78 New Form

The serpents charged fiercely through the water,

Gripping her cane, her body glowed. Bright red hair and her eyes turned scarlet. In the icy water, she shone like a sun.

Gathering her magic at the top of her cane, she pointed it towards the serpents.

Water boiled as her cane shone, the water vaporized

"Fire Magic: Red Lotus,"

The entire room shone as many bright red small lotus covered it in an instant

"Flowers!" I wondered as I glanced above

Then the flowers bloomed

Emitting extreme warmth, the entire water in the room along with the serpents vaporized, Morpheus formed a protective field around me.

The water golem dried.

Unable to resist the rapid shift in temperature, it crumbled

The sudden and unexpected change caused me to fall down,

Morpheus absorbed most of the fall shock and then took the shape of a cane

I looked above and saw Fiona glaring down at me; the challenge was to secure the pillar; mine got destroyed, so I lost....

She flew down gently, drifting through the air; with a smirky face, she said, "Oh my! You lost too bad."

I did not feel much of a loss. There was still one challenge left. With an aloof expression, I responded, "Ahh, how proud must you feel after winning against a healer like me" I added, "I assume the last one is a one-on-one battle."

Denying it, she was about to speak, that's when she felt a numbness in her fingers and in front saw no one

Suddenly her heart got pierced, blood splashed everywhere

Using stealth, I had disappeared from her sight and stabbed her heart with my hands.

Her pierced body faded as a new one formed above the ground. As long as the tower master was inside the tower, he/she could not be killed

She opened her eyes and gazed down. Seeing no one on the floor, she demanded, "What's the meaning of this?"

"Meaning?" the sound echoed as I spoke. She looked right and left to spot me but could see me,

"The third challenge, of course, if you beat me, you win.", I replied while manipulating my voice.

"Challenge me? Inside my own tower?" she smirked as she grinned, "I was polite trying to compete with you in even terms, but it seems you carve defeat badly," she sneered as she tried to take out her cane.

But the ring on her finger was missing,

My purpose of using stealth and using a surprise attack was not to kill her that would have been useless but to steal her ring.

While speaking, I looked through her ring. The ring was filled with jewels, gems, magic stones, and tools.

"Humph, how foolish trying to steal my ring in my own tower?!" the ring she marked with her magic came back to her finger, "In here, I am invulnerable," she exclaimed

"Humm, my cane, it's missing," she realized

Right after I had stolen the cane, I used the magic stones to instantly refill my mana. The tool I desired, "Lilic of Bloom," I took and out, and with it, I discovered another useful cane.

After she realized her ring was missing, she ordered the ring to come back. I let her have the ring back as I had already stored everything inside my own dimensional space.

Fiona was dumbfounded as the tools she marked with her magic suddenly disappeared, "I, I can't feel them within the tower. How is this possible?" that's when she felt the link between her and lilac Cane of Bloom.

"There you are!!" even if she could not see me, she felt the presence of a cane present in my hand

"The cane won't return to me. Why?" she questioned as she realized her spatial magic being canceled.

I was holding on to two of the canes I found inside her ring, continually using my own spatial magic to cut her link

The canes owner was still alive, but I never needed to use the cane; I just wanted the materials the cane was made up with and its properties

One was the lilac Cane of Bloom, and the other was,

Red Rose Cane of Sacrifice

Type: Sorcerer's Cane

Tier: Epic

Produced by collecting the blood of over 1000 different species. Possess an incredible amount of magic unmatched by any sorcerer. It can evolve by consuming blood. This cane fell through the sky into the human land, later taken by the sorcerers to research it; however, no one could deduce its abilities and use it.

Owner: None

Speciality: Increases affinity towards all types of magic. Magic Amplification by 15%. Gains new ability through evolution.

[Initiating Deconstruct and Reconstruct]

[Would you like the following material to your weapon <Morpheus>?]

"Yes,"

Fiona took out one of the extra canes present within the towers and attacked me with a wave of fire

I kept on dodging. Finally, the link between the cane and Fiona was severed. She could no longer detect me.

[Deconstruct and Reconstruct Complete]

[Morpheus Cane formed Evolved]

Morpheus

Form: Cane

Speciality: Magic Amplification by 200%. Spell Absorption by 15%. It can use any magic. Can absorb the blood of the opponents it kills with the spell used through the cane.

I smirked as I saw magic Amplification by 200%. Using the cane now, I could use even high tier spells with little magic. To think the humans had such excellent tools yet were incapable of utilizing it. Lucky me, he-he.

Unable to find me, Fiona got agitated, "Why can't I find him inside my own tower?" she pondered

"Song of the flames!!", Fiona exclaimed

Flames raged inside the room,

I could not be seen, but I was still there. Fiona was trying to find me using the flames.

I ceased using stealth, "I am right over here," I uttered and continued, "Spell Absorption."

The flames circled around as they got absorbed. Using the magic absorbed from the fire, I struck back