Do the both of you yield?
With enchanted blade in hand, Numila swept her smug eyes over her half-kneeling foes.
How could you suddenly beco so strong? Eugenia slowly climbed to her feet. She had barely suffered any damage, instead it was the shock of her complete loss that inflicted the most damage on her. Until now, she still couldnt accept that their foe had trounced them so thoroughly.
Hah, you want to know why? A trace of elation could be heard within her voice. Having gained such a treasure, she naturally wanted to show it off; thus, without giving it much thought, she shoved right into the spotlight and said: Naturally, its because of my dear fiance!
Impossible, Elena chid in abruptly in a rare break from her usual silence, her eyes casting a doubting pall over the bragging witch, until finally, her eyes settled on the blade in her hands. That blade!
Thats right, thats the gift my fiance gave ! Its precisely because of this blade that I was able to get so strong! As if to prove her point and leave a deeper impression on them, she activated the magic engraved onto the blade, despite never being taught how to do so. In an instant, over ten fla arrows fanned out in a row, spanning from side to side in an orderly fashion. Yet, instead of firing off like what she had intended, they actually combined together into a never-before seen form: a pair of wings made of actual flas.
While these were only wings in appearance, the fact that it broke free from Numilas control was still astonishing.
A shocking amount of heat radiated from the wings the very next instant, at the sa ti sucking in the fire mana within Numila like a voracious beast. Imdiately, the wings began to grow from the infusion of mana until finally it wrapped around the entire blade. This looksits almost like a cocoon.
Whats going on? What is it doing it? Itit seems to be absorbing my mana She imdiately tried to toss away the blade, but it stuck to her hands as if it had taken root. No matter how much she shook her hands, the blade refused to budge and even began to rapidly wrap her hands in flas. At this rate, it would only take a few more seconds before it completely swallowed her whole in its fiery maw.
This was too much of a shock for the harpy witch who threw a panicked look as if looking for help: Dearestthe bladetheres sothing wrong with it
Truth be told, I was just as shocked by this turn of events as she was. Even though her feathers still werent sothing I could digest, she was, in the end, my fiance. If she were to be burnt to death like thiswait, a fla harpy witch like her being burnt to death? Thats not even a funny joke.
Oh yea, its burning! Its burning! Not too far away, Mimiya, the little devil who couldnt wait for the world to crash and burn, was already beside herself in excitent as she pumped her fist into the air and cheered. Looking at her jump up and down like an excited child, she almost looked like a jester invited by a monkey.
Hahaha, lets see how you brag while on fire. Seeing her foe in danger, Eugenia couldnt be any happier as she guffawed. Burn faster! Burn that witch to death!
Next to her, Elena was just as entranced by the strange sight of a fla harpy being burnt as her companion. She shook her head emotionlessly and with the radiant sight of Numila burning still reflected in her white pupils, she softly declared: Its useless.
Did she an that struggling was pointless, or was she talking about sothing else?
Not willing to stand by idly anymore as her fiance, I promptly rushed forward to save her from this predicant. Yet just as I took the first step forward, Habonas claws grabbed onto my shoulders: Wait, observe the situation carefully for a mont.
But Numilas in grave danger right now!
I already said to wait, just have a proper look.
I was still as confused as ever by her words but their calmness did have an effect on . I squinted my eyes and peered at the burning ss.
She wasnt burning! Was it safe to assu that those flas werent harmful to her then?
Slightly befuddled by this strange sight, I tried asking Numila about this: Numila, do you feel any pain?
Ohnow that you ntion it, I feel nothing except that my mana is still being drained Hearing my question, she seed to have cald down as well and noticed that this out-of-control fire wasnt actually trying to harm her. Realizing this, she lowered her head slightly in embarrassnt as she apologized: Dearestbecause this one suddenly lost control of her flasshe got scared andyou know
Though she didnt finish that sentence, I roughly got the gist of it. In her defense, this whole incident mustve been a great shock to her. Being a fla harpy witch, she was born with an innate ability to control flas. Flas were basically like a friend to her, a friend that would never hurt her and would listened to her whims. Having such a friend suddenly turn on her, it wasnt hard to imagine why she would show such a panicked side.
Seeing that she finally cald herself down, I breathed a sigh of relief as well. Just as you were then, oh right, how much mana do you have left?
Over half of my manabut this one has this feeling that the blade hasnt eaten its fill yet
Hasnt eaten its fillaning it still required more mana? I guess it was rather common to see magical implents draining their owners mana once they ran out of charges but the fact that this wasnt planned was concerning. Would she even have enough mana?
Most of the ti, such mana charging was done with ample preparations since a persons mana pool had its limits after all. In the past, there were cases of mages being turned into a dry husk by so exceptionally powerful magical arrays. Once a persons mana was used up, any further attempt to drain his or her mana would forcefully convert their lifeforce into mana. In other words, the mage was playing with their life when they pushed past their mana limits.
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Didnt that an that Numila was in grave danger right now? Heavens only knew what that blade was planning to do with all that mana! Was it storing it in a bank sowhere or was it snacking on it?
Its definitely an evolution, theres no mistaking it. Unlike my pointless tsukkomis, Habonas observations yielded a much more useful conclusion of evolution.
Evolution? What evolution?
Throwing a placid look for a second, she turned back to the harpy who was engulfed in flas from the neck down and waist up: The blade you gave to her is about to evolve.
Ah! That straight blade was going to evolve?! Its already a high-grade enchanted blade so did that an it was going to beco an epic blade now? Wasnt that the sa level as Shadowfang then!?
One had to know that when an epic weapon was wielded by an owner that it had an extrely high compatibility with, the increase in strength wasnt just a simple one plus one equal two kind of thing.
I dont rember it acting strange when I used it, so why did it suddenly evolve the mont Numila wielded it? Man, she has all the luck.
Just as I was lanting about her main character halo, Habona chid in with another sentence that squarely slapped back to reality.
Youd better think of sothing quick, her own mana might not even be enough for the blade to evolve. If it doesnt get what it wants, its highly likely that Numila will be turned into a dry husk.
What the f*ck, I take back all those words of envy, this wasnt so main character halo, its a damned death flag!
It was then that a Numila who was beginning to feel her mana pool empty, turned towards and pleaded for help: Dearestmy mana is about to run drywhat should I do
Idont you feed on souls as well, then you should also know how to convert souls into manayou do know how to do that, right?
I do, I do, get so souls quickdearest, Im about to run dry
I got it I hurriedly turned towards No.3 and instructed him: Quick, send over all the souls we collected on the way here. Big.4, I want you to go and hunt for more souls, wipe out all the non-friendly life forms you saw on the way here. Harvest their souls as fast as possible and get back here quick!
Understood Master!
On the way here, we had collected a substantial amount of souls from the undead, and while they mostly went to , the grimoire, Mimiya and Violet Snow, I had set aside so of the souls as a gift, knowing that Numila fed on souls as well.
Having been attacked by those two harpy witches shortly after arriving, I naturally forgot about this matter entirely, but there was no better ti than now to rember it.
Upon acknowledging my command, Big 4 imdiately led his team away to hunt for more souls. No.3 imdiately got down to work as well, commanding the devils to fetch the twenty over two-star undead soul fires with a wave of his hand. The souls were dumped in the vicinity of Numila seeing as she was still encased in flas.
While the enchanted blade had no intention of harming her with those flas, that didnt an that the flas were completely harmless to everyone else as well.
Clearly frightened by the scorching heat, my subordinates hurriedly chucked the souls onto the ground before scampering off. Even so, there were still so poor souls who got caught in the flas and began burningsuch a fearso fire, even the fla resistant devils were afraid of it.
As for Numilas harpies, they knew to start hunting for souls even without her command, leaving only Elena, Eugenia and their respective subordinates left on site.
Hey youdo you need us to help? Eugenia pointed at the blazing Numila and asked: We cant just stand here and watch her die, can we?
Move. Elena was even more direct with her words and simply threw down a move before taking to the air and leading her subordinates away.
Arent you a fast one Eugenia shaked her head helplessly and led her subordinates away as well.
Were they planning to chip in as well?
Dearestthe mana absorption seems to be gentler, hm? No, its slowing down? I think it is worried about
Huh? Did she an that the blade was worried about her? Wasnt it just an object? How could it worry about its ownerunlessthis bit of consciousness was part of being an epic equipnt?
With the advantage of flight, the harpies speed ant that they were the first ones to return with souls. In just a short span of 3 minutes, the first batch of soul fires was delivered to Numila. It wasnt much, roughly several dozen souls. Thankfully, with those 20 two-star souls we gave her just now, she was still able to hold on. At the very least, the blade wasnt consuming her lifeforce.
As ti passed, more and more hunting parties ca back with souls and brought them before Numila and her evolving blade.
Seeing her quietly endure the mana drain amongst the roaring flas, every second I stood there truly felt like a year. There was no feelings between us, yet when push ca to shove, I couldnt help but be concerned about her thanks to this bit of connection we shared.
It was difficult to put my finger on what kind of feeling it was. Perhaps it was simply my possessiveness at work here? After all, setting up a harem was my end-goal, so recruiting every girl I liked, was in a sense, my current goal. Dang, when did I turn into so main character of a harem novel?
Ti dragged on painfully until finally, at the one hour mark, the enchanted straight blade was finally satiated. Its tallic body began to lt slowly, turning into a rounded shape right at the end which looked a glowing ball of flas that was almost 10 centiters wide.
The glowing ball of flas began flying around autonomously, leaving behind a brilliant trail of flas like a jet propelled plane would as it flew about. However, unlike a jet plane, what it left behind was pure fire elents that sparkled for over ten seconds before finally disappearing.
The ball of flas slowly circled around Numila as if it was celebrating its own birth.
With the flas gone, a fatigued Numila breathed a heavy sigh before saying: Phewthe babys finally out.
What do you an its finally out
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