Arc: “Be careful, this is your first mage battle. Not only that, Anthony has an artifact.”434Please respect copyright.PENANAA6Al6jxiuY
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What’s that?
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Arc: “A true magic item, among the strongest of their kind.”
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A magic item huh? I search through my pockets and hope I still have them. Inside I feel two pens and take out the scan one. I need to know what I’m dealing with.
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I point it at Anthony who’s waiting for me to deliver the first blow. Good thing, this gives me time.
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434Please respect copyright.PENANAPQt8GQRPWS
Anthony(With Artemis):
Strength: 10434Please respect copyright.PENANAaS6o7opTKP
Endurance: 10434Please respect copyright.PENANARXT96mPVAA
Intelligence: 21434Please respect copyright.PENANAiuFZN5FsqX
Charisma: 20434Please respect copyright.PENANA4kfOZv79Oj
Agility: 14 434Please respect copyright.PENANApomIU3HanS
Magic: 35 434Please respect copyright.PENANA7KiTVcthTr
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VS
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Nao(Base/No Shape Shift):
Strength: 21434Please respect copyright.PENANA5dt63ani4X
Endurance: 17.5434Please respect copyright.PENANATM4GyeIUBv
Intelligence: 19.5434Please respect copyright.PENANAg9bmPk6lE5
Charisma: 18.5434Please respect copyright.PENANARlltXBmBEo
Agility: 16.5434Please respect copyright.PENANAOVWGnGnq8J
Magic: 24434Please respect copyright.PENANApi3S4e1oQT
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Oh, that not too ba-
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Arc: “Focus!”
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*CRACK*434Please respect copyright.PENANAZa66yw56Y0
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Purple lightning snakes forwards threatening to cook me but I place a shield up just in time. In spite of the warning, I barely could catch it on the shield. It even pushed me back.
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Arc: “Idiot, it’s the magic stat you have to be careful of. Even mages who neglect their body can level cities. Close the gap, you can’t win like this.”
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I rush forward towards Anthony while keeping the shield up. Anthony continues to blast lightning at me but it only delays me.
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Anthony: “That shield won’t last forever!”
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Ignore it and push forward! I get close enough to lunge at Anthony with my free hand. I reach out for his shoulder, just one touch is enough.
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Anthony: “You’re slow compared to the King!”
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Anthony throws a kick to my side but I catch it with ease.
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Nao: “Checkmate, paralysis.”
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An orange burst of lightning erupts from Anthony’s body.
…
…
Anthony: “What do you know, Artemis was right. I’m immune to shock-based spells now”
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Nao: “!!”434Please respect copyright.PENANAxWcn7vJoXu
434Please respect copyright.PENANATKEy2cWcXx
Anthony: “My turn, paralysis.”
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I let go of Anthony’s leg before it erupts in purple lightning that would’ve knocked me clean out.
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Nao: “Not yet!”
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I bite my lip and transform my right arm into a gorilla’s. 434Please respect copyright.PENANAJoYN02gW0t
434Please respect copyright.PENANAsWQTVDbfja
Strength: 30434Please respect copyright.PENANA7Uux2E8OPK
434Please respect copyright.PENANAb17kmDO98X
My powered fist sinks into Anthony’s face and his eyes go white. Did I…win!434Please respect copyright.PENANAZBBJXhHk6S
*BOOM*434Please respect copyright.PENANAAvVPlRTeyB
434Please respect copyright.PENANAYq22N8DX53
Nao: “GAAH!”434Please respect copyright.PENANA4bptQAqlBA
434Please respect copyright.PENANA7kAypNSSLO
Lightning engulfs both of us and Anthony’s consciousness returns. Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy.
434Please respect copyright.PENANActVVUcwmsU
434Please respect copyright.PENANA3HojdfOHdd
I rip myself away from the raging storm and transform the necklace into book form. I need a new spe-
434Please respect copyright.PENANAT5m0abHdP5
434Please respect copyright.PENANAh2AUcygwCh
Anthony: “You think I’d let you!”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAwHu4dyxAv2
434Please respect copyright.PENANAimj9My20nU
A kick comes rocketing towards my face. At first, I felt little but then a burst of lightning explodes between his leg and my face.
434Please respect copyright.PENANAJzZFPrxdPI
Nao: “Gaah!”434Please respect copyright.PENANAIbRS7uhMFm
434Please respect copyright.PENANAZxifNMOUC5
I grip the book for dear life as I tumble across the ground. Smoke sizzles off my skin and the nightmares begin seeping into my mind. The boiling skin, the darkness and…death…
434Please respect copyright.PENANAoLFct4Vszd
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Anthony: “Get it, we’re not done. And if I see you trying to swap spells I roast the rest of the students.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANA6Kv8125X1b
Nao: “!!”434Please respect copyright.PENANANfuF9V4Yk3
434Please respect copyright.PENANAnt1WeEnPfO
I transform the book into necklace form and shake off the nightmares.
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Anthony: “Give up Nao, you can’t be me as I am now. Why even fight me. These people don’t care about you.”
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Nao: “I-I can’t…won’t kill again. I won’t make that mistake again…”
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Anthony: “Tch, don’t play like you regret killing Anton. You don’t feel regret because you didn’t want to kill those bullies! You’re just scared of killing, of your mom’s disappointment, and of doing the right thing! I saw you! You liked it, you relished in dishing out judgment. Just like me.”
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Nao: “That’s not who I’m supposed to be. It’s…It’s wrong?”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAPO0Fr9U3ZQ
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I feel a fist sink into my gut. I can hear the crackling of lightning but Anthony holds back from shocking me. But still, my knees buckle from the building pain.
434Please respect copyright.PENANAjWWNDRQU8E
Anthony: “*Sigh*”434Please respect copyright.PENANA1cIiqG4R1H
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Anthony: “I don’t want to kill you Nao, you’re the one who inspired me. Seeing you destroy those bullies before and even fighting the King. You proved that the oppressed can fight back. Be that way again, help me kill the rest off.”
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Nao: “You can’t…be serious.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAwMNPNS2dld
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Anthony: “Deadly, I will kill them either way. Why not free yourself from your delusion and remain among the living.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAdPtfkp9Glv
434Please respect copyright.PENANAKX7KD1x1sx
Nao: “What…happened to you.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAmPjt1KSRPA
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Anthony: “…I made the choice to fight back. So, what’s your final answer.”434Please respect copyright.PENANAEPrp4WFmDQ
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Nao: “My answer is…”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAdx5zHBNuIq
*Smile*434Please respect copyright.PENANAxnpxDNtY6r
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Nao: “Thanks for giving me time to prepare.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAL7lmbA7pAt
434Please respect copyright.PENANAMKDFtF6AJW
Anthony: “What?”
434Please respect copyright.PENANApFSQNk4lR5
434Please respect copyright.PENANAqb8uEkQGXc
Nao: “Air bullet!”
434Please respect copyright.PENANA7ILbZ51JfW
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A powerful blast of air blasts out of my hands and into Anthony’s gut. He barely blocks with the lightning but the force was too much to hold. He’s sent flying back and that’s only the beginning.
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I sense all the water in the sprinklers above and bring them all out. The hallway becomes a maelstrom of water and I drop it all on Anthony. Let’s see if can survive his own shocks!
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Nao: “Everyone run! I don’t know how long I can hold him!”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAOJAS1LZLRl
434Please respect copyright.PENANAcU1INbIgIE
Instantly, everyone gets up and runs away to various locations around the school. I can see lightning flashing within the water prison I’ve built around him. I have to-
434Please respect copyright.PENANABlnlqVDVli
*Drip*434Please respect copyright.PENANAMvtLYGra68
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My vision is…starting to blur and my nose is...bleeding? 434Please respect copyright.PENANAJXvwOZJ1dP
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434Please respect copyright.PENANAhlXnficinF
Arc: “Of course, you never used these many different spells at once. Your magic stat is only 24 after all. Should have practiced your offensive more.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANA1IyDc9fw9W
434Please respect copyright.PENANAeFC3GkzDeT
Sorry for being suspended and home locked.
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I fall to one knee but I keep the prison active. At all I cost I must-
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!?434Please respect copyright.PENANAP4B3tfIvTC
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I start to notice the bursts of lightning within the bubble less over time. Like a dying light, I’m about to snuff it out…
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Anthony…is going to die if I keep him in there.
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I…hope everyone found somewhere safe. I pray that Anthony’s powers are weakened enough by the water.
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Kid, you’ll regret that.
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I release the water prison and the hallway floods. I collapse onto my knee in the puddle and watch as my blood drips on its surface.
434Please respect copyright.PENANAMwZkrTJfmU
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Anthony: *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*
434Please respect copyright.PENANAMxOOPJCxEe
434Please respect copyright.PENANAH9lTbf36rc
Anthony: “Damn it, Nao. Why?”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAlBL4p3sGMb
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Anthony drags himself to me and grabs my shirt by the collar.
434Please respect copyright.PENANApcyubWUkL8
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Anthony: “Why didn’t you kill me?! Are you retarded?!”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAyMfxQLJci8
!!434Please respect copyright.PENANAS4hJ8cwvIW
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Nao: “Y-You…want to die?”434Please respect copyright.PENANA1JYqcstGBK
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Anthony: “No you idiot, I’m just bewildered that you would spare me when you know what I’ll do now.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANApbGEZMtYFP
434Please respect copyright.PENANAlEL8WSvYqu
Nao: “Because…I want to see…a world where…we don’t have to kill each other.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAnSRB3Ux78O
434Please respect copyright.PENANAgKTuNKxpIx
Anthony: “…I wish that could happen. But that’s not the world we live in. Change must be bought with the bodies of the corrupt. Otherwise, this will never end.”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAcsAZ9IaxIy
434Please respect copyright.PENANALvpWizVwMB
Anthony looks at the pen remains floating in the water. Hehe, I guess he figured it out.
434Please respect copyright.PENANAB6YpMyvxYF
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Anthony: “The minor illusion pen…”
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Anthony: “You made me think you transformed the book back into a necklace so you could safely swap spells. Clever, but meaningless because of your naivety.”
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434Please respect copyright.PENANAfjCzEADbCy
Arc: “Na-”
434Please respect copyright.PENANAdjjsYUaZlV
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Anthony rips Arc off of me and lets me fall into the water with a heavy splash. It’s…really over. Was I…wrong, mom? The game screen that’s been with me since the start fades away. I’m sure my blue eyes also darken to brown.
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Anthony: “I’m sorry it had to end like this, but I won’t stop here. I’ll have my vengeance and more. With Artemis and…”
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Anthony puts on the necklace and at first, horror paints his face. But he quickly passes that trail and fully accepts Arc. Even I can hear the sound of my defeat.
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“ArchMage system activated, 98th user registered. Hello, Anthony.”
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Anthony: “….with Arc. Once again you inspire me Nao. I’ll still have our vengeance but I won’t stop there. There are more people like Anton out there and I’ll be sure to kill them all.”
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Nao: “And…after that?”
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Anthony: “….Depends on Artemis but I hope to build a world where people like me will never have to suffer again. Is that so wrong Nao? If you’re allowed to change the world for the better, why can’t I?”
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Nao: “…”
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I don’t know. My mind blanks and my consciousness begins to fade.
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Anthony: “Goodbye Nao, I hope you survive these wounds to see the new world with me.”
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I close my enemies and accept my failure. I’m sorry Alyson…Mom…Arc…
…
…434Please respect copyright.PENANAE936PnKEW2
I’m back in that same darkness that consumes my being. But this time…it’s not as oppressive as before.
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Seems Arc’s little plan failed. I’m glad actually, I think you’re a good successor.
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W-Who are you? You look…familiar. How can I even see a human form here?
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Doesn’t matter right now. Tell me, do you want to stop Anthony?
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…I don’t know. Do I even have the right? Do I have to kill him? Won’t mom be disappointed? Won’t I betray the path I’ve chosen? I’m…so confused…
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For Gods’ sake kid, it’s not that complicated.
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I-It’s not? B-B-But-
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Shut it, think. Why did you want to stop Anthony in the first place?
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T-To save…my family.
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Right. Everything else is just extra filling. Your core desire right now is your family.
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But I…don’t want to kill Anthony. I don’t want to disappoint my mom. I want to-
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Again, that’s all extra. Let me spell it out this way. Do you want your family to die?
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!!434Please respect copyright.PENANA8ljtEmzGeK
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No….I…I don’t want to lose my family.434Please respect copyright.PENANAt4MP61qWPh
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Despite not having a face in this realm, I can feel tears streaming down my face as I confess this simple fact.
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Then focus on that. Fuck all those philosophy weirdos that need some grand reason to save someone. You want them to live? Then save them. Simple as that.
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No need to save the world or debate your enemy’s reasoning. Focus and save those you love and care about. Everything else comes after that.
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…Okay, I will.
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Good, the first step in doing that is taking my hand.
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…Why?
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Because your mind and body is a mess right now. Let me take over a bit, I’ll tag you in when you’re healed.
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I don’t know why but I…trust this man. I move through the darkness and take his hands.
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Instantly, light fills the void and I’m…enveloped by it’s brilliance.
…
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Anthony: “Come on Artemis, I know I said I’ll give you Arc as a wedding gift but I need that power for a bit.”
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Anthony: “…No, I’m not cheating on you with him. Good grief woman.”
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Anthony: “!!!?”
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My body isn’t my own anymore. It shifts and grows into a similar form. It raises from the water reborn, brimming with power beyond reason. My eyes open to reveal a pure white instead of brown or blue.
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Alphon: “Hey Anthony, I would like my partner back.”
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Alphon:
Strength: ???434Please respect copyright.PENANAXvrFCPMjZt
Endurance: ???434Please respect copyright.PENANAGYxtycQsyB
Intelligence: ???434Please respect copyright.PENANAzi7lrKwaLF
Charisma: ???434Please respect copyright.PENANAui8nR5sXFD
Agility: ???434Please respect copyright.PENANAjf5KGBhMBy
Magic: ????????434Please respect copyright.PENANAzrLfvvRzcU