Chapter 292 - Forsaken Decade (2/2)

'Due to the power inside the companion, the heavens have decided to let the user's companion undergo 3 trials before granting its wish.'

'Adjusting the difficulty of the first trial to the companion's power…'

'The decided first trial of the user's companion shall be 'Forsaken Decade'!'

”Forsaken Decade…” After reading through the notifications he had received, he then muttered the name of the first trial, focusing his attention on the first word of the trial's name. He then looked at the large swath of dark clouds covering the sky, wanting to see if the trial about to befall Herellia was true to its name.

Crackle…crash! Bang!

After a short while, arcs of lightning now started to form inside the dark clouds, hastily taking on a red hue. Noticing this red hue, Argentum could not help but think of the red lightning from the Power Baptism, prompting him to ask himself, ”I wonder if the types of lightning for Power Baptisms also have a specific name to them?”

As he said this, the red hue instantly turned darker. At this moment, the lightning darting through the dark clouds had now taken on a crimson hue, the intent of destruction radiating from them being tens of times far more intense than the intent of destruction radiated by a Power Baptism's red lightning.

Sensing the intent of destruction emanating from the crimson lightning bolts, Argentum could not help but radiate an aura of nostalgia as he let out a soft chortle. He then said to himself, ”As the intent has now stabilized, it seems that the trial is true to its name.”

”Herellia is going to face ten rounds of Forsaken Lightning,” he soon added, trying to recall what he knew about the types of lightning for Existence Tribulations. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to do so as the lightning for Power Baptisms and Existence Tribulations were similar in terms of color, but the intent of destruction they radiated being far apart.

In what he rummaged from his and Aurus's memories, the first type of lightning would be red-colored lightning, taking on the moniker of Forsaken. The second type would then be purple-colored lightning, taking on the moniker of Ruin. After that were the light blue and dark blue-colored lightning bolts, taking on the moniker of Calamity and Abyss respectively. It was at this moment that Argentum realized that he faced an Abyss-level bolt in the last round of his Power Baptism, only for it to split up into multiple Ruin-level bolts.

After recalling the names of the bolts of lightning, Argentum remembered what Herellia told her a while ago, pondering over the first few buffs he would cast on her body before the first trial started. It did not take long for him to come to a decision as he let out a light chuckle, muttering to himself, ”You know what they say, go big or go home.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Within a matter of a few seconds, Argentum hastily muttered incantations of two spells, allowing two balls, which were red and green respectively, to head towards Herellia and be absorbed by her body not long after.

”[Higher Ignis Magic: Ignis Fervor Maxima].”

”[Higher Zephyr Magic: Zephyr Magna Acceliaris].”

”I'll save the other buffs for later,” he said not long after muttering the names of the spells he had cast, letting out a light chuckle as he radiated an aura of satisfaction. On the other hand, Horell noticed what Argentum had done and decided to cast a buff on his own on Herellia, sending a light cyan ball of energy towards her way.

”[Mana Resonance].”

Whoosh!

After Herellia had absorbed the buff Horell gave her, the crimson veins, which had disappeared after she had connected with the dark clouds up above, had now returned. The same went for the aura that radiated from her, albeit this time, the intensity of the aura had grown by a few notches thanks to the buffs Horell and Argentum had cast.

Casting her sense of vision towards the two as she radiated an aura of gratitude aimed at them, she then focused her sense of vision back on the dark clouds that covered the light blue sky. She was waiting for the lightning bolts to come striking down at her, deciding to use some of her skills to enhance her abilities even further.

Coincidentally, by the time she just finished activating her own skills…

The first bolt of Forsaken Lightning had finally struck down!

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