novelraw Chapter 103: The Great Purge
Chapter 103: The Great Purge
[Synchronization +371.5%]
[Current Synchronization]: 1,421.1%
[Acquired x4 Eldritch Knight Token]
[+404 Minor Terror Shards (Awaken)]
[+235 Medium Terror Shards (Awaken)]
[+104 Major Terror Shards (Awaken)]
<+7430 Prime Coins>
The two Skinwalkers stood before him. The night had passed and the sun had risen. But the Skinwalkers didn’t leave.
Sunlight shined upon them and they didn’t die.
’I see. The reason they evolved into skin wearing monster is because it would allow them to negate the side effect of dying under sunlight. But would they still be immune if I got rid of their fake skin?’
Carter pointed the Prisoner at them.
"You’re here to die, Terrors?"
"We’re here to negotiate." One of the Skinwalkers spoke. It was a woman.
"If you stopped killing our kind, we would stop feeding on human."
The white swordsman shook his head, "Don’t lie to me. Terrors feed on human to grow. You can never stop killing us."
"But aren’t you killing us as well?" The other Skinwalker said. It was a man.
"In self-defense."
"Don’t mock our intelligence, Eldritch Knight. How many of our kind have your kind captured and experimented on? You may not need to feed on us like we do. But you are no better!"
"Maybe. There are good and bad humans. But you seriously expected me to betray my kind? You’re too confident in your intelligence, Terrors."
"It seems like negotiation is out of the window."
"It always has."
The Skinwalkers transformed. They didn’t shed their skin, instead they grew fangs and teeth.
They weren’t afraid of sunlight even after transformation.
The thick red aura enveloped Carter. He didn’t use his Raven Armor and bolted toward the Terrors.
His blade slashed over two illusions that disappeared immediately.
"Huh?" Carter frowned.
"Please. We aren’t those weak Minor Elite."
More illusions appeared around him. They attacked him as once. He tried to deflect it all.
Some illusions disappeared once he got in contact with them, allowing for the real Terrors to attack his blind spots.
Carter was quick enough to react and defend himself.
"Kekekeke!" The laugh of the Terror echoed. "How long can you keep this up? We will grind you down."
’You’ll be surprised as how long I can fight.’
With Adrenaline and Evaporative Decompression, he could fight for days. But Carter didn’t intend to do that.
The white swordsman closed his eyes. Sonar Echolocation mapped out the surrounding area for him.
The illusions looked real but they didn’t sound real. They were only a trick on his eyes.
So when he removed his vision, the actual Terrors were exposed.
Carter dashed toward the Terrors. His body went through the illusions and dissipated them like smoke.
"How?!"
The Terrors separated and tried to run away.
Carter burned even more internal energy and made his red aura thicker. He chased after a Terror and thrust the sword into its back.
"Prisoner Unbound!"
In mid thrust, he transformed. The black feathers went inside the Skinwalker and exploded it into pieces. There was still a head falling onto the ground, allowing him to collect its shard later.
[Synchronization +18.6%]
[Current Synchronization]: 1,439.7%
"Damn it! He’s even more powerful than the rumor!"
The remaining Skinwalker ran away. It knew it was pointless. But it must try.
A red streak went through its body and split it in two halves.
Its upper body crawled away in fear.
The Raven Knight grabbed it. He pulled the skin off it and lifted it again the sunlight.
"No!" The Skinwalker whaled in pain as its body burned away.
’Hmm. So they are still vulnerable to sunlight. Their Elite Ability only created a tissue barrier that protect them from sunlight.’
Carter pulled it away. He couldn’t let the sun destroy it completely. That would lose his shard.
He threw the Skinwalker on the ground and trampled its head.
[Synchronization +17.0%
[Current Synchronization]: 1,456.7%
The Raven Armor disappeared.
’Come to me, Elite Shards.’
[+2 Medium Terror Shards (Elite)]
Barelo was liberated and with it was the survivors of this region. The survivors were moved away to safety. Carter was there to examine each survivor to make sure there was no Skinwalker.
"Are you alright, Zen?" Neros asked.
Carter nodded, "I’m fine. When is it the next mission?"
"A few days later. We need to make sure these survivors are safe."
"I want to ask... Why do you need the Brush to conjure your element?"
"Why? What do you mean? We have always used the Invoker Brush to conjure our power."
"Hmm. On our trip to another world, we meet someone with power very similar to you. But he didn’t need to use any item to conjure element."
Neros frowned, "Is he an Invoker?"
Carter shrugged, "Not sure. I’ll tell him to drop by when I have the chance."
Carter was obviously referring to his other skin, Silver Invoker.
The white swordsman and his allies continued to attack the cities that were invaded by Terrors. For some reasons, the amount of Terrors had significantly decreased. All Skinwalkers disappeared, leaving only the weak Minor and Medium Awaken Terrors on the streets.
The powerful ones had all runaway.
’What are they planning to do?’ Carter asked himself.
He didn’t care much as long as he could gather more Synchronization and more Prime Coins.
[Synchronization +439.5%]
[Current Synchronization]: 1,896.2%
[Acquired x4 Eldritch Knight Token]
<+8790 Prime Coins>
’Less than 200% away from reaching another thousand goal. I wonder if I’m going to get another Champion Seed or would it just be a normal Token.’
Skin Fusion would cause any previous Synchronization to disappear. The only exception was his own Skin. Carter intended to find out before fusing the Eldritch Knight to higher level.
They returned to the East Headquarters after basically wiping out most Terrors on the East Continent. The only place left was Manaca.
All the Terrors had flooded there. The Corrupted Priests were also there. It would not be an easy battle.
The new President of the East Continent, Shinichi Kurosaki welcomed them back. This one was much gentler and understanding than the previous one.
The other leaders of the world were also there. They had another meeting to decide what to do with Manaca.
Carter arrived in the room. Everyone was there. The leaders. The Invokers. The Priests.
"Shall we begin?"