Chapter 184: Observation and Test of New Strength
Since he might still need the barrier, Veer didn't take it off and left the small done they were in. Swimming back to the shore, he came out and saw the two ladies chatting on the beach.
He noticed no one else, and maybe that was the reason they had their battle suit open, giving him an enticing View of their cleavage.
Smiling, he said, "Congratulations, beauties."
"Cringe..." Elara stopped midway as she turned and saw his original appearance. She whistled, as her gaze bore down on him, "Damn that's a hot body. Why did you take back your original appearance?"
"So, i didn't just feel it," Aurora muttered.
"Yeah, I wanted to see if I had affinity to something and the seal was blocking the system," Veer said with a nod, as he came to sit on Aurora's seat, who just sat on his lap.
Elara snorted at that and said, "It's actually good. You look better this way, well, but it seems like you two are siblings so it makes this weird."
"It's because of us having a Royal Bloodline," Aurora shrugged. "I'm not sure, but we probably share the same ancestors, it's just that there had been too many generations since then."
"Now that I think about it, aren't Elves supposed to live long? Why do you guys die so early?" Elara asked.
"I don't have permission to get that kind of information," Aurora sighed. "But I do know that our lifespan is lowered somehow. Anyway, it's a good thing we have ascended and it definitely needs a celebration."
"Let others come out too," Veer said, looking at the sun rising from the horizon.
"Yeah, we can wait," Elara's smile turned into wide grin as she said. "How about we test each other's armour?"
"Not a bad idea," Veer also smiled, as he was thinking the same. "I'm also itching to test my new strength."
"Then, why don't we try it out?" Elara stood up, ready to fight and said.
"Be my guest," Veer also wanted to stand up, but the soft buttocks on his lap were also tempting.
Aurora rolled her eyes at their antics and got off from Veer. Then she said, "I'll also practice my new powers till then."
Just then, something came shooting towards Veer at an insane speed, taking him by surprise. As he turned around to dodge it, he saw the little snake flying towards him.
Smiling, he caught Seisha in his palm and let her wrap around the rest of his hand, as he said, "Thanks for being on the watch."
He could sense her thoughts, telling him how happy she was for being helpful to him. He rubbed her head and said, "Then, I'll have to ask again for you to do that. You know, even if we're in weak region I don't want to risk it."
Getting the confirmation, Veer put her down and said, "Good girl! Now let us test our powers so we can fight properly later on."
Turning back to Elara, he said, "You can try first."
"Sure!"
Veer smiled and willed his mana to form the armour around him. As he was still starting with this stuff, it took him a couple of seconds while Elara waited.
Soon, a purple light armour formed around him, having the delicate intricacies of Rock's armour. In the morning light, it looked even more beautiful and deadly.
"That's a nice one," Elara gave a whistle and said. "Time for testing."
She pulled back her fist and then, punched forward. Her fist containing her full physical might met the armour, making some cracks in it. But his overwhelming mana healed it quickly.
"Tsk! So even with an Advance Stage physique I can't do much damage," Elara clicked her tongue and coated her fist with mana.
"Blazing Tiger Fist!"
Her mana showed signs of forming a tiger, as it roared and slammed against Veer, forcing him to take a step back. The armour cracked again, but didn't dissolve.
"Tsk! Just how much Mana did you feed it?" Elara said, as she got ready to deliver her third punch, probably her strongest punch aside from her Aspect flames.
Crimson red flames erupted out of her fists, as her hair danced in wind in her special stance. Bending down slightly, she punched at Veer's armour will full strength, as the night of a mountain collided with Veer.
'Damnit! Her strength has increased so much,' Veer thought, as he staggered backwards while his mana took a heavy damage and had web like cracks on his front.
But it didn't break.
"Fucking hell!" Elara was shocked, as the armour wasn't supposed to be this strong.
Mind you, Elara was one of the strongest warrior in Advance Stage and there was no doubt about it. Yet, her strongest attack had failed to break his armour. It was plain ridiculous.
"Don't cry, sore loser," Veer dispersed the armour and said. "It's just because I'm that good so you couldn't break my armour."
Elara looked at him for a while, then asked, "Tell me it's secret. How is it so strong?"
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"It really isn't strong," Veer shrugged his shoulders and said. "It's just that my Mana Control is so good that I can just focus the armour's defense in the place I'm about to be hit."
Elara frowned, then rubbed her chin. After contemplating for a whole one minute, she shook her head, "Nah uh! That ain't easy or anything, you monster. Even I can't do something like that."
"Heh, skill issue," Veer's lips tugged upwards as he mocked her.
"Say that when you have broken my armour," Elara scoffed, as she challenged him.
In the next second, a beautiful armour made of flames formed around the, encasing her inside it. It was transparency, he could still see her figure.
Surprisingly, it didn't take shape of a proper armour but instead turned into the shape of a weird animal. She suddenly had claws, and tail made of flames around her.
Was it a cat? Or maybe a tiger?
Whatever it was, Veer didn't ponder over it any longer. He had a task, and also wanted to see how strong he was now.
Clenching his fists, he bent forward and then punched with all of his physical might, cracking some parts of her armour. But same as his armour, it healed quickly.
'It is slightly weaker than mine, but the difference isn't huge. Okay, let's try something else.'
Before trying it though, he had an idea so he said, "Why don't you incorporate your flames in the armour too? Like they aren't just for show, right?"
"Uhnn, about that. It's because of my high affinity to Fire so my mana automatically gets converted to flames, not to mention my Mana Circulation Technique," Elara said. "But they aren't perfect and just take shape of Flames, not it's properties unless I want them too."
"Then, you can do the same as me. If your control isn't enough to focus the defences one a particular place, you can just change the properties of the mana in the place where you're getting hit," Veer suggested.
"That's actually a good idea," Elara nodded, grinning as she liked it a lot. "This way, whoever punches me will get burnt with my flames. Heheh!"
"It won't be easy, idiot," Veer rolled his eyes and said. "You can do that now, but what about battles? We'll just need to adapt to those changes."
"True, but I'll do it," Elara flashed a smile at him and said. "Now, punch me."
Veer decided not to use his powerful techniques for now, as he was testing his base power. Coating his hand with his mana, he punched forward with all of his strength.
As the first landed on the breasts of the armour, it cracked as a hole came into view. But his hand couldn't penetrate any longer as it caught flames.
Withdrawing his hand, Veer extinguished the fire without a single change in his expression.
Elara looked at everything and noticed something, 'That definitely hurts, but he didn't even flinch. Just how much his technique tortures him?'
"Your armour is strong, but not that good because I could feel it's weak points," Veer said. "The mana wasn't flowing smoothly and there were gaps where the mana was just too low. I just targeted one of them."
"I see, I'll work on that..." Elara nodded and also added some of the things she noticed.
The two continued to test their strength in other ways, while giving pointers to each other. Veer was a better analyser, but Elara had more battle IQ and experience, so whatever one missed was seen by other.
After an hour, Aurora returned from her practice and found them fighting each other in middle of a crater. She raised an eyebrow and thought, 'So, they're done with observing others things so moved on to melee combat?'
She shook her head and ignored the two. Turning towards the river, she muttered, "They should be done soon."
Indeed, after a few minutes one of them came out of the water surface, drenched in water.