"Awwoooo~!" Blitz howled in relief. Faith used Pride's [Recover] chant on Blitz, bringing him back to tip-top condition. Blitz jumped around and chased his furry tail around, indicating he was completely healed. Our training bore many fruits, especially when you count the time it took, which wasn't even half a second. Jason and Sarah had their mouths wide open but snapped themselves back to reality and trained up their chants and tried reducing their time taken to chant. Well, I had Faith, so I didn't need to do much, but Faith looked tense.
She had some kind of eidetic memory, because of which remembering chants weren't a problem for her, the problem was my magic reserves. Thinking back to the time when Blitz hatched, I knew it was worth it, but somewhere deep inside, I knew keeping my reserves hanging dangerously at 1% wasn't exactly the wisest idea. As of now, 26% of my reserves have recovered naturally, but at this rate, I wouldn't be able to go all out against Wrath, which could be a problem.
"Shit, I ran out of magic again!" Sarah exclaimed. She was holding her right arm and panting for air. "Oh, here you go! I'll use my [Magic Recover] to help you," Jason offered. Aha! What impeccable timing! I'll just have Faith copy the chant and maybe even fuse it with [Leeching Slashes] and other chants! Lucky me, lucky me!
"Magic and us, two sides of the same coin,"
"We need Magic, and Magic needs us,"
"Magic, the power that binds together Space and Time,"
"We beg you, Magic, to embrace and enlighten us,"
Jason took a pause, and shortly after yelled out the chant's name.
"Magic Recover!" Jason said out loud, but his voice was drowned out in the bustling of the other demons and demi-demons training. Sarah slowly began glowing and a blue aura surrounded her for a few seconds, after which the glow died out, and Sarah stopped panting. "Thanks! My magic has filled up to the brim!" Sarah said with a beaming smile. I looked at Faith, who knew exactly what I wanted. A few seconds in, and I began glowing blue as well.
"You know the chant as well?" Jason inquired. "Oh no, Faith just picked up the chant from you," I replied. "Oh, she can do that?" Sarah questioned. "Yeah, she can do a lot," I said, making Faith blush, causing her to hide her face again.
"New chant has been registered. It can be fused with [Pyro Blades] and [Devil's Might]. It can also permanently fuse with [Recover] to be able to heal both physical issues and magical depletion," Faith informed monotonously through my mind. "What about [Leeching Slashes]?" I inquired. "The chant [Leeching Slashes] is not compatible with this new chant," Faith replied, keeping up the monotonous voice. So, not all chants can be fused huh... that's new. "Go ahead with the permanent fusion first, after which, fuse the end result with [Pyro Blades] and [Devil's Might]," I instructed. "Understood, please standby," Faith mentally nodded.
Is it just me, or whenever it's about chants or something very important, Faith goes all monotonous and robotic? Hmm... probably just me.
"[Magic Recover] has been successfully fused with [Recover], making a new chant. What would you like to name the new chant?" Faith asked. "Uh... how about [Full Restore]?" I suggested. I remember the time I laid my hands on the very first video game. It was Pokémon Red, after which, I set out on a journey to finish every Pokémon game that Nintendo threw at me. When I heard that the new chant could basically heal me entirely, my mind immediately wandered towards a Full Restore, which is an upgraded version of the Max Potion, that fully restores the HP and heals any Status ailments of a Pokémon (Yes, my mind is a child! So what? Sue me!).
"New chant has been named [Full Restore]!" Faith exclaimed, returning back to her normal voice. The very next minute, Wrath clapped his hands twice, signaling the end of the 30-minute prep-time. "Now," Wrath said, and whispered something. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a huge golden-scaled dragon appeared, with bright red eyes and wingspan almost as big as 3 feet, but the dragon's body was even bigger, making me wonder how in the world is science even allowing this? The metre-cube law, the very same law that rendered most of my favourite flying Pokémon flightless, and did the same to many other mythical creatures, is somehow ignoring this giant monstrosity (Then again, Magic trumps scientific mumble-jumble).
"Meet my familiar, a Red-grade Golden-Scaled Legendary Dragon," Wrath introduced the dragon, causing it to roar loudly, making our ears wring with pain. Even Blitz hid himself in my arms with fear and covered his ears with his paws. The dragon calmly slid its head onto Wrath's shoulder, where he rubbed the dragon's scales. "His name is Levigon, but I call him Levi for short. Now this fella here can actually read minds, unlike me," Wrath revealed, making everyone gasp in surprise. "But there's a drawback, he can only read ill intentions, so here's how this is going to go. All the 6 leaders from each team can come forward, and whichever one of you can come up with the meanest insult gets to fight me," Wrath announced.
"Hehe, I'll be the leader. I'll roast that punk to high heaven," Sarah said, with a smirk on her face. "So you want to fight him first?" I said. "We could gather some info from someone else's fight, and then use that against him," I suggested. In all honesty, I did not want to kill myself by going first, in fact, I didn't want to fight at all, but since I have no choice, might as well not go first.
{Sarah's POV}
I've known Jay for a while now, and for one, he has too many mysteries surrounding him, but as enigmatic as he is, you can read him like an open book. While normal people would hear him say something logical to explain why he didn't want to fight first, I already knew he wanted to chicken out. This is where I'll use reverse psychology on him.
From the way he does basically everything, I've noticed he can't seem to turn down a challenge. Let's use that against him, shall we?
"Oh? Then you go ahead and be the leader. I'm sure you can't come up with a good roast anyway," I sighed. "I don't..." Jay drifted off. Hehe, it's working. "You know what? If you think I can't roast him, you're wronger than... well, wrong!" Jay exclaimed in frustration. Ah, how naive! "Go ahead, do your worst," I sarcastically encouraged him, which pushed him even more.
All it needed was just a trigger...
{Jay's POV}
I have no clue how the hell I fell for one of the oldest trick in the book, but that's the thing of the past, now, I have been given a challenge, and I intend to pass with flying colors. I stood in a line, along with the other leaders. 4 of the leaders were girls, and 2 of the leaders were boys. "Damn, girls are scary, whether they're humans, demons, or demi-demons," I thought to myself as I waited.
"Now, begin!" Wrath announced. The six of us began thinking of mean things to say.
"Yo mamma so fat, even the Empire State Building can't satisfy her," Levigon conveyed.
"Ooh that's good!" Wrath nodded.
"You have so many gaps in your teeth, it looks like your tongue is in jail," Levigon conveyed once again.
"I most certainly do not! I floss everyday," Wrath pouted.
"Your face makes onions cry," Levigon sighed. This was getting ridiculous.
"Ouch!" Wrath jokingly cried out.
"You're like a cloud. When you're gone, it's a beautiful day," Levigon conveyed.
"Hehe, I've heard that one before... on second thought, all of them seem familiar..." Wrath suspected something was up but he wasn't sure, very much to the relief of the four leaders.
"Is your ass jealous of all the shit that comes out of your mouth?" Levigon conveyed.
"Ok this is starting to sound too familiar. I've read all these somewhere..." Wrath began getting impatient. That's right, all of them were stolen from the internet, but Wrath didn't remember it, so the five leaders were safe.
All of them looked over to me, who knew if I gave him something he's already read before on the internet, I'm done for. It was like a million gift boxes were stacked onto each other, and I was on top of it, the boxes threatening to topple down.
"What about you? Have you thought of something?" Wrath asked, looking over to me. In a hurry... I said something I randomly thought would roast him.
"He..." Levigon roared. His red eyes glowed with anger and he dashed forward, but before he could chew the hell out of me, Wrath caught his tail and pulled him back, forcing the 7 foot golden dragon to sit obediently beside him, but Levigon was still shaking with anger.
"What did he say?" Wrath was curious. To be able to make Levigon mad, he must have used cuss words. "WHAT DID HE SAY?" Wrath commanded.
"Everytime I look at you, I regret having eyes, but that's fine. Don't be ashamed of who you are; that's your parent's job," I repeated what I thought, making Levigon shake even more. I wondered if I messed up or touch a nerve...
Oh boy did I touch a nerve!