With the rays of sunlight pressing against my cheeks, I pulled up my fur hood as snow continued to fall. Silvia was currently walking in front, followed by Merith with his weapon drawn. It was clear he was her protector, but I also noted he was not accustomed to traveling in the wild. There was a hint of anxiety within his stances as he actively stared around.
The Everrave plant that Silvia needed was quite an interesting flower. An apparently it was pure white in nature only coming visible with the glow of moonlight making it even more annoying to find. Especially since Silvia had no picture of what I needed to look for.
Sending a glance at the elderly man following behind, enjoying the gentle breeze of nature, I held my step as he slowly drew closer. "Need something, young man?" He asked, sending me a sideglance.
"Maybe," I lightly said, "Are you from the Vanir Clan or the Scara House."
"Should you not ask the little girl in front?" He voiced in a peaceful tone as a gust of wind blew over his aged face. "But it's a little bit of both. I am an elder in both the Vanir Clan and the Scara House. Interested in joining the Vanir's."
"A little, but what do you think of my chances of making it?" I cunningly said, knowing I didn't have many people at my level.
"Why ask when you already know the answer, boy. You're a monster, not to mention you hold a powerful amount of pure qi. It's a weird type of qi, a little similar to Hellim, but it's very pure. it's a shame you may never awaken your emblem."
"Huh? My emblem," I voiced in confusion, remembering the emblem within my Dantian.
"Yeah, it's almost impossible, but Silvia did it. It will not be long before a World God approached her as his disciple. She may even be lucky enough to become a disciple of a True God." said the elderly man as he smiled with pride. There was a bit of familial love as he stared at the little fire in front.
"The emblem is the source of all circles. It allows you to cast spells without any chants or any form of ceremony. Once you understand how a circle works, it's instantaneous. So imagine casting a circle that would normally take ten minutes to cast or a year."
Opening my eyes wide, a jittery feeling filled the pits of my stomach before I stopped acting surprised, "Fuck...you all, ready got me. Are you using her as bait? it all makes sense now; You had me here to drag out some assassins. " I yelled as Silvia turned around with a smile.
"Uncle, stop telling all my secrets." She lightly said with a cunning smile, Unaware I was long aware of this little game. "Looks like you are stuck with me till we retrieve this fruit."
Snickering, a veil of darkness suddenly appeared, blending into the shadows of light. "Do you really think so? With this, no one will be able to track you. " I countered as the elderly man's eyes grew wide.
"Impossible, how you are at the first stage of Dao comprehension... and it's at the peak of the first stage, it will not be long before you reach the second stage." He said as I held my head high.
Basking in my awesomeness, I smirked, "Of course, I will reach the next stage within a few weeks. I can already feel it. Was it not for my weak cultivation? I would have already comprehended the second level."
"Your a damn monster, " both Silvia and the elderly man, shouted in astonishment.
However, the shocked face suddenly faded as my eyes grew cold. Drawing Dragonsbane from my back, I gazed at a group of people off into the distance. They had not noticed me, but I could feel a saintly aura radiating from their bodies as they waited high up into the trees.
"Wow, they could at least try to hide their aura's." I coldly remarked in disdain as Silvia suddenly turned with a hint of puzzlement and wonder.
"They are; it's just your senses are just too strong. I have an artifact that allows me to know what's around me but you... What race are you?"
Shrugging without a care, I eyed the snowy forest making a note of the various signatures before a marvelous idea entered my head. A gust of wind suddenly blew across the area as I smile, creating a virtual map of the area within my brain. This didn't require qi, but rather elemental ether and a profound understanding of Wind's concept. By pushing wind out into the world, I could create a map of everything the wind touches.
'This technique will be perfect for when I am lost. Praise the little truck-Kun for my genius.' I yelled inwardly.
Beaming with joy, I suddenly spoke aloud, "there are five in total—two ahead of us and three more to the east. Merith and Silvia, you take the two ahead. I will handle the three behind."
"But how..."
"We are in combat. It's not the time to speak," I coldly reprimanded to Silvia as she closed her mouth. With a nod of her head, we flashed away.
Stepping high into the air under a veil of darkness, I slipped into the clouds moving in position behind the three saint realm masters. They were not as strong as So'val as they only studied in qi. This was the only reason I said I would battle three Saint realm cultivators. Saint realms were, after all, comparable to Life Gates.
Moving with the wind beneath my feet, I slowly floated down. Making sure not to make a sound, I never allowed my feet to meet the ground as I drifted towards them from behind. Gazing at the three standing on the same branch, I grinned with a savage gleam.
<Arcane Slash>
With a twinkle of light, a horizontal flash of black spear light flew, severing a single head, causing it too flew high up into the air as the two other cultivators' eyes went wide in shock.
"Grumor!!!!!!!"
Knowing I didn't have enough time to kill them all at once due to reaction speed. My spear kept on going severing the arm of the cultivator he was beside as he attempted to dodge.
"AHHHHHHHH," he screamed out, but I didn't dear retreat. Circles took time to cast and form what I gathered. People of Midgard used mostly spells, not Qi Artes.
With true intent filling my legs, I appeared right as the man with the missing arm moved. Suddenly black flames sprung from his missing limb as he froze, screaming as Dragonsbane basted his head from his body.
<Arcane Gale>
Moving Dragonsbane that was still embedded into someone, a blast of fire suddenly exploded over the diseased body of the dead, blasting be backward. Hiding in the debris of dust, I waited till the dust settled for a perfect time to strike.
"Oh, son of lightning, grant me thy power." chanted the saint realm master, "Obliterate thy enemy. Come forth
<ᚨᛊᛏᚱᚨᛚ ᛚᛁᚷᛏᚾᛁᛜ> (Astral Ligtning)
Watching from the darkness as lightning began to shower the heavens striking me down as though I was the most demonic creature, I released a dark laugh, feeling my body being continuously struck, but I was not in the slightest bit damaged. It was like I was being hit by rain, there was an impact, but it was irrelevant. I don't know what type of lighting this was, but it was definitely mortal realm, and on the low grate spectrum when compared to the lighting Lilith used.
Watching as a massive fire began to rise, I snickered, hiding in the flames as the man fell to his knees, gasping for breath. Sweat rain down his body, drenching his clothing as he began shedding tears.
"A peak second... rank spell should have... killed him. Fuck I'm so tired... Brothers I..."
Plunging my arm through his back and out his chest, I gripped his heart, ripping it out, snickering as I could still feel the beating of his heart within my palm. The man seemed a little confused as he held his chest that was bleeding out. Slowly turning to me, he reached out for what was within my palms.
"Oh, sorry, here you go," I said, placing his still-beating heart back into his palm...wow, I am having major deja vu. Did someone do this before? Guess it doesn't matter. Darkness really is overpowered when I sneak up on someone."
Checking their bodies for money or any notebooks, I shot off towards Silvia and Merith. with the winds telling me where to go, I froze, watching a fiery goddess began raining down destruction. Watching as various circles would flash with each spell she cast, my mind began to flicker, analyzing everything going on.
<ᚠᛁᚱᛖᛒᚨᛚᛚl> (Fire Ball)
<ᚠᛚᚨᛗᛁᛜ ᛊᛈᛁᚱᛁᛏ ᛒᚨᛚᛚ> (Flaming Spirit Ball)
<ᛁᚾᚠᛖᚱᚾᛟ> (Inferno)
<ᛏᚱᛁ ᚠᛚᚨᛗᛖᛋ ᛟᚠ ᛊᛟᛚ> (Tri Flames of Sol)