In VR-Games you often get into character creation then after finishing up some stuff and it splits into two things choosing a starting place or entering the so called newbie village. Classic no?
Unfortunately not [Infinity Arcana] you mysteriously appear inside [Tower of Arcana] and are known as an outsider with questionable origins. Apparently there is a reason for their sudden appearance but to this day no one knows why.
Players aka Outsiders are known to be die and live endlessly depending on their soul they either split into fragments of darkness or light til they disappear. Dazzling death some can presume.
The insides of Tower isn't exactly made of stone. Heck you can live in it and call it land or a continent or world if you wish and no one will retort you. The people who appeared to be related to [Tower of Arcana] existence are pretty mysterious too. The class instructor who can pretty much go out there and conquer myriad worlds if they wish and such but all of them are not doing it.
One who impressed the instructor in a battle and Awaken what the players call a 'Grand-Arcana' got a bit of details related to Outsiders. They shared some knowledge about a wheel of fate turning towards certain destruction. That they are bound by Fate. What the people of the tower call outsider can also mean that they are not part of the wheel of fate thus are interfering with Fate.
From that what the players can tell is that they are supposedly to be the key to change fate. There are many npcs who are outsiders too so it is quite hard to differentiate between the players and what not. But the npcs are have two peculiar things. First they appear to have more powerful Arcanas. Most of them have Golden-colored eyes that can see things differently from players.
Currently there is a woman with black hair with the same golden eyes whose been fighting instructors with cold-expression on her face. A perfect example of those npcs. But there is seemingly small problem. She's thrashing all instructors while being level 1. The instructors whom level they can Identify because of ridiculous level while for some mysterious reason can Identify them being level around 900~999 thankfully they have limited their levels to seemingly close to 20.
The black haired woman weapons keep changing as she fights from katanas to swords to daggers to spears to lance to halberds to guns to bow to staff to wands to rapiers to every weapon she has in her possession. The more she switches leaving behind a trail of light as she keeps fighting all instructors single-handedly.
The woman is relatively famous and caught the attention of pretty much everyone. Why you might ask? Aside from thrashing instructors who are masters at their class with level 20 strength. It is because in the past 3 days she awakened rather unique Arcanas. Yes Arcanas as in plural. If you were to take average number Arcanas everyone has beside the basics are 5 when it comes to level 20. While if you don't count the first day where people were too shocked to keep count have already counted over 10 Arcanas for the past 2 days. It took a while for the news to spread because inside the game time in the game is 3 times longer than the time outside. She fights for seemingly 4 hours before disappearing. That is when people began live-streaming across the internet. All you need is to search [Elphelt] and [Infinity Arcana] together and volla~. You got yourself a ticket to the show.
Yes indeed the woman's name is Elphelt. How did they know? They accidentally heard the instructors talking about her and mentioning her name.
Elphelt began cycling to specific melee weapons especially sharp and quick ones such as katana as the light around her began growing and all these weapons change almost in an instant and appear around her. Til now she was in the defensive due to fighting more than 20 instructors but now she was just begin attacking them and they were at the defensive. More instructors began joining til all Instructors joined becoming 1 vs 50.
"Crazy."
A level 70 swordsman mutters as everyone around him nod their heads.
Elphelt suddenly sheathes her katana as she leans and stands in a sword drawing stance she increases her grip on her stance. All instructors stop circling around her and remove their limiters is the moment everyone an increasing pressure in everyone's mind.
"Fusion."
Elphelt voice echoes in the quite hall as they felt an illusion inside their of an golden colored eye opening in darkness gazing through their souls. As the pressure increased on their minds. That is when everyone heard it.
[Global announcement: An Outsider's [Swordsman],[Spearman],[Assassin],[Duelist],[Samurai] Arcana resonates with eachother to reach Higher Arcana. The Higher Arcana [Nemesis] has been created.]
Everyone just now realized that the pressure on their minds isn't from the instructors. It's Elphelt. The moment they looked into her eyes they felt their heart tightening and that it got hard to breathe.
While everyone was trying to understand what is going on Elphelt heavily stomps on the ground as she dashes while drawing her sword while a card appears in front of her as she slashes it in two. When Card slashed into two the pressure on their minds reached the breaking point that the instructors even felt it. Elphelt who seemingly was approaching an instructor whose in front of her unleashed his attack when she got right in front of him. Right at the moment he swung his sword she dashe backwards instantly distancing herself from his attack. The instructor prepared to defend himself when seeing slashing the air in front of her.
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But who would expect the instructor seeing a black appearing katana from his chest? Elphelt appeared behind the instructor facing away from eachother as she swings her sword in 9 different trajectories in a seemingly intense speed 7 instructors fall while one finds herself no longer able to fight and the other gravely wounded although they both barely managed to save themselves from her ruthless attack.
"O'Genesis have mercy on us we can't fight a Higher Arcana much less one that is at full strength!?!"
The gravely wounded fighter shouted as the fallen instructors wounds turn into a flash of light and disappear from the duel area. He jumps and kicks towards Elphelt at intense speed.
"Elphelt-dono ought to fight with her full power otherwise we won't see what lies beyond our path. Let us savor this fight for our lives."
A girl adorned in samurai clothing said as she drew her katana and appears in front of Elphelt seemingly about to cut her down. A second pair of katana appears in Elphelt hands as both hand as she swings ruthlessly sending them backwards. More instructors begin jumping into the fight coordinating together. Each 10 seconds Elphelt cuts one down ruthlessly while the interval seems getting lesser and lesser with each one falling.
The instructors who fell watched the rest of the fight with excited faces as they talked among themselves.
"Ahh Suzuku looks like you got beaten too. Say what the hell is that technique where she disappears? It's too fast."
"Didn't you notice? She's not moving. She's blinking from space to space and her attack can appear any where around her."
"But there's no mana fluctations. How can she blink like that?"
"Eric-dono is the first of us to fall. How did it feel when she stabbed you?"
"Hey hey suzuku don't mention it like that. It almost hurts like earlier with you being like that. It is like along the lines of being twisted and blunt and sharp all at the same time. At first it was normal than the next moment a sword in my chest as if it teleported out of her... huh? You gotta be joking with me."
"Unfortunately not. She can cut space."
"Damn! I lost my chance to fight someone who can do that again. Too bad she's only able to sustain the peak of her newly awakened Arcanas strength for one fight."
As Suzuku the samurai instructor and Eric the swordsman instructor and other instructors talk with eachother the fight comes to end.
Suzuku approaches Elphelt who longer exudes a terrifying pressure on everyone. While they both talk to eachother the other instructors look at the training arena that became no different from remnants of what seemed to be of historical fight.
"Say... what do we do for spectators? Some of them are probably going to recruit her or pester her. Or even worse... try to stop her from growing stronger."
One female instructor asked while others were pondering over this. Eric whose level 999 Grand Sword Master pulled out his sword and gotten everyones attention.
"I hope to all spectators you benefitted a great lesson to develope further in your Arcanas and pursuit of the ultimate path. But I would also like to remind everyone here to not make a very bad choice. "
Eric prepares to swing his sword.
"Dismissed-"
Right when Eric swung his sword the handle slips as the sword flies in a flash and the destroys everything in it's path.
"Ah sorry my hand slipped. This is a fine example for a very bad choice.... Don't think you bastards!?"
Eric said with a very vicious smile as he shouted his last sentence some people stood up and saluted.
""""""Yes sir! It is a very bad choice!"""""""
They shouted that all unison. For many people that was instinctive reaction when it comes to being Eric's student.
"Good then. Dismissed."
Eric said with a very satisfied smile.
"Instructor Eric you are very cruel. You did it on purpse!"
"Ah? It has been a while since I've turned off limiter so I wasn't used to swinging swords without limiter."
"But you were completely fine without limiter two days ago when she awakened her [Swordsman] Arcana."
"Hey suzuku where is the newbie?"
Eric shamelessly denies the other instructors and looks towards suzuku as she walks with her armor making sounds with every step.
"She left to grow since it seems any further than this she won't awaken any suitable Arcana at moment."
Eric and the other instructors looked faces carried strange emotions.
"You know if it weren't because she looks extremely naive I would've thought her being shameless as Eric..."
One instructor muttered what was in everyone's heart except Eric.
"Uhm.... she lefts us a message."
Suzuku said in a rather low voice. Then she cleared her throat as she began reciting her words.
"Thank you for teaching me and 'helping' me catch Arcanas. Also thank you for guiding how to use my strange Arcana. Also from where I come from my real name is Nijima Asuha so I hope if our paths once again meet I hope we fight again as fellow warriors. Til then I hope everyone is healthy."
Every instructor besides Suzuku twitched at the helping. And tried calm their raising hearts. After all they were 50 instructors and if people knew they all got beaten twice that'll be very their reputations. So they hidden some fights from the spectators. That and having 50 Awakened Arcana is too much of a cheat in their eyes along with everyone's.
"Ahh what a devoted outsider."
An instructor said to calm the tense atomsphere.
"Yeah this one in particular will grow to be great one day."
Another instructor said while stroking his beard.
"Kukuku when everyone sees her sword skills they'll know she strives reach the pinnacle of the ultimate sword"
Eric said while grinning to himself.
"Ultimate sword my ass. If one day someone ought to get [Shameless] Arcana it ought to be you and it'll be a Greater Arcana to boot."
The fighter instructor said while kicking Eric in the back.
"Such person who strives for something great ought to have that much Arcanas especially if it is all of 50 Arcanas."
"Yeah you are right. I gotta admit though. I was kinda didn't like how fast she's getting and how she treated it as if it isn't big deal."
"Anyone practically would. I remember my first duo Arcana... And to think she didn't even bat an eye-lid when 5 resonated and fused together... Aiyoo it's gonna be tough for her from now on."
"Ano.... I know what Elphelt strives for. And the reason for it..."
Suzuku said while taking off her war hat. While slightly blushing.
"Hm? What is it? What could make someone strive to point of awakening more than 50 Arcanas?"
"Ahh well you see... she has a husband. She wishes to protect and be with him."
All the girl instructors view of her completely shifted along with few male instructors.
"And to do that she needs Arcanas.... Elphelt-dono said she strives to catch 'em all."
Yes you can pretty much guess change in atomsphere with just that stance.
""""""""""""Shameless.""""""""""""""
Almost all instructors blurted out that after she finished saying that.
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Meanwhile a sudden pop up appear in front Asuha when she's about to log out.
"Are?"
[You have been recognized by as the most shameless student by almost all your instructors thus you acquired the title [Shameless Disciple].]
"Huh? What did I do sensei!?"
End.