Chapter 26 Sword Domain

A loud lion's roar could be heard from behind Shaman and Elysia as the sound of rustling was fast approaching. Shaman withdrew her sword and Elysia had jumped back ready to fire, Wolfy had stood next to Shaman ready to pounce.

After a few more seconds a dark figure could be seen.

'So far it looks like a normal lion.' Shaman calmed down a little as she was worried she would see some disgusting cross breed and was not looking forward to looking at it.

The lion had jumped out revealing itself. It had a Lions head and body but it had legs that were of a spider and had arms of a prey mantis.

Shaman almost convulsed as it was worse than she had imagined but she still managed to open the inspect screen.

[lionsect]

[Tier 3 leader]

[merging of 3 species has good attack power and speed but has terrible flexibility]

"Alright Elysia we have 4 of these to hunt so lets make this quick." Shaman had shouted as she remembered that they need 4 tier 3 leader crystals to evolve.

"Okay~" Elysia understood and prepared her new arrow.

"Shaman, stand back and let me show you my new skill." Elysia thought it would be a great opener for their battle but then Shaman spoke up.

"Hold on, I have something that will make it better." Shaman then stabbed the ground with her katana.

"Domain." Shaman spoke softly.

Then the surroundings started to change as flowers started to sprout and blossom into a beautiful field of white dahlias covering the area around them.

Elysia was in Shock as it was the same flower as her family name but hers was based on the black one because of her hair.

'It's beautiful.' Elysia could not help but think of these words.

"Elysia, use your arrow now!" The lion who was confused by what was happening regained his wits and was about to attack.

Elysia broke out of her daze and shot the arrow, She had also used multi shot, shooting either side of the lionsect. To Elysia's surprise the shot was more powerful and she had assumed that it was whatever Shaman had done.

The arrow landed and exploded into blades and since Elysia could influence its direction all the blades headed towards the legs.

The Lionsect thought she had missed so it ignored the arrows but that was a fatal mistake as the blades sliced it leg getting rid of half its legs. Due to the blades going through the flower field petals flew up and were coated in the red blood of the lionsect. The Lionsect had roared in pain and fell over, Shaman seeing this took advantage of the immobile lion and combined a few skills.

She used Sword gale with her Slash and activated blazing sword Causing an arc of fire as she slashed do on the lion decapitating it. Although the skill was flashy, it used too much energy.

Shaman had managed to kill the Lionsect in one go but it was overkill and a waste of energy. She also had fallen on her back buffed out as the effects kicked in instantly. Elysia saw this and panicked a little.

"Jeez Shaman, The first thing you do after recovering is almost get your mana circuits fried again." Elysia pouted a little as she knew Shaman had used too many skills.

"It's fine but I must say it was fun using so many skills at once." Shaman smiled and the flowers around her started to vanish as the skill was deactivated. Elysia only sighed and sat next to Shaman. Wolfy had also come over and sat in Elysia's lap.

"That skill of yours was amazing, I wonder why it looked like that." Elysia was curious as the flowers were the same as her last name.

"Well the description said that the looks vary so I assume because I am in a relationship with you it took the form of a flower and the white is just a representation of my hair." Shaman had guessed this as it made sense it would take a form that represented her.

"Well anyway I'm fine now, we can continue." Shaman jumped up as the initial exhaustion was gone and her passive regeneration made it easier to recover quicker.

"Let's get back to hunting." Shaman offered her hand to help Elysia off the ground.

They continued to hunt the Lionsect and repeated the same process but instead of Shaman killing them she had allowed Wolfy to kill them, bringing his level to 24.

"Alright we can now evolve into tier 3." Shaman was satisfied as they acquired the cores they needed.

"Seeing as we are moving to tier 3 do you think we should move to a different city, especially not a human one." Elysia wanted to leave this place as soon as possible since it seems like humans are always on the hunt for them no matter what they do.

"It's going to be hard to get to Alfheim as its on the other side of Elysium so we may not be able to avoid human cities for a while," Shaman had bit her lip as she too wanted to leave but since she wanted to avoid the fox realm for now the only option was Elfhiem.

"Ugh this sucks but I guess we should look for a city that has a high population of tier 4 and 5 beasts." Although reluctant they had no other choice.

"Well we should head back, after that we can continue to plan about moving." Shaman wanted to evolve as quickly as possible since she does not know how long it may take them.

"Yeah you're right." Then they both started walking back to the city.

***

"Sir, they plan to leave the city soon and are close to tier 3." A man in black robes could be seen holding a stone of some sorts.

"Don't attack them yet, we will strike them tomorrow when they leave to hunt again." The same nobleman's voice rang through the rock.

"Understood." Then the black robed man vanished from his spot.

***

Shaman, Wolfy and Elysia all arrived back to the city relatively early and had some extra time, so as they said before they would go clothes shopping.

"Hmm I wonder what I should get." Elysia was quite fond of her current outfit and was a little unsure on what to change about it.

"Maybe you should get black stockings and a shoulderless top but keep the skirt." Shaman's suggestion made Elysia's eyes shine brightly. Without realizing it Elysia grabbed Shaman's hand and started dragging her into a clothes store.

After getting the mentioned clothes Elysia walked out of the change rooms.

"How do I look?" Elysia was now wearing black stockings with her old black skirt. The shoulderless top was white but had a black outline although it did show a little bit of cleavage it was not enough to attract stares.

"You look... beautiful." Shaman was a little slow as she was a little stunned by how she looked.

"Okay I'll buy this, Now it is your turn Shaman." Shaman jumped a little as she was not particularly picky with clothes and was just going to get something simple but after looking at Elysia she felt like she had to get something a bit more extravagant.

After looking around a little, Shaman found a black skirt that caught her eye.

'I like this, now let's see if there is a shirt.' Shaman then went hunting for a shirt. After a while she found something. It was a white and black shirt that had a unique design. It had the black shirt underneath, then the white shirt went over the top but then split just below the chest going to either side of the black shirt. Shaman liked the design and headed for the change rooms.

When she walked out Elysia froze as she felt like she saw a goddess appear, although a bit of an overreaction Shaman still could not help but blush.

Shaman had worn black boots with thigh high socks, The black skirt fell down just above her knees showing barely any skin. She had worn her overcoat with the shirt which made her look like an elite soldier. Shaman was relatively happy as she was going for an elitist look and Elysia's overblown reaction made her even more happy.

After Elysia recovered They paid for the clothes and headed towards their apartment.

After arriving they both dived into the bath straight away as they wanted to evolve as soon as they could.

After arguing and toying with each other in the bath they finished off with some dinner and were getting ready to evolve.

"Although it may not be smart to do it at the same time I'm sure Wolfy can protect us plus we will be able to leave sooner the quicker we evolve." Shaman was worried they would get attacked during the night but tried reassuring herself.

"It will be fine and if anything I might end up finishing earlier than you so at least one of us can stay guard." Elysia was told that Shaman had taken longer so it was safe to assume the same would happen again.

"Well I guess we should start." Elysia nodded and so they both went into an egg and began to evolve to tier 3.