Since we left in a hurry, I was only introduced to the twins once we're already on the road to get away from the Spirit King. Though they both looked cool and serious, Rei turns out to be soone gentle who pampers Jayna like a precious little sister while Ren was an older brother figure who voluntarily took nial jobs such as driving the carriage. Yumiko found them more than 2 years ago in a destroyed Dark Elves camp. That was the ti when the Dark Elves were still kidnapping Spirit Race children.
They're brainwashing and training the children to reach the higher stages since the ans they're using to corrupt soone hasn't appeared yet at that ti.
By the ti Yumiko arrived at that camp, only the twins were left among the nurous children who were forced to fight their own race.
She fought the two of them as a Natal Spirit while the two were already Fused Spirits. Without using her Spirit Channeling, she defeated both of them without killing them. After that, she took care of them and removed their brainwashing using a Higher Spirit's borrowed power. By saving them, even if the two were older than her, Yumiko beca soone they devoted their lives for. Apart from Harlan, these two sent the news about the fortress and the breach so they took it upon themselves to scout it while waiting for her. They learned scouting techniques during their ti at that camp so they're among the best scouts in the Spiritas Federation.
"You an, you're the Ember we're hearing about in the Fortress? Legends about an Invincible Natal Spirit appearing in the competition organized by Jayna's father already arrived there. They said you defeated everyone with only one punch from your Spiritual Twin. Reminds of Yumiko back then."
Since we're on the topic of introducing ourselves to each other, Jayna blurted out how she helped put on a disguise to join the competition and won it in a landslide. Hearing that, Ren couldn't help but ask .
"Ah. That's an exaggeration. But not entirely false."
Those legends about Ember were really exaggerated but to think that it already reached the far away Frontier Fortress…
Did that an Ember was already known among the whole Spiritas Federation? Talk about being famous in one night.
"Really? How was it, Jayna? You watched it with Yumiko, right?"
Rei asked Jayna who was making herself comfortable beside her. Since Yumiko was currently communicating with the spirits using her Spirit Channeling, her companions were aware that they shouldn't disturb her.
"If I said he's probably stronger than at that ti, will you believe ?"
With a smirk on her face, Jayna recounted what happened during the final match where I only shot those four arrows to Trax to defeat him. It's like an effortless match according to how she described it.
"Oi, Jayna. Don't exaggerate it too much."
I tried to stop her but it only beca fuel for the girl's playful side.
"Look at him, it has only been three days since then."
Jayna pointed at and that made twins' gazes locked onto , they're probably gauging my current realm of strength. They're both Transford Spirit so it's fairly easy for them to determine that. After a few seconds, Ren opened his mouth.
"You're a Natal Spirit just three days ago, how co you're already at the later stages of Fused Spirit? Even Yumiko wasn't that fast. Did you find a Spirit Ocean droplet?"
Spirit Ocean droplet? What's that? That's a new term eh. But considering its na and his question, is it like a precious item that can elevate one's realm by consuming it?
Seeing the confusion on my face, the two were also stumped. They didn't know if my silence was confirming the question.
"I don't know what a Spirit Ocean droplet is but let's just say my fast progress is part of my unique ability which has the sa source as Yumiko's Spirit Channeling."
After a while, I opened my mouth and described it as such, even if I keep downplaying it, to everyone's eyes, it's really a freakish feat. That's why this ti, I decided to put it in the sa category as the Heroes' unique ability. It's already proven by the short ti I awakened it that it's far from being diocre.
The carriage was already moving along a roadless path when Yumiko stood up from where she was, a different persona exuding out from her. This is her after she completely communicated with the Spirit who won their own competition on who will lend her their powers.
The talks about Ember or were forgotten as our attention all turned to her.
What appeared behind her was a Phantom Image of soone whose whole body was dotted by spirals. Even the clothes he wore were full of it. With Spiral pair of glasses and spiral earrings. I rembered that one ani that revolved around spirals that said, 'Don't believe in yourself, believe in that believes in you!' But of course, he's not like any of the characters there, just the spirals.
"Yumiko?"
Jayna asked curiously, her eyes were glittering brightly once again. I guess her curiosity is bottomless. Well, it could probably be attributed to how every Spirit Yumiko called upon her Spirit Channeling was soone unique.
"Heyo.I communicated with the Overlord of Dinsions, I can open a portal that can get us out of here before that old thing catches up on us."
Overlord of Dinsions... That spiral guy is? What kind of dinsions?
I looked again and I couldn't find any trace of being an overlord from him but if Yumiko explained it as such, there's no way they'll lie to her, right?
One thing I noticed was Yumiko's countenance this ti was like a hyperactive guy vibing to sothing. This is probably that overlord's mannerism.
"Yo, Ren, stop the carriage. I'm going to open the portal."
Her borrowed power from the higher spirit only has 5 minutes as its duration so upon learning what kind of power the spirit lent her, instead of facing the Spirit King, we'll just transfer away from this location.
We're already far enough from the fortress anyway and the Spirit King appeared specifically for Yumiko. Just like the previous tis, he'll leave if he fails to catch sight of her.
Ren stopped the carriage on a clearing then Yumiko went out of the carriage to stand in front of it. She turned her back to us after smiling creepily. Her straight body then suddenly bent forward and she started dancing to sothing unknown to us. Her dance was too erratic. It's hard to call it a dance. Partner it with what she's wearing, with flicks of her hands and her hips, though it's erratic, it also beca sowhat erotic. Her girl-next-door figure was emphasized through it.
Taking my mind off her weird dance, I noticed how those moves of her hands and hips were sohow drawing spiral figures which were one by one materialized at the space in front of her.
With another wave of her hand, both Psyche Energy and Spirit Energy was stirred in the space in front of her. The way it got stirred was even stronger than how I absorbed that huge amount of Spirit Energy when my three paths were forcefully synchronized.
The Spirals that were drawn suddenly rotated fast and gathered together in the middle as a mirror-like surface appeared from it. Through it, we could see other scenery and a makeshift fortress-like structure in the distance.
Unlike that breach I saw back on Earth which consisted of cracks that were slowly opening the gap between the two dinsions, what Yumiko was doing was connecting two separate spaces from this dinsion or world through those spirals. This is like what the Principal did, opening a portal from one place to another. Easily traversing the distance just by stepping right inside it.
Now what I'm curious about is if this is the only power lent by that Overlord of Dinsions. But considering they're lending her powers according to her needs, this might just really be the only power that Spiral Spirit lent her. But really, why did she have to dance like that? That's sothing that cannot be unseen. I could see Jayna restraining herself from giggling.
"Looks like our journey will also be cut short because of this, the portal will lead us to the vicinity of that place where they built their fortress."
Yumiko turned back to normal after the portal stabilized itself.
"Wait. Why are you all staring weirdly at ?"
Noticing our weird gazes, only then did Yumiko's mind register what she just did. The changes in her expression were sothing more amusing. From embarrassnt to anger and finally to helplessness as she slowly crawled back inside the carriage.
"I should've recorded that."
I muttered when she went near .
"Shut up, Daisuke."
With a punch to my shoulder, Yumiko slumped herself on the corner.
The other three refrained from saying anything. After a while, Ren started the carriage again as we passed through the portal Yumiko made. The silhouette of sothing big could be seen flying towards us from the rear. Was that the Spirit King?
After passing through the portal, it vanished from behind us as we found ourselves in a forest with the sa scenery we've seen. That makeshift fortress of the Dark Elves was there at the distance.
"Don't ntion that to Yuko."
Yumiko whispered to when she finally cald down.
"My lips are sealed. Though I really regret not recording it."
"Daisuke. Just tell if you have a death wish, alright?"
With a smile that's not a smile. Yumiko muttered those words.
I shook my head as an answer, giving up on teasing her. I then sent her a ball of Psyche Energy to refresh her mind and replenish what she used.
"It's really great that we could understand each other like this, right?"
Still with that smile. Yumiko lood over .
Ah. It looks like I provoked a hornet's nest. Though I could keep teasing her, I refrained from doing it again. Once or twice were enough, I just rembered what happened with Zerina.
"This is only temporary. That old thing will surely follow us here. Though I accounted for him appearing, it's really a good chance to make use of him this ti."
Yumiko said after all the awkwardness was brushed off. She then turned to Jayna and . The previous event of Yumiko dancing was already put at the back of our mind. It's ti to close that breach.
"Follow the plan. Jayna and Daisuke will infiltrate the Fortress using Jayna's disguising ability."
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