Versatile System Online

“Arghhh,” Ray’s stifled scream echoed in the opening as his friends looked at him, their mouth agape as confusion was evident on their faces.

“Ray!!!” Tim, Sirius and Noah screamed as they rushed up to him with their weapons out and ready to attack anyone who had tried to harm Ray. They had thought that Ray had been attacked or controlled by some psychic user and had did such a thing under influence of someone.

“Dont come closer or you will die,” Ray screamed. His voice was hoarse as the pain was evident in his voice, “It’s something I am doing of my own accord. Just make sure no one comes closer to me,” His words hurt them all.

They couldn’t imagine why Ray had decided to do such a thing alone and had kept them in dark but again, they all trusted him and simply did as he had asked.

Forming a circle around the opening, everyone had their weapons in hands as they guarded the opening.

Right now, Ray was feeling a pain he had never felt. It felt as if he himself was being sucked out by the formation; tearing apart every fibre of his being as his life force was slowly sucked out by the spell.

With inclusion of Ray’s life force and blood, the formation changed its color as the previously white energy turned blood red while the spell was even more complete.

This was felt by Kashish as a sudden influx in power had startled her and that led to her opening her eyes. As she looked forward, she saw Ray kneeling in front of the formation, his hand stretched outwards as blood poured out of it.

“What is he doing? Why is he giving his blood?” Her thoughts were worried as she didn’t get why Ray was doing what he was doing. After all, Ray had previously told her that the spell would take her life force and blood and Kashish was ready for it but Ray wasn’t. It wasn’t like Ray to throw his teammates and friends in danger while being safe himself and hence, he had decided to put himself on the line instead of Kashish.

Sensing someone’s gaze upon him, Ray looked up with much difficulty and saw Kashish looking at her with tears streaming down her eyes.

“Don’t cry, I’m here to help you out,” His smile hurt her more than anything and like a gate that had been opened, she started crying uncontrollably.

“You have a job to do, don’t let my sacrifice go to waste,” his next words steeled Kashish’s resolve as she nodded and closed her eyes.

Ray had sacrificed a part of his life for him and Kashish was going to make sure that she did her job well enough for it to not go to waste.

Unbeknownst to her, she started to use her powers differently. Tapping into the depths of her affinity she started using every inch of mana and potential in her body as parts of her willpower had started to imbue in the spell.

It was to be said that imbuing willpower into spells and attacks was something that only those who had mastered their affinity to a certain extent could do as this led to various power-ups in their attacks but what most people didn’t know was that when one was in a very extreme emotional state like Kashish was right now, they imbued their willpower into the spells innately and this gave the spell special abilities and effects according to that emotion they felt.

Right now, what Kashish felt was unyielding resolve and love for Ray. She had felt emotions for him for a long time but right now, seeing his sacrifice and the trust he had in her, she felt her heart beat for him. If before her love for him was like a small stream of water, right now it was like a gushing river that overflowed uncontrollably.

The same emotions led the spell she had been casting to become stronger and stronger as it gained a special effect on tenaciousness and will to go forward and never yield.

The mana in her body started to spread out as she slowly covered the whole region and after that, her influence started to project out of the region and into other parts of the forest.

“Arghhh!!” Such actions put a great toll on not only her mana core but also her body. The mana pathways in all her body were throbbing from pain as her brain was having a sensory overload trying to control so much power at the same time but she didn’t stop, she kept on using the spell.

Soon, the spell’s influence had reached half the forest and this tipped off the power the tree had over the forest.

In the core of the forest,

The whole core trembled as the tree in the middle of it turned blood red. The crimson veins on its surface lit up as the tree’s projection appeared over the canopy. Its eyes were crimson as anger was evident on its face.

“How dare you!!” The projection screamed as it ordered all the forces under its command, “Go and Kill that damned Bitch. I don’t want her messing in my kingdom,” as its voice spread through the whole core of the forest, flocks of birds flew out and then following them were hordes and hordes of beasts as they all marched towards their destination- The Region where Ray and others were.

The tree’s anger was felt throughout the forest and Ray and the rest of them also felt it as a reddish hue had appeared in the forest.

“Ray, they are coming,” Emma’s voice sounded in Ray’s head as Ray looked up and smiled wryly. He could see the birds flocking in the region and he knew it was time for him to gather everyone.

“Thanks Emma, lets proceed to the fourth phase,” Saying that, he turned to Aliya and Tim as they both nodded to him and bolted out of the opening. Heading to the barrier set up by Warmacks, Tim looked up at his sister.

Someone who had stayed out of the action as well but was equally, if not even more useful than the others.

“Elina, its time,” Tim solemnly said as he saw his sister turn around. Her eyes were pitch black as an uncomfortable dark aura surrounded her. Her whole skin was covered in runic tattoos and inscription that scared the hell out of Tim. He barely recognized his sister but he trusted in her. It was her strength and he was proud of her.

“Okay Doofus, I’m also ready,” her voice was also creepy but her words and the way she talked to him calmed him down. His sister was still there and even though she looked and sounded creepy, it was her sister.

Tim nodded as he turned around and along with Aliya he ran to his other destination- The Head Nurse’s tent. It was time to wake them up and drop the bomb on them.

On the other hand,

Elina turned back to the barrier as she smiled viciously. Even her teeth had turned black. It was very strange as the old Elina wasn’t found anywhere and in place of her was a demonic being that scared the shit out of everyone.

However,

Elina was still Elina. What was different was that she had learned to control her powers more efficiently and in a way that it made her control the powers of the demon inside her to a higher capacity.𝐎𝑽𝗅xt.𝗇𝓔t

Raising her hands, she locked both of her hands together and cast her spell,

[Domain:- Curse Illusion],

Yes it was a domain, with the help of the demon in her. She had learned to cast her own domain and not just any domain. Her domain was not only derived from her own ability and powers but from that of the demon as well.

She could alter her domain and make various domain out of it by changing the extent of powers she let flow in it.

However, she was still too weak to sustain a domain and hence, whenever she used the domain; it was either for a few seconds or with an external source of power. And when she had told about it to Ray, Ray had given her some spirit crystals as an external source of power and only said,

“I don’t care about these spirit crystals. We can have more of them anytime we need. Just kill as many as you can. Elina, I give you the green light. Go on a rampage, show them what you truly are and show them what your father was and tell it to them that you are his successor and wield his father,”

Those words were all that were needed and Elina had given it her all and was now ready to show the world what she was made up of and what the true potential of her bloodline.

It was today that the world would realize that the there was still hope and that it wasn’t all doomed.