*Slashing*
*Slicing*
*Punching*
*Kicking*
Ughh!!
There's too many monsters outside of Nadia's forest...
I'm freaking tired!!
It hasn't even been a few minutes after I left the Illusion Forest and there are bunch of monsters coming right at me.
"Now that I think about it, it's fascinating how powerful Nadia's influence are."
"She's a Ruler after all." Frienna change her form back into a human from my grip.
"By the way, are you alright, Frienna? We've been using your powers nonstop since we stepped our foot outside of Nadia's forest."
Frienna walk to the monsters to store the meats in her item bag for future use.
"Don't worry, Master. We only used by far 40% of my total power. Besides, it'll take much stronger foes to gradually tires me." She stored the last of the meat and turned her gaze towards me.
How can she say this so casually...? I still don't get her, even if I try.
"Have you done with the storing?"
"Yes."
"Great! Let's go!"
We proceed our walk through the forest until we reached to my most traumatic place ever; The Vadisia - Vampire Town.
This place gives me creep every time! I don't wanna step my foot here again but we have to!
Arghhhh!!!
Since it's a shortcut to the G'ar Land, we have no choice but to pass through Vadisia.
"Don't be scared, Master. I will protect you at all cost."
Huh? How dare she assume that I'm scared? Do I look scared? I may have a traumatic experience in this place but that doesn't mean I'm scared, okay??
...but my legs are trembling, though.
"Uhm, Frienna. Can't we just teleport to the other side of the town?"
"Not that I don't want to, Master, but I'd rather not. By using teleportation magic to go to any foreign places for the caster will lead to tons of error to happen."
She sounded casual, though, but knowing Frienna, she won't lie about any of this stuff. In fact, she won't lie at all.
"So, basically we have no choice but to pass through this damn town in order to get to the other side?"
"Yes, correct."
I let out a deep sigh before we started our journey through Vadisia.
We're walking through Vadisia, which full of rubble and boulders from the previous fight, with cautions. I can't risk anything bad to happen!
Come to think of it, my fight in Vadisia was the first fight I've ever fought in my whole life. It was quite disappointing, though, but I'm proud of myself for being able to survive in this town of murderers.
Well, we won last time was because of Nadia, so I don't have any credit to take, but I'm still proud regardless.
"It's so quiet here. I still remember how it was like when I first visited this town; full of life - the sound of the townspeople in the market."
"It must've been very calming back then."
"Yeah, even if it was only half of the day, it was still relieving to be able to feel the liveliness that I've longed for."
"Master, I-"
All of a sudden, I was pushed by Frienna to the side.
From the corner of my eyes, a dagger slightly passes beside me at an incredible speed.
"Woahh!!! What the hell?!" I'm now sitting on the floor from the previous push. I hurt my butt, by the way.
"I knew something wasn't right." Frienna smirked, whispering to herself.
Don't go around and smirk while saying something weird, even you just learned how to do it!!!
"You can come out now."
With Frienna's order, a slashing sound is heard from behind those boulders, showing a shadowy figure hopped out behind the rubble, evading those attacks.
"You... Who are you, new girl?" A man with a pointy hat and a black cape asked Frienna, while standing on a rubble of a collapsed house.
Knowing Frienna, she's not going to say anything unless it's me, Nadia, and Nito in the conversation.
"Frienna, answer him." I ordered her.
She looked at me and nodded.
"My name is Frienna, a legendary class weapon made by Master Kevin. It's a pleasure to meet you." She bow to him.
I think that's a bit too formal, hm?
It's okay! We just need to stay alert for the things that may happen in any minute.
"Master Kevin? Legendary weapon?" He looked sooo confused.
"y-Yeah. I was a blacksmith actually." I'm scared!! Stop talking to me, mister with a creepy pointy hat!
"Where's the demon?"
Demon? Oh, he meant Nadia? Well I couldn't possibly tell him that Nadia is busy handling her forest, so I'll just lie to him.
"Oh, her? She went on a mission I gave her and hasn't come back ever since." I hope this is promising enough.
"Well, good for me then~!"
Frienna snapped her fingers all of a sudden, which followed by a drop of the man's arm.
Turns out, she sliced it off before he could do anything! Crazyyy.
"Stop meddling in our business, girl! Or you're next!" With that he points at Frienna using his newly regenerated arm. What a fast recovery ability?!
Clearly he is the leader of this vampire town, there's no doubt about it!
"Well, then, I supposed I should kill you now before that happens." Frienna's aura is clashing with the man's. This is not good!
"Wait! Stop it! Why do we have to fight you??" It's a dumb question, I know, but I need something to distract them!
"The name's Cayne Helsing."
Uhmm... Okayy, this is quite sudden.
Now, why would you tell us your name?
"So?"
Frienna, do not anger him more!!
"Helsings don't forgive, we take revenge. Now!!!"
On his command, dozens of monsters showed up and surrounded us.
It looks like these monsters are bitten and turned into vampires.
"So, you chose violence? Immature. Only a fool will challenge my Master to a battle."
Frienna, can you shut up for a moment?! You're worsening the situation!!
"Heh, such confidence. We almost killed him the last time he was here, girl."
With that, the whole army of vamp-beasts are sliced to fillet.
Heyy!!
Chill out, Frienna!!
"Looks like someone's mad~" Cayne chuckled, then leaped towards Frienna at high speed.
They both are now fighting one on one, but we all know the scale is leaning over toward Frienna's side.
The blue dress Nadia gave her the other day is now all dusty from the fight.
"Tch- This damn girl!" Cayne turned his gaze at me and started attacking, leaving Frienna alone.
She was surprised at first, but quickly caught up to the situation and teleported into my grip as a scythe.
I unintentionally blocked Cayne's attacks using Frienna in her scythe form.
"{Are you alright, Master?}" Frienna asked me telepathically.
"{Yeah, I'm fine thanks to you.}"
We have to beat the crap outta this guy and hurry up to the G'ar Land!
I swing the scythe towards Cayne with cautions.
"HAHAHA!" He dodged it effortlessly.
This is getting trickier every time!
I kicked him in the stomach, pushing him falling further to the back.
Even though I can't use Nadia's magical powers, but I still have Frienna's!
"Shadow Grip!"
Cayne leaped from boulder to another, trying his best to avoid those shadow hands.
This is our chance!
I dash towards Cayne, who's still running around; leaping from one place to another and slashes his back with full force, causing him to stumble forward and spit blood from his mouth.
He fall on his stomach, gasping for air with blood filled mouth.
"{Hmph~ Quite disappointing for the Death's pawn.}"
Frienna telepathically mock the vampire, who's now trying his best to survive.
I looked around, spotting the vamp-beasts dropped dead on the ground.
"I wonder, how did I lose to you last time?"
I didn't know it would be this easy...
Is it because of Frienna's higher magical power? But I think Nadia's is much more potent, though.
Whatever-
What only matters now is that I've won this fight!
"...y-You've grown s-stronger..."
Cayne said as he's lying on the ground.
With that, Frienna change into her human form from my hand and stand beside me.
"I told you my Master is powerful."
She said with a calm yet a hint of bragging expression.
In response, the vampire just smirked and chuckled in pain.
"Let's go, Frienna. We're going to be late."
I walk past Cayne and proceed to approach the exit of the town.
Frienna left behind for a while to do some business, but I'm sure she wants to kill the vampire.
"You should've lived your life quietly after Nadia slaughtered your entire cult."
The vampire only coughed blood in response.
"Too bad for you, I won't let you die off easily."
With that, Frienna chopped him off in 10 pieces with just one swing of her hand.
I don't want to look at what just happened back there, so I'm going to speed off to exit this nightmare!!
I sped off to the exit, leaving Frienna alone at the back with the vampire body-? More like a fillet now if I'm being honest...
Fuhhh! It's good to be out of the town.
I don't want to spend even a second in that place again.
"Great work, Master." Frienna said as she's approaching me from behind.
"Work? What work? We won because of you, ya know?"
It's not like I can fight him off by myself...
With that, the little girl in a blue dress shake her head in disagreement.
"You used me well in that fight, Master. It's worth complimenting."
"Uhmm... Thanks, I guess?"
Yes, I'm going to ignore this topic and head straight to the G'ar Land. Thank you very muchhh!!!
We continue our walk in the forest until the sun sets before us.
"Let's head towards a river, 'cause I wanna clean myself after those fights." I suggested the idea to Frienna, which I know she will not disagree. Hehehehe~ Gotta utilise her loyalty in some way, am I right??
Just as I expected, she just nodded in response with a mild smiley face as usual.
But to my surprise, she brought me to a wide sea!!
I sighed and asked her to check whether the water is safe for me or not.
Let's just finish this very quickly.
She put her hand in the sea and stayed that way for a while.
I don't know what she's doing but she better not be doing something out of the ordinary... I spoke too soon-
WHY THE HELL IS A DEMONIC WHALE-CROCODILE COMBINATION DOING HERE?!?!
Frienna jumped slightly to the back; beside me.
"What the hell is that???" I asked in an apocalyptic stressed teenage boy voice tone.
"That is the Leviathroc, if I'm not mistaken." Frienna answered me with her usual expression.
"Huh?? A what now??"
"A Leviathroc. One of the ancient Death's pawn but by far the weakest. Its jaw can crush half of a continent if they want, which makes them a good weapon for war. Its body is also smooth and streamlined like a fish, with a large dorsal fin and a thick, muscular tail that propels it through the water with terrifying speed. Oh, it also has a very strong defense in history." Frienna explained it like robot, then she ended it with a *Oh! Fun-fact about this world destroying fish~*
I feel like I'm listening to a National Geographic segment right now.
Okayy! Thank you, Friennacopedia!!
While she's explaining the discoveries about this creature from the books that she read last time, Leviathroc roared very loud across the sea.
The roar creates powerful sound waves that ripple through the air, echoing across the ocean surface.
"This is bad, Frienna! What have we awakened?"
Why is it always like this-?
Why do I continuously experienced misfortune in this world? In this life...
I just want a normal life-
Why do I need to fight every single moment in my life??
"Master! Please do not falter. We can do this together, so believe in my power." Frienna held my hand and snapped me out of my imagination.
Frienna...
Right. I have Frienna with me.
"Okay, now is not the time to contemplate!"
Frienna nodded in response.
"Let's go Frienna!"
From our holding hands, Frienna change into her original form in my grip.
Ignoring the fear, I run towards the Leviathroc who's floating in the middle of the sea.
To my surprise, I'm now running on the water surface. This is kinda cool, to be honest~
I leap from the water surface, closing in on Leviathroc and slash one of his dorsal fins.
It let out a huge roar from the pain, pushing away the trees nearby.
"I'm tired-" I said as I'm standing on his upper body.
The lower skin is very smooth but it has a crocodile's tough skin up here.
Anyways, I need to finish him quick-
Before I could attack, Leviathroc turn upside down, and throws a huge boulder from the sea at me.
Let me remind you, this is all happening midair.
I am now falling towards the big ass boulders heading straight at me with high speed!
I gotta do something!
"Reaper's Scythe!!"
^Hello there. This is Teacher Nito's Spell & Skill class, aka S&S.
Miss Frienna's Reaper's Scythe ability can only be used in her original form, aka scythe form. It allows the user to utilise her slashing skills in the next level by decaying the target with even the slightest of a slash.
Who has been slashed by her, they will be inflicted with the Curse of Withering, aka one of her spells, and start to decay bit by bit. However, if it's a heavy slash, the target will decay immediately.
With that being said, Miss Frienna is indeed very powerful. So we will see a lot of her spells and skills in the near future.
This has been a very good class, so we will continue with Master Kevin and Miss Frienna's battle.
See you next time, bye~^
I slash most of the boulders that are closer to me and disintegrate them into dust.
With the last slash, I stand on the water surface, waiting for Leviathroc's next move.
Looking at its weird behaviour, I'm waiting in fear.
Leviathroc fly upwards to the sky in a high speed despite its huge figure, then dive towards me with the help of the gravity.
I need to run quickly!!
I run on the water surface as fast as I can because ain't no way I'm going to survive from this attack.
As its face touches the water surface, it creates a huge wave all across the sea; blowing me away.
The blow made me landed on my body with my face under water.
I didn't sink in the sea thanks to Frienna's magical powers.
Am I hallucinating? Why the heck do I see a pair of eerie red eyes staring at me from the deep dark parts of the sea?
WAIT IT'S COMING RIGHT AT ME!!
I pull my head from underwater and quickly crawl on my ass to the back.
The size of its head that came out from the sea is not a joke-
That thing is HUGE!!
After it misses its chance to swallow me, it went on to the sea and repeat the action multiple times.
I'm struggling to dodge all of those attacks in time, so I've decided to do something stupid in exchange.
I drift from my movement above the water surface and slash the sea as hard as I can, making the biggest rift across the horizon.
By doing so will have a negative impact on me too, you know?
Like what?
Oh, I'm now falling in the deepest depth of the separated sea.
To my surprise, our big boy is now crawling and hopping using its fins straight at me with its mouth wide open.
Hmmm...
I didn't think that this would happen-
Just kidding!! I do obviously!
I fix my position mid-air and slash the approaching Leviathroc.
"Ebonfire!"
A surge of cold black fire closing in on our big guy over there.
The fire burns Leviathroc's tough skin until it shows the bones and organs.
Quite gruesome if you ask me...
But who cares!
As long as I win, LET'S GO!!
Leviathroc is now rolling on the ground in pain from the fire but it's taking a while for it to die...
So I'm going to kill it myself!
I swing Frienna towards the throbbing Leviathroc and glide straight at it, Batman Style~
Standing on top of our strong and in pain big boy, I finish it off with one last slash, tearing its head off.
"Haaaaa.... Finally, we finished it off." I sat on Leviathroc after a long battle.
Frienna change into her human form and walk beside me toward the sliced Leviathroc's neck.
"Congratulations, Master. You did it again, as expected."
What do you mean as expected?!
"So what are we gonna do with it?"
"I'll store it in my item bag."
I nodded in response.
With that, the ground shakes heavily as the water from the rift starts to fill in.
"RUN!!!"