As we made our way inside we rushed towards the throne room frankly it was easy... Too easy
"Why're their no guards in here?" I asked it was suspicious for a royal castle to have no guards inside, wait it wasn't just a lack of guard there were no cooks, butlers, cleaners, maids... It was empty.
"I... I have no idea but it can't be a good sign" Alex responded, this was the first time I had looked him in the eye since this had all happened I could see it the rage in his heart, eating at him, he was trying to act like his old self but it was clear that this was taking a great toll on him... To be truthful I was worried about my brother in arms, but all of that was being drowned out by my feelings of shame... I had let one of my friends suffer under my own nose... I too felt a great rage in this moment but who it was directed at I wasn't 100% sure of.
"lets just continue and hope that maybe it'll stay this easy" I said trying to put on a smile, "We're both horrible at hiding how this is eating away at us aren't we?" I said trying to laugh even just a little.
"Kon! I- do you think now is the time for joke!!" Alex belched out at me, it was clear the fatal error I had made I tried belittling our own emotions because it was hard for us to feel, an issue I had had for a long time, since another lifetime even.
Silence filled the air as we continued, this castle was huge, bigger than I could imagine and neither of us knew where we were supposed to be going so this was taking some time and finally we heard noise behind a large ornate door.
"I'll break it down" Alex spoke in a monotone and serious voice, something I had never heard from him before he'd always been honest and expressive about his feelings.
he readied his blade, took in a deep breath, a pressure could be felt around him... Even I don't know what that pressure is, its not Mana nor is it Qi or any other energy form I knew... It didn't even feel like energy was this... was this his bloodlust?
He slashed at the door with both his blade slicing through the doors like butter, clean cuts and what stood behind it was a large circular room, it was clearly a reinforced room, potentially some kind of training room? their was an exit on the other side of the room and what stood in the centre was a relatively tall man around 6 foot tall making him slightly taller than Alex however he was a decent bit taller than me being roughly 5'7. He had dark grey hair, green eyes and his face was covered in scars, he looked serious and quite old maybe in his 30s maybe a bit older, although with the system aging can be weird since it rejuvenates us slightly on level up, not enough to regain lost limbs or heal scars but enough to keep some people from looking too old, he wore silver armour with a red cape and a deep black longsword.
'Cancel skill, Cancel skill' That's... That's weird I've never gotten repeated error messages from that, DA you okay? you've been quiet for a while
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DA! Crap what the hell why've you gone offline, is it him does he have some skill that does that
"Kon!! What is it get your head in the game" was the panic starting to show on my face, I don't have my trump card... Can I fight properly without DA I have it manage a lot of my skills so they work in the background... Without DA I don't know if I can do that.... Am I at my weakest right now
"KON!!" Alex screamed snapping me out of it
"Alex, run up ahead I can take him trust me my eyes told me" A bold faced lie to get him to leave... We need to get Sam and go... Until then I'll just have to hold this man off... It shouldn't be too hard.
Without a moment of hesitation Alex ran off towards the door at the far end of the room, he flash stepped past the man in the middle of the room and made it out of the door but the man gave chase... or so he tried.
This'll weaken the barrier around the whole capital but that's already played its purpose of distracting a majority of the guards.
The man turned and looked at me a deep grin on his face "You're interesting... So strong at your age and these skills are really interesting... What I'm most interested in is that word before human
'W-what... how my stat screens guarded... The only way he can see my status is if... He can't really be that much stronger than me can he?'
"I was planning on saving this but you've just proven I can't take this lightly" I spoke
NAME: Kon Whiteblood
LEVEL: 1219
RACE: Divine Human
AGE: 15
HP: 20000/20000 (+20000)
MP: 40000/40000 (+40000)
TITLE: Otherworldly Player
ENHANCED STATS: [STR 6972] [SPD 6338] [STAM 7294][MANA 10168] [LUK 2000]
DIVINE PROTECTION: Kon's Protection
My eyes turned Yellow, my skin cleared up looking pristine, an aura that could only be described as holy enveloped me as if the light of God was shining down upon me, my hair spiked up and became white and my blue suit and white shirt became white and black
The downside of this form... My body replaces its Qi with divine energy meaning I can boost myself further using it... Not that it matters without DA I don't know if I'd be able to manage both the energies at the same time.
"I'm ready now... lets do this"