Book 3. Chapter 17.
“Preparing for war.” Part 4
After almost an hour of fighting, Kalysto was tired and her fatigue level was hovering around ninety-eight percent.
“Inventory!” she whispered, sitting on a nearby rock and taking out a bottle of revitalizing potion to reduce fifty points of fatigue. After drinking it she took out two theles and offered one to Tsuki. But before both of them could take a second bite, three Kraken’s appeared and attacked them, throwing them away, and then one of them wrapped Tsuki between its strong tentacles.
“Fire creation! Fire blast!” The fairy champion conjured, attacking half of the Kraken’s body that trapped Tsuki, while the second spell was used to keep the other two monsters at bay. Half of the body of the creature that trapped Tsuki turned black as it tried to escape from the intense flames and released its prey. Immediately Tsuki attacked it and Kalysto took out his axe from his inventory, duplicated it, stored the original, and jumped on the creature after canceling the first spell. But as soon as she jumped on the Kraken and buried the axe in its head, the third monster caught her, smashing her against the stones twice in quick succession.
“Master!” Tsuki shouted, worried for his mistress, lunging at the tentacle and biting it hard. The Kraken growled but did not release her. It simply used more tentacles to shake him off.
“...” That gave Kalysto some time to put both hands on the thick tentacle wrapped around her and whisper: “Absorb!”
[Does the user wish to absorb this target’s stats or skills?]
Absorb its vitality! Quickly!
[Warning! The difference in levels is too big and only 1,500 HP have been absorbed!]
Then Kalysto repeated the feat.
[Warning! The difference in levels is too big and only 1,500 HP have been absorbed!]
This time the kraken released her upon sensing the silent attack, and Kalysto immediately took the opportunity to jump on it, pulled out the original axe from her inventory since the other one was lying somewhere on the ground, and jumped on the kraken, cutting its tentacles while jumping from one to the other until she made a prolonged slash on its head.
“Tsuki, take care of the wounded one!” Kalisto ordered, cutting another tentacle while evading the attack of the third kraken, the largest of the three and the only one whose skin was purple.
“Yes, Master!” Immediately, the Fenrir, which had now grown a little more than thirty centimeters after its level upgrade, continued electrocuting the wounded kraken and biting its tentacles, keeping it busy.
“Duplication! Perfect aim! Penetration spell! Axe throw!” She conjured, throwing it at the third monster’s head, then repeating the same set of spells with the second one.
[You’ve gone up a level!]
[The user is now level 72!]
[You have leveled up!]
[The user is now level 73!]
After the death of the first kraken, Tsuki joined the fight, only for the third monster to almost crush him with a tentacle.
“Tsuki, no!” shouted Kalysto scared at the possibility of losing him or not making it in time while watching how the same tentacle started to descend again while she ran with all her strength, grabbing her axe and using it to block the second attack while covering her injured pet’s body with her body. But despite all the strength points she had, it was obvious that this Kraken was at a much higher level than the other two. Not only was it much larger, but its color was far from the burnt orange of the others.
The saintess’ feet buried themselves in the ground, splitting the thick rock beneath her feet as the Kraken increased the pressure.
Shit! I don’t have time to waste on this idiot! I need to start healing Tsuki! The pitiful cough that burst from the Fenrir’s lips squeezed her heart, urging her to finish them off, just as the second Kraken joined the battle again.
“Fire blast!” She squeezed, burning the tentacle that was previously blocked at the same time that she passed the axe to her left hand and stretching out her right hand she added: “Fire creation!” A flare of fire, much more powerful than the one coming from her mouth, emanated from the palm of her hand, burning the second Kraken, which snarled and turned away from her as if she had the plague. Then she focused both attacks on the third monster, slowing its advance. “Ice creation! Ice manipulation!” Then she raised a huge and thick wall, separating them from the enemies, and giving her the necessary time to kneel next to Tsuki and start healing him. “Jhil! Regeneration! Jhil! Mana detection!” she added, checking every broken bone and internal wound of her pet and making sure to heal him.
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[You’ve gone up a level!]
[The user is now level 74!]
[You have leveled up!]
[The user is now level 75!]
By the time she finished healing him, the purple kraken’s shadow passed over the ice wall, but its body was immediately cut into hundreds of pieces.
“Sorry for the delay. I had to take care of another matter,” apologized Aegir.
After that, Aegir returned them to the castle where Kalysto took care of Tsuki, who went back to sleep with her. The next day, Kalysto explained the whole situation about Persephone to her friend after apologizing to her again, and in the afternoon, the mental training continued.
Tsuki accompanied them on this occasion.
And the three of them stood in front of the half-cracked seal in the middle of the deep darkness.
Again tendrils of black mana were sneaking through the cracks, trying to escape.
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<< Traitor! How can you let him do this to us? After all I’ve done for you!>> She insisted.
“Traitor, me? Ha!” Kalysto sneered, her face contorted in anger as she grabbed a dark mana tentacle and squeezed it viciously. “It was you who attacked Alice! She’s like a sister to me! You know well that she’s the closest thing to a family I have left!” She accused her, raw rage pouring out of her in waves. “And it was also you who allowed that damn shit eye to almost kill Tsuki!” she shouted.
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“Tsuki is not stupid!” She defended him. “And I warned you not to touch him! I told you he’s mine, just like Alice is! And yet you put them in danger!” She continued shouting. “Absorb!” Again, the image of the black-haired and black-eyed girl in the middle of a field of flowers appeared in her mind, but this time the flower field was wilted and turning black.
[Does the user wish to absorb this target?]
Yes! she thought, rage running through her veins instead of blood, along with a strong desire for revenge.
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 4000 DMP!]
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Contrary to what Persephone expected, Kalysto did not tremble in fear like a little girl seeking her help from the threat. On the contrary, the saintess felt vindicated.
“Sleep well!” Kalysto murmured with a sadistic smirk on her face as Aegir continued to reinforce the seal.
Three months later, Kalysto had not only managed to reach the one hundred and twentieth level demanded by the queen despite the continuous sporadic attacks of the goddess Mhiralla, but she had also managed to level up Dispel, Dispel Ezhil, Purification, Purification Ezhil, Jhil Ezhil, and the enchantment profession. She had even purified the entire territory of Aegir’s late uncle, and Aegir had begun to teach her not only magic but also the spell to travel between worlds, although it was quite complicated to fulfill all the necessary requirements to cast it.
However, raising Jhil’s skill level was becoming increasingly difficult. No matter how hard she had worked to level it up while taking advantage of Mhiralla’s continuous attempts to spread the black plague in the fairy territory, or the days she spent healing demons while fulfilling her part of the deal with Aegir.
Unlike the rest of the skills, Jhil was the most difficult to upgrade.
[The skill inspection has leveled up to 100!]
[The skill Ezhil Blessing has leveled up to level 40!]
[The skill Blessing has leveled up to level 50!]
[The skill Mana Detection has leveled up to level 70!]
[The skill Mana Control has leveled to level 100!]
[The skill Mana Sense has leveled to level 100!]
[The skill Mana Manipulation has leveled up to level 100!]
[The skill Dispel Ezhil has leveled up to level 100!]
[The skill Dispel has leveled to level 100!]
[The skill Ezhil Purification has leveled up to level 100!]
[The skill Purification has leveled to level 100!]
[The skill Jhil Ezhil has leveled up to level 80!]
[The skill Mental Defense has leveled up to level 140!]
[Congratulations! The Profession of Enchantment has leveled up to level 40!]
A smirk came across Kalysto’s face at the notification as she finished enchanting the collection of weapons she had obtained and duplicated. She planned to bring them back to Earth to grow her business with Sakura, help the other hunters improve humanity’s chances of survival, and thus prevent the future Alice had come from.
But it doesn’t matter how much this plan can serve others if I fail to learn the spell that will take me back and fulfill the contract with the queen. Again, a flame of insecurity glowed within her despite how hard she had watched the fairies train, how arduously she herself had been training to fulfill her part of the contract.
She quickly shook her head.
I can’t afford to waste time hesitating! I still have so much to do!
“It’s time to visit Artemis!”