243 Eleanora's Back
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I had ran into the frontlines before everyone else, who were still tailing from behind. The explosion happened just a few seconds ago, so Eleanora probably cannot be summoned for a while. She is currently resting inside of my Spirit Orb, and seems to be recovering. By analyzing her a bit, I’ve discovered a few things about Spirits and how their death and revival works. It seems that the core of a spirit is the Spirit Orb, therefore, as long as the orb is not broken, they won’t die. What comes out is something similar to an Astral Projection, if it dies, they need to take some time to recover and build a new one. Although it seems that because Eleanora is quite strong, and has a very powerful soul, her Astral Projection might take less time to recover than other Spirits.
Although I dislike showing emotions, I had to reprimand her a bit. After all, she ended sacrificing herself without asking me beforehand, and we had yet to even test or know if she could truly revive or be the same as before.
“Eleanora, what you did was reckless. Although it helped, it is also not something I approved of…” I sighed.
“I apologize…” She said. “The Demon General was too powerful and fast, I was going to die anyways, so I simply decided to take the Demon Gate with me. I managed to lure him very close to the explosion, I hope he takes at least some damage from it.”
“I understand your thinking and reasoning behind it, and I see that there’s no problem regarding this through a logical standpoint… But as someone that holds you very dearly, I feel obligated to reprimand you for this. The next time you do something reckless, consider me within your calculations.” I said as technically as possible.
“I-I understand… I am glad you think like this of me, my lord. It truly… makes me happy to serve you. But now that things happened, isn’t it nice to discover more of my capabilities as a Spirit? As long as you’re alive, I am practically immortal!” She celebrated.
“Yes, that’s how all Spirits are though, unless the Spirit Orb is shattered… I don’t know if a person can live without one though, as it is a vital part of their lifeblood…” I considered. “Nonetheless, when do you think I can summon you again?”
“I am already midway through… I think in around ten minutes?” She wondered. “I believe that I am still rather weak, so it is not that long of a time, but as I grow stronger, reconstructing my Astral Projection will take longer.”
“I see, makes sense to me. I will fight until you can be summoned again. I need your assistance as you’re vastly stronger than me in terms of stats and skills…” I said.
“Yes, for now, may I assist you with a bit of my Soul’s Aether? I can encompass your body using my Soul Aura, would that work?” She wondered.
Soul Aura, the power that Eleanora had developed, it helped her unleash Techniques that would otherwise cost a lot of Mana. By using her Aether within her Soul, she can unleash these Techniques and fight even more mightier than other Spirits. If we could teach spirits to use Aether, there would perhaps be a new era in this world in terms of spirit advancement and strength, but I prefer to keep this technique for ourselves.
“Sure thing, though, don’t push yourself too much.”
“I would say the same, but you seem excited…”
“I can’t deny it.”
FLASH!
Suddenly, the Soul Aura of Eleanora began to encompass my entire body. It was red in color, and was very similar to the Blood Aura, an advanced technique that can be developed through my Vampiric Physique. Of course, this one is weaker, but it seems to come with a few perks. This Aura slowly drains my own Mana as well, as Eleanora and I are connected, but the enhancements it gives are good. However, I won’t overuse it as this could be detrimental to Eleanora. At most, I’ll use it until she fully recovers, abusing this power could ultimately weaken her past ten minutes.
TRUUUMMM…!
Before I could even get accustomed to this new Spirit Soul Aura, a giant demon foot hit the ground, making the floor tremble as countless cracks emerged. Most of the knights and soldiers had evacuated by the commands of Lukas, but a few stayed, I couldn’t save them as they were too stupidly close to the demon and ended falling into holes made by the cracks that emerged when the demon’s foot hit the ground, some died and others barely survived. I wish I could aid them, but I had my hands full right now, and I cannot be in two places at the same time without Eleanora.
The Giant Demon had already reached the area where I was with a few of my Beast Spirit Familiars. I quickly commanded them to run away from the range of the demon, circling it around. the smaller Imps were all running away as well, as they often were also targeted by the demon who couldn’t differentiate between ally and enemy when hitting the ground with his enormous legs. I ran to the left side and quickly circled the Demon, it was big and a single step could traverse a lot of meters, but it was still slow, it wasn’t even able to detect me. I immediately realized part of my new speed enhancement was this aura flowing through my body, and perhaps my blood pumping through my body at a fast speed, my white skin was turning red out of the excitement and exhilaration.
A smirk surged in my face as I directed my spear, Gluttony, towards the giant’s left ankle. Without hesitating, I swung it, slashing through the giant’s foot, and slicing his ankle. The demon immediately screamed in pain, falling to his knees due to the imbalance it felt. And this is how you take down a giant.
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