"Save you?"
Mirabella stared at Veer in confusion, tilting her head to the side. Her confusion was genuine; once the transaction was complete, she saw no reason to concern herself with his death. "Save you from what?" She asked.
"You! You can see I am bleeding! Stop it or I'll die! I have given you everything you asked for! If you're looking for the one who stole it, that's his lifeless body there, his head blown off." He yelled, pointing to Shaw's body, his desperation absolute.
Mirabella slowly nodded, acting out a few painful seconds of thinking—a gesture of false consideration before finally stretching out her hand and healing Veer's shoulder. She sealed the wound, ensuring he didn't die immediately, but only because she was done extracting information and was now bored.
"I thought you won't help him."
".....?!"
Mirabella frowned and looked over her shoulder, seeing a man walking inside with two long katanas in hand. The sheer Spirit Energy emanating from the man instantly commanded her focus, something no player had done yet.
"Lord Vinos!! Help!!" Veer instantly screamed in joy, staring at the man with hope, his fear instantly transferring to his rescuer.
Mirabella observed the man. He was clad in black, with a two-horned skull engraved on the right chest of his clothes—the mark of the Devil Cult. In his hands were two Legendary class swords.
{Name: Vinous.}
{Title: Vice Leader of Devil Cult.}
{Level: Lv50 (first Awakened).}
{Origin: Galaxy Fall.}
{Physical Attack: 7,500 (+10,000).}
{Agility: 15,000 (+1,000).}
{Defense: 20,000 (+3,000).}
{Health: 25,000 (+5,000).}
{Magic Attack: 10,000.}
{Spirit energy: 50,000/50,000.}
{Bloodline: Sword master.}
'So many buffs from weapons and equipment...' Mirabella thought with a slight nod, her eyes locked onto the numbers, not the man.
'Those swords will be so good in my hands; the two added a whole ten thousand points in attack. If I have them, I will be invincible.' She thought, holding her jaw, not even remotely bothered by the Lv50 Awakened enemy before her, only by the prospect of loot.
"Hahahaha!! You're dead!! Lord Vinos is a Sword Master from Galaxy Fall, he is not from Earth like the rest of us!! You will surely die under his hand!!" Veer yelled, smirking at Mirabella, his humiliation fueling a desperate need for revenge.
"Oh really?" Mirabella was uninterested in his boasting, instead pulling up her own stats for a quick comparison, reaffirming her advantage.
{Name: Mirabella Sunny.}
{Game Nickname: Spectral.}
{Level: Lv36. (5%) (First Awakened).}
{Physical Attack: 3,000 (+5,000).}
{Agility: 16,504.}
{Defense: 615,720.}
{Health: 3,325,600.}
{Magic Attack: 3,000.}
{Spirit energy: 81,000/81,000.}
{Kills: 5,865.}
{Boss killed: 45.}
{World Boss Killed: 3.}
{Neutral Reputation Gained: 60.}
{Title: World Boss Blade. Heir of sun family.}
{Normal Bloodline: Mage.}
{God rank Bloodline: Royal.}
{Royal Bloodline Skill: Assassin Bloodline.}
"Do you truly think you can win me?" She asked, her tone flat.
Mirabella's memory flashed back to her previous life. The Devil Cult were not just bandits; they were a vast, insidious organization dealing in human trafficking and organ removal, even in the "safe" world of Galaxy Fall. She remembered how the so-called heroes, and rulers had secretly aided them.
Mirabella pointed Sunder at Vinos, her sword vibrating with her rage—a rare glimpse of genuine, past-life emotion.
"You better pray you have the secret technique of your Devil Cult, or you'll end up dead today." She said. Her knowing words were calculated to shock him.
"Secret technique?" Vinos frowned. Anyone outside their circle knew nothing of their technique. Then how did the lady before him know? And that sword.
'Why does that sword look so familiar?' he thought, recognizing Sunder.
"Lord Vinos, what are you waiting for!! Deal with her!!" Veer yelled impatiently.
Vinos stared at him, then at Mirabella. "You made the wrong decision child. For this, I will teach you a lesson, by taking off all your limbs." He was used to easily dominating lower-leveled players, it won't change now.
He lunged forward, his sword tearing the wind behind him. "For killing so many people, it shows you're strong. I won't hold back!" His two swords merged into one. In seconds, he appeared in front of Mirabella and swung his sword in a horizontal arc, heading straight for her neck.
BAM!!!
"....?!"
Vinos and Veer were dumbfounded, staring at Mirabella in pure horror. They both lowered their heads to the sword, seeing Mirabella effortlessly holding the merged Legendary weapon with two fingers.
"Is that all you can do?"
BOOOOOM!!
A blinding wall of flames burst out from Mirabella, instantly smashing into Vinos. Due to the close range, the flames caught him completely off guard.
"You!!"
He quickly leaped backward, abandoning his swords in Mirabella's grip to escape the damage. Vinos landed some meters away, quickly putting off the remaining flames.
{Health: 20,000/25,000 (+5,000).}
'That flame instantly removed 5,000 health, who really is this lady?' He thought, staring back at his swords now casually held in Mirabella's grasp.
"Sorry Sunder, you will have to return to the inventory." Mirabella placed Sunder in her system's storage, and effortlessly separated the two merged Legendary class swords. She watched as her previous +5,000 buff from Sunder vanished, replaced by the far superior buff from Vinos's weapons.
{Physical Attack: 3,000 (+10,000).}
'13,000 Physical damage, Multiplied by 100, equals to 1,300,000. If I plan to use my World Boss Blade title, my base attack of 13,000 will increase by 100%, making my attack 26,000; topping with my Multiplier, it will be 2,600,000 damage per strike. Wow... These swords just made me a god.' She thought inwardly, her mind purely calculating the new, terrifying height of her combat potential.
Vinos, oblivious to her internal stat sheet, was boiling in rage at the theft and the humiliation.
"Ok!! I see you are very arrogant!! Then I won't hold back!!!" He yelled, and before Veer, Mirabella, and the living bandits on the ground, ten swords made of pure spirit energy appeared above Vinos, gathering immense power.
"Today!! I will show you the strength of an awakened fighter!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, readying his ultimate skill.