'D-Damn it...keeping this Battle Intent going is hard.' Phina thought as she struggled to use her Battle Intent. Battle Intents were usually only that, Intents. Phina's Battle Intent has been altered by her knowledge of the Lord-ranked Skill Bow before the Lord. She had a Battle Intent that could exert unbelievable power, but unlike other Battle Intents, she couldn't keep it going indefinitely due to World and Life Energies being a large part of the Skill. She quickly stopped using it as she glared at Richen.
'With her power, we can even defeat the other Beginner-rank Lords quickly before the Royal can even arrive!!' Mayo thought with a smirk.
'The bastard knew...' Spear glared at Mayo.
"Alright, then! Miss Shira, you'll get a plot of land in the Town for free if you can take down all the Beginner-rank Elites. You'll also receive three of the Lord's fangs." Mayo announced. He then looked at Spear and Richen. "Do any of you object?"
"No." Spear answered simply.
"I don't have a problem either." Richen grit his teeth. 'With a Battle Intent like that, she could kill everyone in this damn room!!'
"Very well, then." Mayo smiled. "We have already discussed the main part of it. All that's left is the Adult-rank Elites and Beasts."
"If our part is over, I'll take my leave then." Spear said softly as he walked towards the door. "I'll see all of you tomorrow."
"I will also leave if everything is over." Phina hid her need to pant as she absorbed a lot of her Life Energy into breathing. If anyone here focused on her Life Energy, they'd know it was a complete mess right now.
"We still have some things to discuss because you weren't here for the beginning of the meeting, but you can leave, we'll go over it tomorrow morning anyway." Mayo replied.
Phina took no time as she quickly left.
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"Fucking hell..." Phina groaned as she held her head. Her head felt like it was going to explode because of using her Battle Intent. She didn't use her Ender State. She didn't have the comfort and relaxation of being within the Laws while using the Skill, thus she couldn't use the Law of Pride within the Skill, causing it to actually degrade.
The Bow before the Lord Skill was designed to immobilize Law-rankers and stop their movements. This incomplete form of this Skill was strong enough to stiffen even Advanced-rankers' movements. Usually, incomplete Skills wouldn't work, let alone just degrade in rank.
She walked into Tekker's shop. She glared at the man. "I got you your stupid land. For free too. Get me a Life Energy potion."
"Count on a young youthful woman to finish her part of a deal!" Tekker chuckled as he opened one of the cases full of red bottles, throwing one to them to Phina. "Drink up, princess."
Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.
Phina chugged down the bottle, her body growing significantly more muscular. If Tekker could see her face now, he'd think she was 16 years of age!
"Oh, dear god..." Phina took a breath in relief.
"Well? Where is the land located?" Tekker asked in excitement.
"I don't know. I haven't asked." Phina said as she pulled back the hood of her cloak.
"What?? Didn't you see that land?" Tekker asked.
"Look, man. You just asked for a land, not economical masterpiece." Phina scoffed.
"Fine, whatever." Tekker sighed.
"Alright, I'll go take a walk or something." Phina stretched out a little before leaving.
"..." Tekker eyed the leaving Phina. "I shouldn't pry too much, she's probably a criminal."
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'I need to save up on World Energy...' Phina sighed. 'I have a little over half left, I need to rest up for today.'
It was still in the early morning currently. She had an entire day of going around and exploring. 'I really have to eat. Life Energy potions just can't replace good food.'
Phina walked around the city, looking for somewhere to stop by and eat, then she forgot...she had no money.
A sigh escaped her mouth as she turned around and walked back to Tekker's shop.
Ding!
"Hey, old ma-"
"Not now, little girl." a bunch of muscular men blocked her path. "The boss has some business with Mr. Tekker here. Just come back sometime later."
The word little repeated itself in Phina's head. She was having a Life Flash!!
"So, now you're a child?" a man with long black hair raised an eyebrow. His rainbow eyes showing frustration. "You are right. You are a child. You, Ryan, Max and even Liam when he started, you're all children when compared to me. I am wiser and more mature than any of you, but that's not why I don't want you guys going to a World before turning 22. Do you want to know the reason, Sera?"
Phina slowly looked down and whispered, as if to herself, "I wonder why, Mr. Oldest most mature..."
"You all refuse to do horrible things to others, when you know that horrible things will happen to you regardless. It is because you are naïve, Sera. You pretend to be a child, when you are an adult. Yet, you also pretend to be someone who understands everything from a single glance. You were always smart, but that was your downfall." the man then closed his eyes and sighed. He then reopened them with a bittersweet expression, "Sera, how do you expect me, as your father, to send you into a World where you can be manipulated, kidnapped, tortured, raped, enslaved or killed? You won't kill a little puppy, but you also expect yourself to slaughter your way through armies of enemies to reach the core? You lose your memories in a World, Sera. The you that descends is the absolute purest form of your personality. I need to twist that personality. I twisted Ryan's from a proud and smug boy to a man that will never turn his back to a friend. He believed I would kill him, which I would've done, since it would help him in imprinting into his soul that moment of self-sacrifice, yet also wasting one of his Soul Savers."
He slowly showed a sinister expression, "I will make you learn something from this. Now, kill the dog or accept a scene from hell."
Phina stood her ground, "Hell it is!"
Phina's face froze as she saw the scene before her, yet she was knocked out of her daze as a man grabbed her shoulder. She quickly glared at him.
BOOM!!
He hit the wall behind him as Phina punched him with all she's got!
'What was I thinking about? It was important...I...' Phina grit her teeth as he eyes started to fill up with tears. She turned to the buff man she sent flying. He was currently holding his head as his colleagues looked on in shock. They were all Beginner-ranks, no match for Phina. "YOU!! YOU MADE ME FORGET!!"
Crack!
BOOM!!
The tile flooring beneath her foot shattered as she rushed the man, grabbing him by the collar. "DO WHAT YOU JUST DID!!"
"W-What?" the man was confused as blood started dripping into his eye.
"THE THING YOU DID FOR ME TO HAVE THAT LIFE FLASH! DO IT AGAIN OR ALL OF YOU WILL DIE!!!" Phina yelled with no sense of intelligence in her voice. She had lost all forms of logic.
"Who do you think you're threatening, little girl?" a man in a very tidy suit walked in from the back while dragging the beat up Tekker. Phina couldn't realize his Intermediate-rank from her rage.
"YES!!" Phina anticipated the Life Flash, paying more attention this time, yet...it didn't come. Little did she know that Life Flashes weren't triggered by specific actions, but by the feeling she got from an action. "Why? Why is it not showing up?!"
"I don't know who you think you are, but you just hit one of my men." the man walked next to Phina. "Now, you'll pay with your li-"
BOOM!!
BOOM!!
BOOM!!
He was cut short by Phina grabbing his head and slamming it into the ground three times. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! I AM TRYING TO FOCUS!!!"
"Holy shit..." one of the men looked at their unconscious boss's head embedded into the tiles of the floor by the panting Phina, who was trying to focus as she closed her eyes. He then turned to the two others with him and told one of them. "I'll get Brandon, you get the boss and let's get out of here!"
"FUCK!! FUCK!! FUUUCK!!!!" Phina cursed as tears dripped down her face, wetting her mask. "I...I was so close...it's not fair..."