CH.434 Superior Synchro vs. Corrupted Synchro

CH.434 Superior Synchro vs. Corrupted Synchro[Cailie POV]

“Summon Wind Spirit!” I yelled out, as I focused my mana so that I could call forth my second mother, Anemoi.

It felt as if all the air inside the barrier gathered to take the form of the superior spirit of wind, Anemoi.

“Oh my little girl! It has been too long.” Anemoi said, as she took me into a deep embrace.

“Mom! Not the time!” I said, and pointed at my sister who was synchronized with a sprite.

“Oh that. That is no problem.” Mom said, as she blasted the water creature with a powerful wind spell, completely destroying the spell and sending my sister plummeting into the water for the second time. “Just let mom take care of everything. I’ll have both of them dealt with in no time.”

“No!” I yelped. “This ... this is my fight. I have to beat her. But since she allowed spirits, I can use one too, right? So let’s play by her rules.”

“... are you sure? Your body may not be ready to synchronize with a superior spirit. I can go back and send a greater here instead.”

“No. ... I know you won’t hurt me, so let’s.”

“Alright. But if anything starts to hurt, I’m stopping the synchro.” Mom said, as she entered my body.

I felt a great rush of power as we synchronized, but it didn’t hurt.

“Alright.” I said, my voice sounding slightly echoey. “Let’s undo their synchro first, and then see if we can deal with that sprite without hurting my sister.”

(We need to damage them for that. Or drain out all of your sister’s mana. When she can no longer supply mana to the sprite, the synchro should break.) Mom said in my head.

(Alright. I suppose that is a reasonable plan.) I responded. (... but she isn’t coming out of the water, so what do we do?)

(Simple. If your enemy doesn’t come to you, force them to.)

I instinctively knew what to do and I casted a spell together with mom.

“Wind Typhoon!”

A powerful whirlwind of air began to form in the room, and the massive power it had sucked in a lot of the water on the ground.

With the water getting gathered, my sister was revealed. And she looked terrifying.

She was using a mix of her Water Avatar and Water Kraken spells, making a monstrous looking avatar, with many, many water tentacles coming out of it.

Luckily for us, the Kraken Avatar was somewhat held back by the Wind Typhoon, so we could spend a bit strategizing.

(... Thanks for being here, mom. I’m not sure I wouldn’t be terrified if you weren't’.)

(There is nothing wrong with being scared. It is all about what you do when you are.)

(... Do we just smash it?)

(We could, or we can do what they are doing.)

(... okay. Let’s.)

With a plan agreed on, I began focusing on the spell we would use. The same one my sister was using, except with the Wind attribute.

“Wind Avatar!”

With our spell, we also made an avatar, but ours was made of wind with us as the center.

(We should have a weapon as well.) Mom said.

(Okay.) I agreed, so we casted the next spell.

“Wind Lance!”

With a large lance made of wind now in the hand of our Wind Avatar, we were ready for the fight.

With the Wind Typhoon running out, all of the water it had gathered began to fall to the ground, and my sister’s Kraken Avatar used the water to form two Water Whips, one in each hand.

I’m not scared. I’m not scared. I’m only fighting someone with way more experience with their weapon, while I’ve barely ever even held a lance. No pressure.

(You know, we can turn this back into a magic fight, if you don’t like this avatar fight.) Mom said.

(No! I’ll prove myself!)

(To whom?)

(Myself!)

I guided our avatar to move towards my sister, while using some Wind Cutter spells to cut her incoming Water Whips. It was a bit difficult to manage three spells at the same time, but with mom’s help, I managed.

“... Arrgh! Water Whip!” As my sister came to, her first reaction was to cast another spell, but she was out of mana, so nothing happened.

“Surrender.” I told her. “You have no mana left. Your synchro was undone. You can’t win.”

“I will not lose!” She yelled.

“You already did. I don’t want to hurt you. ... but if you don’t surrender, I will.” I said, as I felt mom casting a spell.

I raised my fist and a dagger of wind formed into it. I then brought it down to my sister’s chest, ready to plunge it into her.

... it didn’t feel nice, but it is the only way to lower the barrier, if my sister doesn’t surrender.

“I Am Stronger Than You!” She yelled out, making me realize that there really was no other choice.

So I plunged the Wind Dagger into my sister’s chest, ripping apart her flesh. I then brought it out, and watched as the sacred duel barrier lowered.

I had won, but it really felt like a hollow victory.

[Brian POV]

I was proud of Cailie. I really was. She won.

Sure some might say she cheated, but this entire fight was one big cheat.

Had Amilie not summoned a sprite, Cailie wouldn’t have summoned Anemoi. And even before the spirits got involved, Cailie simply was stronger. She also had the huge advantage of being able to use Spirit Magic, while Amilie seemingly could only use Water Magic.

But that is besides the point for now. We have a sprite to purify. I got one of my custom cards out of the Collection and quickly activated it.

“Sprite Purifying Mirror!”

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I then made sure the bound sprite looked at it long enough that it got fully purified.

The now purified water spirit then disappeared, likely returning to the spirit world. Only to be replaced by a different, much more powerful water spirit.

“Thalassa. Nice to see you again.” I greeted the superior spirit of water.

“Brian. You know why I’m here, right?”

“It will make Rain sad, but I won’t say no.”

“Don’t worry. Her family will still be the one you call when you call for the others. I made sure of that. Unless you specifically request a different kind of water spirit.”

“Alright. Then thanks.”

With a quick kiss on my cheek, my Water Spirits Blessing (Greater) turned into Thalassa’s Blessing.

Thalassa then approached Cailie, who had undone her synchro with Anemoi.

“And you. You aren’t getting away this time.” Thalassa said, as she rushed Cailie, took her into her embrace and gave the mermaid a wet kiss. Not that kind of wet kiss. It just is wet because Thalassa’s body is literally made of water.

“Thanks for purifying my child. And sorry for the trouble he caused. I’m taking his blessing back from that one.” Thalassa pointed at Amilie when she said that. “And I’ll make sure he is better in the future.” Thalassa said, referring to the greater water spirit.

She then left for the spirit world and her body broke apart, the water it had been made of splashing onto the ground.

“I’ll be going as well.” Anemoi said. “I’m sure you can handle it from here, and if you can’t, just call me again.” She then turned to me and said. “And Brian. Cailie will need rest after this, so make sure she gets it. A superior synchro, especially as we kept it up for that long, takes a toll on her body.”

“Yeah. I promise I’ll get her to rest.” I promised Anemoi, as her body disappeared into the wind.

I then levitated myself to Cailie.

“Congratulations. You did it.” I told her.

“... thanks. ... I just wish it would have ended differently.” Cailie said. “... also ... how do I show this to Brian? ... what do you mean I can’t?”

“Cailie?”

“... just a bit. I’m trying to figure this out.”

(She got herself a System Support.) Laura said. (I’m offering them a link. I think she is trying to show you a mission.)

“...” I thought about congratulating Cailie again, but I decided against it. I just took her into a hug and waited for Laura to work her magic.

After a bit, the link was done and Laura could show me Cailie’s first System mission.

Mission: Reunite the ClanInformation: The Nixie mer-folk clan has been split because of the actions of its previous ruler. Do your best to bring it back together.Goal: Reunite the banished half of the clan with the rest of the clan.Reward: Unique Skill [redacted] will be unlocked.

I asked Cailie about the skill, but it was redacted from her as well. I guess the System wants to give us another surprise again. Kind of like with my racial-unique skill.

Well, I feel like we were going to try to do that anyway, so I don’t see why we wouldn’t.

SpoilerName: CailieRace: Wind Spirit Mermaid ?Level: 64 [+22]HP: 1545 [+410]Mana: 5110 [+1150]Strength: 768 [+182]Defense: 1067 [+348]Magic: 2630 [+810] Skills:Spirit Magic LV.3 (racial) [+1]

Marvelous Swimming LV.3 (racial) [+1]Aerial Swimming LV.1 (racial)Create Wind Spirit (racial) Charming Voice LV.4 (extra)Summon Wind Spirit (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra) [new]

Summon Earth Spirit (extra)Summon Nature Spirit (extra)

Knife Technique LV.1Hiding LV.2 Sneak Attack LV.1 Spiritual Wind Magic LV.7 [+1]Spiritual Nature Magic LV.3 [+2]

Spiritual Mana Control LV.10 [+1] Magic Boost LV.3 [+2] Quick Cast LV.4 [new]

Instant Cast LV.4 [+2]Magic resistance LV.3 [+2]Gardening LV.4 [+1] Singing LV.5 Battle Song LV.3Performance LV.3 Daughter of Anemoi Greater Spirit of West Wind

Thalassa’s Blessing [new]

Gaia’s Blessing

Hegemone’s Blessing

Half Spirit

Spirit Singer

One that Sings to NatureOne that Swims through the Air

Hallow Prison PrevailerOne that Returned from Banishment [replaced ‘A Banished One’][collapse]