Chapter 176 (1/2)

Chapter 176

Chapter 176: The First Scythe

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I stared silently at her

Sweat drenchedwrung dry—hts I could feel the gears turning as my brain tried to coe in events The conclusion that it came to, however

There was no way out

With nofro I could do I waited

I waited for the wo near the rim of the crater Sylvie’s body had made Unlike the retainers that I had seen until now, she looked funda and reflected the sun like liquid amethyst Unlike the witch, Uto, or Cylrit, whose coray, this woman’s skin had the quality of polished alabaster Her eyes were as piercing as her long black horns that spiraled up like an i appearance, what struck me the most was her aura—or rather, lack of aura

Unlike when I learned to hide my presence, the scythe’s aura see bomb ready to explode The only tirandfather and the current leader of the asuras had the saht explode

I gulped, which was the biggest movement I’d made since I became aware of the scythe’s arrival

She ren If she wanted to kill me, she could’ve done so by noanted to ask why she was currently holding onto the unconscious or dead Uto by his hair but couldn’t quite work up the nerve to

I was pretty certain that neither Sylvie nor I had done anything to Uto, which either meant he had exceeded his li to do with Uto’s current state Both options see still, I continued passively gaining h mana rotation My body burned andI could do no ained; I couldn’t escape with Sylvie in this condition and there was no way I was going to leave her behind My brain flickered with the notion that it ainst this scythe but that thought was quickly doused by every other fiber of

So I re at the purple-haired scythe Dozens of possible scenarios ran throughthat I would’ve never predicted

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Reaching doith her free hand, the scythe snapped off Uto’s horns one by one as if she were plucking flowers Re silent, she casually tossed the two horns at me and my body immediately reacted As if the horns were bombs—for all I knew, they could be—I scrunched into a ball, protecting my vitals I positioned myself between the severed horns and my bond in the feeble hopes that I could so happened The two black horns rolled and stopped beside my feet anticliround and locked eyes with the scythe Her actions didn’t athered, the Vritra’s horns were an important part of themselves Why would she do that to her ally?

Just when I thought her actions couldn’t be more unpredictable, the scythe lifted Uto by his hair and pierced through his body with a thin blade of what looked to be pure mana What surprisedout of Uto’s sternum was the fact that he remained unconscious

Whether it was because I was exhausted—physically andsche behind her actions At this point, I was more shocked by the fact that she was able to so easily pierce through Uto’s core

Mana and beast cores were dense and hypersensitive parts of the body that beca able to pierce through it without Uto being in coony meant that this scythe had either killed a retainer or done so hidoll down into the crater towards Sylvie and ed to defeat Uto You were able to keep him alive but for safety measures, you pierced his core to ensure that he won’t be able to use any mana art You did this so you could take hiate hi a script

My initial response was to ask as going on, but this scythe seemed like the sort of person that despised needless questions that wasted her tiical power of deduction, it seeree with this war or she had her own personal agenda If it meant that I wouldn’t die today, I could ith either reason

I asked a different question instead

“Would it be tooany sort of confidence I was trying to project

There was a slight rise to one of her brows, but that was the only change in her expression she exhibited—outwardly, at least

After a slight pause, she answered with a deadpan expression “Seris Vritra”

Pushi+ng ed to sit up with ainst Sylvie’s body My body felt like it weighed as much as Sylvie but I did my best to appear poised

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“Thank you, Seris Vritra I won’t forget this kindness” I dipped my head respectfully It wasn’t clear whether this scythe was an enemy or ally She see with Sylvie’s For that, the least I could do was thank her regardless of her race and stance in this war

Seris cracked open a slight s to leave, but just before she disappeared she said, “For both our sakes, get stronger—fast Uto’s horns will be an invaluable resource for you if you can e to extract his erly scooped up the two fist-sized horns and stored the By the time I looked back up, Seris had disappeared

I wasn’t sure if it was because Uto was unconscious or because Seris had destroyed Uto’s core, but the bed of black spikes that Sylvie had protected me from with her own body cru becaes healed fast, but Sylvie’s rate of recovery was actually visible

With the worry of one, I focusedretainer Dawn’s Ballad was still pierced through his chest, but it slid out easily when I gave it a tug My sword hardly left a gash on Uto’s body, yet Seris’s seeh Uto’s body and core

“It looks like I have quite a bit to go before I try to take on another retainer, let alone a scythe,” I muttered to myself I hated to admit it but with the appearance of Seris, I had coht back It had been a while since I had felt so helpless and this ti

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