7/29 16:13 (Summer, Night)
Edgar didn’t hesitate, linking himself with all of his surviving Ghouls, observing the battle from various location, while combat capable ones were in position depending on their role and abilities.
The Mana Well formely powering the barrier was connected to every single one of them, ready to be used.
Meanwhile, the other side of this battle was in position, Evan and Azure in front, Klevel and Marine in the middle and Fora in the back to guard their back and especially the last two.
Evan was the first to speak.
“Should we start fighting now or do you prefer a dialogue first?”
“Oh? You speak of dialogue yet you are the one who destroyed my gate, entered without even asking and in a position ideal for fighting. Additionally, that one is barely holding herself back from a rampage, isn’t she.”
He nodded towards the Half-Elf, who as he was saying, was barely holding herself back from shooting arrows everywhere.
Evan smiled slightly at this, his eyes observing the enemies around them, before responding calmly.
“You know how it is. Once someone is as enraged as she is, you can only be out of her way. But don’t worry, if you sincerely answer to our question, your death will be much faster than otherwise.”
“Oh? No offering to leave me alive if I answer?”
“I’m sorry. This is already as much as I could compromise. Now, ” he turned towards the red-head, her eyes piercing through the Vampire before them. “is she here?”
A snarl on her face, she answered.
“No, She is not. Not even in this waste of an island. But maybe he knows where She is.” The air around her briefly sparked, her bow now trained on him.
“How curious. Who should I know the location of, pray tell?”
A snarl on her face, Evan quickly interfered before the negotiations would break down right there and then.
“We are seeking someone you took.”
“Oh? I don’t remember taking anyone so important that a B-Ranked Party would hunt my Master and all of his Servants.”
Her snarl worsened further, her left hand already holding an arrow, her intent clear.
“Her name is Scarlet!”
Silence stretched between them, as Edgar actually and actively observed Azure finally understanding.
“I have no idea who you are talking about.”
For the first time in the manor, Klevel intervined.
“You are lying. You may be a couple of centuries old, yet you are still younger than me and a much worse liar than even many children. You know exactly who she is and probably even where she is.”
“I see… I didn’t think that a man of the faith would be so well-versed in lying, but it seems I was wrong. However, you don’t doubt she is alive at all… I see, I understand. Your Unique Skill…” he nodded towards the archer. “You can only find people by using their blood. And you cannot “hunt” her by using your own blood, can’t you?”
Silence fell between the two sides before being interrupted.
“However, I am quite disappointed in you. Even now when you should be in your early twenties, you are still inferior to your sister when she was fifteen, even with your special weapons.” He closed his eyes as if grieving.
However, this taunt didn’t land the way he expected.
“Obviously. She is the best after all.”
This response was certaintly unexpected for him, but none of her party reacted at it.
After all, they knew very well how much Azure worshipped her sister.
Yes, worshipped was the correct term for it.
She didn’t look up to her as a big sister, but she worshipped her as someone wholly superior for her to admire, without any equal.
Klevel spoke up again.
“It seems to me as if you are very calm for someone in your position. While your natural power as a Vampire is quite high, you are not a warrior. Additionally, your master was stronger than you are and we are stronger than we were when we killed him.”
“You are right. I, however, am a scientist and view losing control of myself because of emotion to be a fatal flaw. Especially when I find myself the weaker party.”
“I see. However, it seems like you have no intention of telling us where she is.”
The Vampire smiled calmly, his Mana and Vital Energy starting to glow around him and some of his Ghouls around them, various Magical Circles manifestating before them as the battle started.
Fireballs, lightnings and blade of winds and water rained down upon them, only for Fora to respond.
“Earth’s Protection.”
At the command, the floor of the mansion rose around them forming a dome around them, being converted in an hard metal by her Unique Skill before being enhanced further by her Mana, blocking the assault.
It wasn’t the end as Azure proceeded with the next step, rising her bow towards the sky, her target for her Unique Arma being the white-haired one.
“Piercing Heavy Shot.”
A red clad arrow was shot towards the sky before suddently turning, barely being stopped by a barrier that suddently sprang around him, caused by the automatic barrier generator prototype before it entered in cooldown.
He didn’t hesitate, the Ghoul that had the previous role of guarding Luna activated its Unique Skill.
The fact that it had a Unique Skill may seem like a contradiction considering how Monsters are not able to acquire them, however if someone is turned in a Ghoul while they have an awakened Unique Skill, it remains awakened at E-Rank while a Ghoul cannot awaken one on their own.
Its Unique Skill was simply called Acceleration and, at D-Rank as it had at the moment, sped up time for itself or others to around four time the normal and so the cooldown on his barrier was quickly finished while he was chanting for a Spell and making a red Magical Circle.
“Bright Flare.”
A jet of white flames was released from it, being amplified by various Artifact on his person, piercing through the dome and blasting it apart from the inside.
He didn’t hesitate and his Ghouls obeyed his orders trasmitted through his Soul Link, a second bombardement of Magic Spells raining down on the cloud of smoke without any hesitation while various Ghouls were seeking the Iriblades through various different methods, ranging from sensing Mana and Vital Energy, to sensing heat, sounds and smells.
He suddently moved, dodging a swing from a blade made entirely out of light as Evan rose from beneath him, before his barrier sprung up around him, stopping another arrow from piercing through him, and hastily jumping back, evading the second swing from Ethan.
This was only possible because Acceleration was activated on himself, otherwise he would have been hit from that slash or the following ten.
However, this wasn’t enough.
Suddently from behind him, Fora rose from beneath the floor, her hammer already swinging and striking at his back.
His barrier sprung up, only for it to be destroyed as a rain of arrows fell, just in time for the swing of her hammer to sending it flying.
Evan accelerated, instantly cutting off his left arm almost at the shoulder.
Edgar was faster than Evan because of the fact that he was a C-Rank Vampire affected by Acceleration, however Evan was a B-Rank Human and was actually skilled when it comes to battle.
The old Vampire was faster, yes, however he was much more wasteful with his movement than any of the Iriblades and found himself being slowly, but surely cornered.
While the damage caused by Fora was already fully healed, his arm was in much worse condition as the light charred his wound, making it much harder, much more expensive and time consuming to heal.
Fortunately he already activated a pain nullification artifact or the pain would have ended the battle already.
Before he could react, water blades rose from underneath the floor, cutting into him.
He understood now where the others were as Evan attacked again.
He made to dodge only for two arrows to pin his feets to the ground and for Evan to cut off both of his legs at the knees at once, charring them.
He fell, barely able to stop himself by using his one remaining arm, before looking up, a sword made out of light at a centimeter from his neck and a nocked arrow staring at his face, chains of water holding him in place while a dome of the same steel as before was around them, separating them from his Ghouls.
“Maybe you don’t understand. You have answers that I want.”
Azure told him, a cruel light in her eyes.
He sighed, finding himself having to use his ace up his sleeve already.
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7/29 16:13 (Summer, Night)
Meanwhile, in a forest in the central-meridional Midrar, Luna was surrounded by people.
“Tell me, what is a cute thing like you doing all alone.”
As the leader spoke, his subordinates spread out, ready to attack her.
Luna didn’t bother to answer him, uncaring of his existence as she continued to walk on the road.
Upon being ignored like that, the leader red in the face because of anger, attacked her with the sword in his right hand, trying to cut off her right arm.
In response, her Unique Arma manifested herself around her hand, blocking the sword as she ruthlessly attacked, her fist crashing in his hastily raised guard, making him step back as his subordinates prepared to attack.
Five arrows fell upon her, only for her wings to appear around her and block them all.
Suddenly her wings forcefully opened, sending the three… bandits?… trying to attack her, flying away.
A fireball was cast on her, only for her wings to separate from her body and become a pair of shields, one blocking said fireball and the other sending another one of her future meals crashing away.
Before she could press on the attack, she found herself having to dodge as a mace fell where she was previously.
“Sorry Boss. It seems like we cannot capture her alive.”
“You are right. What a shame.”
He responded, rising his sword and taking it with both hands.
The two were the strongest warriors of his group, composed mostly to high E-Ranks to low D-Ranks, equivalent to an high D-Rank Adventurer and specialized in battles against other people.
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Without hesitation, every single one of his group started to actively circulating Vital Energy, preparing not to capture her, but to kill her.
She smiled in answer as she prepared to an actual fight, happy to not have killed her previous targets instantly.
After all, conflict is a way to grow she was quite familiar with.
Her Shapes turning to float around her and her Familiars being Summoned from the shadows casted by her newly reformed wings, away from the battle itself, but near enough to observe and interfere in it if necessary.
Her Vital Mana flowed around her, her claws and her body ready to kill and her fangs shining in a bloodthirsty smile as bloodlust shone in her eyes.
This was, after all, the only emotion that her eyes could show.
The battle started as both arrows clad in Vital Energy and another Fireball were launched towards her as her wings started flapping.
Status
Total Magicules 10476 (V)
Stored Magicules 464
Racial: Lunarian D
Magicules: 1k/100k. (IV)
A superior existence alien to the world of Gaea, a fleeting dream made real by the blessing of the Blood Moon and her own nature as a natural Singularity.
The owner has no need for breathing and this body will not be affected by time, and the owner’s body will find it easy to store and use their Vital Energy, that will regenerate automaticaly.
The owner can see in the dark perfectly, will never forget anything they experienced personally, with the addition of the knowledge obtained from the Moon’s database even if at this Rank, this knowledge while mostly subconscious, can now be accessed actively.
The owner will have increased resistance to all attributes and a natural resistance and vulnerability to Bloodloss derived by the fact that they are able to store up to 300 leters of blood in their shadows and the ability to convert it in Vital Energy and Mana and the conversion of it in Magicules.
The owner will also, normally, have a large increase to their affinity to both Dark and Curse Attributes, however, this time, because of the owner’s Unique Skill, will instead be towards non-elemental affinity.
Finally if the sucking of Blood kills or the victim has died shortly before, the Soul of the victim is stored within the owner’s of this Skill’s, at this Rank it has the effect to add their knowledge to the Moon’s database.
At D-Rank the owner can now either create Familiars out of the stored souls or, given enought Mana and Vital Energy, can resurrect them.
The Familiars created are derived by one of the non-Racial Skill of the original Souls, but with one lower Rank than its highest Ranked Skill.
Also at D-Rank you can now use Vital Energy to control your own Blood and Mana to control and shape shadows.
Unique: Singularity D
Magicules: 1k/100k. (IV)
A Skill that denotes the nature of the owner’s Soul being a black hole in which nothing will ever escape.
The owner of such a Soul cannot use any elemental magic of any type.
However magic that doesn’t depend on any element will be vastly enhanced and so will be the ease in the control of Mana and energy in general and the efficiency and speed of any energetic conversion and transfer.
Additionally limits on magical affinity, Mana control and conversion efficiency will be nullified.
The final effect at this Rank will be that the increases in an elemental affinity will, instead, increases non-elemental affinity.
At D-Rank, all sustain costs are negated and the stability of any construct made of energy is brought to the maximum.
Growth: Soul Harmony D
Magicules: 1k/100k. (IV)
This Skill denotes that the owner’s Soul is moving towards harmony guided by their Unique Skill, their Soul being strenghtened by this process and increased ease of use of the owner’s energy in general and both their growth speed and their potential.
Finally, every day, the owner will receive Magicules equal to the total Rank of all their other Skills times 3.
At D-Rank the owner’s Vital Energy and Mana well are further increased.
Growth: Unique Arma: Sorcerous Armor of the Singularity D
Magicules: 1k/100k. (IV)
A person is considered such if they have an Unique Skill, whether it is active or not.
This is nothing, but the use of Orichalcum to manifest it in a physical form able to be wielded only by its owner.
This particular Unique Arma is derived by the Unique Skill “Singularity” and, as such, is extremely efficient to convert, transfer and amplify Energy in general, whether it is Mana, Vital Energy or other types.
This armament is able to strenghten both its owner’s existence and their Spell, Technique and Crafting by increasing the ammount of Energy in them without actually using any automatically.
Additionally, this Skill increases the quantity and the recovery speed of Energy of the owner, depending on the Unique Skill “Singularity”’s Rank.
This Skill manifests for the moment as two gloves covering up to most of the owner’s forearm principally made of a black scale-like material, had a circle made of Orichalcum on the center of it, both in the palm and the back of the hand with details in platinum around them connecting with a bracelet made of the same material around her wrist.
At this Rank, once it is manifested, the owners resistance to damage is increased and so is the quality of all Energy of the owner.
Finally, every day, the owner will receive Magicules depending on this and the corresponding’s Unique Skill Ranks.
Innate: Regeneration D
Magicules: 1k/100k. (IV)
This Skill denotes that the owner is able to passively and automatically generate and heal themselves using Vital Energy.
In this case, however, this Skill function as an enhancement towards the healing caused by the nature of the owner as a Lunarian.
At D-Rank this Skill also further increases the well of Vital Energy and Mana of the owner.
Innate: Blood Gift D
Magicules: 1k/100k. (IV)
This Skill notes the owner’s affinity with Blood, healing and Vital Energy in general by allowing it to convert the first in the latter.
However, this function as an enhancement to this process if, like in this case, the owner can already do such.
Finally, if the previous situation is true, it allows the transfer of Vital Energy to heal others by allowing them to drink the owner’s Blood at a reduced efficiency, except in this case because of the owner’s Unique Skill and so the efficiency isn’t lowered.
Thanks to Vital Mana Authority, this Skill can transfer Vital Mana, Mana or Vital Energy to the target.
At D-Rank this Skill further increases the speed at which Mana and Vital Energy are generated in the owner.
Innate: Vampirism D
Magicules: 1k/100k (IV)
A Skill that denotes someone’s thirst for blood, both biologically and mentally.
In someone who is not naturally vampiric, this Skill allows them to gain sustenance and some Magicules from Blood.
However, in a natural vampiric being, it enhances the effects of said process slightly and further increases the owner’s Vital Energy and Mana Well.
Additionally, in either cases, it allows the ability to sense Blood nearby.
At D-Rank this Skill allows the owner to store objects and non-living beings within the owner’s shadow.
Innate: Blood Forging D
Magicules: 1k/100k (IV)
This Skill denotes the ability to use the owner’s blood to enhance an object beyond its limits.
At this Rank the ammount of Blood needed to activate Blood Forging is greatly reduced and the owner’s Vital Energy recovery is increased.
Innate: Vital Mana Authority D
Magicules: 1k/100k (IV)
This Skill denotes the authority of the owner over the use of Vital Mana.
It automatically fuses together Vital Energy and Mana within the owner and counts it as either parts with much higher efficiency, quality, control, quantity and recovery speed.
Thanks to Singularity, the efficiency of the fusion of Vital Energy and Mana is set to a minimum of 100%.
At D-Rank, the potency of Vital Mana is increased further.
Innate: Familiar Summoning E
Magicules: 1k/1k (IV)
This Skill denotes the ability of the owner to fight with summoned Familiars, made with Mana or otherwise.
In this case, the number of Maximum Familiar is negated because of the owner being a Lunarian, so long as all Familiars are made by the Lunarian Skill, even if they still require Vital Energy and Mana to be Summoned.
Additionally the growth of all Familiars is increased.
Innate: Black Blood Manipulation E
Magicules: 100/1k (III)
This Skill shows the ability of the owner to fuse the shadow and the blood of the owner within and without the owner’s body to create a black fluid that is considered as both blood and shadow.
Additionally, thanks to both Singularity and Vital Mana Authority, both the blood and the shadow of the owner is passively changed to this substance, enhancing the owner’s existence further.
Ability: No Attribute Sorcery D
This Skill denotes the ease and ability with which the owner uses No Attribute Sorcery increasing the owner non-elemental affinity and the Power of No Attribute Sorceries.
No Attribute Sorcery is based upon the use of Mana untainted by any attribute within the owner’s body and without any chant, magical circle or other similar ways based entirely on the owner’s willpower.
At D-Rank this Skill increases the use with which the owner can manipolate Mana.
Ability: Mana Shaping C
This Skill denotes the ability of the owner to shape Mana outside their body throught willpower alone.
This Skill enhance additionally the Power of the owner’s Shapes and the control of their Mana.
The process by which Mana Shapes are made depends on the owner’s control of their Mana, this Skill and the Skill and magical affinity in a type of sorcery from which the shape is formed dealing damage based on it.
In this case, however, the Mana efficiency derived by the owner’s Unique Skill “Singularity” is such that all Mana Shape are transparent except for their outline.
At D-Rank Mana Shapes can now be considered as independent creations, no longer needing explicit mental commands.
At C-Rank Mana Shapes can now be freely manipulated depending on Mana Control both in aspect and function.
Ability: Unharmed Technique D
This Skill denotes the ability of the owner without the use of a weapon or with only fist-type weapons and increases the Power of Techniques used with their own body.
At D-Rank this Skill increases the owner Vital Energy Quantity and Recovery.
Ability: Mana Forging D
This Skill denotes the owner’s ability to actualize the process to enhance something, using the owner’s own Mana as a medium, with a Spell.
At D-Rank this Skill increases the passive generation of the Mana of the owner and greatly reduce the time needed to activate this Skill with the same ammount of Mana.
Ability: Weapon Mastery E
This Skill denotes the ability of the owner to use weapons and techniques at their maximum possible potential in combat or not.
This Skill will also absorbed all other weapon Skills in itself being strengthened for each.
This Skill greatly increases the owner Vital Energy capacity and regeneration and the power of technique, spells and crafting related to weapons.
Ability: Artifact Proficiency E
The power of all Artifacts attuned with the owner is increased slightly.
Ability: Meditation E
This Skill normally lowers the time needed to sleep however a Lunarian has no need for that and, as such, this Skill instead increases the efficiency of the use of all Energy of the owner.
Ability: Presence Suppression E
This Skill shows the degree of the owner to hide one’s own presence.
Thanks to Singularity, all form of Energy within the owner is passively hidden.
Magicules sources.
#Lunarian #Singularity #Vampirism
A process to convert 100 leters of Blood in Magicules, the number of which depends on the owner of said blood.
The ammount of Magicules gained is equal to 100 plus the total ammount of Magicules the former owner absorbed.
This process is 1 hour long every 100 leters of Blood to convert them, with a 10% conversion efficiency, however with the combination of Unique Skill “Singularity”, the time is instantaneous and the efficiency is of 100%, however this process kills the victim without a doubt.
Additionally because of the Innate Skill “Vampirism” the efficiency is further enhanced to 103%.
#Soul_Harmony
A process to automatically gain Magicules equal to the sum total of all other Skills the owner possess depending on their Rank times 3 every day.
E=1; D=3; C=5; B=7; A=10.
At the moment the Owner possesses, other than Soul Harmony:
5 E-Rank;
12 D-Rank Skills;
1 C-Rank Skills.
Every day, then, the owner will gain 46 Magicules times 3, 138.
#Unique_Arma #Singularity
A process to automatically gain Magicules every day equal to the value of Unique Arma’s and Singularity’s Rank.
E=100; D=300; C=500; B=700; A=1k
At the moment Unique Arma is D-Rank and Singularity is at D-Rank and so, every day, the owner will gain 600 Magicules.
Familiars:
Vision E
Third Eye of Physicality
Warden E
Imperial Scale