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Chapter 69: Taking Root
WHOOSH
Dorian cut down through the air at a breakneck speed, his body blurring as hefore, classed at roughly the Earth Class
With Dorian’s powerful Lord Class soul acting as a backdrop, however, his current physical for the Great Strength Passive Ability he had always on
As he came towards the hunters, he overheard a brief portion of their discussion His Black A, in addition to its powerful eyesight, boosted to very high levels thanks to his Lord Class Soul Spell Matrix
"try to hit its shoulders, cut off movem&8221;
"Nice throw! Go fo&8221;
THWUCK
Dorian landed right atop one of the hunters, his body colliding with a resounding echo
He grunted as he felt the ih!&8221;
"Who- whoa! B-beast attack!&8221;
"Swords up!&8221;
"Kill it!&8221;
The trio of other hunters all turned away from the wounded deer in panic Two of theed forward towards Dorian
"Hmph&8221; Dorian couldn’t speak in this form, but he could still snort
He took a deep breath, and a second later, a billowing cloud of ereen flaonfire sy blasted off into the sky
"Oh od?!&8221;
"A Phoenix?!&8221;
"Nobodythe hunter Dorian had slammed into Blades and bows fell out of limp wrists as the hunters looked on at him in terror
Dorian sloalked forward, a darkaround hihtly, blood dripping down its lips Several long and se ones on its lower back
They were playing with it, rather cruelly
‘A Green Deer, an Earth Class beast It has suffered severe injuries, and its life-force has drained It is beyond healing’ Ausra’s voice echoed in his head
Dorian frowned, or, rather tried to, once again his eagle for any real facial expression
He drooped out one of his wings, touching the deer carefully
It wheezed and struggled faintly before giving up, going back to its sad panting
"W-what do we do?&8221; The panicked whispers of one of the hunters caught his ear
"It, I think it wants the deer?&8221; Another began, before being cut off as Dorian looked up, angrily yelling,
"CAWWWWWWW!&8221; His words didn’t make any sense, but his tone was clear, as he looked frorievous injuries, and then back to the hunters, several times
"I, I think it’s ed with confusion
Dorian just glared at the loose another billow of E terrified
"Oh great Phoenix, please forgive us We will never repeat our foolish actions again&8221; The quartet dropped their weapons and stepped backwards, all of theies over and over, professing their loyalty as they ran away
Dorian watched thes mixed At least the terror he’d inspired should have some impact he hoped
"Wheeze&8221;
He looked down at the dying deer as it coughed, its body shivering It trehed In the end, it was just a deer, and the only thing it could do was struggle before it died A sad, painful death His heart went out to it, even if it wasn’t particularly intelligent No creature should have to suffer torture of any kind
As he was sighing, feeling e of his supernatural, heavily boosted hearing He only caught it because he’d kept his attention honed in on the hunters, tracking them
As they fled several hundredas if they’d et away
"Da-Daryl&8221; One of the hunters spat out as his chest heaved, catching his breath,
"We gotta go back for our stuff I can’t leave my Burwood Bow there, or my Tallendel Sword&8221;
"Yeah, my Ironwood Bow is there, that cost me a pretty penny&8221;
"Yea-&8221;
"Quiet&8221; The apparent leader of the hunters, Daryl spat out, cursing
"It’s just a stupid bird, a strong one Those flaht be a Peak Sky Class, or even Early Master Class We’ll just wait for it to leave&8221; Helow
Dorian snorted, rolling his eyes They were certainly quite fearless A ser still sizzled in his heart as he looked down at the poor, torn corpse of the deer, and sighed once more
Everyone deserved a second chance He fir, but he wasn’t just going toa deer He’d killed plenty of deer in his ti his wings, preparing to take off, he overheard onelike a knight-in-shining-armor, for a da to the side
Dorian ree up a dozen more deer on the way back, what do you say lads?&8221; The leader of the hunters, Daryl said, his voice holding a cheery edge
Quiet, hushed laughter broke out
"Shh, shh, keep it down We’ll have our fun once it’s gone Let’s give it fifteen ear Silence for now&8221; Daryl ordered, his voice co
Dorian froze,his head to face the direction, several hundredHe couldn’t see them fro off his vision
He stared in their direction, however, hismoment passed
‘Willia?’
‘I gave thes started to treave the it’
All of a sudden, Dorian felt as if he was alone again
Back in the mental prison inside his head, where he had stayed for years
Talking to no one but Williaoals, his aspirations What he would do when he left
‘I’s still shaking
‘BUT THEY AREN’T TAKING IT’ His voice thundered in his consciousness, his e to extremes For some odd reason, Dorian felt like he was unable to completely control his emotions
This was the first time, since he’d left his mental prison, that he’d encountered a situation like this His ht But still failed
Deep down in the recesses of hisdelicate and worn away by years of constant loneliness, seemed to crack Some part of his soul seemed to react to this, unbeknownst to Dorian, tiny dark tendrils in his an to laugh
A vast, wonderful feeling of relaxation and exhilaration filled Dorian as he laughed out loud, an odd, keening noise when coured it out, Will There is always a right answer If this one didn’t work, I’ll just make my own’ He felt like a heavy load had been lifted from his shoulders
As he spoke, his mind entered an odd state He almost felt like he wasn’t entirely in control of his body
Abruptly, he raised one of his wings, feeling the innate, netic properties inherent in his metal feathers He focused his will on this connection, selecting four feathers in particular
WHOOSH
His Basic Magnetic Manipulation Ability was a powerful one that scaled with the strength of a being’s Soul Spell Matrix For Dorian, who had a Lord Class Soul Spell Matrix, the energy he could output if he went all out was far, far higher than that of a regular Black A and senses to aid hih the forest They pierced through half a dozen trees, slicing into and out of them as if they weren’t even there
THWUCK
THUWCK
THUWCK
THUWCK
Four dark metal feathers slammed directly into the heads of each of the four hunters
Killing theive them, then I shall show them a different type of round A few leaves scattered as they fell, slouching over in death, the faces of the hunters frozen inmoment passed
Dorian stood alone, next to the corpse of the deer, staring off towards the lifeless bodies of the hunters
He blinked several ti as if he had just woken up, for soe’ He nodded halfheartedly, looking around the forest
‘Right I gave theain, this time more assuredly
He turned and bowed towards the dead hunters
‘Life is precious Value yours athered his wings under hi to leave all of this behind
‘Cohtfall’
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Black Ale &8211;
Growth Progress &8211; 412/4,484 &8211;
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"Hmm&8221; Dorian rubbed his chin as he looked at the required energy values he would need to advance his Black Ay, thanks to so
He was back in his Ifrit for better than ever For the first time in what felt like a while, Dorian felt as if he didn’t have a single worry weighing him down Even his current journey and quest to save Will didn’t feel like a chore, but instead a happy experience waiting to happen
He smiled, unable to help hile with row it&8221; He ain, thinking over his options
Night spread out around hi atop a large tree, looking off into the distance
About a dozen e of the World Bridge
The entrance to Blizzaria
Even from around a dozen miles away from the portal, Dorian could still feel a cold breeze, shuddering through the forested area
His Ifrit form was Aspected towards Fire and Life It was incredibly resistant to both
It also happened, however, that because of that, he was able to handle cold weather reliably The fiery heat and life energy within him made his body resistant to the icy air
His body would use up a bita form that was naturally adaptive to cold areas was on Dorian’s checklist But it wasn’t an urgent need
He shrugged,
"Whatever Let’s just go, we’ll figure it out on the way&8221;
Dorian leapt up into the air, crashing through the sky as he began to run off towards the end of the World Bridge He called tohi bravely towards a neorldIf you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible