"I trust you girls have been having fun," Damien's voice rang out, followed by a muffled groan as he dropped a bound Lewis to the ground.
Everyone turned in Damien's direction in shock. They hadn't noticed when he came out of the cocoon at all. Amber was even more wary; she had just looked away for a few seconds, and he was already here with a completely bound Lewis. What the hell was he even wearing?
Damien's lips twitched under his helmet, seeing the looks he was receiving.
Starting from the bottom, one part of the suit ended in a clawed foot, while the other was a golden boot. One of the legs was covered in golden armor, while the other was covered in onyx scales that seemed to devour light. The top armor was also divided in the same way, with one part colored onyx-black and the other golden, ending with a scaled arm with claws and an armored hand holding a halberd, on the back one angelic looking wing constantly dropping feathers made of light and one bat looking wing that seemed to devour all light and release a shadowy mist. The helmet looked like the fusion of two faces. On one part, a face covered in scales with blood-red eyes, lips curled into a twisted grin, and a single horn pointing upwards as if defying the heavens. On the other half, a stoic-looking face with golden eyes and a golden halo made of light resting on top.
[LDA- NEPHILIM MKI]
[A SUIT FABRICATED THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORT OF THE CONTROLLER AND HIS ASSISTANT. DUE TO APPLICATION OF TWO DIFFERENT BLESSINGS, THE ARMOR HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO AN EMBODIMENT OF ITS OWN NAME.
WHEN WEARING THE ARMOR, ALL LIGHT AND DARKNESS-RELATED ABILITIES ARE ENHANCED BY 20%.
LIGHT AND DARKNESS CANNOT COEXIST IN AN EQUAL STATE. ONE HAS TO DOMINATE THE OTHER. DEPENDING ON YOUR STATE OF MIND, THE ARMOR WILL TAKE ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
EMBODIMENT OF LIGHT: THE LOVING EMBRACE OF A MOTHER, THE SENSUAL EMBRACE OF A LOVER. OH, THE LIGHT OF JOY THAT BLOOMS IN ONE'S HEART WHEN EXPERIENCING SUCH AFFECTION.
WHEN HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY POSITIVE EMOTIONS, YOUR ARMOR WOULD COMPLETELY SHED OFF ALL HINTS OF DARKNESS, GRANTING YOU ACCESS TO ?????? AND 50% EFFICIENCY OF LIGHT-BASED ATTACKS AND +50% MANA AND HP REGENERATION WHEN AROUND AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF LIGHT.
EMBODIMENT OF DARKNESS: THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, THE LOSS OF PROPERTY, THE FEELING OF DREAD THAT COMES IN THE FACE OF LOSS, AND THE HATRED THAT BLOOMS RIGHT AFTER.
WHEN INFLUENCED HEAVILY BY NEGATIVE EMOTIONS, YOUR ARMOR WOULD SHED ALL HINTS OF LIGHT, GRANTING YOU ACCESS TO ?????? AND 50% EFFICIENCY OF LIGHT-BASED ATTACKS AND +50% MANA AND HP REGENERATION WHEN SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS.]
"Uh, Damien!" Maria called out with a blank look on her face. "I know you want to look cool, but... what are you wearing?"
"Don't worry, I'll take it from here," Damien decided to ignore her and focus on his opponent. "So, Amber, is it? How do you want to continue, pole arms or melee?"
"I choose... neither," Amber said before firing a hail of bullets at Damien and shooting upwards in the direction of the giant magic circle.
Initially, she had been waiting for the portal to open, but after Lisa's quick defeat, she began to delay the opening instead. After all, the Abyssal Judge of Wealth summon had a time limit; she couldn't waste it on small fry. Normally, she'd have used it to destroy Damien before he came out of the cocoon, but she had a feeling that if she did so, it would be her end.
But now .....
SHRIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!
A massive finger came out and held the edge of the portal, followed by another one that did the same thing. The hands began to forcefully widen the portal, revealing a massive eye on the other side. The eye slowly panned from left to right, as if taking in the sight of the entire battlefield and committing it to memory before receding back into the portal.
"W- wha- what! Come back here, old geezer."
"Who are you calling old?" A voice sounded from behind her, making her jump like a frightened cat before turning to look at the middle-aged man behind her.
"I've told you many times, little girl, don't call me for battles beyond your worth."
"What do you mean?" Amber frowned.
Sigh!
"Instead of explaining, let me show you...." the man said before raising his hands and summoning a massive scale. "How much you are worth in front of a mere spawn of the Jack of all trades."
The side effects of the scale representing Damien hit the ground with a heavy thud, sending Amber's part flying high into the sky, never to be seen again.
"Normally I won't help you fight battles beyond your worth, but the man you see right there, even if he's not the original, is still a copy of someone very important to our race. I would like to experience the power of the Jack of all trades personally and see if he's worth the wait."
"Like we'd let you lay a finger on him," Maria shouted before standing in front of Damien along with Amelia and Adele, who had just gotten rid of her opponent.
"I have to say, you have some interesting bride candidates here."
"B-bride!" Maria exclaimed, blushing furiously.
"Hmph! I'm not one of them, I'm his little sister."
"Hmm? But I don't sense anything from you?"
While they continued their chatter, Damien was lost in his own world. When this man arrived, he suddenly felt some kind of connection with him and the strengthening of several more distant connections which had always been there. This was most true for one of them. According to the arrangement, it looked like that one was the main cable, while they were just secondary connections. It also felt like a lost part of his body; no, he was a lost part of that person's body.
'Is this the creator?'