Book 3. Chapter 14
“An unexpected visit. The call back.” Part 3
“In the book I gave you, it said the black plague contaminated part of the demon territory. I can purify it for you.”
“...” he watched her in silence, from the fear in Kalysto’s green eyes, which abandoned his figure to focus her attention on the annoying dragons, to the greed he could see in them. “Do you want to become stronger?”
Yes,” she answered without hesitation and he smiled, knowing he had found another weakness in her, one he could use to his advantage.
“When I reread the book you gave me a few days ago, I went to verify what it said there. Imagine my surprise to see that my late uncle’s lands, which various human kingdoms have been trying to steal for centuries, have been contaminated by the plague, just as you and that book indicate. And no one seems to have noticed that, nor informed me or my two brothers,” he clarified. “Unlike mine, my brothers’ kingdoms are on the border with my uncle’s territory. And that is a problem.”
“I can purify your uncle’s land for you,” she offered, looking sideways at the dragons who were taking turns attacking the barrier.
“I know. I know you can do it because you already did it with my aunt’s kingdom...” then she smiled and a touch of coldness shone in his eyes. “But that would be too easy for you, Kalysto, and you are the one who has the most to lose if I let these dragons live.”
“...” She swallowed, knowing that he had her where he wanted her. She clenched her fists, knowing that with only three weeks since the portals had appeared, there was no way anyone else could help her. Not when there weren’t as many monsters on Earth as there were in Elinor, so there was no one else she could ask for help. And the fairy queen didn’t even like humans. “What else do you want me to do for you?” She forced a smile, so used to faking them at the annoying customers she sometimes had to deal with that it seemed real, but her clenched fists gave her away, and he noticed.
“I know you want to learn magic, and I’m sure you were attracted not only by the shield you’ve been admiring so much while ignoring me. But also by the spell to travel between dimensions. Don’t you think that purifying my uncle’s lands alone is too low a price for all that?”
“I will also give you ten liters of holy water and for one day I will cure your sick,” she negotiated, surprising him. Immediately, the shield disappeared just as the six dragons stopped attacking and the other four approached to try to attack under the watchful eye of the black dragon. The body of the demon king disappeared. One second it was in front of her and the next it was gone. Instead, the body of one of the dragons, without wings, legs, or tail, fell out of the circle. Followed by another dragon and another one. Finally, the body of the black dragon joined them. Then the figure of Aegir Donovhar reappeared before her with his sword in hand dyed with the blood of dragons.
“You will eat with me once a day...” he announced as the dragons roared in pain for the lost limbs behind his back, but he was not even fazed by it.
“Once a month,” she corrected immediately, surprised by his great speed and power, but not at all willing to expose herself to spending more time than necessary with him. No matter how much of a godson he was to her boss, he was too dangerous to have around.
“Once a week,” he interrupted her and before she could refute him, he said, ”I’d be quick to say yes if I were you, if you take a couple of seconds longer to decide they’ll die, and you won’t get what you want from them.”
“...” Kalysto pursed her lips, annoyed at having to give in and not being in control of the situation. But as she listened to the roars of the dragons as they bled and writhed on the ground while throwing fire left and right, she knew she had no choice. The dragons would die at any moment. “I accept. Blessing!” She conjured, pointing to herself. “Ice creation! Ice manipulation!” She added, injecting most of her mana into freezing the necks and heads of the dragons, knowing that it wouldn’t be long before they could break it, just as the orc did. Then she ran to where the first one was and put her hands under where his forelegs were supposed to be, but now it was just an open wound. “Absorb!”
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[Does the user wish to absorb this target’s stats or skills?]
Give me first all the skills you can absorb, then its stats, but leave its HP for last!
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new skill: Wind Creation. Level 10! Class: legendary!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 90 stamina points!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 900 HP!]
[The skill Absorb has been leveled up to level 51!]
The dragon’s body turned to ashes after being absorbed, so she continued with the rest, until only two more dragons was left.
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 40 Stamina points!]
[Congratulations, the user has acquired 70 Stamina points!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 90 Stamina points!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 70 points of Agility!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 50 points of Agility!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 70 points of Strength!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 150 points of Strength!]
[Congratulations, the user has acquired 300 points of HP]!
[Congratulations! User has acquired 500 HP points!] x2
[Congratulations, the user has acquired 700 HP points!]
[Congratulations! the user has acquired 600 HP points!] x2
[Congratulations, the user has acquired 400 HP points] x2!
[Congratulations, the user has acquired 300 HP points!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new skill: Fire creation. Level 20! Class: legendary!]
[Warning! The user already possessed this skill but at a lower level. The new skill will overwrite the old one.]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new skill: Water creation. Level 21! Class: legendary!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new skill: Wind creation. Level 21! class: legendary!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new skill: Wind manipulation. Level 22! Class: legendary!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new skill: Water Manipulation. Level 20! Class: legendary!]
Just as she was about to run towards the black dragon, who was moaning less and less loudly, a violet window appeared before her. Completely blocking her view.
[Hello, Kalysto. Sorry to interrupt your vacation, but Mhiralla has sent her monsters again and spread the plague. I need you to come back right now.]
“Hello, boss! Give me five minutes, finish up here, I’ll say goodbye and we’ll go! Are there many injured fairies?” She asked to buy time as she ran towards the body of the black dragon, the last one left.
Absorb! She thought.
[Does the user wish to absorb this target’s stats or skills?]
Absorb as much as you can as fast as you can!
[Congratulations! The user has acquired a new skill: Fire Manipulation. Level 17! Class: legendary!]
[Warning! The user already possessed this skill, but in a higher class. The new skill will be absorbed by the old one].
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 120 Stamina points!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 100 points of Agility!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 100 points of Strength!]
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 1100 points of HP!]
[No. My soldiers are perfectly capable of eliminating her monsters. The problem is the black plague and the miasma they spread.]
“Okay, can you please send all those who are injured or infected to the same place? Galatea knows the procedure. Please ask her to separate the most seriously injured in one room and the rest in the other.” And she located the points of the people she was looking for in her map. “Boss, Hanna is now on a different continent than I am.”
[What the hell is my niece doing in your world?]
“She was with me when the magic circle activated and brought me back. It was when I got here that I realized we had ended up traveling together by accident,” she explained. Then Kalysto took out her cell phone and called Sakura, but she didn’t answer. Then she called Katia’s father, but she didn’t get an answer either. “Can you give me two minutes and I’ll send some messages and let Hanna know that we have to go back?”
[I’ll talk to her!]
“Thank you!” Immediately Kalysto touched the points of Sakura, Katía, Natasha, and Mrs. Tanner and sent a message to each of them. “It’s a pity I can’t get their replies,” she muttered under her breath.
“I see you have forgotten my presence again. It’s good to know that having fairy blood, even your verbal contracts, are equally valid. Although I would prefer that we have one backed by the system, would you prefer that I be the one to send it to you?” Aegir commented, standing next to her.
“Did you know I’m a half-breed?” she asked with surprise as she frowned, unable to believe that so many knew about this when she had only recently found out.
“Of course. Why do you think I’m so interested in exploring your healing services?” He questioned, surprised at how little she knew about herself. “A human saintess could harm my people while trying to heal or purify us, but a half-blood can heal multiple races. The more her blood is mixed, and her ancestors, the more species she can heal.”