Ugh!
Rowan glanced at Alice and he raised his hand to counter but Souta saw it.
Swoosh!
Ray of light flashed in an instant and it penetrated his body once again. At this moment, the one controlling Rowan's body realized that he lost. This group of people won against him and it was humiliating.
He was the only one thinking about that. The rest of the people didn't think that his defeat was humiliating. After all, he fought Eilish and other people alone using the body of the Clan Leader of the Witch Clan. Souta and the rest thought that they were lucky that they'd defeated Rowan.
Souta glanced ahead before he sighed in relief. He hasn't fired all of the small [Bestrou]s before as he knew that Rowan would simply avoid it. So he devised a plan to fool Rowan thinking that was all of his attacks.
"It's over..."
He fell to the ground and his body turned back to normal. The wounds that he received weren't regenerating as the power of his parasite had reached its limit.
'Yeah, it's over... You should train your Archetype after this. You could only use five forms and it already gave you a huge boost in fighting a shackled realm expert. The first form is pretty good. The second form can only work on A-rank. The third form is good too. The fourth form can only block low-level S-rank.' Saya said to him.
'I know. I'll train it after this.' Souta nodded at her. The Archetype was really helpful in battling Rowan.
The [Archetype: Vajra Extremity] had fifteen forms and he can only use five forms with his current strength. His mastery over this skill hasn't even reached fifty percent so he still had a lot to improve. Just what would happen if he could use the perfect mastery Archetype? He couldn't help but imagine it.
The first form was Mahayana Tribulation which conjured black lightning in the sky that could damage the target. The black lighting can also be used to strengthen the user's body and attack. It was a very useful skill.
The second form was Thousand Oak Absorbtion and Reverse Moon Oak. Just like what the name suggested, it was used for absorbing the energy from the enemy's attack and releasing it as his own attack. It was pretty useful but with his current mastery, he couldn't absorb solidifying realm expert's energy attack.
The third form was the Serenity of the Vajra. This form could let him increase his absorption ability just like how he absorbs the energy from the fifth evolution stage monster orb. It was different from the second form which could only absorb energy from an attack. This skill was for objects such as monster orb, mana stone, mana essence, etc.
The fourth form was the Bridal Lotus Benevolent Rose. It was a defensive type skill and for his current mastery, he could only perfectly block any early-stage S-rank attack. It means that only people at the intermediate stage and above S-rank had the ability to damage him. This was the reason why most of the early stage S-rank didn't enter Souta eyes.
The fifth form was the Rage of the Thunder God which was a very powerful offensive skill. It could pierce the defense of a peak S-rank and even damage a shackled realm with the help of other skills. It was one of Souta's offensive skills in fighting creatures above his level.
There are still ten forms and he's looking forward to the time that he could use all fifteen forms without side effects on his body. After all, the Archetype was for people that were as strong as fifth shackles so using this skill taxed his body heavily.
Souta looked around and saw that the battle had stopped. The witches had turned back to normal and they weren't being controlled anymore.
Cough!
Rowan coughed a mouthful of blood. He glanced at Souta, Alice, Yuko, Doranjan, and the Red Dragon.
He smiled and said, "Everyone... I'm thankful that you're here to help my niece."
Turning to Amanda, he continued, "Amanda, from now on, you will be the Clan Leader of the Witch Clan. I'm sorry for your parents... I wanted to tell you a lot of things but I don't have a time... The Council will come so prepare yourself. They are the ones that started the war decades ago. They are the ones that placed the god's inheritance in this world so that various organizations would fight over it, but they didn't expect that every organization would work together and divide the inheritance. So they secretly manipulated the direction of the events. They killed the heir of the emperor that triggered the war."
Cough! Cough!
"The Council will come so prepare everyone... They will destroy everyone in this world."
Rowan said before he fell to the ground. He drew his last breath with a smile on his face.
Today, the Clan Leader of the Witch Clan has died after he passed down his title to his niece, Amanda Brune.
"U-Uncle!!!!"
Amanda shouted as she run towards Rowan. She hugged his body tightly as tears poured down from her eyes.
"AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!"
Alice looked at this scene before she sighed and turned her head on the sky. Her body slowly turned back to normal and her wounds were closing rapidly.
She breathed out. Then, she approached Souta and asked, "Can you still move your body?"
"I don't think I could do that... Every time I tried to move my body, extreme pain assaulted me." Souta laughed wryly as he glanced at Alice.
"Here, I'll help you." Alice smiled as she went to his side and hooked his hand on her shoulders while grabbing his waist to support him. "You totally did it again this time. Fighting a person that broke one shackle is too absurd."
"I have a reason for doing this. It's so that I can grow stronger in the future." Souta laughed as he replied to her words.
"You're always thinking about getting stronger. Have about to take a rest for a week or month? At this rate, you're not just going to collapse physically but also mentally." Alice said in a concerned tone.
"I-I just want to survive..." Souta looked at the dark sky.
Crack!!
A sound of a glass breaking echoed in the whole area. No, they didn't hear the sound with their ears. It feels like the sound was directly transmitted to their brain. Even if they cover their ears, they will still be able to hear it.
Hmm...?
Alice and Souta paused as they looked around wondering where the sound came from. They weren't the only ones that heard it. All the people on the battlefield heard the same sound.
"What's that?"
"Did you hear that?"
"Yes, it sounds like something was shattered."
"I heard that sound too."
What they didn't know was that they weren't the only ones that heard it. Every creature in the entire cosmos heard the same sound. It was a strange phenomenon that a mortal wouldn't be able to explain.
Somewhere in the universe, a man wearing a black robe with red fur on its collar was sitting on a throne. His messy chestnut color hair fluttered as the aura inside his body fluctuated. He slowly opened his eyes revealing a pair of deep brown color eyes.
The man turned his head and looked outside the window. His gaze pierced through every object as he saw everything that was happening outside.
"That sound... There are no rules anymore. It will become the survival of the fittest from now on. So I should start my plan."
The man stood up before he opened his mouth and declared,
"I, Esquin Georagnisus, Ruler of the Gluttony, shall initiate the plan on the God's Continent! There are no rules that are binding me anymore so prepare yourself! Bring out all the Bloodstone that we've collected in the past!"
His voice reverberated throughout the entire planet. Every people looked at the sky as they heard the announcement of their god, the God of Gluttony, One of the Seven Deadly Sins.
In the other place, a woman wearing a white cloak slowly stood up from her seat. In front of her was a round table with ten seats and she was the only one present in this dark room.
She had a pair of black horns on the side of her head and one red horn on the center of her forehead. She had long pink hair with a hint of whiteness that drape on her shoulders. Her ears were pointed just like those elves. She had a pair of green reptile eyes, a slit one.
"The rules are gone. The Administrators wouldn't interfere anymore and the Great Barrier is slowly weakening. Sooner, everyone would be able to travel throughout the entirety of Imperium. I think that the time has come to find the remaining..."
She smiled faintly as the world she was in trembled in fear. Dense best feram spread out of her body as it covered the whole world.
"Tell the other Commandments that I, Aleteya, the Monster Lord of Malevolence, the Commandment of Selfless, gathering everyone in the Divine Room to discuss the plan for the Four Authorities."
There's no restriction anymore so they will be able to move freely. It's been a long time since she'd felt this.
"The Zodiacs had moved after a long time so most of the organizations in the seven continents are focused on it. Everyone is getting restless... I can feel it in my skin. My instinct as a monster lord is telling me that danger is approaching.. We need to act quickly."