Chapter 224: New Bloodline

Chapter 224: New Bloodline

Aslot couldn't believe it.

'His other bloodline...'

'No!' Aslot quickly denied the possibility. It was impossible to awaken that Bloodline without the Entity's influence.

But still, his urgency to defeat Axel increased. Just the possibility was enough to terrify him.

"You are going to die now." He uttered, one of his eyes turning green.

"Try it. I will survive, no matter what." Replied Axel.

Powerful winds were generated, mixing in with Aslot's water attack to enhance their destructive power. In order to defeat Axel, Aslot even brought out his other bloodline, the bloodline of Vanox, the Wind Septis.

"Sylthia's power...?"

Axel, on the other hand, was taken by surprise. Having no strength to block it, he absorbed the power of the dangerous attack.

Shooosh—

As a result, he was thrown away several hundred kilometers due to the sheer power behind the attack.

'What the...'

This was definitely that bitch Sylthia's power. The Wind Arts of the Varnox Septis.

'Slythia Varnox... Aslot Regius Varnox... Of course.'

Of all the girls in the kingdom, his great grandfather only had to have an affair with someone who belonged to one of the most powerful Septises of Atlantis.

So, Aslot not only has extremely high proficiency in water arts, but also in wind arts. Of course, using the two in conjunction must take a significant toll on Aslot, but it was effective, since Axel almost died just now.

[Skill Steal]

Instantly, Axel began to learn the Wind Arts, not to get the power of winds, but to understand Aslot's attacks better in order to defend against them.

[You have awakened the Wind Affinity

Proficiency 1.2%]

[You have unlocked: Wind Arts]

'What in the hell...?'

[The members of the Royal family, having mixed their bloodlines with the other Septises throughout generations, can learn all affinities to a certain extent.]

Axel wasn't allowed to ponder that piece of information as Aslot once again appeared in front of him to launch another attack.

As Aslot's onslaught continued, Axel once again adapted to it. Understanding the basic principle of the magic Aslot was using, he was able to better counter it.

[Wind Affinity ^]

[Wind Arts ^]

[Water Arts ^]

[Water Monarch ^]

The damage Axel had accumulated made it seem that he might die at any moment, and it was only increasing with each of Aslot's attacks. And even the amount of water he could mobilize was slowly decreasing.

'But, why...'

'Why does he NOT DIE?!'

'Why does he keep getting better?!'

Aslot was at his wit's end now.

Certainly, that much damage was enough to kill anyone. And even if they don't die, they should be incapacitated, unable to do anything due to the pain.

But Axel... he was still fighting with a calmness and composure as if having a leisurely game of chess. And his skill proficiencies were increasing.

'He has "that" mentality...'

The main reason why Axel was still alive was not because of his many fancy abilities.

In history, there have always been people who've managed to achieve impossible feats, beating overwhelming odds. The reason these people were able to succeed was not just because of their extraordinary talent. It was a kind of special mentality. An unexplainable power.

Axel doesn't really have anything that was powerful enough to give him damage. The only reason he's still alive is because he's able to successfully use weak abilities to efficiently deflect the power of Aslot's attacks. That's not very useful when it comes to attacking Aslot, is it?

The water bodies around Aslot were able to block Axel's water attacks, which had copied from Aslot's water arts, only much weaker.

"Give up, boy. This is the en—"

Aslot couldn't finish those words. The composition of the water around him changed and billions of volts of electricity were generated, giving him a lot of damage.

What Axel had done just now was to change the composition of the water that he had attacked Aslot with by separating positive and negative charges, thus naturally generating a huge amount of lighting without having to use his own magic.

And... the power was enough to actually damage Aslot in his [Water Body] state.

'What....?!'

The magic that Aslot had been trying to cast was suddenly interrupted, saving Axel a few more seconds. Aslot was shocked, literally.

"The Lightning Arts... how did you...?"

These were the Lightning Arts of the Ignis Septis. Jolts of electricity was running throughout Aslot's body while his brain processed this 'shocking' revelation.

Axel did have the Lightning Affinity, which he had inherited from his grandmother of the Ignis Septis. It was revealed in the beginning of the water when the boy had used Lightning against him.

But, at that time, the Lightning he had used was too weak, not even enough to give him an iota of damage. It was a very crude and amateur attempt at offense, which he had made using his own meager magic.

But- just now, the Lightning attack he had used was made through the Lightning Arts of the Lightning Septis. Meaning either he has been hiding it from the beginning, or in just a short while, the boy has dramatically increased his comprehension of the Lightning Arts, thus also increasing his Lightning affinity.

Aslot didn't know which option was more terrifying.

The Extreme Lightning of the Ignis Septis is one of the things that can actually threaten Aslot. That's the reason why he had gone as far as using the Relic's full abilities on the Lightning Relic wielder. But the bastard had managed to use [Lightning Body] at the last moment, thus managing to save himself.

The saving grace was, Axel's proficiency still hadn't reached a high enough level and neither did he have the Lightning relic. Furthermore...

'You're not the only one with Lightning...' Aslot was a member of the Royal Family, which has been mixing the bloodlines of the other septises for generations. Water and wind might be his strongest affinities, but over the years, he still has gained some proficiency in it.

So, the attack just now was...

'Still... bearable.'

Aslot realized that it was only because of his decision to use his strongest card that forced Axel to reveal this. Had the battle stretched further, the damage Aslot would have taken would have been much, much worse.

'This time for sure... you're dead.' Even while under extreme pain, Aslot managed to finish the chant for his magic.

[Soul Extinguisher]

*ZZZZZZZZZZZZNNNNNNNN*

Both Aslot and Axel fell to the ground.

A piercing shriek filled the area. Surprisingly, it was coming from Axel, who wouldn't scream even when being infected with painifera venom.

Axel's mind was blank. He didn't even know what happened , but he was suddenly screaming his lungs out while his body writhed on the ground.

Then he felt it, his soul. He had felt it before, like when it was almost sucked out by the dementors or when it accepting the burden of [Limit Break], or when practicing [Zen Focus].

Only this time, it was being disintegrated.

[Zen Focus]

He tried his very best to stop the spell from rampaging in his soul, but the pain was making him lose control.

[Limit Break: Max]

Axel used up [Limit Break], something he had decided not to use again, ever. But what choice did he have? That magic was intent on destroying his very soul.

A huge amount of strength filled up his soul, as a result of change in his Akashic records, blocking the magic that he was rampaging in his body, but his eyes remained wide open, his body spasming uncontrollably as the water fell around him.

'What the fuck... is that magic... what the fuck... is this pain...?'

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