ALL NOVEL Chapter 163 “The Mission” Part 5
Chapter 163
“The Mission” Part 5
“Ezhil Purification! Dispel Ezhil!” But unlike what she had believed, the summoned creature, as well as the lich, were immune to her power.
[You have gained 150 experience points!] x20
[You have gained 250 experience points!] x50
Despite all of Kalysto’s attempts to get rid of the new monster, all of her attacks seemed in vain and only seemed to give the pesky lich extra time to prepare for more sneak attacks.
The only good thing about all this was that it had also given the hundreds of undead surrounding her time to close in on her trying to attack her when they thought she had gotten careless, giving her the opportunity to gain more and more experience points almost effortlessly.
Kalysto evaded further attack from what appeared to be a giant slime with a rectangular body and oval head of a glowing black hue that made her doubt whether or not it was actually connected to the black plague.
“Ezhil Purification,” she invoked and again the golden light that came out of her body did not do any damage to the creature, but it did to the hundreds of undead that surrounded her. “At least it doesn’t have the plague,” she consoled herself.
[You have gained 250 experience points!] x50
[You have gained 300 experience points!] x150
[You have leveled up!]
[The user is now level 49!]
Hundreds of black crystal stakes fell on her and the fairy champion had to strain to evade them as she jumped from side to side, dodging the attacks of what appeared to be an elongated slime with a gigantic mouth.
Out of the corner of her eye, she could note that on her map the point that indicated Hanna was beginning to approach the kingdom of Balsahty.
I need to get rid of these two and get that core as soon as possible. She worried.
So Kalysto, forewarned that she would have to miss the opportunity to avoid angering her boss, ran towards the creature with an outstretched hand and while evading another attack, whispered:
“Lightning! Mana Manipulation! Ice Creation!” she said and used much of her mana to freeze the monster after electrocuting it. As soon as she accomplished her goal, she leapt towards the lich, evading the hundreds of undead bodies surrounding it and took advantage of the fact that he was in the middle of chanting a new spell. “Ice daggers! Ice stakes!” she summoned, breaking the lich’s concentration just before leaping at him with her axe raised high, ready to split his head in two.
But although the ice daggers wounded one of his arms, the rest of her attacks were completely evaded.
Furious, the lich began to attack her, using his staff as a weapon and pulling a slender dagger from his dark tunic. Kalysto managed to evade the blows even though the lich’s weight and large stature put her at a disadvantage.
However, the circle with which the creature had been summoned or created remained in the air, completely intact.
Even so, the lich made sure not to let her get close.
If it works like a portal, maybe I can destroy it. She thought as she evaded the lich’s next attack at the same time as two green lightning bolts shot out of the old monster’s skeletal palm.
Kalysto jumped to the left, evading them. Only to approach him from the side and hurl her axe at his arm. The lich immediately tried to block the physical attack but maintained his closeness.
Which made the saintess smile.
Gotcha!
“Tundra!” The lich’s entire body froze, and as the ice surrounding the summoned creature began to fracture, Kalysto put away the axe and pulled the minotaur’s mace from her inventory, and immediately cleaved the lich’s frozen forearm, causing the frozen staff, even with the ringed hand holding it, to fall to the ground.
With a fluid motion, Kalysto lunged towards the staff and put it in her blue inventory, frozen hand and all, convinced that the rings, or even the staff itself, had some kind of magical immunity against her skills. But even though she didn’t have time to sit down and inspect them calmly, she could do it later.
And with any luck, I might be able to use them... or maybe his jewels.
The thunderous sound of cracking ice caught her attention as the ice containing the summoned monster began to shatter into several fragments. Immediately Kalysto ran up to it, dodging the throng of undead that rushed towards her trying to avoid her advance.
“Ezhil Purification!” She conjured and immediately switched the left panel of her system from the map to the inventory and took out a mana crystal. “Absorb!”
[You have gained 200 experience points!] x50
[You have gained 300 experience points!] x150
[Does the user wish to absorb this mana crystal?]
[YES/NO]
Yes!
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 4500 MP!]
“Ice Creation! Ice Manipulation!” And for the next minute, Kalytso dedicated herself to reinforcing the layer of ice that curved around the monster, making it as thick as she could. But the sound of ice breaking around the lich caught her attention as the remaining undead made a circle around her, the lich and the summoned monster, keeping her separated from the summoning circle.
Are they aware that if the summoner dies, in theory, the summoning circle should disappear as well? She thought as she ran towards the lich and took the mace out of her inventory.
Even if I am not able to kill him, ‘Dispel Ezhil’ should be able to destroy that circle! Then she raised the mace and finished shepherding the shoulder of the arm she had cut off earlier. At the same time the lich’s glowing red eyes moved, following her movements underneath the layer of ice she had summoned earlier.
“Tundra!” she whispered, but to her great annoyance, as she watched the ice around the lich slowly begin to break into different parts, a violet window appeared to her left.
[Warning! The skill ‘Tundra’ cannot be used at this time. The user must wait 20 seconds before being able to use it again!]
Crap!
“Ezhil Purification!” She conjured, just to keep the rest of the undead at bay as she mentally counted the seconds until she could use her skill again while her heart leaped with anticipation each time a new section of the ice began to break.
First, it was a thigh, followed shortly by two fingers of the left hand.
Ten seconds! She thought, just as the ice around the lich’s head began to crack, his glowing red eyes fixed on her.
Five seconds! She counted and her heart thumped against her ribs like a runaway horse.
Two seconds!
And in that same instant the lich’s mouth opened, finishing thawing at the same time as a swirl of dark mana rushed towards her. As the lich’s ice finished shattering, Kalysto’s body slammed into the ice column in which the summoned creature was imprisoned.
“Ouch!...Cough!” She coughed a couple of times and as soon as she could recover, she jumped again recovering her weapon and then headed towards the lich. “Regeneration! Tundra!” This time she didn’t waste any time and with all her strength she smashed the lich’s head.
The heavy sound of Kalysto’s breathing broke the silence, and she quickly took out a small vial of holy water and drank it in one sip, noticing immediately that not only the summoned creature had not disappeared, nor had the summoning circle. The notification of his death did not reach her.
Kalysto clicked her tongue in annoyance and checked her map, noticing that Hanna had already arrived in the kingdom and was heading towards her.
She took a deep breath and grabbed the mace with both hands, dedicating herself to breaking not only Lich’s other arm but also his shoulder and part of his chest. Seeing this, the rest of the undead ran in a herd towards her.
“Ezhil Purification! Ezhil Purification!” She called out several times as she continued to break part of the lich’s chest until she noticed a green glow shining inside his ribcage. A shiver of pleasure ran through her body as a smile spread across her face.
[You have gained 300 experience points!] x100
[You have leveled up!]
[The user is now level 50!]
[You have gained 200 experience points!] x150
[You have gained 100 experience points!] x100
And when he was about to touch it, a wolf bit her arm.
Fire blast! She thought as she burned the back of the wolf’s head, neck and chest, full of rage. Looking around, she realized that a pack of wolves was coming in her direction.
“Multi-targets! Lightning! Wind whirlwind!” She conjured, and those who were not killed by her lightning bolts were sent against the castle walls.
[You have gained 1000 experience points!] x5
[You have gained 800 experience points!] x15
“Ice manipulation!” She immediately melted the ice around the core and placed the palm of her hand on it.
[Does the user wish to absorb this lich core?]
[YES/NO]
Yes, and stop asking me for confirmation every time I want to absorb something! She thought with some annoyance, wanting to be able to speed up the whole process.
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new skill: ‘Dark Mana Manipulation’. Level 1!]
I finally got it! She got excited and a bright smile lit up her face.
[Because the user already possessed 97% of this skill, the skill ‘Dark Mana Manipulation’. has leveled up to level 2!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new passive skill: ‘Double Conjuration’. Level 1!]
Kalysto’s eyes widened in surprise at the unexpected acquisition.
Is it because he was still alive when I absorbed his core? Her curiosity flared, heating up her veins like an erupting volcano, imagining the many possibilities it would bring in the future, wishing she had another monster on hand to test her theory with.
“Is everything all right, champion?” Hanna’s kind voice snapped her out of her little moment of euphoria.
“Yes, of course. Just give me a few minutes and I’ll get rid of that summoning circle.” Contrary to what she had thought at first, the circle didn’t vanish immediately, although the intensity of its glow began to fade. And Kalysto ran to it, taking advantage of the fact that the conjured creature was still trapped in the ice. “Dispel Ezhil!” She conjured several times until after a minute in which she felt she almost ran out of mana. The summoning circle broke completely and with it, the creature.
[You have gained 3000 experience points!]
“Now, we can go.”