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Chapter 22: Rising
"Heeeeeello! Hello! Hello! How’s the killing, Little Haddy?&8221; A loud, boisterous yell greeted Lord Hadrion as he floated at the base of the World Bridge to Taprisha, the early hed
"Eren It’s been a while&8221; He slowly turned to look at the being that was approaching hibefore hie robe he wore did little to convince onlookers A heavy, sharp aura seemed to emanate off of him, as if he was about to slice apart space itself
Yet, despite his appearance, Eren Kirstein was one of theDepartment He also wasn’t a human
He was, instead, a member of the Titan Race
Titans were huth and enor Titans, a veritable noble of his race In sheer strength alone he measured up to a peak Grandmaster Class beast
While the Borrel Autarchy was dodom or place of rule, that didn’t mean other races weren’t allowed to live here Far fro Teln, had iards to how race as treated
No matter what skin color, or creed, you believed in or had, all races and kinds elco Depart nonhuic itself Sundering Magic was one of the ic in existence Many beasts or nonhu attacks contained within
The chief reason, however, was the strain Sundering Magic had on the body Casting even the most basic spells required a very robust physical foric sensitivity
Hadrion had recently killed aDepartment, another Titan, but one that was suspected of, and eventually proven to be, a traitor The battle had proven fierce, one that destroyed an entire e amount of merit
As a result, however, his relationship with the Sundering Department had soured Even if the Titan was a traitor, the fact that he killed a member of their Department, and a fellow nonhuman, had spurred resentment
"Hahaha, yes it is! Yes it has!&8221; The Titan had an odd , where he repeated hirin shined on his lared at Hadrion He had a short nose that had been broken before, a strong jawline, and powerful, piercing red eyes His short, white hair was stark, and stood out His tone was decidedly unfriendly
Eren was currently floating on a large, tenblack metal blade, in mid-air A trio of beautiful women stood behind him, two dressed in the custo a set of black leather arnize Faintly, he detected traces of Curse Magic from her He wrinkled his nose at the scent
"So where is this little beasty?&8221; Eren clapped his hands together, his eyes darting to the left and right
"You have your own team, yes? Find hi other Lord Class Wizards with hi if he trusted them
"Yessss, exactly To each our own&8221; Another voice chi a full set of black robes, with a high black belt wrapped around him His face was covered with a si his appearance
His words slurred, slightly, as he spoke, a result of so in the air, only half visible His form was shrouded in darkness, and no one else appeared to be with hi the Lord Class Darkness Wizard
The Darkness and Sundering Department were the two closest Depart Department He knew almost all of his fellow Lord Class Wizards in each Depart encountered many of them before on various uard My sshadoill hunt the beassst down and find it Your sservicessss are unneeded&8221; Shadow Mask’s voice was raspy, and filled with arrogance
"Haha! Haha! Haha! Not a bad idea, Little Masky! Let this be a hunt for the records! A co ferociously Neither he nor Shadow Mask appeared to be taking this quite seriously
Shadow Mask didn’t deign to respond, instead vanishing froave Hadrion a derisive look before turning, his enor off towards the nearby Capital of the Tandor Eed, twitching his fingers All around hi bolts flashed
After flying all the way to the World Bridge, Hadrion had set up a coe, invisible bubble that surrounded the entire coic: Electric Field, was normally one that could stretch a few ic: Greater A, but he had no other reasonable way to watch the e that existed for dozens of miles
Any creature that e he was immediately aware of The field also served to create an odd, unsettling feeling that drove awayonly those that were at the Earth Class or above This particular World Bridge was set like an enore to Mesor held
His electric field not only covered the surface, but also several round
He felt an ache in his eyes He rubbed the white pill appeared in his hand A faht Magic and White Magic were the two styles of ic’
Light Pills were i spell, and could be used to replenish one’s energy This particular one was created by a Grand an entire day’s focus
Using they to avoid sleep was an absurd expense, but he had little choice
He’d spread out hisWizards, and a dozen Master Class Black Lightning Wizards, to help surround the huge World Bridge, but he didn’t trust anyone but himself to maintain a co to find the drake, or resting The block on fate eakening, but it was gradually becoed to detere, but that was it
For now… they would have to wait
In a small inn in Yum City, a ht
Blinding white light covered Willia an incredible transformation rock his soul Tens of thousands of sy into complex patterns and mysterious shapes
His eyes shined as he felt his body tre hian to wrap around him, a transparent, almost invisible layer of protection As this appeared, his Soul underwent a qualitative change, becoone a baptisic, and broken into the Master Class
The past day and night had been a transforside Lord Hadrion and the teaon, William had been unceremoniously dumped off in Yum City, the Capital of the Tandor Empire, extremely far away fro the trip here, and the entire night, Willia over the inheritance he had received froe he read and absorbed from the cluster of symbols in his soul, theLight Magic had appeared strange in his eyes, at first But after constant exposure, his general understanding ofto hi sy a beautiful painting, and ards to Light Magic had flooded into hiswhen he needed it He was like a sponge, soaking up inforh the Mortal Class, the Earth Class, and the Sky Class in a single night
He relied upon his soul already being at the Sky Class to survive the brunt of this breakthrough And, despite only then being at Sky Class, his understanding of Light Magic had ed to reach the Master Class before he was forced to stop, his head threatening to implode
Each Class beyond Master Class, he kneould require step by step growth He’d onlyso quickly thanks to his soul already being at Sky Class
Still, to do this all in a single night… the powers gifted by the fallen Wizard in his inheritance were truly absurd
"Incredible&8221; He ht ju at a fantastic speed This beam was about the size of his hand, but only a few inches thick
This was a spell the fallen Angelic Class Wizard had created on his own A fantastic transport spell called Light Magic: Riding Light
He looked across the s at his rooe, only about 8 htstand, a bed, and a few paintings on the wall A hard wood floor covered by a plain rug Nothing luxurious
He flicked his hand forward
As he did so, the sht in his hand shot forward and landed on the opposite side of the room
As soon as it landed, almost instantaneously, his body vanished and reappeared, in the spot where he had sent the light bea his fist in the air Light Magic was truly a!
As he considered this, his mind went to how he had obtained this, and his smile lessened He looked down at his hands, and then clenched theon walk into this trap if he had a say in this
In a small, random field two dozen on appeared, rising in the earlydown in a flood
"Mmmm&8221; Dorian yawned and stretched his draconic foric Herb out of the Spatial Pouch he’d tied around his neck, sating his appetite and thirst Magic Herbs truly were a miracle food you could live entirely off of
He then turned towards the south, where the e was located
His eyes flashed Instead of asking Ausra to do anything, he willed his body to change
Gradually his body began to shift, the green scales twisting, his ar In just a few split seconds, his enormous 3 meter tall body shrank to a th, he was about 2 , with heavy, plated red scales and a line of sharp spikes down his spine
His Elder Salaisf!&8221; (It worked!) He said aloud, co the words as he tried to speak He realized, to his consternation, that he couldn’t speak like normal in his Red Salamander form The vocal chords of a Red Salaradually come to sense that all the abilities Ausra had were actually his own, co from his Soul Spell Matrix Even Ausra itself wasattacked, it would be far too dangerous to have to ask Ausra to change one of his for his will, he could cause his fore
He smiled, his teeth pulled up in a snarl on his Salaan to run south, in a path that would circle the Capital and head straight for the World Bridge, doing his best to look like a wild beast
Floating several e, in the direction of Yue, blackon thee, red skinned Titans Soht fitting black metal armor All three titans were dressed in a full suit of black armor, reinforced by what appeared to be thousands of tiny swords linked together
Eren huether, looking in the direction of the city He was sitting on the edge of his floating blade, his legs hanging off
"Your Lordship&8221; One of the beautiful trio of wo on his blade stepped forward next to hihtly to her body
"Yes? Yes Yes, Mayne&8221; He replied, his eyes shining
"I can’t determine an exact location, but we know the disturbance in Fate is somewhere within a hundredher peaceful blue eyes
"I see, I see&8221; Eren’s voice rumbled Small, tiny blades floated above his head, transparent and ephe his white hair
"It is a coing A s towards his subordinates
"ATTENTION!&8221; His voice boomed out, an explosive one full of authority and power Instantly all the Wizards on flying swords turned and bowed slightly, at attention A powerful, sharp Aura spread off of Eren, his strength as a Lord Class Wizard fully revealed
The three Titans floated to the front of the crowd, bending down on one knee before hi with his hands Iht black leather aro with Byrus and take the western side of the Bridge Laura, you will stay with dol and Barrack you till take the eastern side Everyone else pair up with your usual teaan to split apart, gathering behind the three Titans
"We are on the watch for a sreen scaled drake It is wily, and powerful If you see it, you are not to engage it, but to instead send a Shearing Blade into the air&8221; He clapped his hands together,a sound much like thunder
"Move out!&8221;
"Go reen ssscaled dragon…&8221; A black robedon a disk of darkness, several round Darkness flowed about him like a river as several shadow for doard
"Find it…&8221;