Chapter 308 - Fusion Verse: True Submission (2/2)

”Then, focus on recovering your energy,” Horell said in response to her brief statement before adding, ”I've finally found a rhythm to fighting against these lightning pillars, so don't think about the time we took to head here. You still have 30 more minutes to recuperate.”

”Thanks, Horell,” Herellia said with a sigh. She then let out a light chuckle as she replied, ”To think that you're actually this dependable in a life and death situation.”

”Well, what can I say, I'm forced to help you out,” Horell let out a nervous chuckle as he replied before continuing, ”I still feel like something bad to happen, even up to now.”

”I'll try to find a way out of this,” Herellia said to reduce Horell's worries. She then added, ”For now, focus on stalling for more time.”

In response, Horell nodded before focusing all of his attention on controlling the weapons he had conjured through the skill he cast. As for Herellia, she decided to sit on the ground before closing her vision to ponder on what the best course of action from now on would be.

'Naturally, the best course of action for this would be to conjure a magic circle once I recover enough energy,' she thought to himself. 'But the amount of energy needed for me to cast one would go beyond the time Horell gave me for recuperation, so that's a pass for now.'

'As for the next best course of action, it would be to fight back against the lightning pillars using the skill with that weapon I made.' As she thought up to here, she felt like the chances of them successfully clearing all of the remaining pillars were bleak. Indeed, she was thinking of clearing all of the remaining pillars in one fell swoop instead of defending against them. Although they could stall for far longer and slowly whittle away the lightning pillars that attacked them, the current situation did not seem to be in their favor.

'All of the lightning pillars are in front of Horell, but due to how Horell is attacking them, he's only fighting against a small number of them at a time,' she thought to herself. 'I can recover to my peak condition before the time Horell gave me is up, but the amount of energy I would recover at that time would only be enough for two activations of those skills. In short, I can only remove 200 lightning pillars before going into that helpless state again.'

Just as her thoughts came up to this point, another thought that resonated with the other thoughts surfaced in her mind, prompting her to look at what it was. After pondering over it, this thought soon integrated itself into the plan Herellia had as she felt that this would not just be the best course of action, but the ideal course of action.

But just as she was about to start with her plan, she continued to ponder a what-if scenario, asking herself, ”Now that I think about it, what if even if I did that, there would still be some lightning pillars remaining?”

”I can't afford any deviations for this type of situation,” Herellia muttered to himself, only to recall that there was a set of skills far stronger than the ones she used before. Unfortunately, she was not able to familiarize herself with it, although she knew that even the weakest skill in that set had a power output many times greater than the strongest skill she had used.

”It seems I have no choice but to try familiarizing myself with that skill within the time limit Horell gave me.” Herellia let out a sigh of defeat in response to this statement. Nevertheless, she knew that this would allow them to dispel all of the lightning pillars at once, prompting her to focus all of her attention on it as she muttered, ”[Blood Empress Decree: Fusion Verse, True Submission]. A skill birthed from the fusion of Submission and Domination. For one to comprehend it, one must follow the saying, 'Once one is forced to submit, one can eventually dominate. Once one dominates, one forces others to submit.'”

”What does this saying mean?” Herellia asked herself, mulling over the saying for quite some time. Surprisingly, after a few minutes, her thoughts shifted towards the situation she was in a while ago. Just as she was wondering why her thoughts had shifted to it, it was then that she finally understood the meaning of the saying.

”Once one is forced to submit, one can eventually dominate. Once one dominates, one forces others to submit. I see! I finally understand what it means!” Herellia said in an excited tone as she hastily opened her sense of vision before standing up. She then hastily sent a strand of energy towards Argentum before saying, ”Cast all of your offense boosting spells on me! It's time to end this round!”

Although he did not know why Herellia was so confident and excited, Argentum did what he was told, casting all of the offense boosting spells he had in his arsenal to increase Herellia's offensive power.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In an instant, the aura of power radiating from Herellia had increased to an incredible degree, prompting the lightning pillars that were attacking Horell to stop for a bit and examine what Herellia was going to do next. As for Horell, after sensing the aura Herellia was emanating, he asked her, ”Are you going to make a move?”

”Yeah.” Herellia nodded. ”Of course, continue to attack the lightning pillars while I'm attacking. I'm not super sure if I can dispel all of them.”

”Alright,” Horell said in response as he nodded. Then again, although he agreed to Herellia's order, he was still curious as to what Herellia was going to do, prompting her to focus most of her attention onto Herellia instead of the lightning pillars.

As for Herellia, she looked at the large swath of lightning pillars near the two of them before gripping on the crimson halberd she held onto all this time. She then pointed it towards the sky before summoning all of the energy inside her body to head towards the tip of the halberd.

Whoosh!

In an instant, the blade of the halberd was covered in a golden sheen, contrasting the crimson color of the blade. Nevertheless, an aura of tyranny radiated from it, shocking even Horell from the sheer intensity of it. Of course, this aura was left ignored by Herellia as she focused her sense of vision towards the lightning pillars and muttered, ”Once one is forced to submit, one can eventually dominate. Once one dominates, one forces others to submit.”

Whish! Whish!

After saying those words, she then slashed with the halberd in a cross pattern, sending a large golden X towards the lightning pillars as she shouted, ”[Blood Empress Decree: Fusion Verse].”

”[True Submission]!”

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