Arc: “Be careful, this is your first mage battle. Not only that, Anthony has an artifact.”376Please respect copyright.PENANA25JHj6rHXf
376Please respect copyright.PENANAGJ0r1aCWgF
376Please respect copyright.PENANAXE78wU7y4J
What’s that?
376Please respect copyright.PENANAF9vyvpC8nn
376Please respect copyright.PENANAmtKlSvFkuI
Arc: “A true magic item, among the strongest of their kind.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAdtnT34cHXg
376Please respect copyright.PENANAJqoIPUzngJ
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAZPHc6fsc2U
376Please respect copyright.PENANAdetczRqmsb
I point it at Anthony who’s waiting for me to deliver the first blow. Good thing, this gives me time.
376Please respect copyright.PENANA2hHz0hqozc
376Please respect copyright.PENANAWpxJZcAdMs
Anthony(With Artemis):
Strength: 10376Please respect copyright.PENANAGHIXdxsRb2
Endurance: 10376Please respect copyright.PENANArLPoFqh2tH
Intelligence: 21376Please respect copyright.PENANAfGvK5kV5ff
Charisma: 20376Please respect copyright.PENANAHPJZsQeroW
Agility: 14 376Please respect copyright.PENANAtBEzk7JMc9
Magic: 35 376Please respect copyright.PENANArOYcHUvosB
376Please respect copyright.PENANAa1J5shO6wq
VS
376Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6SJXSnxKH
Nao(Base/No Shape Shift):
Strength: 21376Please respect copyright.PENANAnMub7tIiIv
Endurance: 17.5376Please respect copyright.PENANAYbwEX7D6j5
Intelligence: 19.5376Please respect copyright.PENANAwQIjzkTn7U
Charisma: 18.5376Please respect copyright.PENANAWm4crZ38Z1
Agility: 16.5376Please respect copyright.PENANAjA3yLOsCnY
Magic: 24376Please respect copyright.PENANAB2Lnb7vp8x
376Please respect copyright.PENANAFsGPChn7sA
376Please respect copyright.PENANAO60d4JkeFk
Oh, that not too ba-
376Please respect copyright.PENANAejCeReiT5h
376Please respect copyright.PENANAeByfm1CCtA
Arc: “Focus!”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAfD2lhWHCyt
*CRACK*376Please respect copyright.PENANAH9AjY1UNvb
376Please respect copyright.PENANAqv4NLzf4PS
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAN25WCyLtqc
376Please respect copyright.PENANAwmyFi6AubR
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.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAqHpfq17uoj
376Please respect copyright.PENANAHjdfcJAVtB
I rush forward towards Anthony while keeping the shield up. Anthony continues to blast lightning at me but it only delays me.
376Please respect copyright.PENANADrFXfQEFO2
376Please respect copyright.PENANA5umnZY5IzP
Anthony: “That shield won’t last forever!”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAAhMb3rn6Ow
376Please respect copyright.PENANAMzeVHdqElj
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANA6NSxwKv8by
376Please respect copyright.PENANACrarASi2oh
Anthony: “You’re slow compared to the King!”
376Please respect copyright.PENANALYpGcJ6ali
376Please respect copyright.PENANAjwJgGmxdEH
Anthony throws a kick to my side but I catch it with ease.
376Please respect copyright.PENANApHV9LDJVuv
376Please respect copyright.PENANA8qbl1Gby08
Nao: “Checkmate, paralysis.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAJynG5hJwU9
376Please respect copyright.PENANA62JUQuqJrL
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”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAKl6AlBWCPt
Nao: “!!”376Please respect copyright.PENANADsirAHi0MC
376Please respect copyright.PENANAy27f5kGdmb
Anthony: “My turn, paralysis.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANA5t1pJCjmp5
376Please respect copyright.PENANAL1nCGRbEFs
I let go of Anthony’s leg before it erupts in purple lightning that would’ve knocked me clean out.
376Please respect copyright.PENANABUywwy16aD
376Please respect copyright.PENANAF1buVbQhtu
Nao: “Not yet!”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAMCI2MnXjow
376Please respect copyright.PENANAGUpBTryMiJ
I bite my lip and transform my right arm into a gorilla’s. 376Please respect copyright.PENANAzrbgj6OqYG
376Please respect copyright.PENANAw65zHFiPoD
Strength: 30376Please respect copyright.PENANAZF8NJYMuLm
376Please respect copyright.PENANAxazyepfHms
My powered fist sinks into Anthony’s face and his eyes go white. Did I…win!376Please respect copyright.PENANAViNvmOf9zY
*BOOM*376Please respect copyright.PENANAWlqg3meebB
376Please respect copyright.PENANARhNAdWM5vU
Nao: “GAAH!”376Please respect copyright.PENANAfny8Y6ZKYW
376Please respect copyright.PENANAySXsisqVh2
Lightning engulfs both of us and Anthony’s consciousness returns. Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAq8cUScyF1p
376Please respect copyright.PENANA1vgcNcAege
I rip myself away from the raging storm and transform the necklace into book form. I need a new spe-
376Please respect copyright.PENANAzXDPVQ7Uvp
376Please respect copyright.PENANASvIBAvNUAL
Anthony: “You think I’d let you!”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAGCwklYjHsh
376Please respect copyright.PENANA8OBOg5QFXw
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAOtuaO8e6xC
Nao: “Gaah!”376Please respect copyright.PENANA2HuiSxim2L
376Please respect copyright.PENANA5TC6uBRfyy
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…
376Please respect copyright.PENANAOQNL0EvukS
376Please respect copyright.PENANAfM9vASYbaZ
Anthony: “Get it, we’re not done. And if I see you trying to swap spells I roast the rest of the students.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANA2emUAmweGy
Nao: “!!”376Please respect copyright.PENANASjFonLK34A
376Please respect copyright.PENANArIgYb4aPzt
I transform the book into necklace form and shake off the nightmares.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAYx4MdvxwSA
376Please respect copyright.PENANAlDlVwIHTZ6
Anthony: “Give up Nao, you can’t be me as I am now. Why even fight me. These people don’t care about you.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANANMggLs74U1
376Please respect copyright.PENANABBmZsYYzHZ
Nao: “I-I can’t…won’t kill again. I won’t make that mistake again…”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAakkCpWb0eB
376Please respect copyright.PENANA1TBB7biCOY
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.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAmeGWoOUwtJ
376Please respect copyright.PENANAHWzYLkCzmH
Nao: “That’s not who I’m supposed to be. It’s…It’s wrong?”
376Please respect copyright.PENANA1e6Lt6mkub
376Please respect copyright.PENANASTqv6pUVcQ
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAygUdw0SB0L
Anthony: “*Sigh*”376Please respect copyright.PENANAHLIglTCXi1
376Please respect copyright.PENANA7EueUfuo3h
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.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAmkIgyQoPoy
376Please respect copyright.PENANASU59IDthxV
Nao: “You can’t…be serious.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAvKsnZaT2t8
376Please respect copyright.PENANAuTqyvpndsv
Anthony: “Deadly, I will kill them either way. Why not free yourself from your delusion and remain among the living.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAQFbkUMNXir
376Please respect copyright.PENANAxv4L4W21qk
Nao: “What…happened to you.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAA1bKKVpg8W
376Please respect copyright.PENANACUCD2MGmxA
Anthony: “…I made the choice to fight back. So, what’s your final answer.”376Please respect copyright.PENANAXtIlKSvlF6
376Please respect copyright.PENANA3iewcZrCAF
Nao: “My answer is…”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAZmwMHQ4bgQ
*Smile*376Please respect copyright.PENANArvRupw6MUq
376Please respect copyright.PENANANSbUTMqauV
Nao: “Thanks for giving me time to prepare.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAdzvwfa0G02
376Please respect copyright.PENANAi51eYVRcmh
Anthony: “What?”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAN4rqHbwVVE
376Please respect copyright.PENANA3JM9KXnfo7
Nao: “Air bullet!”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAmXsSf5j9AG
376Please respect copyright.PENANAIsdhxOMU8L
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAnuFva9CUKQ
376Please respect copyright.PENANAegjzNflhBC
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!
376Please respect copyright.PENANASZ8xiaHECA
376Please respect copyright.PENANA8NUXVOO5K3
Nao: “Everyone run! I don’t know how long I can hold him!”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAfXn2xQPLZd
376Please respect copyright.PENANAhyPnj9IOrT
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-
376Please respect copyright.PENANAqLZGd0e4qG
*Drip*376Please respect copyright.PENANANUBiWEazOj
376Please respect copyright.PENANAQEt2xFfSYC
My vision is…starting to blur and my nose is...bleeding? 376Please respect copyright.PENANAt1Z0SIrVmJ
376Please respect copyright.PENANAUbG5dAz3kT
376Please respect copyright.PENANA1biNSKreAd
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.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANACeloQRh7o2
376Please respect copyright.PENANAyRwiTtDs3T
Sorry for being suspended and home locked.
376Please respect copyright.PENANANOf52Zkd6e
376Please respect copyright.PENANAB6mQoIl2ME
I fall to one knee but I keep the prison active. At all I cost I must-
376Please respect copyright.PENANAVqxDzkVi8z
!?376Please respect copyright.PENANAT2Hjzxskij
376Please respect copyright.PENANArqOXEWSYZP
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…
376Please respect copyright.PENANAbBAN28yyyb
376Please respect copyright.PENANA7D67Tv5EnO
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAnSP4j2qO8J
376Please respect copyright.PENANAJlFbyvKSgZ
Kid, you’ll regret that.
376Please respect copyright.PENANA4BaHvCBWqE
376Please respect copyright.PENANAIiqkrxW8yT
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAfmcqju8GjJ
376Please respect copyright.PENANAtNblAdpgjS
Anthony: *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*
376Please respect copyright.PENANA1hXemyY2gN
376Please respect copyright.PENANApVQfezpvZ8
Anthony: “Damn it, Nao. Why?”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAHGDRc0b3fI
376Please respect copyright.PENANAMsNfT3uedZ
Anthony drags himself to me and grabs my shirt by the collar.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAwpTFLQrRh3
376Please respect copyright.PENANADHPjOW6LTV
Anthony: “Why didn’t you kill me?! Are you retarded?!”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAE0wKMT3y3l
!!376Please respect copyright.PENANAZNRSZZU12b
376Please respect copyright.PENANA3MBxLU12xw
Nao: “Y-You…want to die?”376Please respect copyright.PENANAGYiltJb3Gw
376Please respect copyright.PENANAiiMAWwdBb7
376Please respect copyright.PENANAds2NIJICZM
Anthony: “No you idiot, I’m just bewildered that you would spare me when you know what I’ll do now.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAzL8csKC19C
376Please respect copyright.PENANA9xAqsFb9bK
Nao: “Because…I want to see…a world where…we don’t have to kill each other.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANACYEsxPmP7J
376Please respect copyright.PENANAN3pRIS0Dhb
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.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANA6o3naMMKv1
376Please respect copyright.PENANATfitOLpDtu
Anthony looks at the pen remains floating in the water. Hehe, I guess he figured it out.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAf1128KGClZ
376Please respect copyright.PENANANYHgYNQHuJ
Anthony: “The minor illusion pen…”
376Please respect copyright.PENANA4gCAppFCDA
376Please respect copyright.PENANAYFthhCuwL5
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.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAYuHERxlKwQ
376Please respect copyright.PENANAOYNOZKgF6p
Arc: “Na-”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAviBCbmyPdU
376Please respect copyright.PENANAdBZ2svWaiN
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANA6B8agMjSt1
376Please respect copyright.PENANA8gHd04gbA5
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…”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAd3rKLaZvPH
376Please respect copyright.PENANAJmPlJE7WzX
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAecCB0ZFHPI
376Please respect copyright.PENANAGOIN0eSGIA
“ArchMage system activated, 98th user registered. Hello, Anthony.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANA41oIZc6PXz
376Please respect copyright.PENANApw2eZIJqbF
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.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAyPNGI7DR1K
376Please respect copyright.PENANAEP1q4ulJBA
Nao: “And…after that?”
376Please respect copyright.PENANASEis8Y7vqH
376Please respect copyright.PENANANG2RhtuSjg
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?”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAc6gx80bybx
376Please respect copyright.PENANAgb2ksxRW0W
Nao: “…”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAYiLlk2Cw0m
376Please respect copyright.PENANAXYwWx78S6g
I don’t know. My mind blanks and my consciousness begins to fade.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAABjwLO4c47
376Please respect copyright.PENANAmRHPBEG9bQ
Anthony: “Goodbye Nao, I hope you survive these wounds to see the new world with me.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAiPOZFdz6fW
376Please respect copyright.PENANAww9bSqNM9z
I close my enemies and accept my failure. I’m sorry Alyson…Mom…Arc…
…
…376Please respect copyright.PENANAOl10VxaYfH
I’m back in that same darkness that consumes my being. But this time…it’s not as oppressive as before.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAJbQXJBQg1y
376Please respect copyright.PENANAiT74TrNQSA
Seems Arc’s little plan failed. I’m glad actually, I think you’re a good successor.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAatnbOYisL3
376Please respect copyright.PENANARKBljLA8fK
W-Who are you? You look…familiar. How can I even see a human form here?
376Please respect copyright.PENANA7Vr9fSgSO9
376Please respect copyright.PENANANfSI4flOE6
Doesn’t matter right now. Tell me, do you want to stop Anthony?
376Please respect copyright.PENANApRB8CnOw5L
376Please respect copyright.PENANAR5kmJTznr8
…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…
376Please respect copyright.PENANAcNGfHNanlW
376Please respect copyright.PENANAz3AoUbuZTq
For Gods’ sake kid, it’s not that complicated.
376Please respect copyright.PENANA2Yot7EiAII
376Please respect copyright.PENANAtZln3r3FAB
I-It’s not? B-B-But-
376Please respect copyright.PENANAkGBUHFH9mC
376Please respect copyright.PENANADYQvhGzt45
Shut it, think. Why did you want to stop Anthony in the first place?
376Please respect copyright.PENANAdex4980Isr
376Please respect copyright.PENANAG8NxbV7q9P
T-To save…my family.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAIxD5Zh2mYv
376Please respect copyright.PENANAkbGdAifnJk
Right. Everything else is just extra filling. Your core desire right now is your family.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAYGS0x01W2G
376Please respect copyright.PENANAfLhfT5xujs
But I…don’t want to kill Anthony. I don’t want to disappoint my mom. I want to-
376Please respect copyright.PENANAblypBnYwdd
376Please respect copyright.PENANASoEWASNXuH
Again, that’s all extra. Let me spell it out this way. Do you want your family to die?
376Please respect copyright.PENANAPFqnVYIPau
!!376Please respect copyright.PENANAJK64Qd19BP
376Please respect copyright.PENANAyMcIjYPAqV
No….I…I don’t want to lose my family.376Please respect copyright.PENANAId4gffU7lA
376Please respect copyright.PENANAJrxhYWJLjV
376Please respect copyright.PENANA6TkBTLKOnV
Despite not having a face in this realm, I can feel tears streaming down my face as I confess this simple fact.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAyn6StzqXE6
376Please respect copyright.PENANAeRKJ51qNgU
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAEmaGxXu8cm
376Please respect copyright.PENANAX6Wk5g5YTm
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAoe5Xtx1SIV
376Please respect copyright.PENANARQMZV1Idra
…Okay, I will.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAcoZLPmHdn1
376Please respect copyright.PENANAXDMdha3bUX
Good, the first step in doing that is taking my hand.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAyjEJ2TDo6m
376Please respect copyright.PENANAE07Qa6k5j2
…Why?
376Please respect copyright.PENANAvmWRCAHsjc
376Please respect copyright.PENANAJqOVNgK6rW
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAvvVvjvWYq8
376Please respect copyright.PENANAoz9SX3PcEi
I don’t know why but I…trust this man. I move through the darkness and take his hands.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAiseOzoqzAU
376Please respect copyright.PENANAaZ6QgM98Gs
Instantly, light fills the void and I’m…enveloped by it’s brilliance.
…
…376Please respect copyright.PENANA3rwF2Pk6vp
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.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAFGK47QQZOV
376Please respect copyright.PENANAy0bxsNB2b6
Anthony: “…No, I’m not cheating on you with him. Good grief woman.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAlUvGQlaDEK
376Please respect copyright.PENANAoFW1enWy6f
Anthony: “!!!?”
376Please respect copyright.PENANAcDPHPPMiYp
376Please respect copyright.PENANANXuJAyjsrD
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.
376Please respect copyright.PENANAZjl3jrlraM
376Please respect copyright.PENANA7zAibHmZcP
Alphon: “Hey Anthony, I would like my partner back.”
376Please respect copyright.PENANA42tMimPp6b
376Please respect copyright.PENANAeLkQYfv4jA
Alphon:
Strength: ???376Please respect copyright.PENANAAL6cM3QiAz
Endurance: ???376Please respect copyright.PENANAZz9xKeVFui
Intelligence: ???376Please respect copyright.PENANA1WHpZdc7bt
Charisma: ???376Please respect copyright.PENANA1rbxesc3y1
Agility: ???376Please respect copyright.PENANAGd3uLDhCen
Magic: ????????376Please respect copyright.PENANAgnajfAo2to