[{"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-755":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},1846880,2449,"Chapter 759: Everything","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-755",755,"\u003Cp>Proofread By Thomas F\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the massive mana gathering, forming a hand made of soul. It is enormous, bigger than the monster I am riding, made out of translucent soul energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pale Hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I recognised the spell immediately, and it made me shudder as this is an extremely dangerous spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the spells he had used before were nothing compared to it, including the soul spell that he used on me earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only purpose of this spell is to kill, not to maim or injure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's time to die, Silver,\" he said and sent the Pale Hand toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intends to kill me; I could see it in his eyes. Whatever order or reservations he had before disappeared. Now, there is a clear killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing it coming at me, I released the full power of the aura and formed Root Mind. I also activated the charms and the protections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand reached me, and I thought it would come directly at me, but it did something unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It broke into six pieces: five fingers and a fingerless hand, before surrounding me. Seeing it, I couldn't help but get shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have not read about his spells doing this. He had not shown this variation before in the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is smart; he had seen how I defend against the attacks and is now using the spells flexibly to deal with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swung my sword toward them, but the sword also swirled around me, infused with the power of the artifacts. It's the only thing I use since I didn't have any soul skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing like a soul skill is Still Mind. In which I am pushing as much aura into as I can.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My sword ripped through the middle finger before going for the index finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normal artifact shouldn't be able to do that, but mine could. Earlier, I had dealt with the attack with only the power of the artifact; this time, I used the aura blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see the surprise flash in his eyes, but that didn't change the smile on his face, nor did it make me relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade ripped through the index finger and went to the pinkie, and I began cutting through it, when I felt the other four parts touching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They touched the swirling aura around me, before breaching through it by the time I finish with the pinkie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard the mage laughing, but I didn't have time to care about it as the three parts of the spells struck me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't come as the individual parts, though; they merged and hit my mirror-like soul with a sledgehammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhhhhh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I screamed as the spells hit me. It is powerful, and it wants to destroy my soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I fear it's might. Root Mind, which is like a layer on the mirror, is protecting it, but I could feel the strain and felt like it might break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I cannot have that!' I pushed more power into it, but the spells aren't something that can be brought back down. It is designed to destroy the soul, and it is what it will do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also poured more aura into Still Mind while assaulting the spells with the power of my artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had had a few more weeks, I would have been able to use the power of the artifact to cut the spells in my soul or at least chip it faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Another spell is coming!' a voice rang out in my head. She didn't have to tell me; even in this pain, I had sensed the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is another Pale Hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, I pushed my efforts to the highest and swung my sword toward the spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I destroyed the spells in my soul, but was only able to eliminate one finger of the second Pale Hand, before it came at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I formed Root Mind again, just a moment before the spells struck me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spell clashed against my soul once more, with greater power than before, but this time, the Root Mind held, better than the last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the second method, which I had comprehended and practiced daily since then. Unlike the other three, I couldn't challenge it, which helped me improve them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when the first Pale Hand clashed against it and began to crack, Root Mind, I studied the weaknesses in the method and tried to fix them in the second one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had stopped the first clash, but it is far from over; it is pressing harder, and the cracks begin to spread once more on Root Mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Root Mind is destroyed, Pale Hand will go to the soul, and that will be the end of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I absolutely can't let it happen. I have to stop it, no matter what. I pushed more aura, harnessed it from the deepest part of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was straining to survive with everything I have, when I sense another spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a soul spell, but just as dangerous of a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tamal Wraithhearth\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became pale and began bleeding through every orifice as my spells hit him, but it didn't do what the spells were supposed to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were supposed to kill him instantly, but they did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is my most potent soul spell, but he had somehow defended against it. I could still feel my spell active, but he is holding on against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He shouldn't be able to do that!' I said to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is technically Lv. 40, but not in a combat class. I had killed those with the skill that has soul defence skills, and I could not sense one from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is defending with the artifact and aura method, which makes this even more shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a second had passed since I launched the spell at him when my staff lit up with another spell. The spell could kill him, but I am not going to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spell is just as powerful as Pale Hand. Even more powerful than it, considering the massive mana it consumes, not only during the casting, but also after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That put me in a dangerous position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's one of the two reasons I don't use this spell. The second is that I did not need to. Most were finished with Pale Hand or spells before that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Silver had forced me to use my strongest spell. Even Liorian won't survive it, much less Silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Tamal, they have forbidden us from killing him.' Liorian's voice rang out in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am not surprised. What surprised me was that he didn't call me before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is still fighting the giantblood general. He should have finished him by now, moving to kill the others, and I wanted to say that much, but I couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan was to capture Silver and kill all the higher-ups who could take command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have utterly failed. Even Yark is held back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There is no choice; you have seen what he did and how he is fighting. He is too dangerous to keep alive,' I replied, and the spells began to materialize in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no answer from the other end. Nor, I expected, could he understand how dangerous Silver could become if we let him grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a struggle to open my eyes, since the spell was still attacking me, but I managed to do so and looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a massive coffin above, immense enough to swallow me whole, and it is now falling toward me at a breakneck speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a pure white coffin with unselling swirly designs over it. I have to destroy it before it covers me, or it will be very hard for me to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is Dymiran's Coffin, or some call it the Coffin of the Silent Screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spell is just as dangerous as the soul attacks. I am struggling against to protect my soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gritted my teeth and felt a pain that made me want to scream. I bore it, because I need to do it. If I let this spell do what it does, it will be horrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cyan blade formed on my sword and shot toward it with the power of the artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tore a hole through it, but it didn't destroy the coffin. Seeing that, my aura formed another fractal and shot it toward it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could sense it weakening a little, but not enough to cause substantial damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it appeared right above me, and I swung my sword toward it, while it moved to swallow me and the beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard the ripping sound before everything turned dark as the coffin enveloped me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dymiran's Coffin is one of the most powerful Grade V necromancer spells. Once inside, it cut off vision, hearing, even the sense of smell and taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura makes the spell even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is why this spell is also called the last destination, because it is the last destination for people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once inside, people die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has a heavy expenditure, though. It is why, rarely, do necromancers use this spell. It consumes too much mana; even for the necromancers, who could pull mana from the undead, it is a heavy spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had thought I wouldn't be able to use such a powerful spell. So quickly in the battle, but it seemed that seeing his spells getting cut apart left him with no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence descended with the suppression. Making the horse nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the first time it has shown such nervousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm boy,\" I said, activating the skills that shot the pain through my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horse calmed a little, which made me feel relieved. It needs to be calm. If it panics, it will kill itself and also me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds passed, and nothing happened. We remained in absolute darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is unbearable, but I remained calm. Half of my focus stayed on the coffin, while the other half remained focused on soul spells, which I am still struggling against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over ten seconds passed before the coffin finally acted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, two fractals begin to form at once. Immense pain is shot through my head as I am still struggling hard against the soul spells, but there is no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fractals formed, and immediately, they clashed. The shield clashed against the bones while my blade cut through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others might not be able to sense something once they are inside the spells, but I could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip Rip Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I defended, but not against it all. Two bone blades cut through my shoulder and arm, while the horse's back and legs were cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Rip Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I activated the skills to calm it, while moving my sword to defend against another attack and forming a fractal for another shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me feel like it would split my head apart, but I did it, and a second aura shield formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it wasn't enough to defend against it all. The horse and I got cut again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, in this spell. He has the absolute authority. I could not do anything but defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then how would one survive this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are two ways: the first is raw power. Simply smash through it, which is not an option for me; I am utterly strained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only reason I am continuing is that I am pushing myself every moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second is to survive longer than the spell. As I had mentioned, this spell costs a lot of mastery. To cast to maintain, the caster cannot do it for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I do not have raw power, but surviving till the Necromancer is exhausted is going to be a monumental challenge as well, but I have no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to do it to survive and win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Rip Clang\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attacks kept coming, and their intensity increased further. More cuts appeared on my body, some shallow, while some were deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same with the horse, which I am controlling, because staying in one place is dying here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the coffin isn't big, it's big enough for small movements, and that is what the horse is making with lightning blazing across its legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good boy,\" I praised as it dodged a big bone spike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horse seemed to understand what was at stake as it followed my command without hesitation. There used to be faint resistance before, but now it has vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had fully submitted to me because it understood. I am the only one who could save it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed, and I sensed awakening and another belonging to my people, but a few seconds after that, I sensed another one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is from the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battle is pushing us, as well as the enemy. They are under no less pressure than we are, especially after I wiped away over 80% of the horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They need to win this battle at any cost, and so do we.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another awakened, and this one, too, from the undead, making it four. I was cursing it when I sensed three awakening one after another in a span of nine seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so shocking that I didn't dare to believe it. Especially when all three were from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It brought me joy, which only dimmed when I sensed another awakening from the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes passed, and then another and another. I sensed the awakening from both sides. Soon, the numbers went over ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is shocking; fountain events are very rare, but to me, there was no surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In my domain, I could feel their emotions, the stress they are under, and how they are pushing themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang Rip Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attacks intensified further and put every bit of focus on the coffin. It had injured me and, many times, nearly killed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I didn't focus, I would die, and so would the monster I am riding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I defended. Focusing on everything, getting better, every moment, despite the enemy attacking from all sides with powerful attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The spell is ready. It will be activated in three seconds,' Caena's voice rang in my mind, finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her words felt like water to the thirsty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, I decided to push everything and go beyond what I have. I need to do it because her spells will not affect this coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to get out before she activates the spell, or I will lose the chance, the only chance I will have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six fractals appeared in front of me; it gave me such pain that I felt like I would split apart. Even die, and that is a real possibility, given sheer strain, but I bore it and pushed forward, with gritted teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the fractals transformed into six cyan blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't do this when he trapped me in the coffin, but I could now, and I am going to break out of here, because it's time, I kill that bloody Necromancer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can’t wait for updates? 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