Arc: “Be careful, this is your first mage battle. Not only that, Anthony has an artifact.”452Please respect copyright.PENANA5S0P6WVk0P
452Please respect copyright.PENANA4mFZCD0Ble
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What’s that?
452Please respect copyright.PENANAdq98PSsM5a
452Please respect copyright.PENANAqfnYBm46HX
Arc: “A true magic item, among the strongest of their kind.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAltmCglGAyu
452Please respect copyright.PENANAF443QKszXw
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAuayN3aLv95
452Please respect copyright.PENANAltygwTnOUQ
I point it at Anthony who’s waiting for me to deliver the first blow. Good thing, this gives me time.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAn7szaeqMVt
452Please respect copyright.PENANAgwRzSoP5St
Anthony(With Artemis):
Strength: 10452Please respect copyright.PENANA8S5MLqH0C9
Endurance: 10452Please respect copyright.PENANA2mB3IQ5I2y
Intelligence: 21452Please respect copyright.PENANAczNXUBmeGD
Charisma: 20452Please respect copyright.PENANADiKRqX8yIN
Agility: 14 452Please respect copyright.PENANAYcGJWZAbZZ
Magic: 35 452Please respect copyright.PENANAev873Zalrn
452Please respect copyright.PENANAL4bl9N5Pie
VS
452Please respect copyright.PENANAIo0sTb8jJi
Nao(Base/No Shape Shift):
Strength: 21452Please respect copyright.PENANASSFhRkoSfR
Endurance: 17.5452Please respect copyright.PENANA4uwERE83Yy
Intelligence: 19.5452Please respect copyright.PENANAQyR3UQaDSw
Charisma: 18.5452Please respect copyright.PENANAJNfLkwydh6
Agility: 16.5452Please respect copyright.PENANAXKB0Znmnbr
Magic: 24452Please respect copyright.PENANA4KEMo4mnEF
452Please respect copyright.PENANAUGqqyrCPcM
452Please respect copyright.PENANA4jgdTCdBAW
Oh, that not too ba-
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452Please respect copyright.PENANAFLVnbY0fPk
Arc: “Focus!”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAmBxMwQFI0H
*CRACK*452Please respect copyright.PENANAlNRX9D0gUb
452Please respect copyright.PENANAyxWQhr3ftt
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAGtk2hyYHnf
452Please respect copyright.PENANA1nWt8h8lDj
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.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAtUZiw98g59
452Please respect copyright.PENANA0Tcagwz58Y
I rush forward towards Anthony while keeping the shield up. Anthony continues to blast lightning at me but it only delays me.
452Please respect copyright.PENANA9NKQdDZjgy
452Please respect copyright.PENANAh1y2vXIRxn
Anthony: “That shield won’t last forever!”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAz0U4cOjGi7
452Please respect copyright.PENANA7WUSSmSQrk
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAryBxy1r9VR
452Please respect copyright.PENANAXOdZePUkcN
Anthony: “You’re slow compared to the King!”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAgMTjAmrhaZ
452Please respect copyright.PENANAzRGHtOh1yL
Anthony throws a kick to my side but I catch it with ease.
452Please respect copyright.PENANACQvYa6AX1Q
452Please respect copyright.PENANArx8CgGd322
Nao: “Checkmate, paralysis.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANA4WOnSA6hPw
452Please respect copyright.PENANA387vVfqptM
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”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAaQN3Iky5Nc
Nao: “!!”452Please respect copyright.PENANAqKir4Tpfoc
452Please respect copyright.PENANAeHpj91MQLp
Anthony: “My turn, paralysis.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAYPX3WPRdDR
452Please respect copyright.PENANA8FmFFqymXE
I let go of Anthony’s leg before it erupts in purple lightning that would’ve knocked me clean out.
452Please respect copyright.PENANA9XwkxV1vI3
452Please respect copyright.PENANAERzsKTDq1a
Nao: “Not yet!”
452Please respect copyright.PENANASO7REJnHtx
452Please respect copyright.PENANAWvuhBN0q9Y
I bite my lip and transform my right arm into a gorilla’s. 452Please respect copyright.PENANABEKfneJePB
452Please respect copyright.PENANAToEyy0VARE
Strength: 30452Please respect copyright.PENANAHyTis7UoyR
452Please respect copyright.PENANAkL53DBOpdk
My powered fist sinks into Anthony’s face and his eyes go white. Did I…win!452Please respect copyright.PENANAKFyIfFhBV4
*BOOM*452Please respect copyright.PENANAx923WAvuga
452Please respect copyright.PENANAAWQ6fjHrBU
Nao: “GAAH!”452Please respect copyright.PENANAzUzVkdJX33
452Please respect copyright.PENANAW7n4qiufCc
Lightning engulfs both of us and Anthony’s consciousness returns. Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAUPrF6TSyDB
452Please respect copyright.PENANAnxg9mjFBe3
I rip myself away from the raging storm and transform the necklace into book form. I need a new spe-
452Please respect copyright.PENANALXyr6vJzp9
452Please respect copyright.PENANAJSIS6ZA8KT
Anthony: “You think I’d let you!”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAJ52C4ETiwq
452Please respect copyright.PENANAdPBlv2158Q
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAXWJg5ziaUT
Nao: “Gaah!”452Please respect copyright.PENANA3E3ikujtkE
452Please respect copyright.PENANAWX9IRrmcVH
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…
452Please respect copyright.PENANAiUsE455D2x
452Please respect copyright.PENANA2VL7QNMumg
Anthony: “Get it, we’re not done. And if I see you trying to swap spells I roast the rest of the students.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAB1tvCw6aSM
Nao: “!!”452Please respect copyright.PENANARnlRjXmdK2
452Please respect copyright.PENANAFTg7zXRlvc
I transform the book into necklace form and shake off the nightmares.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAaYTcwTMtm4
452Please respect copyright.PENANApx2UQghJz5
Anthony: “Give up Nao, you can’t be me as I am now. Why even fight me. These people don’t care about you.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAQmMu9sZCYG
452Please respect copyright.PENANAjfZcjVH8XV
Nao: “I-I can’t…won’t kill again. I won’t make that mistake again…”
452Please respect copyright.PENANA5NBgrYbNak
452Please respect copyright.PENANApchIw6vQJ4
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.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAk6MgsYdSoE
452Please respect copyright.PENANADZiLRUWIVE
Nao: “That’s not who I’m supposed to be. It’s…It’s wrong?”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAcV6yf5niC6
452Please respect copyright.PENANAw3uLlkICCv
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAsfz0tEAvUO
Anthony: “*Sigh*”452Please respect copyright.PENANA9haNVl6H0u
452Please respect copyright.PENANA2y8qiXLP8B
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.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANA1fn8JVWpTk
452Please respect copyright.PENANAvufsp8tXgh
Nao: “You can’t…be serious.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAITfuPSL4zZ
452Please respect copyright.PENANA3DgpqmEF4S
Anthony: “Deadly, I will kill them either way. Why not free yourself from your delusion and remain among the living.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAyyjpsdeBgQ
452Please respect copyright.PENANAhKcR7TbGig
Nao: “What…happened to you.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAaxQSHhJhpQ
452Please respect copyright.PENANAP1c4tUJwlT
Anthony: “…I made the choice to fight back. So, what’s your final answer.”452Please respect copyright.PENANAf308Yygne9
452Please respect copyright.PENANAufQKRPLK6i
Nao: “My answer is…”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAiicsGYWTzS
*Smile*452Please respect copyright.PENANAPMmtcxBKUP
452Please respect copyright.PENANAVkeS67qhvJ
Nao: “Thanks for giving me time to prepare.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAnCvVMOzSmQ
452Please respect copyright.PENANAXFONWbgUjJ
Anthony: “What?”
452Please respect copyright.PENANASvJGBu5JtO
452Please respect copyright.PENANAiB16DTxSCT
Nao: “Air bullet!”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAk19puvJwFu
452Please respect copyright.PENANAprh67h7u8H
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANACk9me1xFIC
452Please respect copyright.PENANAHW1CseGvEH
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!
452Please respect copyright.PENANAXiiKNvaMol
452Please respect copyright.PENANArVW1b10IDy
Nao: “Everyone run! I don’t know how long I can hold him!”
452Please respect copyright.PENANALMLHrjZFnb
452Please respect copyright.PENANAvvZoPExFKN
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-
452Please respect copyright.PENANANNuTKe3JUN
*Drip*452Please respect copyright.PENANAaYkUTLGcA6
452Please respect copyright.PENANAmozlktWfHS
My vision is…starting to blur and my nose is...bleeding? 452Please respect copyright.PENANA2gBTjnGfMJ
452Please respect copyright.PENANAaHBEhwS14U
452Please respect copyright.PENANA9rNteT5cwV
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.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAfGeyfd5qCu
452Please respect copyright.PENANAymbieyPATI
Sorry for being suspended and home locked.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAXRGKfWo30T
452Please respect copyright.PENANAZ624ep0HoA
I fall to one knee but I keep the prison active. At all I cost I must-
452Please respect copyright.PENANAjG9LhRgeyw
!?452Please respect copyright.PENANAonyldXzg4T
452Please respect copyright.PENANAwXN9TYcaKU
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…
452Please respect copyright.PENANAkzyKySH5ka
452Please respect copyright.PENANApxubBMfXVs
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAAIHhkhVMNc
452Please respect copyright.PENANANbfjdpG9KH
Kid, you’ll regret that.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAAy5sDtB85a
452Please respect copyright.PENANAFSHV4MDkF7
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAmoslxslCTj
452Please respect copyright.PENANAUx0tvgjkqO
Anthony: *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*
452Please respect copyright.PENANATB1NQjj0Kt
452Please respect copyright.PENANAfklLFFtJGk
Anthony: “Damn it, Nao. Why?”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAqYXUnxo9dr
452Please respect copyright.PENANAHCbRZCpBwL
Anthony drags himself to me and grabs my shirt by the collar.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAwLkpX81wIT
452Please respect copyright.PENANANhLus1OvW2
Anthony: “Why didn’t you kill me?! Are you retarded?!”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAAyd7zmK4m4
!!452Please respect copyright.PENANAaHKjNR87AC
452Please respect copyright.PENANAP9hXzLYEao
Nao: “Y-You…want to die?”452Please respect copyright.PENANA6hGNK1vYQ6
452Please respect copyright.PENANAbrRc0lkOOp
452Please respect copyright.PENANA6ijzgJtYPR
Anthony: “No you idiot, I’m just bewildered that you would spare me when you know what I’ll do now.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAHGfBL6AbaM
452Please respect copyright.PENANAL38O9Zg3wk
Nao: “Because…I want to see…a world where…we don’t have to kill each other.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAxPPJCz6eiJ
452Please respect copyright.PENANAozOlGXxvtI
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.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAULzzAsJsGC
452Please respect copyright.PENANAtP9e47Z0I8
Anthony looks at the pen remains floating in the water. Hehe, I guess he figured it out.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAhLRmJy3cFI
452Please respect copyright.PENANAJsbgPMbZHN
Anthony: “The minor illusion pen…”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAYj5145KKDi
452Please respect copyright.PENANAQTbzvxd9bH
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.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAloBx0ODIHm
452Please respect copyright.PENANAshFOzsmPh0
Arc: “Na-”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAekFSKjXgQK
452Please respect copyright.PENANA4F9X4ZZvmv
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAHzUF6TkX4t
452Please respect copyright.PENANAfD5vKWaKDO
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…”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAvgorViqkuK
452Please respect copyright.PENANArBjIK1909P
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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAfUuY3MSu5v
452Please respect copyright.PENANAbT0GXi6QIW
“ArchMage system activated, 98th user registered. Hello, Anthony.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAqLffFdDWQl
452Please respect copyright.PENANAiGDO1TlDKP
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.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAtm7xVz19AI
452Please respect copyright.PENANAeOsHED5qHy
Nao: “And…after that?”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAONZeBiMlpS
452Please respect copyright.PENANAMakKPiB020
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?”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAjyux4AlBO3
452Please respect copyright.PENANAeEOn4hya08
Nao: “…”
452Please respect copyright.PENANAFLPR3Q9StC
452Please respect copyright.PENANAVrl6PWpApi
I don’t know. My mind blanks and my consciousness begins to fade.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAwuxRXBK9z4
452Please respect copyright.PENANAqdfkJSTRh9
Anthony: “Goodbye Nao, I hope you survive these wounds to see the new world with me.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANApLacCWK4BX
452Please respect copyright.PENANAVpdza1ZinQ
I close my enemies and accept my failure. I’m sorry Alyson…Mom…Arc…
…
…452Please respect copyright.PENANAofxJOLg3x4
I’m back in that same darkness that consumes my being. But this time…it’s not as oppressive as before.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAk0XnsSTkST
452Please respect copyright.PENANAok0bN2baKN
Seems Arc’s little plan failed. I’m glad actually, I think you’re a good successor.
452Please respect copyright.PENANARH0muGG4CE
452Please respect copyright.PENANAaEsGEMshNq
W-Who are you? You look…familiar. How can I even see a human form here?
452Please respect copyright.PENANAmkmaZEzDk0
452Please respect copyright.PENANANDRzHHrDe0
Doesn’t matter right now. Tell me, do you want to stop Anthony?
452Please respect copyright.PENANASugH7CPw9t
452Please respect copyright.PENANAPol3PubLMr
…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…
452Please respect copyright.PENANA2GAPuAZyJg
452Please respect copyright.PENANAo0C7GK0moK
For Gods’ sake kid, it’s not that complicated.
452Please respect copyright.PENANA9IajZEIj40
452Please respect copyright.PENANAxjfia1rJZp
I-It’s not? B-B-But-
452Please respect copyright.PENANATMdjZwpxTI
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Shut it, think. Why did you want to stop Anthony in the first place?
452Please respect copyright.PENANA7h8sxAR5pX
452Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8B11gAIuM
T-To save…my family.
452Please respect copyright.PENANA0CEZshPRuG
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Right. Everything else is just extra filling. Your core desire right now is your family.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAuuqnQKgRrk
452Please respect copyright.PENANA8UvQDOs6Nv
But I…don’t want to kill Anthony. I don’t want to disappoint my mom. I want to-
452Please respect copyright.PENANAzWpdgJdzYn
452Please respect copyright.PENANAuX02cxe5AN
Again, that’s all extra. Let me spell it out this way. Do you want your family to die?
452Please respect copyright.PENANATL18zXIg4b
!!452Please respect copyright.PENANAl24sESDP4C
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No….I…I don’t want to lose my family.452Please respect copyright.PENANAY3AOZMV7sH
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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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAbj4MZvMkSl
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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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANA9YaQ8RvdQx
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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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANA4dDXKXOTLf
452Please respect copyright.PENANAVWfDJVE0vT
…Okay, I will.
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Good, the first step in doing that is taking my hand.
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452Please respect copyright.PENANAiWsCjgo0Nd
…Why?
452Please respect copyright.PENANAmYv1Phalp0
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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.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAwqIceSg7Ao
452Please respect copyright.PENANAjisXpprbn6
I don’t know why but I…trust this man. I move through the darkness and take his hands.
452Please respect copyright.PENANAsqhSkJj5pR
452Please respect copyright.PENANA8Mrtolkj5X
Instantly, light fills the void and I’m…enveloped by it’s brilliance.
…
…452Please respect copyright.PENANACX1uPPcxnQ
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.”
452Please respect copyright.PENANA9yAxbZKzu7
452Please respect copyright.PENANAjtwVLmqCS9
Anthony: “…No, I’m not cheating on you with him. Good grief woman.”
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452Please respect copyright.PENANAKOId09InIy
Anthony: “!!!?”
452Please respect copyright.PENANA5F8KYW14ji
452Please respect copyright.PENANAheXIm5pDi5
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.
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Alphon: “Hey Anthony, I would like my partner back.”
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452Please respect copyright.PENANACOX4GsSdEh
Alphon:
Strength: ???452Please respect copyright.PENANAMxnLhPIGzO
Endurance: ???452Please respect copyright.PENANAlfxDQTJR4a
Intelligence: ???452Please respect copyright.PENANAayBR5dH7nJ
Charisma: ???452Please respect copyright.PENANAK2gPrA0qoX
Agility: ???452Please respect copyright.PENANAnv3F6Ri1Me
Magic: ????????452Please respect copyright.PENANA4RTU9xgtfE