[Hi , we're moving fast , you better keep up .
Longish chapter today so do enjoy .] …..
Claws marred red with blood , 6 tails thrashing from my back they rose , each of different colored , a testimony to have managed to master the elements .
I had sent my seventh tail , which represented spirit mastery to my mother's side as a clone , this had halved my strength but I had 2 mana cores to begin with . I was now just at the same level as my normal peers .
....intermission : earlier the same day
'I have reached the peak of bright cyan , anytime now I could breakthrough to the natural apex core , the blue core .Honestly the last 12 years hadn't been easy especially trying not to draw any attention . But after blue I can begin my travels and get a grasp of things . I've heard the rumor of a region prospering in the central region that was led with peace and stability . '
[Mc is now 15 bout to turn 16]
'It seems like Valeron has begun the rise of the Griffon kingdom , but that affected the whole continent as those who opposed him and failed had now fled toward other regions, villages including my own . '
'The fights have progressively gotten bloodier and harsher , every month there's an attack and over the last 2 or so years these have gifted me experience but I know, I am no main character or shit .Any moment caught lacking will be the end for me and things have gotten intense , powerful awakened had made their moves and some also wanting their own regions like Valeron, it's becoming a 1940's World war on the continent.
I thought guns were bad , fuck that , I'm shocked there's been no magic control laws .
I needed to get the blue core soon and as much as I had grown to love my village I had not grown attached to them to high extents, I knew the village would not make it out . It was only a matter of time and power mattered.
I had long since been the strongest in the village , I couldn't keep risking my self to protect them from all harm .
'I'm leaving ….'
It sounded cruel but no, life was much more cruel . I might seem like I'd grown strong but even fake mages had cyan cores and in terms of magical prowess could match mine give expertise , I'd struggle to win against a fake blue cored mage and a fake violet would crush me .
It wasn't a selfish notion just an educated one .
I'd have no chance of survival , a blue core was more a thunderstorm and cyan a tornado . Violet cored are hurricanes , given time and preparation they were your death sentence.
White cored are earthquakes, terrible, strike fast , can't run away from them , hardly can you prepare for an earthquake and it leaves nowhere for you to hide .
Eldritch abominations are volcanoes, compared to white cored they cannot affect as large of an area like earthquakes but have the same if not more damage output than earthquakes.
Guardians are just meteors hurtling to your certain doom .
So no , I have accepted at this moment I'm no one's saviour.
...Intermission done ...
We had been attacked by a human mage squadron , clearly the have had sights on our village and wanted the cheap labor of slaves , this time it was different, they had 2 awakened mages in their ranks , with life vision plastered on their eyes .
The village could hardly hold the other fake mages on hold without me .
I stood at a height of 192 centimeters (6ft .4) , red and black fur engulfing my body , 7 tails vibrant of elemental mana swaying behind, slit pupils displayin all the colors of the rainbow , fox like snout armed with fanged teeth and claws potruding from my fingers. I was in my hybrid state but more beast .
Having sent one of my tails to my Mother's side to hide and protect her , I showed no mercy to the fake mages .
With body fusion of my caliber they barely had a chance against me , domination would've worked but I did not need to draw a target on my back .
Magical knowledge at this time was even rarer and kept secret including basic stuff. Rumors of a fylgja taking over other mages' spells was just inviting a greedy dragon or rogue awakened . I would not be short sighted by power .
At some point of my slaughter i had drawn the 2 awakened who first seemed like were just going to observe but now approaching me .
One ardonished a deep blue core and a mace like club for a weapon, the other a cyan core at the light stage had a visible armor probably enchanted and a blade same as a sword .
This was my getaway ticket . I'd more than halved their forces by now and the village's capable fighters were beginning to overwhelm the remaining half .
My mother was safe and I had the clone warp her a good maybe 20 kilometers away .
She was aware of it being a clone but most of my kind had shunned splitting their tails to a clone as it halved our strength and they were right but it more so affected them than me.
...…Clone tail POV ...:
'This should be a safe distance'
[fylgjas and their clones have linked minds and perceive everything the clone(s) perceive]
"Where am I Adal !! " Diata , Adal's mother shocked by the change of scenery
She had long known of her son's magical experiments and his expertise in it that it bamboozled her , but she never inquired too much as she'd gotten the hidden notice that Adal did not wanna say much on the matter . She satiated her curiosity by crediting her past husband and thanking him for continuing to look after him even from the afterlife.
"Mom , don't go back or seek the village , I'm trying my best but this time around it's not going to be enough, the village might survive this but we'd be left open for even a slight breeze to rid of us . "
Adal's clone said pointing in the east southeast direction
"If you go in this direction you'll find the free region under the war general Veleron and you'll be safe although you might have to publicly always be in your human form to make things easier for yourself"
Pause…
" Sigh!!! , my sweet Adal I know that but the fact still stands my , our family is back at the village . I'm touched and I know you care and love for me but the village is my life . We're not sheep to be herded by humans , we're the fylgjas , the many tailed , the foxes with colored eyes , the wolf packs that can double in number[the tail clones] .
Those were you father's last words . You need not worry about me , I've long missed even joining your father but I promised him and myself to watch over you and as it is, I couldn't be more prouder.
But I won't force the villages weakness upon you either, you did what you could son don't die due to the weakness of others , what I mean is do save the weak but not scarifice yourself for them .
It's okay love you may leave I could tell your longing from when you were just born . "
Diata stretched out her hand ,
The clone complying took it and opened warp steps into their home .
Violent clashes could be heard from a distance.
Without caution, Diata held her son's cheek and tip toed while his head bent to receive a kiss on the forehead.
"It's okay you can go " Diata affirmed
******Oriiginal Adal******
I never figured it would hurt as much as it did . I love my Mother and she does I , yes I could pull a win against these awakened but they worked for a higher up and the ladder continuing , I'd win this battle but when their relatively strong forces came it was either submit or die and I couldn't risk having the knowledge I have be somehow taken , worse to a lunatic , it'd be disastrous .
My tail whistled through the air as it sped rejoining my back and restoring me to full power .
This alarmed the two mages who'd been standing in silence , now having taken battle stances clearly acknowledging themselves knowing I'm also awakened, hopefully I don't have to make any appearances in the awakened council anytime soon Due to this encounter .
I was sad , angry . I could kill them here and now , but better we fall to them than a real Calvary of mages or a powerful mage .
My core seemed to resonate with my anger , like a glass shattering , pain assaulted my body .
Wasting no time , i warped myself multiple times till I could smell the sea at the east of the continent . I found a cave nearby the hills I had stood on and headed in ensuring with life vision no threat loomed close .
As my body felt like it was breaking down and the familiar black goo substance left my body , i grimaced as I shed a tear . Not because of the pain of having two cores advance in tandem but because that day I shed a tear for my mother , Diata Black .