Thunderclap!
Standing in front of Ragnar, Sebastian was bleeding through every orifice on his body, mouth, nose, eyes, ear, and the cuts all over his body. He held his sword up high as all of his auras, spiritual energy, and energy from the Umbral Blade itself were put into the edge of his blade.
On the ground, Ragnar was kneeled down and beside him was his arm. His arm had fallen off by an attack that neither Bastian and Ragnar could see. The speed at which Sebastian released such attack flabbergasted them both.
Ragnar's life flashed before his very eyes as time had slowed down for him as he saw Sebastian's blade slowly lower. He saw the very moment at which all of the energies within Sebastian's blade be released into a projectile slash.
At the same time, he watched as Bastian appear beside Sebastian and slightly alter the the path at which he released the attack. The projectile slash flew through the air grazed Ragnar's body before it slammed into the inner colosseum wall.
The moment the slash came in contact with the colosseum wall, the material instantly disintegrated and continued moving on forward like an unstoppable force. Seconds later, the projectile slash broke through the colosseum and continued until it struck the invisible barrier around HQ. The attack managed to crack the barrier but ultimately disappeared into lightning-like arcs.
"You actually got overpowered by a kid. They're not gonna believe this at all." Bastian snickered.
"That brat was actually gonna kill me." Ragnar replied in disbelief.
"By the way, what was he selected by what? Before he punched you in the abdomen, you were gonna say something"
"Those golden flames around his body are called the Flames of Rage and those chained blades he used are called the Blade of Rage. You can only obtain those from being selected as the Apostle of War." Ragnar revealed.
It finally clicked inside Bastian's head. He heard about the chances of inheriting the chain blade of war but never expected Sebastian to inherit them, especially since he was mana-less. He also heard of another piece of information about becoming the Apostle of War and it would answer why Sebastian was able to quickly adapt.
"Apostle of War? Shouldn't he be dead? Unless his body is actually capable of containing both powers of two divine being, then it would explain why he's alive. Maybe the War Body passive skill is constantly adapting his body to the changes of two different divine beings and constantly repairing is body at a fast rate." Bastian said, trying to make sense of Sebastian's predicament.
Swoosh!
Sebastian then appeared beside them and fell to the ground, breathing heavily. Both men stared at him while wondering how the hell he was even still standing. It was obvious to them that he used all of his energy in the attack.
"That was a great battle! We should do it sometime in the future, when I get stronger!" Sebastian said, panting
"Sebastian, why didn't you tell us you were selected as the Apostle of War?" Bastian asked.
"Apostle of War? I didn't think it was important to bring up." He replied
While they were chatting, the healer came by and was surprised to see the leader of the Dark Guild to be injured. She thought that Sebastian would be heavily injured again but it was actually the leader. No one in the entirety of the Dark Guild could harm Ragnar beside Bastian.
"If you're the Apostle of War, then you must've received his War Body skill." Bastian finally brought up.
A small low-grade knife appeared in Bastian's hand and quickly slashed at Sebastian's chest before the knife snapped. This was indeed proof that he had inherited the War Body skill but this was a problem.
"Interesting... The War God stopped selecting Apostles ever since he had been banished unless he knows that your worthy of his power and have the ability to free him... Can't wait to see you fight the other Apostles of War to gain full power of the Apostle of War." Bastian revealed.
"Full power? The power the War God gave me is incomplete?" Sebastian asked, surprised.
"Yes. The power can only be complete once you kill the other Apostles of War. If I remember correctly, One of them is in the human territory while the other is in the elven territory."
"Great, even more quests to gain strength."
"That aside, wanna release your spiritual energy? If I'm correct, then your fight with Ragnar may have increased your spiritual energy exponentially as an effect of the War Body passive skill."
"Sure!"
Bang!
A reddish black wave of energy expanded out of Sebastian's body and continued to increase as if it was a bottomless put until it filled the entire colosseum. It was then that Bastian noticed that it shined brighter than more and revealed that his energy had full nurtured into his body. Though the amount was incomparable to their spiritual energy as both Ragnar and Bastian's spiritual energy was enough to fill the entire realm and more.
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In a brightly lit room, multiple children could be seen sitting at a large roundtable. They were currently discussing their experience so far under the tutelage of Jack. As they were talking, a pair of doors opened and in came a person.
Everyone, who was sitting at the table, appeared in front of the man and kneeled to him. He then gestured for the to stand and sit back down at the table.
"I've received some good news and some bad news. Which one would you like to hear?" The man asked
"The good news." A female replied.
"I've received information that Sebastian is alive."
"He's alive?! Yes! He's alive!" Everyone but one celebrated.
While they were celebrating, the man was having an internal debate with himself. He couldn't believe that Sebastian was alive himself and berated himself because he gave up on searching for him without investigating. He thought that since he found a body, it was Sebastian and didn't give it much thought since it was evidence.
"Tell us the bad news" A boy said.
"Bad news is he's currently been selected as an enemy of the world. I don't know how but he somehow managed to upset a demi-god. Now, I only know this because my god told me about the situation and it doesn't look good at all." The man said.
"Sebastian is being hunted by every Apostle in the continent and they will do everything in their power to ensure he's eliminated." The boy chimed in.
The celebration ended as they heard the news. They always knew Sebastian would get into more trouble but this time was different. He got himself in trouble with the strongest people in the world and they couldn't do anything about it unless they got stronger for his case.
"Since he's alive, I'll be sending people to look for him again but that also means I'll be increasing your training regime because Sebastian will need you in the future and he'll need you to be strong." The man spoke, inspirational.
Chant! Chant! Chant!
'He's alive? Unbelievable… my rival has been alive this entire time and fighting while I've been slacking off? I won't let you surpass me.' The boy thought.
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"Welcome to Dark Guild's forgery. Ragnar took in consideration of your lack of magic and thought it would be best that you have multiple weapons."
Looking around, Sebastian was amazed by the size of the forgery. The forgery was beneath the Dark Guild's HQ and was just as large as the realm itself. The amount of dwarves maintaining and working the forgery surprised Sebastian as there were only fifteen of them managing the forgery.
High above the forgery were several weapons case that Sebastian sensed and noticed only one weapon was missing from the weapon case. As he expanded his energy, he felt an incredible force of energy constantly emitting from the cases. It was then that he realized the cases were a container for the powerful energy within the weapons.
"I wouldn't try to feel their energy much longer." An old dwarf said, approaching Sebastian. "We call those 'Cursed Weapons' because they're alive and capable of mind possession."
"Hello again, old man. Ragnar sent us to ask you, if you could forge multiple weapons to increase Sebastian's arsenal. You see, he lacks mana so to make up for that, we want him to have an increased arsenal." Bastian said.
"Are you serious?! Give me a break! I've been forging for the past week! You think I still have energy to make more!?" The old dwarf rebuked.
"Come on. If you do this, then we'll give you a week long break." Bastian tried to convince the dwarf.
"Hmmm... If he can pass the weapon aptitude test, then we'll forge the weapons but he needs to at least score higher than 'Tiger'. You also will be required to provide with the necessary materials to make them." The dwarf stated.
The ground behind Sebastian began to shake violent until multiple different altars rose up from the ground. As he looked at the altars, he noticed each altars displayed a variety of different weapons. The weapons ranged from a small dagger to a great sword to a bow.
"Grab one weapon and infuse your energy within it. It will create a projection that will show whether you'll have potential in the weapon or not." The dwarf said as he grabbed one of the weapons and a wolf was projected from the weapon.
Seeing a great sword, Sebastian grabbed it and did as instructed. Infusing his energy into the weapon, large cracks appeared along the weapon and projected a dragon from the weapon. The dwarf, who was watching, spat up blood as he watched the weapon nearly shatter.
"Stop! Stop! Don't infuse it with more energy." The dwarf said, running and yanking the weapon out of Sebastian's hand. "Do you have any idea how ancient and rare this is?! This is as old as the creation of this realm!"
The projection of the dragon soon disappeared and was replaced with the projection of a demon. Upon seeing the demon, the dwarf took a step back and began to view Sebastian differently, and praise his potential.
"Alright, move onto the halberd." The dwarf instructed.
A halberd is a polearm weapon that is the combined weapon of an axe, a spear, and a hook. The long shaft of halberd measures around six to seven feet in length, and topped with a spear point. Along the top of the shaft is a large axe blade on one side and a hook on the other side.
Sebastian did the same thing, he infused the halberd with his energy and the weapon started crack like last time but this time it projected a demon instead of a dragon. The dwarf rushed over and tried to yank the weapon out of Sebastian's hand but noticed he wasn't letting ho.
"Let... Go! Stop infusing your energy into the weapon!"
After letting go of the halberd, Sebastian watched as the dwarf caressed the weapon before putting it back on the altar and berating him. The dwarf then pointed at the next altars, which displayed a pair of dual blades.
Dual blades are a pair of short blades or daggers that are wielded in one hand each. They're meant to be fast and agile to ensure quick attacks. Like the weapons before, the pair of dual blades began to crack from he infused energy. The projection of a demon came out out the dual blades.
"Are you a monster?" The dwarf asked, yanking the pair of dual blades away.
This process continued for awhile as the amount of altars far surpassed what Sebastian had original thought. While they tested the weapons, the dwarf instructed him to put half of the normal energy he would infuse but after one test, the dwarf noticed the weapons would suck the energy of Sebastian.