Dwelling of spirits
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It took Yuki and his friend a few days before they reached their destination. It was an enormous door placed inside an even bigger tree…
"Woah, this entrance is huge" Said Sacha in amazement and Yuki couldn't help but a agree with her and say "We're finally here, hopefully everything will go smoothly… Kayle, make sure to protect Sacha if something happens"
"Yes sir" said Kayle while stroking a bracelet that Yuki gave him… It was a magic item he stole from one of Elmesia's guards and it actually had the ability to conjure an ice wall, and had other attack features… This was Yuki's gift for him.
"Let's go" said Yuki as he approached the enormous gate and started pushing it slowly and a huge dimly lit hallway with arching stone pillars appeared in front of their view.
"This is the dwelling of spirits?" asked Kayle with a frown on his face, and Yuki had an annoyed look on his face as he entered
'Something is trying to affect my perception…' Thought Yuki as he began walking forward in the seemingly endless path
"Yuki-sama, this place is kind of eerie…" Said Sacha as she inched closer to Yuki while the latter who has been mistreated for his look during his ghost period couldn't help but take it personally and said "Well, Sacha-chan don't be a racist… this place could be just a calm and serene place"
Sacha and Kayle shot Yuki a weird look thinking that he was crazy and not long after, the voice of multiple females giggling echoed around creeping them out with the exception of Yuki who said with a smug look on his face "See, they are giggling at your silly comment"
'Something's definitely wrong with his brain' thought Kayle while staring at Yuki's smug smile and readied himself to use the bracelet at any moment.
"Oh, what an interesting human"
"Indeed, indeed, he's not afraid, you should be afraid human"
"Why should I? who would be scared of some cute spirits" Said Yuki with a smile and the spirits immediately started giggling again
'You won't be giggling for long after he scams you' thought Kayle while observing his surroundings…
"Human, I like you"
"Yup yup me too!"
"You are right, we are cute" Replied the spirits one after the other
"Can you call Ramiris, I actually have a gift for her" Said Yuki and the spirits immediately started murmuring between themselves until a certain spirit said
"Fufufufu, human, if you want to meet the great demon lord, you will have to pass my test first… although you can leave the gift on the ground and I –"
Yuki immediately cut her off "No meeting, no gift… what's the test"
"Ehhh human it's really okay, just give me the gift and do the test at your leisure" said Ramiris in a hurried voice this time but Yuki replied with determination "How can I pass on the honor of presenting the gift to such a great demon lord with my own hands! No I shall pass the test first and prove myself worthy… Oh and if the test is too hard, I might end up using the gift to defend myself and it might break… Just a friendly reminder" said Yuki with a devilish smile on his face and Ramiris's voice soon echoed, and this time it was hurried than before
"AAHHH NOOO MY GIFT, Who cares about the stupid test you can meet me directly!" Then a small yellow orb of light instantly appeared in front of Yuki and he easily caught her from her wings like a bug before she clumsily smashes into his face and ends up breaking her nose…
"Hi there great adventurer, can you please let me go" said Ramiris nervously… She was a flat-chested fairy-like creature and small enough to rest on the palm of his hand. She has blonde hair that is done in pig-tails and has yellow eyes.
"Ah sorry about that, I didn't want you to hurt yourself" said Yuki with a smile before Sacha instantly rushed in front of Ramiris and said with shining eyes "How cuteee"
Ramiris's felt slightly embarrassed by the compliment and the look on Sacha's face before she held her chest high and said with a laugh "Fufufufu, of course I'm cute, I'm the queen of spirits and the third demon lord!"
"Aaaa, so you know Leon-sama?" asked Sacha curiously
"Oh, you guys know Leon-chan?" Asked Ramiris back in surprise and Yuki said reluctantly "Yes it's a long story" and then he began telling her about being summoned by Leon and his meeting with Milim as Ramiris kept saying "I see I see" before she suddenly remembered the reason she made herself visible in the first place and said with watery eyes
"You said you got me a gift! Where's it where's it?"
"Oh right, here you go" said Yuki before he gave her a random magic necklace he stole from one of Elmesia's guard and said "I had to pay a lot for this necklace, it's a rare piece of art in the world and a magic item at the same time, you should keep it safe at all times!"
Yuki was the kind of person that would give someone a gift along with its price tag....and in this case, the price tag was photoshopped...
"Woah, amazing…" Said Ramiris 'poor girl' thought Sacha while glaring at Yuki as spirits floated around them…
"By the way Ramiris, can you help me with something?"
"What is it?" she asked absentmindedly without averting her eyes form the necklace that was beautiful but pretty much useless…
"I want some of the essence of the elements that you have, is that possible?" Asked Yuki with puppy eyes making Ramiris uncomfortable…
"I don't really mind, but the other elementals might object to it" said Ramiris thoughtfully before she asked curiously "Why do you need it anyways?"
"Ah, you see Ramiris, my brother is a Majin, and he suffered from a terrifying and rare elemental illness that caused him to fall into fits of anger from an imbalance in his magicules as well as the spirit that inhabited him because it was injured from a fatal attack by an evil arch demon while he was saving three kids and a donkey…"
Yuki instantly activated his bullshit no Jutsu and he could see as Ramiris's at first was nodding in understanding and pity before her gaze started to grow foggy and soon steam started escaping from her ears as her head overloaded completely…
"And this is why I need the elemental essence"
After realizing that Yuki was done, Ramiris pretended that she understood and replied "I see I see, your poor brother must be suffering a lot, don't worry, the queen of spirits shall help you save his life!"
"Great, I will not forget this favor!"
Meanwhile, the mouths of both Kayle and Sacha almost penetrated through the ground and reached into the abyss if this world even has one…
"follow me" Said Ramiris and the ground that was made of stone under them suddenly transformed into a road made of flowing light which was a wonderful scene to behold and she led them deeper into the labyrinth until they reached a huge mountain that was made from what appeared to be a huge magic core like thing and it was gushing with a huge amount of magicules…
However, that mountain didn't trigger Yuki's path of evolution ability, instead it was something inside of it that wasn't visible to them…
"Oh this place is full of spirits" said Yuki as he felt the huge amounts of spirits through his magic sence
"Umu, this is the dwelling of spirits, and here as long as you have the desire and the spirits takes a liking to you, you can summon even a greater spirit"
"Mmmm Not bad" muttered Yuki while rubbing his chin and contemplating if he should wait for Rimuru to come here or if it's better to just try to summon a spirit right now… However, in the end he felt like it was better to wait.
"How do I take the essence of the elements?" Asked Yuki but suddenly, a light spirit suddenly appeared in front of them and said to Ramiris mockingly "Oy evil spirit, you actually fell so far from grace and actually dare to trade our essence of the elements for a cheap magic item"
This was the elemental of light that could bless the heroes with divine protection and his status was second only to Ramiris herself!
"What cheap gift, this is a rare necklace that's also a magic item!" said Ramiris with a snort…
"That's right, nosy brat, plus, it's the intention that matters, you think Ramiris is such a materialistic bastard like you? Not to mention, when was the last time you gave her a gift before you come and judge mine!" Said Yuki who always has a response to everything.
"Ehhh, that's right, when was the last time you gave me a gift? Was it 2000 years ago? Or maybe more?" said Ramiris as she approached him with a threatening look
"Ahum okay calm down Ramiris, you shouldn't hold a grudge over something so trivial like this—" said the elemental of light and Ramiris kept arguing with him nonstop until Yuki interrupted these childish beings…
"Well, is there a way to make you agree to give me the essence of the elements… I actually only need a small piece of it"
"Well it's not the first time we gave a piece of it to someone, that demon lord Leon took one not too long ago… but we have a condition" replied the elemental of light which instantly made the smile on Yuki's face twitch multiple times…
"Oh Leon-chan has one huh? good to know" you will regret lying to me Leon, thought Yuki as he remembered how Leon pretended he didn't have the elemental essence, and the evil aura around his body made all the spirits run away from him including Ramiris and his servants
"So what's the condition?" asked Yuki and the elemental of light instantly said "We require that you don't use the spirits you summon with the essence of the elements for evil and to not harm the spirits you summon… that's all, and you will have to sign a soul contract for us to be sure about this—"
"Wait wait buddy, as I said, once I kill the evil pirate king, I won't have any essence to begin with" Said Yuki and Kayle couldn't help but think 'Weren't you trying to save your ill brother?'
"I see, then you don't have to sign any contract and you should only promise that you will be a friend of the spirits in the future" Said the elemental of light and Yuki gladly nodded in agreement since he didn't have any intention to be their enemy in the first place as long as they didn't have something he wanted…
"Here you go" said the elemental of light as he put his hand into the huge mountain and retrieved a small multicolored orb that immediately triggered Yuki's path of evolution ability.
"Absorb" Said Yuki and immediately the orb was absorbed into his body and a multicolored light soon covered his entire skin as well as his insides as a notification appeared in front of hm
[You achieved the requirements for the evolving of your ability Advanced elemental resistance (10000 High grade magic cores and 1 essence of the elements)]
[Congratulations, your ability Advanced elemental resistance has evolved into Supreme elemental resistance]
{Supreme elemental resistance: Grants the user two abilities:+80% resistance to all the elements.
Energy transfer: Host can absorb the elements he endures and transform them into Mana!]
"Well, I'm officially a walking tank now" muttered Yuki with a delighted grin…