Chapter 976 Everyone Showcases Their Abilities
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"Wow! Sylphy you're so strong!" Mist clapped her hands happily after seeing me.
"T-That's… three at once?" Zack was amazed. "I-I can do the same too!" His competitive spirit surged.
"Okay then, let's see who can beat these guys faster!" I smiled. "Like good ol' times, let's compete! The one that kills the most will get a reward, a… custom made item from me!"
"What if you win though?" Celeste asked, flying over her cursed spear.
"If I win then all of you have to do what I say for a whole day!" I giggled evilly.
"What? No way!" Celica was surprised. "We won't lose then!"
Not only did she brought her three gigantic Golem Familiars, Mister Teddy, Mister Jester, and Mister Wolf, but also she unleashed her Phantom Soul Realm Skill, bringing the souls of the monsters she has defeated as Specters.
Yeah, it has been quite obvious since we've analyzed her abilities more, but Celica's… quite the Necromancer! Not only a Necromancer but also a golem creator and puppeteer. Even my mother and the other heroes admitted her magic abilities and talent were incredible and held overwhelming potential.
"Heheh, sounds like a nice challenge!" Lara laughed, as she was running towards the golems recklessly while holding her scepter and activating its ability.
Hundreds of small spirits gathered around her, summoning forth the might of many elements at once as giant fireballs, enormous icicle spears, swords made of wind and lightning, and even hammers made of stone descended upon the golems one after another.
Alongside Celica's three overpowered Golems and her army of spectral beings, these two girls were like armies of their own, the advancing golems were swiftly caught in several attacks from all sides.
Elemental explosions made their arms crumble down, while the giant golems kicked and punched them, Mister Jester even had special abilities such as flying and creating special illusion tricks, dividing itself into many illusory clones to confuse the golems.
"Gyhihihi~!"
The giant draconic jester laughed, suddenly its illusions exploded into pink mist, weakening the golems, and reducing their stats, all while the Celica's own golems crushed them one after another with brute force.
Her specters mostly protected her from damage by circling around her like a barrier of their own, but she could combine them into huge phantasmal claws through her Phantasmal Magic.
"A-Amazing… Celica's so strong!" Zephy said while watching her move forwards.
"Hehehe, you think so?" Celica wondered with an innocent giggle. "Come Zephy, don't stay behind! I'll let you guard me!"
"Really? I-I'll do my best to be your knight!" Zephy was really head over heels for this girl, running to her side with his two swords imbued with his Dark Blood Aura.
"GROOHH!"
A Metal Golem got through Celica's defenses and stomped Lara's spirit magic, its metallic body imbued with greater resistance to elemental damage and physical damage, it was quite the behemoth.
"I won't let you through!"
Zephyrus held his two swords as his Aura kept surging from his body. Although he hadn't been part of any big battles before, my little brother has been training nonstop with us.
Even if he couldn't enjoy the benefit of the System, he had been strengthening his physique and magic circle, training, and also was wearing a lot of equipment I made, enhanced to boost his stats further.
Especially those two swords, which were reforged with special materials we got from Arachne and her many demonic followers, giving them Darkness and Blood attribute affinities that resonated well with his!
And Zephyrus fighting style was slowly shaping itself as he continued training and growing up. His Aura was finally beginning to manifest too, and it was incredibly strong. Although we couldn't yet understand what it was, it brought him tremendous power when he channeled it temporarily!
"HYAA!"
He leaped into midair with his small and nimble body, his two blades shining with black and crimson red auras as his own aura erupted from his body, resembling an almighty giant of darkness and blood, with several eyes.
"[Dark Blood Sword Arts]: [Heart Piercing Crimson Blades]!"
SLAASH! SLAASH! SLAASH!
Countless slashing attacks of crimson and black color descended upon the Metal Golem at once. Zephy's amazing might was being shown, the tough as hell Tier 6 Monster started being pushed back, stepping back constantly, overwhelmed by the crimson storm that my brother had become!
"Now… Like big sis…!" Zephyrus roared, his Aura growing stronger. "Hahh…! [Crimson Blood Dragon]!"
FLUOSH!
His Aura fused with his attacks, suddenly summoning a gigantic, menacing red dragon that opened its gigantic jaws and gnawed through the golem's metallic arms as they attacked him back!
CRAAASH!
One of the arms shattered and fell apart, the other gained countless cracks and only managed to attack Zephyrus with a weak blow, which he defended against by transforming his special overpowered aura into a barrier.
BAAAMMM…!
He landed on the floor but was mostly unscathed. His left eye changed color, the iris turned deep black while his pupil became red, this was a special effect of his mysterious Blood and Darkness Aura.
"Ooof… That was a bit strong…" Zephyrus sighed.
"GRUOOHHH!"
The Metal Golem quickly ran towards him, rising its leg to stomp on him. Zephyrus usually felt a bit tired after using his Aura, and needed a few seconds to rest in intervals, so he was quite exposed there!
"Thanks for taking care of him, Zephy!" Celica smiled. "[Phantasmal Magic]: [Spectral Queen's Hand]!"
Celica raised her hand, dozens of Specters fused together into a gigantic phantasmal hand, clashing against the Metal Golem, abusing the cracks Zephy created to make it crumble down into pieces!
CRAAASH!
RUMBLE!
"Amazingly done, Celica!" Zephy said. "You're so cool as always!"
"Heheh, you were really cool too!" Celica smiled gently. "Let's go now! We have more golems to grind! I need the EXP!"
"S-Sure! I don't really know what that is but I'll help you!" Zephy nodded, running to her side.
The two made an honestly adorable and cool couple, though there was a noticeable age gap of four years… But I am still believing my brother can get her heart eventually!
You can do it Zephy! Your big sis is cheering for you!
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