The Magic Of Skill

Chapter 12's

I walked closer towards Valarish, he tried hard to resist the trembling of his body. What is funny is when the dagger in Valarish's hand shakes too, but he uses it to hold the queen.

But I was a little disappointed to see Valarish being mentally destroyed that easily.

Again, when I was planning to touch Valarish, someone in plain clothes blocked my path. He was the one who was guarding Hile earlier, and only moved as I advanced. His face looks ordinary, his clothes are also simple, his body is also not as thick as the people I just broke his head.

It was just that this person's aura was too powerful, he was equivalent to 3 Royal Knights or more.

Yeah, if the knights weren't in charge of guarding the festival, this wouldn't have happened. King Loiros was also a little careless by taking down his own guard system.

“Meffery Walter, right? My name is Killifer Voil. It's an honor to meet you.” The man introduced himself with a smile on his face, then he pulled the sword he had hung on his waist and pointed the iron gun at me. “You who defeated my monster warriors, I am very interested in collecting the heads of strong people like you.”

God, another stupid guy showed up.

I took a long breath. “Then just try, you swing your sword as hard as you can to my neck!” challenged him.

The entire room was shocked, Lennef even shouted out of concern at my ridiculous words. While Killifer was the same, he was shocked. But then a wide smile appeared on his face, Killifer seriously responded to the challenge.

“Wah, it's an honor for me.” He prepared with a slashing position.

I raised my head on my side, so it looked like I was an arrogant person, even though I actually wanted to reinforce the area he was supposed to cut. My neck was clearly visible to him, and it was wide open to his sword. Impossible for him to miss.

After a while of preparing, Killifer made an attack.

He drew his sword quickly, and he slashed it against my neck.

His movements were extremely fast, and his strength was also incredible. With his sword ability, Killifer was even able to split the iron shield without having to expend his full power.

And true, the sword was indeed pointing towards my neck. Wounded me.

Hile closed his eyes, Lennef who was behind me shouted my name out of fear, Valarish smiled as he saw me being slashed. To be sure, the entire room saw this incident and had the same thing, namely shock.

But they were even more shocked when they realized that I was still alive. My body and my head are still connected, my blood is not splattered in the slightest, nor am I dead. It did hurt me, but the wound it produced was equivalent to being hit by the blunt side of a knife.

“Ap-?!! No way! How... how can you still be alive?” Killifer's shocked. He took a few steps back in fear of me being unharmed.

I stroked my neck which was cold from being stuck by his sword, really not wearing. Then I explained, “Thanks to your three subordinates earlier, my physical endurance has greatly increased. If I hadn't touched them, maybe with your attack you could have gotten my outer skin peeled off. Blame your dead ones!”

I walked back to Valarish, but Killifer stayed in front of me. “Hahaha!! You're the monster I've been looking for, if I catch you and make you a teacher in my training, then my soldier—”

I slapped Killifer before he finished talking. The slap was hard enough to make Killifer bounced up to several meters, and fell on the ground. I'm sure his jaw must have been broken receiving a slap that hard. But thank you, that's why I was able to obtain Killifer's abilities.

Now, back to Valarish. He had nothing left to protect her. The dozens of people he had brought to surround this room also did not dare to come forward. Valarish was really frightened as I stood in front of him with blood-stained hands and clothes.

“If you dare to touch me, I will kill Andervine! Youunderstand? Stay away.!” with his hands still trembling, Valarish pressed the dagger he held onto the queen's neck.

The queen looked a little suffocated, but she could still endure it.

It would have been unbearable if the queen had really been killed, or slashed a little. Although healing magic and generating magic can be used, but still the queen is more valuable than the use of magic.

Then, I'll play longer with Valarish.

“Mannequin!” I used that magic.

After that, Valarish could not move. His body was stiff as ice. His eyes could still glance, his sweat still pouring, but he could not move his entire body. It was as if Valarish was a person frozen inside an ice box.

This is Florinas' magic of paralysis, which he used to use on me to keep me from moving when he kissed me. That was the reason why the first 5 minutes of her kiss had happened without a fight, because I was exposed to the effects of magic at that moment.

“Queen, you're fine now! Step aside slowly and go next to the king.” I said.

The queen followed my advice, she carefully came out of Valarish's crib to keep her neck from rubbing against the dagger. When she managed to get out, the queen ran crying towards the king, and immediately hugged her husband and son.

The queen is safe, and there's nothing to do anymore.

“Valarish, you did this because you wanted to get Lennef?” I asked Valarish. By deactivating the effect of Mannequin magic on Valarish's mouth, he was able to return to speaking.

“If so why? I am the Emperor, my castle is far above you!” despite knowing he was on the edge of death, talking about his love turned out to make him sensitive.

I punished Valarish by pulling out his hand.

Due to the effect of the freezer magic, I was able to pull out Valarish's hand as easily as breaking a tree branch. Valarish's hand was cut off, and blood was rushing out of his right hand like a tap of water. Before I cut off his hand, I first locked Valarish's mouth so that he would be tormented without shouting.

In Valarish's severed hand, there was a dagger he used to hold the queen hostage. When I saw it, it turned out that the dagger was no ordinary dagger. Its resilience and attack were very broad ordinary, it was very effective for fighting.

But the technique I have is just Sword Technique. In that case, I will sell this to get a good sword.

As I looked at Valarish's dagger, I realized there was something strange about the ability I copied from Valarish.

The weirdness lies in the skill, where Valarish has a skill that is able to combine one skill with another. The way it works is the same as Evolver, but the effect on the skill. Obviously I'm confused, if Valarish has more power than Evolver, why doesn't he use it?

“You have Crafter skill, can to create another skill, why don't you use it to strengthen yourself?” I asked Valarish who was still frozen, and at that very moment Florinas flew towards me.

Valarish who was enduring the pain somehow replied, “What stupid thing are you saying? That skill will absorb all of its user mana and make you die. That's a suicide skill, stupid.”

“If you die, won't it be revived with Resurrection? Don't tell me in your empire no one can use Resurrection?” I said.

Then Florinas replied, “That's impossible, Master. Resurrection magic is the only generating magic, and one can only be turned on twice when he dies.”

That means this skill can only be used twice by Valarish? Oh, it's worth it that he has three skills. In addition to Crafter, Valarish has a skill called Counter and Locating. The Counter is useful for neutralizing other people's skills that are personally effective, and Locating is useful for tracking.

It was only fitting that King Loiros did not use the Complete Order to get Valarish to stop, because he knew his skill would be useless.

But. I ‘kan also use my skills on Valarish.

“Florinas, Counter useful to neutralize the skills of others is not it?”

Florinas nodded.

“Then why can I copy his ability?”

“It's crazy! Skill does not work like that!” Valarish yelled at Florinas. “What are you?!! Just show up with great power, and steal Lennef from me?! Damn you, Walter! I swear—”

Before Valarish reached the end of the sentence, I swung the dagger I was holding to chop off his head. Though only a light swing, but it is enough to make a person's head separate from his body.

After I killed Emperor Valarish, Florinas knelt before me.

“I declare full loyalty to you, Master. As a figure who holds the Evolver skill, and Crafter without limits.”

“Oh, yes, I am immortal. Stand up, Florinas, I would rather think of me as a family than as a subordinate.”

Florinas then stood up and smiled.

I with the dagger I carried walked towards Killifer who was in pain holding his broken jaw, blood coming out of Killifer's mouth and nostrils, but he who was strong could certainly endure the pain.

When I had just turned around, all the burly people who were surrounding us immediately came out of the palace in a flurry. It's as if I'm a life-seeking angel who's going to kill them as the next target.

The King and Queen thanked me, even though the atmosphere became awkward as I soiled their palace with blood. While Lennef treated me like a hero, he pulled my hand and pecked at my cheek.

Turning to Killifer, he could not run in such a state. He could only be quiet as me and Florinas approached, “You didn't run, Killifer? Did your jaw hurt that much to the point of paralyzing your desire to live?”

Killifer was silent, not answering that question.

I then showed the dagger I was holding to Killifer. “What is this dream? One swing without strength could cut through meat. You know something?”

With a slight tidying up of his jaw position, Killifer replied, “That's the Dagger of Emperor, a dagger whose sharpness is based on the strength of its holder.” Killifer clearly with a strange soft tone of voice.

“Your emperor has many like this?”

“Neither.. I rarely saw him holding a weapon. But for sure, it's not the only one. He had a special room he used to collect such rare items.”

If Valarish were to make a special room, there should be two or more weapons like this in his Kingdom. It would be good if there was a sword I could use. “Come Florinas, we go to the imperial palace.” I held Florinas' hand and prepared to teleport.

Before I go, Killifer stops me, “Wait!” florinas and I were silent for a moment.

“Oh, I forgot to kill you.”

“No, please.” Killifer dropped his head on the floor, he kowtowed to me, “Please, make me your subordinate.

I thought, looking into each other with Florinas who doesn't seem to trust Killifer. “What despair makes your self-esteem fall?” Florinas asked.

“... You called my name, right? You remember my name, I'm so flattered. I crave strength, I fall in love with power more than anyone. If I cannot be equal to someone as strong as you, at least make me someone close to you.”

“In other words, you volunteered to be loyal to me?” I said.

“True. I will be loyal to you forever.”

“Cuterres. Then as a first order for you, kill yourself with this dagger.” I threw the dagger I held at Killifer.

She was shocked by my orders, her eyes were teary as if she wanted to cry, she was obviously more desperate than before. When you declare loyalty to the person who wants to kill you, and that person is arming loyalty to the person who is loyal to him, it is ironic right?

Killifer seemed doubtful. He lifted the dagger with his trembling hand. Time and again Killifer looked at me, ascertaining whether my orders were withdrawn or not. Then after swallowing his saliva, Killifer thrust the dagger into his neck.

The dagger pierced through the neck, and left Killifer dead instantly.

“Florinas, he died on my orders. Do I need to make him a subordinate..no, do I have to make him my family?”

“Everything is Master's decision, I—”

“No, no, I was just wondering if you mind if he is in the same position as you? She is equally loyal to me.”

“.. I have a little objection, Master. Being in the same position as that human, honestly I was a little jealous. But if Master makes it family, then this objection is a sass that I must get rid of.”

Florinas, since when did you learn such weighty sentences?”

Yes, I also kill people on the grounds of punishment. In this case Killifer didn't hurt anyone, even though his sword hit my neck I wasn't hurt. So if I kill Killifer, then this murder is nothing but a crime.

I plucked the dagger from Killifer's neck, “Resurrection.” And use Resurrection magic to resurrect him. Due to the heavy injuries Killifer had sustained, using Resurrection magic on the injured person caused the use of mana to become heavy. To resurrect Killifer, I spent 280,000 mana.

For humans it is too large a number, in contrast to when I revived Florinas who was indeed a fairy. “Eh? Florinas, aren't you immortal, then why can I use Resurrection on you?” I was curious to remember that this magic is useful for those who die.

Florinas replied, “I did not die in the first place, Master's Resurrection magic did not work, but instead where Master was absorbed into me. After I was sealed for thousands of years and my mana was released into the area around me, it was only natural that Master used a lot of mana.”

So it is true that the mine mountain area in the Eastern Border is your doing? For a mountain that froze slowly for thousands of years, I was not surprised that in the Eastern Border that was not a cold area could appear an iceberg miraculously.

On the other hand, Killifer started to open his eyes. His body was in the best condition with zero injuries, as well as scars. He looked like a born-again, strong young man.

“Congratulations, you successfully passed the test to become my subordinate.” I said with a smile.

Killifer with a happy smile flattered me with great pleasure, “Thank you, thank you very much.”

“You can ask Florinas a lot of things. But one thing, call me Walter or Meffery if you want. Never call me Master, because I hate that call so much.”

“I understand.. Mr. Walter.”

Mr. Walter he said..

Florinas glanced at me sharply, “Master, your words just now were just a joke right?”

I answered him by raising my eyebrows and shoulders.