Chapter 290: Conviction.

Chapter 290: Conviction.

I-Uhm-

Should I tell him who I am? Would that even hel

Your hesitation begets my suspicion. Die.

Woah!

And a blast of concentrated mana struck my barrier, sending the ball I was in flying as it took on the full force of that attack. I was safe, but I still had to deal with all the rolling, like I was being tossed around inside of a hamster ball. Thank goodness I managed to protect my head, otherwise this would have hurt.

[Asaka!] The onnikais voice entered my head.

Urgh yeah, Im alright, I groaned, holding my head as I struggled to stand up.

My vision was slightly blurred, shaking even. The [Light] I had floating in front of me illuminated the area, but I had absolutely no idea where I was. Well, outside of knowing I was still inside this onnikai forest.

Fascinating. A cold, monotonous voice appeared again, drawing my attention in the direction of a figure slowly walking into the light. Something was able to endure my miniature mana cannon. Intriguing. I must see how much longer you survive this.

And his arm opened up again, revealing the blue glowing metal barrel from before. A chill ran down my spine as it grew brighter, but I couldnt do anything but take the hit again. And another. And another!

Arghhk!

My body felt bruised. The barrier might still be standing, but my Health still suffered from being thrown around by the projectiles force. I tried to cast [Moderate Heal] on myself to get rid of the pain and injuries, but my [Danger Perception] warned me only seconds before my spell was undone.

Uwarrrk!

What the hell is happening?! Argh, this fucking hurts!

I have to move.

The moment my barrier landed safely on the floor, I grit my teeth through this god-awful headache and had my onnikai bring down the barrier. Forcing my tired body forward, I dispelled [Light] and ran in the opposite direction of where that man was, hoping he wouldnt find me.

But, only moments later, my onnikais jumped in front of me, projectile their barrier in front like a shield and covering me from an incoming blast of mana.

Unique. A faemancer? That same abominable voice entered my ears again. I wanted to puke. Then, your survival is even less desired. We cannot afford to let any of this information escape this area.

Stop! I pleaded in desperation. I have no intentions of doing anything with all of this! Please, believe me!

It was a lie. I hated lying. It reminded me of my parents. However, this was the sort of information I couldnt just keep to myself if I were to get out of here, but telling him the truth here was the worst.

Impossible. However, in that same almost robotic voice from before, he rejected peace. He saw through my lie and chose violence. Your existence will prove to be nothing but an obstacle for our future. You must be erased to ensure our safety. May you rest in peace.

Shit! Psycho!

[Asaka, were draining through our mana! We need your help.]

This couldnt have come at a worse time. As I was distracted by the words of my onnikai, another blast crashed against the barrier, causing dust and dirt to fly around me. Sure, having the mana barrier in the form of a shield prevented the force of the projectile from pushing me away with it, but my ears rang so much more from the loud noise, compared to when I was still inside the ball version.

Another advantage of the ball was also an omnidirectional protection, meaning it was impossible to hurt me if they were to flank me. Now? I was vulnerable from the sides. And this was exactly what this man took advantage of.

Shit!

My onnikais moved just in time to block another hit, but I was beginning to see the cracks in the barrier. The onnikais werent kidding when they mentioned they were using up their mana. At the end of the day, they might have been A rank fenrirs in their lifetime, but now they were only dead spirits with a little more mana than the average onnikai.

And I was learning that the hard way.

What?! My mana! I looked in horror at my dropping Mana pool, seeing the number drop down to half just to repair the barrier up again. How much are you using to keep this barri Woah!

And the crack reappeared. Half of my mana, gone. For a single use of the barrier to stay up. I could feel sweat drenching my face as I stared in despair at what was happening.

Im gonna die!

[Fear (Moderate)] inflicted on [Human, Asaka Hanazawa]

Shit!

I couldnt control my body anymore. Fight or flight. Every single cell chose the latter without a single hesitation. The endless parade of thoughts about my death was killing my brain, clouding it to the point I was auto-piloting through the forest.

[Asaka!] The onnikais shouted as they darted in front of me, blocking an explosion a few feets in front of me.

I was knocked onto my butt from the wind pressure, as the shield materialized too hastily to block everything. Before I could make do with what was around me, the onnikais moved again, blocking something from hitting me. However, this time, it wasnt a blast, it was a sword.

You are tiring to kill, woman. The foxians eyes and mine met each other, making me want to puke at how lifeless and uncaring he looked at me. His aloofness was nauseating. Once Im done, please wait for O

I could tell he was saying something, but my ears didnt register any of his words. My attention was fully focused on the widening crack of my barrier. It was about to break, and that meant my last defense was about to go. Without the others around, all I had left was my spells and this dumb mace from the church.

[Asaka, RUN!] The onnikais ordered me and my body stood up as if I was possessed. My legs didnt stop

which left me unaware of the foxians next move.

Got you. And at that moment, he was flying right above me, casting no shadow as the light of the moon barely got through this thick forest.

I stepped my heels onto the ground as he landed right in front of me, trying to stop my acceleration but I wasnt in time. Nor did I have the room nor space to dodge his sword strike

Death flashed right before my eyes.

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Blood splattered right onto my face, covering my nose in that pungent iron smell. But there was something else among the stench, something foul like rotting meat.

As I came back to reality, I saw two things suddenly drop onto the ground. Guts spilled, flesh sundered, and red liquid drenching the grass and ground. A black robe covered the wound, the bisection of a torso, but I still found it gut-wrenching from how the man who just saved my life was still wriggling around on the ground.

Emil! I shouted, realizing who it was.

Get out of here! Im fine! he stated as a black magic circle appeared from his arm, only for hands to sprout out from the ground in the next seconds. Get out here!

So you were the one to hide the corpses of our recent intruders. Resourceful, necromancer. As the zombies attacked the man, he used his sword to ward them off easily, but from the horde of bodies Emil summoned, it should still buy enough time for me to escape.

Still

Why isnt he using that cannon of his? That arm thing.

Hey! Emil drew my attention. Run away, already! You cannot die!

W-What, how can you still speak?! Here, let me I was about to instinctively heal his wounds, despite knowing it would be impossible to do with [Moderate Heal].

Im an onnikai! He stopped me. This body is one of many. I can repair it, but you? You cannot die! You were chosen by Goddess Death for an objective! You cannot die! Escape from here!

What?! Thats impossible! That person can outrun me and all of that! I cannot do anything!

Moments of that man shooting his cannon and almost slashing me with his sword flashed before me. I could feel my hands drenched and my heart dropping from the fear I felt from him.

You were chosen by Goddess Ilsaphone! I do not care if you are a priestess of the Light Goddess or not, but you were chosen! You received her boon in the form of that amulet. You are a onnikai faemancer and elementalist now! Use us! Use our powers with your mana! Cast dark magic and escape from here!

My eyes widened and it felt like time slowed down. I took out the amulet, realizing I had it the whole time. I wasnt wearing the amulet of Aurena, the one I received from the Holy Capital which marked me as a priestess and follower of their church. Neither was I wearing the robes of a saint candidate; instead, this black robe I wore was made from Segawas mana threads.

Was it truly fine for me to use dark magic when I was supposed to be a holy priestess?

Emil suddenly went silent, dropping onto the floor as a black cloud seeped out from him. [Use me, Asaka. Channel your mana into me, and I will transform its element into dark. Use that to cast whatever spell you wish.]

Dont you hate humans?

Emil was an onnikai from the time of the War for the Faefolk. He was one of the spirits who died in pain from having his mana drained for a battery. The whirling emotions he had at his time of death brought him back to life in the form of a vengeful onnikai. He didnt specify who killed him, but from what I could guess, it had to be a human or beastman.

[This is not the time for that! Dodge!] I did what he said as my [Danger Perception] agreed with him, avoiding a zombies decapitated head.

That foxian man wouldnt be occupied for too long anymore.

[Asaka. Use us. We can handle the chants and magic circle construction,] my onnikais offered to me, but I still felt apprehensive of this idea.

The one who didnt want others to rely on her, but who was always reliant on others. I felt lost when my brother died. Lonely. And now I was relying on people like Yorshka, Hestia, my onnikais, and

Elrick Grk! That baaaaastard!

I clutched the [Amulet of Blessed Spirits] and reached my hand for one of my fenrir onnikai and began pouring my mana into him with [Mana Control]. I could feel my body losing it, only for it to return back into my body, however, something was off about it.

[Saint Candidate] has rejected the usage of this type of magic. Reason: Dark elemental mana

It felt like my body was treating the dark mana like a virus. Rejecting it. And I learned this truth after a system message appeared before me. My own title was the culprit behind this nausea I was feeling? This wasnt an allergy, this was my ticket out of here!

Go away! This is my body! You will not do as you wish!

[Individual [Human, Asaka Hanazawa] is attempting to overrule the effects of [Saint Candidate]. Denied

What?!

[Saint Candidate] control has been usurped by individual [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]. Sending title owners request to the usurper Request accepted. [Saint Candidate]s effects were overruled by individual [Human, Asaka Hanazawa]

Hestia-san!

The swirling mana inside my body began to subside, no, in fact, it felt almost normal at this point. As if it was part of my body, erasing all the problems I had of it before.

A dust cloud exploded before me. I wasnt harmed, thankfully.

Good thinking with the light, girl. I heard a familiar voice praise me. Sorry for taking so long.

Thanks for the save, again My hero.

Cloaked and with her iconic white spear, the White-Winged Dragoon appeared before me at the last moment. My party bracelet had broken, turning the search function off. The [Light] was there to signal to my savior where I was and I was hoping she was fast enough to reach me before I blew up.

Yorshka then turned around and cast [Wind Blast] at the confused foxian before he could understand what was going on. He was blasted away, along with a few zombies. Yorshka then dashed towards me and held me up in a princess carry.

Wait! I called out, reaching my hand towards Imila and Emil. However, they didnt budge.

[We will see you again, Chosen of Goddess Death,] Emil announced. [We will wait here. We will hold our ground]

[And when the time comes, save us!] Imila ended his sentence.

I nodded and placed my tired onnikais back into their catalyst. Yorshka then sprinted through the forest at a speed too fast for me to comprehend. In the next second, multiple explosions were triggered at a far point of the forest. What caused it?

[Sorry, I met some interesting people while getting the others and also had an angry aunt tell me to hurry up to rescue you,] Yorshka told me through [Telepathy].

Hold on, Hestia?

I guessed the system message helped me get their attention in time. Still, why didnt they save me sooner? I could have died three times already.

The explosions acted like a marker for where we had to go. Our path out of here as they occurred on the edge. After we escaped through it, Yorshka threw down her [Room] runes and told me to enter it. The other three Tatsuya, Kyouya, and Ellaine were already back home, and Yorshka would be taking the long way back to Gleisvale.

I accepted it and entered the subspace, where I was greeted by the other three. Ellaine ran up to me and gave me a hug before I groaned at the pain from my still broken arm. She noticed this, and let me go and helped me adjust it in time.

Looking at the three, it seems that they also faced some sorta trial. They were sweaty and covered in dirt. Not as bad as I was, but whatever we experienced today sure was a tribulation.

Ellaine sighed and then led me towards Hestia, saying she was ready to heal me. Yup, Hestia actually received that System message. No more questions.

We entered our small infirmary, a new room still in need of furnishing Hestia wanted to make in case of emergencies. When I entered it, I expected Hestia to have a bed ready for me, and it came true! The only problem was that I didnt expect to have a neighbor sleeping next to it.

Segawa-san?! I blurted out as I saw Segawa on the bed, unconscious.

Hestia sighed and turned around. OBloom and the Resurrection, she stated with gloomy eyes, looking like she was on the fence at something.

A fight happened in the warehouse Ilsaphone told you about, Asaka. I was surprised to hear Hestia knew about the Goddess of Death, but I didnt interrupt her. The Resurrection and Senator OBlooms gang fought inside that place, a slave auction. They burned it down and Saori tried to rescue the slaves inside.

Hestia then turned back towards Segawa with a sad frown. Dammit, Saori! Thankfully, she only fell unconscious from the carbon dioxide.

It seemed like everybody had a reason for why they couldnt help us today. This night was too filled with conflict.

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