{Noah}
" While they were up there, they probably were able to get an internet connection and contact the guild. Now all I have to do is stay alive for the next.... maybe 10 minutes? Either way, the task at hand is incredibly hard."
The goblin lifts his great sword again and swings it down toward Noah creating a slash made of prana
- Damn it! says, Noah
The speed of the slash is faster than the first one Noah experienced, therefore, even though he was able to dodge it, the slash still grazes his arm which was holding his sword. Noah quickly picks up his sword
{Noah}
" What the hell was that? His flying slash was much faster than the first one he threw at me."
{Brigth}
- Noah. I am not an expert when it comes to monsters but.... I think... I think that the goblin general is gonna evolve again.
- Another evolution!?
{Noah}
" If he evolves another time then I won't last long enough for the reinforcement to arrive and even if they arrive will they be strong enough to beat him?"
- Damn it! Bright!? Is there a way to stop him from evolving?
{Bright}
- I really don't know. If only Dull wasn't in Deep Cultivation he would be able to find a way.
- There is no point in dwelling on this. It's not something that we can change anyway! We need to focus on this. says Noah after dodging another swing from the goblin general.
The goblin general swings his great sword again at Noah. The sword swing was faster than the one he swung earlier, surprising Noah. Noah unable to dodge decides to block it with his sword which sends him flying and crashing to the ground. Noah gets up
- Damn it! says Noah while lifting his sword
{Noah}
" I used Body Of Speed; Ligthning for a second earlier but I also drank a potion. 24%, my remaining aura is a mere 24%. If I can stall for some time, around one minute, since my body naturally absorbs Energicules I will be at 24,5%. My constitution won't be of much help right now. 0.5% of my aura recovers each minute thanks to my constitution but that amount won't change the current situation...."
The goblin general runs toward him, jumps, and throws a multitude of sword slashes created with prana. Noah manages to dodge all of them but is faced by the goblin general that is falling on him.
- KAKAKAKAKAKAKA! DIE, PUNY HUMAN! says the goblin general after laugigng while falling on Noah readying his sword to cut Noah's body
{Bright}
- NOAH! PUT IT BACK ON!
The goblin general swings his sword at Noah creating a slash made of prana
*BOOOOOMMM*
Loads of dust is lifted when the slash hits. The goblin general falls and lands where he slash landed. The shock from his landing clears all the dust that lifted due to his attack
- KAKAKAKAKAKAKA! PUNY, HUMAN! DEAD! KAKAKAKAKAKA!
Something approaches the goblin general at high speed and slashes his ankle.
- GGGAAAARRRGGGGHHH! cries out the goblin as he falls to the ground butt first
The goblin general looks where the person that slashed his ankle stopped
- HOW!? PUNY HUMAN! YOU NOT DEAD!?
The goblin general sees Noah standing before him while facing the side where the settlement was before it got totally destroyed(The goblin general sees Noah's back).
- I almost died, you fucking bastard. says Noah calmly
Noah turns around and in his left eye, there is the same pattern as his Curse Sigil on his hand but between each long arrows(4) that are pointing toward east, north, west, and south there is a smaller arrow(8 arrows in total).
[Inside the Inner Realm]
{Bright}
" No way! Did he awaken it? Already!? No, it's probably because he was in danger of losing his life that it broke free. That makes it worse! If he can't control the power of Interitus, it won't end well!"
[With Noah Outside the Inner Realm]
Noah looks at his fist and clenches them
{Noah}
" What is this feeling? I feel.... light and full of power! I FEEL LIKE NOTHING CAN STOP ME!"
Noah covers his left eye
- Damn it!
{Bright}
- What's wrong Noah?
- My eye... It... It burns. says Noah
{Bright}
" NOAH! EXTEND YOUR HAND TOWARD THE GOBLIN GENERAL! NOW!
Noah does what Bright told him to do. He extends his hand toward the goblin general and a black flame appears in his hand.
- WHAT THE HELL!? yells Noah
{Bright}
- NOAH! GIVE A SHAPE TO THE FLAME! IMAGINE SOMETHING! ANYTHING, IT DOESNT MATTER!
The flame takes the shape of an arrow and Noah shoots it at the goblin general. The goblin general that was still shocked, was slowly getting up when the arrow hits him. The black arrow made from the black flame bursts and starts burning the goblin general
- GGGGGAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH! the goblin general starts yelling in pain while rolling around on the ground
Noah looks at what is happening in bewilderment
- What is that flame, Bright? asks Noah
{Bright}
- I am sure you've heard legends about it. A black flame that cannot be put out. A black flame that doesn't go out as long as it hasn't burned everything. An everlasting flame that brings chaos and total destruction. That is that flame. It has been called the everlasting flame but the true name of this flame is, Vastator.
- Vas...tator. says Noah slowly. Urk!
Noah covers his left eye with his hand. After removing his hand, Interitus had disappeared from his eye. Noah falls to the ground and the black flames that were burning the goblin general disappear.
- *huff* *huff* Is he *huff* dead? says Noah
{Bright}
- Most likely. More importantly, you are lucky that the flame didn't spread anywhere. Otherwise, the whole plains would have been burned before you ran out of aura.
Noah catches his breath and while he was doing that, Fenrax and Foivos arrive. Foivos immediately rush to see Noah
- We are here. says Foivos. Are you alright?
- I am fine. says Noah slowly
Fenrax walks toward the body of the goblin general
- This is a goblin general! A threat-level 7 monster! How did you defeat it? asks Fenrax while turning around to look at Noah
- It's not me. says Noah while raising his hand. These are burn marks and I use Lightning magic.
- It wouldn't make sense anyways. This is a threat-level 7 monster. How can an eight years old child with one mana-heart beat it? says Foivos
- Did you see who helped you? asks Fenrax
- No. The goblin general jumped above me and just as he was about to attack me, he caught fire. says Noah
Fenrax sighs
- I am gonna go check on the other kids. says Fenrax while leaving
Fenrax heads to where the goblin settlement was before it was destroyed
- You've got a bunch of injuries. says Foivos while taking out a flask in the form of a tube containing a red liquid with a grey cork closing it. Drink it. It's a mid-health potion.
Noah takes the mid-health potion.
*POP*
And he drinks it. The cuts and minor injuries on Noah's body start shining and closing
A low-grade health potion can heal minor injuries such as little cuts and bruises. A mid-grade health potion can heal the same thing that the low-grade one can and also heal minor illnesses like colds and things like that. A high-grade health potion can heal all the things that the mid-grade one can and it can heal large wounds, broken bones, and some deadly illnesses. An elixir is the Apex of a potion or a pill, it is the highest grade and when it comes to health potion, it can heal everything. However, up to this day, nobody has been able to make one, making it nothing more than a myth.
- How do you feel? asks Foivos
- Better. But I am still out of energy and stamina
Foivos takes out two other potions with grey corks. One contains a blue liquid and the other contains an orange liquid
- Luckily, I came prepared. says Foivos while giving the potions to Noah. But you need to wait at least a minute before taking another potion, otherwise, you will experience an OI and I don't think you want to experience that, right now.
OI is the abbreviation of Over Intake. It happens when a person takes multiple different potions or pills at the same time or in too short intervals. That will result in experiencing drowsiness, vomiting, dizziness, and sometimes various other symptoms.
Noah waits a minute to drink the mana potion then he opens the mid-grade mana potion
*POP*
And he drinks it
{Noah}
" A mid-grade mana potion recovered 25% of my aura, meaning that it normally recovers half of a magician's mana"
A high-grade mana potion recovers a magician's energy fully. According to legends, a mana elixir can recover a magician's energy fully and put them in a state where they constantly recover lost mana, in other words, grants them a whole other 100% of mana.
After waiting for another minute, Noah drinks the mid-grade stamina potion which gives the same effect as the mana potion
{Noah}
" 25% of my stamina recovered."
Fenrax arrives with Abel and Gancelot on his shoulders and Juliana walking next to him
- MASTER! YOU ARE OKAY! yells Gancelot
- I am fine... but... I can't say the same for you guys
- GGGGAAAARRRRRHHHHHGGGG! yells Abel and Gancelot
- Seems like their adrenaline ran out when they saw that you were ok. says Foivos to Noah. Now they are gonna feel the pain coming from their bodies. I am surprised that you are not feeling it
- I am definitely feeling it. says Noah
- Really but you don't look like you are feeling any type of pain.
{Noah}
" This pain is nothing compared to what I went through in the future."
- Well, I have a good poker face, I guess. says Noah
Noah gets up, slowly and with difficulty, but he manages to get up
- Whoooaaaa, I must admit that I didn't think that he would get killed. says a voice
Fenrax, Foivos, Abel, Gancelot, Juliana, and Noah all turn around to look at where the voice came from, and what they see is a person wearing a mantle standing on a tree branch
- WHO ARE YOU!? asks Foivos
- Me? says the person in a mantle. An enemy of the human race? A subordinate? I am too many and so many things! But you, my friends, may call me Karasu
{Noah}
" Karasu? In Ryoma, Karasu means crow."
- Your name is, Crow? asks Noah
The person looks at Noah
- Fascinating. You are but a child. A child that never went to Ryoma, I am certain yet you can understand my name. Truly fascinating
- What do you want, Karasu? asks Fenrax
- Nothing much. I only came to check on my friend. says Karasu while jumping off the tree and approaching the body of the goblin general. You almost made it but you ended up dying before evolving once more
Karasu takes something out of his mantle. A flask containing a purple liquid
- I guess, giving you this is the right choice. You only needed a few more seconds until you evolved once more. says Karasu
*POP*
Fenrax put Abel and Gancelot down
- FENRAX! yells Foivos
- On it. answers Fenrax after leaping toward Karasu
Karasu opens the flask and just as he was about to pour it into the goblin general mouth gets attacked by Fenrax. Karasu jumps back on the tree branch he was standing on
- Too late. says Karasu
Everyone looks at Karasu's hand and notices that he doesn't have the flask in his hand anymore. Therefore they look at the goblin general and see the flask in the air, falling into the goblin general mouth.
- WATER MAGIC; WATER WHIP! yells Foivos
A whip made of water appears in Foivos's hand and he tries to destroy the flask with it but unfortunately, he is too late. The bottle enters the mouth of the goblin general but nothing happens
- This is weird. Did it fail? says Karasu
All of a sudden the goblin general body starts shining.
- As expected. says Karasu. There is no way that the blood from our king would fail.