They surrounded the blood shield but gave it a lot of space. Jael watched as Litha's mana began to melt through. The shield shuddered again, and it turned to liquid and rose, gathering together above Kaidos.
"I have a question to ask you, Kaidos." Jael narrowed his eyes as his red eyes locked on him. "Why are you after me? I don't know you or have anything to do with you."
Kaidos smirked. "You don't do anything to me and I don't give a fuck about you. But unfortunately, you brought someone's attention to yourself."
"What?"
"The Chaos Cult. You stole someone's pet, and they want it back. That person has also sold you to my master, so I'm here to deliver the goods. No hard feelings." He shrugged.
Jael's eyes got darker and darker the more Kaidos spoke and he fought himself to remain calm. "So this is still about that damned cult. After I thought we've left that shit behind us, they popped up like annoying cockroaches."
Hermit twitched and transformed, forming fangs above fangs like the wings of a monstrosity in Jael's right hand. His eyes blazed with green fire. "I know just how to handle cockroaches. You stomp them until they are dead."
Kaidos hissed. 'This bastard is comparing me to an insect! And the way he's looking down on me as if he's higher than me! It's all pissing me off' he thought.
He managed a smirk. "Very well. Bring it on, my master didn't tell me how to deliver the goods after all. Damaged or otherwise."
He then summon his remaining life force. Six orbs of silver light hovered in front of him, and he raised his dagger to add one to it, transforming it into a new blood sword, but this one made the air around it wavered.
Two life forces went into his open mouth, and the rest joined the blood above him. The blood fell on him, and when it firmed with his body, a new armor was made. It was like a second skin with the helmet of a wolf. "I can't last long in this mode but it'll be enough to deal with you."
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"You are weak. The rest of your power can't do shit for you, Khantari!"
Temur smirked. "Good thing that you know I'm a Khantari. My race is known for finishing what we start. No, Jael," he lifted his hand when Jael started advancing. "Let me soften him for you. I can't fight a drawn-out battle right now."
His Codex murmured in his ears and Temur smirked. "I should try out that technique. Of course, I saw him do it, but why don't you teach me a real technique anyway? Oh, it's not time yet, but I should copy a technique from an unknown...."
Kaidos blinked. Was he just watching this guy argue with his Codex as if it were human? Is he looking down on him? "Hey....!!" He began to walk forward, his weapon raised.
Temur lifted his hand and closed his eyes. "Wait! I'm trying to remember something."
Kaidos paused. Baffled, it seems everything is getting out of his control. He didn't like it one bit.
"Yes. I've got it." Temur smiled. His dark eyes are shining. "I might not look it but I'm considered some kind of genius."
He transferred his sword to his left hand and coated his right hand with the rest of his power. He raised both.
Jael took a step backward, his eyes widening. 'Don't tell me....he's going to....!!?'
Kaidos was having the same thought. "You are going to use a technique you saw me use? A cheap knockoff...?" He was left speechless with his mouth open.
Temur began to spin the aura in his right hand, and he grunted as he quickly understood the problem with the technique. The difficulty. It's hard to spin the aura the way you want without twisting the hand right off.
But he smirked. "Do you know what my Codex has me doing for Bronze and Iron rank?"