One week after upgrading the Demonic Curse Of Wrath.
Jon was busy the entire week, preparing for the confrontation with Francis Bolton, Cultivating to increase his realm and learning new techniques of Demonic Curse of Wrath.
After a week of cultivation of level 4 Demonic Curse Of Wrath using Abomination and learning new techniques to go with the magic skill, Jon's status looked like this:
[ NAME: JONATHAN DAYNE ]
[ REALM: SIX STAR INITIAL STAGE ]
[ SKILLS MASTERED: (EXPAND) ]
[ SOURCE POINTS: 954.25 POINTS ]
[ SKILL MASTERY: MANA GUARDIAN
CURRENT LEVEL: LV.7 (LEVEL CAP EXCEEDED)
CURRENT EFFECT: CONVERTS THE MANA THAT PERMEATES THE INNER BODY INTO AN INVISIBLE ESSENCE WHICH ACTS TO WARD OFF PHYSICAL ATTACKS. UNTIL THE MANA RUNS OUT, IT CAN WITHSTAND ANY PHYSICAL DAMAGE AFTER EXCEEDING THE LEVEL CAP, THERE'S NO NEED FOR CONSCIOUS ACTION, THE ESSENCE PROTECTING THE BODY HAS THE ABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY DEFEND IT. ]
[ BLESSING OF MANA (SKILL): HEALING TOUCH
SKILL LEVEL: LV.3 +
CURRENT EFFECT: HEALS ALL AILMENTS WEATHER IT BE INJURIES OR DISEASES, REVITALIZE THE BODY AND RESTORES MANA OF THE TARGET. ]
[ SKILL MASTERED: DEMONIC CURSE OF WRATH
CURRENT LEVEL: LV.4 +
CURRENT EFFECT: IT AROUSES INEXPLICABLE ANGER IN OTHERS, WHILE PROMOTING THE GROWTH OF ONE'S OWN MANA BASE. FULL CONTROL OVER THE CHARACTERISTIC 'DESPISED BY ALL'. HAS THE ABILITY TO CURSE SOMEONE WITH THE 'DESPISED BY ALL' ATTRIBUTE.
TECHNIQUES MASTERED:
1) ACCURSED FLAME OF WRATH: SUMMONS BLACK FLAMES OF WRATH, THAT CAN BURN ANYTHING IT TOUCHES.
2) IDLE TRANSFIGURATION: ALLOWS THE USER TO RESHAPE THE SOUL OF THEMSELVES OR ANYONE THEY PHYSICALLY TOUCH. THE SHAPE OF THE BODY IS DEPENDENT ON THE SHAPE OF THE SOUL, SO IF THE SOUL IS DISTORTED, SO TOO IS THE BODY. THEREFORE, SOMEONE USING IDLE TRANSFIGURATION CAN DISFIGURE THEIR TARGET'S BODY INTO SOMETHING GROTESQUE BY WARPING THEIR SOUL'S SHAPE WITH JUST A TOUCH.
3) READING BLOODLUST: CAN PREDICT ALL ATTACKS FROM OPPONENTS WHO ARE EITHER ANGRY OR AFRAID.
4) DESPISED BY ALL: PEOPLE AROUND THE PERSON CURSED WITH THIS ATTRIBUTE CURSE TURNS HOSTILE AND DESPISE THE VICTIM OF THIS CURSE.
5) SOUL CHAIN BINDING: LOCKING DOWN ENEMY IN A MAGICAL CHAIN WITH THE CASTER, WHICH PREVENTS THE ENEMY FROM FLEEING.
6) WRATH OF HUNGRY SPIRITS: IT CONDENSES DEMONIC CURSE ENERGY INTO ONE'S PALM, AND THEN ERODES THE ENEMY'S BODY BY INJECTING IT INTO THEM. IT IS A MOVE THAT DEALS CONTINUOUS DAMAGE. WHEN THIS MOVE IS PERFORMED IT MANIFESTS AN IMAGE OF A GIANT HUMAN SKULL.
7) SPIRITS OF RETRIBUTION: WHILE THIS TECHNIQUE IS ACTIVE ANYONE WHO KILLS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN TIME STOLEN AWAY BY THE GHOST OF THE DEAD AT THE END OF THE TECHNIQUE, CAUSING THE KILLER TO RAPIDLY AGE AND DIE. THE CASTER MUST KEEP THEIR HANDS CLASPED WITH INTERLOCKED FINGERS AND CAN'T MOVE FROM THEIR INITIAL POSITION UNTILL THE END OF THE TECHNIQUE. ]
"It's almost time let's go hunting." Jon said closing the System panel.
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In the forest outside Windgaze city.
All the Mafia families of Windgaze city was having a meeting in a forest clearing.
'They spared nothing in preparation to take down Ashura. I hope he gets here soon.' Jon thought observing them from a tall tree top close by the clearing.
A horse carriage comes clamoring into the clearing out of which Francis Bolton came wearing a tuxedo suit without tie.
"Mr. Ashura! I didn't know you'd come here! Please forgive me for my negligence!" Jon Carlo said, acting surprised to see him there.
"It's okay. I didn't tell anyone before coming here. I wanted to see, what a secret meeting between all the families was about!" Francis asked with narrowed eyes.
"Please, have a seat first Mr. Ashura!" Jon Carlo said leading Francis to the only chair in the middle of the clearing.
Francis was a bit suspicion but went and took the seat anyways. As soon as he took the seat everyone else backed away.
~boom~
The seat which Ashura was sitting on exploded in a huge ball of fire.
"You think this small fire can kill me!" Francis asked walking out of the flames, not even his tuxedo was burnt.
"I know, this is going to be hard! That's why we brought all the fire power we can get! We knew you where coming. You will die here today. " Jon Carlo said as more people came out from the forest holding Machine gun.
All of them opened fire at Francis. Francis was able to doge most of them but was getting hit by a few dozen bullets, but he seem to be healing in a phase visible to the eyes from the bullet wound.
'If he had such a high natural healing factor he wouldn't be trying to dodge the bullets. He must be using Idle Transfiguration technique to close up the wounds. He must be burning through mana through his mana reserve.' Jon thought watching the battle from the top of the tree, with clasped hands and interlocked fingers.
"You fools! Who are you to fight me?" Francis asked using the Accursed Flames of Wrath technique to set fire to the forest and using Idle Transfiguration on people close by to turn them into human-beast hybrid "livestock" that can't voluntarily follow their own free will. The transformed person still retain their self-consciousness and can only watch helplessly as they become an inhuman and ghastly being.
'The mafia families can't withstand for long. I have mastered the Demonic Curse of Wrath, too. I know how uncanny it is. Besides Francis had been practicing the skill for a longer period of time, he will be more adapted at using it and bound to have created a few techniques by himself using the Demonic Curse Of Wrath skill. They are all scums anyway, I'm not about to save them. Let them fight! And the more he kills the better.' Jon thought still not lifting a finger to help and continued his Spirit of Retribution technique. Jon was unharmed in the fire with the protection of Mana Guardian.
After an hour of fighting only a dozen people who has been turned into human-beast and a panting Francis was left in the clearing, as fire continued to burn the surrounding trees.
'It's finally time for the protagonist to make his appearance.' Jon thought jumping down from the tree into the clearing as the fire brought the tree down.
"Spirits Of Retribution!" Jon shouted out as ghostly figures started to rise from the body's of the dead and started attacking Francis.
"What the hell?!" Francis was surprised with Jon's appearance.
Each time the ghosts touched Francis he gets older. He used Accursed Flames of Wrath to fight against them as it seems to be able to destroy the spirits, but with so many people he has killed in the battle and his mana exhausted from the previous battle he was unable to continue using the flames and he was left defenseless against the remaining spirits of retribution. By the time all the spirit got their retribution from Francis, he was left like an old man who would die of old age in a few days.
"It's been a while hasn't it, I see time hasn't been kind to you!" Jon mocked Francis.
"How did you advance the Demonic Curse Of Wrath this quickly, as to use the Spirits of Retribution?" Francis aske old and tired.
"That's for me to know and for you to never find out! I'll tell you what? I didn't have to kill my family members to cultivate the Demonic Curse Of Wrath." Jon walked up to him and used the Accursed Flames to end him.
"Curse you!" Francis cursed Jon in his final breath as Jon's Accursed Flames turned him into ashes. Jon also ended the life's of the people who where turned into man-beast.
After reporting the completion of the mission to the mayor, Jon left for the Black Phoenix guild.
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