After the duel, which caused a mess in the neighborhood, many would think it was a very serious battle.
But in the end neither of the two used all their strength, not to mention that they were careful not to hurt each other seriously.
Perhaps if it was before Luria discovered the truth of the last war against the humans, related to the Blood Cult, the brutal murderers of her parents, so would Juri's words and actions in her time of weakness.
The hatred Luria had for humans, has decreased by 90%, there is still some hatred, but this is repercussions of wars and actions of humans towards her people, it is impossible for all that hatred to disappear.
But at least she will think a little before acting against a human.
As for Juri's part, naturally her hatred and contempt for Juri would not diminish with the discovery of her parents' killers.
But what had changed? It was how Luria looked at Juri now.
Juri who had always been childish and playful, as well as annoying, showed herself to be a different person in times of need, not taking advantage of her emotional vulnerability as she was still under the effects of the Paranormal Exposure that amplified her emotions, especially lust!
But Juri didn't take advantage of her, she helped her emotionally to be stable, so that she didn't see herself as a monster.
So Luria saw Juri completely differently and began to feel things for her that she hadn't felt before, that she never dreamed of feeling for any human in the past.
This left Luria confused as she discovered more of herself, about what to think now.
Sure, she has a new goal, to destroy the Blood Cult, and she knows that Juri will help her with that.
But beyond that, Luria had many other thoughts in her mind, analyzing her whole life as a whole and thinking about many of the words Juri had told her.
She then knew that there is no way the Royal Family could not know about the Paranormal, it means they allowed a war to occur, causing the death of thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians.
Not to mention that they lied to her, as the culprits of that atrocity, the greatest trauma of her life, are still alive and continue to do their atrocities.
Jouli came to her mind, that poor child who in human terms would be 13~14 years old, she heard her dream, a girl so pure and innocent, with such a noble goal, having suffered like that.
This filled Luria's heart with such hatred and dislike for the royal family, something that again, she never expected to feel in her life.
Her family had always been loyal to the crown, she had served the crown and the people with everything she could, training day and night, feeling great pride in her nation.
But now, she found herself unable to feel this pride again.
Luria was feeling some despair about her future, but she thought about her goal that clouded most of her chaotic thoughts.
She will annihilate the Blood Cult!
...
Luria and Juri continued their journey and as always, Juri kept talking, she even started teaching Luria a little science.
And Juri also taught Luria about the [Paranormal], making her understand why Astroos was so friendly, even though the Death Element has a great suppressive and damaging effect to the Blood Element.
If it were on Earth, something like this would never occur, they have more formed minds.
But it's different here and talking to Astroos let Juri know that they don't have an organization that deals with the Paranormal in a kind way, dealing with evil Cults and Followers.
If there is one, they are few and must focus on protecting their nation, not others, like the Aurea Order.
But the focus is that here, there are few methods of passing information and apparently Astroos had been isolated for a while and didn't know much about things.
When he sensed Juri, he was curious, as the Death Element is quite apparent in Juri, but this is because of the [Black Heart], not to mention that Astroos equates to a High Level Agent, while Juri is at the peak of Mid Level Agents.
She only broke that threshold partially because of [Black Heart], but she would still be seen as a Mid-Level Agent in terms of Negative Energy.
So Astroos was not worried, as he had his methods of dealing with Juri, since that was his territory.
But Juri fooled him, which was simple, since she used her knowledge of the Paranormal, but there is also the fact that Astroos said some words in another language.
Juri didn't notice, because the System translated everything in moments and she didn't notice any difference, the only one who did was Luria, but she didn't ask until now, because she didn't think it was important and she also forgot about it.
But the focus is that this language that Astroos spoke, was a secret for the Occultists, who can speak it is an ally in most cases, so Astroos was more relaxed.
And not to mention that Juri said things that interested him a lot, where he got even more excited.
Not to mention Luria was also a great persuader, since it was obvious the hatred and desire to kill him in those eyes, but she couldn't attack him since she was suppressing herself.
But the point is that Luria was being affected by Paranormal, still stabilizing in her mind and body, Astroos was fooled into thinking it was really something Juri did to control her mind.
Then Astroos told everything without problems, because he thought he found someone good to cooperate with, but in the end besides telling about the location of his companions, Astroos gave a lot of valuable and compromising information.
But along with all this, the biggest factor in deceiving him, was Astroos himself!
Astroos obviously dealt with the Paranormal in a profound way, sacrificing much of his Sanity and Health.
And this makes it obvious that Astroos was not good mentally, since the deeper one goes into the Paranormal and loses his Sanity, the less common sense one has and he becomes more susceptible to cruelty and bloodthirstiness.
So Astroos' constant Sacrifices, damaged his mind, so he had been unable to suspect Juri and Luria much.
...
When Luria learned about the effects that Negative Energy brings to the mind and emotions, she became worried, but Juri calmed her down by saying that as long as she doesn't do any Rituals or Sacrifices, she won't have any problems.
All she needs to do is to keep herself steady mentally and do things that she enjoys and leaves her relaxed, so that her emotions don't explode and cause problems for herself.
Curious she asked what do you mean "explode"!
Juri said using her knowledge, that [Negative Energy] is made up of the most distorted human emotions, where for some reason unknown to her, Lust is the most apparent.
So constantly the [Negative Energy] will strengthen your emotions like hate, sadness, pain and of course Lust!
But if you can keep a cool mind, stay around people you like and do things that calm these emotions, there's nothing to worry about.
And Juri also said that using Mana to suppress [Negative Energy] is not bad, it works very well, of course, if the [Negative Energy] by higher than Mana, then it will be difficult to suppress.
But in the end, if you don't do rituals and leave your Sanity always high and untouched, you can be like Juri, who is practically immune to the mental corruption of [Negative Energy].
This made Luria sure that she will not wish to do Sacrifices and Rituals, even if she can get stronger, why would she do such a thing in exchange for losing who she is?
Not to mention that Juri said about the side effects, what happened to Jouli is something quite common, those side effects should have appeared in Astroos, but he used Jouli as a receptacle for those evils.
And Juri said about gaining characteristics such as becoming ugly, losing the ability to have children, hair growing on the body, gaining extra arms, and much more!
Luria listened attentively, so before they noticed, a city appeared in the distance!
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