Chapter 525: Yuuki's First Try
Chapter 525: Yuuki’s First Try
Yuuki was preparing with the white bow in hand, but Elysia remembered something about cause and effect. “Please wait. The river below contains high-voltage electricity. And those electro slimes are Sea God’s avatars that also contain electricity. If this area is frozen, it will only trigger elemental reactions such as electro charge and superconduct.”
“Hum, I’m aware of that. However, you don’t need to worry, Ely. I will apply my blessing magic to you and your master so you don’t get electrocuted in any form later.” Nell landed on Elysia’s shoulder and gave a head pat.
“Mm, we just need to make sure those electro slimes can neither move nor fight when you are going to purify them.” Rhea nodded in agreement. But, she remembered something and conveyed it right away. “But, now that I remember… Hm, Sea God, can you do something to make those electro slimes unite into one existence? That way, you will make the work of our saviors easier.”
“Give me a few seconds.” Oceanid rubbed his chin while observing those electro slimes.
Around one hundred and fifty of his avatars were feasting on the electric water. They were oblivious of what was happening around them.
They were just minding their own business, completely unaware of his group’s arrival.
After gazing at the river of electricity in deep contemplation, a brilliant idea suddenly came to mind. Oceanid rubbed his hands together with an evil smile. “Hehe, give me a minute and I’ll make them into one big creature.”
After that, Oceanid flew off the magic carpet to a higher ground than the crowd of electro slimes.
“What will he do?” Nell muttered in confusion.
“Perhaps, he will provoke the wrath of the electro slimes and turn himself into bait by taking the form of a giant being? Let’s see.” Elena shrugged her shoulders and tried to guess.
“Hahaha! Your father just arrived and you little brats don’t welcome me at all? You ungodly brats are too busy partying without thinking about anything. I’ll make you party in dangerous unstable electricity. Hahaha!” Oceanid laughed loudly like a villain. He then poured a vial of purple liquid into the electric river.
At that moment, the river’s high-voltage electric shock became unstable and made all the slimes tremble uncomfortably.
Their purplish body color changed to blackish turbid purple suddenly. The electro slime’s focus was simultaneously drawn at a blue waterman on the river’s higher ground.
“Heh.” Oceanid smirked as he managed to attract the attention of his avatars. He then played with the electric water element underneath to create a scapegoat decoy.
“Yeah, you unfilial brats need to be punished. Come upon my call, Humongous Titan!” Oceanid raised his hands up high.
A large volume of the river of electricity soared high and formed a creature like a hundred-meter version of him.
Because of that, the electro slimes flinched slightly and looked at each other. Their opponent was one of gigantic size. Moreover, their thoughts instantly commanded them to overthrow the blue waterman as soon as possible without knowing why.
An electric resonance sprang up, and the electro slimes nimbly went to each other to make them a big creature as well.
“As I thought. They have the intention of contaminating me like the other contaminated ones. But, yeah… Their wits are quite minimal and will instinctively try to unite since the opponent before them is a gigantic one.” Oceanid folded his arms and stood on the head of his giant creation.
“Alright, it’s time for me to go. Humongous Titan, accompany them in an exchange of moves.” After saying that, Oceanid turned into a mass of liquid and fled towards Nell’s magic carpet.
“You really did that.” Nell shook her head with a helpless smile.
*Boom!* *Boom!*
The giant Oceanid ran toward the giant slime, and a fight ensued.
“Of course. To be honest, it’s not that hard if I try it.” Oceanid formed himself and nodded in satisfaction. He then looked at Yuuki. “Now is your chance. Try to freeze the area below with your extreme ice. We have about ten minutes before my Humongous Titan disappears.”
“I, I will try my best!” Yuuki patted her upper chest. She then tried to launch an attack using the white bow in her hand.
Unfortunately, the magic arrow didn’t appear even though she tried to pull the string. She wasn’t even strong enough to pull the bowstring more than five centimeters even though she had exerted her Saint-level strength.
A pair of warm hands suddenly touched the shoulders of the increasingly nervous fox girl. A soft and melodious whisper suddenly sounded near her ear.
“Relax your shoulders and control your breathing. Treat everything as if you’re not being watched by anyone. Only you will train yourself to use your extreme ice into a concentrated attack.” Rhea pressed Yuuki’s shoulder slightly while conveying her suggestion.
“Yeah, like that and move on to the next stage. You need to flow your extreme ice into this bow without needing a lot of concentration to create anything. Just flow it as much as you can, and decide what kind of magic you’re going to use.” Rhea continued her divine whisper and instructions.
Seeing the fox girl’s confused look, Rhea felt that she had missed something important. She looked at the bow and Yuuki. Sure enough, this fox girl hadn’t been acknowledged by this weapon!
“Uhmn, have you tried talking to this white bow? I didn’t mention the name because you need to get acquainted with it. Try talking to it telepathically.” Rhea smiled awkwardly.
“Un.” Yuuki just nodded and immediately did as she was told.
‘Hello, the white bow. I am Yuuki, a Snow Fox of the Beastkin Race. May I know your noble title or name?’ Yuuki introduced himself via telepathy to the white bow.
‘What do you want to do with great power and complete control?’ A neutral voice asked with a deep intonation.
‘I want to be useful to Goddess Elysia and the others by becoming stronger. I want to try to put my extreme ice cold ability under my full control without going berserk. I don’t want to be a pathetic fox anymore. Please lend me your strength, o heavenly bow!’ Yuuki exclaimed emotionally.
‘Strength can make you lost in the void, but your goals and aspirations are in line with your heart’s content. Determination and sincerity is what allows you to draw my bowstring. I am a heavenly magic weapon bestowed with the name Moondawn. Show me that you can achieve your expectations.’ The neutral voice resounded straight into Yuuki’s mind.
‘I can do it!’ Yuuki convinced herself in firm resolve. She then pulled the bowstring and poured a high amount of magic energy into the white bow. A bluish-white arrow formed from thin air and extended following the bowstring’s movement.
“Freeze everything!” Yuuki just immediately released the arrow at the giant electro slime.
*Swoosh!* *Zap* *Swiish*
The arrow shot straight into the target, and the extreme ice caused an elemental reaction.
However, only a quarter of the electro slime was frozen because the arrow continued to shoot two kilometers away and froze everything in its path like a straight line.
“O-oh~” Yuuki looked at that with her mouth wide open. She felt quite happy even though her first attack failed to live up to her expectations.
“It’s a good first try. You can do it if you believe you can reach it. Moondawn will help you to launch attacks with full control in the form of arrows.” Rhea gave a simple compliment.
“I did it, I did it! But, it still doesn’t live up to my expectations. I have to try again.” Yuuki pulled the bowstring once again and prepared to fire another magic arrow.
“That’s the spirit.” Rhea nodded slightly and moved away from Yuuki a little. This fox girl didn’t seem to need any more direction from her. A lot of practice would give a better result.
After shooting three extreme ice arrows, the electro slime and the three kilometers area were frozen.
As a result of that achievement, Yuuki was panting like it was hard to breathe and slumped down as her legs went limp. “Huff, ah, ha, uhh, I’m short of breath… What happened? My hands and feet are weak and tingling. Is this the price to pay for shooting those arrows just now?”
Yuuki gripped her upper chest as the shortness of breath was starting to torment her.
Nell realized what had happened and immediately gave first aid to the fox girl. She applied blessing magic to stop the backlash from spreading and repair the damaged cells.
“You didn’t manage your magic energy effectively. You crossed your limit without realizing it? It was just your ice magic, not your extreme ice cold ability, right?” Nell raised her eyebrows to realize Yuuki’s real condition.
“Thanks for your quick help, the Goddess of Blessings. I, I don’t know how to use my extreme ice innate ability yet. Ely said that that innate ability of mine appears subconsciously when I’m scared, panicked, or sad at a certain level.” Yuuki heaved a sigh of relief and replied with a self-deprecating smile.
“You just need to get acquainted with your innate ability and ask your subconscious for permission. However, that will wait for later. Now you just need to rest.” Rhea gave a suggestion and moved Yuuki to lean on the futon roll using wind magic.
“Hehe, you look pathetic now, fox girl. But, I commend you for all your efforts to freeze that giant electro slime.” Sylvia smiled happily to see Yuuki limp helplessly.
“Oh, uh…” Yuuki chose not to say much and just closed her eyes.
Ella and Evelyn checked Yuuki’s condition out of concern. Yet, the latter just smiled weakly and reassured them not to worry.
“Let’s go down.” Elena announced and flew down with Elysia. Rhea and Nell immediately followed closely behind to provide extra assurance of protection.