ALL NOVEL Chapter 168 “An old acquaintance, a pending revenge” Part 2.
Chapter 168
“An old acquaintance, a pending revenge” Part 2.
The thick clouds covering the sun dispersed, causing the bright midday light to sting harshly on the smooth, bare skin of Kalysto’s arms. Disturbing her eyes.
The stifling heat seemed to suffocate her now that Hanna was not around to generate gentle gusts of wind and cool the strong temperature that prevailed in the partially destroyed capital.
From the top of the mansion, the remains of the houses and mansions that populated the sector looked like the messy remnants of a sand castle that the waves had reached.
Despite the discomfort, the saintess’s heart rode like a runaway horse on her chest as a rush of adrenaline surged through her body. The fingertips of the hand holding the Minotaur’s axe stung, eager to bury her weapon into the thick flesh of the monster standing several feet in front of her. She clenched her fist tightly as a loud growl came from the orc’s throat and a mace, almost out of nowhere, was thrown against Kalysto’s head.
But the fairy champion dodged it all too easily.
And as she bent to gain momentum and leap in his direction, the orc let out a mighty war cry that stunned her senses. A strong dizziness stirred even her stomach, leaving her confused and almost without strength for a few seconds.
Time that the orc warrior took advantage of to throw himself against her with his axe held high, doing unintentionally, the same exact pose with which she had planned to attack him.
[The user has been afflicted with the skill ‘fear’. All of her stats have been reduced by 50%. ]
Kalysto’s heart pounded against her ears as an unknown weight crushed her insides as she waited for the notification from the violet system telling her that her skill ‘Mental Resistance’ had been able to successfully combat the enemy’s skill as she watched in awe as the orc’s body descended almost on top of her petrified body and the blade of his massive battle axe was once again too close to her head for her liking.
An experience she would have preferred never to experience again for the rest of her life.
Worst of all, the notification she had been waiting so long for never came.
And her body refused to take her orders and move away from the path of the axe that almost seemed to move in slow motion.
Shit!
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No thanks, I don’t plan on dying here, much less at the hands of this guy! She snarled to herself. And just as the sharp point of the axe was two centimeters away from touching her body, she conjured: Mana manipulation! Tundra!
A wave of ice magic was expelled from her body, freezing everything several meters around her. Turning the orc and his axe into a beautiful ice sculpture.
Kalysto wanted to smile, but her body continued to be unresponsive as their gaze remained fixed on each other.
Rage, hatred and helplessness were projected in the gaze of both, an exchange between silent gestures while both remained in the respective prison that the other had created.
Almost a minute passed, when Kalysto could hear the sound of ice beginning to crack and a sinking feeling low in her stomach.
She had fought enough monsters in the last few days to believe that her ice tomb was as indestructible as she had mistakenly thought at first.
Oh, shit! She thought with some trepidation as she strained to try to get her body to respond, but she couldn’t even lift a finger.
Another agonizing minute passed.
Again, the sound of cracking ice reached her ears. And she could see the thin line across the ice just above the orc’s face.
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No! she thought angrily. He’s my prey, not yours!
And while the rage of losing control of her body to the monster made her hot, the thought of losing total control of her body for who knew how long if she let Persephone take control made her blood boil.
And it was just at that moment that she was able to wag her index finger.
Yes! she got excited. Mana manipulation! Come on, Kalysto concentrate! She scolded herself, hoping she could feel the usual chilling that came with her skill.
[The skill ‘Mental Defense’ has been activated.]
[Warning! The user is under the influence of the skill ‘fear’. All her stats have been reduced by 50%. The skill ‘Mental defense’ has been deactivated.]
Tundra!
[Warning! The skill ‘Tundra’ cannot be used at this time. The user must wait 15 seconds before being able to use it again!]
Another loud crack echoed through the rooftop, one much louder than the previous ones as most of the ice surrounding one of the orc’s legs fell off completely, as well as one of his arms and part of his chest.
While Kalysto could barely move her fingertips.
Tundra! She tried again.
[Warning! The skill Ice Creation cannot be used at this time. User must wait 4 seconds before being able to use it again!]
Another crack filled the air, and while Kalysto regained control of her hands the rest of her body was another story. The ice surrounding the orc, however, continued to crack, until all the ice holding him up as a base a few centimeters high cracked completely, causing him to fall half sideways to the ground.
The saintess would have laughed if she could have done it.
But the fall made it easier for the orc to get rid of some of the remaining ice.
And just as the muscular monster began to get up with murder stamped in his eyes, Kalysto thought to herself: Tundra!
And again the orc was enveloped in a prison of ice. But this time by the time he was finally able to escape his prison, Kalysto regained full control of her body.
“Wind whirlwind!” She immediately conjured, sending the orc’s body flying a few meters into the air and crashing into the wall guarding the entrance door to the rooftop. “Rain of ice stakes!” She continued, but even though hundreds of small ice stakes fell around the area where the orc was standing, the strong warrior had enough skills to use his axe and fight them off. “Absorb!” She whispered, taking out a mana crystal from her inventory and feeling how her mana reserves were almost completely depleted after using non-verbal spells.
[Does the user wish to absorb this mana crystal?]
[YES/NO]
Yes! she thought as she clenched her fist against the axe’s handle.
[Congratulations, the user has acquired 5000 MP!]
Just then, the orc lunged at her again, but a second before it got there it jumped to the side, attacking from the left side.
“Ha! That’s all you got?” she scoffed as she dodged his attacks as quickly as he threw them.
Gal’oth, son of Holle’oth, scowled, not at all pleased with the taunts of the small human in front of him. So, after ripping up a small, dry, burnt tree nearby, he hurled it at her.
As Kalysto dodged it, the orc growled as strange energy began to surround his labored body, growing his muscles to nearly double his size and height.
“What the hell... he was a berserker?”