ALL NOVEL Chapter 1315: I Believe In You
Chapter 1315: I Believe In You
Sylphy's idea enlightened the wooden and stone knight, as he quickly realized his true calling.
"You're still struggling? Use your own body! you're made of not only wood, but stone now!" she said. "Let them get closer and impale them, get it?"
"Impale... them? That's right!"
"ROOAAR!"
As the Miasmic Creatures swarmed Bark entirely, he did as his master said. He imbued Mana into his body, as it suddenly started to change its shape and form.
"[Stone Spike Body}!"
And his entire body grew hundreds of sharp, long spikes.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
The spikes sharply pierced the bodies of his foes one after another, the miasmic beasts groaned in slight pain, but they weren't dying though, the stone alone would deal no damage to them.
Miasmic beasts were made of miasma that endlessly gathered together to normal, therefore they had to be purified and burned into ashes to be truly killed, something stone on its own can't do.
"SHAAH!"
The monsters kept attacking Bark even as they were trapped in between his stone spikes.
"I-It didn't work! Agh!"
He quickly started swinging his blade at the monsters, cutting through them, and burning them with divine thunder, yet it wasn't enough, more and more kept coming.
"Bark, think a bit more deeply! Use the fire and light within you!"
Ivy told him the basics, and Bark's emerald eyes beneath his helmet shone brightly.
"T-That's right! Fire! Light!"
His Mana imbued these elements into his body now, suddenly the dark brown stone turned slightly metallic, gold and like rubies, becoming reinforced.
"{Blazing Light Spike Sentinel}!"
A new and mighty spell was written inside of his magic circle, spikes of gold and ruby surged from his body, piercing the miasmic monsters, burning, and turning them into ashes as they struggled to get out once impaled.
His body became larger as he kept killing them, Sylphy constantly feed him with her Yggdragon Aura and her Mana, making Bark grow into a giant!
"Ooooh! W-What is this?!"
"I won't do this all the time because I can't be here all the time, but remember this form, Bark! Remember the power you can achieve! Imprint it into your Magic Circle and turn it into a spell!"
"Yes, master!"
Bark swung his giant thunderous blade, as he fired spikes of blazing fire and light against the monsters, suddenly growing as tall as four meters and becoming a true giant of the battlefield.
"I need more than one sword...!" he thought. "But asking master would be too much already... I must! Ah, right!"
FLUOSH!
His own wood and stone grew out of his left hand, materializing into a giant sword that was then enchanted with light and fire, becoming golden and ruby colored.
At the same time, his proximity with the forest activated his ability, boosting his stats and giving him access to a lost technique.
A lost swordsmanship he used to practice in his previous life, whose memories he has are quite faint now.
"In my previous life..." he thought. "Spirit Swordsmanship... Right, I used to use that to... to protect them, my people... my liege!"
As he roared, his swords overflowed with not only Mana, but Spirit Energy coming from his surroundings.
He could recall the movements, a step forward, shoulders behind, then slash to the left horizontally.
This was...
"{Spirit Swordsmanship}: {Celestial Arc}!"
SLAAASH!
A beautiful celestial arc of light was unleashed, cutting through countless foes at once, while Bark brought their attention and tanked, he was also dealing constant damage to his foes.
He had become the true embodiment of a warrior and a tank, a knight!
At the same time, Sylphy and Ivy remained close to him, slaying foes. Sylphy chased out those trying to get away, with her many skills, spells, and the help of her mighty spirits, she was barely capable of not letting them get out of her grasp.
Ivy furiously fired more and more arrows, sometimes cutting things with her daggers, but she looked clearly perturbed and afraid, hiding behind Sylphy and Bark from the monsters,
despite being able to so quickly it should be easy to evade anything.
"Ivy, why are you so afraid? Your speed is so high you could avoid anything!"
"I-I am not afraid! What are you talking about? Hahah!"
Ivy tried to act tough, but Sylphy could easily see through her façade, she wasn't well at all, her trembling, her doubt, everything, despite acting tough, she didn't want to come here. "Look if you didn't want to come here I can teleport you back to the city!"
SLASH!
Sylphy said this as she slashed apart a handful of more miasmic beasts, their bodies exploding on thunder and holy flames.
BOOOM!
"T-That's not it at all! See that I can fight? I don't need any of your pity, goddess Sylphy!"
Ivy fired several arrows more and more but kept leaping away from danger or avoiding it all together. She was too prideful to accept her own fears and insecurities.
"Ivy, I know you almost died, and I know you were powerless against these things... And I also know you cursed me, that you would have wished I was there to save you," Sylphy sighed, slashing apart beasts. "And I'm very sorry for not being able to be there when everything happened... I really am!"
Sylphy shed a tear of regret, knowing full well of the damage her absence has caused.
"G-Goddess..." Ivy gasped. "N-No, please, it's not your fault! I-I don't want to blame you for this... Agh, sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel bad! Selene would kill me if she saw you like
this!"
"I know I was absent when you needed me..." sighed Sylphy. "And unfortunately I might also not be present on many occasions! I have my own world, and although I'll do my best to come back as much as I can... I can't do it all the time. I have family, friends, and someone I love."
"I understand, I know...!" Ivy cried. "It wasn't your fault, it was just my own weakness, and
I..."
"But you're not weak anymore, Ivy, go, and fight! Evade, be fast! You are fast!" said Sylphy. "I know you can do it! I want to believe in you, please don't disappoint me!"
After hearing her goddess' words, Ivy's eyes widened.
And a gust of winds spiraling around her surged. Memories of her previous life also appeared within her mind.