My Soul card is a Reaper-Chapter 907: The Horus Temple Arc (Part-3)
The man with rock fists threw a punch towards her for the nth time. The girl dodged the attack and raised the flame whip. The whip captured his fist before a drop kick was planted in his stomach. He staggered back for a few steps.
"Now, take this..." Iphi Magnolis grabbed the flame whip’s handle tightly, which was wrapped around the fist of her opponent, preventing him from getting away from her. She then increased the intensity of the flames.
Feeling the hotness, the stone-fisted guy used his other hand to forcefully get free from the whip. He grabbed it and used his brute strength.
Iphi Magnolis let out a smile and raised her left hand. An identical flame whip appeared in her hand, which she used to capture his other arm. As he was worried about the hot temperature that would melt his arms, Iphi Magnolis turned around and swung the whips with all her strength.
"Whoa, that’s something," mumbled Azrael. He was definitely impressed.
At first, Azrael thought that Iphi Magnolis’s Arcana Spirit was the flame whip, but then, as he found the second flame whip, he couldn’t help but become curious.
As he was engrossed in analyzing each of their powers...
*Screeech*
A powerful screech echoed in his ears, and the aura of a flaming bird appeared in his vision.
"What the..."
He cut off his power instinctively and returned to reality.
Beads of sweat appeared on Azrael’s forehead as he opened his mouth but was unable to speak. It was incredibly shocking indeed. "Her Arcana spirit is actually a Phoenix? Then why is she still a Rank-7? It doesn’t make sense... Phoenix is a Top Tier Arcana spirit. Was she too lazy in her prime years or something? Or did he feed me false information..."
This revelation made Azrael wonder whether she was hiding her true strength or her overall potential might not have been unlocked.
While he was still digesting the fact, the Arcana Master with stone fists admitted defeat, and in the end, Iphi Magnolis spotted his presence. She flared up right away, "You... This place isn’t for rookies. What are you doing here?"
Azrael got back to his senses and looked back at her. He simply commented with a smile, "It looks like you aren’t exaggerating about yourself, after all. You have the potential to make it to the Supreme realm as long as you work hard..."
"Thank you, I too was hoping that one day... Hmm..." She nodded in response before something clicked in her mind, "Wait a second... why are you commenting like you are superior to me or something? First of all, what is a newbie doing at this gravity chamber?"
"For training. What else?" He replied.
"Is that so?" Iphi Magnolis’s eyes fell on his body posture. A sarcastic comment escaped from her, "It seemed like you got very comfortable with this place. Let’s spar. I’m curious about your strength."
Azrael understood the meaning behind her words, but he didn’t take it to heart. In his eyes, she was just an immature brat. Why would he go and play what she wants?
He replied while maintaining his smile, "I’m not physically strong, Your Highness. And my powers are more useful in a real battle, not sparring. For example..."
Deciding to showcase a little of his abilities, he shifted his attention to the guy who was lying on the floor without bothering to speak up. Azrael closed his eyes and opened them. The eye beneath the patch glowed again. "Float." A mumble escaped his mouth.
The middle-aged fellow suddenly started to float in the air, going against gravity. "What the hell?" He screamed out loud before looking at the young man sitting in the corner of the room. "You, get me down, now."
"Relax, I’m helping you, but if you insist..." Azrael deactivated his ability, and his eyes turned normal.
*Thud*
In an instant, the guy fell on the floor from 2 feet above.
"Telekinesis?" Iphi Magnolis was taken aback by surprise.
"Not exactly, but similar," Azrael smiled and then took a deep breath as the guy got up on his feet and took a rest in another corner instead of getting angry. His Soul energy particles were consumed by more than half, just from that simple technique. That means he can only use a strong ability of his demonic eye, once more.
"I’m Javion." The middle-aged guy introduced himself before asking Azrael whether he was an esper.
Azrael couldn’t reveal his black lightning or demonic powers. So, he posed as an esper with weak physical strength. He has a few abilities, but the consumption was too huge for him. After introducing himself briefly, he said, "I prefer to be called an illusionist, though."
"Illusionist?" Both of them looked at him, wondering whether he was pulling their leg. After all, telekinesis and illusions are completely different paths.
Seeing the looks of disbelief on both of their faces, Azrael unleashed another ability of his demonic eye. It is a weak one, but he was confident that it would prove his point.
This time, Iphi Magnolis and Javion saw their surroundings change to that of a grassland. There was a starry night sky above them, and a few animals were seen roaming around.
However, Iphi Magnolis, who has great senses, cannot feel the aura of life. She tightly closed her eyes and pushed a little bit of Soul energy from her, dispelling the illusion around her. Meanwhile, Javion was looking around and admiring the view. He looked like a fool at the moment.
Azrael dispelled the magic to save his Soul energy particles and brought Javion to reality.
"Aah..."
"Your ability is very good, my friend," Javion commented after coming out of daze. Iphi Magnolis, on the other hand, scoffed in disapproval, terming it a weak ability, and walked away to practice with her flame whips.
Meanwhile, Azrael chatted with Javion.
For the rest of the day, they hang out together, basically Iphi Magnolis and Javion training, Azrael just watching them or practicing the Soul energy Condensation technique.
At around 10 o’clock in the evening, Iphi Magnolis and Azrael parted their ways with Javion and returned to their room.
One week passed in the blink of an eye.
During this past week, Azrael only focused on two things. One, increasing Soul energy Particles through his energy Condensation technique. And two, getting adjusted to the gravity. And in the week, he could now adjust to its full capacity of 12g.
Just like the past few days, Azrael woke up around 11 o’clock in the morning and found his roommate missing. He thought that she might be busy with her training as usual.
After finishing his morning activities, he left towards the exit of the dorm without bothering to pay attention to anyone on the way.
He knew that if ladies would take the initiative to converse with him first, then there was a 90% possibility that they were interested in him, and he didn’t have any intentions to hook up with someone. And if it is a guy, there’s a high chance that he will be belittled by them for being a newbie. Since he was planning on laying low, he never talked with anyone but Iphi Magnolis and Javion, keeping his inner circle as small as possible.
And now, on the 8th day, just like usual, he was stopped by Sarah, the receptionist.
Azrael already knew what she would do, too. She was going to ask him on a dinner date, followed by a couple of drinks. She did that five times already. However, Azrael rejected it by giving different but logical excuses so as not to disappoint her. After all, she was a great source of information for him.
He planned to think of various excuses again to stop her advances, but to his surprise, Sarah spoke of another matter this time. "You are being summoned by Lt. Commander."
"Eh?" Azrael wondered whether this had anything to do with the war against the werewolf lord. "Why?" He asked.
Sarah shrugged her shoulders, "Not sure, but it doesn’t look urgent considering they didn’t wake you up." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
"Thanks." Azrael let out a smile before rushing away from there.
"Azrael, wai..." Before she even called out to him, Azrael already entered the elevator and pressed the button.
"Tch, no fun. Why is he always in a rush?" Sarah complained as she rested her head on the table.
Just a half-minute later, a buffed man came to the counter and greeted her, "Hey Beauty..."
