*listen air,you can come back now I got my answer*
A tail? My vision was blurry but I am almost positive she is not human, just what is she. I know if I tell Adela and Zico about this, they will think I am going crazy but I know what I saw.
"Hey Sepsis, you good? You spaced out for a minute".
"Yeah Zico, I am fine, just tired is all, goodnight".
I need to go to the Albion archives now and research the different races and find which one corresponds with Lilah.
"My king I sense your power in this castle".
Could it be another one of Orion's weapons?
"It's in that room".
Shit, the treasure room. 2 b rank knights guarding the gate 24/7. That's Ok I have a plan.
"Hello knights, can you let me through".
"The king himself instructed us to not let anyone in here".
"Well the king has told me I can go inside because I saved his daughters life".
Not my best idea throwing Adela under the bus but I need to go inside of the treasury.
"Sorry we can't let you in",
"Oh I see, you want me to interrupt the king because his knights can't follow simple instructions"?
And just like that I am in. Everything in this room is covered with gold. There is so much cool things in here! Don't tell me that's the cup of life! Apparently anyone who drinks from it can live for an extra 20 years!
It Would've been cool if I couldn't live forever. Woah, now that peaks my interest. A katana which can adapt to anyone's arcane.
It's just white right now but if I am following that scripture it should change shape when I touch it.
That is beautiful. The white colour is still there but the design is gorgeous. Golden vine pattern and the hilt turned into a leaf like shape.
I might just have to take this sword, I am sure the king wouldn't mind.
I am getting distracted.
"Varen where do you sense my power".
"It's coming from that throne".
*tap*
*tap*
*tap*
So the rumours are true. Long ago there was a story about an assassin in all black who once guarded the kings throne with nothing more than his 2 daggers,
"Varen is he one of Orion soldiers".
"Yes my king, do you want me to fight him".
I could let Varen take care of this but I need to get stronger without his help.
"3 minutes, give me 3 minutes and after that you can fight him".
If I had to guess, he is weaker than Varen so worse case scenario I can ask him for my help.
3 minutes . 3 minutes is all I need,
*whoosh*
He disappeared. I can't track his movement, it was like that one time in that cave.
No this time it will be different because if there is one thing I learnt is, he will attack from my BLIND SPOT.
*cling*
That was close, if I had reacted any later I would have lost.
"Warriors authority"!!!
*clamp*
There, he is trapped,I rendered his speed useless so all I have to do now is deliver the finishing blow.
"Warriors authority".
Did it just say warrior's authority?
*slam*
*argh*
How can he use a skill like that? I thought it was Orion's skill but apparently not. Looks like he taught it to his army. Shit, once again I got caught off guard.
"VAREN LEND ME YOUR POWER"!
I can't control my mana in this state so my powers go haywire. However in a situation like this, I need to use it. I have only used it once before and that was for maybe 4 seconds against grandmaster heldrick but this time I will need to use it for a lot longer than 4 seconds. Think, I need to think. Got it.
An assassin most treasured skill is their speed so all I have to do it go faster.
"Now where were we".
*cling*
He is fast but I can see his movements and come up with a reasonable counter to his attack. Is there a possibility that I can win this battle? Forget about winning I just need to make sure I can last 3 minutes
*clash*
I knew it, his speed was his only asset. I am overpowering him in our clash,Will I become the victor of this battle?
*cling*
He dispossessed me? Where did he gain such strength?
*whack*
*argh*
*crash*
Isn't this ironic, I am sitting on the throne in which I was defeated in.
How long was it? 2 minutes huh. Oh well I did the best I could. All I can do now is let Varen take care of the rest.
"Varen I quit, kill him for me".
"Yes my leige".
I have never seen Varen so serious, is he that pissed because I got hurt?
"It's been more than a millennia since I last saw you and what a pitiful sight I have come to see. The one titled 'the strongest warrior of all mankind' is now following a pathetic human".
"Zōí how could you have fallen so far, The gods feared you, the devils feared you, everyone feared you and now your nothing but a mere foot soldier trailing a nobody.
"You have no right to call yourself a warrior of Orion".
"You disgust m-
*swish*
"You can say whatever you want about me but don't go talking about Varen like that. You clown".
I don't know where I got that power from. Could it be that Varen temporarily transferred his strength to me for a brief second? That would explain it.
Since he is one of Orion's warriors the emerge skill should work regardless of our difference in power
"Emerge".
That's odd it's not working.
"Emerge".
Why isn't it working? Is he resisting?
"Listen up you clown, your master gave me his power because he trusted me and I hate to break it to you but he is never coming back so you can either rot dead on the floor wondering endlessly if your master will ever come back or you can join forces with me and continue living on, not just as a my foot solider but as one of my trusted elite warriors.
Now
"Emerge".
This pressure, it is equivalent to a high level B rank knight, no you can't even compare this to a B rank knight, It has to be A rank.
"I am sorry my king for how I treated you".
"It's okay".
"My King, if it isn't too soon may I have a name".
"Nyrith, that shall be your name from this point forward".
"Thank you, my gracious king".
He isn't as enthusiastic as Varen. Do all of them bare different personalities?
"Varen come here".
"Yes my king".
"Why are you not happy? Did something bad happen"?
"No it's just that".
"It's just what? We got what we came for and that's that, I don't want there to be any grudges".
"And between us 2, you will always be my second in command".
"MY KING".
*sniff*
"I WONT EVER LET YOU DOWN".
Looks like that's all it took for him to be in a good mood.
"Nyrtih, fall back".
Looks like he dropped 2 daggers.
Huh interesting. Looks like I absorbed them on contact also.
I feel a lot stronger now.
"Varen I think I can take care of the everything, get your rest".
"YOUR SO KIND MY LEIGE, I WILL DO ANYTHING YOU ASK".
*sigh*
Never thought having an army would be so stressful.
Crap.
How could I forget what I was originally going to do.
I need to leave here as soon as possible.
"Thank you bye bye".
"Wow that kid is fast".
"Yeah who the hell is he"?
I need to go to the archives and quickly check what she could be.
Could she be a hybrid? If she is then what is she mixed with. If she is from another race, that is a serious problem. If she came here, she has ulterior motives but what exactly? She did have a grudge with me from the very start. Does she want to ruin my life? But that doesn't even make sense because she doesn't know who I am.
Never mind that, I am here. I should find the answers I am looking for.
Thank goodness it is all categorised alphabetically otherwise this would've taken me an eternity to find the right genre.
Here it is, book of races.
Just what are you, lilah.
Doesn't matter, I will find out soon enough and depending on what you are, I will eliminate you from existence.
This must be what I am looking for, a human being with a tail sprouting from their back.
She can't be a Succubus.
That's impossible.
The demon race was exterminated by Orion and his warriors 1000 years ago.
She can't be a succubus because that would mean.
The demon race lives on.
They feed on the love of other humans and they convert that love into strength. That would explain why she is so pretty, I need to warn Zico and Adela about her but they wouldn't believe me. I mean who would? If someone told me the demon race which got eradicated is still alive, I would laugh them straight out the room.
This has to be something I do on my own.
"What are you doing sepsis".
"Shit Adela, you scared me".
"What you looking at".
"I am looking at a book about races, yeah I was so fixated on the test and I was checking to see if I was right".
"You'll do fine, don't worry".
That's right, I can't be worried about the demon race, if Orion exterminated them before, I can exterminate them now and besides even if it was 1000 years ago, they should be significantly weaker than their predecessors.
If I am going to do this alone, I should make sure Adela doesn't get caught in the crossfire.
"Adela do you want some protection"?
"What do you mean"?
"Do you want Varen to protect you if anything was to happen".
"What do you mean 'if anything was to happen', your acting weird".
"If something was to happen to you, I wouldn't be able to live with myself".
"Look sepsis, nothing is going to happen to me. I have gotten a lot stronger over the last couple months. I can fight my own battles".
That's right, she is strong. She doesn't need my protection.
"It's late and I need to get my rest".
"Good night Adela".
"Sepsis if there is something on your mind you can tell me".
"Good to know".
If there is something on your mind you can tell me, huh.
Sorry Adela but this is something I must do on my own, for your safety and for Zico's safety.
"Spider 1, I want you to hide in Adela and if a problem was to occur, I need you to report back to me immediately".
Adela's safety is now reassured.
My suspension should be over so I will try to find some answers about Lilah's true self.
The fact that she blitzed Air indicates that she is a bigger threat than I initially anticipated.
I do need to rest. My arcane has been working on overdrive today.
I deserve a rest.
"Summon nyrith's daggers, emerge nyrith".
"What do you need me to do my king".
"Carry me to my bed".
"Yes my noble king".