Chapter-152 "Crystal Eyes" and "My demons" pt-5 (Side-Chapter-5)
He then walked to Mikihiko and pulled a chair to sit down.
"It is time, let's begin..." (Erik)
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Erik raised his hands around Mikihiko's temple and closed his eyes while channeling his psion into his spell.
"[Outer-Systematic Magic]" (Erik)
A magic sequence appeared underneath Erik and the juniors; turning the whole room into a fiery pit of psion.
Erik was using the ability he stole from Yotsuba Miya to infiltrate his junior's consciousness and confront the spirit that had been highjacking the latter's mind.
The world around them started to spin as all three of them lost connection to reality!
Mikihiko's body entered a comatose state while Erik's psion started flooding his system to facilitate the movement of the latter's consciousness.
Erik opened his eyes to look at his juniors for one last time before he dove in to fight a spirit.
"Your consciousness will probably be hidden deep within your mind, Mikihiko." (Erik)
"Mizuki, you will have to search for him inside his mindscape while I will hold back the spirit for as long as I can..." (Erik)
"When you find him...break the connection between us and wake yourself up by flushing out the remnants of my psion from your system." (Erik)
"I will then seal the spirit within a corner of his mind so that Mikihiko would be able to utilize the full extent of both his and the spirit's power." (Erik)
"Do you understand?" (Erik)
"Yes, Senior Erik!" (Mizuki)
"Good...I will be entrusting him to you then." (Erik)
"Here we go!" (Erik)
Both Erik and Mizuki's consciousness were sucked within Mikihiko's mindscape!
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*thud!*
"Ouch...!" (Mizuki)
Mizuki fell from the sky and impacted the strange land; face-first on the floor.
Yet she remained unharmed, nevertheless.
*tap!*
"Hm..." (Erik)
Erik followed behind his junior and unlike her, he landed gracefully; on his feet!
"Are you alright, Mizuki?" (Erik)
He extended his hand towards the fallen Mizuki who was busy rubbing her face to get rid of the itchiness from her fall.
"Um? O-Oh! Yes! I-I am fine!" (Mizuki)
Immediately, after registering the presence of her senior beside her...Mizuki quickly got up from the ground; with the former's help and assured him of her well-being.
"Good...we don't have any time of waste!" (Erik)
Erik looked around to observe his surroundings and to gather as much information as he possibly could; regarding a person's mindscape.
"This place is a bit...gloomy!" (Mizuki)
Dark clouds covered the sky, no wind blew over the desolate lands that they were currently standing upon.
Both Mizuki and Erik seemed to be inside some kind of deserted ritual site that looked like a traumatic memory of Mikihiko.
"Careful! The spirit could be near us!" (Erik)
*roar!*
A thundering roar resounded throughout the abandoned space as a gigantic black-scaled dragon flew through the sky.
"Find Mikihiko..." (Erik)
Knowing full well that Mizuki would only drag him down during his confrontation against the spirit.
Erik utilized his somewhat control over Mikihiko's consciousness to "throw" her deeper inside the mindscape.
"Wai—" (Mizuki)
Mizuki couldn't do anything, her senior was way faster in his actions, and he threw her away from the battle that was about to commerce.
Erik marked the spirit with his [Boosted-Elemental Sight] and chose to cut the connection between himself and Mizuki.
Since there was no longer any need for him to borrow her power.
Spirits were formed from pushions and his eyes were capable of marking these particles.
*roar!*
A powerful shockwave spread out as the dragon roared for the second time; towards Erik who was surrounded by a cloak of crimson aura.
Like a tsunami coming down crashing on the land; the shockwave impacted Erik who gritted his teeth to stand his ground against the [Ancient-Spirit].
"So you are the mortal...that the brat keeps blabbering about!" (Dragon)
Erik looked at the towering figure of the giant eastern dragon.
A suffocating pressure wrapped around him, trying to crush him through sheer force but fortunately Erik wasn't a normal mortal.
An intense inferno of crimson flames spread throughout his body as it charred the space around him.
The pressure from the dragon was torn to shreds by the scalding hot aura, Erik was releasing!
Surprise flashed across the spirit's gigantic eyes as he spoke in a gritty tone.
"Who are you? No mortal can have so much psion coursing through their body." (Dragon)
"I am nothing but a man...a mere human." (Erik)
"My name...is Erik Saltzman." (Erik)
Erik still had his ever-calm expression over his face as he engaged in a staring contest with the ancient spirit.
*hoof!*
The gigantic dragon hovered around Erik, observing the man with great interest; he hasn't met a human with so much innate strength and with such a powerful soul.
"Why are you here? I can see that you feel no affection towards my host." (Dragon)
"So why are you trying to help him?" (Dragon)
The ancient spirit knew for a fact that Erik didn't care about either Mikihiko or Mizuki; what confused him was the fact that even though he didn't have any obligation to help his host; he still chose to help.
Judging from his intense psion and powerful soul, the spirit was able to deduce that there wasn't anything that the mortal lacked.
For him to decide to help Mikihiko didn't make sense.
"I need him for the future...but I also want to test myself against you." (Erik)
"I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard, always taking constant care not to break something, to break someone." (Erik)
"Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could die." (Erik)
"But you can take it, can't you?" (Erik)
"What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am." (Erik)
Crimson aura started to intensify around Erik's body!
More and more psion started pouring out of his body and the mindscape started to feel tremendous pressure on its boundaries!
"Hm?" (Dragon)
The ancient spirit didn't interrupt him but rather continued to watch with great excitement.
"I have a dream that I must achieve...I have spent years manipulating everything from behind the curtains in order to reach my goals." (Erik)
"Now, the judgment day is nearing and I would no longer have to hold back." (Erik)
"But before I forsake myself for one last time, I want to let go of all the emotions that have bottled up inside me." (Erik)
"I want to give my all in this fight!" (Erik)
"So that when the time comes...I would be at the peak of my power!" (Erik)
"Rhhaaa!" (Erik)
His "chartreuse phosphorescent eyes" shone with terrifying intensity!
The black strip of cloth binding Erik's hair was burned by his scalding hot aura; releasing his long, white hair.
His white hair started to turn crimson red!
The muscles around his body started to constrict and then expand; giving him an incredibly muscled body!
The entirety of Erik's psion was released from within his body as a noticeable part of Mikihiko's mindscape turned into the sea of lava!
"This! Is the power of my creation!" (Erik)
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