" Ragna.... Ragna....!!!! " Twelve calls Ragna who has already fallen into his meditation where he can no longer hear his voice, making him panic.
" What did he do? did he meditate to absorb the Dainsleif's Aether the wrong way? " he asks himself as Ragna's Aether Aura suddenly emerges again but in a different pattern.
"( His aura has changed? before... his aura is as wild as fire but now it seems to be calmer, more stable, and more... )" Twelve sees Ragna's Aether Aura who begins to rise quickly.
< AP bar has been increased as the Player absorbs more Aether from the Dainsleif sword. >
< AP Bar: 4.000/4.000 >
< AP Bar: 4.200/4.200 >
< AP Bar: 4.450/4.450 >
Seeing that, Twelve was shocked to see Ragna's AP bat skyrocket as if the Aether just easily entered his body without him having any problems during his meditation.
"( Oh my..., originally I was teaching him to absorb the Aether slowly but... )" Twelve says while wondering what he must do but sadly the Twelve Eye doesn't show him anything as if the future minutes later had uncertain results.
"( Oh no, Ragna please hold on!!! )" Twelve says while patiently waiting for the results since he himself doesn't have the courage to act, fearing that he will worsen the situation.
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( Meanwhile. )
" You're The Spirit of the Sword? " Ragna says while equipping the [Rachnare's Tusk] that he just upgraded earlier.
< [Item: Rachnare's Tusk] + 8 >
< Item Class: C >
< Type: Sword >
< Attack: +1.240 >
< A sword made from Rachnare's Tusk, the same Tusk that emits deadly venoms. >
< Grants poison effect >
< Can be equipped, enhanced, stored, or sold. >
< - Effect 'Paralyze': Attacked foes have a chance to become unable to move. >
< - Effect 'Wound': Attacked foes wound will be more fatal, giving them pain with each movement. >
< - Effect 'Impurity': Attacked foes become polluted, rendering some of the body systems weak and losing 10% HP every 1 second. >
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As he picks his enhanced sword, Ragna then dashes the Spirit of the Sword, the Spirit of Dainsleif which she wants to be called as Ragna then uses his skill to attack her, but.
*SLASH*
The sword's blade cuts through the spirit but in an instant, the spirit's slashed body begins to reassemble, since the spirit itself is like the wind itself, untouchable by any mortal weapons.
" Nice try, it seems your weapon is quite powerful to use. " the Spirit of Dainsleif says or should we call her Dainsleif since the sword, the body, and the spirit are one name*.
" Shut up, Dainsleif!!! "
" I don't know what kind of spirit you are but if you try to disrupt my training then!!! " Ragna jumps while trying to slash Dainsleif.
" Guess I have no choice by stopping you from disturbing me!!! " Ragna uses his basic skill.
< Hard Attack -- lvl.6 >
As he swings the sword, it slashes the lake, creating a quite-large mini-wave which made Dainsleif excited.
" Phew, that was good... " she says while seeing the slash's effects.
" But that still won't even hit me. " she mocks Ragna, showing him that she can reassemble her slashed body.
Seeing that, Ragna then smiled as he looks out the lake around him which made him immediately realize what to do.
"( Oh right, I forgot!!! )" he says while looking at his status Window.
"( Using the [Feed] Skill, I've already increased the number of traits that I've acquired such as the Slime trait and Spider trait. )" Ragna says while looking at one of his acquired skills that he never had the chance to use before due to the lack of sufficient GP back then.
< Skill: [Transformation] (Active) -- lvl.3 >
< This skill allows the player to partially transform body parts into any trait the Player had acquired using the [Feed] Skill. >
< Effect: Increase Player's Status after transformation, the effects are based on what the Player will transform. >
< Cost: 2.000 GP >
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While looking at the Status Window, Ragna looked at Dainselif while she let herself wide open for she knew there is nothing that Ragna can do to hurt her.
"( She is wide open, a logical act for there is no weapon that could harm her spirit body for now. )"
"( But,... I've been wondering? )" Ragna looks at the lake that he stands right now.
"( Why is this lake, feel different?... like it was made from a different kind of water.)" Ragna examines the lake, this dark lake that slowly turns black as if the water was slowly tainted by something.
" You better act now, boy!!! " Dainsleif's spirit says for she tells Ragna that once the lake is filled by the 'Black Substance' then there will be no chance for him to survive as she shows him the already tainted waters were from there appear beings made from black liquids, a being so black and dark as Ragna even think of them as some sort of a 'Reaper' or something.
" What are those? " Ragna wonders while forgetting that he needs to transform right now.
Hearing that Dainsleif's spirit laughs and mocks Ragna that he is now surrounded by the Black Shadow Soldiers, undead soldiers made from his master Siegfried's slain enemies for the Aether from the Dainsleif blade had now taken their shadows and make them spawn armies for Siegfried back then.
" And now, now that I had free reign to use my powers without my master's restriction. "
" I can now use the Black Shadows as long as I want. " Dainsleif says as she gives the summoned Black Shadow an order.
" Starting from attacking you!!! "
" Eviscerate him!!! " she says as the summoned Black Shadows immediately summoned their weapons to attack Ragna on spot.
"Oh, shit!!!"
"I need to transform now, for goodness sake!!! "
"( The hell, why I was spacing out earlier? )" Ragna commented on himself for he mocks himself for being easily swayed by a supreme show of power as he never knew that his enemy could do that right now.
< Transformation, Choose Your Trait: >
< 1) Slime Trait -- lvl.4 >
< This trait will increase the user's Strength, Agility, Vitality, and Sense by +20 >
< The Slime Trait will enable the Player to consume many materials, including living beings. >
< This Class will add three additional Normal Trait Skills and Two Special Trait Skills to the Player. >
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< 2) Spider Trait -- lvl.2 >
< This trait will increase the user's Strength, Agility, Sense, and Intelligence by +10 >
< The Spider Trait will increase the Player's survival and will add some DMG Bonus to weapons-related to this trait. >
< This Class will add four additional Normal Trait Skills and One Special Trait Skill to the Player. >
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"( In this situation, I rather transform with the trait that will increase my HP, and because of that, I need a trait that specializes in Vitality. )"
"( For that I choose.... this!!! )" Ragna chooses his trait as the Black Shadows rally to him.