Nox's New Skill

Aetos stands on a tall building, she takes out the artefact that she chose in the storage room, it's a Predator bow that can shoot at very long distances with pinpoint accuracy.

"Prepare yourself for what's coming!!" shouted Aetos.

"I can't wait to see!" replied Nox.

-Aetos is Combining 2 skills 'Fire Arrow' and 'Starry Night'

Starry night is a difficult skill, the user can throw 3 arrows at the same time and can recharge the attack quickly, and multiple arrows are shot to create a scene like shooting stars, This skill has a Shooting rate buff of 40%.

-Aetos is activating a skill 'Meteor Shower', An extremely hard skill, It's the result of combining 'Fire Arrow' and 'Starry Night', six arrows are thrown at once every time, The damage of each arrow is 30% higher, and the shooting rate remains 40%.

(So now, everyone knows how to combine skills? How interesting!) thought Nox.

"Was she always this strong?" asked Aurora who was barely standing in pain.

"A hundred Fire arrows shot at one time, looks like an attack from a whole army!" said Raunos.

"How about This Nox!!!!" shouted Aetos, Nox dodged the first arrow, and it made a hole in the ground, and when more arrows started falling, a series of heavy explosions destroyed the ground, Nox kept dodging every arow, and Aetos always aims for his head.

"So now all you know is to dodge!!" said Aetos, trying to provoke Nox into receiving her attacks, but Nox kept dodging at a very high speed, and explosions kept on going for a while, and then... After a few moments, the shooting stopped, and the whole ground was destroyed with a few buildings that collapsed.

"I thought this Arena was enchanted by magic, to think it's reduced to this state, your attacks are strong Aetos!" said Nox.

"If only you stopped dodging like a freak, you would've been finished !" she shouted

"I don't blame your arrows for not hitting me, my speed is now faster than even General Godfrey," said Nox, the five couldn't believe what they heard, "Whaaat!!!!" they shouted.

"But what I blame you for, is brainlessly using the same strategy that doesn't work, You now have depleted your Mana and you're only a novice mage, you even depleted your spiritual energy, so what now? Aetos!!" said Nox.

"You..." said Aetos who couldn't deny that Nox only stated facts.

(He has been mentoring them all the time, I helped him survive the dark Aura of that dagger, but didn't expect him to get this strong! I'll have to end this now) thought Lucia.

Raunos, Aurora and Aetos are gathering in one spot, and Lucia approaches them to face Nox.

"So, it's now my turn!" said Lucia.

"I'm still not done with them yet Lucia," said Nox with a sinister smirk.

"What do you mean?" asked Lucia.

"Up till now, I've been giving away pointers and helping them, but now I gotta show them what I've got," said Nox.

"And who said that we're done with you? Apart from Valerius who has surrendered, none of us was declared defeated!" said Aetos.

"It's the first time I'm using this, so don't blame me if I can't control it!" said Nox, he raised his right hand slowly, and the atmosphere quickly changed, Lucia sensed danger and removed her necklace right away! Mana Power started flooding all around her body creating a shield of Light, "Everyone be careful!!" she shouted, Nox released his killing intent, and then a Venomous Aura spread out from the tattoo on his right hand...

(Is he finally bringing the dagger!!) thought Lucia.

"How can we defend... Against... That," said Raunos, feeling overwhelmed just by the pressure in the air before the skill was activated.

-Nox is activating a skill '𝕶𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖑 '

"𝕶𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖑 !!!" said Nox

By combining the Venomous Aura, and Nox's killing intent, Nox releases a 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝜦𝖚𝖗𝖆 that fills the opponent's hearts with fear, decreasing their stats by 20% and increasing all Nox's stats by 10%, If the user of the skill is at least 70% stronger than the opponent, they will be crushed by the pressure of the Aura till they kneel or lose consciousness.

The 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝜦𝖚𝖗𝖆 spreads from Nox's right hand, as his eyes resemble that of a Python, The aura Crushed the 4 to the ground, Aurora and Aetos are on their knees, they no longer feel the pressure.

"Did the skill get cancelled?" asked Aetos.

"No, look..." said Aurora while pointing at Raunos, his feet digging into the ground, he resisted with pure physical power but he couldn't take it anymore, Nox removed the pressure on Raunos, saving him from the humiliation of kneeling, now only Lucia is left standing.

"What's the meaning of this!! You only apply the Aura on us if we're not kneeling!!?" shouted Aetos.

"I can apply it even if you're kneeling, but I'm saving your dignity from that, but how can you remain standing Lucia!?" asked Nox, Everyone was busy with their own struggle, they only noticed Lucia's power after Nox talked to her, they look at her with their jaws dropped, because even Raunos couldn't handle this abnormal pressure.

"I told you that I wanted to fight you fair and square! Now let me introduce myself, I'm Lucia, The Reaper of Light!" said Lucia.

"A reaper?!!" asked Aetos, 'Reapers' are attack Archmages, she was an "A Rank" mage all this time...

"Then Reaper of Light because..." said Raunos.

"She uses the element of Light!" said Valerius, this is a very rare event, there aren't that many Light element mages in the kingdom to begin with, and even among them, all of them are support type, even The City Lord Lyra is a Support High Mage, so the existence of an attack 'A Rank' Mage is a big event.

"I'm your natural enemy, Nox!!" said Lucia.

"So you were not being arrogant, you were just studying me and testing my moves haha..." replied Nox.

"And now I'm ready to fight you, You better use 'That' if you don't want to lose!" said Lucia.

"Hold up, it's not yet clear If your Light will disperse my darkness, or if my darkness will swallow your Light, besides... If I use 'that', I can't guarantee your life anymore," said Nox.

"What are they talking about??" asked Aetos.

"Nox took the artefact at the end of the corridor," said Raunos.

" Whaaaaat" shouted the others, shocked for even the idea that it was possible.

(I got so badly injured because of it, yet he could take it!) thought Valerius.

"Then how about this, I let you use one move, and if I survive you lose," said Nox.

"Fine by me, but first, everyone must leave this Arena, or no one will be able to take you out of the rubble!" said Lucia.

"Your future leader is either me or Lucia, and we both agree that you guys must leave," said Nox while looking at the defeated party members.

"Alright, I accept my loss," said Aetos.

When Raunos came close to Nox in the previous collision, Nox released his venomous aura into Raunos' body, he then activated it during the fight to cut off his energy circuits, he could pull it off thanks to the biology and meridian books Nox has studied, and all it takes is a thought to get the Poison out, he snaps his fingers, and The Poison inside Raunos has disappeared.

"So you could control the Poison at any time, I accept my loss," said Raunos.

"What can I say, I lost, but I'm not surprised, See you two outside!" said Aurora, The 4 left the Arena and only Nox and Lucia remained inside.

An exciting fight is about to begin, and though all the other members displayed amazing abilities, the main event is yet to come, What's Lucia's true power? How strong is she as a Light element Mage? Nox can't help but feel excited to try his best against this mysterious Mage.

"Are you ready Nox!!" said Lucia.

"I was born ready!" replied Nox.