System's Help

Jake had vanished and appeared miles away from Saban but Saban could still reach Jake in a second so Jake was vanishing and appearing as he looked at the system notification and read the message.

[Ultra speed: a form of super speed magic that has evolved]

[A huge difference in speed levels has been detected between opponent and user. Assistance can be rendered]

[Speed: 130 +150 +50]

[Downside: -10000 exp]

[Yes/No]

'So the system is offering to give me fifty points for speed but it will minus ten thousand exp?' Jake thought.

He was in the middle of deciding and weighing his options when magic circles began appearing all over the place. At this point it was already known to everyone that the magic circles meant that the army was coming and hopefully someone strong enough will be able to help kill the six-tailed wert.

Out of the magic circles, soldiers in their usual military uniform were coming out and Anna counted at least three generals, one commander and a monarch. She recognized the monarch that had come out of the magic circles. 'Tom.' she thought, thankful that at least a monarch had shown up. The six-tailed wert, though very formidable and obviously with incredible speed, stood no chance against a monarch, her, Jake and generals, no matter how fast it was.

Jake had seen the soldiers show up and he was thinking exactly what Anna was thinking. He had seen the huge and bulky man who was in the military uniform just like the other soldiers and on the left side of his shoulder, just below it, there were six emblems which represented the man's rank as a monarch in the Vedan army.

Each district had different emblems but they all meant the same thing when it came to how many emblems were on the uniform: six being the highest, monarch.

With the appearance of a monarch, Jake didn't need to increase his speed and lose 10000 exp. All he needed to do to complete the quest was make sure he was the one who killed Saban; after all, that's what the quest said.

He selected [No] in the system message and was now focused on Saban, who had also noticed the soldiers that had come out of the magic circles.

Tom looked up at the six-tailed wert and smiled, his huge stature, the smile, everything showed everyone that he was quite confident and some would call that confidence arrogance.

He had a blue breastplate on and from looking at it, one could tell it was made from the beast essence of high ranking beasts. He also had a grey scythe on his back which had a blade that was somehow striped with black and white.

The monarch stepped forward towards Saban and took the scythe off his back, now holding it firmly in his hand.

"You killed a lot of soldiers. Good soldiers. Loyal soldiers." Tom said to Saban, the smile on his face disappearing. "For that you will die."

Saban's wings flapped in the air and the next moment he was right in front of the monarch, landing a hit directly on the monarch's face with his long claws.

The monarch skidded back a couple of feet and dust rose into the air but after that, the monarch walked forward, not even a single scratch on his face.

"Impossible." Saban couldn't help but say.

Tom lifted his scythe and pointed it at Saban. "You will feel pain."

He rushed forward towards Saban and swung his scythe from the ground straight up to the bottom of Saban's jaw but Saban, with his incredible speed, had flown back, avoiding the attack and retaliating with an attack of his own.

He used his feet to hit the monarch which the monarch had received head on. Saban was already about to distance himself from the monarch again when he felt something latch onto one of his six tails and pierce it. He turned around angrily and saw the blade of the scythe in one of his tails with the monarch holding onto the edge of the scythe.

Saban broke the sound barrier again in an attempt to get the monarch off him but the blade of the scythe had incresead its surface area and strengthened its grip on Saban's tail by releasing thin plant-like stems that had wrapped around Saban's tail both inside and out.

Seeing the monarch occupied by fighting the six-tailed wert, Jake decided to help as much as he could but he also had his own agenda.

Saban was flying everywhere incredibly fast and Jake could see him move but could not follow him as he flew. He needed a way to grab onto him to join him and the monarch.

Meanwhile, Tom was pulling himself up on the scythe and was getting closer to Saban.

At the right time after monitoring Saban's movements for a while, Jake jumped up with all his strength to ensure he reached the right height.

He got to the height he had predicted but had reached there too soon and as he was falling, he felt a force overpower him and push him back up from below. He looked down and saw Rheya chanting a spell and gave her a smile of appreciation.

When Saban reached him, he was about to throw a punch but Saban had held onto his fist and swung him forcefully back down to the ground.

Saban abruptly stopped in the air and the monarch, not expecting that, faltered slightly but was still able to deliver a solid hit on Saban's head and stomp on his back, lowering him down a little.

Saban had an advantage because he could fly and if his wings were cut off from his back, that would ground him and they would be one step closer to killing him. The monarch knew this, which is why he had gotten on Saban's back in the first place.

Jake had gotten up from the floor a few seconds later and he shook off the slight dizziness he was feeling since Saban had really thrown him down hard.

'Screw this.' Jake quickly switched magical abilities, selecting the magical dimensions magic so he could keep his mask in there then switching back and shapeshifting into a five-tailed wert.

He still had the enchanted armour on him but knew that he was at a slight disadvantage since he could not use the shapeshifting magic and Sasha's super speed magic at the same time. But he had shapeshifted into Fury – a five-tailed wert with fire elemental magic he had fought some time ago – which gave him more attacking power.