Chapter 181: Bracelet Malfunctioned
""Amber!!!""
Both Pearl and Eva rushed towards Amber, concern etched on their faces.
'squelch'
A sicking squelching sound followed as Alexander pulled his sword back and hastily retreated.
Pearl and Eva managed to catch Amber, prevting her from falling.
"Good boy"
Eli and Alexander clapped each other's hands, seemingly unfazed by the tse situation, while the three furious wom vted their anger.
"Damn you Alex, how could you do this?"
"I never thought you would do something this cowardice" Pearl added, her voice filled with disappointmt and anger.
"You are showing your true colour....ah?" Eva shouted, unable to contain her frustration.
However, Alexander and Eli ignored those three.
"You deserve to be the leader of our team, Alexander" Eli said, his tone light.
"Haha... it was easy to manipulate them" Alexander replied in an amused tone.
"Pearl-cough-cough-Eva, Eliminate him before I leave" Amber said with bloodshot eyes, her fierce blue gaze filled with hatred. She recalled their journey from the lower floor to here, how Alexander had easily agreed to help.
She had initially believed him to be a naive and good-hearted guy, but now...
"He planned all this and I fell for that 'gggrrrr'" She gritted her teeth in anger.
Pearl hefted her long blue spear from her back, and Eva had already unsheathed her sword, their fury evidt.
"Fuck you, bastard!" Eva spat angrily as she vanished and reappeared within a microsecond in front of Alexander, aiming her slim sword at his neck.
'Ting'
However, a Tridt interfered with her attack.
"Pwwssshhh' Eli whistled, his tone filled with amusemt, "You cute little wolf, always fast and fierce.....I like it".
"urgh" Eva wasn't faltered by his remarks and moved to attack Alexander again.
At that momt, another person arrived to face off against Eli.
A blue spear thrust at Eli's head, but he swiftly dodged it.
'Ting'
"See you again, You Horny Pervert" Pearl commted as she swung her spear.
'Ting'
"Happy to see you, Shy Princess ev though you are showing too much" Eli teased as he blocked her incoming attack.
"...." A faint pink hue tinged Pearl's cheeks as her lips twitched with anger.
"Horny Bastard!!"
'Ting'
'Ting'
.....
"Why did you do that, Alex?" Eva, unrelting, poured every bit of her anger into her attacks, pushing Alexander back.
"Hmm?" Alexander questioned, deflecting her strikes with his sword. He appeared calm in the face of Eva's fury.
"Don't act like you don't know, you damn traitor" Eva spat with frustration and continued,
"Ev though we initially wanted to eliminate you along with the others, she was the first person to oppose it. Ev after falling to the lower floor, we thought of eliminating you, and...yet, she told us not to."
'urhh'
Eva's reltless attacks began to wear down Alexander's defces, pushing him further on the defsive.
"What? Why are you not answering with your disgusting mouth of yours?" Eva's anger continued to escalate as Alexander remained silt.
Rize, however, had be calmly observing Eli and Alexander, contemplating something in a certain direction and She was about to make a move wh,
"Why don't you help me...Oliver?" Eli shouted while sparring against Pearl's fierce attacks.
"...."
"We will divide the rewards"
"...50%"
"It's Deal!!"
As soon as those words left Eli's mouth, Oliver and his team appeared where Rize had be staring.
"....N-No" Amber muttered upon seeing two flames shoot towards her.
'Shhhsss'
Before the flames could reach her, Eva appeared and swiftly cut the flame ball in half, while Pearl threw her spear to intercept the attack.
Both Eva and Pearl th moved to stand beside Amber, who was bleeding from her stomach.
"Hahaha... Asher, you really are a dangerous man, using the hero to lure the Fall.....That's not something anyone could do every day" Oliver commted as he positioned himself in front of Eli.
One by one, Arlyne, Theo, Kyra, and Kira arrived on the sce.
Seeing this, Amber, Eva, and Pearl flinched, and their panic intsified. The appearance of Eli's allies? was putting them at a severe disadvantage.
"You guys are really following me....ah?" Eli calmly surveyed the situation.
"...hahahah" Oliver awkwardly laughed.
"..."
"hahah"
"..."
"hah"
"..."
The atmosphere was filled with awkward laughter as Oliver attempted to break the silce, but Eli remained emotionless.
"...I am sorry" Oliver apologized deeply.
"..." Eli glanced a at others and felt a fierce gaze on him however, he ignored it and asked something else,
"Wait, Where is 'Sem'? Is he not come yet?" though he somewhat guessed.
Hearing the question, Oliver snorted in displeasure and responded with irritation,
"That damn fucker must have gott scared and ran away".
"..." Eli simply nodded.
"Should we finish them off?" Oliver inquired as he drew his sword.
Eva, Pearl, and Amber flinched at the suggestion, struggling to devise a plan. They turned to Rize, hoping for assistance since she stayed neutral.
"Pe-arl" Amber called out, her expression pained.
"Yes," Pearl understood her inttions and looked to Rize, beginning to ask for help but,
"Ms. Rize, Could you please help us---"
"I am sorry, Ms. Pearl Harper" Rize immediately rejected.
"..." Pearl fell silt, choosing to face the impding confrontation without further plea.
Her determination was shared among her companions as they readied themselves.
"Okay, Let's finsi--sh them---shshhh--fff----ooff---Kill---noo---"
A distorted voice suddly pierced the air, leaving everyone in the chamber bewildered.
All eyes were drawn to Eli, whose face had transformed into a....blank mask.
"KKKYYYYAAAAA!!!!!"
A blood-curdling scream from Arlyne filled the chamber as she fainted.
Thankfully Kyra acted swiftly, catching her and immediately commcing the process of healing her mtal strgth, her own eyes filled with unease upon seeing Eli's faceless head.
"W-What the..." Oliver took cautious steps backwards, his voice shaky as he questioned,
"Wh-Who are you?"
"ssshhhhh---e---w---eee--rrrrriiii--" However instead of answering a brok sound just like T.V. it came from Eli.
Seeing this, Oliver's group backed and left only Rize and Alexander.
"...What is happing?" Eva asked wh saw Eli's face.
It was th the person who holding their pierced stomach looked at Eli with an astonished expression,
"Y-You--"
"Tsk, I guess, I cannot control two at the same time" A stern voice came from behind everyone.
Everyone immediately moved their head.....only to see another Eli with emerald gre and sky blue heterochromatic eyes move towards them.
He was rubbing his nose leaking heavy blood constantly due to the overload of his brain.
"E-Eli?" Oliver stammered, the fear evidt in his voice.
"Yes" Eli, having wiped away the blood.
'If he is here th...' Oliver th turned at another Eli who....staring at them with a faceless head.
A chill runs through his spine.
Amber, her gaze hazy and filled with confusion, couldn't help but ask, "Y-you, wh-wh did you le-earn-cough- it?"
"Hmm? From you...Teacher" Eli said in a teasing tone.
"...." Amber stared at Eli with a mixture of disbelief and....intrigue?
Eli was differt from others, he always possessed a unique ability to observe and pay atttion to minute details, ev in the most dire situations.
Wh he found himself cornered by Amber's team, he countered someone who lighted him about how to correctly utilize his 'AMV or Augmted Mana Vision'.
Despite grasping the concept, he had yet to unlock its full pottial. The limitation lay in his body's need for time to stabilize and adapt to the integration of Mnemosyne and mana. As much as he could absorb knowledge like a sponge, his mortal body had its limits.
It was during this period that Eli countered a person with the extraordinary ability to create illusions and interact with reality.
Her talt fascinated him, and by closely observing her technique, he gained valuable insight. Though his version of the illusion technique might not match hers in power, it far exceeded his previous abilities.
To create this advanced illusion,
He merged
/Elemtal Derivative/ and /Mana Vision/
Just before Amber's team's arrival,
He created an image of himself while concealing his real self in a dark corner. This AMV was perfect, free from any distortions or shaky effects.
To mimic Amber's abilities, Eli strategically employed sand particles, gathering them a the point of contact wh Eva was about to strike, creating the illusion of a real collision.
While not as pott as Amber's skills, it gave Eli an idea of what he could achieve wh his body fully adapted to these newfound powers.....pottially the creation of an tirely new reality.
Initially, he wanted to take out Amber and others but after hearing Amber's extravagant words Eli decided to put it on the role.
He Knocked out Alexander and th created an outline of exactly Alexander though it was not perfect if one looked closer since he was controlling two at the same time.....it was really hard for him.
'I understand now why Her Majesty took an interest in him' Amber muttered inwardly, just as she was about to accept her defeat. But th, she had a sudd realization.
'Wait, two?' She swiftly turned her head to look at the gold-haired boy, only to see him disappear along with the duplicate of Eli.
They vanished as the particles of water and sand floated a before completely ceasing to exist.
The crowd was left in blank amazemt, with questions running through their minds.
"Is she also---"
"No, she is real" Eli affirmed wh Eva asked about Rize, who was looking at Eli with an amazed expression.
"T-Th where--"
"He was here, Ladies" Eli replied as if he had everything planned out like he had predicted their every reaction.
It made King Theo, the Crown Prince of Theos kingdom, rethink his stance on Eli. He thought, 'He was good... no, too good. He needs to be leashed' as he contemplated Eli's incredible abilities.
Eli lifted his hand, holding Alexander's leg.
Amber scanned Alexander's body, and she noticed that he appeared unharmed. His attire was neat, without a speck of dust, which was unusual considering the situation.
"Did you--"
"No, he didn't betray you" Eli cut her off, providing a clear answer to their unspok question.
'...He must be leashed' Theo thought to himself.
"Anyhow" Eli continued, turning his atttion back to Amber, "Why ar't you disappearing yet? Are you...cheating?" He frowned, suspecting foul play.
Everyone realized it had be more than a minute since she had tak the critical attack, and her continued presce was becoming increasingly suspicious.
Ev Amber herself was perplexed by the delay, 'It was a critical hit, right?' she questioned herself as she touched her abdom, which had clear holes and was leaking blood.
"N-No I am not" Amber immediately died Eli's accusation.
"Th?"
"....I think it's my bracelet malfunctioned" Amber said as she broke her bracelet with her own hands.
"..."
However, nothing happed after a few seconds.
"Hmmm, I see" Eli nodded, seemingly unfazed. But th,
"BBBOOOOMMMMM!!!!!"
"AAAARRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
A deafing explosion shattered the uneasy silce.