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Chapter 7 - [Chapter 6] Petals of Limitation

As i feel the burn in my shoulder vanishing. I'm still shocked to see the Dark sycthe I'm holding.

But I don't have time to lose, the demon will reach emily in no time. I then focused my aura and lunge towards the demon.

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The demon noticed me lunging at him, he then swung his trident. As i focus the aura around me. My cursed mark started to make my shoulder feel burning sensations.

It hurts but as i look now, i can see the trident moving slowly and seeing the movement advance. 

I dodge the attack with great speed. The demon was surprised by my sudden reaction he then swung again towards me. 

I jump in the air to dodge the swing again. The demon then tried to thrust the trident while I was on air.

My body moves on its own and does a roll while in the air to dodge the thrust.

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An opening can be seen on the demon's neck.

I gripped my scythe and used the opportunity to decapitate the demon.

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I felt no mercy nor sympathy towards the demon. All i want now is to end the demon's wrath.

Atlast the scythe hit the neck. With great strength i decapitated the demon with ease.

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I landed in the ground with great flexibility, the demon's body fell to the ground. I knew decapitation wasn't enough. I then used my scythe to hit its heart.

The body was tough but i managed to hit the heart and rip it apart with the scythe.

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The demon's body quickly turned to ashes and the heavy aura started to vanish, only leaving mine behind.

"W- we did it..." emily with a tired voice.

"It was the right thing to put my faith in you"

Emily stood and tapped me on the shoulder.

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As soon as she tapped me, my body ached and i fell to the ground, making me unconscious.

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I'm floating inside my dreams. It feels like it's empty... afterwards the area turned black.

I saw it. Those glowing white eyes.

"Well, well if it isn't my inheritor." An echo filled the area. Inheritor? What does the eyes mean by inheritor?

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I asked " What do you mean by inheritor?!".

The laughs echo everywhere. 

"You will soon know. As time passes, we will know each other." He responded.

I shouted at him to tell me who he was. But i felt it. I'm waking up. "It's time for you to wake up." The voice echoes its final word before i wake up.

"DON'T FIND THE ANSWERS. LET IT FIND YOU"

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I then suddenly woke up, it's morning. Emily sitting on the sofa beside my bed.

"Ah you're awake. Say, How did you manage to switch weapons mid-fight?" Emily directly asked me.

As i looked around, i found my weapon but it was the shattered bo-staff...

"Don't worry we have the metal version" Emily tries to comfort me.

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I noticed the Shirt. Again the marked area burned out. But the mark changed. Two more petals disappeared, and something was showing off behind those petals.

"I'll go downstairs to look for the metal bo staff" Emily told me as she leaves the room.

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I'm having suspicions but... does my mark hide something other than being a rose.

I grabbed the shattered bo-staff and started some ways to summon the sycthe. I rethink what I did to summon my scythe.

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I think deeply about the appearance of my scythe. Holding the bo-staff with both hands.

I then focus my aura towards the staff. Black smoke formed and coated the staff. I kept focusing and the scythe appeared and it emits black smoke.

Now I'm curious what the black smoke is that the scythe emits? I tried focusing my aura again.

The mark started to give a burning sensation again. But it was too much of an ache I can't handle. I lost my focus and the smoke started to get wild.

It kept going wild till it broke the small vase. I tried to focus. As the black smoke goes wild. My mark started to burst a burning sensation.

I need to keep focusing or the black smoke could break anything. As i focused my aura. The burning sensation vanished.

I can control the black smoke now. But the mark changed, the one petal disappeared, revealing a blade.

I'm not sure what it is but it's something. Now i have the blade and clothing at the forehead.

I then burst my aura out, my scythe was coated with black smoke and vanished into the air. Returning to a shattered wooden bo staff.

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As i go down the stairs, i see both emily and Gyeong creating a bond. I guess girls get close to each other easily.

I approach them. "What's up?" A classical approach. Emily then handed a metal bo staff

"That's a reward for helping me out with the demon. If you're not here, i could be dead by now." 

Emily spoke in a calm voice. I never think she has a shy side like this. But of course we need to go home too.

I thanked emily for the bo-staff obviously. It was adjustable. It can turn small.

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The adjustable bo staff can be handy anytime i need it. "Hey emily since we're done here. Me and gyeong need to go home." Emily was sad but agreed to what i said.

"Yeah you're right, but call me if needed for help, I'll be there." As i dragged Gyeong out because she's being stubborn about staying.

Emily escorted us towards the gate. She waves at us to say goodbye.

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We successfully got home. Now i realized that i made a friend. A first human friend to be exact, except Gyeong as my true friend however shes a spirit.

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Now that comes to mind. Having a bo-staff in school is illegal. So the adjustable feature is really important.

However is it possible to form the scythe even if it's still small?

I adjusted the bo-staff to the smallest it can be. Then i focused my aura.

Black smoke started to appear at my hand. It formed the scythe shape. Then the smoke burst out and the scythe was formed.

I was amazed by how small the thing is, i can create the scythe however... the scythe seemed light and the shape quite distorted.

It's not the perfect shape it seems to be. I then released the focus aura and turned the scythe into the original small bo staff.

I then adjusted the bo staff into max length and started to focus my aura.

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The scythe was formed, it was quite heavy and the shape was perfect as it seems to be.

So in my conclusion the transformation varies towards the length and heavyweight of the object. So if i were to transform a peeble, the shape would be distorted and light weight.

Being distorted and light weight can be a disadvantage as, light weight will give me a hard time cutti

ng things while the distorted shape can make my scythe blunt rather than sharp.

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Now since it's sunday. I'll practice sycthe swings... and improve my aura...