44 Herself (1/2)

'What a narcissistic little thing!' The Guardian Spirit smiled wryly. 'To think she actually gained some insight into the element of Self!'

The Guardian Spirit could only shake its head.

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Suddenly, the little kitten felt the pressure baring down upon her vanish. With the dissipation of that pressure, she also felt herself lulling into a tired sleep as her eyes gradually closed. Only to be awoken by the feeling of a liquid being poured into her throat.

Soon, she felt her muscle aches lessen and her tiredness begin to evaporate. She also felt her aura spike to life once more, previously being weakened to a point where it was producing a negligible amount of aura.

'Ah, that must have been a Vitality Potion!' The little kitten's eyes opened to see the Guardian Spirit floating in front of her, a familiar empty bottle in its hand which it soon discarded flashily, as always.

”Keke, don't puke now.” The Guardian Spirit cryptically said, its right hand prepped in a snapping motion.

'Eh?' Before the little kitten could digest the Guardian Spirit's words, it snapped its fingers and suddenly the world around her turned dark before she found herself in a new environment.

As usual, the little kitten found herself in a terrible state, the world around her spinning. It was extra worse due to her weakened condition. Preventing herself from puking took all her strength.

'C-couldn't you have waited a few minutes before sending me through hell?!' The little kitten felt indignant.

”Keh, all to bolster your perseverance, all for you.” The Guardian Spirit nodded and put on a wisely air. Though in the eyes of the little kitten, all she saw was an irritating piece of red fluff.

The little kitten let out a long sigh to calm herself before surveying her new surroundings. This place was a rather humbly sized room, coloured fully golden and only featuring a metallic door as an exit and strange floating moving images on the opposite wall.

Looking at these moving images, the little kitten could see several people in action. Some were fighting off against other humans or Magical Beasts, some seemed to be partaking in some sort of puzzle and she saw others crossing difficult landscapes. While looking through all these scenes, her vision eventually stopped on one in particular where she saw a familiar figure.

'Jonathan?' The little kitten's eyes opened in recognition.

Indeed, on one of the screens was the familiar figure of Jonathan. His ink black hair was ruffled in the wind as he leaped through the air, a blazing flame passing by in his wake, nearly striking him. Though she couldn't hear him, the kitten saw his mouth moving and could tell he was in the middle of a chant.

When that chant came to a close, a figure suddenly formed behind him to his right. This figure was rather large, probably 4 meters tall and seemed to be fully crafted by azure lightning. This summoned figure let out a loud, crackling screech before charging forth in a jagged fashion at an opponent that stood several meters in front of Jonathan.

This enemy was a human figure wearing a plain red mask with no eye holes. His clothes were plain black and tight fitting.

Try with all his might, this red masked figure was unable to dodge in time as the azure lightning figure was simply shockingly fast and traveled in a bizarre and unpredictable, baring down on the red masked figure in a matter of seconds.

The azure lightning figure exploded into a series of lightning which coalesced through the red masked figures body, looking extremely painful. Soon, the red masked figure fainted upon the floor, black smoke lifting off its charred body.