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Chapter 100 The Last Dance [part 1]
CHAPTER 100
Thanks to Koll's willingness to reveal information, Northern now had a few things down right.
And one fact stood annoyingly shocking out of it.
Night Terror is the king that sacrificed his people. However, that didn't settle things.
In as much as it was a valuable information, it was still useless.
Rifts had soul cores, those soul cores oftentimes are the reason for why they exist.
Bringing together all the information offered by items, the patterns of monsters and clues gained from careful studying of the environment, an underlying tale is discovered.
One that existed before the rift.
That was what Northern felt this to be.
At the core of this story is always a linchpin and that linchpin should be his ultimate clue to finding the rift soul core.
Northern stared at the castle lord for a couple of seconds, then glided his eyes to Night Terror.
One was a king that destroyed his entire kingdom all in the name of power.
The other is supposed to be a quiddity of power that was brought about by the sacrifice of thousands of lives.
'Undoubtedly, he is the guardian of the rift. Killing him should reveal the location of the rift soul core. Which I suspect should he somewhere around that throne'
From the little he had heard of rift. Their soul cores were usually concealed in important spaces and are revealed the moment the guardian is defeated.
But there was something bothering, which was why he needed to know.
Northern sighed.
'I'm not dealing with one defiant but two…?'
Koll had a motive for appearing in this place, it could have been what made the rift so flexible and have something to do with the three different kind of monsters that they occasionally battled against.
Northern had wondered for a long time where they came from.
The rift they had encountered to. It wasn't a gateway, and clearly looked like a rift. So undoubtedly something was fishy.
The only problem was that the more he thought about, the more confusing it got. And a heavy ache was beginning to slam his head.
'Damn it all. I just want to get out of this hell.'
Would turning a blind eye to all other mysteries be a good idea? Northern knew it probably wouldn't but he wanted to be selfish.
"..."
He needed… to be selfish. Because…
'I want to leave this place.'
Northern closed his eyes, he inhaled deeply and exhaled. Then the black blade in his hands disappeared.
"Disarming yourself. Have you finally surrendered to your inevitable fate?" Koll grinned from ear to ear.
Even Night Terror looked surprised by his sudden action.
But Northern didn't say anything and just stared with a dead expression.
Then he looked at his clone and nodded. The battered Northern slowly dissipated and returned.
Northern was overwhelmed by pain, running across his muscles.
'Crap! I can never get used to this' He bit in a groan as he endured the pain without falling… not even to his knees.
He just held himself together and bent over as the pain surged through his muscles.
The castle lord observed a puzzled expression, a brow of his was raised even though not much could read from his flaming eyes.
Northern straightened his back as the pain went down.
'Thank God, its not too much. Fainting would have been very dire in this situation.'
Northern looked at Night Terror.
'I'm still bothered as to why Night Terror is not the guardian of the rift… maybe the rift does judge things based on strength. Koll's interference offered power to Night Terror, the power was the madness he filled them with. But he too had his own motive…'
Northern breathed, spacing his thoughts.
'...which I have no intention in finding out'
He just wanted to go home.
Slowly he crossed his hands in front of his face, two stilettos weaved themselves out of thin air.
But instead of white sparks, they were materialized from black and almost unnoticeable sparks.
'I guess now that my soul essence has been converted to void essence, every other thing is affected.'
He couldn't use void essence like Night Terror was using it but he too had gotten stronger.
'I was saving this for Night Terror but I guess I will have to use it.Tch, annoying'
After fighting with Night Terror on several occasions, and finally watching him easily rip the Corpse Eaters to shreds.
Something finally clicked for Northern.
It was just an idea but it felt right… it felt like the true reason why he had that attribute called [Formless].
It also had more ties to his main ability: The Copycat system.
Watching Night Terror fight with the Corpse Eater, a thought suddenly sparked in Northern's mind.
'I want to be able to move like that…'
It was a wishful thinking but it ignited more series of thoughts and strangely they felt like he was putting the puzzles right where they should be.
How could he move and fight like Night Terror did, he had no claws and had not the kind of speed and strength Night Terror had.
Well, he didn't need to have Night Terror's level of speed and strength. But the lack of claws was still a great deficit.
But Northern progressive thinking, made him realize he didn't need claws. He just needed something that would permit him to move his hands like Night Terror did while acting as a devastating force of attack.
And the answer was simple.
Daggers.
It was also a good one, since he didn't want to stick to one type of weapon.
Northern had used the dagger before, although it was quite amateurish but he couldn't deny that there was literally no difficulty in mastering daggers.
Even when he was used to them, he could still easily switch to one-handed sword and sometimes he wielded the silver sword with two hands.
Amongst all this transition was an ease of adaptability and flexibility. Which he belatedly realized came from the [Formless] Attribute.
He was water, that is basically given shape by the cup. Northern's body and form adapted to fit the form of his weapon.
Although before now, it had all been happening without conscious effort and proper understanding.
But now that he understood to a degree and had these eyes. Things were bound to be different.
'Although I am still very pissed that I have to use it here. I thought this would have definitely helped me defeat Night Terror.'
Northern looked at Night Terror and smirked.
"Shall we give this deranged bastard a last dance."
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ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
As I promised, I have come to announce a very important event.
As you know, in a few chapters, Northern would be leaving this gate. Oh shit, spoilers... sorry.
He'd be meeting other characters and we would finally see who he is when surrounded by people like him.
I have decide grant my top three fans a very amazing reward. What it is going to be a total shocker and surprise.
There's still time before the rewards are issued, there's still time to become a top fan.
Thank you for supporting me to this point. And I sincerely hope you will continue to support me with your power stones and golden tickets.
Arigatou