Chapter 554 Challenges Daphne’s version (part 5)

Chapter 554 Challenges Daphne’s version (part 5)

Naturally after listening to such words, it was impossible for the Valas Princess to not react in a positive way, as the light that flashed on her pretty blue eyes, suggested, however, as young as Daphne is, she isn't naïve.

Or at least, she isn't as sheltered as she used to be, since she experienced betrayal by the guys that were assigned to her team back at the beast hunt, which wasn't her neither the Duchess having a bad eye for people.

Those guys were probably prepared behind the scenes by Arlion through Triten, and one has to give it to that old cunning bastard, after discovering the betrayal of the young masters and misses of those vassal families, Annete did a throughout investigation on her own and found that the old generation wasn't aware of them being brought over to Arlion's side.

So, the old bastard simply swayed those delusional idiots by promising them power and the chance to break off their vassal status to start their own independent noble families, as to why he chose the members of the young generation, they were perfect disposable pawns since they needed less resources to be bribed and they didn't hold real power in terms of the politics of their families, so they successfully escaped the radar of the Duchess.

Anyway, the important here is that Daphne didn't accept right away, despite the sensation of "familiarity" that she was feeling from that sphere of light, which of course didn't scape the eyes of the latter.

"Ahem, I guess I can't expect you to accept right away, though any other member of the young generation would have been laughing even in their sleep... oh well, I can at least have a small face to face talk with you", said the sphere of light.

The next second the light expanded and dazzled before everything returned to normal, in time to reveal a tall woman with long blue hair who was wearing an elegant long dark blue dress.

Daphne was surprised for two things, first the woman in front of her was quite beautiful to say the least, and that is a lot coming from the Valas princess who is a beauty by all means, second there was a certain resemblance between that woman and... her own mother.

It's not like they were exactly lookalike, but if someone said that they belonged to the same family branch, it wouldn't be questioned by others, there was a huge difference in terms of presence though, and this woman was above Grace in beauty terms too, but that could be explained by the simple fact, that based on the feeling the gave off, she was a pure blooded magic beast descendant, her aura even surpassed that of Thea and the other rulers from the Maelstrom Sea.

"First princess of the Northern Sea, Ophelia Vallmery, it's a pleasure", said the woman as she raised the sides of her dress.

Daimon's eyes frowned behind his mask, he has seen the term "Son of the Northern Sea" and "Daughter of the Northern Sky" before, they showed up every time he looked at the oath that Adam was supposed to obtain as a way to tie him to Jasmine, but Ophelia used "princess" instead of "daughter", which got his attention.

"Are you curious about my origin kid, unfortunately the information I have is limited, since this is only a sliver of my soul that remained, but if you want to ask something, I wouldn't mind, I don't even remember when was the last time I talked with someone after all", said Ophelia.

'She can see physical layer of the Hollow Suit...', thought Daimon, it would be a lie to say he wasn't surprised; however, the important part is that Ophelia clearly couldn't see through his lineages and the other stuff he was hiding, based on how she was wary of him earlier and tried to use the arrays of the challenge to attack him, she probably guessed he is a system user.

But if Thea's ancestor managed to learn how to identify them, it's not weird that what probably is a being on a level Daimon can't even begin to fathom as of current, it was normal, in fact based on what he knew so far after listening to story of Freya's hosts, system users shouldn't be that rare at higher ranked places, a theory which was "indirectly" confirmed by Evangeline a second later.

'Don't worry, she couldn't see through the system, but she has probably met a fair amount of system users before, she can see your face though but that's understandable, since even her shattered existence is way above what you know as of current', she said.

'Oh, higher than that of Freya, Karla and that little angel?', asked Daimon just for Evangeline to giggle in response.

'Your usual tricks won't work on me, you'll have to think on better conquering lines... also administrators and other beings in similar situations don't count, since their existences are tied to something, anyway I can confirm that she doesn't have any ill intentions towards you, courtesy of the system~', she said.

Daimon inwardly nodded, taking note of that for later before directly asking.

"What is the Star Lord realm".

"Wait, you don't have Star Lords in your galaxy of origin!", exclaimed Ophelia in surprise, she flashed and the next second she was standing next to Daimon, she then floated around him a couple of times as if she was evaluating him.

Up-close, Daimon couldn't help but notice that she was really "big", in all the meaning of the word, she was actually taller than Erin, and had a figure that went perfectly along with that, as the delight to the eye curves that were reflecting on his eyes, suggested, it's not that Daimon is that fixated on such things, but it's the first time he sees someone that surpasses Erin in that aspect, so he couldn't help but think about it for a second.

'Are most beast race women supposed to be this "dotted", or...', wondered Daimon before he returned to reality, since Evangeline herself said that Ophelia wasn't an enemy, he took off the mask, it was useless in the sense that she could see his real appearance anyway.

After observing Daimon for a couple of seconds, Ophelia frowned as if she couldn't reach a proper conclusion, before saying.

"Kid, your physique is strange, are you perhaps a magic knight... no it feels different, can you show me your mana or battle aura?".

Daimon didn't use any energy in the second part of the challenge, he only used Disaster to kill those two and break through the barrier that separated the different areas for the participants, so Ophelia apparently couldn't tell whether he was a knight or a mage, still she somehow made a not so far from the spot supposition calling him a magic knight.

Now imagine her surprise when he manifested battle aura on his right hand and mana on his left hand, at the same time.

"Daimon Licht", said Daimon.

"If what you told me was true, then that little girl and her mother were cursed, a specialty of the White Disaster Shark race and their subordinates, do you happen to have the items used for the ritual?".

Daimon nodded and then took out the coin which had lost its red color after Ryan used it, and the handbell, from his inventory and then handed them to Ophelia, who inspected them for a moment to then gaze at Daimon.

"It's faint, but there is a remnant of the aura of those traitor bastards, I won't forget it even if I die, I can heal both the little girl and her mother...", Ophelia stopped for a moment, she seemed to be considering quite a bit whether to continue or not, but ultimately, she did.

"I'll use my remaining energy to give her a new set of mana circuits, as for what her mother lost, it should be the memories stored in her bloodline, I'll prepare a copy of my own for her, normally that would mean I will die, but you have the "Ruler of the Sea", right?", she asked to confirm, to which Daimon nodded.

"In that case, will you take me with you?", Ophelie saw Daimon raising an eyebrow and the light in her eyes attenuated, but she understood she was misunderstanding the next second when he said.

"I do have the "Ruler of the Sea", but besides controlling a certain number of sea type magic beasts under some conditions and helping them evolve faster, I can't do anything else".

"Oh that, let me help you with it...", she said, the next thing Daimon knew was that a warm current was coursing through his body, as Ophelia leaned down and kissed his forehead, which made the three "present" girls pout for a second.

[Ding]

[A new title has been awarded due to a specific action]

[New tittle unlocked: Blessing of the Northern Sea]

[The host has gained the trust and recognition of a titled representative of the Northern Sea, "Royal Link" has been granted by the first Princess of the Northern Sea]

[Royal Link: An ability from the first princess of the Northern Sea will be taught to the host, (if the tittle is unequipped or lost, the ability will disappear, the ability will be decided by the first princess of the Northern Sea)]

[Ding]

[A new skill has been unlocked due to a specific action]

[Royal Grace lv1: Once per a thousand years, the host can prevent the death of any being whose lineage is related to the Northern Sea (The target must be at most three major realms above the host and be in the same planet as the host at the moment of death, the target will be in suspension for a fixed amount of time, based on the difference between the strength of the host and the target)]

[Cooldown: 1,000 years]

Daimon's eyes glowed as he read the notifications that appeared before him, he also felt a faint connection with Ophelia, but right now he could only think about the fact that he finally got a lifesaving skill, something he has been wanting to obtain for a really long time, it had some really harsh conditions, but it was the next better option after a resurrection skill, so how could he not be happy.

Now, this one only worked for those whose lineages were related to the Northern Sea, but the harder part was to get an ability with a specific function, after that, he could study it and learn how to create his own that will adjust to his needs, just like how he obtained "Switch" based on "Blink", of course it wasn't as simple as that, it took him eight years and that was with him being able to use blink as much as he needed, but this ability will only activate once before going into cooldown, but it was better than nothing.

Of course, there was another option he had before, he could have gotten something similar if he would have let Jasmine become a spare pair of lives for him, but that never crossed his mind, so now it was a win-win situation.

"Wait, I don't know what realm you thought I have, but I'm still below the Lord... the middle level of the Mortal realm", said Daimon, to which Ophelia smiled before saying.

"No problem, after giving that little girl new mana circuits and creating the copy of my lineage memories, I'll at most be at the Stellar rank, it should be enough~".

'You already have three administrators, a sword and a ghost on you, what does another one amounts for... that doesn't mean you can keep adding others, but she'll be beneficial for you at both short and long term', mumbled Evangeline with a cutely unconvinced voice.

Daimon's eyes glowed, as he got the hint hidden in Evangeline's words, though she chose a weird way to communicate her message.

"In that case... let's do it", said Daimon as he nodded at Ophelie who warmly smiled at him, the link that formed between them was similar to the oath that originally assured Jasmin that Daimon wasn't going to harm her, it was similar to a contract, of course Daimon wasn't really tied by it, but they could feel that he didn't have ill intentions towards them, so the result was the same.

"I'll be in your care, give those bastards a nice beating in my stead, little brother~", said Ophelia, her body dissolved into countless particles of light, some entered the hand bell, another portion went to the coin and the last part which took Ophelias's form one last time, landed on Daimon's palm to then transform into a ring with a small blue gem on it.