ALL NOVEL Chapter 167 “An old acquaintance, a pending revenge.”
Chapter 167
“An old acquaintance, a pending revenge.”
The smell of smoke and ashes hit her nose.
Kalysto had heard the guards earlier talking about how there was a mansion that was burned down because the owner and his family members were infected with the black plague.
But she never imagined that she would end up standing in the middle of the darkened rooftop of such a place, looking at the remains of what must have been a beautiful and elaborate garden full of flowers where the well-tended bushes, along with the rest of the vegetation, were now just a pile of trunks and branches blackened by the violent passage of the fire. The chairs and tea tables scattered in strategic places to enjoy the view while the owners spent a pleasant time with their families, were now just a pile of scorched firewood decorated with iron.
Just a reminder of what once must have been a place worthy of admiration.
And amidst the remains of what had once been the pride of a wealthy man, floated a huge red portal, the orc that had almost killed her two months ago and a small group of six monsters.
Kalysto wrinkled her nose at the unpleasant smell that permeated the mansion and frowned. At the same time she ignored the soft glow of the button at the bottom of the violet system status window just after Hanna turned back into a small circle of pink light and flew away from her after taking her to the agreed point and then sat down on one of the darkened branches in a far corner.
Surely it’s just to let me know that Hanna has kept her part of the contract. Kalysto thought as she observed the look of recognition the muscular one-eyed orc gave her as he held with a level of care uncharacteristic of someone of his species the delicate crystal sphere in the palm of his thick, calloused hands.
Inspect! The saintess thought, not wanting to be left wanting this time to find out if it was the crystal that allowed the orc warrior to be able to open portals. Not realizing that at the same time, the violet window opened to her left revealing the information she wanted to read, the orc let out an unintelligible grunt, and the six monsters that surrounded him watched him for less than a second while he grunted and then, the four orcs ran towards her with their axes and maces raised at the same time that the two hobgoblins began to recite spells while raising their staffs.
[Portable mana sphere. Class: Epic. A magical sphere that has 50,000 MP of mana stored in it. Once most of the mana has been used, the sphere will take 48-72 hours to refill. Warning! Do not fully use all the mana or the sphere will stop working. The regeneration spell will be lost if it suffers any scratches. ]
Yes! I knew there was something special about that sphere! 50,000 MP!? How many mana circles could I build myself with that? She thought full of excitement, starting to imagine everything she could do with it. That was until she reread the last part again. Spell? Shit! That means I can’t use ‘Dispel Ezhil’ near this thing!
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“What?” She replied as the first axe hit her. Kalysto swung her left shoulder back just in time to evade the sharp weapon by a few inches as a second orc tried to smash his mace into her head.
Forcing her to jump back a meter, where another orc was already waiting for her with his axe raised, ready to attack her.
“Lightning! Mana manipulation!” She quickly conjured, stretching out the palm of her right hand, injecting more mana than necessary into the spell casting towards the chest of the third orc, making him fall to his knees as he screamed and dropped his weapon. A soft surge of excitement expanded in her stomach as she watched him suffer while he bowed to her.
And without being aware of it, her eyes turned a darker shade.
The tip of the fourth orc’s mace struck her shoulder, and a soft wave of pain spread across her skin without breaking it.
“I’ve never really liked people touching me,” she snarled.
Before the orc could launch a second blow against her Kalysto stopped her spell, closed her fist, and threw herself hard against the orc punching him in the face, bursting his jaw, and throwing him several meters further, almost against the edge of the roof where he was about to fall over the edge.
Without wasting any time, the other two orcs rushed at her while the body of the third one was still suffering from spasms after having been electrocuted. However, she did not receive any notification of his death.
The next mace crashed into her bare fist, shattering the wood as her blow smashed into the cheek of the second orc, sending him crashing to the ground and into a burnt bush and then into one of the few walls still standing.
“These guys still have an absurdly high-defense” She was annoyed at the same time that he took the Minotaur’s axe from her inventory and faced the first orc with it, blocking its attack while the monster growled in annoyance at her interference. “Fire blast!” She muttered, opening her mouth while their axes kept blocking each other, and launching a flare of fire at the head of the unsuspecting orc.
Then she ran at great speed to where the orc she had electrocuted was beginning to recover. And without mercy, she cut off his head with a single blow.
[You have gained 700 experience points!]
Then she did the same with the one whose head she had burned, noticing the collection of rings and accessories the orc had.
[You have gained 700 experience points!]
And while she was curious about her new loot, this time it was the turn of the orc with the scar in his eye to grunt as he guarded the portal, but Kalysto could not understand a single word he said, what she could notice was that the color of the portal was much lighter than it had seemed on Earth the day they were summoned to Elinor and of the very faint glow emitted by the mana sphere in the orc’s hands.
It must be recharging, and that’s why no more monsters are coming out. She realized. Hanna really picked the best time to approach the portal. Clever girl!
“Perfect aim! Ice spear!” She whispered, pointing her left hand at the orc that had crashed into the wall earlier as she stood facing the one orc that was still standing. “Perfect aim! Multiple targets! Ice stakes! Telekinesis! Duplication!” She conjured and four ice stakes were thrown at the two hobgoblins, who were still reciting their spells. One stake pierced each of their necks and another one between their eyes.
[You have gained 700 experience points!]
[You have gained 300 experience points!]
[You have gained 300 experience points!]
“I see our communication problem still stands,” Kalysto shouted at him with a smile, half amused by the strange situation, but wishing that her fight with him would come soon now that she had become much stronger.