Chapter 228

"Raijin? Is that you?"

Mikael looked around and tried to find the creature that he recently met. Niña who was with him, raised her dagger as she was oblivious about Mikael's spirit. She was looking intensely at the surrounding, Mikael saw her sharp gaze and patted her head. Niña glances at him, Mikael shook his head convincing her that Raijin was an ally. Niña wrinkled her eyebrows but she nodded after, she couldn't detect any creature close to them which ascertain her to believe.

"Raijin, how can you talk to me?"

Mikael asked, he was curious about how Raijin could communicate.

"I'm connected to you, I'm living within your domain. Of course I can talk to you."

Raijin answered him, he had a tone expressing that it was obvious. He could communicate with him because he was inside him in the first place.

"Ah, yeah, you got a point."

Mikael chuckled, he had a depleted and husky voice. He was exhausted and he needed to rest but Raijin's response gave him the energy to fight. He immediately understood that Raijin had a plan since he was the one who told him to fight the Manticore.

Niña was listening to their conversation seriously. Her chest was being squeezed as she understood that Mikael would fight again. She breathed a mouthful of air and calmed herself. All she had to do was to support him and make sure that he won't suffer any damage. That's the only thing she could do right now. Her eyes turn serious and she clenched her fists. The earlier, that thing won't ever happen again.

"Mikael, I have a way for you to defeat the Manticore."

The creature said. Raijin's voice echoed all around and Mikael was almost convinced that he was in cinema because of its unique echoes.

"I'm listening."

"I can help you to tap your Fourth Skill. You can awaken that power without undergoing any hardship but only for a minute."

Truth be told, this was bad for the Raijin since Mikael's lightning was rare. But he decided to do it, the worst thing that would happen was that he had to sleep for three years. That is if he could hold it for a minute.

"Really?"

Mikael widened his eyes, he didn't know that Raijin had the power to do that. Mikael only experienced Lord Of Lightning once, it was when he fought the Kraken. He knew how powerful that Skill, he could manifest into lightning and rampage. His body would turn into lightning and destroyed anything with just a flick. He felt like he lost his physical body and would manifest into an element of nature, a real lightning. That sensation was unique and addictive at the same time.

"Yeah, but it all depends on you after that. This body can't control more powerful lightning but I can command yours for a minute. You have to obliterate the Manticore. To kill that creature you have to disintegrate it and destroy it in one swoop. That's the only way to kill it, your condition can't last for a prolonged battle, decreasing its souls is not an option now. You have to demolish it with one attack."

"Got it."

Mikael knew that the Manticore had relentless regeneration and would keep healing his body.

Mikael tried to kill him using one shot but the monster didn't die. Obliterating it with one attack was impossible. But now that he could use his fourth Skill, Mikael was confident that he could toast the monster into nothing.

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Two figures were standing on the road, Marilyn and Jose were preparing for the creature that Elder Siegh notified them about.

"I don't know what's the problem with that old man, last week he tried to kill Mikael and threaten us. But now, he just informed us and said that a dangerous monster will try to go to the evacuation."

Jose scratched his head, he was confused why Siegh warned him about its eyes. The Elder said that the monster could kill using his stare, it was a great help actually. Now Jose understood that the monster was not ordinary.

"With just its stare, it can steal souls… that's op!"

He yelled like a man who couldn't believe an exaggerated story. Although it's better to be safe than sorry.

"Sir Jose, the Elf is talking about the big creature, right? I saw it earlier, that monster flew in the sky and crashed after. I heard that the Vice Leader of the Redemption was the one who attacked it, but the monster is still alive! Are you sure you want to face it!?"

Marilyn was afraid. If Christian couldn't kill the monster despite using his power, then the monster was obviously strong. Jose chuckled listening to her rumblings, he was too old to be afraid of these beings. Jose met many monsters, since the time he was summoned in the Awakening, Jose left his fear in that place.

"Are you not confident about me? You don't believe that I can kill that monster do you?"

"Of course, you are strong but your Skill is short-range, you can't face that creature or else you will die!"

"Pfft-haha"

"Why are you laughing, this is not the time to laugh!"

Her face flushed in anger as she watched how her instructor laughed. She was worried about him but he just laughed it off! Jose touched his stomach and calmed himself, he was wheezing because he thought it was funny.

"… Phew, when did I say that I didn't have any long-range Skill?"

He smirked and rotated his rapier, this was the toughest and sharpest rapier that he had. He got it from a Black Portal and the rapier had a paralyzing effect when it greatly damaged an opponent. Finding a strong weapon like this with an effect was close to impossible.

"Usually, the rapier that I used broke when I used it twice or thrice."

He mumbled. However, his self-talk ended when he felt an enormous presence looming over the place. It seemed like the Manticore was now close.

"Marilyn."

"Yeah, I know."

Marilyn cast her Skill and started locating where the monster was coming from. The trembling of the ground was apparent that Marilyn didn't have any hard time finding the Manticore. She pointed her finger to the north, the monster would appear in that direction.

"Thanks."

Jose said his gratitude.

"Hmmp! Don't die, I heard that you have a lot of children, they will be sad if you died."

Marilyn started running away. Her job was done, she was a support type so staying in this place would be dangerous and suicidal. Marilyn didn't want to die young, she had a lot of dreams.

"Phew, I guess this is it."

Jose was left alone in the fog, he was staring in the direction where the monster would appear. He clenched his rapier, he had to act fast and kill it with his most powerful Skill.