Chapter 36 - Negotiation (1/2)
Aurus looked at Herellia for a bit as he couldn't comprehend what happened just a few seconds ago. A furious gust of wind easily negating the red energy ball Loran threw and still have enough power to cut Loran's body into two? With his curiosity at its max, Aurus couldn't help himself from identifying Herellia.
Ding!
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[Herellia (Branch Grandius Forminosus — Blood Belhazard)]
Existence Level: Inanimate (X)
Level: 40/40 (MAX)
HP: 15800/15800
MP: 5700/5700
Stats:
[Toughness]: 3452
[Thickness]: 3825
[Blood Energy]: 6132
Skills:
Uncheckable due to the skill [Species Analysis] being low level
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In an instant, he became dumbfounded at Herellia's stats. Although Herellia had lower HP and SP when compared to Horell who was a High Energistus, in other words a High Mage, it was already surprising for Herellia to have that much health already! Why?
It's because she's a Belhazard! And not only that, a Blood Belhazard, which means she has special abilities other than having the abilities of a berserker.
Of course, the fact that her attack power being about 3000 points higher than Horell also shocked him to the core. He concluded that this was the reason why she could cleave Loran into two so easily, despite Aurus being an A-grade having difficulties to kill her.
”Then again I'm already an anomaly,” Aurus couldn't help but laugh at himself as he looked at Horell. Horell was looking at Herellia with a gaze filled with respect and awe...well that's what he was feeling thanks to their souls being incredibly strong.
Still within the defensive barrier, Aurus then asked Horell, ”Horell, is this Herellia...the leader of your alliance?”
Taking another glance at her body, Aurus noticed that the red engravings wriggled around as she emitted a somewhat tense and suffocating aura, making Aurus conclude that she was a strict person. Horell, on the other hand, did not notice this and affirmed Aurus' question by saying, ”Indeed, she is the leader of the alliance. She has made multiple branches and trees follow her up to this day, where we could be considered a strong power within the Tempest Cliff.”
From this statement, Aurus inferred a few things from Horell's words and asked, ”So you're telling me that your alliance is not the sole strong power within this place?”
At this moment, Herellia noticed that she was being ignored by the two men, forcing her to say, ”Horell, remove the barrier around Aurus.”
Horell, who didn't know what was going to happen, still followed her commands, dissolving the barrier that protected Aurus. Aurus panicked in an instant as he could sense that Herellia's aura intensified as she rolled closer and closer to him. ”Please don't come closer! Ahhhh, please!”
Any normal person would panic once they see someone or something that is out of their league trying to get back at them. So it wasn't unusual for Aurus to be scared in front of Herellia, whose aura could already kill him if need be.
Horell looked at this situation from the side and couldn't help but say words of encouragement to Aurus. Of course, Aurus couldn't hear Horell's words as he was fully enveloped by Herellia's aura, making him look at Herellia as some sort of deity.
But this feeling changed once Herellia removed her aura around Aurus and let out a sigh. ”Hah. I didn't have to do this but I needed to get your attention.”
”My attention?” Aurus was somewhat confused for a bit before remembering that he ignored Herellia, talking to Horell instead. Knowing his mistakes, he hurriedly apologized. ”I'm sorry for ignoring you. I was asking things about you and the alliance and the rumored powers within the Tempest Cliff...although you somewhat cut me off on the last part.”
Herellia then looked at Horell and asked, ”Is that true?”
Horell nodded as he replied, ”Indeed. I was going to tell our friend Aurus here about the situation within the Tempest Cliff and I hoped that would persuade him to enter the alliance.”