Chapter 626 Earned Power

Chapter 626 Earned Power

"A witch," Arad stepped forward, clenching a fist. "By casting magic using your nails, you avoid all the lag of using an arcane focus, resulting in a cast as quick as moving your hand. But on the other side, it places a massive toll on the body, so most witches end up looking like old rags,"

"I won't end up like that," Eris smiled, getting ready to block Arad's charge, "I'm an immortal vampire with dragon blood flowing through my veins, and now, holy magic that keeps me healthy. I can take the toll with ease,"

Eris kept her eyes open, tracking Arad's every move. The last time she fought his second phase, she got blitzed before she could see him attack.

Arad disappeared from her vision, and she felt her guts twist violently. The moment she realized it, Arad had already plunged his fist into her stomach, sending her back at a blinding speed.

Eris barely stopped herself from smacking into the wall by extending her toenails into claws and latching to the ground. "I see, this is why I couldn't see you," She growled, smiling.

Arad stood there, staring at her with his eyes glowing, "The acceleration fools the eyes, but the speed is real,"

"Slowing time to move faster. With you being able to drop it to 90%, that means you got ten times faster than your humanoid form," Eris took a stance, her stomach healing immediately.

"You can't spam that, so as long as I survived the first hit, I'm fine," She blasted forward, plasma gushing from her back like jets, propelling her faster than she could before.

As she reached Arad, blood gushed out of her hand, forming a blade. CRACK! She stopped right before reaching Arad, swinging the sword up with holy magic crackling from her fingers and through the blood like lightning.

Arad stared at the sword, ^Divine smites.^ His mind raced, ^The spell is granted by a god to a mortal to dispel evil and undeath,^

He stepped back, dodging the attack. His eyes followed Eris's body, trying to read her flow of magic. Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

A fraction of a second before the attack, a charge of holy magic appears in the user's heart like a spark. That's the power the god grants them, and it takes a great toll on the body as it jolts it all.

Arad's face turned back to normal, "Gravity magic to block the initial hit, but how do I deal with the secondary blast? The answer was simple. Curses are the opposite of holy magic. As I expected, they cancel each other, but the petrification effect on me remains and protects me."

Eris jumped back, sweating as she watched Arad stand unharmed after eating a divine crusher to the face.

He stood, staring at her, "What's the problem? Keep attacking,"

"Just in the hell, how could you do that?" Eris mumbled, staring at him. The gods rule the world and the system. An evil being won't ever be able to get immunity to their magic through the system. It won't make sense for the gods to grant immunity to those they want to kill, but the only exception is when the creature serves like she's now with Amaterasu.

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Amaterasu laughed in the heavens, "As I expected, he has what it takes." She stared down into a pond, seeing them, "A power that doesn't rely on anything besides his own strength and wits."

She waved her hand, "Go! Kisue Eris! Hit him with more holy magic than he can cancel out," Amaterasu poured a flood of magic unwieldable by mortals into Eris's body. Her goal was simple, overwhelm Arad with quantity.

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Eris's body burst with holy magic, flowing faster, stronger than ever. She clenched her fists, giggling, "You were right. Find a solution, and they come with a counter,"

Arad extended his hand toward her, "Wrong!" He smiled, "Gods they may be, but their powers flow through mortals, limited by flesh and bones."

"What are you talking about?"

"It's a contest, to see who will dry first."