Chapter 223: Through Sheer Fucking Will

Chapter 223: Through Sheer Fucking Will

'He stole... the Royal Codex?' Aslot was blown away. It should be impossible.

Comprehending and Learning Ancient Aetherian Magic just through observation? That's Squidshit!

It's complex and intricate magic that needs a high understanding and control of water.

It took Aslot years to gain mastery in them. And then comes this young boy who isn't even old enough to turn his little worm into snake and manages to learn it enough to actually defend himself against it.

Aslot looked at the boy. Deep and wide gashes and laceration covered his whole body, held together only by water threads that were roped all over.

There's a limit to how much he could heal through water, so, after the beating he had endured, Aslot knew that the boy's body was, for the most part, still dysfunctional, and in a lot of pain.

So, while Aslot was still fine, having the power of relic and the entity, the boy seemed to have long expended his physical and magical energy in order to protect himself.

Though the boy has done well to survive until now, it would be safe to say that at this point, this fight should be over.

But, Aslot knew better.

"You truly are... the single most fearsome Atlantian I've encountered. I can now understand to some extent how you boast and possess such might as your age."

Aslot had to accept. He. Was. Drowned.

Drowned by the immense sheer abnormality of this freak. Since the start of the fight, till now, he has managed to increase his combat prowess by at least twice.

Not just because of his obscene talent. But because of the sheer will to survive.

Not only that, he has been calm from the beginning, if he always has a card up his sleeve. And until now, that has turned out to be true.

So, Aslot now knew. That even though logic dictates that this fight might be over if he just made a few more attacks, he would be extremely wrong in that assumption. If this fight dragged on any longer, this abomination might even grow strong enough to escape, or even threaten him.

"It looks like I really can't hold back." As if having made his decision, Aslot's grip on the Trident tightened as he closed his eyes.

Until now, Aslot hadn't been using all of the Royal Relic's power, only depending on his personal water control. He has been saving it up for the Relic Wielders.

"But, to think I would be using it on a 13 year old..."

The Royal Relic is not a simple piece of equipment. Designed for the Rulers of Atlantis, it can display power far beyond norm, for those worthy enough to wield it.

So, it was a significant gain for the Organisation when Aslot, a member of royal bloodline, managed to obtain the Royal Relic.

If they could use its true powers, combined with the limitless power boost obtained from the blue Markings, they could create an ultimate weapon which could destroy the Kingdom.

Only, there was a problem. The power didn't turn out to be as unlimited, like they had predicted.

In the dimensional explosion that happened a decade ago, Aslot's body had been damaged, unable to properly wield its power, and also, the Relic didn't deem him worthy.

Yes, the Royal Relic has a will of its own. It only picks those who it considers worthy to rule Atlantis. Despite Aslot's superior talent and skills, it had chosen Aslot's brother over him. Aslot had used forbidden Aetherian magic in order to kill his brother, but ended up failing and almost dying himself. That only made him more unworthy of wielding the relic.

So, for the last decade, the Organisation had been making preparations. They modified Aslot's body to wield the power of Relic and the Power of the Entity, and then corrupted the Royal Relic, forcefully bonding it to him through the markings and rituals.

And, they had succeeded. Once the Relic is fully under his control, he was going to be the Entity's secret weapon, who would finish the powerful kingdom in one fell swoop and undo the seal.

But, that was supposed to happen after a few more years.

Due to various disruptions in plan, like the death of Seventh and Eight, failure of bombing plan, failure of the Biopark invasion, etc., Aslot was awakened much earlier than the planned time. He had yet to gain full control of the Relic.

The situation now was that he could only bring out the Relic's true powers for a limited time. So, he had been extremely cautious with it, only using it on strong opponents.

But now, it seemed it was going to be used on this brat.

"Feel honored, young one. I'll show you the true water arts before you die," said Aslot, as the blue markings on his body started to wriggle, their glow intensifying. The marking connected with the marking on the Relic, and the Relic began releasing powerful energy waves.

"Great..." Axel, who was only standing purely through his sheer fucking will, just shook his head when he felt the intensity of that magic.

'Too... fucking... powerful.'

He lost control of the water that was under his control, causing him to start plummeting down.

Aslot changed his offense, shifting the fight back to close quarters.

It was because the conditions had now changed. They were now in the Space Field, where the Space itself was restricted, thus restricting the movements of not one dimension, but all three dimensions.

Also, Axel had previously become equal to him in terms of close quarters due to his high physical starts and his strange magical skills but was massively underpowered in terms of long ranged combat. But now, even though he had managed to rival him in terms of long ranged combat due to his high water affinity, he had completely exhausted all of his physical and magical power.

"All you have left is your Water control," said Aslot as he attacked. Axel had exhausted all of his other cards.

On the other hand, Aslot's markings were still filling him up with unlimited power, through which, he could keep his body in water state, making him immune to physical limitations.

So, the boy had done well managing to surpass all limitations to survive till now. But could he win?

Aslot smirked. 'Nah, I'll still win.'

Within a second, Aslot had reached Axel, attacking him with Trident. But Axel's body dodged.

'What?'

Aslot attacked again, this time also adding the water blade. But they were countered by another sets of water blades while Axel's hands were raised in a weird motion to block the Trident.

"How are you still moving that body?!" Asked Aslot, continuing his onslaught. It was then that he realized.

'The Water.'

The water was currently wrapped around Axel's body, making it move. Previously, he was only using it to enhance his speed and defence. But now...

'It's like fighting a puppet!'

Axel was controlling his body through water like a puppet, making it move as he wanted.

The problem wasn't that, it was that he was still able to keep up!

Previously, he was mainly depending on his full physical and magical abilities along with water control to barely keep up with him. But Aslot didn't expect that even just through water control, he could still keep up.

'Just how many things?!'

The boy was using his water affinity to make water blades to fight his onslaught andt the same time, he was observing and anticipating his lightning fast attacks of the Trident, and then controlling his body through water to respond to them.

All the while, he was also suppressing the water conversion spell, enduring the pain of his existing debilitating injuries and the pain of his body slowly turning into water.

It wouldn't be wrong to say that Axel was currently fighting him solely through his mind.

'How...?'

Aslot's eyes met Axel, and he saw that Axel's blue eyes now had faint specks of amber, as like ambers of a fire.

It was at this moment that he remembered. 'No... his other bloodline?!'

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A.N.: POWERSTONES. I need them today and then again tomorrow when they get refilled.

Next: New Bloodline

Next... Next: Axel Hunt... Dead?

Next... Next: That Brat... Is Actually the Crown Prince?

Next... Next: The Unsurvivable Explosion

Next... Next: Arrival on the Scene

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