Approaching closer to the rock formation in the center, we cautiously watched our surroundings...
Just absolute silence... for an hour...no movements observed and as suspected, no reigning monster king for us to worry about.
"Alright Virgo make your move... Sagi it's a good time to practice your new form of combat using the sword hilt relic bestowed by the Goddess Athena."
Virgo sings her ballad in a beautiful melody "Idol Magic - Enrapture, ~ Seize a move, you're on me, falling, and we were dissolving~" her ancient sigil burned brightly like a star as she sang with confidence.
Three ancient classed Elemental Stallions resurrected from the ground, one whose body burns with cursed flames, another Frost covered an Icicle spearhead, and the last generating a copious amount of electricity, static electricity running through the air stinging our skins.
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Monster: Ancient Elemental Stallions
HP: 2800/10,000
DMG: 3600/10,000
DEF: 2200/10,000
SPD: 3000/10,000
Skill: Random element generator - Fire/Frost/Lightning/Earth/Air
Skill: Charge release - Stores assigned elemental magicubes and fires off at great speeds
(+2500 Elemental Magical Damage)
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Sagi readies herself in composure, calm and steadily draws out the relic raising it to the sky, "Soul Vow! Arisaka! Hilt of the War Goddess!"
With that Soul vow, Sagi's soul realm now tethered, with a direct soul link to Arisaka and Bayonet. As such she is able to exercise an absolute control of their skills.
The night before while we were discussing under the moonlit sky...
I explained to Sagi that "Bayonet's skill - Omega quills, allows the hundreds of spiked Quills on its back to morphs into all kinds of elements and materials as a natural defense mechanism."
"I believe Athena specifically designed that relic you hold just for you... with I observed, it has the skill magnetize, which pulls any foreign materials to fuse to its Hilt to create a new weapon."
"No mere coincidence that it works in perfect tandem with your skill saint of swords, knives and anything sharp. Which is like using disposable chopsticks... only this time it's one of those screw on disposable chopsticks which you can use endlessly as long as you have enough refills..."
Finishing her soul vow, Sagi looks at me with a nod, outstretching another arm, "Summoning Bayonet!"
The ground exploded with hundreds of spikes before Bayonet the Omega Porcupine emerges from the ground shaking off the dust and sand.
Bayonet takes a fighting posture protecting Sagi from the front, with its top spikes glowed iridescent geared towards the elemental stallions, while Sagi points her hilt at Bayonet. "Magnetize, Blade of Frost!"
Bayonet's body shook vigorously magically morphing into an arctic omega porcupine, frost magic grew outwards from its skin into the tips of the quills, changing them into spikes of frigid frost quills.
With one popping off, zipping through the air connecting to the hilt and fusing itself unto Arisaki creating a Frost Rapier. Swinging it testing its weight like a seasoned swordsman, before equipping on her arm Thetis - Divine shield of the unsullied, which she had been carrying strapped on her back.
Fully geared and fully prepared...
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Sagi of Troy
HP: 6000/10,000
DMG: 6500/10,000
DEF: 3000/ 10,000
SPD: 2000/10,000
Familiar: (+)
Ancient Omega Porcupine - Bayonet
Skill - Omega Quills (Morphs into any material or elements)
Equipment: (+)
Divine Shield of the unsullied - Thetis
(Negates all physical damage + 50% magical damage reduction)
Hilt of the War Goddess - Arisaka
(Skill Magnetize - Fuses materials as its Blade)
Skills attained:
Saint of Swords, knives and anything sharp - Master swordplay guaranteed first three hits.
(Breaks weapon after three hits, last hit doubles in damage)
Ancient Trojan Magic - Assault/ Siege/ Wall
Race Attribute: Ancient Centaur
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The moment tense as both held their position waiting for the first move...
The lighting elemental Stallion was the first to make its move, galloping in a zig zag like a lightning bolt. While the Flame and Frost stallions guarded Virgo, expelling a wall of Fire and Ice.
Sagi watched the Lightning Stallion's movements closely so as to not let herself create an opening to be vulnerable to an attack...
With a charged horn on its head, it released its lightning magic with a head on ram.
Bracing against its head on impact, Sagi held her ground with ease as the physical damage was fully absorbed by Thetis the Divine Shield... The residual lightning magic that arced and struck her head on had also been halved due to the shield's protection, not nearly enough to penetrate her defense.
Sagi then counters by swinging her shield bashing into the skull and causing it to disorientate... before taking a sidestep and plunged her Frost rapier directly through the neck of the Lightning stallion collapsing it entirely while its body freezes completely.
"Hit! (-4300 Damage) ... Ancient Lightning Elemental Stallion Slain..."
Eyeing for the flame stallion next, she charges in shield at the ready. Virgo, singing to them now in a pumped-up music, "Idol magic - Collaboration! ~ Couldn't beat her smile, it stirred up all the media!"
The Flame and Frost Stallions got empowered, and proceeded to use a combination magic, "Exploding cursed Icicles" the cursed Ice spears created jet propelled straight at Sagi, exploding with an internal combustion on impact.
With the additional 1.5 times effect with combination magic, Sagi received a blow of 7500 damage from the knockback of the implosions despite successfully blocking the ice shards. Knocking her off her feet due to the sudden momentum shift.
Without the Thetis halving magical damage she could have been seriously injured.
Hit! (Magical Damage - 750) ...
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Sagi of Troy
HP: 5250/10,000 (-750)
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Worried that now she's vulnerable to attacks, "Sagi you need to use Bayonet more efficiently, not just as a sword holder but as a partner, your familiar."
With understanding she calls out, "Bayonet Change, Steel! Provide cover fire!"
Its body now fully metallic heavily armored like a tank it begins slowly approaching the Flame and Frost Stallions, firing its steel quills randomly. Not accurate but enough quantity for the Stallions to barricade themselves back in a wall of flame and wall of frost, melting the steel and ice so thick it catches the quills trying to penetrate its walls.
Sagi recovers and in the moment of distraction had closed the distance between them. Watching Sagi coming in range Bayonet stops its pelting and instead rolls up into a steel ball and barrels towards the wall of ice.
Using its weakness element, a Frost Bladed Rapier, Sagi cuts into the wall like cutting tofu. Splitting it wide open, followed by a forward thrust impaling the frost blade through the cursed flame stallion's skull.
Hit! Elemental Weakness (x 2) + Saint of Swords Last Hit ( -17,200 Damage) ... Ancient Cursed Flame Elemental Stallion Slain..."
While still embedded in its skull, the frost blade exploded into shards, leaving an empty hilt.
At the same Bayonet had crashed into the wall of ice, completely disintegrating it.
Sagi smiles, "Nice job Bayonet! Lucky for us that ice is weak to steel... Magnetize steel blade!" Jumped and landed on the Frost stallion's back and slashed it from the nape of its neck, decapitating its entire head plopping onto the ground.
Hit! Elemental Weakness (x 2) ( -8600 Damage) ... Ancient Frost Elemental Stallion Slain..."
Virgo defeated walks towards Sagi, "Ah you're really a true warrior none of my attacks even fazed you..."
Sagi shy from the compliment, "Virgo your Idol magic is truly amazing, I was even caught off guard by that combination magic, if I wasn't given this relic by Athena, I never would have beaten you..."
Panicking... I uttered "Sagi no! Sorry Virgo we were blessed with some gifts at the temple of the Goddess Athena shortly before meeting you, we did not expect it either and I wanted to tell you after some time, but it seemed insensitive to bring up in your sacred home."
However, it was already too late... A look of anguish and anger followed by a cackling of depressed laughter came from Virgo. I'm not mad at you two... I'm mad at myself... this power I was given beaten by a gift from the same Goddess who cursed me! URGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
A guttural cry, so raw it hurts the throat. "Rematch... this time I will prove my power is more superior than any gift that shitty goddess can provide..."
Her ancient sigil glowing and growing like black vines into a full choker tattoo, before transforming... an atmosphere of dread and gut-wrenching feeling thickens as the air is steeped with dense undead magic.
The tattoo scrambling before reshaping and forming into a Legendary Sigil of the Undead.