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No one's POV:
Of the many equipment in this world, metias are held in high regards by everyone. Unbeknownst to most, they were tools created by the Witch of Greed, Echidna. From the conversation mirror to the legendary meteor staff, each possess a great power.
Perhaps the only objects in this world that could rival their power in terms of extraordinary abilities are the Ten Swords of Power.
The Dragon Sword Reid, created by the first sword saint and possibly created alongside Volcanica, the Divine Dragon. Its current wielder, Reinhard van Astrea, remains the strongest individual that currently exists. The Sword was passed down by the Astrea family from one generation of Sword Saints to the next, and has stayed there ever since.
Cecilus Segmunt, the 1st Ranking of the Nine Divine Generals of the Sacred Vollachian Empire, holds another two of the ten. The Fiend Sword Murasame, and the Dream Sword Masayume. Although the swords are not his complete source of power, it's part of what makes the young man a powerful entity enough to match Reinhard.
The Yang Sword Vollachia lies hidden in the hands of an individual, waiting for their user to present them to the world. It chose their master, and even now, the princess is pondering about it.
The Life Sword Zeam, was collected by an eccentric noble by the name of Count Reedback. It currently lies in the storage of the noble, waiting to be discovered.
The Cursed Sword, emitting ominous auras, was sealed under the Witch of Envy's tomb, after an unknown individual moved it from its original place.
The Love Sword, hidden away in one of the corners of Kararagi, where only those true about love can approach it and make it their own to successfully draw its power.
The Blight Sword, whose powers killed various people, is sealed in the place where ironically, with the most diseases. The last Great Mabeast, The Black Snake, took it as one of its own as it placed it in its contamination zone, standing in the core of the dreaded area.
Now, lying underneath the Witch's Graveyard, an entity sat dormant in the hidden room that only the Witch of Greed is aware of. Beside it resides their own properties: The Shadow Sword, a special weapon that they have made it their own; and the Spirit Sword, the weapon of one of its former contractors. Both were stuck into the ground, unable to be pulled until it was the right moment.
And that moment was approaching.
The two swords let out a faint light as it roused the spirit from its sleep, and yawned as it smiled.
Her new master is coming. And she would be sure to see her friend as well.
For the first time in centuries, the Great Spirit of Yin, Bayanga, opened her eyes.
Y/N POV
I woke up immediately due to the effects of Vacuum Trigger, and literally felt like puking. I'm still not used to the side effects of the life-saving technique that brings me back from unconsciousness when there is a large change in the mana surrounding me.
I saw Reinhard and Wilhelm standing above the fallen White Whale, now completely deceased, raising their swords in victory. From afar, I saw the two exchange words, and I hoped that it was them trying to reconnect after years of misunderstanding.
I haven't told Wilhelm that it was mainly because of the Witch of Vainglory, Pandora, that Theresia died 14 years ago. Then again, it's not the right time yet.
I sat up just a little, and the green-haired candidate walked up beside me as she smiled. "You woke up. I thought you were sleeping due to mana exhaustion."
"Yeah, it's not like I asked for it, but I have an ability that allows me to escape my unconsciousness whenever there's a large change in mana around me. Namely, Reinhard's attacks." I replied, and she helped me up as we stood together, facing the sunset.
"Fourier will be happy that you survived." I told her. "However, the real battle is the one after this."
"What do you mean?" She asked, "We defeated the White Whale, did we not?"
"Well, this is only the first part of the plan. I'm planning on fighting the Witch Cult next." Subaru came up to us and relayed our second part of the plan, where he goes to defeat the Sin Archbishop of Sloth.
"I see..." Crusch said as she pondered about Subaru's plan.
"Yeah, I didn't expect the whale hunt to tire out so many soldiers..." Subaru said as he scanned the area, and many were exhausted after defeating one of the Three Great Mabeasts.
"Well, please make use of this old man, then." Wilhelm came up to us and kneeled, and we were surprised. "Without you two's help, I would've never been able to avenge my wife..."
"Ah, it's not a big deal, you know?" Subaru said as I nodded as well, unable to take too much credit since all I did was basically disable the White Whale's flight functions and make it my own.
Come to think of it, that ability...
Cahya called it 'Suitoru', which means absorb in Japanese. Could that mean that while I was fighting... that mark...
I immediately opened up the panel, and an extra bar showed beneath the Periodic Table. "Innate Abilities?"
I checked, and surprisingly, Critical Overload, Vacuum Trigger, and Pure Truth were all present, including Suitoru. I tapped into the Suitoru bar, and a slot showed up.
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I tapped the mysterious code like word, and an ominous circle with three rings and an arrow appeared on my back, and I jumped back in surprise before quickly deactivating the spell. Thankfully, nobody saw it, and I took some time to think about myself.
So I absorbed the White Whale's spell that keeps him afloat in the air? No way... but there's no other explanation for this phenomenon.
"Well, we're not the only ones to help you." Crusch said suddenly as I looked over to the direction that she was looking at. Julius Juukulius and the other half of Iron Fang arrived, ready for battle.
Timeskippu*
I was on the carriage now, along with Hetaro, who was stressed out from the fight. The child slept without a care about the outside world, and laid on my lap as I caressed him lightly.
I told the army to take a different and more roundabout route, since the Archbishops of Greed and Gluttony will appear along the road, and I definitely do not want that to happen. Getting your memory and name erased is already bad enough, but to face off against a guy who can stop objects' time? I'm out.
I sighed as I sat in the cart, thinking about the moment when I entrusted my handcrafted diamond sword to Subaru.
Flashback
"Yo, Subaru!" I said to him as he was about to leave. He turned to me in surprise, before shooting another dirty look at Julius, but the purple-haired knight did not notice his hostility.
"What do you want?"
"Well, you're going off to fight the White Whale, right? You have to at least have a decent weapon." I took out the diamond sword along with a sheath I purchased in the capital, and handed him it. "It's a diamond sword, and I hope you'll use it well."
"Really? Thanks Y/N, you're really a great help."
"Okay, and do you remember the plan?" I asked, hoping that I don't have to go over a previous conversation.
"Yeah... I just have to first defeat the Ten Fingers first, and they'll be easy to identify since I can see them using their Unseen Hands. After that, I'll form a contract with a small spirit before taking on Betelgeuse. If he tries to control me, I'll shout out the Return by Death, and he'll be defeated."
"Yes, and...?"
"I'll have to go with Julius." He sighed, and I gave him an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry, Subaru, but Julius is the only one with spirits, and Betelgeuse's weakness is spirits. Also, you have Reinhard, Wilhelm, and the Iron Fang. Nothing should go wrong."
"Okay then... protect Rem for me then, will ya?"
"You got it!" I smiled as we exchanged a high-five, before heading off to separate ways.
Present Time
I was suddenly startled by an unknown presence, and although I was not sleeping, Vacuum Trigger was twitching as if it wanted me to be on alert.
I immediately woke Hetaro up and told him to get in position. He looked at me sleepily and did not really do anything so I immediately activated the White Whale's flying seal from Suitoru, and flew to Crusch and Rem's carriage.
"Crusch! Rem! Get out of here, now!" I yelled to them, but Crusch was more interested in my new flying power.
"Before that, Y/N, how are you flying?"
"There's not time to explain! You and Rem need to escape! The Archbishops-"
Before I finished my sentence, the first carriages burst apart as I watched tens of bodies fly into the air, and Crusch and Rem immediately readied their weapons after that.
"Stop the carriages." I told Crusch.
"Why?"
"Just trust me. If we don't stop and attack the instigator, we're all dead." I said with Pure Truth, and she nodded before giving out the order. As we stopped, I walked up to the first carriage, where the people were facing an annoyed white-haired man, who was rambling on.
"...don't just not say anything when I'm talking to you, you know? It's common courtesy to reply when someone is speaking to you." The archbishop said as the men just stared in horror at the young man, who was rambling on about his rights.
Luckily, he stopped at some point before trying to go on, and I chose to use that moment to cut in. I really wish that I can peacefully respect Regulus, and then he'll tell Lye to back off while we happily go away. That is the ideal scenario, but I doubt we'll get anywhere near that.
"Hello? Sorry for all the trouble. My name's Y/N L/N. We're just people who want to travel back to the capital. Is it possible for you to let us past?" I asked, in the most polite tone that I could muster, which diverted Regulus' attention onto myself.
"Ah! At last, a person who knows about manners! Wonderful! I thought everyone here was but a savage beast who knew nothing except for trampling on people's rights! Well, in return, I'll introduce myself to you as well, since you did introduce yourself. I'm a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing Greed, Regulus Corneas."
The Witch's Cult name was mentioned, and Rem's immediately spiked as I saw Crusch tense up as well. "The Witch's Cult, you say?" Rem asked, and spears of ice were conjured as they shot at Regulus, but also in another direction, where a young boy with extremely long hair jumped out, laughing.
"Ah... what mettle! To think that she can notice my presence." The other archbishop smiled as he approached, the situation getting more dangerous by the moment. And also, we have an angry Regulus since he has been attacked for not doing anything.
"Hey! What kind of decent human being would attack someone who is talking with someone else, who also happens to be your acquaintance! Also, I was speaking, and you interrupted me, so that is definitely a violation of my right to speak!"
Regulus prepared to use his Authority, and I immediately jumped in front of Crusch and Rem, trying to protect them from the deadly slash of wind that had its inertia removed. Surprisingly, the gust of wind slammed me back, but did not harm me in any way.
"You! You dare defy my authority-" Regulus said as he walked towards me in anger, and I shielded a bewildered Crusch and Rem in a diamond dome with Alchemis to help them, before facing the Sin Archbishop of Greed.
"Hold up... you... you smell faintly of the witch as well..." Regulus noted, and Lye nodded as well as he smelled the air around me more. "You possess a witch factor as well?"
"An immense miasma follows you. Perhaps Betelgeuse was right? Could you be... Pride?" Lye said with interest.
"Nope, sorry, I'm not the Pride you people speak of. However, Regulus-san over there is correct." I said as Regulus shot me a confused look. "I do indeed possess a witch factor."
"Well then, let's reintroduce ourselves, shall we?" Regulus said as he spread his arms in an attempt to create dramatic flair. "I'm a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing Greed, Regulus Corneas."
"I'm a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing Gluttony, tasked with Gourmet, Lye Baitenkaitos!"
"Lugnica Knight Order, Warlock of Flame. The current holder of the Deceit Witch Factor, Y/N L/N."
Authority(ies):
Authority of Deceit (Commonly known as Authority of Elements):
-Vacuum Trigger: An innate ability stored within the tesseract-shaped Deceit Witch Factor, allowing the user to spring themselves from unconsciousness when the mana fluctuations around them changes drastically, as a built-in self-defence mechanism of the body.
-Critical Overload: A mysterious ability that protects the user of the Deceit Witch Factor, causing them to unlock their true potential while their actions are coordinated by ???, helping them avoid certain death. This ability only triggers when the user is about to die and has a 15 minute cooldown.
-- Haywire Warp: A variation of Critical Overload that allows the user to warp the attack that will kill them, creating a tear in space-time to absorb the attack. Meanwhile, the abilities of the elements are unleashed and they will defy the chemical laws before the user decides to cancel their existence.
--Decagenso Rupture: A variation of Critical Overload that allows the user to combine ten elements into one attack, fusing them into a substance unable to be defined by chemical laws. Then, the substance explodes from the inside to spread parts of itself into the opponent's body, replacing their atoms with the substance itself.
-Pure Truth: Y/N's knowledge of the future. Although he claims that he can only know up to a certain amount, it is only a cover-up to avoid suspicion. This ability also allows him to lie without being detected (e.g. Crusch's divine protection), as long as it is part of his knowledge of this world's future.
--Veritas Oneiro Chunyu: The 'Truth Dream Injection'. A sub-ability of Pure Truth that allows the user to show others fragments of Pure Truth to get a better understanding of a situation or past. This ability cannot show the future.
-'Suitoru': A magic spell that allows the user to absorb a certain ??? of the enemy, making it their own and can be stored for later usage.
-Partial Authority Immunity
Elemental Masteries:
Hydrogen Mastery: Stage 2, 150/5000 complete. (Spells: Hydrogen Gas Formation, Hydrogen Gas Wall, Hydrogen Gas Mist)
Helium Mastery: Stage 2, 90/5000 complete. (Spells: Helium Gas Formation, Helium Hydride Acid Creation)
Lithium Mastery: Stage 1, 1895/2000 complete. (Spells: Lithium Hydride Solid Formation, Lithium Pellet Bullets)
Beryllium Mastery: Stage 1, 1925/2000 complete. (Spells: Beryllium Solid Creation, Beryllium Mirror)
Boron Mastery: Stage 1, 1550/2000 complete. (Spells: Boron Metalloid Creation, Boric Acid Creation)
Carbon Mastery: Stage 1, 1745/2000 complete. (Spells: Carbon Creation, Coal Creation, Diamond Creation and Manufacturing, Adamas Wave)
Nitrogen Mastery: Stage 1, 575/2000 complete. (Spells: Ammonia Creation, Ammonium Creation, Nitric Acid Creation)
Oxygen Mastery: Stage 1, 755/2000 complete. (Spells: Oxygen Gas Creation, Ozone Creation, Oxide Creation, Water Creation)
Fluorine Mastery: Stage 0, 45/1000 complete. (Spells: Hydrofluoric Acid Formation, Fluorine Gas Creation, ???)
Neon Mastery: Stage 0, 15/1000 complete. (Spells: Neon Gas Formation, ???, ???)
Spirits: Alchemis- fire spirit (Elder Spirit, turquoise), Cahya- yang spirit (Great Spirit, fairy)
Magic Spells:
Goa- shoots a small ball of fire from the tip of the user's index finger when imbued with mana.
El Goa- manifests three fireballs around the user, and shoots them towards the opponent at high speeds.
Ul Goa- The user fires a large amount of powerful fire bullets. A powerful flame scatters when the bullets land.
Al Goa- The user lets loose a massive fireball, scorching away everything in its path. The bigger the caster's skill, the fireball hotter and bigger the fireball.
Ol Goa-the user concentrates by making a giant fireball, before compressing it to insane densities, and shoots out the beam of fire from their palms
Il Goa- Al Goa, but the user applies a homing technique to the spell itself
Al Huma- The user creates a sharp ten meter long spear of ice.
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Akra- A yang magic spell that allows users to enhance their physical abilities as well as sharpen their senses.
El Akra- A yang magic spell that allows the user to move extremely fast, almost becoming one with wind as they fill the user with mana in their nerves, muscles, bones, and veins. This technique is able to match Felt's Divine Protection of Wind
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Jiwald- fires heat rays from the user's fingers.
El Jiwald- The user fires several rays from their fingers which are then brought down in a claw-like motion.
Kilat- The user gathers lightning on their fist/ weapon, and slams it down at the opponent, creating a giant electric arc to shock and paralyze enemies.
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