volume 2 - Chapter 154 (1/2)

Chapter 154:

Brendel had not seen or heard of his Element power before as described in his Character Sheet.

[Causality Reversal, Time Retrace or s.p.a.ce Distortion, these three Element Powers might achieve the same results. I know the description of the Casualty Reversal is ‘Sequence’, that alone proves that it could not be my Element Power. Time Retrace has to be related to the material I’m touching. My attacks need to first hit Kabias for it to work.]

The way of how an Element Power worked at the Gold-ranked tier was entirely autonomous. It had to be an interaction between ‘self’ and ‘target’. Any Time-Element related power was surely incorrect.

[There are many definitions of s.p.a.ce. It could interact greatly with Time Element. Order and Stability can be used to describe s.p.a.ce Distortion, but Vectors, Movement, Physical, Mind and Displacement are also possible attributes. The only thing that’s missing is Frozen, and that has nothing to with s.p.a.ce Distortion. The lower ranked Element Powers: Sure-strike, Refraction, Curved Route, Illusion, all of them are unable to lower the temperature or have anything to do with the description Stability.]

Brendel’s thoughts were interrupted as he felt someone approaching him. A scent of Aouine’s summer mountain entered his nostrils, as though he had crossed a bridge toward verdant greenery. When he turned around, he found Scarlett taking out her personal longsword she hardly used and handing it over to him.

“Here.” She said.

“Thank you.”

Brendel dropped the sword he was holding and received her sword, and saw Kabias’s large body separating from the debris dropping loudly onto the broken rocks. The Skeleton Lord stood up and glared hatefully over to his direction, wary of his Element power.

Its Element power was Soul Energy strengthening its attack and defense. It was able to fend off Brendel’s Power Break even without resorting to Power Break, but the bizarre Element power the youth possessed had nearly suppressed the Skeleton Lord all the time.

The mercenaries had already proceeded to the inner city gates under Medissa’s leaders.h.i.+p, but it did not dare to react carelessly and had to wait for an opportunity where it stood.

Its bony fingers went across the dents and cuts on its ancient armor. It was certain of its victory earlier, but the mysterious youth’s attacks made it uncertain whether it was able to truly defend against him now.

The situation was not going to change but it had to at least stall him here.

“Do we defeat it here?” Scarlett readied her halberd and asked.

Brendel shook his head. He had an unknown Element Power that he had never heard or seen before. The grasp on his Element power was fleeting and distant, while Kabias’s true strength far surpa.s.sed him. The Skeleton Lord was able to withstand punishment but he could not. Once he made a mistake with his Element power, a counterstrike from Kabias was not something he could withstand.

He had readied himself for his own death, but he was holding on to countless lives in his position.

Death was easy, but that was an utterly unacceptable outcome.

“His earlier attack was to force you out. I thought you were able to discern that.” Brendel said, referring to the initial moment where she intercepted Kabias’s battleaxe.

“Sorry—” Scarlett said subconsciously before she whipped her head to his direction: “You…… You know I was there?”

She was surprised. She had been following him alone from a distant place in the forest. She had experience in tracking and erasing her tracks, and he had never once turned his head back when he led Sifrid. She suddenly closed her mouth and looked suspiciously at Brendel.

Perhaps he was lying to her.

“When you went out of the village I already realized,” Brendel said: “The Control Key for the Blood of G.o.ds.”

“Ah.”

She lowered her head. The young lord in front of her seemed to like controlling every aspect of his plans and preferred to do everything his way. Even Romaine with her quirky charm got yelled at by him. The fact that she took impulsive action on her own even though he specifically warned her not to do so was sure to invite rebuke. But she was ready to accept responsibility, as she had gotten used to not being taken seriously by Makarov.

She suddenly took in a light breath. She had thought of another possibility: What if Brendel wanted to s.h.i.+ft the blame to Sanford and the others?

The more the young girl thought, the more that possibility seemed plausible. She looked at him with guarded eyes.

“What is it?” Brendel sensed an apparent distrust from her from the slight pause, as he stared at the motionless Kabias.

“My actions, my responsibility.” She said with furrowed brows.

“Responsibility?” Brendel parroted her.

[Come now. Let’s see if you can afford to wait longer than I do. I’m not in a rush.]

He was cavalier in his att.i.tude with Scarlett’s conversation as he paid full attention to Kabias. However, this made her certain that he would cast his anger onto the Grey Wolves Mercenaries. She began to fret as she did not expect her actions to cause trouble for the others.

“Any punishment is fine!” She suddenly raised her voice.

Even though she was an orphan and a naive girl in the mercenaries, rumors of the n.o.bles had already filled her ears.

Brendel was startled and looked at her, perplexed. Her face was red, and even the tips of her ears, as though she was squeezing every bit of her strength to speak up: “Any punishment to me is fine…… My lord, but please don’t cast your anger on them.”

“Hah?”

“Is it insufficient?” She said through gritted teeth.

“What?” Brendel was confused: “Them? Who are you talking about?”