Aimer rushed towards Monclear at an incredible pace. He resembled a rocket blazing off into space but at least five times faster.
'...!!!'
Monclear's eyes sprung wide open, he was caught off guard by Aimer's sudden movements.
*hmph!!* *fwoooosh!*
Monclear violently sweeped the surface of the canvas below him with his club. His attack traveled in a horizontal direction from right to left, at one point seemingly about hit the appearing figure-Aimer.
"Tsk!"
Skill [Fade] has been activated!
Aimer vanished before Monclear's club smacked him. This scenario startled Monclear.
'Hm? Where'd he...?'
Out of confusion of Aimer's sudden disappearance, Monclear rapidly sweep his gaze before him. To no avail, Aimer was nowhere to be found.
"....!!"
Suddenly, the word 'danger' screamed behind him.
*fwit*
Skill [Fade] has been deactivated!
Aimer appeared in direct confrontation with the back of the Titans' neck. With a fascinating spin of his Glaive, Aimer swung at the Titan's neck back.
*swooshh!*
Before Aimer's strike could land, Monclear quickly ducked into a crouching position.
'Hm? He's fast for his size!'
Aimer missed his chance, terribly. He realized this when Monclear grabbed him by the legs from mid-air to slam him into the ground.
*BOOM* *KU-EOK!*
Aimer coughed up a ball of blood. He could feel the severe damage done to his entire body. Aimer rolled flat on his back, breathing heavily.
*HAAP!*
Monclear stood upright; he then raised one leg to its highest altitude. He placed that leg over Aimer before stomping down with full force.
*cough* 'ohh, crap. Let's wait'
Aimer saw that Monclear's leg approached him closer.
'Now!'
*shick* *ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!*
Just an inch away from smashing Aimer to smithereens, he lifted his Glaive upright causing Monclear to step directly on the sharp end of the item. Piercing his feet from the bottom.
*hiik!* *hiik*
Monclear unconsciously lifted its feet from the weapon before holding it up high above the ground in agony.
'Can't say that wasn't a great idea'
{Aimer smiles}
*fwit* *doosshhhh*
A loud bash that disrupted the surroundings could be heard when Monclear fell to his back. Aimer had been recuperating from the situation for he was already charging at the Titan.
"...!!"
Monclear snapped out of his foolish cry from such a minor injury. He had now realize that Aimer was rushing towards him.
*woosh*
In a swift motion, Monclear reached to his right to pick up his club he had dropped. And just as Aimer closed the distance between the two, an attack from that said club came from above.
'Oh, no you don't'
Aimer skid to stop his rapid movements, just before he threw is Glaive like a javelin at the Titan.
Skill [Fade] has been activated!
*BOOM*
Immediately after releasing his Glaive, Aimer vanished to evade the incoming attack that caved-in the platform from whence he disappeared.
'Hm?' *shickk!!* *AHHHHH!*
Aimer's Glaive pierced the right eye of Monclear. He hadn't realize that Aimer threw his weapon towards him because he was distracted by Aimer disappearing.
With the thought of trying to figure out where Aimer would appear next, Monclear was caught of guard when Aimer's attack struck him.
Skill [Fade] has been deactivated!
'Bingo!'
Aimer appeared before the right eye of laid out Titan in the floor.
*swoosh*
Aimer made a 360 degrees horizontal spin which ended with a kick that drove his Glaive further within the Titan's eyes.
*heok-ok!* {Monclear groans}
A gush of blood squirted from the Titan's eye—but this wasn't the end of it.
Aimer seemingly looked as if he were going to land on the Titan's neck, instead he delivered a heavy blow to it.
*COUGH!*
Monclear spasmed.
*fwoosh* Aimer launched himself from the Titan's neck and somehow managed to make it towards its other eye.
*lands*
'Here goes nothing'
*boom* *bow* *RARRRGGGG!!!*
If the Titan wasn't feeling as much pain as before now he was. Worlds couldn't explain how he felt. It was if it was being impaneled in several random parts of its body.
'This, this human? How can he be this fast and powerful. I don't have enough time to recuperate myself so that I can retaliate'
Skill [Fade] has been activated!
'Is this...is this...how it feels to...'
Skill [Fade] has been deactivated!
Aimer vanished from the left eye of the Titan to the previous where his Glaive was located.
*slick*
Skill [Fade] has been activated!
Aimer pulled his weapon from the Titan eye while simultaneously disappearing only to appear crouched on his chest.
'Well, say goodbye'
Aimer locked his gaze onto an area on the Titan's chest.
Raising his Glaive above head with both hands, Aimer drove the item into the section where the Titan's heart was located. However, he stopped the exact moment the weapon touched the surface of the Titan's heart.
*HYUK!*
'He stopped just before killing me on purpose'
Monclear snarled at Aimer when he realized that Aimer wasn't planing on giving him a peaceful death or so it seems.
'Now, let's talk'
Aimer shot a dagger-like red-blood gaze at the Titan.
{Monclear shivers}
The Titan unintentionally trembled with a deeply wrinkled, terrified expression across its face.
"How many more of you are there? I take it that you guys aren't the only one?"
Aimer fully grasped that the Titan's were named after the cubes transformations. The only thing he didn't understand was how they were connected.
'Is by ownership? From Ishmon's Knuckles to Monclear's Glaive? I believe each Titan owned the weapon named after them'
"I see, you have questions?"
*slick* *slick*
"Just answer the question,"
'BASTARD!'
Irritated by Monclear's stubbornness, Aimer drove his further into Monclear's chest, threatening to penetrate his heart.
"Ahhh! Wait! Wait! Okay, stop!"
"Speak,"
'Dammit!'
After a plea to expand his life span, there was an eerie silence between the two that surfaced after.
{Monclear gulps}
"Well, in total there were five of us."
*twists*
'Five of them? So the one I killed before including these two that suddenly appeared? Then the last two....'
With a turn of his Glaive, Aimer further dug deeper into the Titan's wound.
{Monclear groans}
'This shitthead! He's trying to pry the information out of me before I die! Darn-it!'
The Titan's face flashed a deepened grimace before he responded.
"Th, there on another planet...f, far from here,"
'Hm? Is that the planet I left unexplored or is it the one I last visited. I'm not sure but either way...it'd be good to find out'
"And what's the name of that planet?"
"Heh...heh...heheheheheh!! Hahahahaha!!,"
Instead of giving Aimer a response, Monclear began cackling like a madman. His smile shifted into a turmoil sinister grin that could cause someone to be scared-stiff. But Aimer didn't falter to the Titan's actions.
'Hmm? He's lost it'
Rather, Aimer kept calm, revising the situation with his eyes latched onto the Titan. Anything could happen and Aimer fully knew that.
Meantime, Monclear had come back to his sentence. He questioned himself as to why he was being so submissive towards a mere human.
Of course, he so wasn't defeated, at least not yet. But even if he was at death's door that doesn't mean he should spill everything on I ly the hope of his life being spared.
No...he's a monster. A monster that is only loyal to its kind. And even if it means he should die keeping a secret for his kind it shall be done. No exceptions.
"You think I'll tell you? Over my dead body,"
'Well, this is rather unexpected...he doesn't care for his life'
"I see. Then..."
*shick!!!* *UG...UGHH!*
"Damned human! Don't worry...you'll meet your end very soon,"
"...suit yourself,"
The Glaive dig deep through the Titans heart bringing him to his demise just after he struggle to warn Aimer.
'When that time comes...I'll make sure to be prepared'
{Amir sighs}
'Good. Now that that's over,"
Aimer leaped from the Titans body which had began to dissipate. Aimer swept his surroundings to notice two shining objects.
'Hmmm? Are those'
Meanwhile, Nobara felt a heavy weight lifted from his shoulders after witnessing the results of Aimer's battles.
{Nobara collapses}
*sighs* "It's over. We can finally rest easy now,"
"My son, he's okay right?"
Both Nobara and Anysia collapsed to the floor before Nobara was questioned by Anysia.
"Of course ma'am, see over there! Rest assured,"
Nobara pointed towards the direction of a crumbled building with devastating destruction within its vicinity.
'Oh, thank goodness. My son's safe and sound.'
Anysia gaped towards that location with tears slightly dripping from either eye.
'She's very caring for her son'
Nobara snatched an interesting glance at Anysia.
Back to Aimer, who entered a crouching position to better observe the shining objects.
'Oh, these are....'
Ishmon's Drop Skill - [Devourers Warp]
Description: the user has the ability to bend space and time granting them the power to rewind time to a certain extent.
Monclear's Drop Skill - [Longinus]
Description: the user is immune to all diseases, poisonous substances, and any abnormalities to his status. Which also grants a regenerative healing factor, that accelerates exponentially during sleep.
'...drop skills? The skill [Devourers Warp] and [Longinus]. Seems pretty good based on their descriptions. Well, thank you for the gifts'
Aimer collected the drop skills only to realize the Titans carcasses had already vanished. Just a moment after he teasingly accepted the drop skills as a 'gift'.
*DING*
Aimer was suddenly disturbed by the second Window's notification.
"Congratulations on defeating three of the five Titans of Beginning"
Reward: Titan Drop Skills
Aimer's squinted his eyes to carefully read the notification.
'Hmm. The reward are the drop skills...did the Window orchestrate this? If so, then that means somethings up. And the Titan's of Beginning...I take it that's their names, interesting'
*smiles*
'I should probably check my status too'
"Status Window"
Name: Aimer Belafonte
Age: 19
Title: Sky-Dweller
Level: 406
[Intelligence] - 408 (+209)
[Speed] - 419 (+207)
[Agility] - 420(+183)
[Strength] - 400 (+75)
[Defense] - 413 (+100)
[Stamina] - 409 (+80)
[Awareness] - 411 (+55)
[Elusiveness] - 410 (+191)
[Luck] - 400 (+169)
Skills:
[Adapt], [Animal Instincts], [Intimidate], [Insight evo.], [GRIT], [Fade], [Uncontrollable], [Erase], [Apostle], [Longinus], [Devourers Warp]
Devourer's Descendant Skill-Set: (DD)
[Half-off] - Legendary ( requirement not met)
[Asura] - Legendary (requirement not met)
[Truth-seeker] - Unique (requirement met)
[Empathy] - Epic (requirement met)
Items:
[Ring of Iblīs, The Prince of Darkness], [Iblīs, Blade of the Fallen], [Banshee's Orb], [Lippu's Crystal], [Sharkanha's Mark], [Titan's Lineage: Morhpling], [Mask of the Jester], [Lickto], [Inherited Heart (Immortal], [Soulshard (Unique], [Judgment Idol (Unique], [Soulsilver (Unique]
Hidden Skills:
Water Elementalist (Lvl. 1
(Requirements not met)
Fire Elementalist (Lvl.5
Mana:
3000/3000
'Well, everything seems up to date. Though, I just noticed that I'm leveling at lot slower than usual. I wonder what that's all about'
Aimer averted his gaze from the disappearing windows just when he heard an unfamiliar voice.
[System Synchronization in progress...]
[Time of completion: 4 days, 12 hours, 2 minutes, 0 seconds]
[Farewell, until the final training]
'Huh? What was that just now? That voice...it was speaking to me! System synchronization? Time of completion? Final training? All of this isn't adding up...just what is this window?'
Aimer had a deepened scowl because he was confused by first the voice and then the subtle messages it delivered.
'Anyways, I'll just have to keep an eye on that countdown'
Skill...[Fade]
"Hey, hey! You there!"
'Hm? Dammit! The reporters!?'
"It was you wasn't it?"
"Yes! He's the one who defeated the two Titans"
"Yeah. Plus, weren't they Sky-Dweller type? How did he do it single handedly?"
"Is he the new rising star? The Solo-Harvester?"
Before he could think of evacuating the disastrous scene, Aimer was caught by several different cameras by several different reporters in black. Who them, themselves were discussing the matter beforehand with one another.
*flash* *snap!* *flash*
'Ugh! Damn cameras?'
With his hands raised, Aimer unintentionally stepped back from the crowd and cameras pointed at him.
"Sir! Tell us! What is your name?"
"What's is your rank sir!?"
"Me three! How did you defeat two Sky-Dweller monsters that even the top Dwellers can't do!?"
The reported dropped a boatload on Aimer which he didn't desire to give an answer to.
'You know what. Screw it!'
Skill [Fade] has been activated!
'Catch y'all later'
Aimer vanished before the eyes of the bewildered.
"What! Where'd he go? Darn it! Now the only thing we have is the video!"
"Fuck! I missed my chance! God forgive me!"
"That interview would've been a great headliner! Dammit, we'll just use what we have,"
Reporters from all diversity and branches of different companies left the spectacle miserably, with lowered heads and disappointing results.
....
Skill [Fade] has been deactivated!
*lands*
"Oh, Guild-master! You're here!"
"How's mother?"
Not too far away Aimer had landed at a secured and safe location where Nobara rested with is mother. Disregarding Nobara's surprised reaction Aimer strode towards his mother.
"Oh dear, Aimer?"
"Mother,"
Ain't rushed into his mother's grasp, tightly wrapping both hands around her. And so did she.
"Are you okay?"
With a panicked expression, Aimer released his grip from Anysia to speculate her well-being.
"Yes, I am. Just...I feel weak,"
'That's monster likely because she depleted her mana. Not to mention, the child could have something to do with it'
"That's okay mother. You just need some rest and you'll feel a bit better,"
Aimer reassured his mother that everything will be fine allowing her to use his shoulder as a head rest.
"Now that everything's done. Are you ready...Nobara?"
{Nobara gulps}
"Ahh, yes!"
Due to glimpsing a scene that could be deemed heartwarming to many others, Nobara was stuck in daze until Aimer's voice snapped him out of it.
"Grab my shoulder,"
Skill [Fade] has been activated!