Chapter 66
“On the brink of death”. Part 10
Thick lines began to form inside the portal, running through it from the inside to its edges. The swirling whirlpool of energy that had been spinning endlessly before, concentrating in the center of the huge portal, suddenly stopped.
And for a moment, silence reigned.
Kalysto’s heart galloped against her ribs as she watched, filled with anticipation at the unusual phenomenon, and wiped the blood dripping from her nose.
I think it’s been at least ten minutes. She thought, and pulled out a bottle of holy water, and took a small swig, feeling a bit of dread as she realized it was close to running out. Besides, leveled up the blessing skill. I need to find more slime cores and finish getting the regeneration skill. She decided. That would also help Tsuki level up.
The itch that accompanied with the healing of the holy water spread all over her body, but was concentrated on her head and her injured back. It was a struggle with herself not to give in to the compelling urge to scratch all over while her skin regenerated and she kept an eye on everything around the portal, waiting for another attack from those spectral tentacles of black mana.
Was that miasma? she wondered. But since she hadn’t been in the presence of the miasma, she wasn’t entirely sure. And she had forgotten to use inspection with them.
The portal continued to stand there in front of her as she thought.
But unlike before, the overwhelming amount of energy emanating from it and ruffling the hairs on her arms was now almost imperceptible.
Although if she closed her eyes and concentrated, she could feel a faint palpitation of mana in the center. As if something was interned to reconnect.
“Dispel! Dispel Ezhil!” Conjured knocking on the cold portal, whose smooth surface was now completely solid and felt as smooth as glass. “Creation of ice!” A layer of ice formed around her outstretched hands and began to extend up to seventy centimeters around her hands.
[The Ice Creation skill has leveled up to level 2!]
[The Ice Arrows skill has been unlocked!]
Finally! she thought with excitement. Now I just need to learn how to make the bow and the giant spears.
“-Blessing!” she added as an afterthought, noticing how the silhouette of her hand was etched into the ice. “Ice manipulation!” And she extended the layer until it wrapped around the entire portal, spending the next fifteen minutes on that. As she could hear the noise of the battle continuing on the other side of the portal.
[Ice Manipulation skill has leveled up to level 3!]
As soon as the skill leveled up, Kalysto could notice the change immediately, making it much easier for her to make the thin layer she had made to cover the portal grow thicker and thicker. And at last she was able to spread it completely across the front of the portal.
But before she could finish, the howl of a wolf was heard behind her back. And when she turned around, she observed the animal, more than a meter tall, and with brown fur.
“Inspection!” she whispered as she turned her back to the portal and reached out her hand to pull out the bottle of mana potion and take a swig.
[Name: N/A
Race: Jhun.
Level: 17
HP: 17,000/17,000
MP: 100/100]
“Only one leveled up, difference, I can take him,” she whispered, but less than a second later her confidence was shattered as she noticed a pack of twelve of them coming out between the trees, running in her direction. And to her left, another pack of black wolves almost three meters tall and whose bodies seemed to sprout spices drops of petrol also rushed towards her... “Shit! Me and my big mouth!... Inspection!”
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[Name: N/A
Race: Dark-Jhun.
level: 25
HP: 30,000/30,000
MP: 100/100
DMP:500/1000]
Seeing that she had a better chance of survival if she got rid of the brown wolves first, she ran to meet them, and as soon as she was less than five meters away, she stopped.
“Water creation!” A strong jet of water shot out of her hands hitting the open mouth of the first wolf, and she made sure to wet as many of them as she could immediately. Before the first of them took a bite out of her, she ducked down. Ice creation! -Immediately the water began to turn to ice, freezing the paws of six of the twelve wolves that had been drenched and in some, parts of their bodies. In one fluid motion, she drew her bow and an arrow from her inventory as she leapt to the side, dodging the attack of one of the wolves that were still free.
And while she shot a couple of arrows into the wolf’s neck, another one took advantage of her distraction to pounce on her and bite her leg.
Kalysto could barely dodge the powerful bite and kicked him in the side, making her own leg hurt against the hardness of the monster’s skin.
“Ice blades, water blades, ice arrows!” This time when she summoned the arrows, they were much better and although it was a bit complex to launch all three at the same time, she was able to find a way to launch them against the side of the wolf she had kicked, which was still rising from the ground.
But just as she was about to draw another arrow from her inventory, another wolf tore into her side. Fingernails tore at her skin and her dress. The force of the blow knocked the air out of her lungs and sent her a couple of meters backwards, crashing into the body of one of the Dark-Jhun and bouncing off the ground.
Leaving her right in the middle of the other pack of fifteen wolves.
“Ezhil Purification!!! Dispel Ezhil!!! Ezhil Purification!” she said immediately. Watching as the bodies of the dark-jhuns around her dissipated under the golden light of her skills.
[You have gained 5,000 experience points.]
[You have gained 7,000 experience points]
[You have gained 6,000 experience points]
[You have leveled up!]
[The user has reached level 17!]
[You have gained 5,000 experience points]
[You have gained 8,000 experience points!]
[You have gained 6,000 experience points!]
[You have gained 9,000 experience points!]
[You have leveled up!]
[The user has reached level 18!]
“Ezhil Purification! Ezhil Purification! Ezhil Purification! Ezhil Dispel! Ezhil Purification!” She continued as she drew her bow and arrow, stood up from the ground and continued to shoot arrows at the remaining Jhuns as she continued to conjure. Dealing to finish killing the brown wolf she had attacked earlier.
Four arrows to the neck was enough for the notifications of his death to appear to her left.
[You have gained 1,500 experience points.]
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the remaining dark-jhuns, who began to watch her without approaching. And she took the opportunity to continue launching arrows at the jhun who had attacked her earlier and threw at the enemy as if she were a food offering. And she launched three arrows against the jhun’s chest, and two more against his right eye.
But she knew that the others were just waiting for an opportunity to kill her.
“Ice arrows! Ice blades! Water blades!” She shouted, and the moment she did so the notification of his death reached her, at the same time she heard the remaining eight dark-jhuns hurl themselves against her back.
[You have gained 1,500 experience points.]
And she waited for the first attack to come. When the black jaws of one of them opened to bite her leg, she recited.
“Ezhil Purification! Ezhil Purification! Ezhil Purification! Ezhil Dispel! Ezhil Purification!”And she watched with sadistic satisfaction as the remaining dark-jhuns disintegrated.
[You have gained 9,000 experience points]
[You have gained 5,000 experience points]
[You’ve gained 8,000 experience points]
[You have leveled up!]
[The user has reached level 19!]
[You have gained 6,000 experience points]
[You have earned 9,000 experience points]
[You have earned 9,000 experience points!
[You have gained 6,000 experience points]
[You have gained 5,000 experience points]
[You have gained 6,000 experience points]
[You have leveled up!]
[The user has reached level 20!]
She then began to shoot arrows at the five jhuns who were not frozen and who darted towards her, now that the dark-jhuns were gone.
The fastest one she shot in the eyes, the next one in the chest, and the other one in its two front legs, slowing them down. But the other two were smarter and not only dodged her arrows, but lunged at the same time at her.
One of them was hit with her bow, but the wood ended up splitting in half. And she was half able to dodge the bite of the other, but not the claw he threw at her, and his claws tore into her left shoulder. Staining her white dress with blood.
[The passive skill Pain Resistance has been activated].
“Ice blades! Water blades!” She shouted, throwing them at the second wolf, then jumped, leaving both wolves in front of her. “Water creation! Ice creation! Ice manipulation!” And after freezing half of their bodies, she pulled out a sword from her inventory and cut off the first one’s head.
[You have gained 800 experience points!]
But as soon as she cut off the second one’s head, a black-colored spear pierced her stomach from behind.