Just like Cleopatra, Naeva's feelings were equally disturbed. She, who had lived a very, very long time, hated cowards who lived like trash. One of the principles in her life, no matter what. Try to live like a human being. Even if humanity has long since abandoned her.
Naeva moved her fingers lithely. Instantly, a soft cold cloud formed around the man and made him float in the air. The same cloud also bound his mouth, feet and hands to keep the man from making any more noise.
"Hurry up and finish your business," Naeva said to Cleopatra.
Cleopatra, who had looked up to see the man floating, smiled slightly. She patted the back of her robe and stood near Naeva.
"Sorry, Lady. I got carried away."
"Hmm."
Neither Naeva nor Cleopatra mentioned the other's name. Strangely enough, despite knowing that the two of them were his future assassins, the Sun Priest had no idea who they were.
"Where's the Novanya refill place?"
Cleopatra glanced at a tapestry in the room.
"It's nearby, Lady."
The girl walked slowly towards the tapestry she glanced at. She opened the tapestry until a teleportation magic circle could be seen engraved on it.
"Lady, if the Sun Priest channels the Solar Nova here, this circle will teleport us to the core of the Sun Temple deep underground," Cleopatra explained.
"Ngghh!!! (Ho-how did you know that!!?)" Shocked the Sun Priest.
Naeva gave the man a sharp look. Instantly the man fell back into a frightened silence.
"Hmm... Solar Nova, huh."
Without mercy, Naeva slammed the man near the magic circle without moving his body.
"Open it."
Instead of opening immediately, the Sun Priest just looked at Naeva confused and scared.
"....?"
"Open it. Quickly."
"NGHIIIII, HNM HMM!!! (HIIIII, AL-ALRIGHT!!)" The priest replied once he realized Naeva's order.
The priest immediately channeled Nova Sun into the circle. He had no other choice when hundreds of sharp icicles were ready to hit him if the woman in front of him got upset.
"NGGGHHHBBB!!!"
Writhing in pain.
Since it was just a teleportation magic circle, the priestess should not feel any pain when channeling the Nova. It was just a small sting. But his reaction was very exaggerated. He acted as if he had just been struck by lightning.
"......."
Naeva and Cleopatra were speechless at how cowardly the man was.
"I-It's important that we can now use the Circle, Lady."
Cleopatra tried to distract Naeva. Well, Naeva herself didn't budge. She was indeed a bit annoyed with the man. But not so upset that her expression changed.
"Come."
"Yes, Lady!"
Together, the two stood on the magic circle. The priest who was still hovering above Naeva's cold cloud also came with them.
ZWEEENNGGGGG
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Characters Information
Name: Naeva WinterNova: X PlatinumRace: Ice PrincessAge: 30 [https://img.wattpad.com/ba8836eb66ac652138c21d93e2268d9d37ffa173/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f7973586d6a587735386d684556513d3d2d313333363639333932372e313739306565626566636237303162383939333936373033333930352e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Naeva Winter
Nova: X Platinum
Race: Ice Princess
Age: 30.000+
Status: Irregular
Affiliation: None
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Name: Cleopatra Ptolemaios AuletesNova: Unable to Access Nova Race: Anubis Age: 16Status: Second PrincessSun PriestessAffiliation: Ptolemaios Sultanate [https://img.wattpad.com/bdee55970e834090c13a40a787df79fe56314f96/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f6d484333536f304262467a722d673d3d2d313333363639333932372e313739306565626462393233613935663534353032393034363035312e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Cleopatra Ptolemaios Auletes
Nova: Unable to Access Nova
Race: Anubis
Age: 16
Status: Second Princess
Sun Priestess
Affiliation: Ptolemaios Sultanate
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"Ngg..."
The teleportation felt different from any other teleportation Naeva had experienced. If usually when teleporting, her body felt very light as if floating and being pulled at high speed and a little intoxicating. This teleportation actually made her feel heavy. Not in the true sense of the word.
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As soon as she opened her eyes, Naeva could see an underground area illuminated only by torches. Strangely, instead of being reddish-yellow in color, the torches were golden like Cleopatra's Solar Nova. In this innermost place of the Temple of the Sun, the appearance was similar to the inside of the Pyramids whose walls were engraved with many Ancient Egyptian symbols and some strange drawings that showed a story.
In this innermost place of the Temple of the Sun, the appearance was similar to the inside of the Pyramids whose walls were engraved with many Ancient Egyptian symbols and some strange drawings that showed a story [https://img.wattpad.com/b74d7265da9733b8888c5dfab814959f28329e8e/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f6244483376454f465f6e4d6f66673d3d2d313333363639333932372e3137353862326261633838626162623831323530343530353833312e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Rather than Naeva who's Irregular. Cleopatra, who was born and raised in the Ptolemaios Sultanate, had never seen an apparition like this before.
The girl's eyes perfectly rounded, she was looking at the strange monuments that were there.
"It's warm, but it feels... Shortness."
Leaving Cleopatra to understand the place, Naeva chose to look around on her own. Of course while still carrying the silenced priest with her. The girl's white hands touched the carvings on the wall. She also seemed to be trying to understand the meaning of the symbols.
With all the knowledge she had, it didn't take long for Naeva to understand the historical stories engraved there.
"Hmm, I see. It seems that the reign of both the First Sultan and Sun Priest was not that clean."
Naeva glanced at Cleopatra who still didn't understand the meaning of it all.
"Who would have thought that the man who made 2nd Floor habitable with his artificial sun would have sacrificed thousands of people to create it."
"Cleopatra, you said that every Sun Priest must replenish the Solar Nova in the Sun Temple Core to keep the Sun burning and not explode. But even someone who can see the future like you, doesn't know the truth."
"About how dark the reality behind the Sun of the Ptolemaios Sultanate is," Naeva's mind could not comprehend the behavior of the first Sun Priestess.
"I wonder. Did the Sun Priests who filled the Solar Nova before you and your uncle knew about this."
Naeva let out a small sigh. She touched a carving in the shape of a crowned man standing in front of thousands of sleeping people and above them was a large red circle similar to a pool of blood.
"Maybe it's better that they don't know."
"Lady, I have found the magic circle that keeps the Sun in Sultanate!" exclaimed Cleopatra not far from Naeva.
Naeva stopped touching the wall, then turned toward Cleopatra.
"Hnm."
When the girl was very close to Cleopatra, she could see a large golden crystal ball on the altar engraved with a blood-red magic circle. Naeva furrowed her brow. She didn't like the fact that she knew what the blood red color meant from the wall carvings.
Naeva did not really care about the life and death of others. But that didn't mean she supported one-sided slaughter. As the Ice Princess Tutorial Boss alone, Naeva never took unnecessary lives. How could ordinary people do that for the sake of greed alone. Thinking about it made Naeva's heart burn a little. Well, even though Naeva had lived thousands of years as an Ice Princess, she was still a former hero party member. Her human side had not completely disappeared. At least she felt a little annoyed. Not to the point of sympathy or rage either.
"Want to start right away?" asked Naeva as she glanced at the frightened-looking Sun Priest.
Cleopatra glanced at him too. She thought for a moment.
"..... We don't have much time. Let's get started, Lady."
"Okay."
Naeva slammed the Sun Priest to the altar until his body hit the altar.
BUGGGHHHH
"NGGHHHH!!! MMHH NGHHNMMM!!?"
(Wait!! What are you going to do to me!?)
The Sun Priest screamed in terror.
Even though his Nova was quite high (?), the restraints Naeva gave him were impossible to break through. Even a ranker with a purple level might not be able to do it.
"Just ignore it. Hurry up," Naeva said to Cleopatra who looked hesitant as the uncle continued to rebel while crying and squirming.
"Al-Alright..."
Cleopatra shook her head vigorously.
"Remember, me! This is for... the best future!" Cleopatra was determined.
Cleopatra had never killed any creature, after all. So Naeva understood why she was the trembling. Getting her own hands dirty for the first time was never easy.
Cleopatra took a deep breath. She prepared herself. Now Naeva could see the girl's eyes showing her readiness.
"Good. If you want to protect what you love, you should at least be prepared to do so," Naeva thought rather proudly.
Cleopatra walked over to the thrashing Sun Priest. She held his head with her entire right hand (of course, the uncle's head was bigger than Cleopatra's).
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BWOOOOSSSSHHHHH
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"NGGGGRRRRHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
A golden light similar to golden smoke escaped from the Sun Priest' body. The light was absorbed into Cleopatra's right hand. Cleopatra was currently sucking out the Solar Nova inside the Sun Priest with her right hand, and directly channeling the Nova into the altar with her left hand. Without an existence like hers, sucking the Solar Nova was impossible.
"Ughhh..."
Cleopatra bit her lip until it bled.
{ 5% }
Such sucking is of course not easy. The excruciating pain of having your organs forcibly removed would be felt by both the person being sucked and the person sucking. The Sun Priest continued to shriek with an expression of great tears because of it. Unlike her, Cleopatra continued to try to endure the pain and maintain her consciousness.
{ 15% }
The pain that could make her faint at any time was being endured by her as if her life depended on it. Seeing her made Naeva a little unbearable. Without approaching Cleopatra, Naeva moved her finger slightly, then the cold air enveloped Cleopatra and slightly eased her pain.
"This...?"
Cleopatra looked at Naeva who was still with a flat expression.
The girl smiled slightly, "Thank you, Lady Naeva."
{ 30% }
Cleopatra refocused on sucking Nova. She put all her energy into it. Paying no attention to her uncle's screams of pain in the background. Sometimes, the golden nova was sucked in so fast that Cleopatra's body was cut and bleeding. But worst of all, because she had too much solar nova in her body beyond the capacity she could take, Cleopatra's body seemed to get strange golden-colored cracks. The cracks that were visible from her hands to her face made her glow golden.
{ 60% }
BZZTTTT BZZZTTTT
The longer it goes on, the more violent the sucking becomes. A strange electricity even seemed to shock both of them. Even so, Cleopatra did not loosen her grip at all.
"A little... More...!"
No matter how painful her body was right now, all the girl had in mind was a future where everyone was hurt. She wanted to prevent that. No, she had to prevent it!
{ 80% }
It was fortunate that Naeva was by her side, otherwise the uncle would have managed to escape. The man kept trying to escape because he couldn't stand the pain. But all his attempts were easily thwarted by Naeva.
{ 90% }
In the end, because it was too painful, the man collapsed and lost consciousness. And at the same time, Cleopatra's consciousness also began to fade.
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BRUUGGHHHH
Cleopatra's body collapsed, but her right hand was still holding the Sun Priest's head. With heavy breathing and her eyes almost closed, Cleopatra still tried to hold on.
"Don't... Faint... Me!."
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All the girl's efforts did not betray her.
{ 100% }
BRUUGHH
Right after she sucked out the Sun Priest' Solar Nova and channeled it all onto the altar, Cleopatra's hands fell limp and her eyes completely closed.