I smile as I got Levia from the back with a [Lightning Fist] skill. She grits her teeth from anguish.
It seems I was right.
There's no way she cannot feel pain. It seems it was another spell to complement her Sphere of Authority. No wonder my Divine Sights can see another anomaly with her magic circuits. It must be a pain nullification spell.
With both spells combined, she can cause havoc inside the sphere of authority to inflict damage to the both of us whilst feeling no pain at all. With this, her win is guaranteed.
This is just a guess but I think her pain nullification spell is in cool down which is why she set up a new spell for now. This is my only chance.
Levia made a vital mistake. She chose the wrong opponent. My clone cannot feel pain and I can use [Clone TakeOver] to switch from different clones inside the Sphere of Authority. So all I had to do was to leave the clone body and give it a command to act as though it is in pain. The clone's acting was an oscar worthy award.
"I wasn't bluffing when I said that I already won."
Levia looks confused. Once she regains her sense, she kicks me and I got flung away, rolling until I stop.
It was a powerful kick. It looks like I can't defeat her in actual combat. I was glad that she had set this up.
Dark flames engulfs her as the Verni clone inside the Sphere of Dictatorship stands up and performed a spell at her.
She grits her teeth but the attack only burnt her skin. She aims her palm upon the clone and closes it into a fist. She crushed my clone with her hand gesture without contact. Was that some sort of spell?
How did she do that? She has a lot of weird spells that I saw for the first time. Too bad my Divine Sights didn't caught a bit of that. She cast it too quick.
She cancels the Sphere of Dictatorship spell and unfurls her wings. She flies high to maintain distance and assess the situation.
She seems confused and probably won't be able to understand the nature of my ability, which is what I want.
Levia is now serious. She clenches her fist and punch the air. To my surprise, this body gets hit and I get flung away.
Using my Divine Sights I can determine what spell she is using.
[Reading Skill...]
[Skill Determined....]
[Phantom Reptillian Beast:
Controls a legendary invisible magnum lizard beast. The strength and durability of this enemy is amplified nine times of the user.]
You gotta be kidding me? As if Levia isn't already as strong as she is.
The magnum lizard beast is a large humanoid lizard with muscular body. Normally it will be invisible but due to my Divine Sights, I can see it clearly.
The magnum lizard beast throws another punch, however, that is when my clones use the cursed flames on her.
She gets burned to bits. She tries to have the magnum beast huddle on her to protect her but the cursed flames can burn her as long as I can see her.
"What's with these flames?!" She writhes in pain.
Looks like she can't use her pain nullification spell while using the magnum lizard. She is already using a lot of mana after all.
"Levia, now that the tables have turned, I'm willing to accept your surrender. This body cannot feel pain. And I doubt you will stay here for years or decades when I know you are in an urgent situation. Hahaha!" I laugh villainously.
She tries to have the magnum beast reach out to my clone but we bombard her with cursed flame magic.
Levia sighs in defeat and snaps her fingers. "Fine, you got me good. I think it's pointless to go on."
A blue mark glows as it forms on the back of her hand.
The mark seems to be tied to my system.
[+ Servant Added]
[Name: Leviathany Galkin
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Worldly Titles: Mystical General Monster, Agent of Darkness, Daughter of the Galkin Empress
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Level: 380
Health points: 35,600,000/35,600,000
Mana points: 9,840,800/9,840,800
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Strength: 2607
Agility: 3506
Defense: 3700
Stamina: 2800
Wisdom: 4200 (Maxed)
Mind: 3500
Tolerance: 2305 ]
Level 380, huh? That's quite high. No wonder, Sagus had to lock her up.
Regardless, it feels good to have someone that is powerful.
Levia descends close to my side. "Master, allow me to introduce myself again. My name is Levia and regarding our deal, here." She show her claw and snaps it with her other hand.
"A galkin's claw is a symbol of ones pride. Giving one to you is the biggest respect we can show." She says as she hands it over.
I chuckle nervously. "Well about that, I need 9 more. Hehe."
....
"Huh?! My lord, If I do that what becomes of me?!" She yells nervously.
"You can just grow it back, right?"
"That cannot be!" She lashes out. "They grow but it may take while. It's like saying to a bald girl that she'll grow her hair. In the same way, I will feel uncomfortable being clawless."
I sigh. But I may as well take it. I use [Clone Object] to multiply it to 9 times.
She looks at it surprised, "what? It seems you can actually double it. Then one was already enough." She seems relived knowing I wont have to take her other claws.
"That's true but when it comes to materials that have high quality, they deteriorate fast every time I clone them."
It used to be 20% reduction of quality but now it's 2% due to my levelling up. The 2% reduction may seem small but its not negligible. Especially since the Golden Potion concoction is sensitive to its ingredicents.
I just hope the concoction will work.
After the conclusion of the battle, we flew and then proceed towards the Dungeon core.
We pass by several clones working below us and she looks amazed. "You can double yourself and materials, huh? It's the first time I witnessed such ability in my century of existence."
She's my servant I guess I should tell her everything. "Yeah, my ability is cloning ability. Not only that but I can copy abilities provided I have the requirements. I'm also way more stronger. This body the one you fought is just a clone."
"As expected of the Overlords, your abilities surprise me. I used to have a great friend like you. We hold a special connection." She smiles wistfully into the distance. Though her smile had some a trace of pain.
"Melanie, right?"
Levia nods softly, "my lord, I hope you can keep your promise."
"We will, but not right now."
I'm still not ready to reveal myself to the world. The strengthening of this dungeon and the revival of my friends are my priority for now.
At some point, I will involve myself with these Overlords. Perhaps, I should ask Levia about her knowledge of the outside world beyond this dungeon.
"Levia, do you have some knowledge about the Overlords?"
"There are four Overlords in the mundane plane. As you may have guessed, there are north, west, east and south. It was always that way and they won't be easily replaced." Levia stares at me as though wondering how I became one. "
In my case, it was the system who declared my title, but I can't tell her.
"Melanie, she was the strongest Overlord of the Mundane plane. She can go toe to toe even if the rest of the Overlords join forces. That's why she was given the title of the Vanquisher." Levia speaks with enthusiasm. She must have loved this Overlord or was she her dear friend.
I hope she becomes my ally. Well, Levia seems to be in good terms with her so it might be possible.
"Well, do you know where she is now?"
Levia's eyes sinks from disappointment.
Something must have happened judging from those eyes of grief.
Levia shakes her head. When she comes into her senses, she shows a face of courage. "She's fine! I'll just have to get out of here and look for her."
"--i see."
My lips feels heavy. I can't speak anything to her in terms of encouragement or sympathy. But I can tell she's in denial and she must have known what happened.
Arriving at the Dungeon Core Domain we flew towards the city of the clones. Levia upon seeing the stone buildings of my clones she bursts out chuckling. "What kind of buildings are those, they look very plain and dry. I haven't seen such a design so bad."
My face turn beet red since from embarrassment since I know I literally suck in architecture. "Well, those are my clones designs. There's no way that's my design." I fake a laugh. "Ha-ha-ha."
"Yeah right, no person can be that bad. Even an earth child mage can do better."
It feels like a hit on the gut from every word she utters.
We arrive on the stone tower and begin heading to the lab. Days passes as we went through several stages of the concoction. We failed in some experiments since my cloned Claw won't work for the potion.
In which I have to go for the last resort and acquire a 100% quality Galkin Claw.
She begins crying as I grab her and then her arms, trying to snap her claws. "Stay still Levia."
"My lord, you're quite merciless aren't you?" She sobs as she tries to get away from me.
Levia cried for days being clawless. Especially since some claws were used for the conction thus I needed more. I went for her toe claws as well.
I hope she will forgive me for this. Even though I had no assistant, at least I managed to finally collect everything. Another week passed and upon the last stir on the flask, I managed to acquire it.
[+1 Golden Potion Acquired!]
[+1000000 EXP]
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[Levia]
I can't believe my Lord did that to me. What would the other Galkins tell me when they see me being clawless?
Ugh! I can't bear it!
Besides, what does he even need the Golden Potion for? Does he want to revive someone or something?
Yeah, he probably has someone precious to him, like I did back then.
Melanie, I hope you are fine.
The last thing I remember is her face filled with despair and regret, then a ray of light fell upon her from the sky and---
I can't remember what happened next.
I hope it was just a bad dream and we can see each other again.
I notice that the back of my hand is glowing. I gasp in shock since I completely forgot about this! I have to tell my Lord!
My siblings, they are coming!