It hurt. Very much.
That bastard!
For the second time, the magus had made me feel this excruciating pain. The feeling of your skin melting off, your teeth blackening as your lungs burned with every breath.
As I lay inside the boiling bone sphere, I thought death would come, but then…
My scorched bones peeled off as new ones took their place before muscles, fat, and skin covered them.
…amazing.
The [Immortal] title really showed its worth as injuries that would’ve taken me days to heal only needed moments to mend.
I’ll kill you if it’s the last thing I do!
With a surge of fury, I cracked the bone shell open.
The magus was still above me as the legionnaires now surrounded me in a half circle, while the rubble cut off my retreat. The assassin was nowhere to be seen.
I shoved my hands sideways, sending the two thick bone shells at the legionnaires, then I formed two huge bone rings that cut the legionnaires’ sight and momentarily stopped their advance.
The ring facing the legionnaires was thin, while the inner one was way thicker.
The assassin tried to form ten weaves around me, intending to teleport inside.
I dismantled as many of them as I could while forming huge blood bombs.
All of this happened in a few heartbeats. My enhanced mind capabilities and increased Mana control talent after controlling Somani’s body allowed me to reach new heights.
My skill levels are lagging behind my new class.
The assassin teleported inside, but the threat of another fireball dissuaded him from staying too long; he just cut my head off my body before leaving.
The firball was released and impacted against the newly formed dome of the inner ring.
The fire tongues slid across the dome’s ceiling; some still penetrated. Reaching the second thinner ring, they pulverised through it and reached the legionnaires, while a few blood bombs exploded at the same time.
BOOOOOM!
My beheaded body fell to the ground as my head started growing a neck, then a torso and limbs.
Ha…hahaha!
I couldn’t help but laugh. This class… it was really impressive, although…
My Mana is running out. I have to escape.
Half of my white Mana was depleted, but none of the enemies seemed close to their limits. Fighting them head-on was no longer an option; I needed to get out of Cervita, or even with this class and the white Mana, I’d be doomed.
What even is this white Mana?
I had noticed that the spells cast through it were stronger, but I put the thought off for now, as the fire was starting to settle.
The assassin immediately resumed his weave harassment, while the magus’s lips moved at insane speeds as he prepared another spell.
I didn’t create bombs anymore, wanting to preserve my Mana, so my mind was fully focused on dismantling his weaves.
The legionnaires looked uninjured, although I could see that their Mana barrier seemed to flicker off now and then, and some of them were breathing heavily.
“Advance!” A legionnaire shouted, and they all started to slash and hack at the blackened bones of the interior ring.
I…
My heartbeat increased as pressure mounted.
am…
Above me, the magus was slowly increasing the size of his fireball, while the legionnaires quickly closed in on me, as the assassin sent loads of weaves.
One…
I fell on one knee, clenching my brain. The strain was insane as I was pushing about 12BP to keep up with the assassin.
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For all…
Tears fell from my eyes from the strain before turning to blood.
And all…
My crystal brain cracked as the blood started to evaporate from the heat of the growing fireball.
Is for me!
I stood again; [Immortal] healed all my injuries.
The strain didn’t lessen, but I had a plan for that—a skill I hadn’t accepted and forgot about ever since the butler fight.
Skill Granted, [Multicasting].
[Multicasting]: Through casting three simultaneous spells, the Manima Monoform has unlocked this skill. Eases the process of casting multiple spells.
Would you like to acquire the skill [Multicasting]?
Yes!
Dismantling the weaves didn’t become any easier, but any help was welcome.
A soldier’s sword broke through the inner ring. I mended the area, trapping the man’s sword, which only hindered him for a heartbeat.
Another sword broke through, then another.
I have to get away.
Looking at my headless old body, a plan formed in my mind.
***
Shamoni’s POV:
I increased the weaves, but to no avail. The monster had either got used to dismantling them or somehow figured out a way to untangle them faster.
Sweesh!
As I was focused on creating more weaves, a hole formed in the bone ring and a body shot out, going above the legionnaires and towards a building.
“Get him!” A captain shouted, and the legionnaires scurried to follow the order.
I was about to turn around when I noticed that my weaves were still getting dismantled.
Inside!
The monster’s real body shot at the magus, a red ball held in his hand.
Yallub tried to erect a Mana shield, but his weave got dismantled before…
BOOV!
The demon’s body was torn into many pieces, while Yallub’s enchanted robe protected him.
Still, from the force of the explosion, the man hit the ground like a meteor.
I teleported a few times, reaching the monster’s largest flesh piece.
Hmm…
It wasn’t regenerating.
***
My head flew through the air, bodyless.
I hit the ground close to the magus’s body.
Somehow, the man was still alive and breathing despite taking a direct hit.
As my body reformed, I created a bone shell around the fallen man.
“…Whaaa? W-Where am I?” The man slurred, clearly dazed from the impact.
He tried to weave a weave, but with his state, my will easily dominated his.
“Huh?”
I formed a Blood Bomb next to him and exploded it; he survived, and this time, I knew how.
His robe… I think it shone with Mana.
I was about to create another bomb, but then the assassin appeared out of nowhere. He sliced the bone open and released the magus.
My body was fully formed, so I barely dodged the man’s attack, but the next one sliced my stomach and spilt my innards, while the third cut my limbs, and finally the fourth one beheaded me.
My body tried to reform, but this time, there was no magus to help me stall.
I created a Blood Bomb, managing to dissuade the assassin from slicing me further.
The man took the felled magus on his shoulder before dashing away.
I didn’t add a soul piece to the bomb, so it didn’t explode.
Taking control of my head, I made it fly away, but then the assassin reappeared.
I tried to protect my head with half-formed arms, but the man’s short sword went through my arm before entering my head through my eyes.
My BP immediately dropped.
“DIE!”
“Stupid mage…”
A fireball, small but made of seething blue flames, exploded on my head.
Ahhhh!
The blue flames ate the remainder of my head in seconds, turning it into ash. Nothing was left except…
I returned to being a floating soul ball surrounded by a Mana film.
No, no, no…
Dread ate away at me, but then a cell formed around my soul; it took the Mana from my film, then another cell, and another.
I have to finish this!
I controlled the quickly expanding number of cells and flew towards the magus.
The man was chanting for another blue fireball and didn’t notice as a nail-sized creature—I—entered his mouth.
A normal being had a soul’s will and unique Mana; I theorised that they were the reason for my biomancy skill being unable to influence their cells or directly form a Blood Bomb in their innards, but if I was inside…
I created loads of blood, as much as I could.
It started to gush out of his mouth as he choked. It forcibly entered his stomach and lungs, then, taking the largest soul piece to date, I infused it into the blood.
I promised that I’d kill you…
BOOOV!
…and I don’t renegade on my promises.
The magus was torn into a thousand pieces, and what had regenerated of me got pulverised, but I was content and happy.
You have killed Yallub (Incantatio Magus), Lv. 127
Primus Magus has reached Lv. 2
Primus Magus has reached Lv. 3
Primus Magus…
…
Primus Magus has reached Lv. 27
One class skill selection available!
I ignored the prompts and soared through the sky as a few cells, heading towards the southern gates.
Unfortunately, my regeneration was too fast, and I had to drop into a side alley before reaching the gates.
My Mana now was completely spent.
“What do we have here?” A human male approached me. His clothes were torn, his teeth were missing, and his eyes were sunken. A knife was held behind his back.
I ignored him and was about to head into the bazar when I remembered that I was completely naked.
Humans frown on nudity.
“Hey, you. Give me your clothes, and I’ll spare your life.”
The beggar stopped, and I thought that my intimidation had worked, but when he started laughing, I knew something had gone wrong.
I tried to form a bone arrow, but my core only had a few strings inside, and my film was spent.
This could be bad…
Without Mana, I had to rely on my human strength, and although the attacker was a beggar, he was still an adult and could easily overpower me.
Argh…
I took control of myself through biomancy, then made my body horizontal before shooting at the man like an arrow.
The man was shocked by the sudden spectacle, so I managed to score a direct hit with the top of my head against his stomach.
“Ooof!”
I ignored the dizziness. Reaching for the fallen knife, I stabbed the man in his neck.
Blood gushed.
This’ll bloody the clothes, but as humans say: Beggars can’t be choosers.
This man quickly lost all life as his wide, shocked eyes staired into the cloudy sky.
I took off his clothes. Their size was way off, but better than nothing.
The main bazar was full as ever, and as I entered the fray, no one seemed to pay me any attention.
Grrr…
My stomach rumbled, but I didn’t heed its desires. Survival came first, then food.
The bazaar had more enforcers and legionnaires than usual running around, but I kept off their radar, until…
“Stop, kid.”
An enforcer placed his hand on my shoulder. I knew I couldn’t outrun him in this packed street without flying, so with the small amount of regenerated Mana, I formed a bone arrow and made it enter his skull through his eye.
“Ahhhh!”
“Murder!”
That idea was bad; it caused a frenzy in the market.
I barely managed not to get toppled and run over by doing strategic manoeuvres, and as I got away from the frenzy’s eye… I saw them, the southern gates.
Unfortunately, they were closed, and teams of legionnaires were guarding them.
I entered a side alley and headed in the general direction of the walls.
After what felt like a maze of houses and alleys that only got smaller the closer you got to the walls, I finally reached my destination.
My heartbeat increased, but this time not from dread, but from hope. Hope that I’d see a bright future outside, one where I’d grow and achieve this class’s potential.
After making sure no enforcers or hooligans were around, I flew.
Scaling the wall, I didn’t stop until my feet touched the ground on the other side.
“…freedom.”
“Oooooh, isn’t he cute? Although I’m surprised someone his age managed to kill a Siziki.”
My heart dropped. Looking up, I saw two flying humans: one female and the other male.
Eternal Spell, Lv. ????
Void Summoner, Lv. ????
I’m doomed.
The void summoner rolled his eyes at the girl before turning to face me.
“N-no, w-way…”
The man’s face drained all colour.
“Ya, he’s really cute.”
“Primus Magus.”
The woman gave her partner a puzzled look before her head shot back at me.
She covered her open mouth with a hand.
“Isn’t that one of the seven?”
The fat man nodded.
I was easily subdued and placed inside a bag.
Inside the bag felt like another dimension—a dark one where my senses were cut off from the outside world.
I tried everything inside to escape, but to no avail.
Even if I escaped the bag, what awaits me outside is way more dangerous.
For the first time in my existence, I felt hopelessness, complete hopelessness. As they took me to whoever knew where, I realised that my future looked bleak.
[End of Book One]