Free Web NovelChapter 150: Clana Ordeal [5]
Chapter 149
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Episode 33 - Clana Ordeal [5] ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
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"A-ah...!!!"
I staggered as I searched for a way to keep myself from falling.
White lines outlined everything around me, and then I realized it.
’T-that just now...’
I had died.
I noticed that I was back in the same private room as before. The chaos had already begun, and it was happening at that very moment.
Boom!
The man standing beside the Shitty witch crashed through the glass wall and headed toward the stage.
"What the...?"
"...?"
I had definitely experienced this before, but then the system window appeared in my mind.
〖The effect of Eyes of the End: Pandemonium has been activated. You have witnessed the scenario of the Present〗
"...?"
’Ah, right.’
Just as all the masked men had stormed toward the stage where the Auctioneer was.
My body had returned to normal, and then I removed the bandages from my eyes and the Eyes of the End activated. Instantly, my power reached 6 Stars.
Moreover, I immediately used the active effect I had just unlocked; Pandemonium.
It allows me to see the past, present, and future.
I decided to use it because something unexpected might happen, and I was right.
’The Sorcerer King and his brother appeared in front of me while they were fighting, and one of their attacks came toward me along the way.’
That was when I was blown back as my body shattered, disappearing almost instantly if not for the fact that I managed to move a little.
Even so, the attack was too much, and I died without being able to do anything.
’Shit.’
The moment I realized what was about to happen.
I quickly covered my body with mana. A thin dark veil enveloped my entire body.
I did not put on the armor immediately; however, I switched my mask to the Club’s mask, since it could not be concealed with mana.
From another person’s perspective, my body was completely black, and they might not even be able to tell whether I was a man or a woman.
Next, I turned toward the Shitty witch.
"Gravity. Annihilation."
Without hesitation, I used my Unique Traits, drew my sword from the Inventory, and used the Scroll of Loyalty.
Finally, I ran out through the door, moving away from the private room, though not before killing the butler.
However, after stepping outside, I came to an abrupt halt.
’I can’t go this way.’
I turned around, and a wall stood before me. Without hesitation, I struck it, creating a hole. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
I did the same repeatedly until I finally reached a room far enough away from the corridor where I had been.
Then I turned around. There, the Shitty witch had her arms and legs pressed tightly against her body.
As though an invisible rope had bound her.
"W-what the hell...?! Who are you?"
"Be quiet and sign this scroll right now. There’s no time."
According to my calculations, the sphere of energy should appear in approximately one minute.
I held the scroll out to the Shitty witch.
Normally, after learning about my own death, I would simply run far away from this place.
However, the Shitty witch will be extremely useful after thinking things through and slightly rewriting my plans.
’Now that the Rings of the Beginning have appeared, I need to obtain them with this bitch’s help.’
The Shitty witch looked at the scroll and then at me.
"W-wait a moment, we can talk about this. Yes, I didn’t know you were a man disguised as a woman, so I..."
"...?"
I couldn’t help but be surprised after hearing her words.
’They’re the same words, but in different locations.’
In the vision where I died, she said those exact same words while we were in the private room. Now we were quite far from there.
’It doesn’t matter.’
I shook my head, pushing those thoughts away, and focused on the present.
"Just sign it. Otherwise, we’ll die in a few seconds."
"W-what do you mean?"
The irritation began to grow as I shook the scroll.
A quill appeared in my hand, and I allowed the Shitty witch to move one of her hands.
Then, using gravity, I manipulated her hand so she would take the quill.
’How did I not think of this?’
The Shitty witch opened her eyes and screamed.
"N-no, wait, don’t force me... I don’t want to."
The scroll disappeared from my hand shortly afterward. Finally, I released the Shitty witch, who fell to the ground.
"M-my freedom..."
"Shit, shut up and follow me now..."
Just then, the bells inside my head rang out.
My senses made my body react.
The next second, I noticed a sphere passing through and destroying everything in its path in front of me.
A cold sweat ran down my back.
’Fortunately, I moved out of its trajectory.’
Shortly afterward, I sensed two presences.
Two old men appeared not far from where the Shitty witch and I were.
’Those bastards...’
Mana surged from my body. An extra layer covered me to prevent me from being identified.
Then, in the very next second, I moved. The world around me blurred, and I appeared before the two old men.
The two old men turned their heads toward me without showing any surprise, and just as one of them was raising a hand toward me.
I already had my hand extended toward them, and then...
"Gravity."
Boom!
An overwhelming force erupted from every direction.
The air and space bent as the two old men were blasted away by an explosive force.
Their bodies shot away at an absurd speed.
Everything in front of me was pushed away as a crushing gravity swept everything along with it.
Half of the dome and everything in front of it disappeared.
Part of Black City vanished, and beyond Black City, there were mountain ranges that, just like the city itself, also disappeared.
"...?"
’Ah, right. Gravity in the Infernal Plane is twice as strong as in the outside world.’
I had used 1% of the world’s gravity, or, in this case, the gravity of the entire Infernal Plane.
Overwhelming devastation swept through everything in its path; gravity had suddenly increased.
Everything located in a straight line before that invisible force was compressed by the weight of 1% of the Infernal Plane’s total gravity until it ceased to exist.
Except for those two Class 10 villains.
’Even with this, it’s impossible to kill them.’
They were nearly perfect beings in every sense of the word.
Only a Class 10 could kill another Class 10.
Or only a Ten-Star could kill another Ten-Star.
I had probably only sent them extremely far away.
’Good, I’ve survived.’
I wiped the sweat from my forehead. I had used one of the active effects of the Unique Trait, Gravity.
I could only use it once per day, so if those two appeared again, I wouldn’t be able to do the same thing as before.
Without hesitation, I turned around, grabbed the Shitty witch by the neck, and ran off in search of Clana.
I used my senses, extending them throughout the entire Auction House.
My mind took a heavy blow as an enormous amount of information flooded in from every individual inside the dome.
At the same time, I switched my mask for the one I had bought here in Black City, and I also put on the armor.
Shortly afterward, I stopped using mana and removed the black veil that had covered my entire body.
If I had used the armor in front of those two old men, they would have recognized it immediately.
Then they would know that someone had used Mia’s identity, and the Spell King would probably send someone to investigate.
And just like that, Mia could disappear without even having been used for anything.
’Luckily, I prepared just in time so they won’t discover anything about Mia or me.’
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Bang!
Clana’s sword swung as the mana around her enveloped the blade.
One of the villains, a Dark Mage, launched a black sphere that struck Clana’s body.
The other villain, a Dark Knight, swung his massive sword and slammed it against Clana’s blade.
Bang!
Clana’s body crashed into a massive pillar.
The battle had moved into a large empty hall. There was no one around, and the space surrounding them was vast.
Clana pushed herself up from the ground while feeling intense pain coming from her right side, right around her ribs.
The flesh had been torn apart by the Dark Mage’s attack.
Meanwhile, the bones in the arm holding her sword had been shattered by the Dark Knight’s attack.
"Cough...!!!"
A mouthful of blood escaped her lips. Her trembling body rose to its feet as she looked at the two villains, who were in perfect condition.
She had not even managed to scratch them. Meanwhile, her own body was in tatters.
’I-I can’t beat them...’
Both of them were Class 5 villains, while she was a Four-Star Awakened.
The difference in power was already huge with just one of them, but there were two at the same time.
"You’ve held out quite well, Princess Clana."
"Yeah, we’re surprised you managed to defend yourself, but..."
The Dark Mage approached her and kicked her in the stomach.
Clana slammed hard into the pillar behind her.
"Cough...!!!"
Blood poured from her mouth. Her eyes widened, and for a second, she lost consciousness before waking up again.
"This is where you die, Princess Clana."
"You won’t survive. Besides, I don’t even understand why you’re trying to fight."
"Yeah, it’s completely pointless, Princess Clana."
"Anyway, it’s time for you to die."
Lying on the ground, her body stopped responding and her consciousness faded away.
Darkness slowly engulfed her.
Clana thought:
’Ah, fuck, nothing ever goes right for me.’
If only the scroll had been real, she could have escaped.
But in the end, it turned out to be fake.
And from that moment on, everything only got worse.
Those two assholes appeared in front of her and gave her a completely one-sided beating, leaving her in her current state.
Her entire body was a mess; chunks of flesh hung from her body, she had deep wounds, and parts of her body had been shattered by the Dark Mage’s sorcery.
Slowly, she was losing consciousness.
The light in her eyes gradually faded. Little by little, they began to close.
Her final thought was that she was only seconds away from dying.
But suddenly...
".....?"
"Hey, wake up."
"...?"
"Wake up, Sleeping Beauty."
"...?"
’What the hell?’
The next second, her eyes snapped open. She blinked in confusion as she looked around.
The two villains from before had vanished without a trace.
And in front of her...
A man was wearing a black mask, and behind him...
Golden eyes with a faint reddish tint and semi-inverted pupils could be seen.
"...?"
A clear look of confusion appeared on Clana’s face.
’What’s going on?’
