Chapter 45 - 45 : Heavenly Arrow (1/2)

The calm eyes of the old man abruptly changed when they landed on the floating sword.

His control over the dark magic was better than C12 so he immediately sensed a familiar feeling from the sword, however, it was countless times stronger than his magic or any dark magic he has ever seen.

The cold and ominous feeling it emanated, how could he not know it was the same magic as his, yet at the same time different.

C12 saw the sword too but he didn't feel anything special about it, perhaps because he didn't get enough dark magic so he can't sense the sword's power, for him it was just a simple sword created from magic.

The old man stood there agape with wonder, his attainment in dark magic is considered one of the best in the A category, but even with that, he still couldn't create such a sword, also, what's up with that blue color? he never heard of the dark magic being like that?

He started having many suspicions and didn't snap out of his daze until a minute has passed.

Arthur kept silent after he asked his question, just from the look of the old man he understood that he(Lord A) could feel that this sword is made from dark magic.

Lord A's mind never ceased thinking about a lot of ideas as to who this person is, but seeing this sword, he could only come up with one thing, without hesitation, he bowed his head toward Arthur and said

”Forgive this old man, esteemed one, you must be Lord S, your existence is a taboo for us and none of this lowly ones know about your identities”

The only thing he could think of is that this person is someone from the S category, he never met anyone of them since he joined 'Medusa', even his powers were given to him by a stone, he only knew that there was an S category, but their identities were completely unknown.

Hearing this, Arthur chuckled for a second before his demeanor turned serious and his killing intent engulfed all his surroundings, the temperature seemed to drop, C12 and the nobles couldn't help but feel fear and their bodies began trembling.

”So you think I'm that Lord S? Truly pathetic! I asked you a question, so why are you not answering it!”

His tone was heavy and his words were like piercing knives to the old man, he didn't dare to be disrespectful and even his calm behavior vanished, whether he is Lord S or not didn't matter, he was just sure that this man was from 'Medusa' and was someone above him in the rank, that's for sure, or else, how could he create such a powerful sword?

”I-It's a sword made from the dark magic...”

'So they even know the name of the magic?' Arthur became more and more curious about this organization, for them to know Zodiak's dark magic, they may have discovered it differently from him, but that was most likely not the case, dark magic is not that simple to be easily found like this, even for him, if he didn't possess Zodiak, he wouldn't be able to use it.

”Indeed it is, now let's get to the thing I want to know the most...WHY are you able to use it? you and that idiot behind you”

Lord A was afraid of Arthur that he was not an idiot, he lived long enough to know this from that, and by the way Arthur talked and his angry tone, he understood that he completely misunderstood his identity and believed him to be a person from the S category, however, if he was not from it then why is he able to create such a strong dark sword?

With that thought, confidence came back yet again to the old man, though Arthur may be stronger than him, he was not in his real form here, he was summoned by the pendant so he can only use half of his power, and even if he was killed here doesn't mean he will truly die.

He wanted to test Arthur's strength and see if he could deal with this troublesome person right now, because a person who can wield Dark Magic yet not be a part of the organization is unheard of, he is dangerous and must be eliminated.

Lord A remained silent for a couple a second until several arrows from dark magic were created, he also created a spear and thrust at the nearby Arthur, the arrows also blazed through the air and rushed at Arthur with incredible speed.

However, for some reason, Arthur felt the intent of the old man, he could feel the arrows being created from the very beginning, he didn't know why but he just felt it, same thing for the arrow, even with the sudden attack of the old man, he remained motionless and waited for the attacks to hit him.

Soon enough, the dark arrow and the spear thrust struck him, the spear's tip hit him in his neck while the arrows in his abdomen and legs, it was very precise but unfortunately for the old man nothing happened.

As he was holding the spear, it seemed as if he was hitting an unmovable mountain, it reached his skin and couldn't even scratch it.

The arrows disappeared when they hit Arthur, his clothes remained the same without any holes from the arrows.

Arthur grinned at the still shocked old man and said with a cold voice

”What? Is that all you got? such pitiful arrows and a slow strike, not only did you not answer, you also attacked me, heh, you must surely be ready to face the consequences right?”

Arthur didn't care about the answers, these two fools didn't seem they were going to answer, but that didn't matter, he was not in a rush, sooner or later, he will find out.

With a quick teleportation, he appeared 20 meters from his previous location, the old man and C12 were dumbfounded and still couldn't believe the attacks just now were utterly ineffective.

When the figure of Arthur disappeared and reappeared some distance away, they came back to their senses and stared with disbelief at Arthur.

Even the nobles and Belic had their mouths wide open, the sudden turn of events made them fear Arthur more and more, especially Belic, he seriously regretted making that deal with Arthur.

”...You....No matter who you are or how powerful you are, you cannot escape from 'us', just because you got some little tricks doesn't mean you can face 'us' .”

Lord A thought things through and said that after calming himself down, although he said that, he didn't believe it that much, it's just that he never saw the powerhouses of 'Medusa' so he can't compare them to Arthur, plus he was using half of his power, but even with that he couldn't damage Arthur so he concluded that even full power he at best would have scratched him.

”Hahaha, so now you're acting arrogant, I just loathe double-faced people, anyways.....you said little tricks? then why don't you see this and judge if it's a little trick or not...”

Just as he said that Arthur channeled his dark man and the [Hell Arrow] was activated, previously, he needed half a minute or so to completely create it but now, it was almost instant.

The big ship began shaking and some parts were drawn to the huge arrow, the atmosphere changed, strong winds arrived and the sunny sky totally disappeared, the clouds covered the sky as if a strong storm was coming.

Even Arthur didn't expect the arrow to cause this much change as last time he used it didn't cause this much mess, even its size seemed to have gotten bigger.

What's more surprising is that even without him doing it, the natural lightning descended from the sky, striking the arrow and combining itself with it, the lightning strikes never ceased and the sounds was just deafening.

An arrow formed by 3 attributes, just it's appearance caused the old man's face to pale, he seemed to have aged a lot and the spear he was holding in his hand had already fallen to the ground, he had no strength to hold it anymore, but that wasn't the end.

Just as it hit the ground, the spear flew to the huge arrow, completely fusing with it, not only the spear, the chairs, tables, everything was being absorbed by the arrow, either strengthening it or turned into nothingness by it.

Green lightning enveloped a part of the arrow but the lightning never ceased to strike from above, in fact, it increased and it even began hitting the water and small boats, completely disintegrating them.

'ting'

[Hell Arrow] has transformed into [Heavenly Arrow] : the Natural lightning is now part of the arrow: Damage +300%

Cooldown : 1 Day

Cost: 10.000 mana

Congratulations! because you created a skill containing 3 skills you received +15.000 to all stats

The sudden appearance of the notifications shocked Arthur for a bit, but once he saw them, he felt satisfied, though he didn't intentionally add the natural lightning, it was at least a good thing, the arrow already deals tons of damage, but with the bonus of 300% it will deal even more, plus the bonus to stats was not that bad.

”Wha.....What...is t-t...this”

Lord A could barely talk as he gaped at the arrow, anyone who saw this arrow felt it's terrifying power and the overwhelming pressure.

Belic, who was standing not too far away obviously saw the arrow, and never in his life did he regret a decision as much as he did in this moment, just the mere sight of the arrow made feel immense fear, however, in a way, he was fortunate that it was not pointed at him, for the time being..

”Fuck! You're af-ffucking mm-monster!”

C12 was in a desperate situation. He felt that there is no way out, no one was going to save him from this, not even lord A, who he had high hopes for him(Lord A) to get him out of this bloody mess.