[Silent Domain] (Special)
Type: Active / Area Control
Cost: 10 mana
Description: The user manifests a field of oppressive stillness that nullifies all sound and disrupts the flow of energy and magic within its range—blocking spellcasting, healing, and all kinds of abilities. The radius begins at 1 meter and expands with control and energy investment. Maintaining this domain consumes energy continuously, and overextension can damage the user's core.
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The domain was was extremely quiet. So quiet that no sound would entered one's ears. Also, skills and magic can't be used here, only the based physical ability can be used here in which, Micheal were advantage.
At the center, two beings were standing in pose. Michael still on his defense position, while the blight lich attacking with is now a skeleton hand.
Thwack!
Micheal pushed the lich hand down and throw a powerful and swift strike on the skeleton head of this lich. Jab, straight, uppercut, swing!
The fight was barbaric and primitive, a big dishonor for a powerful magical beings like them. But do Micheal care? No, he just thinking about how to defeat this skeleton bastard, and the skeleton also thought the same thing too.
Micheal didn't stop his continuous combo, even when the head of the skeleton has already fallen off, he still want to dissect this skeleton piece by piece, and crush it to powder. Unfortunately, this piece of skeleton is so hard and durable it's seemingly impossible to crush it at such short amount of time.
Baam!
Thwack!
Thwack!
The two exchange blows and parried one another, at a speed so fast that it was blurring. Even do they lost their magical abilities, they were still strong warriors that fight until the end or so.
Their speed were around the same, but one puch harder than the other, that it send the skeleton guys skeleton part flying, still it's bones are strong and it just need to pick it up and put it back, and he looks like as good as new.
The primitive fight, lasted for a minute before the domain collapse and both gained back their full magical abilities. But they didn't fight again, they just stared at one another like they want to discern who are now the weaker one.
The standoff lasted for a couple seconds before the both side, back away. Seemingly done with this massive nonsense.
The battle between him and the undead seems to have end for now as both side retreated. Micheal sigh a relief seeing this, he really can't last any more longer, that minute in the domain just exhausted his attribute energy reserve, while his mana are reaching critical point.
Yes, he use his attribute energy to power up his energy draining domain skill for a full minute before being exhausted. Even do his attribute energy have the qualities of becoming mana substitute, it's really not good and the trade off were like exchanging a valuable gold for a water because you're thirsty and you don't have money available, other than it.
It's one of the worse trade off you can have, but it'll save your life at critical times.
"...You–"
"Human...Are...Good!"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the blight lich spoke in human language, albeit it sounded crooked and struggled doing so, it still shocked Micheal silly. This is the first time he seen and heard that a monster could speak, his world seems to have turned upside down at this moment.
The blight lich smiled menacingly, before it turned phantom and dissipated in the air. Leaving Micheal, still shock and dumbfounded, alone.
"We...shall...meet...again"
The lich added, before disappearing. Micheal was stunned for a couple of second, before his attention was back at the battlefield again.
The undead were rapidly retreating like they received an order to fall back, leaving in masses while other monster race continue their attacks.
Michael doesn't make thing harder for this undead and focused his attention back on the attacking enemies. His eyes squinted and turned serious, looks like he needs to conduct a massive and large scale cleaning operation this night.
He sighed, before he seemingly appeared before the frontline with being adorned on crimson battle armour again, reaping the lives of hundreds of monsters a second.
[Ding!]
[You've killed a Blood Monster (lvl.9)]
[You've gained 512 experience points]
[You've killed a Mutated Hound (lvl.9)]
[You've gained 512 experience points]
[You've killed a Vein Harvester (lvl.9)]
[You've gained 512 experience points]
[...]X99
Then he used his unique ability upon the fallen, to replenish his lost mana and other important energies.
[Ding!]
[You use your Unique Ability on a [Vein Harvester] (Lvl. 9)]
[You gained 25 attribute energy]
[You use your Unique Ability on a [Mutated Hound] (Lvl. 9)]
[You gained 26 attribute energy]
...X99
[You use your Unique Ability on a [Blood Monster] (Lvl. 9)]
[You gained 28 attribute energy, Active Skill—Blood Claw (Uncommon)]
Soon, the seemingly endless horde of aberrant monster and other creature seems to become sparse.
Michael slashed the last monster in two, before he stopped. His dazzling crimson armour of his fading like a dying candle, and he was back to normal.
He then walk towards the dozen fighters that fought and stayed to block the horde from coming towards the survivors gathering place. They were all battered and badly injured, but still alive and kicking.
He stand there, eyes scanning the dozen individuals, before he spoked calmly but felt like deafening.
"We've won. Again!" He smiled, his face lacking exhaustion but his eyes says it otherwise.
"Yeah"
"We've survived another night!"
"F*ck, I'm so damn tired!"
"Woah, we won! F*ck those monsters, they should just stay on their mothers womb!"
"..."
The group cheered weakly, seemingly too tired and injured from the fight to celebrate, but those at the camp were different.
"WOOOAAH!"
"Another day survived! Thank you lord!"
"Now just two more months to go!"
"Damn it boy! Don't spoil it!"
"When I go out from this trial world, I'll surely party everyday and night to celebrate"
"..."
In contrast to the defending group, the survivors on the camp, exploded into thunderous cheers. Jumping crazily like they just got the best gift on Christmas. They have the spare energy to be like this as they only watch in the sidelines.
Micheal who was still on the battlefield with the dozen strongest individuals, walk towards one of them.
It was Erick, then he patted his shoulders and nodded his head. Erick nodded his head back and Micheal continue to walk forward while looking at the others, especially one of them.
It was a young woman that have an azure blue hair and eyes, porcelain like skin who is standing there nonchalantly, while staring at him coldly.
Yes, she's beautiful and extremely beautiful on at that, the most beautiful girl she have ever seen in his entire life, but why do she's staring at him like that, like he owes her money or something!
In reaction to her cold face, Micheal smiled awkwardly as he continued to walk away like he was hurrying about something.
Then he entered the camp with the others, bringing cheers and heartfelt gratitude words from the other survivors. They surely doesn't know how to survive this mess, even do they also have strength that rank high on the outside world, but here, they were nothing but small fries.
He then entered his quiet room, only him has the authority to enter and use. Laying down back on his uncomfortable old– rusted metal bed.
As soon as he layed his body, he instantly fall into unconscious. Even do he looks fine and energetic in the outside, he's already gotten tired mentally long ago, and no amount of energy can fill that fatigue. He just need to have a peaceful rest.
Unfortunately, the world seems to not give him that, as a new information was about to be announce to all Aspirant that survived the first month, and it was not a good one.