NOVEL NEXT Chapter 26: Aftermath....
We descended through the stairs into the underground floors.
~Master, i smell blood~
{Stay alert, Nayru}
~Yes!~
After a couple of minutes, we finally reached the end of the stairs, but we only saw another long corridor.
{Hmm...better use another round of talismans} I grabbed the [Silence], and [Conceal] talisman, and put it on me.
{Now, we can move on}
We walked the long corridor, this one was different, in the walls were carvings of some type.
{I think is a language, but i will need time to analyze it}
As i was observing the walls, Nayru was silent, floating beside me.
{Feeling anything?}
~yes master, up ahead, someone is fighting~
{Really?}
~Yes, Master~
The more we get close to the end of the corridor, the more what Nayru told me became true, i could hear sounds, and vibrations from time to time.
Then when i reach the end i could see exactly what was happening.
Our companion, Andrew, was fighting a couple of dozen vampires by himself.
*Boom*
*Crash*
"Just die!!"
"F***k you!!"
"Bastard!!"
*Crash*
Maybe because they're immortals, but i don't see an end to this battle any time soon, so let's tip the balance.
I focused on Andrew. {[Minor Protection]+[Boost]+[Stone Armor]+[Enhance]}
I first focused on increasing Andrew's defense.
"What!?"
"What is that?"
"What a hell..."
When suddenly an armor made out of stone manifested in his body, he stopped, the other vampires did it too.
{Perfect, [Hex]x13}
[Randomizing Curse....Complete]
[Curse of strength]
{Ha..ha..ha}
Soon they resumed fighting, but something was different, they were losing, and fast.
"What's happening?.."
"I feel weak..."
"No!!!..."
*Ripp*
*Crash*
*Boom*
He, without mercy, eliminated every single one of them, the method he used, simple, he ripped their heads off.
"It's everyone death?"
"!?" A hand stopped right in front of my eyes.
".....sorry, i should have knocked"
"Isaac?"
"Yes, I'm Isaac" The hand went back to his side.
"To answer your question, no, some of them escaped"
"Same as me, some cultist managed to escape"
"Understood, wherever they were doing here, they will change place or be more discreet about it, let's get out of here before reinforcements arrived"
"Got it, then i will open a portal to Zatara's house, it's that good?"
"Yes, that will be fine"
"[Kèter'elyon]"
"[En aquest lloc i en aquesta hora, invoco el Poder Antic, Obre la porta a través del temps i l'espai, Creo un camí cap a un altre lloc]"
A regal golden portal appeared before me.
"Let's go"
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"I see, so some cultists, and vampires band together to cause death"
"They had an objective, Giovanni"
"And, what do you think, that will be Andrew?"
"According to Isaac, there were some arcane circles in the victim's house"
"Isaac,"
"Hm?...ah sorry i was distracted, what happened?"
We're now at the studio in the mansion of master Zatara in Gotham, and now that i had time, I'm thinking on how I'm going to cleanse the artifact.
"What arcane circles you encounter in the victim's house"
"Ah, yes, those were used by the Aztecs in ceremonial sacrifice rituals, but they were modified to only absorb the life essence, instead of their original propose"
"Which was?" (Andrew)
"An offering to the Gods"
"But, why would they do that?"
"I think, i know the answer to that Master Zatara" I weaved my hand at the table, and the goblet appeared on it.
"This!?"(Andrew)
"How do you get it!?"(Zatara)
"Both of you know what this it?"
"Yes, Haaa... it's been twenty years since the last time i have seen it... The Goblet of Blood"(Zatara)
"This artifact was reported missing, according to The Court, it was stolen"(Andrew)
"I guess not"
"Indeed"
"You can see it right, Isaac"
"Yes, Master Zatara"
"What?"(Andrew)
"This artifact it's corrupted"(Zatara)
"Yes, i was thinking in a way to cleanse it"
"Mmh...that will be difficult, we don't know how many souls it contains nor how heavy the corruption is"(Zatara)
"At least i can try, right, Master?" (Sigh)
"Yes, you can"
"Sweet, [Kèter'elyon]"
"I never cease to be amazed by that"(Zatara)
"His magic?"(Andrew)
"Yeah"
{Ok, let's try this} i walked at the beginning of the table, and i started to put some talismans [Cleanse Talismans] to be precise, i put it in a hexagon shape, then i began chanting.
"[T'invoco, llum de la màgia pura, a través del vòrtex flueix el fang celestial de la foscor a la llum, escombra la història]"
(I call to thee, pure magic's light, through vortex flow the heavenly mire from dark to light, sweep history)
When i finish chanting my talismans, resonate with it, and the six activated at the same time. In a flash of light, a pure golden hexagon appeared below the goblet, and began the process of cleansing.
*Tssiii*
*Waaa*
The souls inside the goblet began to wail in pain, and something else.
~ewwwgh~
"Ughh...the smell"
"It's foul"(Zatara)
"Is not that bad"(Andrew)
It smells horrible.
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At the end Master Zatara said that he will leave this artifact with a friend of them, if i had to guess is probably Dr. Fate, he is the only one powerful enough to contain it and protect it.
He promised me that he will introduce me to him when the time were right. When that will be, who knows.
[Status window]
[Name: Isaac Kent(lvl 39)]
[Class: [Wizard(lvl.15)]
[Summoner(lvl.15)]
[High Wizard(lvl.15)]
[Forbidden Arts User(lvl.15)]
[Sorcerer(lvl.10)]
[Arcane Summoner(lvl.2)]
[Job: [Enhancer (lvl.30)]
[Scribe(lvl.20)]
[Rune Crafter(lvl.10)]
[Body:33] [Mind:97(+15)] [Soul:50] [Luck:15] [Faith:15]
[Magic: Kèter'elyon]
[Equipment: [Expert Robe Set(Rare)] [Expert Staff(Rare)] [Ring of the Fighter(Unique)(left hand)] [Necklace of the Initiate(Rare)]
[Inventory]
[Artifact: Unavailable]
[Active Skills: [Fireball] [Wind Slash] [Shadow Bind] [Rock Golem] [Sacrifice] [Dark Vision] [Lightning] [Ice Spear] [Repulsive Blast] [Drain Touch] [Dark Bargain] [Hex] [Minor Protection] [Flame Pillar] [Crackling Lance]
[Job Skills: [Enhance] [Boost] Polyglot] [Photographic Memory] [Author] [Binding] [Infusion] [Carving]
[Passive Skills: [Damage Transfer] [Resistance(Poison, Bleeding, Element(Earth)] [Multicasting]
[Arcane Creature]
[Nayru (Pixie)]
[Level: 15]
[Skills: [Dia] [Zio] [Companion]
{Before i challenge the dungeon, i want to visit Raven and my parents, also to know how's Clark}
{But first i have enough points to achieve a hundred points in Mind, what's going to happen?... let's find out}
I put two points into [Body], three points into [Mind], and three into [Soul].
[Warning... Achievement Complete]
[Initiating Mind Defensive System]
{What!?} Then i felt it, almost like a thin film is protecting my Mind, i feel more focused.
[Mind Shield: increase the Mind defense by 50%, and decrease the Mind interference by 50%]
{Wow, i feel refresh, like i had slept for a whole week, but what does it mean by interference?}
[Every Mind suffer natural interference at the time they collect information from the environment, distractions, emotions, to name a few, this skill decrease that interference making you more effective at collecting information from your environment]
{Got it}
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{I guess Raven come first, i haven't visited her in a while, although we write each other often i didn't have time to visit, I'm still worried about Trigon, i know that he will not give up that easily}
~Where are we going, master?~
{That's it!!... Nayru i have an assignment for you}
~What is it, Master?~
{Protect and accompany a family member for me, are you up to the task?}
~Yes!!!~
{Good, let's go to Azarath}