Chapter 114: The Winter Bird

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 400,000 (+4,300,000 [Mana])

Agility: 500,000 (+7,300,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 1,000,000 (+10,200,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 700, 000

Unique Skills:

-Magic cards -Appraisal -Evil gaze -Strengthen -Leap -Basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knight’s soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Slime Soul Diversion -Slime technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]

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“Master, tell me your wish. As the one who had managed to subdue me and even able to make my strength reached a higher feat, whether it’s the demons or the humans or anything, I’ll burn all of those who oppose you with my infernal flames,” (Atlas)

“I’m afraid your flame alone won’t be able to complete my wish, Atlas. The enemy we’ll face in the near future is much stronger, faster, and powerful…” (Slime Oz)

“Is it the demon emperor, my dear master?” The dragon king asked his dear master as the memories of the old war reappear inside his head, the scene where the flames from hell burn the world and slaughter all creatures including his brethren.

“Yes, Atlas. I know very well how strong he is, so rather than going towards the enemy now, it’s time for you, the king of dragons to search for your brethren. My dark elf clone will accompany you, take back the throne that meant to be yours, and make the world remember the fear from the might of the dragon folks,” (Slime Oz)

“M-master… As you wish…” It’s not that Atlas forgets about his brethren, but he felt that his affection towards his current master is much greater rather than his affection towards his brethren and his throne. He did want to search for his brethren as he’s once a king, he felt a slight feeling of guilt for not protecting his kind. His master’s order for him to search for his brethren made him overjoyed.

(Master. Whoever your enemy is, and whatever path you’ll take. I, Atlas, will always follow to even if it’s the depth of hell. May you live long and have a happy life together with your people and your family…) (Atlas)

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“One target, two assassins… But why…?” The leader of the Music society mercenary guild muttered as he ponders about the assassination that just happened.

“Wait. Kenzo, have you sent our men to follow them?” Asked the leader of the Music society as he just realized something.

“Yes. I’ve sent them to follow them,”

“Tell them to retreat, sending them to follow the assassins that excel in darkness like this is the same as sending them to their graves. If my thoughts are right, these killers can’t-“

“Agh!”

“You! How dare you-“

“Arghh!!”

Before the leader of the Musin society finished his sentence, the groans of his men suddenly sounded.

“Kenzo, go help them. Don’t waste our men’s lives here,”

“As you command, boss,” The second-in-command immediately disappears as he dashed towards the source of their men’s voice.

“To be bold enough to assassinate someone inside my territory, who are you, assassin? Grandarian warriors? Hired assassins? Whoever you are, I hope you’re ready to face the consequences of messing around inside my territory…” The man said he stares at the black sky of the night.

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Whoosh!

Sera dashed, following the assassin that aims at the same target with her at the same time.

Slash! Slash!

(This guy… His power is not much to consider, but his intelligence mustn’t be underestimated…) (Sera)

Sera slashes several magics the assassin chant to her. The assassin’s speed is not as quick as Sera, but even though the spell is just mid-tier, his aim is accurate and could be vital if Sera doesn’t focus on evading and blocking his attacks.

(Hm?) (Sera)

The assassin suddenly stopped and turned around, facing her. At that moment, Sera remembered that three years ago, he also met that man in the same manner as this. But different from that man, the assassin before her doesn’t have a pair of brown eyes, but an emerald one. But Sera strangely thought that their eyes had the same clearance and confidence.

“[Firestorm]” Following the assassin’s words, a firestorm approaches Sera with its scorching heat. But for a sword god ranked magic swordsman like Sera, it’s not a difficult thing to handle.

(Chantless, huh) (Sera)

“Don’t underestimate me. The second skill of Endless Cold, [Blizzard]” (Sera)

The assassin’s Firestorm meets Sera’s Blizzard, causing a great disaster. Sera thought that she had read the mind of the assassin, but little did she know that she had played right to the assassin’s palm as, beneath his black mask, an evil smirk is imprinted on his face.

“[Control water],”

!!??

[Control water]. A spell that used by a water elemental mage to exercise his/her water elemental magic before entering the mid-tier spells. It’s used to control the water as one’s will.

The ices and snows from Sera’s [Blizzard] spell melts when they met the assassin’s [Firestorm] spell. But before the heat made the water evaporates, the assassin used the [control water] to maintain the water at its liquid state and made them float on the air.

There, Sera knew that she just got checkmated by the assassin before her.

“[Thunder chain],” The assassin used a simple mid-tier spell, the spell is not threatening in normal occurrence, but with countless drops of water floating near her, it’s more than enough to make someone die because of heart failure.

Sera closed her eyes as she bears the shocking pain from the assassin’s spell. Just like what she expected, the countless floating drops of water helps the lightning chain to conduct and spread through all direction. Since some part of Sera’s body had got wet because of having contact with the water that surrounds her, the electricity shocked her even easier.

It supposed to be so.

“””ARGH!!!””” Voices that came from the men sent by the Music society mercenary guild that were chasing the sounded from downwards.

“Eh?” (Sera)

She could feel the pain from the electricity, but it turns out that it’s not as hurt as she imagined. She had clenched her teeth to help her bear the pain even more, but the pain turns out not to the point where she got suffered because of it.

Sera opens her eyes and saw that clouds of steam that appear from the evaporated water surrounded her. Since she has a layer of ice barrier made from her ice element aura protecting her body, the heat from the steam doesn’t even bother her.

Swinging her sword a bit and sending away the steam, Sera take a peek downwards and saw that dozens of Musin society’s mercenaries lying on the ground, electrocuted.

(H-he use the [Control Water] spell with them in his consideration, too? But why? He could just electrocute me and those mercenaries together with the same amount of power without having the electricity power decreased) (Sera)

(This… Is he helping me out?) (Sera)

Sera stares at the dark sky as her mind got confused. Asking to the beautiful moon, “Who are you? Are you an enemy…? Or an ally…?”

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*Sound of a door opened*

“You’re finally back, sire,” Aquila said in front of the Tarot empire legation’s office.

“Aquila, huh. Yes, I’m back,” (Slime Tarot)

“How did it went?” (Aquila)

“Smoothly as we’ve planned,” (Slime Tarot)

“Good to hear that, sire… Is there something wrong, my lord?” Aquila asked Slime that is staring at the sky with a strange smile.

“Hm? Ah! Nothing, it’s just. I met a winter bird across the road. Sadly, the bird’s wings are hurt, and it seems that it hasn’t found the key to go out from its cage and fly freely yet. I’m currently thinking about whether I should help it went out the cage by showing its key, or should I just heal her wings, or let time heals her wings and wait for her to realize?” Slime answered as he stares again towards the night sky.

“I see. What a fortunate bird to have your eyes fixated on it. But sadly, setting aside the matter of the winter bird, it’s almost time for your appointment with the Potterland kingdom’s ambassador, my lord. I humbly ask you to prepare yourself to embark outside once more,” (Aquila)

“Not even a spare of time to rest, I see. Could you please cut me some slack, Aquila?” Slime lazily said

“I’m afraid I can’t, my lord. Since you’re carrying the emperor’s and the empire’s good name, I firmly believe that I can’t let you slack your ass here, my lord,” Aquila said with a polite tone.

“I believe you’re the only subordinate in the world that said he can’t let his boss slack his ass right in front of his boss’s face, Aquila… You know that I’m your superior, right?” Slime couldn’t help but said with a wry smile.

“I believe my words are appropriate since I’m a loyal subordinate, my lord,” (Aquila)

“Sigh. Fine, fine. Let me change my clothes first,” (Slime)