Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 67 : Aswad 14 of 15 “Nobles, Liabilities, and Ambition” (Part 02)
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When Odo thought he had grabbed something in the midst of the sinking sensation, his hand stretched out from the pool of glowing water. Reaching the surface he could reach, he then began to crawl out of the puddle in the middle of the way the stone structure in his own residence.
The body and skin are wet, the glowing blue water does not immediately disappear as usual because it has undergone rapid changes in terms of content. Standing up, lifting his pony hair up and looking flat ahead, his Perception Speculation was active and gave him some information about what had happened in Luke's residence.
Mavis and Dart stared at Odo in shock, as did the King and the Prince and Princess. In contrast to the two of them, Thomas Rein and his wife were completely made to tremble in fear due to the terrifying air emanating strongly from the young man.
Looking at scanning them one by one, Odo Luke immediately understood the way the people on the terrace looked. The horrifying aura of the beings residing within his body clearly became unacceptable to them, especially the Ancient Devil's aura that radiated most prominently.
“It looks like I came at the wrong time,” murmured Odo with a flat expression. While turning his eyes in his mind he felt, “What does Mahia really want to do? In this case, not even more runyam?”
The young man took off his shoes and stood barefoot to enhance the detection magic. Flicking the finger of the left hand, he instantly used the sound waves emitted as sonar and tracked the whereabouts of the people who had come to Luke's Residence.
“Hmm, the number of guests does not decrease or increase. I guess they all got here without any problems.”
In the sonar that radiated at the range of the entire Mansion, Odo quickly detected Linkaron and Kinkarta galloping towards him from behind. The two Shieal also did not recognize the form of their Young Master's youth now because they went with Dart to the Capital.
Using the Mana compaction technique he had learned from his Master, Kinkarta created a war axe with a handle of one meter and a half and directly attacked from the blind spot. At the same time, Linkaron immediately enveloped his Schoningen spear and threw it towards Odo.
“Mind Acceleration …. Active.”
In Odo's eyes instantly all their movements were seen ten times slower than normal, the acceleration of the mind was one of the components he separated from the Perception Speculation magic array. Using nature-change magic on a narrow scale and charging electricity to himself, Odo forces the body to move following an accelerated mind.
With reflexes beyond common sense, he quickly turned back and observed the attacks coming towards him. From the calculations obtained, the throwing of the spear was two seconds faster than the attack of the battle axe. Odo immediately extended his right leg backwards and mounted the horses with a lowered body position.
Stretching his left hand forward in the middle of the time lane before him as if Slow Motion, Odo immediately caught the part of the spear stick that shot towards him. The palm was slightly scratched and blood smeared on the tip of the spear made of old wood that had been smashed.
It was on purpose, with blood flowing through the tip of Odo's spear that could manipulate the magic array on Schoningen and eliminate the curse magic. Besides being able to lock and hit the target as long as the tip of the spear is covered with a little blood of the target, he said, the spear can also only be held by its owner because in the manufacture of Schoningen itself is classified as special and entered into spirit weapons.
Manipulating the existing magic array, Odo overlapped the owner's information array on Schoningen and made the spear his own. It does so in nanodectic terms, then it charges electricity to the metal spearhead and immediately rotates it using electromagnetic force to adjust the position.
Linkaron and Kinkarta were surprised to see the young man with black hair holding a spear covered with the curse. But not stopping his attack, Shieal with the title of Knight instead accelerated the swing of the Mana compaction axe.
Odo sees the movement very slowly, but that does not mean his body can fully follow the acceleration of the mind. The body can only follow about ¼ speeds of the mind, in other words only 2.5 times faster than their normal movements.
But that was enough, in a matter of milliseconds he had analyzed the movement of the axe swing and the actions Kinkarta would take. The swing of his weapon came from the right and precisely attacked the neck, very clearly wanted to finish off the opponent with a single attack like how to fight Dart Luke.
Odo pulled back his left hand holding the spear, then spread his left foot to the side and prepared to hold the swing of the axe. In the millisecond before hitting it, Odo put the back of his right hand in a defensive position and directly held the swing of the axe.
The strengthening magic on the glove held him down perfectly, completely not scratching Odo's hand and coming to a halt. The momentum from the impact he flowed to the surface of the road through the body to the left foot and until it made some arrangement of cracked stones.
Kinkarta was at a glance surprised that the young man could withstand his attack, but he did not stop and immediately raised his left hand from the battle axe. Without the slightest hesitation, the brown-haired man clenched his fists and smashed them towards Odo.
In a position where both hands could not be used to withstand the blow, Odo Luke activated Hariq Iliah and created a thin air wall to withstand the attack. But before the fist hit the air wall, Kinkarta's movement stopped. At the same time as Odo activated his Special Magic, the aura of the Supreme Dragon increased drastically replacing the demonic air.
Intimidation ⸻ Such a thing is really effective to stop the movement of Kinkarta. Utilizing the opportunity created, Odo immediately extended his left leg forward while upholding his body and swinging the spear towards Kinkarta's face.
Odo only used the blunt part of the spear's eye, yet it was enough to make the Knight's brain tremble and lose balance. As the Mana-compaction battle axe in his hand began to unravel, Odo quickly gripped Kinkarta's right wrist.
Lifting his right knee up, the young man pulled Kinkarta and slammed his stomach into his knees very hard. The knight instantly bowed with nausea that made his body tremble, those two attacks were enough to cripple him.
Understand the nature of the Shieal who tend to be stubborn and keep fighting until the last blood point for their Master, Odo immediately raised his elbow high and hit the nape of Kinkarta hard until he lost consciousness. The knight's body collapsed, his chin hit the road surface hard until it bled.
“Di-He beat Kinkarta that fast? What the fuck is this guy? Not only could he hold the magic spear made by Madam, earlier the dragon that was so powerful also glimpsed from him,” Linkaron's mind as he stepped back and began to tremble. But when he understood that he was being seen by Dart and Mavis, the dark-haired man tried to fight his fear and stopped trembling.
Odo let out a light sigh as he got the fearful gaze of one of the people he had known since childhood. Dropping Schoningen's spear into the street, the young man clapped his hands once to break the tense atmosphere at hand. Linkaron flinched, stepped back and came back looking terrified.
Ignoring one of the men who had lost his nerve, Odo turned to the people on the terrace who had just stayed in place. Right at the moment when Odo Luke had just turned away, Linkaron instantly used reinforcement magic on both his legs and used the wind-step technique to lighten the body.
Jumping towards Odo at high speed, Shieal managed to grip the young man's right shoulder and was about to use a key technique to catch him. But before the feet could stand, Linkaron's body was immediately slammed into the street with a bang. Linkaron knew exactly what had happened, when he realized he was lying in front of the sky.
“Please sleep like that, Brother Linkaron,” said Odo as he walked past the Shieal and headed to the terrace.
At first glance Linkaron was astonished by the way the young man called out to him, he tried to stand up but at once the pain spread throughout the body. The pillow was very fatal, shortness of breath followed a few seconds later and in the end his body paralyzed for a while.
Dart did not move at all to help the two completely humiliated Shieal, nor did Mavis or any other Sheial who knew who the black-haired young man really was. Stopping right in front of the terrace, the young man with black hair activated Hariq Iliah to evaporate the water and dry his body.
Putting down the bangs, the young man put on an expression full of warmth and said, “I'm home …. Mother, Father ..., sorry to make a fuss earlier.”
The sentence left both Dart and Mavis' eyes wide open. Unlike her husband who was still in doubt, Mavis immediately ran towards Odo and jumped at him. The woman hugged her son tightly, releasing the anxiety that enveloped the heart.
“Thankful …. You are fine, Odo ..”
“Hmm ...”
Odo at first glance looks confused what to do when hugged tightly by Mavis. Sensing a sharp gaze from his own father, the young man immediately let go of his Mother's embrace and asked, “Mother ...”
“E-Eh? What's up?”
Seeing his mother's slightly reddened eyes, Odo immediately understood that he had just cried. Sighing lightly, the young man held both sides of Mavis' shoulder and asked, “Mother already knows about my condition, ‘kan? From Father or King …. I⸻”
“No problem! Even though you have a demonic aura or something, Mother doesn't mind that! You are my son, Odo Luke! Not a demon drop or anything! Seeing yourself up close like this makes Mother sure! You are Odo!”
The straightforward answer without hesitation gave Odo a glance. Although he had expected the response, but still a little pleasure felt in the mind when he heard his mother still believe. Odo put on a thin smile full of happiness, leaving Mavis at a glance confused by the expression.
With relief filling his mind, Odo hugged Mavis very tightly and whispered, “Thank you. Mother ...”
Both of Mavis' eyes opened wide, silent for a moment in confusion. Understand that his son also felt the same anxiety as himself, immediately his eyes glazed and quickly hugged Odo.
“Hmm …. Of course, my son …. Sure oes. Whatever others say about you, Mother will always be on your side.”
Despite having seen Mavis completely accept the reality of her son's condition which now has a demonic aura, Dart's mind still lags in disbelief that the young man with black hair is really his son. As he walked closer he asked, “Kau …. Are you really my son Odo?”
They stopped hugging, simultaneously turning towards Dart and staring straight at him. Odo only gave a flat look, but Mavis looked so upset at the question. “You still say that, My husband?! Doesn't he look like our son!?” mavis asked in a snapping tone.
Dart stopped his steps before coming down from the porch, feeling guilty for doubting Mavis' words. Looking directly at the young man's black hair for the umpteenth time, this time the Swordsman really made sure that he was Odo Luke.
The color of the hair and eyes, the style of speech, the expression, and the way he looked, were all so similar to Odo. Seeing his wife so confident and hugging the young man, Dart could only sigh and accept the fact. Although he accepted that the young man was his son, his expression looked uneasy considering that the young man was still alive despite his severed head.
Unlike what Mavis and Dart felt, the King had his own thoughts. He did not know or know Odo's face from the beginning. In the mind, even though the young man was indeed Odo Luke, the King still harbored a sense of suspicion on the figure who was clearly emitting the demonic aura.
Odo let go of Mavis' embrace, the look of his eyes immediately directed at the King who had been staring suspiciously. Slowly Odo turned his eyes away, turning towards Princess Arteria who still looked surprised at Odo's arrival. The gigantic aura of life that belonged to her made the Princess completely go awry.
“Princess, not before I asked to explain the misunderstanding?” asked Odo with a flat look.