
Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy to search for the [Skill Scroll] hidden inside that old school. They begin by walking in a random hallway. Unfortunately unlike in the anime, the improvement by the System makes this room widened with a hallway of various directions and difficult as exploring the labyrinth. There's not much they can do.
"Nee, Suiseiseiseki-chan, what is your relationship with the Admin?" ask Rikka.
"Is admin? Oh, you mean human? He is my medium now, you know," replied Suiseiseiseki.
"Medium?" tanya Rikka repeated the word.
"Yes, medium, you know." Suiseiseiseki explained, "We, the Rozen Maiden, will gain more powerful magic energy by absorbing energy from our medium. That man has a lot of magic. Before I needed a casing to be able to float, but now I can move around even without a casing."
"Heh, I just found out that he has a huge reserve of magic energy. I just know if he's an irresponsible Admin who likes to give us jobs" Rikka said.
"He's not that bad" Souseiseki argued. "His current position, he does have a role to manage the mission of the group. He's not that bad, at least I think. If we're in danger, I'm sure he'll help us all."
"Can he do that?" ask Kino.
"Of course he can. The proof alone is Suiseiseiseki who materialized just like you while I still look transparent like this,” explained Souseiseki. “Only, he does not like to do that and prefers to be in observer mode. Indeed there are some advantages when it is in observer mode.”
“Hou... I just found out about it,” Miko said.
Elsewhere at the same time, Keith was in a room. It was a very dark and gloomy underground room, just like any other room. Also, do not forget the foul, rancid, and unpleasant smell that is in the room. Such damp and gripping places are common to be found in places anker.
“Tch, the smell of this place is indeed very rotten!” Keith clicked his tongue smelling a pungent scent that entered his nose.
He was inside the current participant mode, which meant that he would be impacted from the terrain in his place. Previously, when he was in observer mode, he would be safe without feeling the fishy and stuffy smell of this place. He has something to do in participant mode, so how else, ‘kan?
“You must agree with me, ‘kan, Red-Shirt Girl? Or, should I call you Sachiko Shinozaki?” Keith's eyes stared intently at the girl in front of him.
Sachiko is a normal-bodied young girl, with long black hair and bangs covering her face. She was wearing a tattered red dress and had grey skin, which bore the painful rope burns on her neck. And yep, he's a ghost. His skin alone was already a gray color that was very strange for the color of living human skin.
‘Sachiko Shinozaki's. I don't know much about him, but because of this System, I think he will have extraordinary powers or what could threaten me. I better be vigilant in fighting it.’
“You.... who…? Why... you... here..?” Sachiko asked in a hoarse voice and intimidated.
‘I don't remember him talking like this in the anime or anywhere. Is this because of the System that made it this way? This place alone already has a lot of differences from the original anime, so he should have changed a lot. System Influence should not be underestimated.’
“Anu... My name is Keith Claes, but it doesn't matter, anyway. Whatever you want to call me by what name,” Keith said with a smile.
An awkward smile that is very much sought after to be a friendly smile. Cold sweat from the awkward feeling dripped from his forehead, as Keith himself was at a loss to respond as to what. Not because the figure in front of him was a ghost, but he wondered why he had so many encounters with women. Starting from the members of the group, to his new companion. Only Glasya-Labolas has not been confirmed to date.
“What....your destination..come here..?”
“I just want to beat you.” Keith's eyes suddenly turned serious by becoming sharp.
“Ingin.... beat me...?” re-question Sachiko as confirmation. “Khukhukhukhu.
*boom!*
A red-black aura like a heavy wind exploded from Sachiko, throwing down all the surrounding objects.
“Ugh...” Keith whimpered, trying to defend himself to remain standing while using his right arm to cover part of his face.
“Don't expect you to beat me!” shouts Sachiko.
*sis!* *sis!* *sis!*
Streams of lightning-like strikes struck swiftly at Keith in a dark red color.
*plash!* *plash!* *plash!*
Several splashes of blood rose into the room as the black-red swipe hit Keith's shoulder.
‘Akh... Sick is also exposed to attacks like this. I rarely get attacked!’
*chuck!*
Keith used [Kaifuku Mahou] to heal his arm immediately.
“You cannot be underestimated, yes!”
*Srak!* *srak!* *srak!*
Keith's body turned into sheets of paper as he said that.
“Turning your body into sheet paper?” Sachiko watched on the paper storm that surrounded her. “Don't hope it's enough to make you dodge my attack.”
The red threads were arranged around Sachiko like a small typhoon. The thread or more simply called filament was fused together to form like a cloth, then it widened and threw out all the paper surrounding Sachiko.
All the sheets of paper hit the wall around the room.
Slowly, the papers fused together and then re-realized Keith's body which was full of incision wounds.
‘Even the extravagant technique where mine couldn't keep me safe from him.., Keith's inner’ slowly rose from the floor.
*chuck!*
Keith looked at Sachiko while using [Kaifuku Mahou] for the second time.
Although many, but the wounds on Keith's body were relatively shallow. All of those wounds were fortunately able to be healed by Keith in just a matter of seconds. Otherwise, he himself doubts whether this Sachiko Shinozaki will give himself time to rest by healing himself from the wound. This time the enemy is an evil spirit.
The two of them stared at each other for a while, wary of each other's attacks that would be unleashed by each of their enemies. The situation became instant with the red-dark aura of Sachiko and Keith focusing the perception of [Kenbunshoku Haki] using [Parallel Mind]. Later ….
*sis!* *sis!* *sis!*
The dark red sheets led to Keith, while Keith himself threw the sheets of paper at Sachiko.
*rek!* *srek!* *srek!*
The two attacks collided and tore each other apart, neutralizing each other. It will be a battle of endurance in which numbers if it continues.
‘[Enchant Magic], [Explosion]!’ inner Keith.
*bombs!* *bomb!* *bomb!*
The explosion occurred from Keith's side, opening a hole in front of him, revealing Sachiko's astonished figure.
‘[Enchant Magic], [Accel]!’
*sis!* *sis!* *sis!*
In addition to having an explosive effect, Keith's paper also had an increase in speed. With this, Keith's sheet of paper quickly instantly stuck to Sachiko's entire body passing through the hole from Sachiko's attack that was temporarily exposed.
*bombs!* *bomb!* *bomb!*
The explosion again occurred from Sachiko's body. For some time to come, various blazes of flames lit up throughout the ghost girl's body with gray smoke covering.
“Does it work?” ask Keith.
*ss….*
The smoke disappeared, showing the injured figure of Sachiko with several blisters and a more ragged dress. After a while, the abrasions on Sachiko's body finally disappeared, healing completely.
‘Crazy! What kind of defense does he have? Does he have defensive skills? Besides, I'm sure he has the ability to heal himself.’
“Khukhukhu, you are good too. I didn't expect you could finally give me an attack.” Sachiko continued with a crazy laugh.
*Splash!*
This ghost girl quickly and suddenly fluttered her hands at Keith with a blood red liquid, the color of the blood that had rotted away.
*Shelf!* *shhh….*
Keith felt a bad premonition from this red liquid, so he instantly created a pillar of land to block it. Then, Keith's earthen pillar was instantly shattered, corroded, before stopping when the pillar became smaller in size.
‘Again once or not, huh? My body would instantly vanish if it were exposed to it. [My Kaifuku Mahou] is not that great to heal myself quickly.’
“Glasya-Labolas!” call Keith.
*Srak!* *srak!* *srak!*
While Glasya-Labolas manifested himself alongside Keith, he himself transformed his body into a sheet of paper.
*sis!* *sis!* *sis!*
The paper storm again slid on Sachiko's figure with enchant [Explosion] and [Accel], then got [Toughening] from Glasya-Labolas.
Explosion effect, speed addition, and increased durability. This makes the paper has iron resistance with a sharp side like a knife. Sachiko's filament sheet was penetrated more easily by Keith at this time.