Chapter 17: 201-210
This spell took only a half hour to make but in the end, what I ended up creating was a whole new spell that took concepts from the current body buffing spells that I knew of. I even added a little something extra as a safety precaution. "Here you go. I call it Divine Tempest."
"You are not going to try it out yourself?" Sophie asked as he looked at me. I chuckled and shook my head. "Nope, you should test this one out yourself. Also, before you cast it, cut your hand."
"Huh?"Sophie looked at me with a confused expression, but I just motioned for her to do as I said. She reluctantly nodded, sliced her hand, and began casting the spell. The spell itself was actually quite simple, but it took a toll on the body, and only those used to speed would be able to handle it. "Divine Tempest!"
Sophie's body glowed with golden light, and at the same time, the cut on her hand instantly healed. Shocked as she was, she struck out with her sword in less than a second, she had already struck out over a thousand times. "This!?".
"Hehe… It is tough on the body, but it should be perfect for when you need to deal a lot of damage quickly. The healing effect is nothing more than minor heal that keeps recasting. I used minor heal to keep mana cost low. It should take some of the burned off the body and allow for longer stretches of use. The speed is the thing you will really need to get used to. Also…. And this is the most important part. It can stack with all the other spells increasing your damage output to an insane amount." I explained. When I first started creating the spell, I ran into an issue that caused too much strain on the body when using the acceleration portion of the spell on the arms only, which was why I added in the minor heal that would keep healing the body to reduce the strain.
"Yeah, I can feel a bit of strain, but it is nothing to worry about. This…. This is just simply amazing. Faith, thank you so much!" Sophie uncharacteristically threw her arms around me and hugged me tightly. I smiled and hugged her back. She is so fluffy. However, I could feel a set of eyes staring daggers at me. I did not even need to look up to see who it was.
Now I just had Sally and Sei left to deal with. I already had a good idea of what to do for Sally. Basically a rewrite of the spell I made for Sophie, but this one would be more focused on strength and movement speed, with strength taking up the main portion of the spell. As for Sei… "Sei, any ideas?"
"To be honest, I am not sure. I have always worked on the skills taught to me in the black knights. So I have never really thought about using other spells." Sei replied. Sei was a magic knight who was both good at sword and magic. Her specialty is barrier magic which is hard to work with in a sense.
I scratched my head and thought of the spell I made of Grace and figured if it was just a barrier, then maybe it would come in helpful, but a larger barrier works just as good. "Hmm… What if we used your skills with barriers to wrap your sword in one that is very thin and rotates? It should be able to slice through pretty much everything."
"A spell that is imbued on my sword…." I watched as Sei fell into thought. "If it rotates in a manner at the very edge of the blade, then if we were to make the barrier slightly jagged….. It should really cut through a lot…. Yes, let's do that!"
"Alright." I went right to work. As the spell was, in fact, quite simple, I was done in a short time. The only hard part was writing the equation for the barrier's shape to be more like saw blade teeth. But I found that because it was small and paper-thin, I was able to make the barrier even stronger by allowing a denser infusion of mana.
After I was done with Sei, I worked on Sally's spell, which was basically just restructuring the one from Sophie to fit her. I also made it so she could increase or decrease the strength amount as much as she wanted. I just told her to test it out so she would not go over her own limit.
With that all said and done, not only did I gain a lot of new spells, but so did everyone else. But I still needed to make one more spell that was something that only I could use. "What are you making now?" Steven came up to me and asked.
"A spell that only I can use." I replied while scratching on the stone ground with a rock. I was in full concentration mode. The spell I had in mind would allow the team to never have to worry about mana while we venture deeper into the dungeon. It will be very helpful for boss fights. Once I got a decent looking runic equation written, I stood up and walked over to Grace. "Grace, I want you to keep casting spells on me."
"Huh? Okay, Master." Grace looked at me confused but began casting high heal on me. My eyes glowed as I spoke out: "Mana Tethering!"
As I watched as Grace's mana bar kept going down and then back up with each cast. I couldn't help but smile. "Alright, start casting the new spell I made for you. Just keep casting it."
"Okay!' Grace seemed to be startled that her mana was not being drained at all. Fifty minutes later, she looked at me in shock. "Master, this is!?" 𝐢n𝑛rℯ𝒶𝚍. 𝑐o𝘮
"I call it mana tethering. I basically connect a line of mana to you and replenish your mana with my own." I explained. "I can connect as many people as I want to the tether effectively giving everyone unlimited mana."
"But Master, wouldn't that mean you would run out of mana quicker?" Grace asked. I could tell she was concerned about my mana reserves.
"It's fine. You can say as a dragon I have no worries about mana." I replied with a smile. "Alright, You keep practicing. I am going to go rest. I used my brain too much today."
I walked over to the wall on the far side of the room and leaned against it. After opening my menu, I went to the follower section and tapped on Mr. Blobs. A small window appeared with a few slots next to it. This was how you fed slimes in the system. But this was also how I have been transferring supplies to the ones trapped on the first floor. I split it in two amounts, just enough for the teachers to survive and enough to keep the students' stomachs filled, especially the girls who went through hell.
Because of how the pet system worked, I could easily push my will onto Mr. Blobs even if he was nowhere around. He would then take the food in his food slots and spit it out. I knew it worked because of the signals I would get from Mr. Blobs. Luckily this can be done mentally, too, or they would have starved when I was helping Grace.
At first, I never thought about their food supply until two days into the dungeon dive. I was a bit panicky, so I went through all my menus trying to find a solution, and then I finally found one. I was skeptical that it would even work, but luckily it did. I do wonder, though. If Mr. Blobs spits out food, would it be covered in slime? Well.. if they are hungry, they will eat it.
I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes. I was actually quite tired. As my eyes grew heavy, I could only hope I would not have any strange dreams.
"Faith…" A voice entered my ears, disturbing my slumber. I woke up to see Adel poking me. "Hmmm? What's wrong?".
"You have been sleeping for almost an entire day. Are you okay?" Adel asked.
"Yeah, probably just exhausted," I replied as I yawned and rubbed my eyes. Luckily this was not a dream. "Has everyone gotten the hang of their new spells?"
"Yeah, pretty much everyone can cast them without issue. I made up a few spells of my own now that I understand the concept of them using the universal magic spell you gave me." Adel said with a proud smile.
"Mmm… I know you could. Don't worry about mana either for the time being. I will be using my new mana tethering spell to supply you all with mana." I replied as I stood up with Adel's help. I looked at everyone who were checking their equipment and getting ready.
I walked over to the large doors and stood in front of it before turning around to look at everyone present. "We will be taking on the second to last boss. Keep on your toes and watch for anything strange. We won't know how to deal with it until we get inside. I do not want to mess up like last time. So we will stay on the defensive until we understand the boss's abilities. So do not rush in. And…. Stay alive."
"""""""Yeah!!!""""""""
"Alright, I will open it!" I said as I turned around. My arms transformed into huge dragon arms as I pushed against the huge door. Dust fell from the top of it as it slowly creaked open as if it had not been opened in many many years. Darkness filled my eyes as I peered through the cracks. But this darkness only lasted a second before Grace, without me asking, created ten balls of light and sent them into the room. What was revealed was a sea of skeletons. Not human ones but goblins. Some big, some small. There were thousands of them. I pushed the door open wide enough for us to walk through and took my first step into the room. As I did and I looked around, I finally spotted someone on the other side of the room. A large bone house, and in front of it, sitting down chewing on something, was a large hobgoblin almost as big as the main boss I had seen before. He had huge muscles and was covered in many different kinds of bone jewelry.
Next to him, similar in size, were three other goblins, all warrior looking type goblins. There were at least one hundred other normal hobgoblins and some shamans roaming around the bone hut that looked to be two floors high.
I stepped to the side of the door to let everyone else through. I was not going to rush in like we did on the shaman. Once everyone gathered, I waved everyone together and looked around the room a bit more. "Alright, we will stick to this left wall. Expect the door to close behind us as soon as we get far enough away from it. We will need to keep an eye out for anything. There are mountains of bones here, so there is no telling what will be under them either."
"Boss, how should we play out this fight?" Steven asked.
"I am not sure. I may just go full dragon mode at the start and take them all on at once. There are too many adds for us to really work out a decent plan. So I will be tanking the large guys. You all will deal with ads. Don't worry. My dragon form is much more powerful than my humanoid form. " I could see the worried looks in their eyes. But it was true.
[Dragon Form]
[Name]: Faith Cyrilia
[Age] 12
[Level] 176
[Race] Dragonic
[HP] 600000/600000
[MP] ∞
[Attack Power] 581500 𝒾n𝒏𝚛𝗲αd. 𝒄om
[Magic Power] 581500
[Status Points] 1160
[Strength] 58150
[Vitality] 60000
[Intelligence] 58150
[Mind] ∞
[Agility] 58150
[Skill Points] 135
[Skills]
[Appraisal (LVL 10(MAX))] [Military Command (LVL 10(MAX))] [Military Tactics (LVL 10(MAX))] [Business Tycoon (LVL 10(MAX))] [Acting (LVL 1(MAX))]
"Alright, Sophie, Sally, Sei, Steven, you four will be on the front line against the adds. I want Leo on the back side of the line. You are to make sure no goblins grab any of the girls. You have seen what they will do. I will hold off the boss type mobs. Grace is on heals. And lastly…. Do not worry about mana. I have you all covered. So go all out from the start and do not let up for any reason. Protect each other. And do your best not to die." I gave my last instructions as I casted mana tethering connecting everyone to my mana supply.
"Wait, boss… You will supply us with mana?" Steve was confused.
"Don't question her just do as you are told." Adel yelled out, covering for me. I looked at her with a grateful gaze before saying: "Everyone, stay back from me. Otherwise, you might get stepped on."
After saying this, I ran forward. My body slowly started changing, my line of sight growing higher. Within a matter of seconds, I was fully in my dragon form. I took a deep breath and let out my mightiest roar!
<strong>*RooooooooooooooooooAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!*</strong>
"Grahhh!" My roar seemed to be the key to gaining the boss's attention. It quickly stood up and looked at me along with the other monsters.
That's right, look at me and only me! I wanted the boss to be fully focused on me. "Appraisal!".
[Boss Goblin Chief]
[Level: 275]
[Health: 5000000/5000000]
[Mana: 3789000/3789000]
[Sub Boss Goblin Champion]
[Level: 250]
[Health: 2000000/2000000]
[Mana: 69000/69000]
[Sub Boss Goblin Champion]
[Level: 250]
[Health: 2000000/2000000]
[Mana: 69000/69000]
[Sub Boss Goblin Champion] 𝒾𝗻𝓃𝐫eα𝚍. 𝒄𝐨m
[Level: 250]
[Health: 2000000/2000000]
[Mana: 69000/69000]
Seeing the health of the boss and these sub bosses made my heart sink. But even so, since they had already noticed me, there was no going back now. I took a deep breath and let out a stream of dragon breath sprayed forth towards the bosses. It was hard to tell what I was looking at with the flames spread out in front of me, But I do not think my flame breath was even hitting them. There were no sounds of pain or the like. It was quite as if they were just waiting for the flames to end.
As I continued forward, I finally saw that I was indeed not hitting any of them. One of the goblin champions had set up a barrier. The four bosses within were all staring at me with beady eyes and mocking smiles on their faces. Just seeing their gazes of contempt as if I could do nothing to them made me want to smack them with my claws!
I released my breath and raised my claw up high before slamming it down onto the barrier. When I did, and the cracks began to appear, I finally saw the changes in their expressions. I grinned my toothy dragon grin and pushed harder on the barrier. What followed was the sound of shattering as the barrier collapsed. It seems my strength was much stronger than their flimsy barrier!
"Roar!" I yelled out in intimidation, but this only caused the goblin bosses to yell back and draw their weapons made of bones. The three sub bosses charged at me while the chief stayed back and watched. I was not going to allow him to sit idly back there either. "Gates of Faithylon!"
My magic was much more powerful in this form. Thousands of fiery circles appeared around the goblin chief. Each one with a flaming sword sticking out of it. "Go!"
"Graaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The Goblin Chief yelled out as he suddenly stomped the ground hard. As he did, a very familiar figure suddenly popped climbed up from underground.
"What!? But how!?" I looked at the figure that should be dead and did not know what to make of this.
[Undead Boss Goblin Shaman]
[Level: 125]
[Health: 1000000/1000000]
[Mana: 900000/900000]
It was dead… but this was just too much! Now I was not only facing four bosses but also a boss who could use strong barriers and magic! I watched as a multi layer barrier formed around the boss while the three goblin champions slashed down at me. I quickly spun my body around and slammed my tail into them, sending them flying back towards the barrier the undead shaman created.
"Roar!" I yelled out in anger. At least my bombardment on the barrier was keeping the undead shaman busy, but this was still out of my scope of understanding unless the goblin chief was a necromancer. If that was the case….. I began having a bad feeling. Without even trying to guess whether I was correct or not in my assumption, I yelled out: "Watch out for the skeletons! They might come alive!"
I sent my detection magic out around me to keep an eye on the situation. Currently, the rest were being encircled by goblins. It was actually a tough battle because the shamans mixed in were shielding the other goblins while showering the team with magic attacks. Their fight was probably no easier than my own.
"I just need to kill these three, but I will need to make sure there is nothing left of them. But what I do not understand is how did he get the body?" Gritting my dragon teeth, I once more set out a flame of magic toward the goblin champions, but this time I was able to connect.
"Gawwwarrrararaaaaaaa!!" Screams of pain came from the three goblin champions. This only lasted a few seconds before the one who could finally put up a barrier.
"They are smarter than they look!" I thought for a moment, trying to figure out the best course of action, and that was when I remembered something about the goblin shaman. It could easily attack you from the ground. And if I recall, correctly, there was a powerful spell on the same bar as grand fall that was called hell's gate.
"Hells Gate!" I watched as the ground under the goblins began to turn a bright red. The stone that made up the room's floor began to bubble like lava. The goblins began to cry out in pain. The goblin chief quickly had the shaman remove the barrier so that it could escape, but this only resulted in it being bombarded by my Gates of Faithylon. I quickly reacted as well and formed a barrier around the goblin bosses to keep them locked into the zone of damage. I could see their health slowly dropping down. But even without the barriers, their defenses were really high.
The goblin chief turned and looked at me with murderous eyes. I guess it was no longer taking me as some insignificant dragon. It was now taking me seriously, at least I think. If my internal voice that was monologuing the goblin chief's inner thoughts were correct, that is….
I watched as it raised its hand, causing a huge bone staff to appear out of nowhere. A bone armor suddenly appeared on its body. I can only guess that this is the goblin chief's second form. It raised its staff and slammed it down onto the ground. As soon as it hit the ground, the huge bone piles that filled the room exploded in all directions. I wasted no time and created a barrier around the others to block the sudden attack. I even cut off many of the goblins who ended up being instantly killed.. 𝑖𝓃𝓃r𝒆𝘢d.＆nbsp;c𝘰m
The bones didn't do any damage to me. They hit my scales and fell to the ground. I have a hard body, after all! But as I watched the area around me, I saw the bones begin to stack together and form into large bony goblins. One after the other, they began to form and stood in formation like some big bone army. But a few did stick out to me. They were human bones, some shorter than the others. I can only guess that these were the students and teachers from the first floor because there was no way anyone had made it this far down. It would require many lives to make it this far if they did not have someone with infinite mana to keep things going.
I ignored the raging gaze from the boss and turned towards the huge undead army. My dragon eyes lit up, and thousands of magic circles appeared in the air. Fireballs began to rain down from them. I was using the gatling effect to keep a continuous flow of fireballs attacking the undead. I had to keep them down, so I did not need to worry about them attacking the others or myself while I tried to deal with the boss.
"Garaahhh!!!!" The goblin chief stomped the ground in anger and pain. Its feet were starting to burn, which was a good sign. As for the goblin shaman, it had already turned to ash. It had no defense after all, and as an undead, it was already weak against fire. The goblin chief could not keep spawning it after it turned to ash.
I expanded the barrier that was blocking the other boss goblins from escaping hells gate so that it now locked me inside as well. I also expanded hells gate so that it would encompass the entire resized barrier. I then took a deep breath and sent a stream of pure dragon fire out of my mouth, filling the entire area with my flames.
The goblin champions lit on fire and began running around like crazy. Their health quickly dropped as they turned to ash. All that was left now was the goblin chief. Its health has dropped by half, but I do have to say that I am very impressed with its durability.
"Grahhhh!" The goblin chief yelled out in anger and pain, and once more, it waved its staff, causing a large black fog to begin to fill the area. I frowned seeing this because I felt danger coming from this fog. Luckily my fire breath was currently keeping it at bay. So now this was a fight between my fire breath and the goblin chiefs mana pool which was steadily dropping. I am not sure if this was its last desperate attack or if it was just betting everything on this attack, but it did not seem to want to give up easily.
I have no idea how long my fire breath would last for but I did not feel anything off as I continued to spray it towards the goblin chief. Almost five minutes passed since the start of our standoff, and the goblin chiefs mana was now only at twenty five percent, but it still kept trying to break through my flames. I can only guess the different attacks from the air, its sides, and below its feet were just too much for it to handle. But I can say that I want this battle to end quickly.
As I continued to release my dragon breath, my eyes glowed, and six spears of ice the size of one of my dragon arms appeared. They began to rotate around at an incredible speed, and with the wave of my claw, I sent it flying forward.
I watched as the spears of ice flew straight through my flames and through the black fog and pierced through the goblin chief in different places. The goblin chief's staff fell to the ground stopping the black fog and allowing my flames to pass through and engulf the goblin chief. As the goblin chief's heath finally reached zero, I canceled all my spells.
I turned to look to see everyone else collapsed on the ground under the protection of my barrier, breathing heavily but with big smiles on their faces. It was only now that I realized that I just soloed five bosses all by myself. Dragons are really OP! I quickly transformed back into my humanoid form and began walking over to where the bosses died. There was a pile of loot and quite a few shiny objects, two of which I seemed to remember seeing before.
Besides system stones, there were two stones that I had only seen once and have used once. They were evolution stones. While I wanted to covet them, I was actually quite curious about how they would work if I handed one to someone else. For this reason, I called Adel over to me and handed her the stone.
"This is?" Adel looked at the stone in her hand curiously. She flipped it over a few times, but it seemed nothing had happened.
"You see nothing strange about this stone? Your system is not reacting to it?" I asked. I was curious as to why. But I guess that is an answer I will never get.
"No, this looks like a normal stone. Faith, remember, just because it is shiny doesn't mean it is worth something." Adel said with a teasing grin, making me purse my lips. Did she really have to go after my shiny obsession!? I reached out and snatched the stone back, and put it into my inventory. Humph! My shinies!
"Haha, you never change! But this is a lot of items…." Adel looked at the pile of items in front of us and sighed in amazement.
"Yes, it is. Wait, what is this …." I walked over and picked up an item that was not an evolution stone nor a system stone. As soon as I picked it up, a window popped up..
[Skill Randomizer]
[Consumable]
[Will grant one skill upon consumption.]
[Would you like to consume?]
"Oh? Now, this is interesting." I said as I read the information that popped up.
"Faith, there are five more here." Adel said as she picked up five more similar objects that were hidden under some items.
"I will try it first, just to be safe. Adel, get ready to rewind me back if something happens." Just to be safe, it was better for me to try it to see what it did. With Adel at my side, I had no worries if something went wrong.
"Right. Don't worry, I will watch over you." Adel replied. Her aura changed as if she was about to go into battle, which made me chuckle slightly. I looked at the menu before taking a deep breath and hitting the yes button.
[Acquired New Skill: Summon Demon] 𝒊𝐧𝑛r𝑒𝗮𝐝. 𝐜𝑜𝑚
"Err…." I looked at the new skill that I just got and wanted to facepalm. Was it because of my demon blood?
"Did it work? Did you get a skill?" Adel asked, her eyes shining with interest. How was I supposed to tell her I suddenly got the ability to summon demons? But really, I am quite interested in said demon.
"I am now able to summon demons…." I said slowly.
"Summon demons?" Adel tilted her head to the side.
"I am not sure I will not know until I try it out. For now, let's collect all the items and separate them based on type. Systems stone will go to you. But I want two of them for Gesel and Fred. I have a feeling they will dive into dungeons at some point." I wanted to repay Gesel for her kindness, and as she is someone who would definitely hunt in a dungeon, I wanted to make sure she was prepared to do so.
"Here are two then. Faith, can I use one of these skill stones?" Adel asked. I could tell she really wanted to get a new skill. I helplessly nodded my head. She quickly hit the yes button, and not even a second later, she yelled out: "Ah! I can now control nature!"
"Nature?" I was curious if this was the same thing as what the spirit race could do.
"It just says I can now control plants and other nature related things." Adel explained. It was probably another one of those skills that needed to be used to really know how it works.
"Alright. I will let you hand out the rest. You can decide who you think should get it or not. After I finish separating items, I will test out this summoning thing. But I will do it in a contained space." I really wanted to test this out.
"Well, there are four left, and I plan to give Sei, Grace, Sophie, and Sally one as they will always be around you. Don't worry, I will explain things to the others, so they do not think you are being biased." Adel said with a smile after she picked up all the stones.
"Then I will leave it to you." I replied as I began inspecting things. There was so much stuff that it almost took me an hour to make two piles. All the items here were the same as before but with higher stats.
[0)??? When I was done, I walked back over to the ground to see a very strange sight. An army of skeletons stood behind Grace in an orderly fashion. "This is? Necromancy?"
"Mmm… It was the skill I received." Grace replied while her upper lip kept twitching.
But to be honest, it was not a bad skill to have. Such a skill could come in handy during a war. While it maybe frowned upon to use the lives of the dead, any power that may be able to turn the tides that is not sacrificing the living could come in handy. But of course, this should only be used on the enemy soldiers and not your fallen allies. It still may sound bad but…. In this world that I live in now, some morals must be overlooked if the odds are against you. But it is actually a perfect spell for a dungeon like this. "Grace, this will come in handy, so do not look so down."
While I said that to cheer Grace up, she still looked quite down about it. She only nodded her head and sulked. I could only reach out and pat her head. I looked at the others with a curious gaze, and for some reason, Sei turned her head away when my eyes fell on her while blushing. Just seeing her reaction made me very curious as to what skill she got.
"Sei…. What was the skill you got?" I asked with a wide smile as I walked over to her with my hands behind my back.
"Not telling!" Sei yelled out, her face growing redder. This only made me that much more curious.
With every step I took, Sei took a step back until finally she turned and ran! I, of course, would not let her escape, so I quickly buffed my body and appeared in front of her, and caught her hand. "Ahhh! Leave me alone. I don't want such a shameful skill!"
"Shameful?" My lips curled. "Sei, dear, what was your skill?"
Sei looked at me with a pleading look, but I only smiled back at her. "Fine! Just stop smiling! I will show you, but don't let anyone know!". 𝙞𝒏𝒏𝑟e𝗮𝘥. c𝒐m
I nodded. This much I can do. I just wanted to know since my curiosity was taking over. I watched as Sei opened her screen and showed me the skill she had under her status, and then even I couldn't help but blush.
"Ahem… I see… It's good that you didn't tell anyone." I said, coughing lightly. I never thought such a skill would exist. It is a good thing that Sei got it since it is definitely something that would only be useful in a r-18 scene. "I do hope when you do use it, you will use it wisely. Remember to cherish your b…."
"Enough! I don't even want to think about it!" Sei yelled out. I chuckled and let her go. She ran over to Adel and began complaining about me.
I also returned to the group and was about to ask Sophie what her skill was when Amanda suddenly jumped on me. "Boss! What are you walking around for like you didn't do something amazing just now!?"
"Hmmm?" I looked at Amanda with a confused expression, with my head tilted to the side. I knew what she was talking about, but I was not really too concerned about it. I was just happy that we all survived.
"What, hmm!? You soloed the bosses all by yourself! Not to mention your dragon form! Quickly turn me into a dragon!" Amanda was starting to scare me. The look in her eyes was almost fanatical.
"Enough!" Grace yelled out while a bunch of skeleton soldiers suddenly came over and grabbed Amanda.
"No, wait! Make me a dragon girl!" Amanda yelled out while kicking her legs up and down as she was dragged away.
"What was that all about?" I asked while looking at Grace.
"Amanda has always had a thing for dragons from stories she read. While she didn't act this way before your transformation, it is because she is used to seeing images of dragons in their dragon form. So when she saw your true dragon form, she kinda went nuts." Grace replied. "But Master, you were quite amazing. Multicasting so many spells while fighting multiple bosses. You are basically a goddess to us."
I pursed my lips and rubbed my nose. It was slightly embarrassing to hear such things. "It's just because I had no choice. My dragon form is much stronger than my current form by a lot. You saw how powerful the boss was. And he was a necromancer. Your necromancy skill can be just as powerful. But only use it against the enemy forces …."
"I know, Master. Even now, I feel uncomfortable with using it, but with the next floor ahead plus the final boss, I figured it would be best to get used to it." Grace replied.
[0)??? "Mm… I just do not want you to somehow become corrupt or be seen as an enemy." I did not want people to look down on Grace because of a simple skill.
"Even if the whole world hated me, it would be fine as long as Master still needs me at your side." Grace's eyes were firm. I guess that is true. Even if the world hated her or scorned her, I would not push Grace away because I know who she is and what she is like.
"Don't worry. You are my friend, and I will not let you be alone." I said with a smile while patting Grace's head. Maybe this is why in my dream Grace was the only one at my side….
Grace seemed to be feeling better after getting her head pat. I went over to Sally and Sophie, who were both standing together talking. "Faith." "Young Miss."
"Did you two get anything good?" I asked with a questioning gaze.
"I have gained the ability to use lightning at will." Sally replied as she held out her hand to show me streaks of lightning flowing over her arm like snakes. That is quite the skill to have for someone who was a front liner. She could easily stun and add extra damage to her enemies with each attack.
"I got control over shadows…." Sophie replied as she stepped into Sally's shadow and disappeared. For some reason, I feel this skill really suited her.
"Speaking of skills, Young Miss, what skill did you get?" Sally asked.
"Ah, right. Well, mine might be a bit special, so I will need to use it far away from everyone." I replied. I mean, if I were to summon a demon in the middle of everyone here, there is no telling if the demon would instantly kill everyone or not. I do not want to risk such a thing, so I figured it would be best to summon it away from everyone.
"A bit special?" Sophie asked. She seemed confused by why I would say such a thing.
"Well, it's more of the skill I have is called summon demon, which makes me unsure if it is safe to allow others to be around while summoning it. I do not want someone to get hurt because of my skill. Anyway, I planned to do it before we moved on. I was just curious about everyone else's skills. Hopefully we can get everyone else some skills as well before we leave the dungeon."
Since I knew everyone wanted to see what I was about to do, I made sure everyone stood back while I covered them in a five layered barrier just in case. I walked to the far side of the boss room to get as far away as possible before taking a deep breath and opening my skill menu.
[Summon Demon(LVL 1)]
"Hmm? So it's not maxed out?" I pondered for a moment and looked at the upgrade requirements. "Ten points per…. Currently, I have 135 Skill Points…. I wonder if the level of the summon relates to how strong the demon is?"
If I were to think of it like this. If I were to summon a demon now, it would probably be some kind of small imp with a frail body. But if I were to max it out, would I be able to handle what came? This was a bit of a problem. I did not wish to end up summoning something I could not handle. But…. "Appraisal…." I decided to try to use appraisal on the skill to see if it would give me more information.
[Summon Demon: Skill Level 1]
[When summoning a demon, one must have the proper supply of mana available. While mana is important, the level of a demon summoned will be locked based on skill level.]
[Skill Level 1: demon level 1-10].
[Skill Level 2: demon level 10-30]
[Skill Level 3: demon level 30-70]
[Skill Level 4: demon level 70-120]
[Skill Level 5: demon level 120-250]
[Skill Level 6: demon level 250-470]
[Skill Level 7: demon level 470-780]
[Skill Level 8: demon level 780-1500]
[Skill Level 9: demon level 1500-6000]
[Skill Level 10: demon level 6000-???????]
My eyes almost popped out of my head. What the hell are the levels!? Level 10 even had a bunch of question marks! I knew for sure it would be bad to summon such a demon. So I decided to only up my skill to level 5. It was basically the same level range as me. At least, I hope….
Taking a deep breath, I stood with my hand stretched out and said: "Summon Demon!" A large purple magic circle formed in front of me. Small bands of light rose up off of it. I stood there and waited for the demon to appear. And waited…. And waited….
[Mana Disturbance Detected…]
[Skill Summon Demon: Forcefully upgraded to Level 10]
[0)??? [Restriction countermeasures implemented….]
[Skill: Summon Demon, forcefully changed to Skill: Enslave Demon.]
[No matter the level of demon to appear, it will now be enslaved by host….]
The purple magic circle that was now summoning a demon beyond anything I could ever imagine suddenly began to pulsate, and long purple chains shot forward as a cloud of black smoke formed in the center of the magic circle. "Haha! I am finally fre…. Wait! What the hell is this!? Get off me!? Damnit!"
A voice came from within the black smoke. It slowly began to dissipate before finally revealing a young man that looked around twenty years of age. He had short black hair cut neatly, wearing a black suit. He had two horns growing out of the top of his head and a long thin black pointy tail coming out of his backside. A set of the black bat like wings sprouted from his back.
But the look on his face said one thing. And that was that he was not a happy demon. He turned his red eyes towards me with a sullen face before slowly bowing his head towards me. "Master…."
"Umm…" I scratched my head. "I have to ask, but did you try to force your way through the summoning?"
The demon in front of me's body stiffened as he nodded his head. "I felt a source of mana that was irresistible and followed it…. But now…. I did not really think Master would be so strong."
"I see… Then can I at least know your name? Mine is Faith Cyrilia." I asked as I introduced myself.
"I am Diablo. One of the seven kings of hell, The First King of Hell." Diablo replied as he bowed. "It is an honor to serve such a powerful master…." 𝒊𝘯𝑛𝐫ℯ𝒂d. 𝐜𝘰𝓂
"Ummm…" I bit my lip. He would figure it out sooner rather than later, but I figure it would be best to just lay it out there. "I am not as strong as you."
"What? Nonsense!? How else would you…. No, you are right but…. This is impossible!" Diablo's eyes went wide with shock as he looked at me. He walked out of the magic circle and began looking me over while holding his chin. "You… I see…. I see… Hahahahah! How lucky can I be! While it is strange that you were able to enslave me, I do find you quite interesting. Not a single drip of mana that I am consuming seems to affect you at all. Hahahaha! I have found a very interesting Master! I have decided!"
I watched as Diablo suddenly knelt down on one knee before me with one hand on the ground and the other on his chest as he bowed to me. "I, Diablo, one of the Seven Kings of Hell from this day forth, will bind myself to Master, Faith Cyrilia and will listen to her orders unconditionally."
As soon as Diablo finished saying these words, a large magic circle spread out under the both of us.
[Servant System Now Unlocked]
[Diablo has become your loyal servant.]
I stared at the message in front of me. With a blank expression, I mean, come on! Why is everything being forced!? I sighed as I looked up at Diablo. "Why are you doing this?"
"Why? Because to us demons, mana is our food and source of power. You have an unlimited supply. While weak, you are worth following in order to grow stronger. Do not worry. With the master servant contract, I can not disobey your words or risk being erased from existence, and I do not wish for that to happen. The enslavement you put upon me before still allowed me to go against some of your commands but now…. Now I am one hundred percent under your command."
I frowned. I mean, I already did not like the idea of servants and whatnot, but it seems I keep getting them, and they are steadily growing more insane watch time. I say this because just looking at Diablo's stats was making me sweat.
[Servant]: Diablo
[Level]: 67028
[Title]: First King of Hell
[0)??? [Loyalty]: 200%.
[Command]: Total Submission
[Health]: 100000000000/100000000000
[Mana]: ∞ (Mana linked to Master's mana source)
These stats are just…. I wanted to faint. But the only thing that made me feel safe was the loyalty and command section. And this made me feel like I was a walking contradiction… I let out a sigh as Diablo stayed kneeling while observing me. "First, please stand up. I don't like formalities like this. Second, since you want my mana and are going this far to get it, my guess is that you do not wish to be sent back. Am I correct in my assumption?"
"Yes, Master, I do not wish to return to hell now that I have a chance to grow stronger once again. But I must say, Master, you are very observant to understand this without me telling you." Diablo praised. But I was not at all happy about this praise. I mean, it was basically written on his face!
"Then let's do this. I do not mind you if you want to stay in this world, but you have to follow a few rules of mine. If you can agree with this, then I will not send you back." I could actually just command him, but I do not like this idea too much. So while this was a roundabout way of doing things, I wanted him to know I do not like the idea of slavery.
"Whatever you command, I will follow, Master." Diablo replied with a respectful bow. To be honest, he reminded me of a butler. Even his current attire resembles that of a butler.
"Then, first, no killing anyone without my orders. Second, no harming anyone without my orders. Third, if anything were to happen in the near future, I want you to head to my hometown and protect my family." The last order was the main thing I wished for the most. If war broke out and I was sent to the frontlines, I would not feel right if I did not know my family was safe.
"Master's orders are easy to follow." Diablo replied respectfully. I had no idea what this demon was thinking, but I do know now that I had an ace up my sleeve, and we could now actually finish this dungeon without loss of life. The only problem was that… Diablo was very good looking. A bit too eye catching. I am sure I will get many more haters now.
"Then the two of us will be working together from now on." I said while holding my hand out. Diablo stared at it, unsure of what to do. I chuckled and reached out and grabbed his hand and shook it. "This is called a handshake. It is a means of greeting or sealing a deal."
"I see." Diablo looked at our hands that were now clasped together and shook it. I smiled and pulled him along, causing him to almost trip over himself. I am not sure if he was used to this kind of treatment, but the bewildered expression on his face was definitely amusing.
I walked back over to the group, where everyone stared at me in disbelief once again. "This here is Diablo. He is ummm…. A demon, and he will be helping us finish the dungeon."
Diablo bowed politely as he said: "Master was gracious enough to allow me to come to this mortal world. I will do my best to assist you all in completing your task."'
"Ahem…. Well, I think I speak for all of us that anyone that is willing to Help Faith is a friend of ours. Welcome to the team Diablo." Adel was the first to speak up, causing Diablo to look up at her with a shocked expression. I guess this was not the reaction he was expecting. I could understand this. After all, not everyone would probably be willing to be nice to a demon in such a manner. Or at least this is what I think anyway. I am not sure since I have not heard about demons other than myself. So I guess in a way, the two of us would be related?
At any rate, as long as things stay as they are and Diablo does not act up, I will not desummon him. This is the least I can do after he willingly became my servant. But I also would not limit his actions to venture out into the world either, as long as he did not break my three rules. "Alright. Steven, hand out items to everyone. They are much more powerful than the items we have gained so far. Remember to prioritize tanks over dps first but be fair."
"You got it, boss! Those are the words we have been waiting for!" Steven yelled out as he charged forward, only to smack his face on the barrier I had set up.
"Ah! Oops…. Hehe…" I rubbed my nose while canceling the barrier. Steven looked at me with an aggrieved expression causing me to turn my head and whistle. This resulted in everyone else laughing at him. 𝓲n𝗻𝗿𝙚𝘢𝘥.＆nbsp;𝓬𝚘𝒎
"You have an interesting group of people surrounding you, Master." Diablo commented.
I turned to him and smiled as I said: "Out of the people I know in this world besides my family and a few others, they do not discriminate against me. By the way, Diablo, I am sure you have noticed, but I would like to ask you some questions later about demons. "
Diablo looked at me and nodded his head. "Although I am not one hundred percent certain about your race, but I will try my best to answer what I can."
"That is more than enough. Thank you." I finally could get some understanding of demons thanks to Diablo. I wonder if this is a blessing in disguise.
While it might seem strange for me to think that summoning a demon was a blessing in disguise, it was a fact that I was also part demon myself, and I now might have a chance to maybe figure out a way to keep my ancient will under control.
"Master…." A voice came from my side, making me turn my head to see Grace standing there fiddling with her fingers as if she was nervous about something.
"What's wrong, Grace?" I asked while tilting my head to the side.
"Am…. Am I not needed anymore?" Grace asked as she looked from me to Diablo.
I chuckled and reached out to pat her head. "Why are you asking silly questions? Didn't I already say earlier that I would never abandon you?"
"Ah? Mmm…." Grace's lips curled up into a soft smile as she closed her eyes, enjoying the head pat I was giving her.
"Oh? Now, this is a strange combination. Angel blood mixed with demon blood. No, wait…. Your Angel blood is not pure enough to call you a proper angel. I guess it's a cross between human and angel." Diablo said while looking Grace up and down in great interest.
"She is part of the angelic race, and her horns come from me due to a mishap when doing a blood seal contract. Or at least we think anyway. " I explained.
"I see… Hmmm… This is interesting. I would like to learn more about this world's history." I guess Diablo comes from a realm not connected to this world, or at least this is what I assume. I guess only by asking him later when we have more time to sit and talk normally about things would be best.
"Umm… Boss…." Amanda called out as she walked up to me with her head lowered. I almost took a step back in case she jumped at me like a crazy fan girl again, but I noticed she didn't seem as crazed as she was before. "I apologize for my actions earlier. I have always loved real dragons, and when I saw you transform, I kind of lost it." 𝑖𝑛𝐧𝓻e𝒶𝗱.＆nbsp;c𝚘𝙢
"It's fine. Everyone has a thing that they are crazy about." I won't say what I am crazy about that causes my instincts to take over. That is something I will keep a secret forever!.
With everyone rested, well equipped, and ready to go. We began our dungeon dive once more. This time the experience was much higher. And just like before when the system stones dropped. So did the skill stones. Although they were much rarer, we ended up with enough for the whole team as well as two extra, which I decided to save. I did ask if everyone wanted to roll on them, but they just told me to take them. Sei ended up getting a second skill stone due to her first one being very questionable.
In the end, she got the ability to use earth magic at will. Mostly everyone got different elemental skills which allowed full manipulation over the elements. In a way, it was much better than magic because it had a small mana consumption based on what you were trying to do without the need of writing out the magic circle, so in a sense, it was instant casting. A magic circle would still appear, but it was all done mentally on what you were trying to achieve.
I have a feeling these kinds of spells will eventually end up being the new norm for this world. It kind of scared me in a way. But other than that, Diablo was absolutely amazing. With a wave of his hand, he could kill hordes of monsters. And because I was teamed with everyone, we were all able to gain the experience from his attacks, so in a way, we were being power leveled. I did try to give Diablo a system stone, but it would not work, nor would the skill stones. He felt a little depressed about not being able to gain anything for his hard work, but I told him once we leave this place, he could have some snacks that seemed to make him perk right up. Diablo turned out to be quite the foody. While he did not need to eat, once he tried some of Annie's cooking, he fell in love with it instantly and now joined everyone for our daily meals.
But currently, we were now standing in front of another set of doors. These ones were made of gold with less than appealing carvings engraved into them. It looked like thousands of souls reaching out, trying to escape. It was a bit disturbing. But luckily, now I was level 258.
[Humanoid Form]
[Name]: Faith Cyrilia
[Age] 12
[Level] 258
[Race] Dragonic
[HP] 85800/85800
[MP] ∞
[Attack Power] 83950
[Magic Power] 83950
[Status Points] 1570
[Strength] 8395
[Vitality] 8580
[Intelligence] 8395
[Mind] ∞
[Agility] 8395
[Skill Points] 171
[Skills]
[Appraisal (LVL 10(MAX))] [Military Command (LVL 10(MAX))] [Military Tactics (LVL 10(MAX))] [Business Tycoon (LVL 10(MAX))] [Acting (LVL 1(MAX))] [Enslave Demon (LVL 10)]
The number of levels I got was quite a lot. And now, my normal health was almost at the one hundred thousand mark. I also had 1570 status points which I planned to use now to finally break that barrier.
[Humanoid Form]
[Name]: Faith Cyrilia
[0)??? [Age] 12
[Level] 258
[Race] Dragonic
[HP] 101500/101500
[MP] ∞
[Attack Power] 83950
[Magic Power] 83950
[Status Points] 0
[Strength] 8395
[Vitality] 10150
[Intelligence] 8395
[Mind] ∞
[Agility] 8395
[Skill Points] 171
[Skills]
[Appraisal (LVL 10(MAX))] [Military Command (LVL 10(MAX))] [Military Tactics (LVL 10(MAX))] [Business Tycoon (LVL 10(MAX))] [Acting (LVL 1(MAX))] [Enslave Demon (LVL 10)]
With this, my health has now broken the one hundred thousand mark. I noticed that my passive status points also are almost instant now. As soon as I level up, I get like fitten in ten minutes. So it only takes twenty minutes per level to actually gain an extra thirty status points in my attributes. All in all, I think with Diablo around, my team and I could run many dungeons in a few days and be able to level up quite quickly.
"Diablo, we are ready when you are." I was ready to see this boss once more. I was originally unsure of what would happen if we came down here as this room was full of monsters, but now with Diablo, I know we will all leave this place. This team is now more like a small knitted family. We can act ourselves without worrying about status or race. If only the rest of the world could act the same.
"Then let's get this show on the road. I really wish to meet this Annie person…." Diablo was more interested in food than anything, it seems.
I chuckled as I watched Diablo push the door open to the boss room with little effort, as if he was opening a normal sized door. He pushed so hard that the door banged on the sides of the stone wall, causing a loud echo to reverberate throughout the dungeon. This instantly caught the attention of the thousands of monsters sitting inside the boss room along with the boss itself.
"Another visitor?" The boss turned and looked at Diablo with squinted eyes. "You small and squishy too…. I let the other small and squishy ones deal with…."
The boss had no chance to even finish its words as Diablo waved his hand and killed them all. I could only stand behind him, feeling useless. At the same time, I was glad Diablo was on our side!.
[0)??? "Squishies turned into bloody mess…. Maybe you can last longer than one pinch." The boss was not angered at all by the fact that Diablo killed all its minions. But then again, when I remembered that he had been killing them as they spawned, I guess it was only natural.
"Last more than one pinch? I should be saying the same about you. Can you even last a single flick of my fingers?" I watched as Diablo's lips curled up into a smile. He then raised his hand and flicked his finger.
"AhhH! You! You hurt me! You must die!" The boss yelled out. I couldn't help but wonder just how bad this boss's intelligence was. While it could speak, unlike the other goblins, this one seemed to be a bit special in more ways than one. "Appraisal"
[Goblin Ancient]
[Level]: 350
[HP]: 3450000/80000000
[MP]: 4000000040000000
Ah yes, so this was why I could not see his stats before. But still, this much health was a bit unfair. Was anyone normal supposed to be able to kill this thing? I mean, if we had come down here without Diablo, there would be no way to kill this guy alone with all these ads. Especially if I did not have infinity mana, they were just asking for people to die in the boss room.
"Master, I will finish him off. He talks too much." Diablo said while flicking his finger. The boss, who was charging at Diablo, head exploded while its body moved forward a few more steps before falling to the ground.
[Goblin Ancient Corpse]
"It seems to be dead…. Two hits from you, and it was killed instantly. I feel… weak…." I really did feel weak. I know I would have struggled for a long time, and even then, I might not have been able to live long enough to kill the boss, never mind those around me. I sighed as I went to walk past Diablo to check out the loot. But Diablo quickly grabbed my arm and pulled me back. "It's not over yet."
"Huh?" I looked up at Diablo with a confused expression. I had just used appraisal on the body, and it said it was a corpse.
"Keke…." A sickening laughter was heard echoing throughout the room. "To think someone was able to truly beat that big brute….."
Everyone's eyes, including my own, turned towards the sound of the voice. There was a man standing there by the dungeon core in a black cloak with purple lines all over his face. The hood made it hard to see anything but his face, but besides the purple lines, he also had purple eyes. He looked human, but for some reason, I do not think he was human at all. You could just say it was a six sense that was telling me this. But those lines…. I think I remember seeing them in my dream.
"It is quite interesting to see someone come this far so soon. Although this dungeon is quite special, as I wanted to get a few test subjects so I made it so that as soon as the first boss dies, the entire dungeon would be blocked off until the dungeon was cleared. But it seems I will not be able to this time around. Very good beings of this torn planet. My name is Azengrade. I hope you will give me more entertainment in the future." Azengrade bowed slightly before disappearing. Both I and Diablo stared at the spot he disappeared in with complex expressions. I didn't even get to use appraisal on him.
"Diablo, that man's strength?" I asked, hoping he could fill me in.
"Equal or above my own. Master, it seems this world is more interesting than I thought. But If I am to protect you and your family, then I will need to grow stronger. Much stronger." Hearing Diablo, who was already insanely powerful, say that that man was just as powerful or more powerful than him caused me to feel a bit of dread. But I agreed with one thing that Diablo said: "I also need to get stronger…."
"I will do everything in my power to support you and your friends. This kind of threat is not something we can handle at this time. He also did not make a move. It is more like he wants you to grow stronger. People like him are people you should fear the most and work hard to take down." Diablo slowly let out a long breath as he spoke. I think he was masking it, but I think he also felt fear from that man.
"For now, let's gather the items and everything else." I said as I walked over to the pile of loot. As soon as I walked over there I saw another shiny object this one was much bigger and red. I quickly picked it up and used Aprrasial on it.
[Limit Breaker]
[Consumable] i𝑛n𝓻ℯ𝘢𝒅. Coｍ
[Will grant one Limit Break Ability upon consumption.]
[Would you like to consume?]
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone