BXBX NOVEL Chapter 13 To Meet Magni
-- POV Freya --
It had been several hours since my fight with Warg. After eating all of it to restore myself, I went to rest at the foot of a tree near the lake. I didn't know what time it was but the sun was already beating down through the leaves. My wounds were hurting and my broken ribs were strangely the most intense pain.
[You need to distribute your attribute points quickly.]
Kira's theory was that I had to use the power shift to be able to heal. I had 300 attribute points, which was a lot.
*After suffering those injuries, I think defense this time is the best decision. What do you think, Kira?*
[I think it's a good strategy too. We're about to fight two more beasts of higher levels, who knows what might happen if you were to get seriously injured].
*That would be very unfortunate indeed.*
With that, I decided to add my points without wasting any more time.
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Strength : 85 > 140
Defense: 76 > 151
Agility : 85 > 140
Endurance : 78 > 133
Speed : 77 > 132
Intelligence : 110 > 115
Charisma : 110 (majestic she-wolf)
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Like last time my body began to heat up intensely as I fell to the ground in pain. The feeling of power was strong, but my injuries made the process much less enjoyable. My muscles and bones were forming in my body to make it more powerful, but due to my injuries you could hear cracking noises. I was writhing like a maggot on the floor looking for a way to escape the pain. I had never been in so much pain in my life, but I would never say so. I could only stand helplessly, trying not to faint.
-- PING --
[ Pain Resistance skill increased to level 2 ]
As the pain gradually faded away, I could feel my body completely healed. Still numb and sore from the process, I couldn't help but be in awe of the result.
*Wow*
[It worked!]
*Yes, I'm healed! I've also become much stronger than before.*
I could see my body was as strong as it was a few hours ago, but I felt different. I was light and fast but at the same time powerful, very powerful and my skin felt like it was made of steel. All my attributes had almost doubled and feeling these changes made me want to exercise my body so I could better evaluate them.
My speed could match that of a sports car while my stamina seemed to never run out.
My strength and defense were the most obvious and impressive changes. By controlling my strength, I could uproot a tree with one swipe of my paw and send it a few feet away. By putting all my strength into it, the tree was blown violently away, exploding in the process. One could see the trees in its path uprooted or destroyed by the force of the blow.
My movements were also faster, more fluid and more precise. I had no trouble catching small creatures as I ran north, even though there were strangely few of them.
My speed made me feel like I was flying, while underneath my feet were small craters full of cracks. I had to learn to control my strength, knowing that this was just the beginning if I didn't train, I could cause a disaster in the future. Although I don't mind, I prefer to keep a low profile.
[It seems to me that Gaya told us about a canyon north of the forest, where the sphinx would have found refuge years ago].
*Yes, here we are.*
A new landscape was in front of us, a huge fault ran along the forest for several kilometers. It was made of all kinds of rocks full of mosses and exotic plants that were more and more weird. The fault was not very deep, we could see the bottom but its layout made the descent difficult and dangerous.
[Do you think it's really here? This place looks much more dangerous than the previous one. Not to mention the fact that you have to go down].
*Ara ara ~ Are you afraid?* I asked her with a condescending smile.
[I...Of course not!]
*Really? You know me now...don't lie to me. Why are you so worried, have you noticed something important?*
[No, it's not that. To be honest I'm mostly afraid of the upcoming fight...]
*...?? *
[Fighting alongside you for the first time...and what if I made a mistake?]
*That was it. But don't worry, my body is really more resistant than a few days ago, I'll be able to manage. And then we have to go through this! In the future we will have a lot of enemies to face and if we are not ready and trained enough we could really die. Let's take advantage of the fact that our current opponents are just bags of EXP to practice.*
[Alright let's go!]
Kira quickly realized that it was in our best interest to learn how to fight together, we had already agreed on each other's roles beforehand. I was to focus on physical attacks and tactics, and Kira was to lead the elemental attacks. It had been a while since I had used my chaos skills, but I decided to leave them aside during our mission to save Gaya. They were neither in the attack nor in the defense category, so there was no immediate need to use them.
Thanks to my new agility, I had already reached the bottom of the rift. Jumping from rock to rock and mastering the speed of descent was not so easy because I had not yet managed to control my strength. I still managed to get to the bottom without creating a landslide, although a huge crater was created when I landed.
*Sigh...I like to watch my power, but here I wanted to try to be discreet!*
[Mmh I think that with the aura that you unconsciously give off, discretion is not really an issue anymore. Haven't you noticed that it's been getting harder and harder to run into beasts lately?]
*Now that you mention it...*
My Demonic Aura skill wasn't active, yet I was scaring away the animals in the forest with my presence alone. The reason was that I had a unique passive aura linked to my course that kept growing as I did. It was invisible and different from the demonic aura that once triggered, escaped from my body like a veil. Indeed, this unique aura was simply what my body and my presence gave off. It was not a feeling of danger or fear like the demonic one but rather a feeling of powerful nobility. As a result, the animals in the forest, all below level 10, fled at my arrival.
*Well, too bad! For now I can handle a diet of sphinxes and lions kufufufu~.*
Walking along the bottom and still on my guard, I was beginning to lose patience when suddenly my eyes noticed a hole dug in the rock several meters above the ground on the right side of the rift.
*I think our dear little Magni likes to climb.*
Arriving just below the entrance, I raised my head to try to discover what could be hidden inside. I couldn't see anything at this distance, as I was about to look for a solution, a wall of ice appeared from under my paws to carry me as far as it could. At a height of 5 meters since the skill had evolved, it was more than enough to dash towards the entrance using the wall as support.
*Thank you Kira, I couldn't have done it without you.*
[You're welcome onee-saan ~]
I told her these words because I wanted her to have confidence in herself for the next step. Of course I meant it, but if saying it could prevent her from making mistakes due to the stress of not being up to par, that was significant.
Landing in front of the entrance, I began to advance calmly and cautiously in the tunnel dug in the direction of the master of the place.
*Kira, from now on be very careful. I will concentrate on the physical and tactical part, as I leave you the control of the ice I want you to stay alert whatever happens. Be ready to react to the slightest problem even if it seems minor, I trust you.*
[Yes onee-san you can count on me!]
We were going to have our first duet confrontation and I knew that it wasn't going to be easy at first. It takes time to coordinate, understand and communicate effectively in a fight. I had experience in this area so I knew I could adapt easily, however this was not the case for Kira who had to throw herself into a fight to the death from the start. Was I putting too much pressure on her?
As if she had understood my worries, Kira reassured me.
[Hey it's ok, everything will be fine, trust me!]
*Of course. Let's keep going.*
As we were going deeper and deeper without knowing what was waiting for us, a light appeared in the distance showing the way out.
When I got a few meters away from the light, I decided to go carefully in case something was waiting for us on the way out. I passed discreetly the head and there an incredible spectacle stood in front of me. In front of me was a huge stone room several meters high. But the craziest thing was that the rocks in the whole cave were shining so brightly that it looked like daylight. I had never seen such a scene, almost hypnotizing. In the middle of this place stood a huge stone pillar that stretched to the ceiling, straight and imposing.
Perched at the very top of this column was the Northern Sphinx. It was much larger than Warg and looked more majestic. Magni had the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle and the face ....
*A woman?*
I couldn't believe it was a woman, she had short blond hair and a face aged by time.
As I stepped forward, she turned her gaze in my direction. After getting closer, I could tell that she was not pretty at all. Magni looked like she had been disfigured by an unknown creature. Her face was burned on her right side and her left side had claw marks. Her eyes were popping out of her sockets and I could have sworn she was blind if she hadn't looked into my eyes.
Getting ready to fight, I took a look at his status so that I could more easily set up a strategy.
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[Race : Sphinx
Name : Magni
Element : rock
Lvl 16/30
HP : 35 000 / 35 000
MP : 17 000 / 17 000
Strength : 120
Defense : 180
Agility : 150
Stamina : 115
Speed : 70 ]
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Her stats were higher than Warg's, but that was normal since she was level 16.
*Kira, I hope you are ready! We won't stop until she drops dead. We're in her territory and her zone, one careless mistake and we're dead*.
[Yes onee-san!]
*So let's go lil sis!*
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FULL STATUS
Name : Freya
Age : 0 years / Mentally : 25 years
Sex : Female
Course : Ice Demon Wolf of Chaos - Cub
Race : Demon
Title: Blessed by Titania Goddess of endless Chaos and eternal frozen Hell.
Dragon Tamer
Level : 14/30
Exp needed for next level : 300 / 15 000
HP : 25 000 / 25 000 MP : 12 000 / 12 500
Strength : 140
Defense : 151
Agility : 140
Stamina : 133
Speed : 132
Intelligence : 115
Charisma : 110 (majestic she-wolf)
Attribute points to allocate : 0
Related to: Dragon Earth Gaya
Elements: Ice / Chaos
Skills (all):
Attack - Demon Claws (Lvl 3)
- Bite of hell (Lvl 4)
- Infernal ice spikes (Lvl 4)
- Fighting techniques (lvl max) - blocked
- Katana mastery (lvl max) - blocked
- Demonic Aura (lvl 2)
Defense - Ice demon wall (lvl 3)
- Demonic Cloak (lvl 4)
Resistance to pain (lvl 2)
Other - Humanoid form (blocked)
- Ice creation (Lvl 3)
- Chaos Storage (Lvl 2)
- Devouring Chaos (Lvl 3)
- Analysis
- Second soul (lvl max) - unique
Passives - Commander (lvl max) ]