We decided to immediately go and look for Amu's new body and what place was best for it than the capital's great market.
From every part of the country, people come here to buy exotic products that are brought here from far away lands.
'So what type of body do you want?'
"I want it to be pretty, and strong. If it has a god's blessing then it would be perfect. And before you ask, yes I want a girl body."
'I said nothing.'
We roamed the market, looking for something that we can use.
'Hey, just by curiosity, we will do that job no?'
"What's the point? Philip already gave us what we were looking for."
'I know, but I am curious. She said that these books are valuable, aren't they? Imagine what we could find in them!'
"...Fine, we will do this. If we don't find me a new body till sundown, we will take the books. If we do manage to find one, you are on your own. Fair?"
'Fair.'
"Come one, come all! We have exquisite products lined up here! Everyone take a look!"
At one of the stalls, there was a massive crowd.
The man behind the stall pulled a chain and a person in ragged clothing came to him.
This guy was a slave trader.
"Now, this one was found in the Crimson Desert, finished and dehydrated. When he was captured, he managed to tear one of our horses in two with its bare hand! Let's start the licit at 5 gold coins!"
'We should watch this, we might be able to find what we are looking for.'
"I don't want a slave's body. It's a pain to erase those marks and they often have curses on their body. Plus I just remembered a great place to find a suitable place for me to find a new body."
'Fine, then let's go there.'
"Hey, are you bored perhaps? Don't worry, I have a plan that will need your assistance in it."
-10 minutes later-
"Ha! My arm!"
"My leg? W-Where is my leg?"
"Monster! This thing is a monster!"
I hate her.
A plan my ass! The only thing she did was bring me to this mansion, change place with me in the middle of what seemed to be a garden, and asked me to kill everyone inside except their leader.
The guards who witnessed this change didn't really give me time to think so I had to defend myself.
Sigh, at least it will give me some EXP.
" Battle Axe Style: Mad Flow Strikes."
Using my axe i carved my path through the guards that stud in my path.
Through my carnage, I noticed that these peoples had pointy ears and handsome faces.
Are they not humans?
'They are elves. They have an abundant quantity of energy and supposedly they can live forever. Their leader is one with exceptional strengths and has been blessed by multiple gods. She will be my future body.'
Couldn't you just tell me before dropping me in here?
'He, he, I wanted to see your reaction.'
This girl-
"D-Don't waver! Protect the princess till she escapes! "
I should ask for some direction.
"Reconstruction, Spears+ Battle Axe Style: Mad Flow Strikes"
At the same time went my spears flew out from the ground, i rushed forward, the joints of the hand i was holding my axe completely loose.
Slash! Clash!
[New technique created: [Earth Avalanche]]
"Reconstruction, Spears.+ Battle Axe Style: Spinning Slash."
"Whaaa!"
[New technique created: [Earth Spinner]
[Requierements meet.]
[New skill received:[Basic Earth Magic]]
Neat, my first real magic.
'I feel something incoming, prepare yourself.
" Understood. Reconstruction."
I pressed my hand on the ground making my lines spread all over the floor.
"Destroy, Equipe."
With my lines, I "absorbed" the metal from the dead soldiers and slowly built an armor under my coat.
[New spell learned: [Reconstruct Armor]]
"Let's go."
I kicked in the front door and entered the mansion.
White marbles, gold decorations, yep this is a noble's house.
'Behind you.'
Slash!
Just in time, I blocked an attack that came from behind.
" Earth Spinner."
I made a circle with my axe, destroying the ground around me.
I see you.
It was a slim figure, wearing black clothing and a mask.
" You have trespassed our territory and killed a lot of our comrades. Your death won't be a present one."
"You and one army? Earth Magic: Spears."
The advantage of having this magic is that I no longer need to use my Reconstruction, I can now manipulate the soil to my heart content.
my opponent easily evaded my attacks then, he came at me with a pair of knives.
'Incoming.'
"Earth magic: Wall."
I created a wall around me blocking the incoming attacks.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Four? So there are four more that are hiding. This is going to be easy.
"Destroy walls."
They turned into dust showing me the army of black-clothed people surrounding me.
"Okay, so there was an army. This might be tricky."
******
My name is Lara van Fle, I am 230 years old, and I am the third princess of the Tera kingdom.
I was sent here as a diplomat of our country to prove myself to my father.
Being in a country that is known for being extremely racist against my people, I have been attacked multiple times by the kings and nobles man, but each time they failed due to my specially trained guards that even my father respected.
Like always in this type of situation, I and my two bodyguards were with me in my room, the most fortified place in the entire mansion.
First, there was my head butler. He never revealed her name to me so we called him Sebas. As always he wore his black suit with his glasses. With his white hair and mustache, he looked like any other butler, but his dark green eyes were pulsing with strength. He was an old half-elf, who had a huge proficiency with short swords and shadow magic. Using his talent she saved me more times I could count.
The other one at my side was Claris, the head captain of the knights of the knight that should protect me. She wore her silver armor and that tube-like weapon that she supposedly got from a Star Soldier, one of the heavenly beings, that can kill high tier demons easily.
Originally Claris came from a poor elven family that earned living by hunting monsters that became wield so she has excellent tracking and sniper skills. With her gun she didn't need to move too much, so she could equip such armor for protection.
"Don't worry princess. My and Sebases man will take care of this threat once again. Just feel at ease."
"I am at ease. I just trying to figure out who is attacking us again."
"It's probably one of the nobles again. Even though we have diplomatic immunity they just can't stomach our presence in here. Seriously one da-"
"Shhh, I hear something."
Sebas had his ear pinned to the door his sword held in his hand.
There was a peasing silence then a loud bang on the door.
Sebas jumped back readying his weapon, while Claris's weapon was heating up to attack.
The banging continued for a while then it stopped.
"...Sebas, can you hear something?"
"Nothing, Clara. Maybe it gave up."
" Not a chance."
A deep voice could be heard over our heads.
From the ceiling, a monster fell to the ground between us.
The closest thing I could think of to compare this being was a black stickman. It was terribly thin with grossly unproportioned limbs that were covered in black fur, while the rest of its body was naked, showing its bones through its also dark skin.
On its back, two bone-like horny have grown looking like small wings.
The worst was the head. there was no facial feature only a huge green gem, shining with a green light.
"A princess? Then you are the one who I was looking for. Come with me and your servants will live, or at least those who I let live."
My servants? Those that mean that the guards-
"Claris, take the princess away from here! I will buy some time till- "
Before Sebas could finish his sentence the monster attacked him, growing sharp claws on his hands.
Sebas managed to block the attack with his sword and with a snap of his finger he locked the monster in a sphere of pure darkness.
"Now! I don't know how long I can hold this thing up!
Claris seemed like she wanted to say something, but she just nodded with a serious face and started to pull the princes with her into a secret door.
Through the opening the princess's last sight of her butler's was his firm back, standing before darkness.
*****
'They ran away.'
"I noticed that. Reconstruction."
I pressed my palm to the darkness that surrounded me.
Soon the barrier fell into little parts letting me out.
As I thought my power could work on any solid object.
Damn, I starting to feel a little bit tired.
Those elf ninjas did a number on me, not only they destroyed my armor and axe, but they even had the talent to cut me multiple times before I killed them.
If not for the ability to put myself together, I would be in pieces.
The old butler stud before me, his short sword ready to cut my head off.
"Old man, before we start I just have to say, I really like your suit. Who is your tailor?"
"...I got it from the princess for my 500th birthday. She said she got it from the best tailor in our country."
"Ufh, I should get one of those when I am done with you. Mind lending me one?"
"Ha, I am sad to tell you that you won't live long enough to buy one. Now!"
Stab! Stab! Stab!
From behind three daggers were thrown in my back.
Luckily for me, my organs didn't get damaged so.
"Earth Magic: Earth Pass."
Using my newly gained magic I sank into the ground and fell into the room that was under us, the dining room.
Boom!
"You won't escape me!
This bastard, he brook through the floor and followed me here!
"Earth Magic: Spears."
Let's see if you can follow me when you are impaled.
"Shadow Magic: Evening Body!"
Before my lances could touch him, his entire body became a black liquid looking thing easily evading my attack.
"You. Fine, I guess I will try out this trick."
This was something that Amu was nagging me with for a while.
I channeled some energy in my throat and with lungs full of air, I started to scream.
From the magic in my mouth waves of green energy started to escape, making everything that it touched shake, including the black jelly that this old-timer turned into.
From the sound he transformed back, holding his bleeding ear in pain.
" Earth Magic: Spears."
Got you.
One spear pierced his left leg while the other one went through his abdomen.
While cursing, he destroyed them and fell on the floor, covered in his own blood.
[New skill received: [Basic Sound Magic]]
[New spell learned: [Sream of the Banshee]]
"I don't know if you hear me, but I will kill you without any pain. Not by respect, but I don't make this suit even dirtier than it is, since I am taking it when I am done here. Goodby."
I kneeled to grab his neck and break, but a dagger appeared right in my face and i had to jump back if i didn't want to be pierced.
"Another one?"
This time these were maids, each holding a different weapon.
"We won't let you kill our superior, you demon!"
"...You guys should have stayed hidden in a corner till this thing blows over. Earth Magic: Spears X10."
Around my feet several javelins shout up, impaling the maids one by one. Some managed to evade my attack, but the majority still got hit by it.
'We have no time for small fries!'
"I know. Earth Magic: Earth Pass."
Yet again, I sink into the ground, but this time I used my energy to move in the ground as if it was water.
In this state, I couldn't see, but I managed to sense what was happening above me through vibrations caused by movements.
"...Found you."
She was still in this mansion, somewhere underground.
'Try using your scream here.'
You do realize that I need to concentrate to stay like this?
'Yeah, Yeah, just do it."
"Sigh, Scream of the Banshee."
My sound waves didn't spread like before instead they got soaked into the ground making it shake and glow a little bit around me.
Through the light, I could see more clearly what was around me.
[New spell learned: [Earth Sonar]]
You know, you could have told me these spells from the beginning don't you think?
'Maybe.~😁
What's that? How the hell did you draw this picture while you are talking?
'Kido, you don't even know the quarter that I know. Now go, get me that body!'
...Yes ma'am.
I swim through the ground, releasing regularly my son to see.
There they are.
The princess and her friend with the rifle were in a tight passageway, trying to escape to the sewers.
I swim to the exit and waited for them to arrive, like a spider.
Soon they arrived, covered in sweat and out of breath.
"W-We made it."
"Claris, do you think-"
"Don't even think about it. Sebas is one of the strongest in our house, he wouldn't lose to something like that."
"Y-Your right. Sebas will definitely win."
Damn this almost makes it hard for me to do what I'm about to do. Almost.
I made my upper body emerge from the ceiling, right over their head.
"Sorry, not sorry."
Even before she-knight could react, I broke her neck.
The princess tried to run away from me, screaming, but with my elongated hands I grabbed her waist and mouth and lifted her up in the air.
"Now, now, stop fighting or you will end up like your friends who tried to protect you."
She struggled a bit but she soon fell unconscious from lack of air, due to me having my hand over her mouth.
Then-
Shhhhhh!
"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"
It hurts! My hands! They are burning!
I let her go and waved my hands, which were smoking without any burn mark.
The elf girl fell on her feet, and when she was straight up her body started to change form.
Her dress became an armor made from light, with a silver sword in each hand. On her back, two white butterfly wings grew made from the same material as her armor, and above her head, a flying circle was floating.
'There it is! The power that I am looking for! The blessing from three gods!"
Damn it Amu, how am I supposed to take this thing on?!
'Don't worry just weaken it so that I can hypnotize it with my song.
Fucking damn it...
The enhanced elf opened her eyes, two shining shears blinding me for a split second.
"Foolish sinner, feal the rath of someone blessed by the gods!"
Her voice was different, deeper, more mature.
Is she like me, having multiple personalities in one body?
Every cell in my body screamed at me to run, hide, do not engage! I knew I couldn't win and yet, what is this feeling? I deal hot, excited.
Why do I feel happy about this?
Whatever the case is-
"Earth Magic: Spear!"
I sent a projectile to her face, that she destroyed with her sword.
"Okay, this is bad. Sound Magic: Scream of the Banshee!"
I jet again let out my magical voice but she seemed to be not amused by it and just stud there, taking it.
'It's not working!'
"No shit! Reconstruction!"
I ran my lines around me and her, completely covering the area where we stud.
" Battle Axe."
The ground near be got destroyed and two huge axes emerged, made from heavy stone. I grabbed each with both of my hands and swing them a few times to be sure that there was no problem.
"I really hope this is going to work. Reconstruction."
I imbued my axes with my lines, creating something like a green haze around the blades, then I swing them at her.
"You demon dares to attack us? Perish by our light! God's Technique: Purifying Blows!"
" Batle Axe Technique: Earth Avalanche!"
Bamm!
Our blades collided in a series of strikes, creating a shockwave that made the entire underground shake.
"IIIT'S WORKKIIING!"
I could feel it, the axes have been destroyed the instant they touched her weapon. To make them withstand them, I dis and reassembled them constantly, giving them the ability to be repaired instantly.
"Demon, we don't know what is the power you are using, but it is too little for stopping us!"
She is right, this trick only worked as a temporary trick, I could feel my energy sapped away each time we exchange blows.
"I can't do this any longer. It's time to end this!"