Arc: “Be careful, this is your first mage battle. Not only that, Anthony has an artifact.”289Please respect copyright.PENANAun28YkxSfZ
289Please respect copyright.PENANAUxWF7YkvIL
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What’s that?
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289Please respect copyright.PENANAwelF9bnQ9J
Arc: “A true magic item, among the strongest of their kind.”
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289Please respect copyright.PENANA5mnrrGfPSn
A magic item huh? I search through my pockets and hope I still have them. Inside I feel two pens and take out the scan one. I need to know what I’m dealing with.
289Please respect copyright.PENANASP9A7Sq3Si
289Please respect copyright.PENANAdhlhIhcBXX
I point it at Anthony who’s waiting for me to deliver the first blow. Good thing, this gives me time.
289Please respect copyright.PENANA7xoqSlOz4g
289Please respect copyright.PENANAyguBB6k8ha
Anthony(With Artemis):
Strength: 10289Please respect copyright.PENANAR57WknNo0f
Endurance: 10289Please respect copyright.PENANA0Wmqb7CkqG
Intelligence: 21289Please respect copyright.PENANA2NEdfevtRV
Charisma: 20289Please respect copyright.PENANAKogHAXgpKh
Agility: 14 289Please respect copyright.PENANAVzo61vvsx8
Magic: 35 289Please respect copyright.PENANAMmSH81pDRg
289Please respect copyright.PENANAuJAI53HRCj
VS
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Nao(Base/No Shape Shift):
Strength: 21289Please respect copyright.PENANAiCC1n5aEjY
Endurance: 17.5289Please respect copyright.PENANAhvNEm2HsQl
Intelligence: 19.5289Please respect copyright.PENANAL4qvwN8cbt
Charisma: 18.5289Please respect copyright.PENANASv9v5ppfvu
Agility: 16.5289Please respect copyright.PENANAvFfiumqm9x
Magic: 24289Please respect copyright.PENANAHn2JquHB0a
289Please respect copyright.PENANADivSoeNuFz
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Oh, that not too ba-
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Arc: “Focus!”
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*CRACK*289Please respect copyright.PENANA5SQJGCS9Ic
289Please respect copyright.PENANABaoj8llQki
Purple lightning snakes forwards threatening to cook me but I place a shield up just in time. In spite of the warning, I barely could catch it on the shield. It even pushed me back.
289Please respect copyright.PENANA4lN6mUmWkt
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Arc: “Idiot, it’s the magic stat you have to be careful of. Even mages who neglect their body can level cities. Close the gap, you can’t win like this.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANA4eZuszZ3XM
289Please respect copyright.PENANAf2INmBRR5t
I rush forward towards Anthony while keeping the shield up. Anthony continues to blast lightning at me but it only delays me.
289Please respect copyright.PENANALsNYcCbUAU
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Anthony: “That shield won’t last forever!”
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Ignore it and push forward! I get close enough to lunge at Anthony with my free hand. I reach out for his shoulder, just one touch is enough.
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Anthony: “You’re slow compared to the King!”
289Please respect copyright.PENANADxwXtvs5F1
289Please respect copyright.PENANAGYWr8pmqZb
Anthony throws a kick to my side but I catch it with ease.
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289Please respect copyright.PENANAtusltHnXcM
Nao: “Checkmate, paralysis.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAXghhDBV1du
289Please respect copyright.PENANAcq8XO2EGDh
An orange burst of lightning erupts from Anthony’s body.
…
…
Anthony: “What do you know, Artemis was right. I’m immune to shock-based spells now”
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Nao: “!!”289Please respect copyright.PENANABTXXRX66B3
289Please respect copyright.PENANAEZ14DQMTzt
Anthony: “My turn, paralysis.”
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289Please respect copyright.PENANAhrLpGXHZiv
I let go of Anthony’s leg before it erupts in purple lightning that would’ve knocked me clean out.
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Nao: “Not yet!”
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I bite my lip and transform my right arm into a gorilla’s. 289Please respect copyright.PENANAOomdgfutX5
289Please respect copyright.PENANA4RKw6DMzsR
Strength: 30289Please respect copyright.PENANAb4SFT83S8T
289Please respect copyright.PENANAAIJcgoyMnH
My powered fist sinks into Anthony’s face and his eyes go white. Did I…win!289Please respect copyright.PENANA9MI1aNq71q
*BOOM*289Please respect copyright.PENANAsmLJwKCTpB
289Please respect copyright.PENANAbcE7kvQb71
Nao: “GAAH!”289Please respect copyright.PENANASr6aDTZHIE
289Please respect copyright.PENANAMUklWab9GP
Lightning engulfs both of us and Anthony’s consciousness returns. Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy.
289Please respect copyright.PENANA5MmlWcT1IJ
289Please respect copyright.PENANA1jNZkdZL0I
I rip myself away from the raging storm and transform the necklace into book form. I need a new spe-
289Please respect copyright.PENANAmoZyvkhPDd
289Please respect copyright.PENANAKtqXNkjD8F
Anthony: “You think I’d let you!”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAnLbr8RZ0No
289Please respect copyright.PENANABXszOUVznX
A kick comes rocketing towards my face. At first, I felt little but then a burst of lightning explodes between his leg and my face.
289Please respect copyright.PENANApThGc8IsKx
Nao: “Gaah!”289Please respect copyright.PENANAIoWUQqkvWk
289Please respect copyright.PENANAVkmG4S0Icj
I grip the book for dear life as I tumble across the ground. Smoke sizzles off my skin and the nightmares begin seeping into my mind. The boiling skin, the darkness and…death…
289Please respect copyright.PENANAvEk3CMIdrj
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Anthony: “Get it, we’re not done. And if I see you trying to swap spells I roast the rest of the students.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAR4wKfcWpuw
Nao: “!!”289Please respect copyright.PENANAmxYIYfWw8g
289Please respect copyright.PENANA6bmZGD5rWS
I transform the book into necklace form and shake off the nightmares.
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Anthony: “Give up Nao, you can’t be me as I am now. Why even fight me. These people don’t care about you.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAcLMVBGUc1G
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Nao: “I-I can’t…won’t kill again. I won’t make that mistake again…”
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Anthony: “Tch, don’t play like you regret killing Anton. You don’t feel regret because you didn’t want to kill those bullies! You’re just scared of killing, of your mom’s disappointment, and of doing the right thing! I saw you! You liked it, you relished in dishing out judgment. Just like me.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAkp9fuhHZhA
289Please respect copyright.PENANAM6VZisE1rC
Nao: “That’s not who I’m supposed to be. It’s…It’s wrong?”
289Please respect copyright.PENANADdRvM1sXVJ
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I feel a fist sink into my gut. I can hear the crackling of lightning but Anthony holds back from shocking me. But still, my knees buckle from the building pain.
289Please respect copyright.PENANA1WRnT9nQFf
Anthony: “*Sigh*”289Please respect copyright.PENANAEt8mjPZnGP
289Please respect copyright.PENANAim5YIyNLGh
Anthony: “I don’t want to kill you Nao, you’re the one who inspired me. Seeing you destroy those bullies before and even fighting the King. You proved that the oppressed can fight back. Be that way again, help me kill the rest off.”
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Nao: “You can’t…be serious.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAKuP09abOUt
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Anthony: “Deadly, I will kill them either way. Why not free yourself from your delusion and remain among the living.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAFJKl65pA4m
289Please respect copyright.PENANAwLg1uvV6YR
Nao: “What…happened to you.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAbgwHV4JxtN
289Please respect copyright.PENANABBnNfdqzsk
Anthony: “…I made the choice to fight back. So, what’s your final answer.”289Please respect copyright.PENANAVXCUj81Oeh
289Please respect copyright.PENANAqtjZChZ2Qr
Nao: “My answer is…”
289Please respect copyright.PENANALeTKfco03J
*Smile*289Please respect copyright.PENANA084ACnPFlO
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Nao: “Thanks for giving me time to prepare.”
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289Please respect copyright.PENANAQJEntDRFCh
Anthony: “What?”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAzwlriGU4Hb
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Nao: “Air bullet!”
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289Please respect copyright.PENANAKA65R6ceCp
A powerful blast of air blasts out of my hands and into Anthony’s gut. He barely blocks with the lightning but the force was too much to hold. He’s sent flying back and that’s only the beginning.
289Please respect copyright.PENANAwIZQSerdcn
289Please respect copyright.PENANASS6c7O4E7Y
I sense all the water in the sprinklers above and bring them all out. The hallway becomes a maelstrom of water and I drop it all on Anthony. Let’s see if can survive his own shocks!
289Please respect copyright.PENANAMi94fFUlbT
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Nao: “Everyone run! I don’t know how long I can hold him!”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAiLBHG6z9AD
289Please respect copyright.PENANApmA9dPLzuT
Instantly, everyone gets up and runs away to various locations around the school. I can see lightning flashing within the water prison I’ve built around him. I have to-
289Please respect copyright.PENANAUANz7GjOzh
*Drip*289Please respect copyright.PENANAJuYYiiOKkJ
289Please respect copyright.PENANAOESBBlhyaJ
My vision is…starting to blur and my nose is...bleeding? 289Please respect copyright.PENANAwTrdTJTgdD
289Please respect copyright.PENANAiOxBTmGubF
289Please respect copyright.PENANA7FHXHsnddF
Arc: “Of course, you never used these many different spells at once. Your magic stat is only 24 after all. Should have practiced your offensive more.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANACirxGH35rR
289Please respect copyright.PENANAIkMg7tLaqe
Sorry for being suspended and home locked.
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I fall to one knee but I keep the prison active. At all I cost I must-
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!?289Please respect copyright.PENANAUh22lrOiBh
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I start to notice the bursts of lightning within the bubble less over time. Like a dying light, I’m about to snuff it out…
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Anthony…is going to die if I keep him in there.
…
…
I…hope everyone found somewhere safe. I pray that Anthony’s powers are weakened enough by the water.
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Kid, you’ll regret that.
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I release the water prison and the hallway floods. I collapse onto my knee in the puddle and watch as my blood drips on its surface.
289Please respect copyright.PENANA8R4HbEB8mg
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Anthony: *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*
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289Please respect copyright.PENANAV6H1CBqR6y
Anthony: “Damn it, Nao. Why?”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAK22mZsYNCO
289Please respect copyright.PENANAjF80CpV3IF
Anthony drags himself to me and grabs my shirt by the collar.
289Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ0p4FaGdr
289Please respect copyright.PENANAmgCY7Xlmm7
Anthony: “Why didn’t you kill me?! Are you retarded?!”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAs9i5Eqdj36
!!289Please respect copyright.PENANAKN18Ci9Y5p
289Please respect copyright.PENANAWvyUM05mlh
Nao: “Y-You…want to die?”289Please respect copyright.PENANA0fBBiHUxwd
289Please respect copyright.PENANADpUfbtUQIA
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Anthony: “No you idiot, I’m just bewildered that you would spare me when you know what I’ll do now.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANA37s2JvLxeu
289Please respect copyright.PENANA1hGmNYvzMk
Nao: “Because…I want to see…a world where…we don’t have to kill each other.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAVX20L0ybZJ
289Please respect copyright.PENANAnccFkenOpc
Anthony: “…I wish that could happen. But that’s not the world we live in. Change must be bought with the bodies of the corrupt. Otherwise, this will never end.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAyLQrJ6kgPz
289Please respect copyright.PENANAeYh8637DF9
Anthony looks at the pen remains floating in the water. Hehe, I guess he figured it out.
289Please respect copyright.PENANA5aHfTTMDWU
289Please respect copyright.PENANAGs2z2JUNkV
Anthony: “The minor illusion pen…”
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Anthony: “You made me think you transformed the book back into a necklace so you could safely swap spells. Clever, but meaningless because of your naivety.”
289Please respect copyright.PENANA7NJ8hoS31l
289Please respect copyright.PENANAaf1RI7uqUq
Arc: “Na-”
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Anthony rips Arc off of me and lets me fall into the water with a heavy splash. It’s…really over. Was I…wrong, mom? The game screen that’s been with me since the start fades away. I’m sure my blue eyes also darken to brown.
289Please respect copyright.PENANA7TGRdemabj
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Anthony: “I’m sorry it had to end like this, but I won’t stop here. I’ll have my vengeance and more. With Artemis and…”
289Please respect copyright.PENANAcrdaEKB7hh
289Please respect copyright.PENANAPXotGxuFxq
Anthony puts on the necklace and at first, horror paints his face. But he quickly passes that trail and fully accepts Arc. Even I can hear the sound of my defeat.
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“ArchMage system activated, 98th user registered. Hello, Anthony.”
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Anthony: “….with Arc. Once again you inspire me Nao. I’ll still have our vengeance but I won’t stop there. There are more people like Anton out there and I’ll be sure to kill them all.”
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Nao: “And…after that?”
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Anthony: “….Depends on Artemis but I hope to build a world where people like me will never have to suffer again. Is that so wrong Nao? If you’re allowed to change the world for the better, why can’t I?”
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Nao: “…”
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I don’t know. My mind blanks and my consciousness begins to fade.
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Anthony: “Goodbye Nao, I hope you survive these wounds to see the new world with me.”
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I close my enemies and accept my failure. I’m sorry Alyson…Mom…Arc…
…
…289Please respect copyright.PENANAMgVzyVBwb2
I’m back in that same darkness that consumes my being. But this time…it’s not as oppressive as before.
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Seems Arc’s little plan failed. I’m glad actually, I think you’re a good successor.
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W-Who are you? You look…familiar. How can I even see a human form here?
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Doesn’t matter right now. Tell me, do you want to stop Anthony?
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…I don’t know. Do I even have the right? Do I have to kill him? Won’t mom be disappointed? Won’t I betray the path I’ve chosen? I’m…so confused…
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For Gods’ sake kid, it’s not that complicated.
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I-It’s not? B-B-But-
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Shut it, think. Why did you want to stop Anthony in the first place?
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T-To save…my family.
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Right. Everything else is just extra filling. Your core desire right now is your family.
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But I…don’t want to kill Anthony. I don’t want to disappoint my mom. I want to-
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Again, that’s all extra. Let me spell it out this way. Do you want your family to die?
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!!289Please respect copyright.PENANAq0z7aXteFS
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No….I…I don’t want to lose my family.289Please respect copyright.PENANAvZQZRIwGkq
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Despite not having a face in this realm, I can feel tears streaming down my face as I confess this simple fact.
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Then focus on that. Fuck all those philosophy weirdos that need some grand reason to save someone. You want them to live? Then save them. Simple as that.
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No need to save the world or debate your enemy’s reasoning. Focus and save those you love and care about. Everything else comes after that.
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…Okay, I will.
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Good, the first step in doing that is taking my hand.
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…Why?
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Because your mind and body is a mess right now. Let me take over a bit, I’ll tag you in when you’re healed.
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I don’t know why but I…trust this man. I move through the darkness and take his hands.
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Instantly, light fills the void and I’m…enveloped by it’s brilliance.
…
…289Please respect copyright.PENANAd9w1rk7tEd
Anthony: “Come on Artemis, I know I said I’ll give you Arc as a wedding gift but I need that power for a bit.”
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Anthony: “…No, I’m not cheating on you with him. Good grief woman.”
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Anthony: “!!!?”
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My body isn’t my own anymore. It shifts and grows into a similar form. It raises from the water reborn, brimming with power beyond reason. My eyes open to reveal a pure white instead of brown or blue.
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Alphon: “Hey Anthony, I would like my partner back.”
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Alphon:
Strength: ???289Please respect copyright.PENANA96XvYiPV9D
Endurance: ???289Please respect copyright.PENANAGCfjwIeujo
Intelligence: ???289Please respect copyright.PENANAIzorCIuXDI
Charisma: ???289Please respect copyright.PENANAkDMk7lOZeN
Agility: ???289Please respect copyright.PENANAdT1pmNsN5T
Magic: ????????289Please respect copyright.PENANAZawu77vRAd