THE RESURRECTION OF MISTRAL, DEATH OF KECHUM
I cut my hand, allowing my blood to mingle with the magical energies permeating the atmosphere. The enchantment seized upon my sacrificed blood, meticulously sifting through it to locate the essence of the Immortal Queen.
After a diligent search, the Queen's blood was identified—a single droplet of royal essence.
This minute droplet soon underwent a remarkable transformation, splitting into two, then four, multiplying until it manifested as the semblance of a maiden. The ethereal figure gracefully approached Mistral, who presented her with the orb and chalice.
Unexpectedly, Mistral collapsed to the ground, her body devoid of life. Yet, her soul found refuge in the maiden born from her own blood. As the maiden took the orb and chalice, Queen Mistral was resurrected, her spirit reunited with her revitalized form.
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"Am I alive again? Am I human again?" Queen Mistral asked us.
"Yes, you are alive again, but you are not entirely human", Spellmaster told her.
"Then what have I become?" Mistral asked Spellmaster.
"The Chalice of Perpetuity rebuilds the body of a dead apostle, a semi-divine being, after its destruction. It couldn't revive a human body. It could, however, revive the body of the Immortal Essence of the Anti-Saint. By infusing your blood into the rebirth, the body took the form of your maiden body and your soul", Spellmaster explained to us.
"So, I am not a human?" Mistral asked us.
"No, you have become a Demi-god, like the apostles and Anti-saints, and not a Golem", Ratatouille told the Queen.
"You should have revived me as a Demi-goddess instead of a Golem", Cassandra complained to me.
"Sorry, that was the method available to me at that time", I told her.
"It doesn't matter, being a Golem is fine, as long as I am alive with master", Meera said to us.
"What Immortal Essence did you give me? I heard each essence is different?" Mistral asked me.
"The essence of the Anti-Saint of Pride. I guess you need pride to rule this kingdom but don't go overboard, Pride is also the reason for the fall of kingdoms", I told Mistral.
"I am alive again", Queen Mistral said to us before she said, "Let's have a celebration".
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"Spellmaster, I have a problem to solve before I return to Drachia kingdom, my Rampageous Growth spell", I told Spellmaster.
"What is the problem with the magic?" he asked me.
"The Rampageous Growth is a magic that conjured magical vines to entangle my enemies. I augmented the vines of the Tree of the Sun into this skill, but the skill is not corresponding well to me", I complained to him.
"The Tree of the Sun is a sneaky and manipulative being when it was alive. That could be the reason your templar skill after being augmented with the vines of this tree became recalcitrant", Spellmaster told me.
"Is there something that I could do to regain control of my skill?" I asked Spellmaster.
Spellmaster thought about it for a while before he found a solution.
"There are many magical chains that belonged to the Apostles inside the treasures of the Church that you brought back. Try augmenting their magic with your Bone empowerment magic", he suggested to me.
So, I took many Apostle chains, chains that the apostles used to restrain their prisoners and suppress their magic, and sent them into the realm of my magical bones. Connecting these artifact chains with my templar magic, the Rampageous Growth, soon a nexus was established.
The pairing was successful, and my magic was enhanced.
"Try out your new skill, I want to see how well those apostle chains work with your magic", Ratatouille asked me.
I conjured my skill before Ratatouille.
However, instead of conjuring magical vines, metallic tentacle like hoses struck out toward Ratatouille to capture him within its embrace.
"What the hell are these bloody tentacles? They are sucking my energy", Ratatouille protested to me.
"The magic took on the characteristics of the apostle's chains, it could restrain its victims and also suppress their magic", Spellmaster told me about my newly enhanced skill.
"I'll have some of these chains too", Ratatouille told us.
"You can't call this magic, Rampageous vines anymore", Cassandra said to me.
"The first time I worked with chains after my rebirth in this world was in my adopted father's workshop", I told them solemnly.
After I returned to Istiopolis city, I realized the sad news that my adopted father, Kechum passed away in my absence.
Kechum was the first person that I met after I was reborn into this world. He took care of me and nurtured me in my early years, before I regained the memories of my previous life and the powers that came with my rebirth.
The news saddened me much although I must accept the reality, Kechum was an ordinary mortal with a limit to his years.
Although his life wasn't remarked by excitement and adventure, Kechum was always happy, and he never blamed me for leaving on my long journeys.
"Children will have their own lives", he would often say to me.
But although Kechum has left me, his memory will remain with me.
"What will you call your new skill?" Meera asked me.
"I'll call it the Rails of Ikea", I replied to her.
"Why Ikea?" Chash asked me.
"IKEA is the name of my father's workshop, Istiopolis Kechum's Artifacts and Effects, or in short, IKEA. I'll name the skill after him".
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"Do you have any more problem with your magic, it might be some time before you will return here, I guess", Spellmaster asked me.
"I have improved almost all my active skills. The only ones that I haven't done much to them are my passive skills", I replied to the Spellmaster.
Spellmaster checked my magic again before he told me, "You can improve your body's protective magic".
"Protective magic? Did I have that?" I asked him.
"You may not realize it but humming within your templar sky is a magic that you don't even realize you have. Have you wondered why your body is strong and tough?" He asked me.
"I thought it was because of my Bone magic which gives me the enhancement", I said to him.
"Bone magic will not augment your body in this way", he told me as he showed me the constellation in my mind.
I studied the constellation and realized what it was.
"This is the Nyx Royal Body Augmentation magic, I thought I lost this magic already", I told Spellmaster.
I learned the Royal Body Augmentation together with my Sword of Nyx. However, I thought I lost that magic after I returned the Nyx royal magic back to Mistral.
"Your bone magic reacted with the Royal Nyx Body Augmentation subconsciously, improving its prowess. That is the real reason your body armor is so strong and resistant to magic", Spellmaster explained to me.
"Can I use the magic again?" I asked him.
"You have been using the passive magic all along. You may want to augment its strength further though", Spellmaster told me.
"How do I do that?" I asked him.
"These equipment and artifacts can enhance and augment your Body Augmentation magic, further strengthening your armor", Spellmaster told me as he brought out Holy Chainmails and Mithrium Shields, belonging to the church.
"These armors will strengthen my body?" I asked Spellmaster.
"It depends if the ingredient is suitable for you. Hanuman taught you a powerful spell that could identify the ingredients that are suitable for your magic, you can test these out. There are many other Chalices and artifacts of the Church that you can check if they are useful to you", he explained to me.
I quickly absorbed that equipment into my bone realm, quenching its magic to reinforce my body armor. Some of them were useless and were rejected while those that my magic accepts, they were reinforced in my bone magic.
The Church has so many treasures, so it took some time for me to filter out the useful ones for me and I quickly augmented my magic with those artifacts.
"Hell, your body is as tough as wearing Mithrium armor now even if you wear nothing at all", Chash said to me.
"Really, you shouldn't have to wear anything when you are around me", Cassandra told me shamelessly.
Cassandra obtained the Immortal Essence of the Anti-Saint Lust, and sometimes she became irresistibly lustful for me.
"I guess I am ready to return to the battlefield in Starri city now", I said to them.
"We are coming too", suddenly someone said to us.
It was Sara who came with Rinna.
"Do you have something you want from Starri city? You can look through the treasures that I brought back from the church. You can have anything", I told Rinna.
"I want to see the battle with my own eyes. The Blood Queen is getting stronger, and we must learn about their strengths and also weaknesses", Rinna said to me.
"You are not bringing the rude girl with us again, are you?" Cassandra told us about Sara.
"What's your problem, the Lusty can go but the Rude can't?" Sara replied to Cassandra.
"Sara's temper has improved a lot since she transplanted her heart and was reborn", Rinna told Cassandra.
So, together, we set out for Starri city again.
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