think I can exploit this feature way more than you can imagine, Elle."
My eyes then turn at the small kid of about 10 years old, sleeping a bit away from here. It was him who brought this ti to the white dinsion and his desire was simple… he wanted to see his helper, one of the SSS-classes who coincidentally saved him a long ti ago, and also pass on a thank-you ssage to him.
Before him, there were a few more won with similar conditions and a few old n with their small yet fierce desires. Though, rather than letting stay here, they pushed out of the white dinsion imdiately without giving a chance to communicate with Amon or Elle.
I then turn back to Elle, who seed to be waiting for my command, and I nodded at her before speaking.
"Amon, summon a clone of Mark Leeway at his pri power level."
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