Cornering

I restructured the army with the giants being slaves of the hobgoblins. I didn't allow Krisor's soul any freedom from its slumber, especially after experiencing my torture. It made him extremely suicidal, he would be useless to me that way. Instead, I would just use him as a slave to Pektog, Dazkieht, and Graklak.

I gave them some intensive training and guidance before I left. I also instructed them to conquer the inner forest and enter the core forest. I didn't plan on returning in a while, and their training should plateau soon. All of the experience will explode out and help them become a core tribe.

Then we can start our offensive against the cave of horrors.

"Pektog stay well," I said as Pektog watched me step into my shadow, and Drrak consumed my form shuttling me through space.

I awoke in a haze, I felt something influencing when I saw a fog around me. I stopped breathing and burst away from it in a single fluid motion. I looked around and saw the blue-haired prophet smiling at me. It has been three months seen, I had seen her last. I was confused as to why she was approaching me now.

"Hi, I'm Sarah you are?" She said in a cutesy but polite tone.

I felt dreadful of that fog, it affected my thinking. I took a deep breath and with my strong inner physique, I could target the part of the fog I had inhaled and forced it out.

"Hallucinogenics, is this how you normally greet people?" I said in a cold tone, although I would have been polite earlier. But she crossed a line trying to impair my judgment. The only thing important to me is my judgment and my free will.

"Sarah, don't bother with disrespectful shits like him." The young man behind him said in a spiteful tone as his sword intent tried to suppress me. I smiled at him before sending out my Sword Heart's full unadulterated intent.

Previously I was only losing a little, but with the supplement of my second intention. I had nothing to fear of people 10 levels above me, and I could even give a level 29 a fair fight. When I took a weapon affinity test, I had scored at weapon fusion level 2. Which is 20-40% Affinity level, at this point I reached level 3 with 50%.

I wasn't too far off from completing level 3 and moving onto level 4 affinity. My massive intent crashed into his intent, he wasn't probing like last time. Our intents battled for a moment until mine overpowered his without the need for my codes. His intent cut through he looked ashen at me for a moment.

"You could handle my charm, and Simon's Treasured Sword intent. Now I wonder why to go to this school?" She asked with a devious smile.

I wasn't interested in talking so, I decided to leave. Even a prophet wasn't enough to stir my interest. I have far greater things to be concerned with. So I burst out at my full speed, Simon noticing my movement burst out himself. He was a higher level than I was, so he could move at a higher speed than me.

He stood in front of me, prepared to stop my advance and force me to obey. I coldly smiled and reinforced my fingers with sword intent. I didn't go for Serpentine Armor, instead, I just used Sword Armor. My hands tore apart his flimsy intent and his guard. He tried to push back against my advance but my heart was indomitable. His power became mine, with his body sent back flying.

"Whatever you could offer me, I wouldn't be interested in any way," I said in a cold tone to Sarah.

But before I could move away from any further she raised one finger and tapped the air. Then my body flinched I couldn't move and felt immense pain.

"There is a reason they call my Church Blood Drop Origin." I smiled in pain and realized that my blood was in turmoil. I could have exercised my magic power to free myself. But that would look far too suspicious so I played along.

"I'd advise against trying anything, just listen to my offer and things will go well." She said with a teasing smile.

"You are exactly the type of person I hate, taking whatever they want whenever," I said in vicious anger, but in my heart that wasn't true. I wasn't a hypocrite because I know myself and I was exactly that way, instead, in reality, I was detached from such emotions. But I needed to look the correct part for this to work out well.

"I gave you a choice, you chose otherwise not my fault." She said without any shame, I was reminded of what I did to Graklak.

I laughed it off, this was a consequence of my own weakness. When one is weak then will be subjugated, such is the way of the world. I pretended to fight back using pure will, I could move a little much to her surprise.

"What are you doing?!?!" Resisting the way I was could kill most, especially when the blood is resisting at this level.

"I dare you, KILL ME." I said in angry desolation

"Wait....wait....wait." She kept saying in a low voice

Then a sword beam was sent at near her as a warning shot, she quickly let go of her grip on me. I collapsed onto the ground and Teacher Elton caught me and grabbed me.

"Is this how the holy realm treats my disciple?!?!?" he said in an angry tone as though he wasn't speaking to a prophet.

"Calm down he's fine." She said in a cold tone.

For dramatic effect, I let go of some blood and spit it up. It gushed out like I was throwing up blood instead of spitting it up. Elton's face darkened as he reached for his sword.

"Are you still not stopping your grip?!?!?" He said in righteous anger.

"Wait I wasn't doing that." She said back in anger

"Anyway it is not like your disciple is innocent, he attacked my Simon." She said as she pointed towards Simon in the corner. He got back up with a few bruises but he was fine. At least compared to my throwing up blood.

As we were all arguing the headmaster heard the commotion and felt the strong sword Qi. He burst out of his office and came to the scene, then he saw me throw up blood just in time.

"What are you doing to my student?" The headmaster said in anger

"Do you want to be responsible for the lack of faith in Juphine?" He said in further anger, it was the biggest leverage the kingdom had. They had the people's trust if Juphine failed the kingdom she failed her people. Then a critical power to protecting the mortal realm would be gone. Which is the last thing the gods want, based on their historical choices.

"Wait, I take responsibility for attacking him. But only to protect my Simon." She said coldly proclaiming as though it was gospel

"He's at the peak of inner reformation, and my student is only mid-stage inner reformation. How is that an accurate assessment?" The headmaster growled out threateningly, they were subject to the holy realm. But if he let a junior just harm his students then what is he worth as a headmaster?

"Let it go, I just ask that I be left alone," I said as I stood up in anguish to the headmaster.

I didn't need to push myself, otherwise, I would just cause more trouble. I would leave that to my reliable teachers they can take the heat for me. With my request, teacher Elton took his hand off his sword and the headmaster's face relaxed.

"We'll stop for now, but we expect an answer from the holy realm." The headmaster said in a demanding tone.

Although Sarah had great influence she herself wasn't very powerful. So she didn't antagonize them any further and turned away. Simon quickly followed after her, much to teacher Elton's disgust. They looked at me with concern, but I told them I was fine and I'll go back by myself. After inspecting me for a moment they let me go and told me they will get an answer for me.

I went to my room and touched my abdomen it was sore and a little purple. It was a consequence of sending my blood into disorder by moving. I operated my inner physique to tear it up further, with sword intent seeping through the cracks.

I let them slowly heal, as I gritted my teeth because of the torture. But I noticed the trend of muscle refinement coming about. My hypothesis was confirmed, I would get my materials and go on my quest to meet old friends soon...

But first, I need to do something else, I thought in a solemn silence. I went to the library Brian wasn't here today, and I walked around finding the restrictions on the various floors. With my high-level, I was cleared for the first 5 floors.

I had discovered various restrictions as I studied various topics the library. I had also already deconstructed the structures within the restrictions. I implanted a bit of my energy into them unsuspected, due to the nature of my magic power. With this I had the reassurance to venture out into the world, I stepped on the air and left the academy like a lightning bolt.