I remained silent as the aura gets stronger and stronger. My inside was screaming, my soul cannot widstand the pressure of the aura. This aura is not on the same level as the ones i felt.
This kind of aura gives an eerie feeling, chills that will climb towards your spine and too much pressure.
I don't know how far it is but it's strong, it kept getting stronger. I laid on the floor feeling hopeless, i cannot move an inch of my body.
I'm coated with fear, it feels like it gived me PTSD, it kept getting stronger as it goes closer.
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Atlast the aura gotten stronger to the point I'll lose my sanity. I heard the steps at the stairs. "Thud, Thud, Thud" every step made, my heartbeat will follow.
"Thud, thud, thud" and the last thud. I saw it that demonic creature. A four horn creature looking at me with those hungry eyes.
It holds a somewhat trident. It gets closer and closer and its aura keeps getting stronger and stronger, it's already crushing my soul.
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It stood there as im laying down the floor hopeless, holding at my chest as i feel my heart aching. I wanted to scream but I can't.
The only thing i can do is... accept my fate...
I closed my eyes ready to be pierced by those sharp end bloody trident.
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I didn't felt any pain aside from the burnt im feeling from my shoulder. It makes me feel like death didn't gave me certain pain at all.
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"Kim Eun Park! Eun Park! Wake up!" I heard voices waking me up. Who is it, and did i successfully die this time?
I opened my eyes, it was Emily and Gyeong. Their face was relieved seeing me waking up.
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Currently after i open my eyes it was daytime and my shoulder was messed up, the area where the mark was ripped out or burned.
"What happened? I heard a tiny explosion and saw you here sleeping" Emily asked me while holding her bow and arrow.
With gyeong on her side. I explained what happened to them...
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"So it's a high tier one huh? Say you said looped hallway right, that must be his power" i nodded in agreement.
"Say what happened to my shirt, why the marked area is messed up" i asked them. I'm deeply confused what happened to the mark.
"When we saw you, the marked area already burned the sleeve, but it didn't spread out." Gyeong's respond to me.
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I looked at my mark... i was shocked to see... the appearance changed. It looked like one petal from the rose was separated.
Emily and gyeong noticed it too. "Seems like your mark is constantly changing..." emily told me about my mark. "If that is the case, maybe your buffs are sealed by the rose."
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Maybe emily was right, if so then why is it sealed in the first place... i asked emily if this ever happened to her
"No it didn't, it just gave me the mark of the eye" Emily's respond.
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"Say how about you get changed, i think we have spare shirt at the guest room." Emily told me this, i agreed to her. I then go changed my shirt.
I finished changing, it's not a long sleeve but a T-shirt. It covers the mark so it's better than the messed up long sleeve.
I then went down the stairs, and seeing emily and gyeong at the dining table talking while eating.
The food was curry, my favorite as always. I didn't expect it to be curry but... beggars can't be choosers.
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As i sit emily asked me. "Say, what weapon do you use?" I responded to her that i use a long type weapon. She then stood up and goes to the basement.
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She then goes up "here maybe it's better for nothing later tonight" she handed me a wooden bo staff "it's hard to break, my father always use it to scare off boys that court me..."
She have an strict father huh? I accepted the bo staff, i asked her " What's the plan tonight?"
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She explained to me that, using my presence we will fight the demon outside the front yard for open area. As always I'm the distraction and she will shoot her bow.
Shes said that an archer must have their limits on distance and close up fight. I agreed, I don't know how will this succeed but one thing on my mind came up.
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Did my mark saved me?, as i grabbed my marked shoulder and close my eyes. I felt a sensation, i saw some glowing eyes, i then quickly opened my eyes catching my breath.
What was that? Who was that? Gyeong and emily then asked me what happened...
Gyeong suggest for me to rest for tonight. Emily agreed and help me go to the guest room.
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I slept comfortable, night approach, emily woke me up, "let's eat first before going for the fight." Shes right, going for the fight with an empty stomach is an disadvantage.
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As we ate the delivered food we prepare outside. Gyeong was not there as she is not qualified for combat.
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"Focus yourself, try focusing your aura on one spot then quickly burst it out" emily instructs me how to spread my aura.
I closed my eyes, focusing of directing my aura in a circle. It's like putting air in a balloon. I can't handle the pressure of holding.
I released the focus and the aura burst, even emily felt it, making her fall to the ground. "What aura was that?!".
As shes sitting on the floor due to the fall. We both felt the aura respond. It gets stronger and stronger...
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Emily stood up aiming at the door, readying her bow. I aimed my Bo staff, readying my defense stance.
The aura getting stronger and stronger, we can hear the hard steps. "Thud, thud, thud, thud".
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Every step the aura got stronger, emily was struggling to keep herself standing from the aura... and then... there he is...
There's the demon... standing menancingly at the front door, holding the trident on the book.
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It prepared to lunge, the aura that was spreading got collected by him. He used the aura to dash forward towards me in incredible speed.
However before reaching me with the trident... the demon's shoulder was hit by the arrow shot by emily.
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I really underestimated her buff... the demon got angry and tried to lunge towards her, which succeed, the demon grabbed emily's neck.
I then swiftly ran towards them, i swung my bo staff towards the demon. The demon let's go emily and blocked my bo staff with it's arms...
The... bo staff was shattered in half. I then got stabbed with the trident at my right side waist.
I got pushed back... I tried to stood up. I look at my shattered bo staff... the demon got closer and closer with every thud releasing it's aura.
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Emily shot it's arrow towards the demon's back, but it was blocked by the trident... the demon looked at emily and walked towards her instead.
Maybe it was thinking going first the annoyance before the main target.
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I felt hopeless. I closed my eyes thinking what to do, what i need to save emily. One thing got on my mind... focus my aura and burst it all out to distract the demon and make emily run...
I then started focusing my aura at one center. I'm feeling my chest aching. As i struggle to keep it together. My marked shoulder... i felt it burning...
Emily felt my aura, the demon looked at me seeing aura gathering to me. All aura was gathering at my mark...
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The burn I'm feeling... it aches. Black smoke started to form as my mark glows. The bo staff im holding... it was coated with black smoke.
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I open my eyes seeing my bo staff being coated with smoke. The demon was aware if it let me finish whatever I'm doing it might be it's end. It prepares to lunge at me.
Emily stopped the demon by shooting the demon's legs. The demon falls down... it stood up and went for emily, it jump towards her.
At this time emily gave all her faith on me.
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The coat finished and the bo staff changed. It's not even Wood anymore.
The staff turned into a Scythe,
A darkish sycthe. It emits black smoke. It has a different curve blade...
The sharpened blade part and the handle have... Rhodium...