Phantasmal Species — Centaur

pre-review

" I'm the Wise centaur, Chiron"

" Remember, the Gods are Merciful"

" What are the chances that we will meet the Gods?"

— A conversation between a Teacher and a Student

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previously in [Fate: Phantasmal King]

He added a concealing Boundary field on top of the Illusion on array in the boundary field.

With that he immediately fell asleep, he was bone tired.

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When the sun starts to rise is when he woke up from his Sleep. He yawn as he sits up from his resting 'place' — Really he just slept on the ground without anything comfortable— He sighed as he rubs his tired eyes. ' Yesterday was exhausting' he thought.

It has been 2 days after he had did the boundary Field Invention. And he has to say, life in the forest was peaceful no cap.

And other times he had this urge to just fuck it all and live all his life here in the forest. That's how peaceful it is.

But he stopped himself, after all he is in Greece — Ancient Greece actually— and they're some cool heroes in this era . It's not like he's their fan or stuff. He stood up, And stretched. After that he walked to the Table next to him, on it was a map, his pack and his Invention Book.

' As much as it's peaceful in here, I must go unfortunately' he thought. Looking at the map at the table he traced his current location with his finger and he thought 'So there's a village in here? interesting.' After all you don't often see a village at the foot of a mountain — That's like dangerous and stuff—

He took all his stuff and disabled the boundary Field. and with that he walked.

In his time here he enjoyed the scenery of this forest a lot. It's so different to the 21th century. as he was lost in thought he heard some voices not far away from his current location.

"-old you, the brat is somewhere in here."

" We got only one day left to find him, speed up."

" Shut up and search"

Icarus stopped for a moment, What are this guy's — The voice indicate the gender to be male— talking about? And better yet who are they talking about?.

His form tighten a bit. He's trying to play it cautious but he's curious to be honest.

He stalked in the direction of the voices and crouched down behind a bush. He took a glance at their figures and he came back shocked, he tried his all not to gasp. What he just saw is not humans but Centaurs — The Phantasmal Species, The half human half horse species. Few days ago he said that they're a difference between an animal and a Beast, right? well when he said beasts he meant the Phantasmal Species. But something is definitely suspicious about this, he can't seem to grasp it.

Sigh well if he was a fictional character, The Centaurs will found out about him spying on them somehow, Fortunately he's not one. Thank heaven for small mercies — Actually no I don't thank the heavens—

Well he better go, he has a destination planned in mind. he stood up and stepped back unfortunately or fortunately he stepped on a dry branch. with a Crack! it echoed around the area. ' Oh the cliches, can't forget about you darlings' he thought sarcastically. He sighed. 'This will become troublesome I tell you'

" Who's there?!, show yourself!"

To be honest the sound of the branch was not too loud that a human can hear you even 4 Feet away from you. But he isn't dealing with humans here. They're a magical species, if they doesn't have the basic enhancement then they're just fakes or something else entirely.

He saw one of them unhook a bow from his back. He sighed softly.

" hahaha, sorry about that." he said, acting like a clumsy kid of his age. which he is, or isn't depending on your view. He walked near them and stood 5 feet away from them.

" Ohh, It's just a brat." The one holding the bow said, relief evident from his face. His current tense form relaxed. The other relaxed too but only one centaur didn't relax he is holding a long spear. After all no one would think a 8 year old human can bring danger to a magical enhanced Phantasmal Species.

Icarus smiled seeing their relaxed forms.

"Philistos something is wrong with this kid, be careful" koinos said to his friend at his left side.

" I'm glad I'm not the only thinking that, Koinos" — The spear man who is koinos

Icarus smiled again. ' I have the urge to kill this guy's. Wantonly killing someone is entirely my forte, just kidding"

He took out his spear behind him and got in a stance, randomly fighting is not his style but he'll exclude this. with that he burst forth, One of the Centaurs that was unprepared for him attacking suddenly got a hole in his head. he don't trust magic creatures, he doesn't know if they'll get up even after being killed— seen that shit in some dramas— So he directly target their brain.

As he took out his spear out of the corpse of the Centaur, the others took out their weapons too.

" Coulda fooled me for a moment" said koinos , he seems to be the group leader of this bunch. Icarus took a note of that and looked up to the other three Centaurs. credit where it's due, they didn't even panick or freeze when Icarus attacked. The moment Icarus killed the centaur the other Centaurs got him in the center, he's surrounded. he sighed and smiled. " well, can't leave a race said to be Psychopath's alone now can we?" Icarus said happily like he didn't just murder someone.

" fuck you!" Koinos the centaur cursed. his face full of veins and red. well, dude got angry fast.

When the centaurs attacked at the same time, Icarus knew he's in deep shit, no cap.

Icarus sighed, To be honest, he created a technique six months ago, although its still in its infancy, first stages— he never mastered it or perfect it —and he had never used it, it seems he'll have to use it to get out of this circle. When the centaurs are near him, He used the technique. For a moment time seems to be still, then Icarus moved. Its a beautiful art, like a beautiful women seducing young men (A/n: Hey don't judge me!). In the background its like war drums. Icarus body swayed to and fro, his form blurring, Although he was not moving fast, all the Centaurs seem to miss him with their weapons. After a moment Icarus stopped when he was outside of the incirclement. Icarus was distracted for a moment until two hooves find themselves on his chest.

They slammed into his body, fortunately he used Reinforcement at the last second otherwise he would've been dead, even though he used it, it still wasn't enough as he cough out blood, . koinos had used his spear as a pole of death and thrusted it into Icarus!

A feeling of danger welled up in Icarus mind and he activated the technique again and swayed to the right; just in time as koinos stabbed the sharp tip of his spear at his position.

koinos immediately followed it up by manipulating his lower half —The horse half— to trample Icarus while he swung his spear again. Icarus immediately created a space for himself to attack, The moment he sees a weak spot he will strike.

That moment came, and he didn't waste time, like a lightning he immediately thrusted his spear and stabbed koinos on the chest, the barbed tip entered koinos chest, making cough blood and fall on the ground.

Icarus sighed again. ' Im taking too much time' thought. With that he charged his spear with mana and throw it, it soars and then entered the Two Centaurs. They tried Running from it but never succeeded. Even though the spear had lost its original powers, it still regained some of them. and one of them is clairvoyance. " Now that we're done fighting let's talk" Icarus said to koinos.

To be honest Icarus didn't kill all this centaurs just because majority of humanity hate them. Remember everything he do has a reason, most of the time.

"So what are you and your tribe doing here?" Icarus asked keeping his pointed tip of the spear on koinos throat, Icarus right foot was on his chest.

" The fuck are you talking about? do humans hate us that much that they'll want to control our actions?" koinos said, his face confronted in anger.

"Now, now. you know as I do that centaurs hate humans as well, so for your tribe to be near humans civilization is quite shocking. something that your tribe will never do"

"So start talking." Icarus explained and threatened at the same time. To be honest Icarus was quite suspicious about the centaurs in the forest. The books about Phantasmal Species habits and He still remember from his past life Mythos that the centaur tribe always lived at the mountains, drinking,killing, rapping etc. As such seeing them here was quite a shock.

Centaurs and humans doesn't get along very well.

" tch. like I'll tell you! ." koinos said. struggling to contain his anger.

" Well maybe I can help you guys out as I'm the 'brat' that you wanted." Icarus said. Although he doesn't know what they were talking about , he knows that they're looking for someone, a 'brat' if their words would be believed. So he took an educated guess that they want him. After all knowing that a 8 year old owns a weapon — powerful one at that— that can control a part of Athens will get anyone greedy. If the centaur tribe knows of his actions then that means they're already spread all over Greece. koinos seems suprised at that, then his face relaxed.

" I knew it, this spear isn't ordinary. And my guess were correct."

" Okay. if you Swear on the heavens to help us then I'll tell you." koinos said, his voice seems to have a tint of desperation.

Well isn't that easy and surprising?, a human and centaur working together? the heavens will darken. Regardless what koinos asked of him is too much. If you Swear on the heavens then that means you'll have to fulfill that promise, otherwise the gods will curse you or kill you. things are pretty dark at this era.

Step 1 Basics of Psychology manipulation

Never let your prisoner know that his a prisoner.

step 2

Crush your opponents then be kind to them, they'll see you as their saviour.

" alright then, I, Icarus of Athens hereby swear to help the Centaur tribe with their current problem." promised Icarus with a sharp smile on his face. A great aura spread around them and the sky seems to darken then a lighting flashes followed by a Thunderclap.

" Sigh, well few months ago, the mountain that we lived on was attacked by a suddenly cold that came out of nowhere. at first we thought that it'll pass, just like always but the cold even killed some of our us. The cold is too strong for this time of the year. It isn't until Snow covered The mountain peak that we knew that something is very wrong wrong. The snow is like parasite, it covered all the mountain, we were forced to leave our homes for that. We thought that Lady Khione had forsaken us. but Chiron would have alerted us." said koinos. His face and tone converted the despair he felt.

Well well I'll be.

"So why were you searching for me?." asked Icarus. Although the sob story is definitely a sad one , Icarus had heard better sob stories.

"We think that a beast is living at the mountain peak, the roars of the beast can be heard even months later, so we need a powerful weapon to kill it, as our strength seems quite limited at this timem" koinos said, hope was shining from his eyes when he had said this.

" ohh, hmm. This is certainly interesting. okay, Godspeed." Said Icarus with a mock sad look on his face. he had promised to help his tribe , he didn't promise his safety.

With a flick of his hand, the head of koinos was rolling on the ground, blood pouring out.

Throughout the entire fight Icarus made sure that the blood never touched him. Hercules was said to be killed by centaur blood. Its acid and all that stuff. he took out some empty bottles and pour the blood in it after that he sealed it— dont want to be the one on the receiving end of it— and enchanted it with runes. This will help him in his journey if what the mythos said about the blood is true.

'Now about the situation of the mountain.'

He stood still to decide if he want to go to the mountain right now.

'yea, no that's a bad idea. I'll go to the village and store supplies, I'll see what I can do from there.'

With that Icarus took a path and moved.

This is the Path of Magic

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A/n: wrote this chpt yesterday at 10 pm. i was tired, my eyes were blurry. my palms were sweaty, knees weak, arms were heavy. ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

so expect a lot of grammar errors. anyway the fighting scene seems poor written to me but what can i do? im a new writer.