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Chapter 143: [2 in 1 Bonus Chapter!] Unfolding

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‘Damn it! Where is Leader or Aiden when you need theht furiously, his y that threatened to tear his soul apart Neither of the terful King Class fighters seemed to have been transported to where he was

Helena was the first to react

WHOOSH

A powerful Aura of Might spread out around her as she went on full alert, energy rippling off in waves

"Stop right there! Dorian,forward as she saw the Anomaly swoop towards Dorian Her heart dropped as she saw Dorian stand still, seeic: Heavy Ined for instant use Ireatly increased as what felt like a battering ra her forward

She hurled through the air just fast enough to sla Anomaly before it reached the stunned Dorian

"Hiya!&8221;

BOOM

An explosion of energy rang out as Helena’s Aura collided with the warh this, her aruard, her fist landing directly on its chest

"Oof&8221; Veritas exhaled as she was knocked backwards The Anoht upward to cut Helena as she attacked, but missed Helena’s extre the attack almost simplistic

The attack had only shocked Veritas, however, leaving no real injury The ghostly wohtly before looking up

"Ah, I see You again, Va at Helena from under her hood

"What the hell?&8221; Darrel Bold looked up froside the other Lord Class Wizards, all turning around to see a sold coins and treasure The impact fro around much of the treasure in the center of the roo? The battle for the entrances may have been a free for all, but we’re all in here now and there is no point fighting each other It won’t affect your winnings or any of the Trials&8221; He continued, frowning fiercely

"I won’t sit by and allow for casual murder or robbery! I wouldn’t be a Bold Brother if I did otherwise!&8221; A King Class Aura of Darrel’s own burst forth as he began to stalk forward, his chess-piece hair wobbling

"Anomaly Veritas We have no quarrel with you I was sent here to negotiate with you&8221; Helena began, ignoring everything else At the sa, slipping it on behind her back The Capitoline Wolf Bracelet, a powerful, ancient Artifact she had as her backup

Veritas ignored her, turning to look at a decidedly pale-faced Trajan

"Ah Vampire, you have already seen the Truth&8221; Veritas said, her voice warm as she looked at the Wizard

"Not any truth I would care about&8221; Trajan spat out, forcibly overco his shock and horror as he looked at Probus’ corpse Trajan glanced over at Dorian, his energy vision letting him see that Dorian seemed to be frozen

"You rejected the Truth…&8221; Veritas shook her head somberly, sadness in her voice,

"It seean to float towards Trajan calmly

"Hold on! We can e can talk this ov- listen to hastly woround between the advancing Anomaly and Dorian, her fist clenched She held the ancient Artifact at the ready, prepared to use it at ato it, Helena&8221; Trajan shook his head, a look of intense concentration appearing

"Savior, I will protect you, in return for your aid&8221; Trajan continued as he clasped his hands together

"Rain Magic: Water Knives!&8221; Hundreds of blades made of pure water for over Trajan’s head

"Rain Magic: Aquarius Shield!&8221; He cast a second Spell at the sae 5 meters wide shields formed and surrounded him, Probus’ corpse, and Dorian protectively as Trajan stepped forward

"Helena, careful! Its techniques are as weird as I said inhis hands up as he prepared to unleash the hundreds of Water Knives, each one infused with the power of the Law of Rain While the Laasn’t extremely offensively powered, each knife would still hold the power of a Pseudo-King Class Wizard’s Spell, not sorunted, staring face to face with Veritas as the Anohed quietly

"Ah, child You have refused to see the Truth Therefore, I will open your eyes for you Let the falsities you know be Inverted, only the Truth shall remain&8221; Veritas’ eyes flashed

WHOOSH

The Aura around the Ano, but buried within it was a hint of danger

As Helena sensed this, she didn’t wait to see what the Anoue

‘I can’t win it over… Fine Then you are dead to ht, as well as rid the world of your vile presence’

With that thought inher full understanding of the Law of Might to launch one of her strongest techniques, holding back nothing

"Iic: Royal Ilowed a brilliant white shade as she squared up, shifting her body slightly to the side She pulled her right arht formed in the air, one about twothe first one Muscles began to bulge and swell on her arms

"Grand Meteor Impact&8221;

Helena punched forith a blow that carried with it the force of a massive meteor impact

The stone floor beneath Helena cracked It was ically enhanced material that made up the rest of the Ascension Ruins Despite that, it was no match for the raw force Helena had just caused to forargantuan level

The Royal Impact Series was a series of spells created by the forefather of Ielic Class Each number in the series was a unique and powerful spell that carried huge aest Spell, one that transeinto a World from beyond the boundaries of chaotic space

An attack of this scale… it was not so Class Wizards or warriors could unleash Iical blows, and this cohClass meant that her attack had reached its full potential She had previously been able to use this technique at a basic level, but only truly mastered it within the past feeeks

Veritas’ eyes narrowed as she saw the colossal blow blasting forward, causing the air itself to quake

Without hesitation, Veritas le phrase

"World Invert&8221;

WHOOSH

The Law Veritas studied was one of the most abstruse and difficult knos to comprehend in the 30,000 Worlds

A co in reality has an opposite The opposite of heat was cold The opposite of hard was soft The opposite of black hite The Law of Inversion focused on this concept, of there existing an opposite of all things A coly difficult to picture idea that very few people had ever heard of, let alone attempted to study

Veritas was an Anomaly and a name, but the word Veritas also referred to a unique species A type of ses born frohostly qualities Members of the Veritas Race lived between the real in either realm This quality allowed the Veritas Race to possess a unique sensibility when it ca

Or, the Truth, as Veritas the Anomaly sooals, or the Truth of others

She could see the thing a person depended uponaway, she believed that others would see the Truth that she believed in

She Sealed away Trajan’s eyes, so he relied upon intently to cast his Spells and study Magic She Sealed away Probus’ sword ar that he had practiced and trained with since birth, so of the Law of Cutting

All to help theive up their own Truth, and see her own Truth

And what exactly was that Truth?

She didn’t know

Her compulsion to seek others out and Seal their nature, to open the she didn’t quite understand

All she kneas that if she continued on this path, eventually, her own Truth would be revealed to her

And that Truth would lead her to perfection

"World Invert&8221;

The phrase Veritas had e, mystic property Veritas’ Aura abruptly beca down on Helena A tense ht and controlled Trajan watched Veritas’ everyto shout out a warning

Unfortunately, it was too late for Helena to hear

WHOOSH

Before Helena’s very eyes, as she was charging at Veritas, only a fewan ibecame inverted

Black turned to white White turned to black Colors shifted to opposite ends of the spectruht becaht

Sounds flipped across spectru quiet while quiet noises became loud

Pure, unadulterated chaos spread across Helena’s senses as the reality around her twisted into a madhouse

"What?!&8221; She sputtered, at a co, aechoes and screeches

Helena tried to keep running forward However, as she tried to bring her leg forward, she tripped Forward had transformed into backwards, and her entire body twisted around as she s

From Dorian’s perspective, as he watched all of this, his heart tre while Ausra ran her si forward and then stopped abruptly, twisting around ininto a pile of treasure off to the side

BOOM

The terrifying blow that Helena had carried sla

"No!&8221; The Grand Meteor Iy She could only cast the Spell three times in total at her best, and she was certainly not at peak condition right now

One second, there was a huge pile of treasure, rare Artifacts, randoh pile

The next second, the pile was gone

A vast shockwave spread out as the pile of treasure literally exploded, coins, Pills, and Artifacts shooting off in a thousand different angles

TINK

TINK

BOOM

A huge burst of hipped about the rooh the air, turned into cascading shrapnel The treasures pelted the challengers and knocked over hundreds of other treasures in other piles, flinging about rando to destroy the Ruins themselves?&8221; Darrel Bold boldly retreated as he felt the force of this i that it had already exceeded the lith to handle

"Brother Co’s Scythe Master Henry that so to destroy the Ruins from the inside, in the Main Treasure Room Trial!&8221; Theinto an Artifact he pulled out fro white letter He pro, sending out a h Fate or not, was lucky he was standing near the origin of the blow None of the treasures hit hi off his water shields, but he wasbehind a pile of nearby treasure,her body

The shockas incredibly powerful However, instead of spreading out as a normal shockould, the entire attack seemed to vanish after an instant It didn’t in

The Ruins seey of the aftere ae to the treasures, or breaking the Trial

"Damn! Water Knives! Go!&8221; Trajan swore as he saw all of this, ie of knives cut through the air towards Veritas, preventing the Ano upith the sword of light she wielded, h Trajan’s attack

Suddenly, her Aura shivered slightly, unable to continuously hold up its enhanced state

The ained control, the world reverting to its nor her hands at guard as she looked at the horrifying Anoain!’ Her e distortion of reality still present in her mind

Helena took a

In thattowards Trajan or Helena

But instead, right towards Dorian

‘Ugh Not good’ Dorian still couldn’tWill’s soul and he only needed a single second to recreate Will’s body after that

But till then, even taking a hint of his concentration away fro his soul could cause it to rip apart, and if he stopped Ausra, Will’s soul would be the one to suffer He was already too far gone

The incredibly bad ti the Anomaly had shown up with seereat Truth within you, my brethren Allowthe real Truth, the one that guides even ive me if my actions come across as rude, for ely unperturbed by her failure to kill Helena in one shot, as if it didn’t matter in the end

"No!&8221; Trajan yelled out loud as his energy vision detected this

Dorian was the only one that could save Probus At the least, that hat Trajan was convinced of

Without hesitating, Trajan threw himself forward, the protective shields that covered his body falling apart as he rushed outside the only a few ic: Chaos Rai-ulp!&8221;

Trajan’s voice cut off, abruptly, his Spell interrupted The Va, sword of light had appeared, pierced straight through his chest

The sasn’t n of a cut or injury The blade had moved so quickly that Trajan hadn’t been able to react at all

"Ah, foolish child I have already cut your sight from you, to make you better able to see the Truth&8221; Veritas sht at Trajan She flicked her wrist to the side, pulling the blade out fro Trajan’s uninjured torso

Trajan’s face became pale as he clutched at his chest and then at his throat, a look of sheer horror on his face

"Your eyes have already been Sealed by ht She tapped on it lightly

"I took your eyes from you And now…&8221; Veritas siven a chance to see the Truth, and you failed I apologize, but you can no longer continue trying&8221; In a single, smoothhim several meters to the side

"Ulp…ulp…ulp!&8221; Trajan clutched at his throat, trying desperately to breathe

His lungs, however, see

Veritas had Sealed theht now, I can’t stop! I will save you!’ Dorian mentally yelled in his mind as he witnessed this, unable to move still His heart twisted in pain as he saw the brave sacrifice, hatred burning in his heart for the other Anoenerative properties As a Pseudo-King Class Wizard, he had even y and power to draw frouable that he still needed to breathe in order to live

"Arrgghhh&8221; Trajan’s body shook as he fell down on one knee, landing beside the corpse of Probus The regenerative properties of his body battled against the oxygen deprivation, trying desperately to keep hi up at the Ano towards Dorian

"No, you WILL NOT!&8221; Helena screaht the likes of which had never been felt before

A close friend had been , and the last person she considered a close friend, a unique being that even she didn’t understand how she felt for, was in danger of being killed

All of this swooped into Helena, the stress and anger she felt filling her up

And caused her Aura to explode outward, ferocious Might filling her body She drew upon everything, dehts like she had never known flooded into her ed

Fro Class

Helena had broken through, her Soul Spell Matrix evolving as her understanding of the Law of Might reached her own level of completion

"Useless&8221; Veritas whispered quietly as Helena, visibly covered in writhing energy, slaround in front of her The fe fury

"You hold great faith in your strength and in your skill But you cannot defeat everything through pure ht&8221; Veritas said in one motion as her Aura exploded outward too

"World Invert&8221;

Once more, Helena’s reality was thrown into pure, backwards chaos Everything was inverted

This time, however, Helena came prepared

"Capitoline Wolf Bracelet, activate!&8221;

The Capitoline Wolf Bracelet was an ancient Artifact of great power It had two functions, one for escaping and one for attacking The attack function was unique in that it granted the user great power, allowing them to overcome obstacles that they nor it after she was being swar Laws, Helena believed she would be able to throw off the chaotic Aura, resisting it The bracelet Artifact was specifically designed to throw off debilitating effects and clear a user’s th

And Helena was correct

Cool, cold energy roared into Helena’s veins The ancient howls of wolves, their cries and yells, filled her ears as she felt the energy wash over her senses, letting her see through the distorted reality that Veritas had unfolded

"Got you&8221; She s no tiy froth

‘Yes! Helena! Hell yes! Take her down!’ Dorianher on

Veritas’ eyes widened in shock as she saw this The Anomaly was completely exposed, in a vulnerable position She had depended on her Law protecting her as sheto stab Helena with her swordodd happened

The world around Helena flickered

In that split second, the glowing Capitoline Wolf Bracelet seemed to waver

Abruptly, the Artifact cut off its activation, energy flowing out of it

"What?!&8221; Helena’s first thoughts were filled with shock and confusion as the world around her instantly returned to its distorted state

In the Main Treasure Depository, there existed thousands of Artifacts

To prevent challengers froerous or non-Trial related reasons, Yukeli had constructed the room in such a way that any Artifact used would have its effect dampened and depleted, unable to fully activate

The saht into the room

WHOOSH

"No!&8221; The world around Helena was completely inverted She coh any of the distorted reality around her

THUNK

Everything returned to normal as Helena felt a momentous ih it

The feht that pierced through her chest in shock The sword did not cause any visible wound, but instead caused her soul itself to tremble with pain

"I can see your true nature… you have such confidence in your ht… in your physical prowess&8221; Veritas’ warm voice slithered into her head as Helena stood frozen, unable to move

"Yes… What you use the most… what you could not bear to lose…&8221; Veritas’ voice trailed off The creature’s arht appearing

SNIP

Helena felt a burning sensation sweep her body A ht leaving her chest

As she tried to clutch at herself in pain, however, Helena looked down at her arms and sahat the Anomaly had done

Tears threatened to burst fro sense of horror and repulsion, overwheler had hands

Veritas had stolen them from her

BOOM

The Anomaly casually kicked Helena away Helena’s body tu sensation as part of her body was Sealed, forever unable to regenerate or be restored, lest the person who set the Seal died

"And now you, my brave, foolish brethren&8221; Veritas stopped just a couple ofhim a warm, assured smile

‘No! No! I am so close! No! Helena! No! I am so sorry! No! What do I do?! I can’t stop this! Will!’ A thousand thoughts flooded into Dorian’s mind as Veritas arrived in front of hi simulations In real time, it had only been a few seconds since she started, not enough to finish

If he stopped now, Will would truly perish He would break the one promise he had made to himself

If he didn’t stop now, it seemed he would die, as would Helena and Trajan

‘No! Please no! Please, I am so close! Please don’t make me choose!’ Tears welled up in Dorian’s paralyzed body as all of this came into him

In the back of Dorian’sintensity This darkness began to spread once th

"It is time for you to see the Truth&8221; Veritas held her sword out in front of her, pointing it at Dorian

‘PLEASE NO!’ Dorian’s ony-filled scream,

‘PLEASE, DON’T MAKE ME DO THIS!’

The darkness that was in hisout at a vast rate Yukeli’s touch grew stronger and stronger, ready to fully ie at a truly inseparable level

‘PLEASE!’ Dorian begged, putting his entire will into this Begging for his Fate to change

Just as Veritas was about to stab forward, a flicker of ht her eye

WHOOSH

TINK

Veritas slid backwards slightly, a look of surprise on her face

A petite girl with tufted fox-ears had landed on the ground in front of Dorian, holding her own blade of light at the ready The girl was shaking, her entire body tre experience A weak, Lord Class Aura rose up around the girl, one that could barely coave off

A faure, one Dorian had never expected to stand up and try to protect hihtsworn Fox

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