Chapter 995 Bell Cranel part 2
"Level 5, huh? Better than I expected.", Kisuke was genuinely surprised not just because it was hard work, but also of his courage to answer the question and toss aside the 'faith' that proliferates through the entire world. For Kisuke, that's more impressive than people who could face monsters they have no hope of defeating, 'Though beyond that line is just extremism and insanity. It's great that he was able to keep it to himself and not preach about this 'enlightenment'.'
Kisuke was sure that those who wanted the Deities to leave this land would feast on his appearance and gather around him. At that time, it wouldn't be a pretty sight, 'But it'd be a different story if this world could interact with the previous one.' For a moment, Kisuke's eyes sharpened, '...There are ups and downs, but the advantages that it'll present me are much more than the consequences it'll bring... Perhaps I really have to do that. I'm sorry, Chaos-san, but it really looks like you've really chosen the wrong pawn to pick this time.'
Bell and Ais shuddered the moment they caught that but they didn't have any idea what he was thinking. Loki, on the other hand, had a guess, 'It's only now that he decided to commit? Just how careful is he?' With how he does things, especially with how he dealt with Freya, she thought that he was fully prepared to raise hell on earth, but now Loki knew that he was still considering a lot of things, which made Loki think, just how big of a playground he's preparing that he could switch sides any time or maybe, even swallow up both sides?
But one thing is for certain, as much as possible, she didn't want to be on the opposite side of his sword.
"Level 5? I heard you learned your signature move, [Flame Shift] and [Lightning Shift] when you reached Level 7.", Serafall approached Bell with curiosity, "Does that mean the Falna didn't provide you with those techniques?"
"Now that you mentioned it. I'm guessing it's a fusion technique between Ki and Magic? Do you mind if you show it to us?" added Yoruichi, also curious about his very famous move and she hadn't really seen it since they were traveling the whole world not long after Riveria left.
Bell decided to forget what he saw just now since there was nothing he could really do without knowing anything. He scratched his cheek and with a bit of embarrassment, he said, "I would, but it's not exactly a very quiet technique, I'm afraid I'll damage this establishment, and those sensitive with Magic Power or Ki would come rushing in, thinking that I'm fighting someone. It'd cause all sorts of misunderstandings and I'd like to avoid that as much as possible."
Without saying a word, Serafall snapped her fingers and a Magic Circle encompassing the whole bar instantly appeared below them before a wave of an enormous amount of Magic Power started pouring into all corners of the bar. Everyone who doesn't know what she was doing panicked but it only lasted for a few seconds before the Magic Circle disappeared, "I've reinforced the whole place so unless you use most of your strength, you can forget about destroying even a single chair."
Everyone was silent at her explanation but Serafall thought that Bell was still worried about something so she added, "I also added a barrier over us that restricts the flow of Magic Power and sound to the outside so it's also fine to get a bit noisy. No one's going to notice~!... Oh... Maybe Riveria-chan who just went out would."
Bell was still silent but he managed to get his bearings together and walked towards one of the free tables. He stared at it for a few seconds before raising his right arm and smashing his fist at it after a short breath, "Hmmmph!"
An explosive sound rang out and a small quake shook the building, however, instead of crushing the wooden table into tiny bits as he expected, there are only a few cracks that are running through it. Although it was about to fall down from the cracks, it was far more durable than it'd originally been, "U-Unbelievable..." He muttered to himself.
Tiona, Tione, and Ais saw this and tried it out themselves which resulted in a similar, "...What the hell is this Magic?" asked Tiona.
"It's nothing special. It's just a simple Reinforcement Magic that fixes the entire building's position relative to the ground. Enough about that and let's see that flame, lightning transformation."
Bell could only sigh and decided not to ask as he knew that he won't be getting any better answer than that, "Alright. Please excuse me.", he replied while gesturing to the fearful bar owner to get back.
The bar owner sighed in relief and decided to leave the place. In any case, even if the entire thing is destroyed, Bell could easily pay him multiple times the price of the bar.
Bell took a deep breath and closed his eyes. A second later, a dense amount of Ki and Magic Power began interacting around his body and lightning arcs started crackling on the surface of his body. Opening his glowing ruby-red eyes, the whole world slowed down for him as all the energy gathering around him became concentrated and the lightning arcs covering his body multiplied.
"This is my [Lightning Shift]. By dousing myself with Lightning Magic and maintaining it using my Ki, my reaction time, dexterity, speed, and to some extent, strength, are all exponentially improved. In addition to that, I can apply Lightning Magic to all of my attacks and further increase the damage I can deal to someone or something. My [Flame Shift] works the same, but with Flame Magic and more focused on defense and power."
While Bell was proudly explaining his technique, Kisuke, Yoruichi, and Serafall were all circling around him, making him feel a bit awkward too.
"What do you think?" Yoruichi asked.
"The way that his Ki moves is not of the general style. They remind me of how the Youkai use theirs so it's understandable why he could combine the two. He might have a good aptitude for Youjutsu." Serafall answered.
Yoruichi looked at her with surprise, "Youjutsu? Can a Human even learn something like that?"
Serafall nodded, "Although it's very rare, yes. Both the East and West Factions of the Youkai group have a few Human Youjutsu practitioners under their wings, but they are all used in spying activities since it's really hard to find them and you'd normally never associate a Human to Youjutsu technique."
"Hmmm... I'd say that it's more in line with Shunkou, but it's too sloppy to be at that level." Kisuke mercilessly compared Bell's technique to a technique only a few masters could ever hope to learn.
"Why compare it to that monstrous technique?" the corner of Serafall's mouth twitched at Kisuke's comment.
However, Yoruichi backed up Kisuke's claim, "I agree with Kisuke. If it's fundamentals that we're talking about, there's a resemblance if we take out the principles of Kidou from the Shunkou. The sloppiness, on the other hand, could be attributed to his half-assed knowledge of Magic. As it is now, he's just a walking scarecrow. Those who know how to make fire will burn him instantly."
"Ah... That's true. If he shows this to someone who knows his craft, he'll be lucky to escape alive. It's really a reckless technique that only works against someone who doesn't know anything about it."
While the three of them are arguing, they already forgot about the mortals who could only listen in a silent stupor.
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