Arc: “Be careful, this is your first mage battle. Not only that, Anthony has an artifact.”326Please respect copyright.PENANAN4cjtHvxQm
326Please respect copyright.PENANAlV5bc30lbx
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What’s that?
326Please respect copyright.PENANAXYorOV2NbL
326Please respect copyright.PENANANTw6DmTBBl
Arc: “A true magic item, among the strongest of their kind.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA9OIDmeokY3
326Please respect copyright.PENANARhmBTdv0Gb
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAzOVXA0aYgW
326Please respect copyright.PENANASxapHyGBrc
I point it at Anthony who’s waiting for me to deliver the first blow. Good thing, this gives me time.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAoRX7ULbHrR
326Please respect copyright.PENANAWRhwuq28tH
Anthony(With Artemis):
Strength: 10326Please respect copyright.PENANATC8qW7ZADt
Endurance: 10326Please respect copyright.PENANAuMAkKfrjRt
Intelligence: 21326Please respect copyright.PENANAqVQ7Rv7cp8
Charisma: 20326Please respect copyright.PENANApF4rYRBCVt
Agility: 14 326Please respect copyright.PENANAkMad8zpyLo
Magic: 35 326Please respect copyright.PENANA90wNohhRHZ
326Please respect copyright.PENANAu371cpbqye
VS
326Please respect copyright.PENANAz2SmsCB3uN
Nao(Base/No Shape Shift):
Strength: 21326Please respect copyright.PENANANQQ7NCR2nK
Endurance: 17.5326Please respect copyright.PENANAviUVAR63WS
Intelligence: 19.5326Please respect copyright.PENANA7PfMKW6fNO
Charisma: 18.5326Please respect copyright.PENANAa1sP8wZ5C2
Agility: 16.5326Please respect copyright.PENANAHrhaqaBBIu
Magic: 24326Please respect copyright.PENANA7qbv3VaPUp
326Please respect copyright.PENANABJhJ15O1Mj
326Please respect copyright.PENANAtmVE0JQ5rZ
Oh, that not too ba-
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326Please respect copyright.PENANAwKs2xnx7Tc
Arc: “Focus!”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAnEfseRsGbX
*CRACK*326Please respect copyright.PENANABk9JC7vGVt
326Please respect copyright.PENANAmMNUy5TAjU
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANA78ayxfocIx
326Please respect copyright.PENANAYQa80Mi3CA
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.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAi5HYiREcXB
326Please respect copyright.PENANAj0gvKl0xTs
I rush forward towards Anthony while keeping the shield up. Anthony continues to blast lightning at me but it only delays me.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAj2IfiWbsva
326Please respect copyright.PENANAX4pbaXue3N
Anthony: “That shield won’t last forever!”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA0XNRE7AKVH
326Please respect copyright.PENANAfhK4I83g4D
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAPoNhORPhHB
326Please respect copyright.PENANAIRTAneIfZS
Anthony: “You’re slow compared to the King!”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA1nYzQDKp9m
326Please respect copyright.PENANAgPyNRwVIt2
Anthony throws a kick to my side but I catch it with ease.
326Please respect copyright.PENANApbVzqnFl3m
326Please respect copyright.PENANAWFINNz9D3o
Nao: “Checkmate, paralysis.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAKtAAN67h6V
326Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ67itEDAd
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”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAJFdC9tt4Rv
Nao: “!!”326Please respect copyright.PENANAU4A2ICEWnj
326Please respect copyright.PENANA1XPGtUu0hY
Anthony: “My turn, paralysis.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA5KSbbpuPIV
326Please respect copyright.PENANA0cnapD81aI
I let go of Anthony’s leg before it erupts in purple lightning that would’ve knocked me clean out.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAzR2iKIYRkV
326Please respect copyright.PENANADe6WZwGTVy
Nao: “Not yet!”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAFJLQoOLkJF
326Please respect copyright.PENANAi8p6y5WRll
I bite my lip and transform my right arm into a gorilla’s. 326Please respect copyright.PENANAsB9VJjnrx0
326Please respect copyright.PENANAZvHBL5ubq4
Strength: 30326Please respect copyright.PENANArDpPkJrVSW
326Please respect copyright.PENANA5kJ8hXehLB
My powered fist sinks into Anthony’s face and his eyes go white. Did I…win!326Please respect copyright.PENANAB9ySqJKwZB
*BOOM*326Please respect copyright.PENANAqxyqEOwmF2
326Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZLp6xA9GD
Nao: “GAAH!”326Please respect copyright.PENANA6inGaDi6db
326Please respect copyright.PENANAIrMqN6ettb
Lightning engulfs both of us and Anthony’s consciousness returns. Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy.
326Please respect copyright.PENANADXzLxmESDQ
326Please respect copyright.PENANAV7ZUWzMLFe
I rip myself away from the raging storm and transform the necklace into book form. I need a new spe-
326Please respect copyright.PENANAzpaTlQUCKJ
326Please respect copyright.PENANAxrzEKWAwgI
Anthony: “You think I’d let you!”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAmfWpDzPghP
326Please respect copyright.PENANAYf74ZDyos0
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAwO5UiXSPbc
Nao: “Gaah!”326Please respect copyright.PENANAnUUWu7fC66
326Please respect copyright.PENANAmhTURiSZZE
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…
326Please respect copyright.PENANATHBe8mO2T3
326Please respect copyright.PENANA9I91vlJJJT
Anthony: “Get it, we’re not done. And if I see you trying to swap spells I roast the rest of the students.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAPtm97mgfSZ
Nao: “!!”326Please respect copyright.PENANACAqCLE4ApC
326Please respect copyright.PENANA1dqG2bMO95
I transform the book into necklace form and shake off the nightmares.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAcQ9MWzWs95
326Please respect copyright.PENANA3vgUYBLJ10
Anthony: “Give up Nao, you can’t be me as I am now. Why even fight me. These people don’t care about you.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANACvTYobPwQE
326Please respect copyright.PENANAEB3YkaC5ef
Nao: “I-I can’t…won’t kill again. I won’t make that mistake again…”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA6VZ3Otb7bu
326Please respect copyright.PENANAJhlqqkWCwc
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.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANADGb0ymXsRf
326Please respect copyright.PENANAyAup2B92AO
Nao: “That’s not who I’m supposed to be. It’s…It’s wrong?”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAvIX5eH7kM7
326Please respect copyright.PENANAwHfGh4rmbp
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANASVms4BeoMF
Anthony: “*Sigh*”326Please respect copyright.PENANA6ai2rqpTaJ
326Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6JLBSwmNl
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.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAIjWCoCKXk0
326Please respect copyright.PENANA8y7BaOodEK
Nao: “You can’t…be serious.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAvjQv4G1b0r
326Please respect copyright.PENANAFlMCVQf6ec
Anthony: “Deadly, I will kill them either way. Why not free yourself from your delusion and remain among the living.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANALOJbMFUCyl
326Please respect copyright.PENANAwmqANeEuOv
Nao: “What…happened to you.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAEgKw0YFQpK
326Please respect copyright.PENANAeeP3rxaiAT
Anthony: “…I made the choice to fight back. So, what’s your final answer.”326Please respect copyright.PENANA5C8P4PDJAl
326Please respect copyright.PENANAWboiK39N3D
Nao: “My answer is…”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAznES2KFK8u
*Smile*326Please respect copyright.PENANAganJVy7Ac9
326Please respect copyright.PENANAT4q5T0zw9v
Nao: “Thanks for giving me time to prepare.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANASwNAujgY4b
326Please respect copyright.PENANAoqW9qR8hFD
Anthony: “What?”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAJuQLE5cTGL
326Please respect copyright.PENANA4fegptP8Yi
Nao: “Air bullet!”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAtcM0PqZhVa
326Please respect copyright.PENANADXiVULHgP0
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANA5rP5mkiTZ0
326Please respect copyright.PENANAfrKkfynSLy
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!
326Please respect copyright.PENANAidHK4JzJT5
326Please respect copyright.PENANAIWJlJBayZK
Nao: “Everyone run! I don’t know how long I can hold him!”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA1nx7eYK8HT
326Please respect copyright.PENANA6b672ZrNnQ
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-
326Please respect copyright.PENANAOHyIgxVN0a
*Drip*326Please respect copyright.PENANAGJFjN6KnQE
326Please respect copyright.PENANASAqw3lP66K
My vision is…starting to blur and my nose is...bleeding? 326Please respect copyright.PENANAedfD8J7Vlt
326Please respect copyright.PENANAGvsoWXiJfy
326Please respect copyright.PENANAGssmQfCI7H
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.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAyqLJcrDpyW
326Please respect copyright.PENANA2fMawIzQzG
Sorry for being suspended and home locked.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAWvzfbLAEkK
326Please respect copyright.PENANAE4GkZlWl6d
I fall to one knee but I keep the prison active. At all I cost I must-
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!?326Please respect copyright.PENANAqqX1gP5ZZl
326Please respect copyright.PENANAulbLx1qTwx
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…
326Please respect copyright.PENANAZWeHD2qG2U
326Please respect copyright.PENANATSH6bSezTL
Anthony…is going to die if I keep him in there.
…
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I…hope everyone found somewhere safe. I pray that Anthony’s powers are weakened enough by the water.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAhagzVHA3OR
326Please respect copyright.PENANAjhnl8TiwUn
Kid, you’ll regret that.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAlLCL3lth8Z
326Please respect copyright.PENANAId1HHlnpk7
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANA4IFpkBtlAw
326Please respect copyright.PENANAiDXbmlh5NA
Anthony: *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*
326Please respect copyright.PENANAvyG5gOpHEP
326Please respect copyright.PENANAoxfbUb58DE
Anthony: “Damn it, Nao. Why?”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAHFfxMwr5Q4
326Please respect copyright.PENANAouB02GDbeN
Anthony drags himself to me and grabs my shirt by the collar.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAfRUA8iWPws
326Please respect copyright.PENANABilbnB91bO
Anthony: “Why didn’t you kill me?! Are you retarded?!”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAlZE9OAgNbL
!!326Please respect copyright.PENANAohLOSeNUBT
326Please respect copyright.PENANA25qI415qbh
Nao: “Y-You…want to die?”326Please respect copyright.PENANABLNXNUCfb7
326Please respect copyright.PENANApNDJ801bhw
326Please respect copyright.PENANAkTi8crtb0G
Anthony: “No you idiot, I’m just bewildered that you would spare me when you know what I’ll do now.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA1hhHiTanJ9
326Please respect copyright.PENANAR3SARY3nzt
Nao: “Because…I want to see…a world where…we don’t have to kill each other.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAxFnK18YcCP
326Please respect copyright.PENANATyhZRibLry
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.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAdHBgWDIWcK
326Please respect copyright.PENANA6r8x7vWCav
Anthony looks at the pen remains floating in the water. Hehe, I guess he figured it out.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAnghI1F0Pft
326Please respect copyright.PENANAnbMKcsoNzJ
Anthony: “The minor illusion pen…”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA4leR6sbg1N
326Please respect copyright.PENANAXyO4oEBBQ0
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.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA8kbmLlRsnZ
326Please respect copyright.PENANAzH9Q5D5pxT
Arc: “Na-”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAreb6Nvjwgb
326Please respect copyright.PENANAarVsNaa2N0
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANALQ6c1dWH9v
326Please respect copyright.PENANAhmFFPr8eoF
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…”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAuWxV2A8Qif
326Please respect copyright.PENANAA9A6SWfVuF
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAndYtR67GJN
326Please respect copyright.PENANAvmODlngx5M
“ArchMage system activated, 98th user registered. Hello, Anthony.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANARVEYn393yG
326Please respect copyright.PENANAyE96Sdkr6S
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.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAfbyC9i30qe
326Please respect copyright.PENANAeBfsi2XTtf
Nao: “And…after that?”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA0vT8IDMMlK
326Please respect copyright.PENANAUomYTVX5vC
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?”
326Please respect copyright.PENANADwXXBNAp9J
326Please respect copyright.PENANAFyAsPuUALl
Nao: “…”
326Please respect copyright.PENANA3uK1XlGvm1
326Please respect copyright.PENANAilGQOSwehB
I don’t know. My mind blanks and my consciousness begins to fade.
326Please respect copyright.PENANATzNbW0M7cT
326Please respect copyright.PENANAI3If5EezwI
Anthony: “Goodbye Nao, I hope you survive these wounds to see the new world with me.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAYbnSVgVyin
326Please respect copyright.PENANA4M1oltrnXZ
I close my enemies and accept my failure. I’m sorry Alyson…Mom…Arc…
…
…326Please respect copyright.PENANASgCer42H43
I’m back in that same darkness that consumes my being. But this time…it’s not as oppressive as before.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAogo2TyMIlC
326Please respect copyright.PENANAuaNVbZJ3gs
Seems Arc’s little plan failed. I’m glad actually, I think you’re a good successor.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAVN0cwRFWDi
326Please respect copyright.PENANAJLc5ykGwFY
W-Who are you? You look…familiar. How can I even see a human form here?
326Please respect copyright.PENANAOVFlR8FrH9
326Please respect copyright.PENANAtGrEYdtx10
Doesn’t matter right now. Tell me, do you want to stop Anthony?
326Please respect copyright.PENANAxiFQvfjm9d
326Please respect copyright.PENANAHtOLcSdyrH
…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…
326Please respect copyright.PENANAoEAFLqmLYK
326Please respect copyright.PENANA84IACgji5T
For Gods’ sake kid, it’s not that complicated.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAEzKIM79rVW
326Please respect copyright.PENANAjxbJSYOWj8
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?
326Please respect copyright.PENANAHfF3q1FVUw
326Please respect copyright.PENANAo23jg5L0Ur
T-To save…my family.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAbpA7LWH933
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Right. Everything else is just extra filling. Your core desire right now is your family.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAHTsdo2VQtP
326Please respect copyright.PENANA754JeCl4LM
But I…don’t want to kill Anthony. I don’t want to disappoint my mom. I want to-
326Please respect copyright.PENANAKQKiByBPsZ
326Please respect copyright.PENANAP98lhoebi9
Again, that’s all extra. Let me spell it out this way. Do you want your family to die?
326Please respect copyright.PENANAwVAPqTRUzy
!!326Please respect copyright.PENANAWggfFaTIH3
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No….I…I don’t want to lose my family.326Please respect copyright.PENANA9up2MyAwU3
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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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326Please respect copyright.PENANAbYA5uW4Q4N
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAP5e0Fiai3I
326Please respect copyright.PENANAqvz2yQaRJJ
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANArGaDRzMsRK
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…Okay, I will.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAzEKAff6UYb
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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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANASDCRzvgGpY
326Please respect copyright.PENANAYSLMHBTh1a
I don’t know why but I…trust this man. I move through the darkness and take his hands.
326Please respect copyright.PENANAwpzS43hvMp
326Please respect copyright.PENANAWXaYsoQ4ht
Instantly, light fills the void and I’m…enveloped by it’s brilliance.
…
…326Please respect copyright.PENANA89yFh6DouR
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.”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAZopJo0KBlN
326Please respect copyright.PENANAAoqiEbAcSy
Anthony: “…No, I’m not cheating on you with him. Good grief woman.”
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326Please respect copyright.PENANAJGNTMmFwXZ
Anthony: “!!!?”
326Please respect copyright.PENANAPXVrWOXKHz
326Please respect copyright.PENANAO4I680Cyld
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.
326Please respect copyright.PENANA2Xpg8wTqfF
326Please respect copyright.PENANAMxJ3L2ABNi
Alphon: “Hey Anthony, I would like my partner back.”
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326Please respect copyright.PENANADIItOb9GyO
Alphon:
Strength: ???326Please respect copyright.PENANAbr9gBnKf2w
Endurance: ???326Please respect copyright.PENANA9bV4t4u60j
Intelligence: ???326Please respect copyright.PENANAIcczarI4yU
Charisma: ???326Please respect copyright.PENANA7bngrgrjQA
Agility: ???326Please respect copyright.PENANAppAgmfhWd9
Magic: ????????326Please respect copyright.PENANAdzLNh8sCMo