Chapter 27: Chapter 26: Death
<Presently...within the Hidden Temple>
When Haru returned his gaze to the Mummified Priest the latter had already gathered an explosive amount of Mana within it's jaw.
Boom!!!
He frowned slightly and jumped backwards. Even though the Priest was dead, it seemed to have some form of intelligence as it dashed towards "Haru".
"Judging from its speed, it seemed to be around class 3 strength...shouldn't be a problem" "Haru" contemplated as he chose to create more distance between them.
But he immediately felt more mana waves from his surrounding, more priests were standing from their bowing positions and rushed at him. but before they reached him, He spat out blinding flames out from his mouth and utterly crushed a few of the Priests in front of him.
<Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Powerful Fireball Technique)>
BOOOOOM!!
Crimson flames sizzled over the bodies of this priests as the rest came to a halt.
At the same time, a green colored flame floated out from the burnt ashes and entered into the remaining priests.
With raised eyebrows behind the mask, he was a bit startled as a thought ran through his mind.
"The rest shot into class 4 in an instant!!!...this!... perhaps it's a one time thing?"
When the flames and white smoke disappeared, Haru found this bizarre humanoid creatures looking more focused and steadier. Although They looked pretty much the same, Haru noticed with the help of Sharingan they were a little stronger.
Immediately, Haru knocked the first one to pounce in his direction with his left elbow before pulling out his Kunai with his right and slicing an in coming staff.
Klinch!
He immediately understood things when he saw a green flaming orb hover out of the first priest he knocked down and entered into the priest with the staff, but luckily there weren't any changes.
[This... I can't ignore and I can't kill either, or things would only get worse..]
He was slightly Annoyed but he began watching the priests while looking at the surrounding while muttering,
[There has to be an escape path or something.]
At the same time a Priest that had it's neck Chained shrieked, causing it's long web-like hair to dance in the wind. A huge sonic wave pushed towards the Youth, Haru's eyes dilated as he switched directions to avoid it.
Several priests were thrown into the air before they crashed against the ground.
Fwoooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Booom! Boom! Boom! Boo...
"It seems things would be getting worse before I find my way out," Haru Contemplated as he scanned through the Hall, watching green flames fly out of the now broken priests and entered the closest priests within it's immediate surrounding.
Grrrowl!...
Some directly became Class 5 and a few became 6 with green flaming eyes, sitting within their Hollow skull.
A strong wind started up yet again. Haru was completely astounded. He had never expected his opponents to be so difficult. Two Class 6 power houses now seemed to be controlling a few lower leveled priests as they did not even delay for a second in attacking.
Haru inhaled deeply after defending against another staff attack and was prepared to counter-attack, but noticed a Bony hand almost pressed down on his shoulder while every part of his body suddenly gave warning signals, his hairs stood on it's end.
"Assassin Type!" He inwardly screamed and immediately performed the hand seal for a substitution jutsu.
Pun!
a white Cloud of smoke appeared, By the time the Assassin "priest" Noticed the Bomb Haru left behind Exploded!.
BOOM!
( play Aldnoah Zero - Mkaliez...in repeat?)
Haa! Haa! Haa!
At this time Haru was panting in a different corner of the Hall, He held his Kunai in a reverse grip, and twenty Priests rushed out from both sides.
The Clone did not waste time too and performed the Hand seals for Raikou Kousen no Jutsu [ Lightning Beam Technique ].
a lightning Beam that was five meters in width, Gushed out in the direction of the incoming Priests as the sound of sizzling flesh and bone filled the hall.
He glared at the Shrieking Priest as it was beginning to suck in air once more, so he dashed into the crowd, slicing and dicing priests while heading towards the priest with web like hair.
Although the More he destroyed the more powerful the rest became, he doesn't have a choice.
2 meters away from the shrieking Priest and it's guards, the Clone performed a one handed seal Mid sprint.
<Katon: Karyuu Endan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Blast)>
ROAR!!!
a stream of fire Shot towards the Priest in the shape of a large dragon from the Haru's mouth. The Chakra that it contained was more than ten times the amount the one that he had used earlier.
The Priest howled silently in distress when he saw that sudden scene proving his theory of them getting intelligent as their power increases.
soon the green flames gushed out from the fallen priest and headed towards different directions.
The Clone staggered backward a few steps and coughed out blood. He quickly covered his mouth, but the blood leaked out from his fingers.
[I might not have enough chakra to even keep myself active anymore but I need to find the escape route in case of next time.]
[Kill him!] A Priest with a Crown roared
"King class? " "Haru's" voice was cold: [you feel you can say anything just because you can now speak?]
He glanced at his surroundings. thirty-odd priests now had the strength of an upper-tier class 5-6 power house. On one hand, it was clear that the Temple had strong power when they were alive, almost sinister and the other was that whatever they are protecting is not simple.
Still, he had to find a way.
[I shouldn't waste any more time.]
He took a single step forward but quickly had a thought as he looked at the sitting statue.
a white mist like aura exploded from the Clone.
The overwhelming, physical pressure from the Clone could not be withstood. In just a single heartbeat, about twenty something Priest were completely downed. But Soon there were about 2 Kings and 3 Class 6 priests standing in front of him.
He expected this outcome. it is better If he were to engage these priests this way, it would have taken him considerable trouble to deal with them in separate numbers. although they were stronger now, He could survive this way.
Before the Clone could respond to the situation, another priest wearing a black Robe walked out from the Void.
"The Assassin type!" Warning bells went off in his head as his hair stood on end again.
The priest looked at the other king Priests before his flaming eyes moved to the frowning "Haru".
[This would be your place of Eternal rest]
Without a second word, he drew out his shortsword and charged towards the youth.
Haru soon felt a burning sensation from that priest's 's sword and eyes as his body seemed to flicker between reality.
[A passive Element? He's at the peak of King class!]
The Clones eyes twitched behind the Mask. The others reacted at the same time, and the air between them stagnated— The temperature of the air suddenly dropped, while The Clone pulled out a kunai on each hands while they also had lightning dancing all over it.
The Priest's sword did not meet any blades, but a ball of flames that was spat out from the clone's mouth forced it to go into the void. this made Haru frown and retreat instead, cautiously assessing the two other Kings in front of him.
"missed! " His heart was secretly racing.
A King with a long row of huge marble beads around it's bony neck, took a fighting stance with a Staff and stared at Haru with his Green flaming eyes as his skull seemed to sneer: "Boy, do you have any last words?"
But "Haru" was just silently studying the priests intently, trying to figure out what sort of pattern the latter had. However, there were simply far too many variety of styles in this temple from what he has seen so far.
The familiar assassin priest came out of the Shadows and the Hall was starting to be covered with a layer of frost that was visible to the eyes. The temperature dropped to the point where "Haru" started shivering a little.
Creaking sounds could be heard as the white frost forced the wooden planks of the giant door to change their shape. It seemed like they were wailing before they shattered in a moment.
It was only now that Haru noticed the fighting method of the last King, A mage!, they formed a complete team of Tank, dps and dot.
"should I feel honored for being treated like a boss?" the clone mused
The Tank's voice boomed as it gave a war cry and charged, but Haru acted as though he did not hear it. his Red eyes was already focused on the distant mage, and his chakra was pushed to the limits as it mixed in with his sense of urgency.
karrraaakakaka...!!!
BOOOOM!!
A terrifying power charged towards the mage, but an even greater force severed it.
It was as though a wall had been erected all around the mage and caused him to be pushed back.
The youth was naturally shocked, and he turned to the source of his anguish. The Assassin who had blocked his every move even though he had used lightning release to boost his speed.
His heart was beating loudly but he did not show his anxiety in the slightest.
He swung out his sword to cut off the tendons in Haru's wrists. He spun his Kunai in an odd manner block off the attacking point, but at this time The Tank swept a glance at him, and he felt as though he was bitten by a venomous snake, and the weapon in his hands almost fell onto the ground but his Sharingan somehow defended against it. Sadly his defense was already weakened because of this, so he was pushed back by a few steps and the result of the clash was a dislocated left shoulder.
BOOM!
"F! ck! !" Haru cussed coldly, his hand lying limp by the side.
He looked at the Assassin regretfully as he dodged the class 5 and 6 priest's Harrasment.
"impudent insects!" He cussed out and performed a one handed seal while using substitution jutsu to place a priest in the way of the assassin's sneak attack.
He stopped at a certain distance between them and then smiled at the Kings. The latter looked puzzled as to why the youth still had the guts to smile, but the assassin immediately sensed something was off:
"Retreat!"
he tried to warn them but was a second too late.
Katon: Shinhidora no Jutsu (Fire Release: True Hydra Technique)
The unfortunate Tank who had the misfortune to face the First flaming head stared fearfully at the sudden burst of Elemental power. He was unable to react in time because he never expected that Haru was able to fight back even in this situation.
The flames struck both the Tank and the Mage's body directly, and he was flung back with such force that they spun in mid-air a dozen times before crashing heavily onto the Stony floor, creating weblike cracks on the floor as they burned slowly into Ash.
The Assassin had immediately entered the void during the ordeal and had escaped Death, but the lower class priests weren't so lucky.
The Assassin glared at the now heavily panting Haru emotionlessly and watched as he dropped to his knees.
[At the end, you received all the benefits...since I'm dying anyways, tell me, what is this place?]"Haru" finally managed to speak out.
It was true, He Assassin was now at the early stages of a Saint as his brethren saw their demise but the Priest only stared at the kneeling Youth for a few seconds before saying.
[Don't speak nonsense, at my level of power I can tell you are just an accumulation of elemental power or should I say Mana?. I'm rather curious about the one who made you.] The priest tilted his head as he spoke while approaching the clone, [To Answer your question, This is place is called Malonók by we the people of old...gateway to the "Key"]
As soon as he was done with the sentence, he sliced off the clone's neck by swiping his arm through the Air.
[I expect to see your master soon]
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At the same time in Primux Town, Haru who was almost falling asleep suddenly felt like he was hit by a truck as an unnatural sense of exhaustion and Death embraced.
His face paled and his heart began beating wildly as he received an inflow of information. Immediately, He undid the Jutsu for the last remaining clone and couldn't help but frown.
"This feeling...I don't like it!! ah!" he lamented in his mind but was soon interrupted by a mechanical took that made his eyes go wide...
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