Chapter 174 - Fusion Attack (1/2)
”A fusion attack?” Listening to what the three of them were talking about, Herellia could not help but ask, attracting the attention of the three as they looked at her. With their attention on her, she decided to continue with her train of thought as she said, ”Is it like Code 3 wherein everyone pooled in their energy to form a single skill?”
”Code 3? Master, what's that~?” Charisa could not help but ask, to which Aurus promptly replied, ”Charisa, it's one of the skills of the alliance wherein they make a large barrier with the energy of multiple Inanimates.”
”Ahh, I see~!” Charisa said in response to Aurus's answer. Not long after, Aurus then turned to look at Herellia and replied to her question, saying, ”The fusion attack we have is a bit different from the fusion attack you know.”
”Although we do share our energy to form a skill…” Aurus said before adding, ”We also fuse our bodies into one.”
”Eh? What do you mean by that…?” Herellia could not help but ask, with indecent thoughts that she did not recognize popping up in her mind. In response to that, Aurus let out a sigh before saying, ”You know what? It's better for us to just show the fusion attack right now rather than explaining it.”
”The earlier the barrier is broken, the better, right?” He then said to Herellia, radiating an aura of confidence.
”Well, yeah,” Herellia replied with an aura of affirmation radiating from her.
Whoosh!
After Herellia answered Aurus' question, Aurus disappeared in front of her field of vision in an instant, teleporting to an area near the barrier before starting to hover a few meters above the ground. Just as Herellia was about to focus her sense of vision towards where Aurus appeared, she could not help but feel a strong breeze near her, realizing that Fenrir and Charisa, the two allies Aurus had summoned, were hastily flying towards where Aurus was.
It only took a few seconds for the two to arrive, with Fenrir positioning himself in front of Aurus while Charisa positioned herself behind him. Seeing as the two of them had positioned themselves exactly where they had to be in his memories, Aurus could not help but recall the time when he asked the two of them about fusion attacks.
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A couple of days ago, Tower of Seclusion.
While Aurus was pondering as to what skills he could make into tricks that could turn the tides to their favor, he could not help but look at Fenrir and Charisa, who were arduously grinding their skills in silence. While looking at them, he could not help but recall the Ally system in his past life, as well as the multiple features that the Ally system had.
Eventually, he remembered a certain feature of the Ally system that would easily become a great trick up his sleeve that could allow him to dish out large amounts of damage. With that in mind, he decided to get closer to Fenrir and Charisa, interrupting them from their grinding for a while.”What is it, Master?” Fenrir was the first one to ask after being interrupted by their master. As for Charisa, she looked at their master with a curious expression.
”Have you two heard of fusion attacks?” Aurus asked the two of them. In response, both Fenrir and Charisa rummaged through the memories, eventually finding out that a certain part of their memories was solely dedicated to fusion attacks. With both of them radiating auras of affirmation, the two of them simultaneously replied, ”Yes, Master.”
”Could you two check what kind of fusion attack forms are available for the three of us to use as one in your memories?” Aurus asked the two of them before commanding the system to show him a list of fusion attacks that all of three of them could use. ”I just need to check if all of us have the same access in terms of fusion attack forms. Also, make sure it's the strongest one.”
Ding!
A few seconds later, a holographic screen appeared in front of Aurus' field of vision, giving him a broad list of fusion attacks he could use. Although the number of fusion attacks he could use was a lot, they were more or less subsidiary skills under an ultimate skill. These ultimate skills were the broad list of fusion attacks he could see, having the word 'Form' at the end.
”Tempest Gale Form is filled with fusion attacks that only needs me to fuse with Fenrir as the condition,” Aurus muttered before adding, ”And Void Blaze Form is filled with fusion attacks that only needs me to fuse with Charisa as the condition.”
While reading through the broad list, Aurus could not help but recall what fusion attacks did back in ISE. According to his memories, fusion attacks were the only attacks that Inanimates could do which would allow them to triumph over Pseudo-Animates, and possibly, Animates as well. He remembered that fusion attacks did not only fuse the energy of the player and the allies into one big mass, it also combined the stats of each being in the fusion attack in a multiplicative manner, which bridged the gap in terms of stats.
Eventually, Aurus was finished recalling his old memories of great fusion attacks, looking at the four fusion attack forms that allowed him to fuse with Fenrir and Charisa together.
”Spiritas Magia Form, a form where I would be the main focus of the fusion.”
”Zephyrus Maxima Form, a form where Fenrir would be the main focus of the fusion.”
”And Infernalis Ultima Form, a form where Charisa would be the main focus of the fusion.”
Aurus could not help but become disinclined to choose the first three forms, remembering that these fusion attacks had calculations and stuff behind them. He commanded the system to show him the general formula of power for these forms, disappointed at the power they could show.
”Let's see if this last form is the same,” Aurus muttered, taking a short glance at Fenrir and Charisa to see if they were done searching through their memories. Seeing as they were not, Aurus then went on and commanded the system to show him the general formula of power of this last form. Aurus could not help but radiate an aura of satisfaction as he said to himself, ”This is the one!”
”Ignis Zephyr Anima Form, a form wherein the best qualities of each being would be bolstered to a superb extent,” Aurus read what was written on the holographic screen, closing the screen soon after. He firmly decided that this form would be the best form for him to use in the war.
He then looked at Fenrir and Charisa once more, noticing that the two of them were looking at him, waiting for him to talk. And so, Aurus asked the two of them, ”So? What's the strongest form the two of you have in your memories?”
Hearing this question, Fenrir and Charisa looked at each other for a while before looking back at Aurus and saying simultaneously, ”Ignis Zephyr Anima Form.”
”Nice,” Aurus said in response to their reply. He then told them, ”Could I ask you two to spare a bit of your time to be familiar with this form? We might need to use it in the war that's coming soon.””Not a problem, Master~!” Charisa was the first one to reply, with Fenrir saying not long after, ”As long as it helps the master.”
With an aura of slight happiness, he then muttered to himself, ”I can't wait to see the power of this form.”
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Whoosh! Whoosh!
After making sure that they were positioned properly, Aurus then went ahead and shouted, ”Release your full aura!”
Swoosh!
In an instant, Fenrir and Charisa released an aura that was more or less on par with Herellia when she did not use her full power. As for Aurus, he released an aura that was akin to the sun in the sky, giving everyone that looked at the three the feeling that the barrier could probably be broken by these three. As for Herellia, she could not help but become dumbfounded at the aura Aurus was releasing, surpassing even her aura when she was at her peak a while ago.
”How much power have you hidden from us?” Herellia could not help but look at Aurus like some sort of monster, slightly angry at the fact that he did not show all of it earlier. Nevertheless, by how he acted around her, she could not help but feel that this move of his could probably allow them to break through the barrier.
”Activate your domain skills!” With their auras at full power, Aurus then shouted these words, prompting Fenrir and Charisa to shout their skills.
”[Kingdom of the Tempest Monarch]!”
”[Eternal Realm of Yin-Yang Flame]!”
”[Boundless Spirit Domain]!”
Whoosh!