[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-449":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846302,2449,"Chapter 451: Aura","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-449",449,"\u003Cp>Orok\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this?\" I asked in alarm, as the feeling that suppressed the very soul of me washed over me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's a power I had never felt before but understood deep in my heart that it was stronger than any skill I have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had stopped my company, which was moving to help those who asked for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have doing that since the battle begins. It's a job that is assigned to us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aura!\" said Rev. From Mr. Hugo's mercenaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone awakened it?\" asked Lt. Hasid, and he nodded. \"Yes, I hope, it's not the enemy,\" replied Rev with a heavy nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should be able to know soon; it seemed to have originated from the direction we are moving,\" said Lt. Hasid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To that, I nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Company move!\" I ordered and moved, but stopped soon after when I realized some were not moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some are shaking so much that they sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give them some time; it is not easy to bear the aura,\" advised Rev.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man is experienced, and I decided to listen to the suggestion and waited for a few seconds when I felt movement from the feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be moving back to its source, and within a second, it disappeared completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Company move!\" I ordered again and this time, people moved. We moved fast in a formation to deal with any attack that came at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We got closer and closer, till we reached the battle; that made nearly everyone's eyes widen, including mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Its Master Silver! He awakened the aura!\" exclaimed Barb with joy as she looked at the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My enemy froze as that feeling burst out of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took me a moment for me to realize what this feeling was. As I did, my eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for feeling every part of it; I wouldn't have believed it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had awakened it in my moment of desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had any other moment, I would hop in joy, but now there is not a hint of joy in my heart, only the rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the frozen energy and swung my rapier toward him, not caring about the pain, feeling in every fiber of my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had frozen under the power of aura, but self-preservation and experience made him react quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He defended before taking a step back. His expression recovered, but deep shock remained in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at mother and child. It made me relieved to see them covered in dusky light. The priest had reacted quickly, sending the spell to heal their injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemies' mages reacted quickly when the priest tried to target me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stopping the healing spell from reaching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have been a manageable problem if the priest had experienced it, but he hadn't. It's his second battle, with yesterday's one being his first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to the enemy, still shaking, when the aura began to return to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took a second for it to return to my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A..aura, you awakened it,\" he said with a shaking voice. As if I could not believe that I had awakened the aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It didn't matter. You have just awakened it; you have no control over it,\" he said, more to reassure himself than to threaten me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression recovered with those words, and he came at me, with him being faster and stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier he was playing around, now he is using every bit of his power to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had been to a place, I would have done the same. Those who awakened the aura become really dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reacted immediately and moved my sword forward. At the same time, I brought the aura out of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know what to do with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could not control the aura, nor did I know how, but I brought out and covered myself with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the only thing I could think of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard as I felt it slipping, wanting to go back to my body. I didn't let it and instead pushed some of it on my enemy and activated the Lord's Presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I might not know how to control it, but I know the aura is versatile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be used to suppress as well as strengthen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It becomes dangerous when one gains control over it. The finer the control; the greater the power one would be able to project through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are also things like methods and arts that turned it into terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed those thoughts and looked at my enemy, who seemed to have gone slower, with strain appearing on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura is one's extension. I had covered him with it and used the Lord's Presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill affected him a lot since his mind was already shaken and suppressed by the aura. Opening the gaps in his mental defense that attacked thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the one of strongest skills, I have. Stronger than Gale of Blade or Mauling Strike. It worked through the power of Charm, which is my strongest attribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My rapier clashed against his sword, shaking him, despite him using his full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the blinding pain in my hands, but I bore it and activated another of my powerful skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have awakened aura. You are dead already. There is no way for you to remain alive,\" I said with a Silver Tongue, another skill that runs on charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its expressions changed. Hesitation and fear appeared in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he seemed to have recovered a little a moment later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up!\" he screamed, with a hint of panic in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not wrong, and you know it. There is no chance you will survive; you will die like the enemies you killed,\" I said with a smile, hammering those words with Silver Tongue and attacking with the rapier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His reaction was a little delayed, but the man was experienced and was able to defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should accept the death. If you are alive, you will suffer a fate worse than death,\" I stated, and this is a truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's why, it affected him the most, shaking him from up to down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man will not receive mercy, even if he surrenders. He had broken the most sacred laws of battle; he had not only killed a civilian but was unhesitant to kill a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such people would not be left alive. Even if he surrendered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Clang Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I begin to attack him while hammering his mind with thoughts of death to break him mentally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is already at a near-breaking point; I would need to push him further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, it wouldn't be easy, especially with no control and difference in level, but the awakening of my aura had hit him hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention with his experience, he would see many aura masters and their strength would be itched in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I don't have such strength now; his mind would unconsciously associate me with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am an aura master now; you should just give up. Fighting more is just prolonging your suffering,\" I said and attacked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I did, I heard the commotion behind me. With the noises, I didn't have to guess the reinforcement had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't look back and focused on my attack, which had just avoided his sword and moved toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to dodge but was not successful. I was able to give him a cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Injuring a Lv. 30+ powerhouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See that blood coming out of the wound? It is just a starting, soon, it will come out from every wound of your body,\" I said and attacked him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he defended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck are doing standing like a fool? Come and help me!\" shouted the man to the armored orc, who was not far away from us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orc hesitated, and faint hesitation appeared in my eyes seeing him coming, when I saw something coming from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orok came running from behind at amazing speed and swung his ax toward the armored orc wildly with incredible momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ax hit hard against the other orc's shield, sending back a couple of steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't give the enemy a chance and swung his ax at him before the other orc even stabilized from his attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This young man is incredible. Stone had praised him like no other and those words had rung true in the battle yesterday, when he killed a Lv. 30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See, there won't be any reinforcement for you. You are alone and you will die. This is an undeniable fact,\" I said and attacked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another cut appeared in his arm, but it was small. The bastard dodged the attack on time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to kill him quickly as I feel the aura slipping through my fingers. I am having a hard time controlling it; a minute at most, before it will go back to my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give up,\" I said and attacked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He defended by looking at me with fear and panic, but there was also an unwillingness to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will not!\" It roared and attacked while taking a step toward me. His attack is fast and powerful, and I want to dodge it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will!\" I roared back and attacked while pushing as much as my aura at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our swords clashed, and I felt pain. That made me cry. It put a smile on the man's face, but a moment later, an alarm appeared as he tried to take a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was slow as my dagger, on the other hand, reached him and pierced through his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had kept him focused on my sword and rapier, that he forgot about the dagger, I held in my other hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his mouth, but instead of words, blood came out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pachac!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I removed the dagger and blood from his sprayed on my hand, but I didn't care. Instead, I slashed the dagger at him again, decapitating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroying all the chances of survival of a monster like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the blood spread on me, but I didn't care. I looked at Captain Orok, who had killed the enemy in four attacks, before turning to the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to see Barb taking her to the side. She had fed them a potion and bandaged their wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took out the potion and drank it. Immediately, I felt it working on my injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took out another potion and drank it. I felt my stamina recovering, but the tiredness remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likely because of aura. It couldn't be recovered by any potion or spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the rest could help in recovering it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat down on pieces of broken wall my men dealt with the enemy. Many had started to surrender, which we accepted, but not without precaution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations on awakening the aura, Master Silver,\" said Barb as she appeared in front of me. \"Thank you, Barb,\" I replied tiredly, before getting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle is yet to be won. I cannot rest until we do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on thebelow to read20Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",1880,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","c6d405f1f12495b0de8213f8e948f264fe27f35108e76284474aec43a43326cd","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-450","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-448",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]