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Soul Breath leveled up! x4
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Rakna nearly fell into a trance as he delved deeper and deeper into this sensation. He was slowly becoming more in tune with the natural energy as ti passed. But he was forced to interrupt it when a brusque ‘prediction’ ca to him. He snapped his eyes open and tilted his head to the side to dodge a punch that landed on the wall behind him.
“See? It worked like a charm,” he heard Allan quip as he pulled his arm back.
“I still don’t think attacking a recuperating person while they are ditating is a good idea,” Nyx retorted with a blank tone. It was only then that Rakna noticed that all three of his friends were standing in front of him.
He had stopped paying attention to the girls’ movents and they had probably tried to call him without him knowing. “…I have to agree with that one,” he ultimately said as he stood up.
“Oh, co on. I know you’re used to it since the old master did that to you every morning,” Allan rolled his eyes. “I’ve co to learn that no matter the situation, even if you’re asleep, nothing will ever get past your perception. Didn’t the old master say so? You have the instincts of a wounded beast with but its life to lose.”
Rakna snorted and was about to reply when he felt a chill go down his spine. He tentatively looked at Flavia who was full of smiles. That fact in itself was the most alarming thing, especially since he would have needed to be stupid to not notice the scent of irritation emanating from her.
“Rakna,” she said with a sweet voice and his expression twitched.
“…yes?”
“Can you explain to why you left us behind in the middle of the night and almost got yourself killed in the process?”
“…I really want to bla bad luck but that would be a bit weird coming from ,” he uttered and that didn’t seem to amuse her in the slightest. “The ‘you know what’ woke up and I didn’t want to go back to sleep. So, I just went and finished the Trials. I happened to encounter an enemy greatly above my level in the Fifth Plateau and I barely survived. That’s all.”
Flavia frowned as she noticed that he purposefully made it vague. As far as she knew, Rakna was never careful with his words. He was always blunt, concise, fast, and rarely left anything to the imagination. Otherwise, it only ant one thing; that he didn’t want to talk about it.
“Fine…” She ultimately said with a defeated tone. She never even dreamt of being able to control him anyway. “But please warn us next ti, okay?”
Rakna nodded. “I’ll try,” he declared with an even tone.
“That doesn’t sound very promising,” she bantered with a renewed smile. “But I guess this is the best I’ll get from you, huh?”
“Definitely,” Allan agreed.
“If I may,” Nyx spoke up. “Where is Pronos?” She asked when she noticed the missing snake.
“He should still be on the Fifth Plateau,” Rakna said with a hum. “Though, it’s possible he might have gone sowhere else since he should be able to travel between Plateaus. I was the one who told him to go since he was better off without in the state I was at the ti.”
“Speaking of which, how is your body?” Flavia asked in concern. “You weren’t very clear on that with Allan and you seem to be doing well.”
“Well, the System calls this ‘crippled state’. It’s not as bad as it sounds though. My muscles are sore and in pain and I can’t regenerate stamina or mana even with potions. However, I kind of cheated my way around that problem by perfecting my control over soul power. I developed a skill to drain mana and stamina and used it on Evelyn to recover before coming here.”
“Evelyn?” “Soul power?”
Flavia and Nyx spoke in chorus and Allan snickered at their respective reasons to do so.
“Soul power is essentially…” He paused. “Actually, I don’t know how to explain it other than what its na already implies. It’s not sothing managed by the System and you have to figure it out on your own. I heard it’s quite hard and sadly I don’t have any advice for you since I had an innate skill for it.”
“I see…” Nyx muttered. She wasn’t unfamiliar with soul power at all but for so reason, she had noticed that it didn’t work the sa as before she woke up inside the System. Perhaps she rely needed a different approach.
“As for Evelyn, she’s soone I t during a Board Quest. She ca here with . Now that I think about it, she should be-“
|| Evelyn Malcanthet, registered friend of Rakna Xiorra, requests permission to enter. Flavia Jeina is the handler of this room; do I let her in? || He was interrupted by the voice of the training room’s interactive interface.
“Speak of the devil,” he uttered.
“Yes, let her in,” Flavia said without too much hesitation, wanting to see who had convinced Rakna out of all people to add them as a friend in such a short ti on top of accompanying him to the Pavilion.
The door opened right away and a beautiful woman with erald hair and eyes entered. She had seemingly changed of clothing after separating from Rakna.
She now wore a sort of purple-green full-body suit that both made her look erotic and intimidating simultaneously with its black plates of light armor. She also sported a black cloak on top of it that looked dieval in origin and finally, she still had Sonata around her neck.
Nyx and Flavia were a bit surprised by her appearance and Allan could barely stop himself from ogling her. On the other hand, Rakna seed a bit perplexed and curious, “Where does that outfit co from?”
“This?” Evelyn looked at herself and shrugged. “Vera gave them to saying that it was the perfect fit for . It’s popular apparently.”
“You don’t say,” Allan mumbled to himself as his eyes wandered to her curves hugged by the suit she was wearing. ‘Goddamn, Rak. You’re too lucky,’ he grumbled internally.
“Is that why it took you so much ti to get here?” Rakna inquired as she approached them.
“Yes. After awakening my magic, Vera also gave a crash course on what I should know about the Wiccan Guild and a few important details on the System that I didn’t know about.”
“I see,” Rakna nodded and turned toward the three others. “This is Evelyn Malcanthet. As I said, I t her when I was doing a Quest and she is a Phantom as well as a-“
“Cambion,” Nyx finished his sentence and everywhere looked at her in surprise. “And if I’m not wrong, your demon half is a succubus,” she added.
“You’re right…” Evelyn said as she deployed her wings to affirm her says. “How did you know?”
“Lilith was a friend of mine,” the forr goddess replied and it only served to confuse the listeners even more.
“Wait,” Rakna raised his hand with an odd expression. “You an Lilith… as in the First Succubus, Adam’s wife, and one of the Four Demon Queens?” He asked and she nodded.
“Indeed. I can easily recognize a succubus by their energy signature when I see one thanks to her.”
“…well, that’s sothing,” Allan uttered after a few seconds of awkward silence. On the other hand, Flavia was staring at Evelyn as if she wanted to dissect her. The latter quickly noticed and sent a glare of her own. It was so intense that an actual spark appeared between the two of them.
Rakna noted that it had been the result of their aura and mana colliding. It was amusing to see sothing usually reserved for fictional cody happen right in front of him.
“Um… don’t you think we should stop them before they turn this into an actual fight?” Allan asked whilst sweating but both Nyx and Rakna rely shrugged at his words.
“If they have differences, we should probably let them duke it out until they co to an agreent or sothing,” Rakna provided and the blond grunted.
‘Dude, there’s a 99% chance that you’re the cause,’ he retorted silently. Thankfully though, the two won cald down on their own after a solid minute. They even smiled at each other without saying anything. “Okay, now they’re just being creepy…”
“So, Evelyn, what is the result of your reawakening?” Rakna asked without minding the mood and the succubus was pulled out of her wordless conflict with Flavia.
“Oh, I awakened three elents,” she said with a smile. “Barrier Magic, Life Magic, and Hell Blaze Magic. The first one is self-explanatory, the second one refers to stuff like healing, and apparently, the third one is sothing I get from my Path.”
“You didn’t have it before sealing yourself?”
She shook her head. “No. I hadn’t chosen a Path yet back then.”
“Well, at least we know it’s sothing good if Vera was so excited.”
“Vera?” Flavia tilted her head. “Does that an you joined the Wiccan Guild?”
“She did,” Rakna answered for her. “That woman basically hounded her the second she learned that she was not affiliated with any guild.”
“I see. I look forward to working with you then,” Flavia smiled. “My na is Flavia Jeina, nice to et you, Evelyn.”
“Sa here,” the blond said with a small grin. “Na’s Allan River.”
“Pleased to make your acquaintance, Evelyn. My na is Nyx Nocta Regysnite. Feel free to call Nyx,” the forr goddess followed up with a small nod.
Evelyn flashed a genuine smile at them. “Thank you. Nice to et you all as well.”
“All right,” Rakna raised his voice and caught their attention. He extended his hand toward their new comrade and the succubus yelped as Sonata glowed before moving on its own. The scarf flew to him after loosening itself from around her and imdiately transford into a Guandao.
Rakna whirled it around him and shouldered it. “My old man used to say that the best way to get to know soone is by punching and be punched.”
“Sotis I wonder if your uncle had his brain cells wired correctly,” Allan deadpanned.
“He had his monts. I just think age got to him at so point.”
“So, what? You want us to spar in a free for all?” Evelyn asked. “I wouldn’t mind but you’re still recovering from… your… crippled…!” She never finished her sentence and dropped her jaw when she saw the therian in front of her turn into a three-ter-tall werewolf.
“Don’t worry about . I’ll make sure to mind my case. Thankfully, my mana aside, the stamina you gave earlier is enough for a spar,” he said with his usual growl-like voice as he popped his joints, lessening the soreness in his body a bit. His transformation felt a bit stiff but it wasn’t anything too bad.
“Also, this is not a free for all. It’s you four against ,” he declared.
“What?” Evelyn wasn’t the only one taken aback by his words.
“Hey, hey, Rak, I know you’re strong. You can be sure I’ll always be the first to say it but fighting the four of us while weakened is a bit too much, no?”
“As I said…” Rakna muttered and opened his eyes wide. Both his Despair Aura and Cold Soul Aura promptly erged. His soon-to-be opponents shivered because of both the sudden drop of temperature and the wave of raw dread filling the air. “Don’t worry about . Give it your all.”
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