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Chapter 62: Power Boost
"You are going to give me a drop of your blood?... I have heard many legends about phoenix blood." Said Siegfried.
Oriane laughed. "A drop?!. You must be quite insane…a drop of my blood will certainly kill you. Your body would explode into a million pieces, unable to contain that much energy. You haven't even condensed your core yet."
"Ok ok…I understand, no need to remind me how weak I am at the moment…I have soo many questions for you."
"Im sure you do, but your questions will have to wait. We don't have all day before that man kills you."
The phoenix moved around his mana pond until she was back at the center.
"I have been painfully collecting energy to recover and only have this measly amount…and now I have to give up a good part of it to save your life."
Oriane looked at him.
"After this is done, I will have to enter a deep mediation state, don't expect any more help from me until I have been able to recover a bit more."
"Is there something I can do to help you heal faster?" It was in his best interest that this phoenix recovered fast, as it should bring him a lot of benefits.
"You greedy mortals…sigh" She saw through Siegfried's intentions but didn't seem angry. "All you can do is cultivate and collect as much energy as you can into your core. I will take a portion of that to recover myself."
Oriane extended one of her fiery wings over the pond.
"This will hurt, but I will try to minimize the damage to your body."
From the tip of her wing, a tiny golden drop appeared and fell into the mana pond.
'That was like one-tenth the size of a normal drop…will that be enough to-'
His consciousness was ripped away from his soul realm in a fierce way.
The first thing that Siegfried did after returning to the real world was to give a bloodcurdling scream that startled everyone.
"Siegfried!, whats wrong?" Edward did not understand what was happening. After Ashwood created those black daggers, Siegfried seemed to have zoned out for a second and now was screaming. Ashwood was yet to make a move so this did not make any sense.
"What's wrong with him? the assassin hasn't attacked him yet. Is he screaming out of fear?" Asked Iris.
"No…this is a scream of pain…no…this is a scream of agony." Answered Edward.
Clayton Ashwoon was also baffled.
'What is going on?, those two injures I influenced before could not cause this level of pain and…wait.'
Unlike Iris and Edward, Ashwood had developed a keen sense that allows detecting any minimal changes in someone's mana, this could be used to read attacks before they happen, among other things.
Right now, he is detecting an immense increase in the fire mana around Siegfried.
'There also something else mixed in…something that feels extremely dangerous…what is this sensation?...'
His arm hairs were standing up and he had a knot on his stomach.
'This is fear…am I afraid of this kid?...'
A tremendous amount of mana was swirling around Siegfried in the form of red mist.
Edward saw this reaction and was shocked. "Wait, this seems like what happened to me after eating that 'Dragon strength' pill. But this reaction seems a lot more extreme. Did Siegfried have something even stronger than a tier 4 pill?"
"This is bad…I didn't see him eat anything. But then…how?" Ashwood had reached the same conclusion as Edward. He had seen and even experience the effect of 'strengthening pills'. But had never seen a reaction this powerful.
'Shit!, his mana is increasing nonstop, it has reached the level of an Oficial Magus and is not stopping!.'
The assassin concluded that whatever Siegfried had ingested, must have been a tier 5 pill or higher.
'Cant let him keep going or I will be the one who dies.'
He immediately threw all ten of his back knives at Siegfried, knowing that he could not afford to hold back at this point.
"Death blades, go!"
"Ah…" Siegfried stopped screaming as the pain lessen and was able to breathe in relief.
His senses returned and were able to analyze his situation. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.
Siegfried saw ten black blades approaching him, but they did not feel as threatening as before.
He lifted the magical blade and this one was immediately engulfed in powerful crimson flames. Siegfried then utilized one of the two external energy techniques he knew. The ones that he was unable to use before, because they would damage his body due to his lack of cultivation.
"Pyronova!"
A hurricane of flames created a circle around him, blocking all of the black blades from the assassin.
"What?!, thats imposible!. Even a rank 2 fire circle would not be able to block those blades!" Shouted Ashwood, who was losing his calm demeanor.
The flames disappeared, revealing an unharmed Siegfried.
"Wow, he actually blocked those creepy things!" Exclaimed Edward.
Iris's eyes were focused solely on her magical sword. She had never seen flames like the ones coming from her blade right now. They burned with power and intensity that she could not describe, it was almost hypnotic.
Siegfried ponted the sword fordward.
"Sun Burst" A bust of orange flames appeared right under Ashwood.
The assassin managed to get out of the way of the flames but had he been just a fraction of a second slower, Ashwood would have been turned into real ash, and he knew that.
Beads of sweat were falling across his face while his mind was calculating the possibilities, the best path to victory or at least, survival.
'Whatever pill he took, it shouldn't last more than a few minutes, I can last long enough…no, I can't…'
He discarded the idea. Siegfried's attacks were too dangerous and fast. Just being hit one would be enough to kill him, it was too risky.
'Killing him as it is right now... is impossible too, the death blades are my strongest technique and they were useless against him. Then…there is only one possibility left…If I can't win, I will have to do this…'
He knew that taking this option would put his family in an awkward position but at this point, there was no other path.
'I need to run away!'
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