Capítulo 43: Take A Bite
A/N: Hey guys recently I have been feeling insecure about the level of writing in the story and thus I began to reworking the next couple chapters and so we are back on track. So without further ado let's get started with some good ol' violence and some a little peek at a future problem.
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POV: Astaros
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It's been a week since the assault on the mansion and the execution of the baron's son by my hands. Protests have shaken Elden to its core over the son, who I now know was Marco Guidevierre, and his utterly disgusting actions. Several crimes were held against him with one count of plotting treasonous actions against a national entity, one count of attempted mass murder, one count of attempted rape and a couple others being examples to look at. In the end his execution by my hand was considered just and I received no problems on my end due to the intervention of both the church and guild. The church of Ira, an organization born of one of the continent's most influential deities, was more than happy to cover my back after my actions to protect someone who is considered a national treasure. It might sound troublesome but leadership aside, having such a large organization backing you in troubling times like these is quite calming. Now to wait for some demands from them as well.
Lets not forget the guild who also stuck their foot in the door while the negotiations were ongoing and managed to secure a larger budget after Kali was assaulted by the bribed guards.
On top of that she managed to wring some divinity users out of the church for allowing such a thing to happen in the first place. The church of course "graciously donated" several healers to the guild for fatigue reduction and a new branch of the guild was opened up for full time adventurers.
The R&R branch which specialized in spa-like treatment for fatigued or injured adventurers.
All in all the situation was an utter disaster for everyone who wasn't me or Kali.
Not that this really matters to me. I was simply enjoying the benefits of catching Marco before he raped the High Priestess. The governor was not only forced to pay me a large sum to ease public opinion, the church had paid me as well.
So currently we are all relaxing at the mansion while occasionally training with each other.
Christine returned from her training under Raven with a couple neat tricks and has been showing off ever since in small bouts with said Master whenever she visits. Which recently has been fairly often.
She would show up, talk, spar with Christine and leave. It was genuinely enjoyable and the atmosphere around the mansion had been slowly becoming more and more joyous as no terrifying crisis appeared to cause tension and stress.
I had been hanging out with Fillia and Dryis more often and had promised both a date after Elden calmed down. However one thing was still slightly off. And that was Katia. Ever since Mt. Rakui she had been sulking and avoiding me. Though Dryis said it would disappear eventually I was slightly unsure.
Which brings us to today. Christine and Raven are having a duel in the clearing I slew the Red Fenrir in. And I was said bouts referee.
It was midday as we began the match, both Raven and Christine stood a ways from each other preparing to fight in the empty field. The wavering green grasses almost shining in their healthy luster as the two women faced off.
"ONID CADE." {Raven}
From a black distortion Raven drew a purplish black wand and flick it several times as though shaking it off. Void storage, a fairly useful spell. It's usefulness is questionable though. If you stop supplying the storage with grey mana then you lose all the items you put there, resulting in a permanent percentage of your mana being drained.
"I won't go easy on you even if this is a practice duel." {Raven}
Christine rolled her eyes, a big grin betraying her true feelings.
"You say that everytime Master. Lose or win I'll put up a good fight." {Christine}
Raven smirked.
"Is it because Astaros is here?" {Raven}
Christine turned red with embarrassment and glanced over at me, who pretended to be looking off into the distance.
She then pouted and looked back at Raven as she tried to calm her red face.
"I am GOING TO OBLITERATE YOU!!" {Christine}
She then drew the wand I made for her as she prepared took a light stance to prepare to move.
"Are you done prattling? I have things I want to do." {Astaros}
They both nodded at me, not taking their eyes off of each other.
My kama rustled in the winds as it brushed against the grasses. I raised my arm up to the blue sky as they both prepared to charge each other.
"Begin." {Astaros}
And in moments fluctuations of power appeared in the air as both witches began their chants.
"ONID VASNOS!!" {Christine}
Two layers of portals appeared one in front of the other as the air around it began to heat up and waver.
An offensive spell and a destructive one at that. Void Cannon. Its done by creating a feed back loop of energy between two portals, causing the energy to go faster and faster between the two portals before…
*BZZZOOOOWWWWNNNNN!!*
A purple flash of energy streaked across the field as it parted the grasses below, and instantly, Christine began running. Dashing from her spot as soon as she fired.
"ONID FIILDO!!!" {Raven}
Instantly a black hole opened up before Raven as it absorbed the devastating blast and reappeared facing Christine and re-releasing the bolt of energy towards the caster.
Christine easily dodged as it blasted into the ground behind her.
*KABOOM!!*
The beam exploded behind her and she was sent flying. Crashing into the ground and rolling a bit, she got up and started running again as a new magic circle appeared on her wrist.
This was a battle between witches. Spells take time to cast but are devastating to the opponent. Thus witches have seemed to become extremely agile over time. With battles consisting of devastating spells and nimble dodges.
"ONID VINDUS!!!" {Raven}
Six small portals appeared around Raven as she made no move to dodge. Ghostly violet chains then spilled out of them and wrapped around Raven as they grabbed her limbs and torso, trapping her. This spell was void bind, a support spell meant for immobilizing your opponent. I know of a similar spell called spell bind which also locks off mana flow but that is far too advanced for both Raven and Christine.
Raven, was now immobilized completely.
Yet she was still completely calm and confident.
"ONID TANTION!!" {Raven}
In a flash of purple light she disappeared, reappearing in a nearby tree. However Christine, unable to sense the flow of grey mana, couldn't find her master who had disappeared.
"ENVRANTRENT ARACHNILUS!!" {Raven}
Instantly a large portal appeared above Christine and shot down spider silk onto her, trapping her completely.
Raven laughed as she floated down from the tree to her disciple.
"You lost Christine, after all that boasting too." {Raven}
Christine frowned as the silk disappeared and she got up, dusting herself off.
"Well teleportation is hard to deal with okay!" {Christine}
I chuckled at this, the wind carrying away my light laugh and concealing me from a terrible onslaught.
"ASTAROS, CHRISTINE, RAVEN, WE BROUGHT LUNCH!!" {Dryis}
I turned to face Dryis who was walking up to us with a large picnic box with Katia and Fillia.
"You're early." {Astaros}
Dryis creased her eyebrows.
"Are we normally late?" {Dryis}
I shook my head, sighing.
"I should've expected a response like that." {Astaros}
"WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN!?" {Dryis}
Fillia came up to me and grabbed my hand, squeezing it slightly.
'Stop teasing her, you know she won't figure it out.' {Fillia}
'Unreasonable. How can I get good entertainment?' {Astaros}
Dryis raised an eyebrow as Fillia and I looked at each other.
"I can hear you both." {Dryis}
Fillia giggled as Katia laid out the food and began eating.
"Hey, what did you guys bring?" {Christine}
"Food." {Astaros}
"Specify please. I'm hungry and I need choices." {Christine}
Removing my helmet I revealed an evil smile but as I opened my mouth to annihilate my foolish comrade Fillia shoved a sandwich in it.
"If you say "hi hungry I'm dad" I am going to melt that tin can shut." {Fillia}
I raised an eyebrow, chewing the sandwich and swallowing.
"As if you could." {Astaros}
Fillia narrowed her eyes.
"Is that a challenge?" {Fillia}
I wiped my mouth and laid on my back and stared up at the near empty sky, a single cloud crawling across the bright blue. This might be interesting and a good opportunity to fix some problems. I got back up and looking her in the eyes.
"Sure it is. Grab anyone you want in the next hour. Let's do a mock battle." {Astaros}
Fillia smiled, confidence oozing from her.
"I don't need an hour, Katia, Raven, want to help me here?" {Fillia}
There it is. Now just accept you furball.
Katia looked over, her azure blue eyes seeming to reflect the contemplation within her mind. Her white hair flowing in the wind.
Both Christine and by extension Raven knew that they were wearing transformation charms. Christine discovered it after she walked in on Fillia in the bath. They had both decided that not telling anyone was something they were unwilling to do.
Thus a battle like this wouldn't be handicapped.
"I feel like I should pass but I might never get a chance like this again so lets try it." {Raven}
That's one, we all looked over at Katia.
"I haven't repaid you for Rakui. I'll participate." {Katia}
She got up and wiped her nose with her thumb, likely remembering the damage I dealt. Game set.
"Well then, Dryis wanna be the ref?" {Astaros}
She nodded getting up while Christine stood beside her.
"I'll assist in reffing." {Christine}
Nodding I walked off to the side while Raven, Katia and Fillia went to the other side.
"Don't hold back!" {Fillia}
Reaching into my chest the damage core glowed a brilliant red, as I slowly drew the Shattered Star, the red energy materializing into the massive great sword.
"I never planned to." {Astaros}
I lowered my center of gravity as the others spread out.
"3" {Dryis}
Katia took her stance her silver hammer glinting in the sunlight.
"2" {Dryis}
Raven drew stepped back and prepared her initial cast.
"1" {Dryis}
And the ground shattered beneath their feet as I exploded with power.
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