Author KJVZeanso's Report.
" Yes, this is all... "
" For now... " the Author trembles in fear for the recent short chapters.
" I know, some of you are wondering... "
" Is this all that Vol. 5 had to give? "
" How could Yukino get that strong, right? "
" Some of you might've wondered if she's more powerful than Ragna, but... "
" Ahem! " Author had to come while preparing his statement.
" As the Author, I had to tell you. "
" That Yukino is... *tap tap tap*... "
" ... "
" *tap tap tap* "
" ... "
" *sigh* "
" Yukino-senpai..., is almost as powerful as Ragna, I mean... "
" Unlike Ragna, she doesn't had to start from level 1 for she's already a Tier 5, an S-Rank Hunter, so I guess it shouldn't be difficult to make her accept new things... "
" But... "
" Since she's already considered an adult... "
" A slight change might cause her more harm than good, especially if she can't cope with it or still holding her old values tight. "
" That's her character problem, for her powers she is simply more unique and trained times faster than Ragna, but still... "
" I had to break it to you, but... "
" Age, Abilities..., these two things will never make one go victory in an instance.
" Yukino might've been professionally experienced, this was already credential, but her altitude towards new things, especially out of her usual norms might've been her greatest weakness for someone with so much cold and strict discipline such as her. "
" Besides, her often Fixed Mindset is what made her struggle in cope of understanding things she didn't understand... " Author went silent for a sec.
" ... "
" Or perhaps..., she didn't try to understand it..., at all... "
" Anyways, I hope you all could get her attitude, for often I always thought a need of balancing characters such as hers in order to give the Ragnas some challenge, especially from the human side. "
" Even though... "
" I hate to say it, but... "
" Mmm... "
" Even though I described Yukino being beautiful or some sort... "
" The truth is..., I kinda hate her character model... "
" After all, Yukino is that usual warrior woman who had that annoying strong 'shounen' beliefs. "
" Plus, despite her 'ice' based abilities, the girl had no 'chill' at all, for god sake. "
" *sigh* "
" Seriously I need to rush the story about her, her power-up vibe is getting onto my nerves. "
" Basically if you wanna know why she is more powerful than before, the answer is one thing... "
" 'Sal', that 'god' within her... "
" The answer is that, the god who happens to know the Ragnas out of nowhere, a thing that would be recurring in this Novel until then. "
" 'He' is her 'Buff', her new 'Power Source'... "
" While not actively 'Buffing' her, his wisdom might help her in some ways. "
" So she has that advantage, for now... "
" That little entitled girl. " the Author scoffs after saying it.
" Well, she's not the worst of the worst... "
" Beware O readers. "
" For the likes of her will come even soon, or perhaps, returned. "
" After all, some of them already mentioned and existed in the Previous Chapters... "
" So perhaps, you may learned that Yukino annoying attitude will be a lot for a while. "
" Especially since I gave her the Main Stage for the Volume. "
" Okay that's all..., for her. "
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" Pft, seriously, I try my best to hold myself from creating a female MC, for I'm afraid on making her too strong for her own good. "
" Not to mention, it isn't my personal type to write it, as an Author. "
" But still, for now, I can't think of any other character that is important on challenging Ragna at this point. "
" Damn, it has come to this... "
" I better finish the human and other-race characters' arcs off and quickly get to the point, the Main Topic of... this... whole Novel. "
" Yes, when I said that... "
" The 'Deviants', 'Demons'... "
" They all will be off-screened. "
" Since Ragna and his Black Shadows already take their place as the Diviners (gods) biggest threat, plus, they still hunt them built up their 'Antibodies', adding their Demonic Energies to their Aether. "
" Making them a 'Hybrid' or a 'Chimera' of those powers..., from now on. "
" Damn. "
" For you people, that might be OP, right... "
" Well..., not really. "
" As an Author, I really hope you all could have a good time on enjoying the destruction this arc would bring. "
" It's basically the second phase of the story, but the destruction will be greater than before. "
" Major characters dying, the cleansing of potential minor characters, etc etc etc. "
" It will be straight to the point, I'll promise you. "
" Besides, I don't intend to just waste things that I've built since the first chapter, I'm gonna try and use any plot-holes I've made for this second phase of the story. "
" Yes, second phase. "
" Do you know why it's called second phase? "
" Well if you don't know. "
" Volume 1 is what I called the 'Introduction Phase'. "
" Volume 2 and 3 is what I called the 'First Phase', the whole entire 'Abyss Tower Arc' Event. "
" Volume 4 to 5 and perhaps 6, is what you should call the 'Second Phase' of the story, the story of the 'White Demon'. "
" Do you get it now? "
" All of it are still connected, my friends... "
" For every Volume is still a consequence of the ones before. "
" For such, this Volume, is basically days after the end Volume 4., ongoing towards the 'God Hunter Tournament'. "
" Yes, you hear it right, the 'God Hunter Tournament' will be here soon enough... "
" Or perhaps, even premature... "
" By the way, this is the end of the Author's Chapter for today, before I left... "
" Perhaps, I should give you a little bit extra story... "
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[ Location: 'Unspecified Place' ]
" It seems you have been asleep, for too long. " Lord Loki says as he went to tube, a tube that stored a certain blonde-haired woman.
" Too bad you didn't had the chance to celebrate your 'Sweet Seventeen' last year, now, you're already 18. " Loki says to the woman as he oversees her progress.
" Once you're finished, I will immediately put you into use. "
" We've already lost so much, hence we had no time to produce new numbers of power by natural means. "
" As most of you who had great strength had been massacred by the White Demon and his Black Shadows... "
" Even the number of our Inquisitors are getting cut down rapidly, for some still refuses to join on participating on the Hunt. "
" *sigh* "
" I hate to break it right now, but you're my only hope. "
" For it has begun, for me to let your Arise on taking down the goddamn Demon. "
" ARS-23 " Loki said it as he leaves the very woman in the tube, who was being adjusted with some machinery in order to make her prepared.
As his greatest weapon, against the White Demon.
...
( Meanwhile. )
[ In the other hand. ]
* Ragna sneezes. *
" The hell... " Ragna sneezes while killing many swarms of insects, spiders, and larvae with his shadows.
< The Black Shadows are cleansing the enemy numbers by 75.59% >
" That's some good progress... " Ragna said to the System.
" But I believe it is time for us strike the ones in command within this Dungeon, shall we...? " Ragna says to the System.
" Rachina, do you find her!? " Ragna calls
" She is here... "
" Our progenitor within the Abyss Tower. "
" Arachina, she's here... " Rachina tells Ragna that as Ragna realized that what he sees before his 'Twelve Eye's Hiatus was right.
" Before I had to stop using my 'Twelve Eye', for the sake of the final confrontation against Waterson. "
" I've also seen something that was amiss, within the Tower. "
" Arachina, one of the Tower's owners. "
" Is still alive? " Ragna then remembers the vision he sees, a vision showing him that Arachina fades herself out, releasing the insect out of her womb, as the insect leaves while her body quickly decomposes as if it was just a mere shell, slipping into the little gaps of the place*.
" What a slippery bug, you are, wait- "
" I forgot, Spiders aren't bugs, aren't they? "
" They're all Arachnidas, part of the Arthropods. "
" But still... " Ragna then grins.
" She needs to be given some pesticide, isn't she? "
" Arachina... " Ragna says it as he come to finish one of the demons who survived the Abyss Tower.
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Extra:
*Ragna then remembers the vision he sees, a vision showing him that Arachina fades herself out, releasing the insect out of her womb, as the insect leaves while her body quickly decomposes as if it was just a mere shell, slipping into the little gaps of the place.
This is from Chapter 173: Previous Time Retribution Part 2.