Freya stood amidst the rubble where a temple previously stood, in front of her was an equally bewitching woman who had long black hair and eyes that seemed to see through everything in the world.
“Lilith, to what do I owe this visit?”
However, it seemed she was not keen to talk as she sent a barrage of darkness straight at Freya, attempting to pierce through her and potentially kill her.
But the moment the darkness was about to reach her, it suddenly dispersed, sending a miniature shockwave that spread across the already collapsed temple.
It seemed she was going for total chaos, normally Freya would have responded in kind but she did not mind this little bit of destruction, after all, she could just as easily repair everything that had been done.
“You bitch! How dare you invite that heathen into this realm!? Have you completely lost your mind?” Lilith shouted, expressing her disdain and disapproval.
However, she was met with with no reply as Freya continued looking at her, acting as if she was overreacting.
Lilith shook in anger before taking a deep breath and finally calming down, trying to reason with Freya further “You know better than I do what would happen if he regains his memories.”
“I do.”
“And yet you still allow him to make a return, you are dooming the hierarchy of all the realms for what? Love? Admiration? Blind belief?” Lilith tried but failed to hide her hatred for the both of them.
Freya’s brow twitched as she crossed he arms “Have you always been the jealous type?”
Her words were met with yet another bolt of shadows which this time had more power behind them, completely obliterating what remained of the temple except for the throne.
“I see you are still the annoying bitch you always were” Lilith’s eyes widened as she glanced at the throne.
“You even showed him the statue of recollection…I don’t even know anymore”
The mana in the air intensified as she began crushing the entire domain, however, no matter how much strength she used, the throne and the room below it were left untouched.
She kept increasing the pressure, hoping something would happen, however, Freya decided it was time to stop her antics.
“That’s enough” Those words cut through the pressure that she was emitting and stopped Lilith in her tracks.
Even if they were beings whose titles were the same, the disparity in their strength was clearly evident.
She then emitted a golden glow that spread across the entire temple domain, reconstructing it at a rapid pace.
The previous debris that had remained even after the destruction scattered, returning back to her body in the form of small particles.
Her mana was used as the building basis, it was not a big expenditure so Freya did not mind, however, she still seemed a bit annoyed.
“Are you done throwing your childish tantrums now? Can you get out?”
Lilith stared at her, retracting the mana she had outstretched and put on a massive grin “Only if you promise me I can meet him the next time I come here.”
“So that was your motive.. swear an oath you won’t harm him then, show your sincerity” Freya was not going to let someone like her meet Michael without reassurance of his safety.
She was expecting some hesitation, however, Lilith’s reply was fast “Sure, I swear on my mana that I won’t harm him the next time we meet. Good enough?”
As her words finished, she was momentarily engulfed by her own magic, however, as quickly as it came, it went away just as fast.
“Thanks bi-Freya, see ya” With that, she went into the ground, specifically, into her own shadow, leaving Freya speechless.
“Michael, take your time with the trial.. for both our sakes.”
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‘What is with these goblins, they are wearing armor now’ Michael sighed as he looked at the sight in front of him.
There were more and more goblins coming with every new wave, the moment he finished killing them all, soon after, more came and they were much stronger.
It has been 3 waves in total now and it didn’t seem like it would stop any time soon, in fact, it might get even more difficult to fight them.
His mana control had gotten even better, it felt like barely 1% of his mana was being used every single time he cast his makeshift spells, better yet, they were incredibly powerful.
He was able to make miniature colorless swords, it seemed that and the Mana Spears were the easiest for him to use, they also provided the highest degree of destruction out of everything he had tried thus far.
Though It was a pity he was not able to use healing magic currently, it would have come in really handy in these past few hours.
The amount of people that died in front of Michael had surpassed double digits, even with his help, he couldn’t compensate for the lack of skills the others possessed.
He saves someone, just for them to drop their sword and get stabbed by goblins, the city guards were truly pathetic.
On the other side, adventurers were the ones letting others rest, if Michael had to estimate, 1 adventurer equaled to at least 5 city guards, the gap was huge.
Even then, due to the strength of the goblins, no one was having a lot of trouble, it seemed like simple target practice for most, Michael included.
He was currently killing the last batch of goblins, their armor was not able to hold back the sheer force of Michael’s spells, causing them to deal devastating damage and instantly killing them.
‘What’s next? goblins with swords and shields?’ Michael scoffed and took this chance to rest a little bit, his mana was still at roughly 60%, the amount he used compared to the amount he regained was basically harmonized by now.
He only wished he could use the light magic as he did before, even when he purified the tree, he was being controlled, however, it was still his body.
It just didn’t make sense to him, didn’t he need a mana core to be able to use his affinities? How did the person in Michael’s body use it then?
‘Alas, the more I learn, the less I know but I guess I do have 2 years to find some information out of Freya’ He nodded to himself as he looked at the far off distance, he saw a few figures, around 20 in total.
They were goblins, looking just like the rest, however, for some reason, Michael felt an odd sense of danger coming from them.
Each one of them had dual short swords and a full set of steel armor, definitely more decked out than the others.
Michael decided to test the waters, his accuracy had gotten much better than when he first started.
Shooting a large Mana Spear with formidable speed, expecting to pierce and kill them just like the rest of the goblins he had met thus far.
However, the sight that greeted him had left him speechless.
The goblin whom the Mana Spear was directed at, raised its short sword and slashed the air in front of him, cutting the spear into two.
‘Fuck.’
