Chapter 35: How to Win
A volcano erupts, lava rising from the ground, red in color. A man sits, watching the eruption, with a glass of sake beside him. He's Isamu, in his twenties, a third-rank martial artist. He has short black hair and green clothing.
"Wow... The volcanic eruption is quite violent. What kind of treasure will be created? There's definitely going to be a fight over the treasure. Hehe. The intensity of the treasure's creation is measured by that power. With a volcanic eruption, the probability of it being level four is high. So, it's not against the rules if I join in."
Isamu looks up at the sky. A green-robed martial artist, similar to Isamu, is flying across the sky. Their target is the location. With the volcanic eruption, everyone knows for sure that the treasure was created.
The volcanic area is boiling with extreme heat. The group of four easily exits the mountain. With their acquired magical abilities, the four of them walk away. Seria saw that the area was safe, so she quickly handed the item to Seraph. "Here, Seraph."
Seraph took the item and inserted it into the 100% Luck System. [It's so hot! What kind of item is this? Never mind, at least it wasn't a waste of time to fight over it.] The four of them followed each other. Seraph turned to Wang Luo and asked what he wanted to do with Jia Yi. "What about Jia Yi?"
Wang Luo nodded and stared at Jia Yi. "We need to investigate whether this person was involved, but with this kind of sedative, he must be a co-conspirator. And about the treasure, we'll keep it a secret. You can rest assured."
After a while, the four of them looked up at the sky. Many warriors were heading towards the volcano.
Seria smiled happily. "Brother, look! Many warriors are heading there to search for the treasure, but didn't they know we'd already brought it?"
[That's amazing, my brother. Just by going in, grabbing a magical item and bringing it out, you've already defeated countless warriors. Everything has been calculated, hasn't it? Perhaps the condition for taking the magical item is to bring four people inside? Or is this Jia Yi the next target? This Jia Yi will play a crucial role in the next plan. Forget about the missing finger. Let's investigate tomorrow. There must be clues linking to something big.] Seria still hasn't given up on finding the person who cut Perron's finger off.
Time passed and the four of them arrived at the village. Wang Luo bowed gratefully to Seraph. "Thank you very much for your cooperation. Please contact me if you need anything."
"No problem. We're just here to retrieve this item. Consider it a favor along the way."
Seraph began to speak. "No problem. See you then." [How did it turn out like this? Just looking for a restaurant to eat and coming back with a magical item from the sky. I was heading out to snatch the magical item, but I ended up bringing it back before this kind of snatching could happen. I hope they won't come after me instead.]
The two children walked home together. "How about this Seria's skill?"
"Excellent. Then are you satisfied?"
The two children started walking home together.
In a certain place, a woman was running hurriedly. Surrounded by trees, she had long blonde hair that reached her shoulders. Her eyes had crosses in them, both white, but gold. Her clothes were black and white, looking like they belonged in a church. Sis was running away from something.
Her face showed fear. Her body was covered in wounds from being attacked, like wolf claw marks. Sis looked behind her. A black wolf twice her size was chasing her. Sis ran away, tears beginning to trickle down her face. "Help! Help! Help! Help! Help!" Sis repeated the words over and over like a record player. Despair enveloped her as the sun was rising.
Sis ran away, tripping over a branch. Thud! Sis fell to the ground and turned to look at the black wolf that was about to leap up and bite Sis's head. Phew! Sis looked up and saw the sun rising into the sky. Sis smiled. "This is all I can get. My life?"
Behind Sis, a golden cloak floated above her head. It was the seraph's cloak given to Arthur. But because she didn't care about the cloak Arthur had received, the golden cloak was blown into the air by a strong wind. The golden cloak fell. The golden cloak floated above Sis' head, its golden shadow glistening. Sis looked up into the sky, knowing something was about to cover her. The empty golden cloak, only Sis could see, was the image of a golden goddess with two wings, standing with her hands clasped, giving the impression of prayer, and her face exuding a sense of loftiness.
The pattern was so beautiful. Sis's eyes in that moment stared at the hands of the cloak, which bore the image of the goddess clasping her hands together, creating the pattern of the cloak. Sis raised both hands, trying to clasp her hands together. "Help!"
A golden cloak covered Sis' body. A black wolf lunged at her and bit her cloak. Boom! The cloak's magical ability absorbs light energy to conceal herself and enclose it within the cloak to store energy. What would happen if the energy absorbed from the holy sword Excalibur were placed within the cloak? The abundant energy stored within the cloak would be released, releasing energy that would damage the cloak. The black wolf's fangs would bite the cloak.
If you can't picture it, imagine a balloon filled with strong wind. If you poke a toothpick into the balloon, what would happen? The answer is simple: the balloon would explode. The cloak would explode with holy light energy. A powerful, steady golden light would destroy the creature known as the wolf. Boom!
Sis's entire body was unaffected by the wind inside a balloon. If it exploded, only the balloon fragments would be used to attack, with no energy mass. The golden glow shimmered, and the wind blew the cloak into mid-air. Sis watched the cloak float in the sky.
The remains of the black wolf flew towards Sis. Red blood and demonic entrails floated towards her. One of the fragments landed in the center of Sis's face. Sis clasped her hands together, feeling something better. Their hands clasped together. Thud! Sis felt like she was holding a piece of flesh that felt like bone. Red blood began to stain her body.
All over Sis's body, red blood stained her clothes. The black and white clothes looked like Sister's, dyed red. Sister's beautiful face was obscured by the red blood. Sister breathed heavily and looked in horror at the object in her hand. Her open hand revealed a white ring stained with blood, with ancient characters written on it: the word "God."
"A ring?" Sis couldn't read it, so she didn't know what it said. At this moment, the white ring absorbed Sis into the ring. Whoosh! The surrounding area was cut off by white light. On one side, Seraph was riding in the carriage, listening to Seria's analysis, which kept going on and on, almost as if she were listening to a record.
"And is this it? Is this the plan? This is what Seria could guess. Can you point out anything that's wrong?" Seria smiled at Seraph, awaiting his answer. He explained that Jia Yi might be a key character in the story.
Seraph remained calm.
[I don't know. You're so good at analyzing things. I haven't even thought about it. How should I answer? If I say I don't know, they'll probably still believe me. But saying that's the case would be weird, because I haven't thought about it. Plus, it's just analysis. Should I just say yes? If I do, this kid will definitely think about investigating, so I'll just deny it for now. It's better not to get involved in the mess. It's not worth the risk if I die. I guess I'll have to listen to this kid's analysis every day and deny it every day.] No, once a day is enough.]
"No, that's completely wrong. I'll only let you ask for my opinion once a day, and I'll explain it to you once a day."
"What, how far are you thinking?"
Seraph dropped to the ground, his face falling towards Seria. The scene cut to a white ring. Seria ran over and hugged Seraph, her face stunned once more.