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[New Skill Generated]
Heavenly Judgement [Advanced] [Active]
# Summon a Sword from the heavens that absorbs all of the mana it encounters, delivering a deadly attack capable of wiping out an entire army. Radius is determined by the mana absorbed.
*Cost: 75% MP
*Cooldown: 1 Day
Michael stared at the system notification with blank eyes, the Sword of Light still descending in the background.
‘System… capable of wiping out an entire army..?’ He still couldn’t believe it, he had done it accidentally, but it seemed like he managed to really create some sort of a killing weapon.
As I said, it’s like your old world’s equivalent of a nuke, it’s definitely a powerful attack, more than enough to contest with a Tier 2 attack and it would only grow stronger as you yourself get stronger.
‘Well yeah, but won’t I get caught in the attack too..? It’s kind of counterproductive, don’t you think?’
Well, I wonder which genius decided it was a good idea to create such an attack without prior knowledge of how mana absorption works?
‘Sc-Whatever.. Do you think I can block it?’
Nope.
Michael sighed and glanced at Thrym who was staring at him with widened eyes.
“Fragment… are you trying to scorch my mountain?”
‘Scorch..? Wouldn’t a nuke be enough to completely blow this place to bits?’ Michael thought with a confused look as he saw Thrym dispelling his attack and jumping into the sky.
Did you forget when I said that the landscape is strengthened by mana? That applies to everything, be it snow or the mountain itself, hence why that Wraith couldn’t do anything to the snow with its fire.
Just as Michael was about to speak up, the system once again interrupted him.
Don’t think anything stupid, scorching a mountain of such a world is a feat on its own, be proud of yourself.
‘Sure..’ Michael could feel a tinge of sarcasm coming from the system, but nonetheless, chose to ignore it.
However, as he looked at the sky, he froze.
The massive Sword of Light which contained the volatile mana, was now being held in Thrym’s hands and being swung around like some sort of toy.
“Whatcha think? Does swordsmanship suit me?” He suddenly said and swung the massive sword downwards, the mana expanding at rapid speeds and heading for Michael’s head.
He barely had enough time to duck, and when he did, he realized his left hand felt weird, and upon taking a glance at it, he noticed it was completely gone, with not even a single blood stain in sight.
‘Do people find cutting off my arms funny or something?’ Michael’s’ brows twitched as his regenerative factor kicked in, due to the system’s training under the sunlight and moonlight, it had gotten faster.
He could see his limb being regrown at a visible pace, and in just a few more seconds, it was finally whole again.
Michael looked back up and saw Thrym still having fun swinging around the now dissipating sword, until eventually it fully dispersed, the destructive mana fully gone.
“So, did you have fun?” Thrym suddenly asked as he landed right beside him.
“Before or after you cut off my arm? What would you have done if I had been crippled for life?” Michael complained and sarcastically swung around his regrown arm.
“Hm? I did that because it’s you, even if you are a fragment, u looked pretty competent.”
As Michael was about to speak up, Thrym suddenly grabbed him by the collar and threw him again, this time back to the mountain they were on originally.
He was not able to land as smoothly as last time, partially due to the fact that he was a bit fatigued from the attack he just cast.
But just as he thought he was about to crash into another rock, Astraea suddenly caught him with her threads, bringing him closer and checking on his condition.
She had a concerned look on her face, even after knowing who or what Michael was.
“I’m okay, you don’t need to worry” He reassured her and waited for Thrym to come, however, it seemed like he was already back inside of his little house.
Michael walked right in and sat down by the table, picking up a piece of bread he saw lying around “So, did I pass your test?”
“Did you beat me?”
“No..?”
“So what makes you think that you could go back?” Thrym asked while stirring the pot of what appeared to be soup.
“I didn’t win, but I didn’t lose either, you just stopped the fight of your own volition, if anything, you were the one who lost” Michael shot back and dug into the bread, it was surprisingly tasty.
“I stopped the fight because you were about to collapse..” He turned around and grinned “Glad you like the bread, I prepared it for the rats, make sure to leave some for them too.”
‘…’ Michael immediately stopped eating and put the bread onto the table, his appetite was ruined.
“Pft.. I am just kidding, eat this instead” Thrym suddenly brought down the pot he was stirring earlier, it was indeed some kind of soup.
‘Potato soup?’ He was a bit confused about how that worked, from what he noticed, the whole area around them was a frozen land.
Even though potatoes could grow in slightly cool areas, they would for sure not grow on a mountain like this.
But nonetheless, Michael accepted the kindness and dug in, he also noticed that Thrym brought a bowl to Astraea and the three giants that were huddled around.
‘His personality is shit… but he’s not exactly a bad guy.’
After Thrym finished handing out the bowls, he sat down right in front of Michael and started eating the soup as well.
“Listen.. Thrym, Astraea and I were brought here because of a rift, we have 4 more days to find the exit or we will be stuck here for a long time..’ Michael tried reasoning with him, however, he was ignored.
They ate in silence, until finally, both of them finished their bowls, placing them to the side.
“Fragment, what is it that you remember exactly?” Thrym asked while not even directly looking at him, instead, looking to the side with a frown.
Michael tilted his head “Could you be more specific?”
“Do you remember how you came to this world the first time, how you met me, anything like that?”
“I don’t” Michael merely shook his head, he didn’t exactly want to sugarcoat it and flood him with false hope.
Thrym remained silent, not speaking any more words.
‘System, are you able to tell how old those memories are?’
Not exactly, but the giants are known for their lifespans, some could even potentially live up to an Eon.
‘The fuck..? Isn’t an Eon like a billion years?’ Michael was genuinely shocked, he was expecting maybe a few thousand years, but definitely not something ranging between millions and billions of years.
Yes, though that amount of time seems incredible to humans who had never been exposed to mana, those who were, however, can live an incredible amount of time as well.
‘Yeah? Then what about me? Since I have a mana core, shouldn’t I live for a decent amount of time as well?’
Yes and no, you see, even if the bloodline has not fully awakened within you, it’s still there. And all I can tell you is that most Archangels don’t have lifespans, they are practically immortal.
‘Oh..’ Michael expressed and was about to ask another question to Thrym, however, an oppressive pressure suddenly descended on all of the people present.
It managed to make even Thrym shake a bit, even if it was mild, that was not something Michael expected to see.
As for him, he couldn’t even move.
“So the visitor finally decided to show up…” Thrym stood up and walked outside, heading in the direction of the powerful pressure.
But a sudden noise made Michael flinch, it sounded as though it was a dragon’s roar, though he wasn’t sure.
“Fragment, stay here for a moment, I will deal with this peacefully.. probably” Thrym said with a cracking smile and sat down on a nearby rock, awaiting for the individual to arrive.
Michael was just barely able to turn his head, and upon doing so, he noticed someone he definitely had not expected to see.
“That’s…”
