I opened my eyes to sight of the beautiful blue sky, I was laid on a few wooden crates next to the shop under the shade as Mr. fruit seller stood infront of me with a red haired man.
He was extremely handsome with short red hair and sky blue eyes.
(Image)
But what shocked me was the aura surrounding him.
'Divinity!?'
"Oh! He's awake! Thanks for your help sir reinhard. You must be quite busy."
Mr. Fruit seller thanked the red haired man who simply shook his head with a smile.
"No no, it's my day off so I was simply taking a stroll."
My head was throbing as the black runes were still shining brightly in front of me.
[Another host of Divinity has been detected.]
[Apostle series is reacting to the divinity. Attempting copy.]
[Copy Failed! Retrying... successfully copied the (sword saint's blessing)]
[Blessing has been sealed due to low level]
[A skill has been created from the leftover traces of the blessing]
[Name: Saints synchronicity
Type: passive
Description: due to the collision of 2 different Divinities a part of your souls has merged. You can feel each other's presence and feelings if the other allows.
Effect:
Battle sync: the saints can sync each other's mind to fight as one.
Combat effectiveness is drastically
increased.
Range: 5 KM (range grows by increasing Divinity)]
Reinhard suddenly stiffened, feeling as something changed. His eyes drifts toward me.
I sat up and looked at him. The stare down went on for a few seconds beforewe both smiled as he helped me stand up.
"Reinhard van astrea, the sword saint"
"Subaru natsuki, apostle Peter and the priest of light."
We both introduce each other while shaking hands.
Reinhard was smart, it didn't even took him a minute to understand the synchronization. So he used it to see if I was a threat and confirmed that I wasn't.
But the why we suddenly became so friendly was due to the synchronized emotions.
We both shared a similar kind of pain and loneliness. We may not know what happened but we knew that we weren't so different.
"Thanks for helping me reinhard. You too, Mr. Fruit seller."
"There is no need to thank me subaru. It is my duty as a knight."
Reinhard answered while the green haired man simply waved his hand and went back to his stall.
"Sooo, you're not going to ask?"
I asked reinhard, who in turn shook his head while we walked down the street.
"I don't no what happened but I won't question you about it if you're uncomfortable."
We continued to talk for a few minutes before parting ways. After which, my mood did a complete 180.
'I don't know how, but I somehow gained the ability to return to past.'
'Which means I will have to do it all in the correct order, a single mistakecould ruin everything."
I thought as grabbed the little girl pulled her out of the way of a carriage.
I will save you this time.
And just as I had said, I retraced my previous *turn* step. By. Step.
I did change a few things such as reducing the time it took for us to get there so Puck can help us.
And.
[Name: Subaru natsuki
Age: 17
Race: Human(sealed)
Class: priest
Lv:1 (793/1,000)
HP:1,000
DP:250
CP:250
Gate:(locked)
Strength: 10
Speed: 15
Endurance: 10
Intelligence:10
Points: 0 ]
'Her speed was not anything to scoff at and I can't access [overcharged] anymore. It must have been because I had just regained it so I was able activate it before being sealed.'
'I will have to give it my all.'
Now we return to the trade of the insignia. But this time, I decided to change things up as I placed a worn out looking scroll on the table.
They all stared at me in confusion as to why I would put a piece of paperto exchange something as costly as 20 holy coins.
"This, is a sorcerer's scroll. It has a rune inscribed in it that allows you to store magic in it. If you want to use it, just tear it. I think it should be sufficient enough, afterall its a metia."
Just like last time, we won. Yippee! But now the real thing begins as she tries to stab satella.
"PUCK! PROTECT HER!!"
And that's what he did, he deployed a barrier that protected her from the woman.
"Nice save, peter!"
Puck said as he prepared himself for a fight. I nodded and took somethings out of my bag.
"What's happening?! Why are you suddenly attacking her!?"
Felt yelled out, shocked and confused at the turn of events.
"Now that the insignia has returned to its owner the trade is off. You're useless. You were given a single job and you even failed to get these vermins off your back?"
The lady said in a dissatisfied tone as prepared to lunge at satella.
"First, rude. Second, what right do you have to criticize her when you yourself came so unprepared. She's half your age yet she has twice the amount of burden on her shoulders."
I had seen people who lived in slums, I had seen their struggles and I had seen children growing up on their own. I didn't know what this world is like but I can that these slums are not every different.
Felt looked shocked to see someonestanding up for her that she didn't even know.
I had seen kids from slums with hopes and dreams but all of that was destroyed under the Crushing weight of the world. so, now that I have met another child with the determination to reach higher, I won't let some freak break it.
Everyone was distracted due to my sudden intervention and the freaky lady took advantage of it as she lounged at Felt, the dagger ready to end her. But..
CLANG!
This was the final change as a thin layer of blackish gold coated the 2 short swords in my hands.
Yep. I took that freaky guy's short swords. Its not like he would've been able to use them properly anyways.
I used my molding skill to strengthen the basic structure of the blade with Devine power and coated it in currupted holy to increase its damage.
I used the dagger in my left hands to deflect hers and used the one in the right to go for her neck.
She fell backwards to dodge and back flipped to create distance but I didn't give her a chance, a light black and golden glow surrounded my body signifying the use of [balanced charging].
I threw the dagger at her which she deflected upwards as I charged forwards, jumping up I grabbed the blade and held them both in a reverse grip and descended down, ready to rip her apart.
CRASH!!
She managed to dodge as the bladesplunged deep into the ground, destroying the floor. She took advantage of the blades being stuck and tries to chop off my head.
SWISH!
I used the blades as handles and swiped her legs causing her body to become parallel to the ground as I brought my knees up to my chest then launched my legs out in a double kick aimed at her chest but it was blocked, still the force sent her skidding backwards.
"Ara, I didn't expect that I will find someone this strong in a filthy place like this. Oh I wonder how your guts would look~"
She said in a aroused and erotic manner, her face flushed.
"I would like to take that as a compliment but I am a priest. So please, hold yourself. I'm not into that."
I said, it wasn't visible but I was beginning to get worn-out. The rate at which my energy was being consumed was too much.
'Just as I expected. Strength, speed, endurance. I'm beat in all physical aspects. But I can use my experience to even out the odds. But for how long?'
I contemplated, frustration building up as I begin to get more and more stressed out, but then I suddenly remembered.
"Never doubt yourself peter. When you're outnumbered, when your opponent is out of your league, don't ever doubt yourself. Afterall, your real Strength was never your body but your mind."
I grinned, pulled out the blades from the floor and stood up. I shifted mybody sideways, my right arm raised, the dagger pointed towards her while my left was to pulled backwards. The dagger in it was held in a reversed grip.
"I'm apostle peter. Priest of light."
She smiled and took her own stance while introducing herself.
"I'm Elsa granhiert, the bowel hunter."
And with that, sparks flew as our blades clashed in a deadly dance of steel. Blades met, flesh was cut, blood was spilled as we continued to exchange blows.
CLANG!
TING!
SCREECH!
CLING!
SWISH!
THUNG!
Blow after blow, cut after cut I returned every move that was thrown at me, there were multiple cuts that had accumulated but we didn't slow down.
It was clear to everyone present that elsa was stronger but I had fought plenty of things stronger then me before.
But this situation was becoming difficult, I planted my leg forward and pulled myself back, narrowly avoiding my head getting chopped off by her daggers.
I countered by flipping backwards and the front of my armored boots connected directly to her chin, a snap resounded as her head snapped up.
But It wasn't over as I landed and balanced myself in a crouch, her bladewas already nearing my neck.
At the same time, I felt the skills deactivate. As the blade approached me I knew it was over.
Or so I thought as spikes of ices shot in elsa's direction causing her to jump back while the old man pulled me back.
"Did you forget that's he's not alone?!"
Puck said as he continued to use his magic to fight her while the old man brought me back to the group.
"Thanks for the assist. I'm sure my head would be rolling on the ground if not for you, mister."
I said, sweat was mixing with the blood and dripping down as I took large gulps of air.
Felt was kneeling next to me, giving me a support as I tried to calm my hearts down.
"It's not a problem young man, rest now, I will help the spirit and the young lady."
The old man said as he picked up a gaint club and joined the battle.
(A/N: Now, in the original. Elsa was able to handle both emilia and the old man without much difficulty but this time, she was more hurt and due to the corruption on subaru's blade her wounds healed slower than usual.)
"T-thank you. For standing up for me. And saving me as well."
Felt said shyly, a little pink visible on her cheeks, she was clearly not used to this.
I took a deep breath and stabilized my heartbeats. I smiled and gently ruffled her blonde locks.
"There's no need, how old are you?"
She seemed surprised and more flustered but didn't move my hand.
"F-fifteen. Sir."
She said making me chuckle and shake my head.
"You don't have to call me sir or anything, I'm just 17. I'd prefer if you call me brother, little one."
"Uh, um, I, b-brother?"
I nodded and leaned back on the wall, trying to regain some strength that's when I noticed that the old man was in danger and that puck was gone.
I quickly charged up the dagger with the leftover energies I had and threw it at the blade causing it to hit him in the shoulder instead of his head.
But that wasn't all as my thrown dagger hit her in the left shoulder causing her to back off before ripping it out and throwing it to the side.
That's when I heard it. A sound that I loved to hear a long time ago.
[You have leveled up!]
[As a reward for leveling up, fatigue is restored and all the injuries has been healed]
[Name: Subaru natsuki
Age: 17
Race: Human(sealed)
Class: priest
Lv:2 (19/2,000)
HP:1,100
DP:300
CP:300
Gate:(locked)
Strength: 11
Speed: 16
Endurance: 11
Intelligence:11
Points: 5 ]
[Skill (balanced charging) has leveled up]
[Skill (energy molding) has leveled up]
I had leveled up as particles of light came out from my wounds healing them, I stood up all good and ready to fight.
"Heh, round two."