NOVEL NEXT Chapter 32: ACTIVATED
In a blur, the Witch appeared right by his side, her sword slashing towards Kurtz neck and his eyes thinned as he swiftly ducked back watching the sword passed over his head before he saw the Witch other hand glowed before a purple sword materialized on it slashing down into his again.
Kurtz spun in a moment rolling to the side but he could still feel something passed through his body and he momentarily froze in place from paralyzing pain. This was not even a physical pain but it felt like his very soul had been attacked directly.
Now, he started to understand why the purple haired Magicians were known as the strongest Magicians. Their power was too strange and terrifying, they could even by pass the body and attack their enemy soul directly, this was an attack he had no way of defending against, not even his bone armor could stop immaterial attacks.
[User's emotion is running out of control]
[The guardian orb is being activated]
[Forbidden energy is being absorbed]
[Unknown process is taking place in User's body]
[Forbidden energy is being blocked]
Kurtz saw a series of messages but he could not even control it anymore, the pain was so great that he loosed his control and his entire eyes went black. Right now, a part of him told him he should be running to save himself but Kurtz felt rage, he would not run, he would rather fight to death.
Blasting towards the Witch, his speed was far stronger than before and when her sword stabbed towards him, Kurtz grabbed it. The purple sword in her other hand however stabbed into him as well and Kurtz hand could not grab this one, he felt another surge of horrifying pain, but this time, he was not paralyzed.
A savage roar of pure peril was released from his throat as he swung, his bony hand into the Witch's head but she had evaded on time, his claw only caught air.
The Witch did not approach him again as she grabbed her bows drawing it back before releasing three arrows entirely made of immaterial purple aura.
Even in his mad state, Kurtz recognized danger when he saw one and immediately tried to avoid the arrow but two had pierced through into him, and his entire body trembled for a moment as his knee slammed into the ground.
Not a single sound of pain was exuded from his mouth, the pain was too great to even let it out. Slowly, the dark hue in his eyes faded and Kurtz hand gripped into the ground, his figure hunched over.
[Forbidden energy blocked successfully]
Surely however, the pain started to rescind and Kurtz raised his head. His face resolute as he stared at the Witch in the distance before suddenly noticing the purple glow in the Witch's eyes fading as well.
Grinning, he stood slowly and the Witch's eyes widened.
"How, how are you still alive." She said taking a step back in slight fear, however, her face hardened in an instant. "I don't believe you would have much strength after suffering that attack, you are just putting up a strong front." She said gripping the sword in her hands tighter before blasting towards Kurtz who blasted towards her as well.
On reaching him, her sword glowed purplish light as she stabbed into his heart but Kurtz had stepped sideways avoiding the attack before gripping her hand.
[Bone consume activated]
The witch's face widened as fear, pain, horror and many more dark emotions flashed on them before she was reduced to a bloody mush as well. All the bones in his bone had been absorbed into Kurtz body and he could feel himself somewhat recovering.
[+1 to Defense stat]
[Health: 50%]
[Energy: 25,000/125,000]
In fact, the woman was not strong herself, she had never posed to a threat to Kurtz but the beast she summon did. After killing the beast, its soul seems to have reinforced the woman powering her up for a moment but with time, that had been used up as well leaving her only to her strength.
Her strength was too weak for Kurtz, looking around he could see the rest of the Magicians shivering before breaking into a run but Kurtz did not bother chasing them.
"What was that all about?" Kurtz muttered caressing a round object in his pocket but a feeling of great weakness had suddenly overwhelmed him that even keeping his footing was proving hard, this without doubt was due to the soul attacks dealt to him by the Witch or was it also the effect of the strange forbidden energy.
Something else however caught his attention as he stared at the large tree on which the Magicians were initially perched.
On the tree trunk, a slight crack could be seen as if something was trying to force its way out.
Suddenly, the gigantic tree was blasted apart and Kurt felt a strong wind slammed into him. He was immediately picked off his feet crashing into a large rock in the distance and he groaned, greatly tired.
Looking at the source of this wind, the tree gigantic tree was no more there and in its place, he could see a swirling silver portal just like the one in the Underworld.
A figure stepped through the portal, then another, both of whom were oddly familiar to Kurtz, and now, he understand why the system had said he had thirteen captors, these two were the missing ones.