Levi's clothes finished drying.
He puts on his clothes.
When you finish putting it on, start putting out the fire.
The only thing left around him is darkness, however, this level of darkness doesn't make him as nervous as the one in his little experience inside his mind, he even seemed to feel a comfort in being in the dark. Noticing her comfort, a thought comes to her mind "Since it's a dark heritage, that means I'll have quite a bit of comfort being in places with dark energy or the like, such as the element of death or poison. Though This is just my guess." He begins to walk in the forest after stopping thinking about his heritage, while walking he discovers another benefit of the heritage, his ease when walking without light, it is as if the darkness tells him where things are. By walking Levi tries to extend his perception of the environment. His perception can barely reach a distance of 50 meters, but to be more accurate he had to reduce it to 15 meters for the time being.
He arrives at the campsite without delay, but does not leave the forest area, instead he starts circling the campsite, checking to see if anyone is around.
He circles the camp 3 times to be sure.
The only thing that bothers him right now is that someone searched his backpack while he was gone. At the thought of his backpack, his calm began to disappear and what took its place were nerves, this is because Miller gave him three objects for three different situations. One of them is a potion that hides his aura and body even from a nirvana mage or a yellow spirit cyber-mage, this potion Levi planned to use when he went to set the trap. The second item is a scroll, which could be considered the trap, which, when activated from a distance by it, would create an instantaneous explosion of a radius of 40 meters that would make everything disappear, it could even kill a spirit cyber-mage. black, but this scroll is used more as a trap and not as an item in a fight. The third item is a telepathic earring, with the Levi could tell Miller if something unexpected happened during the mission.
They are all quest-important items. Levi cursed Miller for not giving him a space warehouse so he could always have the items by his side.
Finishing his laps around camp, he begins to walk carefully to the boys' dormitory. As you move forward your nerves increase.
When he was 10 meters from the entrance, something pulls Levi into the woods.
The woman who was watching Levi was having coffee again. Next to him you could see a current of air.
The woman looked up and saw Levi approaching.
What took Levi, was a current of air created by the woman.
Levi realizes that he was caught, his nerves rising to a critical state.
The air current leaves Levi on the ground in front of the woman. Levi doesn't speak, he stays still with a lot of fear.
The woman notices Levi's fear, so she decides to calm him down with a few simple words. - Miller told you about me a few days ago. I'm Mira, your stepmother.
Levi's nerves start to fade, but after hearing what Mira said, he doesn't know what to say. Hearing that she refers to herself as his stepmother, her baby memories begin to flash through his mind, making him sad.
Mira seems to realize what's going on, she walks over to Levi, bends down and rubs her hand on his head, she says. - Those memories will never disappear, you'll have to learn to live with them, but that doesn't mean you can't create new ones with someone else. Of course I won't force you. However, it will have to wait, right now you have a mission. He pauses briefly. - Now answer me, will you complete your mission or will you leave it? -.
Levi says with a sad voice. - I will complete it -.
Mira he says. - Miller was right about you. He pauses. - Leave the mission, you won't be able to against the "Walkers", leave the rest to me. Your new mission will be to enjoy the camp -. Mira hugs Levi before he speaks. Levi cries as he feels the warmth of Mira's hug.
The two didn't last long together, Mira told Levi that she had the items she received from Miller, to calm him down, she sends it the same way she brought it, with a draft.
When Levi arrives in front of the bedroom again, what he does is enter and go to his bed and sleep immediately.
The next day he seemed to be calmer, however, he will not do what Mira told him, he is willing to fulfill his mission.
Another two days passed, until the basic magic classes began.
These days, Levi was keeping an eye on the girl, the more he did it, the more he questioned whether to kill her or not, these doubts made Levi's judgment decrease, making him make mistakes in magic classes.
When the night of the second day arrived, Levi observed that the girl went out alone at night, he saw an opportunity to end everything at once.
He looks around to see if there is no one nearby, being sure, he begins to follow the girl at a distance of 20 meters. The girl traveled a great distance. On the way, Levi's doubts about whether to kill the girl or not grew bigger, but this instantly disappeared when he saw the place where the girl arrived.
In the place there were posts made with bones of different sizes, you could see a large circle with different inscriptions made with purple blood, what most surprised Levi of all, was seeing the girl with purple veins unconscious in the middle of the circle .
Levi quickly thought of something Miller told him before their trip "If you show your talent they will take your soul and give it to someone else." Levi believed that these words were simply meant to scare him. He promised to listen more often to Miller. Another thought crossed his mind "If that girl is capable of doing that to her friend, then", Levi no longer doubts, he decided to kill the girl and rescue the one who hit him, however, apart from the girl blonde were 6 other people. Levi recognized them, these were all the camp managers.
In the distance there were two other people watching the place, these two were Mira and Miller.
Miller was happy to be by his wife's side again, not only that, now Miller is no longer a skeleton, he managed to recover his organs and skin, giving him more confidence when fighting. On the other hand, Mira was not happy, because she discovered that Levi was near the place and so that they would not discover him, she began to use magic to hide him, but to save strength, she slowly sent the concealment potion and when it was on him, she spilled the potion on him. concealment potion, Levi feeling something spilled on him, panicked, but calmed down when he heard Mira's voice in his ear telling him to calm down.
Levi didn't know where Mira was. He directed his gaze to various places, however, he did not find her. He stopped trying to find her and focused on what was happening up front.
The "Walkers" began to spread a red powder around the circle.
Mira and Miller began to prepare to go into action. Levi on the other hand started to get impatient. I try to calm down by thinking of other things.
The "Walkers" stopped scattering the red powder around the circle, when they finished they started to take out different things from their spatial storages. Clay was the only one who didn't get anything, instead she started leading the blonde girl to the center of the circle with the other girl.
This was what the duo from a distance had been waiting for.
Miller begins to recite a spell. - Element of death, home of the fallen, you fallen who hear my call, make your appearance. Miller pauses long in preparation.- Death magic. Summoning the Fallen Specter.
Above Miller a dark door begins to form. The gate completes its formation and what can be seen as the darkness fades is a gate made entirely of skulls.
The door begins to open slowly. When it is completely open, a floating figure begins to emerge, with an approximate height of 1.7 meters, covered by a black robe. You could see that he had no arms instead he had two large blades, on his face you could see the rotten meat.
Miller doesn't immediately send it to attack, he starts casting the spell again without letting the door disappear.
Another figure comes out of the door again, this figure measures approximately 2 meters is covered by a totally black heavy armor, on his back you can see a great sword that is even bigger than the figure.
Miller at the end of the invocation tells Mira. - The preparations are ready by my side.
Mira says nothing and goes on the attack. Miller didn't hesitate and also went on the attack with his two undead.
The "Walkers" noticed the arrival of the small group, then each began to prepare for battle.
Levi in the distance saw Miller's group charge towards the "Walkers". He didn't want to be doing nothing, so he is thinking about what spell to use, without realizing an unexpected event arises in his mind.
-------- In Levi's mind ----------
Levi could see a figure, but it was the only thing on his mind, the rest was blank.
The figure directs its gaze to Levi, this tells him. - I will teach you to use the dark soul -. Behind the figure a dark ethereal figure begins to emerge, it begins to increase in size. The dark figure reaches a great height, comparable to an adult leviathan. The figure says again. - This is the dark soul. You can use it to physically attack, but this is useless, what really makes this ability special, is when you combine it with your body. By doing so you will be able to perform spells, spells and rituals simultaneously, of course this will depend on your current ability -. The figure watches Levi for a moment. - With your current skill you can only cast three spells simultaneously and you can only use one incompatible combo spell. However, you only know how to control one element well, so the incompatible spell cannot be used, until you can control two incompatible elements as if they were your primary elements. Another characteristic that it has is that you can only use it once in your life. That is all -.
The figure stops talking, the dark soul disappeared. He raises his hand. It instantly pierces through Levi's heart, but he feels no pain.
--------- Back to reality ------------
Levi begins to get excited about the abilities he obtains with the dark soul, "With this I can do something in this battle", his gaze goes to the battle.
The two groups were already in a fight.
Mira faced two opponents, likewise Miller, Miller's summons had their own opponents.
Mira was fighting the cyber mage and the man in the crimson armor.
Miller was facing two cyber-warriors.
Mira and Miller had the advantage in strength, but not in quantity.
On their side the two are ethereal mages, plus the two summons where the specter has the power of a vorse warrior and the armored summon has the level of a great warrior.
On the other side, there was the blue spirited leader, the man in crimson armor who is a psionic warrior. Those who fight Miller are great warriors and the last two are archmages.
Mira's fight was the most intense.
The cyber mage versatilely used a sword that could be infused with psionic energy. When Mira found a hole to hit her enemy, the one in the crimson armor, she used pyrokinesis to get her away from the cyber-mage.
Mira watched her enemies. She had no choice but to transform. His legs came together to form a snake tail, small blue scales began to sprout from his body, his pupils became those of a snake. His arms began to tone up, his teeth became sharp. Two large red horns began to sprout from his head. Finishing her transformation, Mira licks her lips as if she's about to eat something delicious.
The two sides look at each other, Mira goes first. She starts to slither like a snake, the cyber-mage can barely react to Mira's speed, she manages to put a magnetic shield around her and her partner doesn't stay still, he attacks with his spear. Mira at what she does, twist her body, causing the spear to pass to her right and miss, but that's not all, she holds the spear and begins to pull, the "Walker" in the crimson armor resists hard so as not to lose the spear However, she didn't expect Mira to start opening her mouth, however, the cyber-mage doesn't stare, she lunges at Mira with her sword in hand and without deactivating her shield. Mira closes her mouth and uses her strength to launch the guy along with her weapon, when she does so she immediately starts lunging towards the cyber mage.
Having gotten close enough, Mira forms a fist with her right hand.
Mira's fist and shield were about to touch. Before they touched Mira jumped on the cyber-mage, she did not react in time to the jump, something Mira expected. She quickly turns around, in her left hand Mira was building up enough mana to form a wind arrow that pierced the shield and the enemy quickly. She throws the arrow. The cyber mage fails to dodge the arrow that came from the rear, causing this arrow of air not only to pierce through the shield, but also through her head.
The "Walker" of the crimson armor began to be afraid, not only him, the rest as well.
Mira wouldn't leave anyone alive, she starts to move towards the one in the crimson armor. He tries to resist, however, Mira dodges his attacks with ease, finishing off the enemy quickly at the first opportunity.
He watches as he kills his two opponents, pulls out a jar, then closes his eyes.
Levi watches his actions, he begins to notice that two ethereal things start to come out of the two corpses, this makes Levi panic.
What began to come out of the corpses, are their souls.
Look keep the souls in the jars.
The battle on the other side was not that intense, it ended with the victory of Miller and his summons.
The only enemy left alive was the blonde girl, she was terrified. He was unlucky enough to run into these two who show no mercy.
Miller approaches the girl, she begins to tremble and falls to the ground, Miller does not take long, he cuts off the girl's head and does the same as Mira, he takes out a jar and puts the girl's soul in it.
The two crushed their enemies with ease, this fight gives Levi a new perspective on Miller's power. In the end Levi was just a bystander to this quick confrontation.
Miller pulls out a crystal ball, brings his face close to it, and mutters a few words.
The duo after finishing cleaning the corpses, start walking towards Levi, he also starts to move forward.
Facing each other, the three look at each other. Levi turned his gaze to Miller.
Levi says with a sad voice. - So you have a lover.
Miller, hearing him, hits him hard and tells him. - I'm an idiot.
Levi answers him. - I know. Nobody else would fight in such a pathetic way.
Mira laughs at what Levi said.
The two start arguing, while Mira laughs.
After a few hours, a large ship is approaching your direction.
Levi asks the two. - Who are they? -.
Miller tells him. - My clients-.
Miller grabs the purple-veined girl who was still unconscious, summons his mount, climbs on it and starts heading towards the ship.
--------- Inside the ship ------------
In the cockpit.
In the captain's chair, there is a man who looks like a frail old man, however, this is a false image that he gives to everyone.
This gentleman tells Miller. - I knew that I could entrust this mission to you.
Miller tells him. - Of course, although I don't know what the reason would be for you not to act if you knew that the soul of your granddaughter would be consumed.
The man understands Miller's doubts, so he decides to tell him the details of the matter. - As you know Miller, I have many enemies. Miller nods. - Some of them were allied with the "Walkers", and as you may have found out even some relatives, like my nephew and his wife whom you killed-. He remains silent for a moment, then continues with his words. - This ritual, it was a trap to lure me. When I came to rescue my granddaughter, several enemies would besiege me to finish me off once and for all, that was the reason why you had to rescue her, however, I feel somewhat guilty for using my granddaughter as bait. Sighs. - You weren't the only one who just fought. I just got rid of a few enemies on my way here, who planned all this.
The two were still talking about the situation.
-------- Outside ship -----------
Levi says. - Are they really married? -.
Mira is slightly surprised by the question, she just nods in response.
Levi asks him a question. - Why did you marry a skeleton? -.
Mila tells him. - When we got married I wasn't a skeleton. That incident happened after -.
Levi curiously asks. - What incident? -.
Mira tells Levi the details of the incident where Miller turned into a skeleton. Levi couldn't contain his laughter, neither could Mira.
The two started talking to get to know each other better. Levi seemed to be closer to Mira and looks at her, then he realizes that she is still in her other form, but he didn't say anything about that, instead he said something else since he didn't know why he did it. - What they took from the corpses were the souls, right? -. look nod - So, why did they keep them in some jars and why did they accept a job to kill someone and then prevent them from taking the soul of an unknown girl? -.
Look, he answers. - Saving a stranger, well, actually the mission was to protect her and kill everyone who was involved in the ritual. And the other, because for the same reason that they did the same to the girl, to be stronger. That simple are the things -.
Levi thinks about Mira's response. After a few seconds he begins to speak. - I think that using the souls of others is a mistake for a magician. I don't know why I believe this, but I feel it's true. So I will not depend on the talent of others to become strong, it is not that I disagree with using someone else's soul to improve myself, however, I will take a different path from the rest -.
Mira starts stroking Levi's head and tells him. - If you already made a decision, don't regret it later -.
Levi answers him. - Don't worry, I won't regret it, it's more in the future you'll agree with me -.
Mira opens is curious and says. - Seriously? -. Levi nods and says. - However, before I will have to make some modifications in my body -.
Mira asks curiously. - What kind of modifications? -.
Levi answers. - I will need the blood of both -.
Look, he tells her. - Perhaps it is not something similar to obtaining the talent of the others -.
Levi could realize the idea that was forming in Mira's mind, he decides to tell her what kind of change it will be, he feels that this does not have to be hidden, since he will live with her in the future. - It would be like a change of species, I would stop belonging to the two species that I currently belong to and I would become the same species as you two.
Mira thinks that what Levi will do will be a mistake that will haunt him in the future, so she tries to change his mind.
As she was about to speak, Levi sees in the sky that Miller is getting closer.
Mira watches Miller approach, then decides not to speak for the time being.
End of chapter.