Chapter 323: 088 – Surrounded 1
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Rupid slowly climbed back to his feet, blood leaked out of his mouth as he pushed himself up with great effort, as he looked up at Lirian his eyes went red with anger.
A blind rage was threatening to take away all his senses as he looked at Lirian's arrogant smirk that never left his face throughout the fight.
Rupid changed his stance, he placed his hands on the ground and placed his legs on the floor, as if he was about to charge at Lirian.
Lirian saw the energy moving around Rupid, he looked like an athlete who was about to begin a race, but his aura was concentrating in front of his body, like a battering ram.
'He's using a skill,' Lirian realised, from the way the energy was building up, 'Does this guy really want to destroy the entire floor, or is he just that stupid?' Lirian wondered with genuine concern, from what he learned about the nobles of this house, the odds of their Lord being an idiot didn't seem like a stretch.
Lirian was about to prepare a spell to counter the strike, but just then a massive ball of flame that covered almost the entire corridor entered Lirian's sense.
'Do all the members of this family have no brain cells!' Lirian cursed as the massive ball of flame closed the distance, 'It's like they want to destroy their home,' Lirian thought with a sigh and quickly turned his attention to the spell of flame.
'It has third grade power, but it's just like Rupid it lacks substance,' Lirian thought as he analysed the spell, he didn't have to think twice to know who the caster was.
It was Izlandi's uncle, Conner Kurt, who cast the spell.
"Shatter," Lirian whispered and raised his hand, a spell circle took shape in his hand and shot into the centre of the fireball, and almost instantly the entire spell fell apart turning into nothing more than energy.
Lirian quickly activated his [Conduit] ability and started to absorb the energy, in his current situation he needed all the energy he could gather.
The energy rapidly entered his body in thin streams, "Thanks for the grub," Lirian said as his energy increased a little.
Just as he finished taking the energy in he snapped his attention back to Rupid who was charging through the cloud of smoke, "Don't think that I forgot about you," Lirian scoffed when Rupid was just a few feet away from him.
Lirian jumped and spun his body in the air, he planned to deliver a devastating blow to Rupid, but just then he sensed another presence enter his range, and it was the strongest of the cultivators present.
'This must be the ancestor of the family,' Lirian concluded as he recalled everything Izlandi had told him, 'He is at the very peak of his level,' Lirian noted as he looked at the concentration of energy in his new opponent's spine.
The ancestor of the family came charging in with a flying kick, and his aim was spot on, he seemed to anticipate Lirian's action.
Lirian quickly activated [Levitation] and a spell circle opened up in his palm, it quickly exploded into flames and sent him flying out of the path of the ancestor's strike.
Lirian landed softly on the ground, but in the next second two loud explosions caused the entire keep to tremble and shake.
It was the resultant of both Rupid and the ancestor missing, their control was so pathetic that they couldn't even defuse their power from their attacks, and they ended up crashing into the structure.
Lirian stood calmly on the shaking floor, he could feel that the floor beneath his feet had lost all its integrity, one more heavy impact and everything would cave in.
As he waited the trembling gradually stopped and the smoke cleared to reveal the new 'open plan' of the keep, several walls were broken down, creating a connection between several rooms and the corridor.
The three family leaders all returned to their feet and approached Lirian, in a triangle and behind them, numerous soldiers started to fill up the space, Lirian estimated that there were at least 200 novices and almost all the adapts of House Kurt were now present.
They formed a wide circle behind their leaders and all of them were glaring at Lirian with proud smirks, in their minds Lirian was completely surrounded by the full force of House Kurt, there was no way they could see him walking out of the encirclement alive.
When Rupid saw the dire situation Lirian was in he managed to come back to his senses, there was no longer a need for him to mindlessly charge in especially with his father and brother also present.
When the soldiers stopped moving and silence filled the area all eyes were on Lirian, but what they saw didn't match their expectations.
They expected to see him panic or to beg for forgiveness yet he looked completely relaxed without the slightest bit of worry.
As the light swept across Lirian's figure, they could barely make out his bloody red outfit through the metallic purple aura his body radiated, it was a majestic sight to behold, and even if he was an enemy they had to admit that he made a striking image as his aura created a contrasting effect with his long silver hair.
On his right ear, they could see the golden earing, which was symbolic of Lirian's status as a prince candidate of the Clovis Empire, flickering within the light, it added a stylish look to his figure.
But the strangest part of it all was Lirian's eyes that were shut, from the beginning of the fight he kept his eyes closed, they couldn't understand why, but a trace of fear crept through the bodies as they thought of what it could mean.
If he wasn't fighting with his eyes open the entire time, didn't that mean that he wasn't taking the fight seriously?
Unfortunately for them, they didn't know the truth, if they did, it might have eased their minds.
Lirian stood in the centre of everyone's attention as he used his god's eyes to scan the crowd, the spell allowed him to see through objects so naturally, his eyelids posed as no hindrance to the spell.
As he looked over the crowd he spotted a particular novice who he immediately identified to be Izlandi.
The reason was because she cultivated two of her centres of power, while she did give up on cultivating her body because after 6 years of cultivation she only managed to reach the third stage, the power still lingered in her body.
However, if she pushed her level to the next grade using her mana, her body's power would be sealed, and she'd lose the cultivation boost that the basic technique brought her.
Due to her cultivation of two centres of power, not only did her dantian and spine glow brightly, but the colour of her energy was a brighter yellow than ordinary novices.
Izlandi was currently struggling to hide her panic, as she looked at Lirian, he looked like a whole new person to her and she couldn't explain how he changed so much, but she was certain that it was him from the aura he exuded.
She was struggling to keep herself composed out of fear, she had no clue what led to Lirian leaving the chamber it was far too earlier, so she couldn't help but think that he betrayed her or that her secret of harbouring him was exposed.
That was when a voice popped up in her mind, which almost made her jump out of her skin, 'Yoh, just relax and play along,' the voice said and she immediately recognised the voice, it was Lirian.
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Rupid slowly climbed back to his feet, blood leaked out of his mouth as he pushed himself up with great effort, as he looked up at Lirian his eyes went red with anger.
A blind rage was threatening to take away all his senses as he looked at Lirian's arrogant smirk that never left his face throughout the fight.
Rupid changed his stance, he placed his hands on the ground and placed his legs on the floor, as if he was about to charge at Lirian.
Lirian saw the energy moving around Rupid, he looked like an athlete who was about to begin a race, but his aura was concentrating in front of his body, like a battering ram.
'He's using a skill,' Lirian realised, from the way the energy was building up, 'Does this guy really want to destroy the entire floor, or is he just that stupid?' Lirian wondered with genuine concern, from what he learned about the nobles of this house, the odds of their Lord being an idiot didn't seem like a stretch.
Lirian was about to prepare a spell to counter the strike, but just then a massive ball of flame that covered almost the entire corridor entered Lirian's sense.
'Do all the members of this family have no brain cells!' Lirian cursed as the massive ball of flame closed the distance, 'It's like they want to destroy their home,' Lirian thought with a sigh and quickly turned his attention to the spell of flame.
'It has third grade power, but it's just like Rupid it lacks substance,' Lirian thought as he analysed the spell, he didn't have to think twice to know who the caster was.
It was Izlandi's uncle, Conner Kurt, who cast the spell.
"Shatter," Lirian whispered and raised his hand, a spell circle took shape in his hand and shot into the centre of the fireball, and almost instantly the entire spell fell apart turning into nothing more than energy.
Lirian quickly activated his [Conduit] ability and started to absorb the energy, in his current situation he needed all the energy he could gather.
The energy rapidly entered his body in thin streams, "Thanks for the grub," Lirian said as his energy increased a little.
Just as he finished taking the energy in he snapped his attention back to Rupid who was charging through the cloud of smoke, "Don't think that I forgot about you," Lirian scoffed when Rupid was just a few feet away from him.
Lirian jumped and spun his body in the air, he planned to deliver a devastating blow to Rupid, but just then he sensed another presence enter his range, and it was the strongest of the cultivators present.
'This must be the ancestor of the family,' Lirian concluded as he recalled everything Izlandi had told him, 'He is at the very peak of his level,' Lirian noted as he looked at the concentration of energy in his new opponent's spine.
The ancestor of the family came charging in with a flying kick, and his aim was spot on, he seemed to anticipate Lirian's action.
Lirian quickly activated [Levitation] and a spell circle opened up in his palm, it quickly exploded into flames and sent him flying out of the path of the ancestor's strike.
Lirian landed softly on the ground, but in the next second two loud explosions caused the entire keep to tremble and shake.
It was the resultant of both Rupid and the ancestor missing, their control was so pathetic that they couldn't even defuse their power from their attacks, and they ended up crashing into the structure.
Lirian stood calmly on the shaking floor, he could feel that the floor beneath his feet had lost all its integrity, one more heavy impact and everything would cave in.
As he waited the trembling gradually stopped and the smoke cleared to reveal the new 'open plan' of the keep, several walls were broken down, creating a connection between several rooms and the corridor.
The three family leaders all returned to their feet and approached Lirian, in a triangle and behind them, numerous soldiers started to fill up the space, Lirian estimated that there were at least 200 novices and almost all the adapts of House Kurt were now present.
They formed a wide circle behind their leaders and all of them were glaring at Lirian with proud smirks, in their minds Lirian was completely surrounded by the full force of House Kurt, there was no way they could see him walking out of the encirclement alive.
When Rupid saw the dire situation Lirian was in he managed to come back to his senses, there was no longer a need for him to mindlessly charge in especially with his father and brother also present.
When the soldiers stopped moving and silence filled the area all eyes were on Lirian, but what they saw didn't match their expectations.
They expected to see him panic or to beg for forgiveness yet he looked completely relaxed without the slightest bit of worry.
As the light swept across Lirian's figure, they could barely make out his bloody red outfit through the metallic purple aura his body radiated, it was a majestic sight to behold, and even if he was an enemy they had to admit that he made a striking image as his aura created a contrasting effect with his long silver hair.
On his right ear, they could see the golden earing, which was symbolic of Lirian's status as a prince candidate of the Clovis Empire, flickering within the light, it added a stylish look to his figure.
But the strangest part of it all was Lirian's eyes that were shut, from the beginning of the fight he kept his eyes closed, they couldn't understand why, but a trace of fear crept through the bodies as they thought of what it could mean.
If he wasn't fighting with his eyes open the entire time, didn't that mean that he wasn't taking the fight seriously?
Unfortunately for them, they didn't know the truth, if they did, it might have eased their minds.
Lirian stood in the centre of everyone's attention as he used his god's eyes to scan the crowd, the spell allowed him to see through objects so naturally, his eyelids posed as no hindrance to the spell.
As he looked over the crowd he spotted a particular novice who he immediately identified to be Izlandi.
The reason was because she cultivated two of her centres of power, while she did give up on cultivating her body because after 6 years of cultivation she only managed to reach the third stage, the power still lingered in her body.
However, if she pushed her level to the next grade using her mana, her body's power would be sealed, and she'd lose the cultivation boost that the basic technique brought her.
Due to her cultivation of two centres of power, not only did her dantian and spine glow brightly, but the colour of her energy was a brighter yellow than ordinary novices.
Izlandi was currently struggling to hide her panic, as she looked at Lirian, he looked like a whole new person to her and she couldn't explain how he changed so much, but she was certain that it was him from the aura he exuded.
She was struggling to keep herself composed out of fear, she had no clue what led to Lirian leaving the chamber it was far too earlier, so she couldn't help but think that he betrayed her or that her secret of harbouring him was exposed.
That was when a voice popped up in her mind, which almost made her jump out of her skin, 'Yoh, just relax and play along,' the voice said and she immediately recognised the voice, it was Lirian.
Rupid slowly climbed back to his feet, blood leaked out of his mouth as he pushed himself up with great effort, as he looked up at Lirian his eyes went red with anger.A blind rage was threatening to take away all his senses as he looked at Lirian's arrogant smirk that never left his face throughout the fight.Rupid changed his stance, he placed his hands on the ground and placed his legs on the floor, as if he was about to charge at Lirian.Lirian saw the energy moving around Rupid, he looked like an athlete who was about to begin a race, but his aura was concentrating in front of his body, like a battering ram.'He's using a skill,' Lirian realised, from the way the energy was building up, 'Does this guy really want to destroy the entire floor, or is he just that stupid?' Lirian wondered with genuine concern, from what he learned about the nobles of this house, the odds of their Lord being an idiot didn't seem like a stretch.Lirian was about to prepare a spell to counter the strike, but just then a massive ball of flame that covered almost the entire corridor entered Lirian's sense.'Do all the members of this family have no brain cells!' Lirian cursed as the massive ball of flame closed the distance, 'It's like they want to destroy their home,' Lirian thought with a sigh and quickly turned his attention to the spell of flame.'It has third grade power, but it's just like Rupid it lacks substance,' Lirian thought as he analysed the spell, he didn't have to think twice to know who the caster was.It was Izlandi's uncle, Conner Kurt, who cast the spell."Shatter," Lirian whispered and raised his hand, a spell circle took shape in his hand and shot into the centre of the fireball, and almost instantly the entire spell fell apart turning into nothing more than energy.Lirian quickly activated his Conduit ability and started to absorb the energy, in his current situation he needed all the energy he could gather.The energy rapidly entered his body in thin streams, "Thanks for the grub," Lirian said as his energy increased a little.Just as he finished taking the energy in he snapped his attention back to Rupid who was charging through the cloud of smoke, "Don't think that I forgot about you," Lirian scoffed when Rupid was just a few feet away from him.Lirian jumped and spun his body in the air, he planned to deliver a devastating blow to Rupid, but just then he sensed another presence enter his range, and it was the strongest of the cultivators present.'This must be the ancestor of the family,' Lirian concluded as he recalled everything Izlandi had told him, 'He is at the very peak of his level,' Lirian noted as he looked at the concentration of energy in his new opponent's spine.The ancestor of the family came charging in with a flying kick, and his aim was spot on, he seemed to anticipate Lirian's action.Lirian quickly activated Levitation and a spell circle opened up in his palm, it quickly exploded into flames and sent him flying out of the path of the ancestor's strike.Lirian landed softly on the ground, but in the next second two loud explosions caused the entire keep to tremble and shake.It was the resultant of both Rupid and the ancestor missing, their control was so pathetic that they couldn't even defuse their power from their attacks, and they ended up crashing into the structure.Lirian stood calmly on the shaking floor, he could feel that the floor beneath his feet had lost all its integrity, one more heavy impact and everything would cave in.As he waited the trembling gradually stopped and the smoke cleared to reveal the new 'open plan' of the keep, several walls were broken down, creating a connection between several rooms and the corridor.The three family leaders all returned to their feet and approached Lirian, in a triangle and behind them, numerous soldiers started to fill up the space, Lirian estimated that there were at least 200 novices and almost all the adapts of House Kurt were now present.They formed a wide circle behind their leaders and all of them were glaring at Lirian with proud smirks, in their minds Lirian was completely surrounded by the full force of House Kurt, there was no way they could see him walking out of the encirclement alive.When Rupid saw the dire situation Lirian was in he managed to come back to his senses, there was no longer a need for him to mindlessly charge in especially with his father and brother also present.When the soldiers stopped moving and silence filled the area all eyes were on Lirian, but what they saw didn't match their expectations.They expected to see him panic or to beg for forgiveness yet he looked completely relaxed without the slightest bit of worry.As the light swept across Lirian's figure, they could barely make out his bloody red outfit through the metallic purple aura his body radiated, it was a majestic sight to behold, and even if he was an enemy they had to admit that he made a striking image as his aura created a contrasting effect with his long silver hair.On his right ear, they could see the golden earing, which was symbolic of Lirian's status as a prince candidate of the Clovis Empire, flickering within the light, it added a stylish look to his figure.But the strangest part of it all was Lirian's eyes that were shut, from the beginning of the fight he kept his eyes closed, they couldn't understand why, but a trace of fear crept through the bodies as they thought of what it could mean.If he wasn't fighting with his eyes open the entire time, didn't that mean that he wasn't taking the fight seriously?Unfortunately for them, they didn't know the truth, if they did, it might have eased their minds.Lirian stood in the centre of everyone's attention as he used his god's eyes to scan the crowd, the spell allowed him to see through objects so naturally, his eyelids posed as no hindrance to the spell.As he looked over the crowd he spotted a particular novice who he immediately identified to be Izlandi.The reason was because she cultivated two of her centres of power, while she did give up on cultivating her body because after 6 years of cultivation she only managed to reach the third stage, the power still lingered in her body.However, if she pushed her level to the next grade using her mana, her body's power would be sealed, and she'd lose the cultivation boost that the basic technique brought her.Due to her cultivation of two centres of power, not only did her dantian and spine glow brightly, but the colour of her energy was a brighter yellow than ordinary novices.Izlandi was currently struggling to hide her panic, as she looked at Lirian, he looked like a whole new person to her and she couldn't explain how he changed so much, but she was certain that it was him from the aura he exuded.She was struggling to keep herself composed out of fear, she had no clue what led to Lirian leaving the chamber it was far too earlier, so she couldn't help but think that he betrayed her or that her secret of harbouring him was exposed.That was when a voice popped up in her mind, which almost made her jump out of her skin, 'Yoh, just relax and play along,' the voice said and she immediately recognised the voice, it was Lirian.
