As our authorities' battle ended in a stalemate, Subaru used his only card left, Shamak. Unfortunately, his broken gate allowed the spell to form just one last time, and it caught me within the range. I broke out of it using a burst of El Akra, but Subaru was waiting for me as he scored his second hit using Invisible Providence, and I was sent into the wall.
When I got up, Subaru was already tired to the brim as he never possessed a lot of fighting potential from the start. So why did he challenge me to a duel? Does he really hate Echidna that much?
I dashed towards him as I reared my fist back and pulled a punch, but miraculously, he somehow dodged it and tried to grab my arm, but I shot an El Goa at him and rendered him immobile temporarily.
"Well, this ended quickly, did it not?" My remark made Subaru stand up again, but he was not in any condition to fight anymore. I sighed as I pointed my fingers at him, and muttered the first Yang spell I knew.
"Jiwald." The four beams of light rushed towards Subaru, but not with the intent to kill, only to injure. Although that was the case, the beams were suddenly nullified by a pinkish barrier as I saw Subaru's contracted spirit, Beatrice, appear in front of him to defend her contractor.
"Beatrice..." Omega suddenly muttered as she noticed her creation's arrival, shocked by the turn of events.
"Well, this isn't going as expected. Chid-chan, you oughta fix that Book of yours soon or we're both going to end up dead somehow."
"Look a bit on the optimistic side, Y/N, okay? Just don't attack-"
"El Minya!" Beatrice said as she raised her hand in the air, and 40 stakes of flaming purple arrows soared towards me, which was blocked by a diamond wall as the arrows penetrated it.
The diamond broke, but completed its purpose as I gasped at the power of Minya. To be able to destroy diamond without any effort...fascinating.
More Minya arrows came my way as I pulled out Inen and Ryokyo, and deflected the arrowheads with many quick swings. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my left hand, and I realized that it got hit by a Minya arrow.
"Damn it... but that's not that big of a problem now." I said as I broke the purple crystal part, and I started applying numerous atoms of calcium, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, phosphorus, and nitrogen until my arm's skin, bone, vein, artery, and muscle cells slowly repaired myself, forming a brand new arm that could move freely.
"Y/N... I thought you said you couldn't do that yet..." Subaru said as he stopped Beatrice's onslaught, but looked at me in amazement as I demonstrated a power that even I wasn't sure would work completely.
"Well, you improved as well, Subaru." I said as I nodded towards the part of his body where Invisible Providence would emerge, and he gave me a weak smile. "So how about we call a draw, considering that even Beatrice is here?"
"A draw?" Subaru looked at me as I nodded, and he sighed as he nodded back. Although he agreed to end, Beatrice looked extremely unhappy.
"Who do think you are to hurt Betty's contractor, I suppose? You should turn into a purple crystal right now to atone-"
"I believe that's quite enough now, Beatrice." Omega said as she walked forward, a serious gaze in her eyes as she stepped in front of me.
"A Ryuzu clone? No..." Beatrice looked at Omega as tears formed in her eyes. Omega then unleashed her full aura as an image of Echidna formed behind the current physical body of herself, and all three of us looked at it in shock. Beatrice recovered as Omega stopped unleashing her miasma, and she looked at Omega in amazement. "No way... is that you... Mother?"
"Beatrice... I see that you're still as feisty as ever, my daughter..." Omega said, without certain emotions that were not supposed to be missed. That was my job. Echidna lacks a lot of understanding in emotions, which is why she needs a big lesson.
"Chid-chan, you gotta try a bit more than that, should you not? You haven't seen her in 400 years, so be a bit more intimate, right?"
"What do you mean? I gave a proper greeting to her and recognized her presence-"
"You're her 'mother'. Or at least, she thinks you are. So suck it up and do your supposed duties as a parent. I'll even help you understand what you're supposed to do."
"Y/N, you can't just order me around like that, you know? Although I might willingly oblige, it's not really nice..."
"Chid-chan. I clearly remember from our contract: Clause 2, Line 5: In addition to exchange of knowledge, I'll also teach you about emotional knowledge in exchange for mana theory knowledge." I looked at Omega with a smile, who absent-mindedly looked away, trying to get away from the situation, but that was not going to happen.
"Okay... come on..." I picked up Omega, who was actually insanely light in weight. She struggled against my arm, but it was not going to work as I set her down in front of Beatrice, and she looked at Subaru in desperation to get her out of this situation. However, obviously Subaru would not let this chance slide as he shot his enemy a somewhat evil smirk, and Beatrice looked at her mother, trying to understand this complicated situation.
"Let the mother-daughter bonding begin!" I said with glee as I shoved Omega into Beatrice, and they ended up hugging each other, which started the long run of an interesting lesson on how to be a good parent, by Y/N L/N and Natsuki Subaru.
Timeskippu*
Omega and Beatrice sat in a corner of the graveyard, far away from Subaru and myself. My guess is that they had enough of the unusual lessons that we forced upon them, although my guess is that Subaru just did it for fun to torture Echidna for a little bit.
"So, what are we doing next, hm?" Subaru asked me as we sat on the stairs if the graveyard, gazing at the forest.
"Well, I guess you're going to get knighted soon, right? That is like the first step you'll do." I answered as I fiddled around with a diamond spinner, one I made for fun.
"Ya... I'm so excited to finally be an official knight, you know? That was my goal for a while... but what do I do after this?"
"The future has stopped showing for a while now..." I said, and suddenly, Subaru looked alarmed. "Oh, don't worry, I didn't lose my ability like I lost the one to detect your loops, but it's just that the significant information shown has decreased. The only thing I know now is that a great danger is coming."
"A great danger? What sorts?" Subaru asked, now curious.
"I don't know the details, but I need time to prepare." That's why while you get knighted and stuff, I'll go off on my own for a while."
"To where? What do you need? Y/N, as much as I trust in your abilities, you shouldn't be too overconfident."
"Well, I'll take Elsa and Meili with me. The goal of my journey is to gather allies. This will take a while, so I'll meet up with you in approximately a year."
"A year?" Subaru said, astonished. "That long? How are you going to survive that long in Lugnica by yourself? Even with Echid- no, Omega, Elsa, and Meili, that's so dangerous! Who are you finding, anyways?"
"Two individuals with potential. It'll be a bit hard to locate one of them, so I need all the time could have. Don't worry, I'll be back when you guys need me." I said as I jumped off the ledge, and walked towards Omega and Beatrice, who were talking as Subaru and I approached.
"-so the 'that person' deal had nobody in particular, because mother, you wanted to see who I wanted to choose? Really? Mother, although Betty would follow you as long as I live, couldn't you have been more clear back then?"
"Well, to be fair, it was an experiment, so..."
"Omega-chan, be nice to your own daughter, will you? Although you two aren't related by blood, you two are family, important people to one another. Don't end up regretting when you can't see each other anymore, you know?" I said as I lifted Omega, who squealed as she was hoisted into the air.
"I get it, I get it! Put me down right now! Y/N, this is really not funny..."
As I talked with Omega in my arms, Subaru found a nice moment to also lift Beatrice up and swung her around like a child. Only if nice moments like this could last longer...
Timeskippu*
A few hours later, I grabbed my pack as I slung it over my back, and climbed on top of my ground dragon, Fulgenta, who whinnied happily after I petted her head. Elsa and Meili rode a giant mabeast that I did not recognize, while Omega wore some shoes that I gave her.
"So I'm supposed to go where I was supposed to go? Y/N, I really don't understand what that means..." Omega said as she held the staff of the Ryuzu clones, confused at my previous instructions.
"You know the place in my memories? The little hut beside the river? Please go save those girls and bring them to me while I recruit another person that you're quite familiar with. By the way, one of the girls also have a meteor of yours, so it's important."
"Y/N, gathering girls? Don't tell me you're a lolimancer like Subaru now-"
"No way! Don't categorize me into that label just because of this event! Chid-chan, that's really mean, you know?"
"I'm just kidding. Anyways, it's time to go now, right?" Omega said as she checked the mana amount in her staff, and nodded at me as she wandered off into the forest.
Chid-chan, be careful, okay?
Got it, got it, Y/N. Honestly, do you take me as a kid because of my appearance alone? I'm a 400 year old girl, I know how to take care of myself.
Can't have you dying on me now, can I?
Well, I suppose that's true... anyways, good luck on your own journey as well, okay? I'll see you as soon as possible when I'm finished on my end.
Gotcha. I'll see you then.
"Elsa, Meili! We're leaving!" I said as the blue haired girl and the assassin nodded and mounted their ride, before moving all the way to beside me.
"Where are we going, Y/N?" Meili asked excitingly, apparently a bit excited that she can finally go on an adventure.
"Well, we're getting some more comrades. I promised to protect you guys, so we also have to have some strong friends, right?"
"I suppose that is true. Anyways, who are we finding?" Elsa remarked as she twirled her kukri knives in her hands, which still looked a bit menacing, despite that she's on our side now.
"Well, our first target is..."
"...the third leader of the demi-humans during the demi-human war, a failed clone with immense knowledge on ancient magic. Sphinx."
As the liberators set out, gears were turning in the shadows.
Deep in the dark basement in the middle of Lugnica, an almost abandoned fortress in the Barielle territory, a pink haired girl that lost her limbs wondered about the world as she waited in the dark abyss for a savior.
In the middle of a city near Flanders, an assassin sharpened her kunai knives as she set out on another mission by her employer, determined to complete it this time.
A man gathered his followers in the dark corners of a city, hoping that they could thrive again once more. With their Witch as their inspiration, the Libra wait for the next judgement.
A mage nicknamed 'Gray' for his lack of magic abilities, tried his best to understand a spell but failed, and sighed at the sky while fiddling with his box-shaped meteor, hoping there would be a day where he could escape his talentless life.
A girl who's followed by the Sword Saint, entered the city at the south-west of Lugnica, determined to find more followers for her camp as she remembered her nii-chan's promise, and was ready to begin her grand plan.
Little did they know, a certain Liberator's arrival would make their lives all start to shift, maybe for the better.
The curtains fall on the Sanctuary, and the outerworlder's ascension begins.
Authority(ies):
Authority of Deceit (Commonly known as Authority of Elements):
-Vacuum Trigger: An innate ability stored within the tesseract-shaped Deceit Witch Factor, allowing the user to spring themselves from unconsciousness when the mana fluctuations around them changes drastically, as a built-in self-defence mechanism of the body.
-Critical Overload: A mysterious ability that protects the user of the Deceit Witch Factor, causing them to unlock their true potential while their actions are coordinated by ?, helping them avoid certain death. This ability only triggers when the user is about to die and has a 15 minute cooldown.
- Haywire Warp: A variation of Critical Overload that allows the user to warp the attack that will kill them, creating a tear in space-time to absorb the attack. Meanwhile, the abilities of the elements are unleashed and they will defy the chemical laws before the user decides to cancel their existence.
-Decagenso Rupture: A variation of Critical Overload that allows the user to combine ten elements into one attack, fusing them into a substance unable to be defined by chemical laws. Then, the substance explodes from the inside to spread parts of itself into the opponent's body, replacing their atoms with the substance itself.
-Pure Truth: Y/N's knowledge of the future. Although he claims that he can only know up to a certain amount, it is only a cover-up to avoid suspicion. This ability also allows him to lie without being detected (e.g. Crusch's divine protection), as long as it is part of his knowledge of this world's future.
-Veritas Oneiro Chunyu: The 'Truth Dream Injection'. A sub-ability of Pure Truth that allows the user to show others fragments of Pure Truth to get a better understanding of a situation or past. This ability cannot show the future.
-'Suitoru': A magic spell that allows the user to absorb a certain ? of the enemy, making it their own and can be stored for later usage. (Current: White Whale's flying seal, Great Rabbit's infinite multiplication)
-Partial Authority Immunity: Y/N is fully immune to some authorities, while some still have a diminished effect on him.
-Scindo: The ability to split the Deceit Witch Factor into pieces to implant them in others, but the pieces can only be taken back a year later. Current Percentages: Y/N L/N: 99.997%, Crusch Karsten: 0.003%
Authority of Sloth:
-Imperceptible Extensions: Y/N's authority also somehow manifested almost the same way as Betelgeuse's did. When activated, two invisible hands can be summoned to be moved around telekinetically. Penalty: Y/N must have his own two arms attached if he wants to use this ability. If a person is not considered as Y/N's enemy, they will see the extensions. However, another holder of Sloth will also see the hands, regardless of the previous statement.
Elemental Masteries: Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium
Spirits: Alchemis- fire spirit (Elder Spirit, devil), Cahya- yang spirit (Great Spirit, fairy), Bayanga- yin spirit (Great Spirit, succubus)
Magic Spells:
Goa- shoots a small ball of fire from the tip of the user's index finger when imbued with mana.
El Goa- manifests three fireballs around the user, and shoots them towards the opponent at high speeds.
Ul Goa- The user fires a large amount of powerful fire bullets. A powerful flame scatters when the bullets land.
Al Goa- The user lets loose a massive fireball, scorching away everything in its path. The bigger the caster's skill, the fireball hotter and bigger the fireball.
Ol Goa-the user concentrates by making a giant fireball, before compressing it to insane densities, and shoots out the beam of fire from their palms
Il Goa- Al Goa, but the user applies a homing technique to the spell itself
Al Huma- The user creates a sharp ten meter long spear of ice.
Absolute Zero- The user creates a vacuum in an area, by freezing the atmosphere to an absurd degree. By doing so, even time will freeze inside of that vacuum and no one is capable of escaping it unharmed.
Akra- A yang magic spell that allows users to enhance their physical abilities as well as sharpen their senses.
El Akra- A yang magic spell that allows the user to move extremely fast, almost becoming one with wind as they fill the user with mana in their nerves, muscles, bones, and veins. This technique is able to match Felt's Divine Protection of Wind
Ul Akra- A yang magic spell that greatly boosts the user's speed and strength, allowing them to travel near the speed of sound and being almost invisible to the naked eye when moving.
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Jiwald- fires heat rays from the user's fingers.
El Jiwald- The user fires several rays from their fingers which are then brought down in a claw-like motion.
Ul Jiwald- the user fires a volley of light rays from their palms, raining down at the opponents at high speeds.
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Shamak: The target becomes unable to sense where they are, however they can still feel the ground and sense what's happening to their body.
El Shamak: The target becomes unable to control their bodies while under its effects.
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Minya: Magic that creates stakes made of crystallized mana covered with light purple flames. They are strong enough to penetrate defences. Any stakes in the air explode and release smaller stakes that fly in all directions which then rips targets apart.
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Murak: The user reduces the effects of gravity. Just by lightly pushing yourself off the ground, a person can jump as if they had springs. If the user wishes to, it can also be used to fly, although the user will get blown around by the wind like a leaf, but they won't flip around in mid-air.
Vita: The user casts this spell to amplify the effects of gravity, making an object heavier.
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Kilat- The user gathers lightning on their fist/ weapon, and slams it down at the opponent, creating a giant electric arc to shock and paralyze enemies.
El Kilat: The user uses lightning to spread it throughout their body, increasing their reaction speed and movement speed. The user also coats themselves in a thin layer of thunder, able to direct electrical shocks into any opponent they attack.