Chapter 203: Well, that was fun. (1/2)
”Seriously, what the hell is going on?!” Chulainn roared with his three heads. He was in his full-sized form at the moment. Beside him were Rex and Hieran, massively emitting their aura and mana.
On their back stood everyone else, releasing their energy as if it depended on their lives. A giant magic circle had been drawn on the ground and Evergreen's mother tree was linking every forest of the planet together while Rex was connecting every living being.
”I don't know! This is definitely his aura but I feel like there's something wrong,” Arister replied to Chulainn. He had already summoned his spartan equipment, and his spear was being used as a catalyst to maintain the circle they had set down.
A few minutes ago, a sudden pressure fell on Earth. It wasn't that strong at first but it soon became so strong it couldn't be ignored. It was going to kill all the weaker individuals on this planet.
The 'teachers' then gathered and were now protecting the people from the still increasing pressure. Even the academy's students joined in to send their mana into the circle. It was only thanks to Rex and Evergreen that they could connect and protect more than nine billion people. But they weren't the only ones they had to protect. There were animals and insects as well. Even the smallest beings had to be defended to save a planet.
”This pressure… how strong did Teacher become?” Ofia contemplated as she was resonating with her sister.
Arister snickered. ”I'm sure at least that he would be able to protect these people even better than us with just a snap of his fingers.” When he said that, the circle they had drawn started cracking. ”…I should've just shut my mouth.”
After that, it was a chain reaction and everything else started fissuring like glass. When it was about to completely break, the earth shook and an extremely deep and resounding voice spread across the planet's surface.
The magic circle finally failed to hold out but a magnificent beast with two pairs of white-feathered wings descended from the sky and started flying above everyone. Deva opened her mouth and a short cry reached the group below. It was as if she was saying that she would take over. As a matter of fact, the pressure caused by Arima's transcendence had been stopped.
Chulainn sighed and sat down on the ground loudly. ”So that's why he didn't care… Deva was here.”
Arister stretched a little and jumped off from Chulainn's head.
”To be honest, I never knew when Arima was doing something on purpose or not,” Jin said. ”Even from the time he was still ten years old, he was so meticulous I wondered what was going through his head.”
”Do you think he let this happen on purpose?” Evergreen frowned then looked at all the students lying exhausted around them. ”…What kind of person would think of this way of training?”
Jin laughed. ”Are you asking seriously?”
The dryad revealed a rare smile at his words. ”I suppose we already know, huh?”
Rex hummed silently and walked toward Hieran. ”{Hey, don't you feel like there's a peculiar thing going on with these two?}”
Hieran scowled and turned his head to observe Evergreen and Jin. ”{It's not a bad thing. If he can take that woman, I won't be unhappy to not have to deal with her anymore.}”
”Oh, true,” Rex nodded.
A moment after that, Deva looked at the sky and watched as the needle reached the XII on the clock's dial. A booming sound echoed. It was a very loud alarm reaching everyone on Earth. The pressure disappeared instantly and a bright light covered Aurorae's HQ.
***
Arima exhaled. In the middle of this blinding light, he waved his hand and the illumination itself was cut as if it was paper.
His appearance had not changed but something was chilling about him. He was just standing still with his eyes closed. He wasn't moving nor was he saying anything. But even so, even Raylein felt like he was in the presence of an untouchable master.
Arima stepped forward and purple lightning erupted at his feet. It was small but each strand of electricity contained enough power to destroy the moon.
He made another step and this time it was fire; purple fire. As he walked, different elements were cast; water, ice, earth, spirit, and wind... They all made their appearance. Each one of them was also either purple or surrounded by a purple hue.
Layla, Night, and Karma were watching dumbfounded while Raylein had an odd expression.
”Do you remember the method to become a Silver Emperor?” Arima's voice suddenly jolted their minds. ”You first have to combine every element. It is only possible to do so when you have Absolute Dominance over all of them.”
”Afterward, you combine Darkness and Light. Then, you blend the whole thing,” Arima told as he walked toward them. ”I went back to the sources and took the Omni element. I integrated it to my transcendence and without changing my DNA, I altered my body's ability to withstand elemental magic.”
Raylein's expression twitched multiple times. Every time Arima explained further, he had an even harder time believing it.
”Don't tell me...?” He laughed wryly and rubbed his face. ”No way…”
”What does that mean?” Karma asked Night, but even he didn't know. She then turned toward Layla and saw that she was gaping the latter was gaping with evident shock.
”Elemental absorption!” She exclaimed. ”He really did it? He used the human genome to make a body capable of absorbing elements...”
”In other words, elemental magic, or any kind of energy using elements, will not work on him anymore,” Raylein followed with a wry smile. ”He should even be able to absorb them to use it as his source of energy.”
Night's eyes widened. ”As if he had not enough mana to spare already…”
Arima snorted and stopped in front of them. When he arrived, everyone noticed that he still had not opened his eyes. Layla was about to say something when Arima waved his hand at her.
He sighed and covered his eyes with his palm. He remained still for a few minutes and no one talked. He then slowly moved his hand away as his eyelids were lifted.
When his eyes opened, magic circles that couldn't even be read with the Gods' Language abruptly came out of them. Each time becoming bigger as they estranged from Arima. When the circles vanished, his eyes were completely opened. His group looked at him with solemn expressions.
They were still glowing with a beautiful silver but they were unfocused and reflected no light or image. It was incredibly stunning and languishing at the same time. Even if his eyes were unfocused, they were more dazzling than ever and appeared more serene.
Arima blinked a few times then moved his pupils. They accurately switched between the four persons in front of him. It was oddly overbearing and could make you feel extremely weak-willed.