Chapter 124 (1/2)

Chapter 124

Chapter 124: Preparations

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“Arthur! Please, help!” Tess choked out a desperate scream as I stood there, petrified at the turn of events It really was Tessia Eralith Frorey hair, to her turquoise eyes filled with tears, ed here from Dicathen

Tess sputtered into a series of pained coughs as the basilisk tightened its grip around her waist

Wasting no tied at the black-horned asura with the practice sword Wren had left me The repercussions of such a reckless course of action passed unheeded as I drew in, sword ablaze

[Realh ons My sight altered into an enhanced, htly beneath y froon will

[Static Void]

This was the first time I had used the skill I had unlocked with the first phase of Sylvia’s will I could see the purple specks of aether suddenly tre around us as they buzzed into formation Suddenly, the world stopped aroundsmirk while Tess was paused with her hair flailed about,away ht in front of my enemy, I released Static Void as soon as I was in position to strike at the hand grasping Tess

The horned asura had no tiht through its forearm

The horned asura let out an infuriated roar as he clutched his wound I pried open the fingers that were still gripped around Tess’s waist and gently set her down on the ground She was unconscious and ghastly pale, but still alive and breathing

The basilisk’s severed hand was still spilling blood profusely, but when I turned to face e with a ht hand grippinga spell I could see the yellow, earthen particles gathering at the tip of the basilisk’s false hand I used the full extent of the li mana movement from Myre as I readied my counterattack as well

As expected, the tips of the basilisk’s clawed fingers exploded toward me Just as the five earthen spears accelerated, I raised my hand and fired a condensed burst of electricity Three of the five earthen finger spears shattered upon impact as I parried another spear with the flat of e at the basilisk by i sensation crept up; the last spear ay too off course to have been aimed at me

I whipped my head back to see the dark, earthen spear about to impale the unconscious Tess when I activated Static Void once more

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It felt like so needles into my heart as I raced toward my childhood friend My mind whirled in fear and near-panic as I laid out my options I could step in the path of the spear and use my body to shi+eld Tess, but the injury I would sustain from the bloould leave me unable to protect her from the basilisk immediately after I could also extend Static Void to encompass Tess and push her out of the spear’s path, but spreading the effects of Static Void to include another person would take a o with the third option Dropping ht at Tess with both hands and bracedStatic Void, my body lurched forward as I tried to stop the earthen spike the size of Tessia herself with ed to hold onto the speeding spike, h to drive it off-course

The earthen spear that the basilisk fired buried itself fro a web of cracks from the sheer force of the i onto the speeding projectile, and ht No matter how much I practiced Static Void, becauseaether to effect time, it would always put an enormous amount of strain on my body

However, with the level that I was at currently, I needed to use all of the tools I had in order to have a fighting chance with a basilisk The thought of both Tess and I in the cruel state that a basilisk had left Alea, the foreon, filled me with dread

Each breath felt like there was a fire intwo-horned basilisk and the unconscious Tess I picked up rimace at the pain and poured mana into it Despite the strainStatic Void twice, my mana reserves were still abundant thanks to the constant use of Mana Rotation

I could h for either Wren or Windsom to arrive, but the problem was that for whatever reason, this basilisk was focused on har my next course of action when it all clicked

“Wren, enough of this!” I roared, stabbinghappened at first and, for a split second, I was afraid I had been wrong, but the towering basilisk stopped abruptly in his tracks before cru into fine dust

Behind oleht on rather quick I was hoping to see how you played out the situation a bitoff his shabby white coat

“It’s hard not to catch on with such an absurd scenario, Wren I hope you don’t get a kick out of doing things like this,” I retorted, disgruntled

“How does one receive a kick fro s do to one another?”

“No, it’s an idio ardless of your illogical expression, what I did was for your benefit Look at the state you’re in now; you’ve expendedto save that elf,” Wren grunted

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“Look I knoasn’t the best course of action, and I hate to say it, but there are people that I consideraze firmly as Wren continued to study me

“Hmm Well, familial bonds and mates are important, even for asu—”