Arc: “Be careful, this is your first mage battle. Not only that, Anthony has an artifact.”612Please respect copyright.PENANAX0MzG89m5E
612Please respect copyright.PENANAIZgGL4zKY8
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What’s that?
612Please respect copyright.PENANAlIsv3vFHon
612Please respect copyright.PENANAgE25Y0xcwX
Arc: “A true magic item, among the strongest of their kind.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAQI3kkEmn4M
612Please respect copyright.PENANAPTUoox4y0V
A magic item huh? I search through my pockets and hope I still have them. Inside I feel two pens and take out the scan one. I need to know what I’m dealing with.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAEUEVyOP3Cb
612Please respect copyright.PENANAXcbOREWJuy
I point it at Anthony who’s waiting for me to deliver the first blow. Good thing, this gives me time.
612Please respect copyright.PENANA63DUTpBWC1
612Please respect copyright.PENANAUGlNlt6MzD
Anthony(With Artemis):
Strength: 10612Please respect copyright.PENANA8TpWuLksrw
Endurance: 10612Please respect copyright.PENANATcw8TB6Boc
Intelligence: 21612Please respect copyright.PENANAH4dlvUx29t
Charisma: 20612Please respect copyright.PENANAPaJ4ixxysA
Agility: 14 612Please respect copyright.PENANATp3KJgsWoh
Magic: 35 612Please respect copyright.PENANAxv2Hff17mN
612Please respect copyright.PENANAOZR0N8Zp2w
VS
612Please respect copyright.PENANAuHzWiGOMDy
Nao(Base/No Shape Shift):
Strength: 21612Please respect copyright.PENANA0eYnavSu17
Endurance: 17.5612Please respect copyright.PENANAe2Kd3ExjNW
Intelligence: 19.5612Please respect copyright.PENANANZumnszZHd
Charisma: 18.5612Please respect copyright.PENANACHKhEuKFeF
Agility: 16.5612Please respect copyright.PENANAAki1a5gOqW
Magic: 24612Please respect copyright.PENANABfDtzrvVHq
612Please respect copyright.PENANAMpd0FRd3ss
612Please respect copyright.PENANAfmJcYRoprg
Oh, that not too ba-
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612Please respect copyright.PENANAiIj8YGJg50
Arc: “Focus!”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAZyd8OZhePr
*CRACK*612Please respect copyright.PENANANaXPrFeDT3
612Please respect copyright.PENANAE8KxZcWPIw
Purple lightning snakes forwards threatening to cook me but I place a shield up just in time. In spite of the warning, I barely could catch it on the shield. It even pushed me back.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAXd6dOylS02
612Please respect copyright.PENANAnOheUyDwRy
Arc: “Idiot, it’s the magic stat you have to be careful of. Even mages who neglect their body can level cities. Close the gap, you can’t win like this.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAqfSa60KojM
612Please respect copyright.PENANAKyh9mFSueW
I rush forward towards Anthony while keeping the shield up. Anthony continues to blast lightning at me but it only delays me.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAXalPhpU5Ze
612Please respect copyright.PENANAZgJXusdEus
Anthony: “That shield won’t last forever!”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAa1IpcFUueC
612Please respect copyright.PENANAYLh6rdh0Mc
Ignore it and push forward! I get close enough to lunge at Anthony with my free hand. I reach out for his shoulder, just one touch is enough.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAeNvPqVqyCu
612Please respect copyright.PENANAuaJgRVKHJG
Anthony: “You’re slow compared to the King!”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAC5iAaeYqOv
612Please respect copyright.PENANAywFZkE3FWJ
Anthony throws a kick to my side but I catch it with ease.
612Please respect copyright.PENANA0CzUz324Kk
612Please respect copyright.PENANAUWptYq1nv2
Nao: “Checkmate, paralysis.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAZzDkpC9Fih
612Please respect copyright.PENANAOdqRALxkVH
An orange burst of lightning erupts from Anthony’s body.
…
…
Anthony: “What do you know, Artemis was right. I’m immune to shock-based spells now”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAvQbk8HpnLa
Nao: “!!”612Please respect copyright.PENANAbPoxibyAzs
612Please respect copyright.PENANAKVVGvOvfzR
Anthony: “My turn, paralysis.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAspUOl4dNWa
612Please respect copyright.PENANAICcVLYqumK
I let go of Anthony’s leg before it erupts in purple lightning that would’ve knocked me clean out.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAxrpZiHBOZC
612Please respect copyright.PENANAlrTD7xYzA4
Nao: “Not yet!”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAK7nFzsOGTB
612Please respect copyright.PENANAoMxhE2IJOD
I bite my lip and transform my right arm into a gorilla’s. 612Please respect copyright.PENANANIfdnnelRh
612Please respect copyright.PENANAdy7XKcGWZM
Strength: 30612Please respect copyright.PENANAjiE3AY8mYg
612Please respect copyright.PENANA1cYgDdq5Um
My powered fist sinks into Anthony’s face and his eyes go white. Did I…win!612Please respect copyright.PENANALpapQmtsro
*BOOM*612Please respect copyright.PENANAJB4vzQRGc1
612Please respect copyright.PENANA7KBS4MW7Jr
Nao: “GAAH!”612Please respect copyright.PENANAEImxZPZN2g
612Please respect copyright.PENANAB1tdI0rflU
Lightning engulfs both of us and Anthony’s consciousness returns. Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAaDNx0uHKqb
612Please respect copyright.PENANAV2PVY7yagZ
I rip myself away from the raging storm and transform the necklace into book form. I need a new spe-
612Please respect copyright.PENANAbqeGBp6mae
612Please respect copyright.PENANADJndsJIrHr
Anthony: “You think I’d let you!”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAcCizHylZg6
612Please respect copyright.PENANASQKszRVppp
A kick comes rocketing towards my face. At first, I felt little but then a burst of lightning explodes between his leg and my face.
612Please respect copyright.PENANApkUMymtAzI
Nao: “Gaah!”612Please respect copyright.PENANAurDyQuRk3G
612Please respect copyright.PENANA43b2pfaUFr
I grip the book for dear life as I tumble across the ground. Smoke sizzles off my skin and the nightmares begin seeping into my mind. The boiling skin, the darkness and…death…
612Please respect copyright.PENANAO9jISRzc2D
612Please respect copyright.PENANAKGgmhKrzrD
Anthony: “Get it, we’re not done. And if I see you trying to swap spells I roast the rest of the students.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAZfpiCiJPKP
Nao: “!!”612Please respect copyright.PENANAcVuKy8lxxf
612Please respect copyright.PENANAqdadzQdljh
I transform the book into necklace form and shake off the nightmares.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAS8lVvq4ZNa
612Please respect copyright.PENANAdibzj1RWsE
Anthony: “Give up Nao, you can’t be me as I am now. Why even fight me. These people don’t care about you.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAoE2AZj8jQr
612Please respect copyright.PENANAPPqQSkV4ZM
Nao: “I-I can’t…won’t kill again. I won’t make that mistake again…”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAEAb7hfU6JT
612Please respect copyright.PENANAB8BrcBJebG
Anthony: “Tch, don’t play like you regret killing Anton. You don’t feel regret because you didn’t want to kill those bullies! You’re just scared of killing, of your mom’s disappointment, and of doing the right thing! I saw you! You liked it, you relished in dishing out judgment. Just like me.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANA7yk5FhDeUB
612Please respect copyright.PENANAd6jPcA1r4O
Nao: “That’s not who I’m supposed to be. It’s…It’s wrong?”
612Please respect copyright.PENANA9GAku1a9PY
612Please respect copyright.PENANANUPLWFDIpM
I feel a fist sink into my gut. I can hear the crackling of lightning but Anthony holds back from shocking me. But still, my knees buckle from the building pain.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAYJUSMi2ODf
Anthony: “*Sigh*”612Please respect copyright.PENANAMshSmZih0a
612Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6knCaUoLF
Anthony: “I don’t want to kill you Nao, you’re the one who inspired me. Seeing you destroy those bullies before and even fighting the King. You proved that the oppressed can fight back. Be that way again, help me kill the rest off.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAFJW4RXasDr
612Please respect copyright.PENANAZobzorioVQ
Nao: “You can’t…be serious.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAXDPqH0mFr0
612Please respect copyright.PENANAmTNpzHoewx
Anthony: “Deadly, I will kill them either way. Why not free yourself from your delusion and remain among the living.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAHhW4o5P4jh
612Please respect copyright.PENANAXNCgZglb3o
Nao: “What…happened to you.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANASH025XFMnU
612Please respect copyright.PENANA6cGBs1U7Yh
Anthony: “…I made the choice to fight back. So, what’s your final answer.”612Please respect copyright.PENANAbGjhP27TsS
612Please respect copyright.PENANA7x72K3eB7u
Nao: “My answer is…”
612Please respect copyright.PENANA4FZBWqobK4
*Smile*612Please respect copyright.PENANA81Q8RGkIos
612Please respect copyright.PENANA0x4Vajw0H3
Nao: “Thanks for giving me time to prepare.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAGMPszxzj74
612Please respect copyright.PENANAdhzvBuF8E7
Anthony: “What?”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAdIGcfmESbs
612Please respect copyright.PENANAYoQehzo4Rx
Nao: “Air bullet!”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAA0GIvPOhom
612Please respect copyright.PENANAeNFURZQ6ai
A powerful blast of air blasts out of my hands and into Anthony’s gut. He barely blocks with the lightning but the force was too much to hold. He’s sent flying back and that’s only the beginning.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAvN9CZoR3so
612Please respect copyright.PENANAzyL0bhOT2c
I sense all the water in the sprinklers above and bring them all out. The hallway becomes a maelstrom of water and I drop it all on Anthony. Let’s see if can survive his own shocks!
612Please respect copyright.PENANAf9eDF6XIr1
612Please respect copyright.PENANAIKvgTnOPRm
Nao: “Everyone run! I don’t know how long I can hold him!”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAPizxkAwiCB
612Please respect copyright.PENANAzPwA0ohLd3
Instantly, everyone gets up and runs away to various locations around the school. I can see lightning flashing within the water prison I’ve built around him. I have to-
612Please respect copyright.PENANAgbR6hB2DOz
*Drip*612Please respect copyright.PENANAPRN6bmQuDZ
612Please respect copyright.PENANAqkETFvUTRp
My vision is…starting to blur and my nose is...bleeding? 612Please respect copyright.PENANAqhYCmsess5
612Please respect copyright.PENANASJUDY8kZmV
612Please respect copyright.PENANA0ij7dioFdZ
Arc: “Of course, you never used these many different spells at once. Your magic stat is only 24 after all. Should have practiced your offensive more.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAbrUBrT43vu
612Please respect copyright.PENANACxQCN84tfY
Sorry for being suspended and home locked.
612Please respect copyright.PENANASQHAIgpxPv
612Please respect copyright.PENANAKYkfrACVOe
I fall to one knee but I keep the prison active. At all I cost I must-
612Please respect copyright.PENANAazf9gLCsoP
!?612Please respect copyright.PENANAfx88hZK7e1
612Please respect copyright.PENANA8yAyWJFm6J
I start to notice the bursts of lightning within the bubble less over time. Like a dying light, I’m about to snuff it out…
612Please respect copyright.PENANAbOTkVkIkso
612Please respect copyright.PENANAVizSSHN2Ad
Anthony…is going to die if I keep him in there.
…
…
I…hope everyone found somewhere safe. I pray that Anthony’s powers are weakened enough by the water.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAS2gwxRdHGp
612Please respect copyright.PENANArog0SRj4zI
Kid, you’ll regret that.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAWGqOL2lpEO
612Please respect copyright.PENANASKZyMv1rPH
I release the water prison and the hallway floods. I collapse onto my knee in the puddle and watch as my blood drips on its surface.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAfo4BzTsSiy
612Please respect copyright.PENANApZQ2ObzjUj
Anthony: *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*
612Please respect copyright.PENANAWuQEGXEap0
612Please respect copyright.PENANA44crvdtqAt
Anthony: “Damn it, Nao. Why?”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAsshJcrOLVS
612Please respect copyright.PENANAMUhWob4Tdh
Anthony drags himself to me and grabs my shirt by the collar.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAJG21R7eMo0
612Please respect copyright.PENANAUxKpJkZ1Rm
Anthony: “Why didn’t you kill me?! Are you retarded?!”
612Please respect copyright.PENANA4mSJ7Digxq
!!612Please respect copyright.PENANA5HI7k6IlkN
612Please respect copyright.PENANAj4c195Cwja
Nao: “Y-You…want to die?”612Please respect copyright.PENANA8YsuRakmra
612Please respect copyright.PENANAjgYcMQYcG1
612Please respect copyright.PENANAde3ZQFl6zC
Anthony: “No you idiot, I’m just bewildered that you would spare me when you know what I’ll do now.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAzMIx9kqJ2o
612Please respect copyright.PENANAnEEvRsI1vW
Nao: “Because…I want to see…a world where…we don’t have to kill each other.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAygz07h6Xej
612Please respect copyright.PENANAQtiop1va9B
Anthony: “…I wish that could happen. But that’s not the world we live in. Change must be bought with the bodies of the corrupt. Otherwise, this will never end.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAWsgKS0jd3V
612Please respect copyright.PENANAuxL2YVBstw
Anthony looks at the pen remains floating in the water. Hehe, I guess he figured it out.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAEcIq7osRpx
612Please respect copyright.PENANAEs5cOA5xlP
Anthony: “The minor illusion pen…”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAiqR8wpGJxG
612Please respect copyright.PENANA4JdrI7t0If
Anthony: “You made me think you transformed the book back into a necklace so you could safely swap spells. Clever, but meaningless because of your naivety.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAyYGhN0oIFc
612Please respect copyright.PENANAr3xuOl943G
Arc: “Na-”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAIfZiijVpNY
612Please respect copyright.PENANA4updDIw4xq
Anthony rips Arc off of me and lets me fall into the water with a heavy splash. It’s…really over. Was I…wrong, mom? The game screen that’s been with me since the start fades away. I’m sure my blue eyes also darken to brown.
612Please respect copyright.PENANATEN1kd5nen
612Please respect copyright.PENANAjbc4fruiDF
Anthony: “I’m sorry it had to end like this, but I won’t stop here. I’ll have my vengeance and more. With Artemis and…”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAT9ZnyvjgD5
612Please respect copyright.PENANA3PM7yp4sZ4
Anthony puts on the necklace and at first, horror paints his face. But he quickly passes that trail and fully accepts Arc. Even I can hear the sound of my defeat.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAoW2A1yWbLH
612Please respect copyright.PENANA4TOmjpKBdw
“ArchMage system activated, 98th user registered. Hello, Anthony.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAhJ6MHCadWw
612Please respect copyright.PENANAd8pcW5oHNm
Anthony: “….with Arc. Once again you inspire me Nao. I’ll still have our vengeance but I won’t stop there. There are more people like Anton out there and I’ll be sure to kill them all.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAAxDYjkP7po
612Please respect copyright.PENANA9ljuWp9EFf
Nao: “And…after that?”
612Please respect copyright.PENANANwzA20eUe1
612Please respect copyright.PENANA66wHdQ1Nfr
Anthony: “….Depends on Artemis but I hope to build a world where people like me will never have to suffer again. Is that so wrong Nao? If you’re allowed to change the world for the better, why can’t I?”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAYPmCgo2XpP
612Please respect copyright.PENANAccnbGRC6dY
Nao: “…”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAwXcpsq62NU
612Please respect copyright.PENANARNBOBzKhQs
I don’t know. My mind blanks and my consciousness begins to fade.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAEpjRuZqnvN
612Please respect copyright.PENANA8EwE1M7ZZg
Anthony: “Goodbye Nao, I hope you survive these wounds to see the new world with me.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANA5nmKJBuNFt
612Please respect copyright.PENANAwCg3NyIDj3
I close my enemies and accept my failure. I’m sorry Alyson…Mom…Arc…
…
…612Please respect copyright.PENANASyj2OzMwpt
I’m back in that same darkness that consumes my being. But this time…it’s not as oppressive as before.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAIFbfyjeSGf
612Please respect copyright.PENANA3WjafienwO
Seems Arc’s little plan failed. I’m glad actually, I think you’re a good successor.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAL7qhEnNNJi
612Please respect copyright.PENANAKQHm6O1vWH
W-Who are you? You look…familiar. How can I even see a human form here?
612Please respect copyright.PENANAPm0eSbtrwl
612Please respect copyright.PENANAVxsanFM6dL
Doesn’t matter right now. Tell me, do you want to stop Anthony?
612Please respect copyright.PENANAfLo2HDGi66
612Please respect copyright.PENANADQuu135IRp
…I don’t know. Do I even have the right? Do I have to kill him? Won’t mom be disappointed? Won’t I betray the path I’ve chosen? I’m…so confused…
612Please respect copyright.PENANASThGWjftQ1
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For Gods’ sake kid, it’s not that complicated.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAxjT48bQZ4C
612Please respect copyright.PENANANnVKls3ND4
I-It’s not? B-B-But-
612Please respect copyright.PENANAtP28cjcwWW
612Please respect copyright.PENANA4GJkzpO520
Shut it, think. Why did you want to stop Anthony in the first place?
612Please respect copyright.PENANAuNltqgr84b
612Please respect copyright.PENANAp8HIhW1uOa
T-To save…my family.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAEvPeKV5ZQ5
612Please respect copyright.PENANAzpeyIp6SzM
Right. Everything else is just extra filling. Your core desire right now is your family.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAvAVGszmfya
612Please respect copyright.PENANAEWychRIDXl
But I…don’t want to kill Anthony. I don’t want to disappoint my mom. I want to-
612Please respect copyright.PENANAq2YkOyTFZu
612Please respect copyright.PENANAuaO1vHQnzf
Again, that’s all extra. Let me spell it out this way. Do you want your family to die?
612Please respect copyright.PENANAFYx9yknlXW
!!612Please respect copyright.PENANA4GM2XhXYzH
612Please respect copyright.PENANA5iiBXlEKSD
No….I…I don’t want to lose my family.612Please respect copyright.PENANARyR1Bvj3aC
612Please respect copyright.PENANAqgKckIJyZd
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Despite not having a face in this realm, I can feel tears streaming down my face as I confess this simple fact.
612Please respect copyright.PENANASgv1g3og8K
612Please respect copyright.PENANAL2DdbxnPu3
Then focus on that. Fuck all those philosophy weirdos that need some grand reason to save someone. You want them to live? Then save them. Simple as that.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAmx7CxDVwY6
612Please respect copyright.PENANAyeApJQq4rT
No need to save the world or debate your enemy’s reasoning. Focus and save those you love and care about. Everything else comes after that.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAHHWuwpMhSl
612Please respect copyright.PENANA6kOSs6PE7X
…Okay, I will.
612Please respect copyright.PENANA9zKezTOZTu
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Good, the first step in doing that is taking my hand.
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612Please respect copyright.PENANAcUlU4hXqhp
…Why?
612Please respect copyright.PENANAzDEEU0tY6V
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Because your mind and body is a mess right now. Let me take over a bit, I’ll tag you in when you’re healed.
612Please respect copyright.PENANACcuD6jDcPT
612Please respect copyright.PENANAkbfqvIOnoJ
I don’t know why but I…trust this man. I move through the darkness and take his hands.
612Please respect copyright.PENANA2GxzT7rXhy
612Please respect copyright.PENANAnqA4bzqZny
Instantly, light fills the void and I’m…enveloped by it’s brilliance.
…
…612Please respect copyright.PENANAOqaCdHT2Oa
Anthony: “Come on Artemis, I know I said I’ll give you Arc as a wedding gift but I need that power for a bit.”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAvreIuB04Kn
612Please respect copyright.PENANAPmd6RjRgCL
Anthony: “…No, I’m not cheating on you with him. Good grief woman.”
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612Please respect copyright.PENANA0o5BLd37Mm
Anthony: “!!!?”
612Please respect copyright.PENANAa2ktKY9QJn
612Please respect copyright.PENANAy4XqsN8NYy
My body isn’t my own anymore. It shifts and grows into a similar form. It raises from the water reborn, brimming with power beyond reason. My eyes open to reveal a pure white instead of brown or blue.
612Please respect copyright.PENANAJCWA2aBV7V
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Alphon: “Hey Anthony, I would like my partner back.”
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Alphon:
Strength: ???612Please respect copyright.PENANArbukMXuTUK
Endurance: ???612Please respect copyright.PENANAOhyw0IXHdR
Intelligence: ???612Please respect copyright.PENANABm6tKzyv0h
Charisma: ???612Please respect copyright.PENANArNr4JfRv4e
Agility: ???612Please respect copyright.PENANAYUFHvxTAYl
Magic: ????????612Please respect copyright.PENANAV0jUmkuil3


