novelraw Chapter 360: Apostle of Pride, Superbia
Chapter 360: Apostle of Pride, Superbia
"K-Kai? Is...is that you? Huh...thought I’d be dead by now...I’m even hallucinating...it looks like...I’m in a forest...," Charlotte uttered weakly, as I knelt down beside her with a grimace.
"I...I’m sorry, Chairwoman. There’s nothing I can do to save you. It’s nothing short of incredible that you’ve survived this long with those injuries, but...you’ll be dead soon, I don’t have any way to heal you," I remarked quietly, clenching my fists.
"Yeah, I...I know. If only...if only I were stronger...then maybe, I-...," She began, before pausing for a moment as she trailed off and added, "Wait...kill me. Quickly."
"H-Huh?"
"If...if you kill me...you can bring me...back as...an Apostle of...Sin, right? Do it..."
"What? I don’t-...I-I can’t control when Subjugate unlocks, and I can’t just-...!"
"P-Please, I...I don’t have...the time...to argue. I-I have nothing...to lose...so it’s at least worth...worth a shot, right? I...I want to fight. Th-This...this can’t be...how it ends...so...please...give me...the chance to...fight again...," She uttered, her eyelids starting to droop.
Ai? What-...?
"Kai...please..."
"I-...okay, then," I nodded, shakily raising Desecrator before relaxing as I took a deep breath, and drove the blade down with a grimace.
My chest tightened as the blade plunged through the left side of her chest, cutting into her flesh as it slipped through a gap in her ribcage, before piercing her heart.
Her body seized up slightly, before her expression eased, her eyes slowly closing as her body went limp and slumped against the ground as a slight smile spread out across her lips...
"
A dense mass of energy erupted over her body, before rapidly taking shape in a humanoid form, resembling Charlotte, except...younger.
The humanoid figure’s body glowed in a hue similar to her complexion, short gray hair appearing on her head, styled across to the left.
A pair of black glasses formed over her red eyes, before a white tube top wrapped around her torso.
A short, open black jacket that stopped halfway down her stomach appeared over it, along with black trousers and a white waist-cape that went down past the back of her knees, and finally, a bright green spear formed in her right hand.
As she lifted her head and met my gaze, a screen popped up in front of me...
Apostle of Pride
Name: [ ]
Age: 92
Gender: Female
Height: 5’10"
Weight: 82 KG
Skills:
Create Wind Spear
Unstoppable Force
Immovable Object
High Elemental Resistance
High Status Effect Resistance
Super Spear Wielding Affinity
Stats:
HP: 773
MP: 408
Strength: 776
Agility: 1150
Vitality: 770
Perception: 1340
Power Level: 869,500
Huh? Her Power Level, it’s close to what her full Potential was, her Power Level before she died was almost 150,000 lower than it is now.
Her Agility and Perception in particular have skyrocketed. Is this what her stats were like when she was in her prime, maybe?
I can’t help but feel conflicted about this. On the one hand, she isn’t gone, I’m definitely happy about that, but...
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"I, uh, you really don’t have to-..."
"
Huh. She’s, uh...she’s taking this really well.
I mean, I know she literally asked for it and all, but still...
"I don’t know, it feels kinda wrong to just rename you like th-...," I began.
"Oh, I don’t mind at all. Actually, I think it’d be pretty cool to have an edgy new name," She laughed light-heartedly.
"Right, uh...in that case, I’ll call you Superbia," I responded, feeling a bit disconcerted.
" That’s too bad, it would’ve been nice to have my blonde hair back. Well, it’s fine>," She grinned cheerfully, adding as she swung her spear across, " "I see...sorry, I’m still having trouble processing the reality of this situation," I responded in bemusement. " "If nothing else, I’m glad you aren’t gone," I replied with a smile. " " Oh, I kinda forgot that he was here. On that note, uh...where exactly is ’here’? Ai? Where are we? " " Huh?