Chapter 169: The Fairy’s Orb (1)
I called forth the Fairy Energy within the twin blades as I slashed a monster. I was trying to make it so that I could feel it in my hands again.
However, it failed once again. The movent of my twin blades was stellar to the point it could be called, ‘One with the Sword,’ however, I couldn’t feel the Fairy Energy again until the end.
All of the monsters quickly died. I used to be able to get a decent feeling of hunting with a level 200 mid-sized Demon Cave, however, it went by almost too quickly this ti.
I didn’t even feel like I got a good warm-up completed.
That showed the effectiveness of the upgrades to my equipnt.
No, the changes to my sword art were probably the reason. My swords felt as if they were moving on their own. It was like the sword was making move instead of my making the sword move.
I debated opening another Demon Cave before deciding not to do that.
My Spirit Energy was full anyway. I didn’t think much would change by practicing with monsters.
I guess it is now ti to face off against the Demons.
“Shall we go find the Fairy’s Orb?”
“Let’s go.”
It was Harrison’s group who got up first this ti. The quest to save Akto’s soul had to do with the Dwarves while the Fairy’s Orb quest had to do with Harrison’s group.
All of them looked ready to go.
We all moved deeper into the Demons’ Mine. I was naturally in the front along with the Guardian Elental.
We walked for about 1 km like that.
“Kwaaaaaaa!”
A group of Demons suddenly popped out. It felt as if they knew we were coming and were hiding in order to surprise us.
However, neither the Dwarves nor Harrison’s group were shocked. They quickly put up their shields in a wall and got into a defensive position as if they had been expecting it.
It was because I had given them the signal in advance. The Guardian Elental had let know they were hiding there in advance.
There were only three Demons.
I didn’t want to waste my Dragon Fear that had such a long cool ti for these idiots. I instead used the Horn Flute of Darkness that I had prepared in advance and threw five of the Sand Warrior’s Voices.
They were enough to tie the Demons down. I should be able to easily hunt them if I called forth the Stone Elves.
But I did not call them out. I opened a Demon Cave scroll and personally ran toward them with Goonto’s Twin Blades.
‘500 Spirit Energy to agility!’
The impact of 500 points to agility was amazing. I was so fast that my body did not feel like my own body. In fact, it was so fast that it was hard to control.
Even still, the sword did not shake even a tiny bit. Now that I had reached the One with the Sword level, the sword was automatically finding where to go.
The Demons were running wild at high speed but it was enough to catch them.
The damage was significant as well. I was reaching 20,000 damage at just a 20-hit combo, probably because my base damage increased by 500 percent.
I needed at least 100,000 damage to make it through the Demons’ defense.
I reached 120,000 damage at 27-hit combo. I used one of the special skills imbued within the twin blades at that mont.
[ Nullify 30% of Enemy Defense! ]
Papapat!
“Kwaaaaaaa!”
The Demon took over 60,000 damage. Lightning damage was added as well.
The Demon beca stunned with one hit and lost its neck after the second attack.
There were only two left.
There were still many monsters nearby to serve as stepping stones. I was confident that I could easily kill any of them with one hit if I hit properly.
The Demons seed to have realized that as well. They were quickly retreating as if they realized that getting away from my range of attack was the best decision.
It might also be because they felt fear after seeing that I was even quicker than them.
However, I was faster than them because of all of the Spirit Energy I put into agility. I approached them faster than they could retreat.
My combo had also continued without stopping.
But then I felt sothing weird in my palms that were holding the twin blades. How do I put this... I guess I thought that I could feel the will of the blades? Or maybe the will of the Fairy Energy within the blades?
It was squirming around. There were no voices that spoke into my mind, but I felt its strong desire to quickly burst out of the blades.
‘Why are they suddenly acting like this?’
I was afraid. I thought that all of the fortifications might be lost if the Fairy Energy burst out of the blades.
‘Please don’t do that.’
However, the Fairy Energy did not care about what I wanted. It just continued to show its desire to leave the blades.
The desire was so strong that I was almost convinced enough to let it out. Trying to avoid the Fairy Energy’s will like this for a long ti will probably break my concentration and not allow to fight properly.
‘Fine! Get out and spread your wings!’
I no longer forced the Fairy Energy to stay inside the blades. I swung the blades with a strong force to help the Fairy Energy leave.
The Fairy Energy shot out like a ray of light through the tip of the sword before slamming into an empty wall of the cave.
But the results of that slamming was unexpected.
Paaaat-
‘Huh?!’
There was a large scratch on the wall. It was as if my blades were guns that had shot Fairy Energy as bullets.
The more shocking thing was that my twin blades were still full of Fairy Energy. The amount of energy did not even decrease.
‘Then what is it that I shot through the blades?’
There was sothing that ca to mind.
‘Is it perhaps Spirit Energy?’
I couldn’t check in my current situation. My Spirit Energy was going up every ti I killed a monster to keep my combo going.
I couldn’t tell if Spirit Energy was being used because I couldn’t compare the before and after amounts easily.
‘Let’s try it once again.’
I first confird the amount of Spirit Energy I had.
[Spirit Energy: 984]
The Fairy Energy in the blades were still running wild. They seed to want to run out of the blades at any mont.
I had nothing to fear. I experienced it once already.
I looked toward a Demon. He was running around dodging my attacks even as his soul was in pain because of the Sand Warrior’s Soul.
I swung Goonto’s Twin Blades once again. The only difference was that it was pointing at a Demon instead of the wall this ti.
Paaaat!
I felt so type of spark that I did not feel before.
I guess it was the feeling of sothing leaving? It felt like a rotting tooth finally getting pulled out.
The energy shot out through the tip of the blades at that mont. I couldn’t see it with my eyes, but I could feel it.
The Demon received a big shock and fell backward as well.
“Ugh!”
I quickly checked the changes to my Spirit Energy.
[Spirit Energy: 784]
‘It decreased!’
It had decreased by exactly 200 points. That verified that the energy shot out through the end of the blades was Spirit Energy and not Fairy Energy.
The Demon who was hit by the Spirit Energy was quickly getting back up.
However, his movent was slower than before. He seed to have received quite the shock.
The attack using 200 Spirit Energy even when my combo was canceled had this much impact.
What would happen if I shot this while a combo was still active? Would the increased damage thanks to the combo effect this as well?
I’ll find out once I try.
I used the stepping stones monsters to recreate my combo. Drake’s TBSA is such a fast sword art that I had reached 18-hit combo in less than 3 seconds.
I wasn’t greedy to reach an even higher combo. This was just a test after all.
I swung Goonto’s Twin Blades toward a Demon after reaching 19-hit combo. I felt like the Spirit Energy was almost visible as it shot out without making any noise.
My enemies will probably want to label the Silent Killer if they were killed by the Spirit Energy.
“Ugh!”
The Spirit Energy accurately hit the Demon again. It moves so quickly that I doubt that anyone could dodge it.
However, the damage did not et my expectations. The Demon fell backward again but was able to get back up easily, just like last ti.
‘I guess the combo damage does not get included.’
It was disappointing, but there was nothing that I could do about it. It’s not like everything in the world would go my way. I needed to follow the laws of the world.
This alone was already extrely useful. It was a strong enough shock that even a Demon with high toughness was flung backward. That ans that so monsters might even be killed by it.
It would also be very useful during the Demon hunt as well.
How?
Like this!
I shot the Spirit Energy toward a Demon without creating a combo.
I summoned so Stone Elves at the sa ti.
‘Crush him!’
The Demon that was hit by Spirit Energy flung backward again and could not move for one second.
That was enough ti for the Stone Elves. They quickly rushed over and crushed the Demon, giving ti to create a 20-hit plus combo and finish him off.
Goonto, Harrison and the others all gathered around once the final Demon was killed and all of the monsters from the Demon Cave were destroyed.
“What was that just now?”
“What happened? Did you shoot mana from your sword?”
There probably wouldn’t be any issues with telling them, but there was no need to tell them. I didn’t feel bad because Harrison probably had more secrets than I did.
I just unsummoned the Stone Elves and lightly smiled.
“I heard that everything has a place and ti. I will explain it to you in the future if the opportunity arises.”
“Tsk! You’re being so secretive!”
Goonto clicked his tongue as if he was disappointed.
Honestly speaking, Goonto should have a decent idea about what I did. He was soone who has reached the ‘One with the Sword’ level as well. In fact, he got there before I did.
However, he seed to just be keeping the information to himself after seeing that I didn’t want to reveal it.
Akto was the sa. He had an odd smile on his face but he did not say anything.
“Shall we keep moving?”
We all moved deeper into the Demons’ Mine.
Demons were hiding every so often as Akto had ntioned.
Most of them were never alone. They moved in groups of at least three and large groups had over ten Demons moving together.
However, hunting Demons were not that hard anymore after learning how to shoot Spirit Energy from my blades. The only thing to keep in mind was to make sure that my Spirit Energy didn’t deplete completely.
We t another group of Demons and hunted them in the sa fashion.
The Stone Elves and I pretty much dominated the hunts. The Dwarves did their best to help but they weren’t that useful.
But they still were not bored. Demons were not the only things in the Demons’ Mine.
“Leave those bastards to us!”
“We can’t just sit back and watch the whole ti.”
Papapat!
Crackle!
Goonto’s group and Harrison’s group almost seed as if they were competing with each other any ti hordes of monsters appeared.
Of course, I didn’t relax either. I needed to use these opportunities to absorb Spirit Energy. Otherwise, I would have to use up my remaining few Demon Cave scrolls.
We ended up hunting another group of Demons after that.
“Shall we rest for a bit?”
Goonto and the Dwarves naturally gathered around to sit once I sat down. It was as if they were treating as a Dwarf and not a human.
It forced Harrison’s group to sit at a distance. We had been working together for over two years already, but there was this invisible wall between Dwarves and humans.
That wall was difficult to break.
“But how far do we need to go inside?”
The other Dwarves also chid in once Goonto started.
“Are you certain that Fairy’s Orb or whatever is really in here?”
These funny punks. Their hero Akto is right next to them. Even though he only had his soul left, wasn’t he still one of the Dwarves’ role models?
Akto was the one who had said that the Fairy’s Orb was in the Demons’ Mine. But they were still suspicious.
I felt that Akto’s pride might have taken a hit.
I peeked toward Akto.
He was surprisingly stoic. He was looking at sowhere else as if he had not even heard the statent.
I was the one to ask Akto this ti.
“Akto. Where do you think the Fairy’s Orb is located?”
“All I know is that it is in here. I don’t know the exact location. But I think you should be able to tell. Your friendliness with the fairies is much higher than mine, isn’t it?”
‘?’
Now that I thought about it, sothing did feel off since a bit earlier.
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