Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

Chapter 701 What is left behind

[Eon's POV: ]

The light was so bright they must have thought of it as some kind of explosion of light. However, thankfully, it was only a momentary one.

[[ Master! Everyone was surprised! What was that?! ]]

"Just an unexpected mistake dear. Don't worry about it and continue what you were doing. Finish it before you are completely fine."

[[ Alright master…. Masterrrrrrrrrrr! ]]

And just like that, my dear familiar returned to her crying session.

And we focused on the situation at hand.

'Status window.'

===Status===

Name: Axion Heliox Kromet Von Aishwa Elanor Ethan Griffin

Age: 15

Strength: 198

Dexterity: 201

Stamina: 213

Magic Power: 249

Intelligence: 225

Luck: 147

Charm: 156

[Skill: Energy Circulation.]

[Origin Skill: Instigator of Dawn: Advanced mastery.

 -Three Eyes (Stage-2)

 -Dynamic Heart (Stage-1)

 -White gate (Stage-2)

 -Lucy (Stage-0) 

 -Call of Authority (Stage-1)

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'The hell?'

My origin mastery levelled up?

And not only that, my [White Crack] upgraded to stage two as well?

'The hell kind of power up is this?'

[[ *Haaa… master, you lost all your skills. And there isn't any great increase in stats either. Just that the purity of all your stats increased a bit. 

The increase in healing factor seems to be effects of your only left innate skill that seems to have gotten some new powers, however, I am not sure.

I will check it later but the new branched origin skill you unlocked will have to be checked by you.* ]]

'I know, I know. Still, thanks for everything. But, what do you mean by a little increase in stat's purity? How little this 'little' of yours actually is?'

I knew for certain any kind of 'little' from her side is something too visibly shocking for the one related to this 'increase'. 

[[ *Well, you can check that out yourself.* ]]

'Right.'

The arrow was still in my hands and it was brimming with a powerful energy so strong I doubted there will be some kind of problems over there. 

'Just in case…'

I asked Celes to connect me with Master Maverick over there and asked him to clear out the area around the lich a little.

And, as I watched with my third eye, which seemed to have improved a little as well, they quickly backed off from the lich that had already caused substantial damage to ours side.

'That thing sure is dangerous…'

It was growing in real time after absorbing their own people and was something so dangerous that had to be eliminated.

-Ooooooooooong!

"Then, let's see how much I have improved."

-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish~!

I released Asta and since the Law of acceleration was to be broken, Asta traveled through the space at a speed so great it broke the sound barrier even before it was outside the city area.

And, as a result, a large shockwave was created right above the city, which, thankfully didn't cause any great damages thanks to the barrier that Lord Justin was maintaining right now.

Asta, then continued accelerating and became a bright ray of light that seemed same as a shooting star to everyone on the battlefields that saw it.

-Boooooooooooom!

And then, it arrived precisely above the skull of the lich, released the special spell that was encoded inside Asta, destroyed the barrierer that sucked life force from around the lick, and with a little shift, it precisely landed on the orb in the hands of the lich, his vessel.

And, completely destroyed the vessel as well as the lich with a great explosion of pure white light energy that was released from Don and the branch.

"Phewwwww… that was a show, alright?"

It was much, much more powerful than I intended it to be. And the output had increased by more than thirty percent as well.

However, the most noticeable thing in all of this was how I was fine even after releasing that powerful of an attack.

"There was a recoil great enough that I should have thrown up more blood or at least, I should have been on the ground even in my perfect condition, but, I am still standing and am fine… is this because of the improved physical conditions, Lucy, or is this because of the new skill?"

[[ *I cannot say for certain, master. This might also be because of both the things. Or perhaps, it might not be because of either of them. We will have to find out for ourselves.* ]]

'Is that so…?'

It is said that the physical body goes through a reconfiguration process during the Origin awakening. Which literally means it would change the entire body and losing all the skills that are imprinted on the physical body is a natural thing I had expected from the start.

I wasn't worried about the loss of skills however, the fact that this body reconfiguration would cause so many physical changes, which practically changed most of the things about my body and myself, was something I cannot just ignore.

'However, I cannot do that right now.'

The lich was terminated with that one attack and they could now deal with the remaining people.

The inside of the city was free of the cultists completely as well, and the other four strongholds were almost taken care of now.

"Big brother!"

And Zoe was here now, so, she was definitely going to nag at me for being careless, and foolish once again.

It was certain, but before that…

"Where are you hurting? Why did you do it? How could you do it even after I said not to do something foolish! You are a bad brother!"

She hugged me, with her eyes shedding tears of sadness, her grip around me being too much even with my upgraded physical abilities, but, she was crying. Something I did not like.

"It was nothing, Zoe… don't you see? I am perfectly fine-"

"Of course you are! That's the only reason I am not doing anything right now!"

Of course. Or else the city and the forest beyond the walls would be covered in flames by now.

…

It took me a while to console this little sister of mine and while I did that, the situation on the battlefields was slowly coming to an end.

[[ Master, they are done with the last one as well. ]]

[[ "Good." ]]

The enemy was eradicated.

It was dawn already, so the sun rising on the horizon was painting the city with its first rays.

"You bastard! You dumb fucking bastard!"

Rein was here after dealing with everything on her end, looking completely worn down, angry, with tears lingering at the end of her eyes.

She was angry that I cut off all communication with her and did something so dangerous, however, since she knew I was fine, as well as about the awakening, she at least didn't hit me.

Or perhaps she postponed the hitting and punishment part for now, which was for the best as well.

'Haaaaa…'

The first place to fall was the bar stronghold inside of the city, and then the jewellery shop.

Then the one in the north where the lust demon had appeared, followed by the south area with Rein and emperor August.

Then the western side was done with their work, and lastly, the north eastern stronghold was taken down after a long struggle.

But ultimately, with a new morning greeting us, the war itself, had ended now…

'Lucy.'

[[ *Three thousand and twelve people died, master. And since their bodies were used as sacrifices for the demon summoning, they disappeared as well.

Additionally, two hundred and thirty one people have suffered grave injuries that will require strong healing powers to repair.

12% of the city infrastructure was damaged, however, not any irreplaceable damage was done so it can be repaired easily.

The demonic energy was spread throughout the city atmosphere so it needs an immediate cleanup or else being in contact with the demonic energy will cause a great deal of damage to the regular citizens.

There is a chance that the battle was analysed by the cult members that managed to slip away, and that they might come back or report it to their superiors, so, you should not let your guard down yet, master.

And, lastly… I know you don't want to hear this, but, it seems like there was an information leak from our side.

The ones that managed to flee were mostly from the strongholds inside of the city area. Which, of course, is unsettling.* ]]

The city was covered in flames, ice, and damage…

Death was in the air now…

Lives were lost and damage was done even though we tried our best.

The innocent lives of the common people, the children who played on the street just until yesterday… the people we had interacted with not long ago, and even the bad people who weren't as bad as the bastards who killed them. They were dead now.

They died meaningless deaths knowing neither cause of their deaths, nor having the chance to say goodbyes to the ones related to them.

'They… just died.'

And their souls, their bodies, were sacrificed in order to summon the demons who also died meaningless deaths.

"Eon…"

"Oh, headmaster… you are back."

Damage could not have been prevented completely even if the headmaster was here prior to all this.

The forces we had on our side, when combined, were multiple times stronger than him alone. And even with whatever data we had about the enemies, we still did not manage to save all of those who died.

What was done, was done already. 

The storm had passed… and in its wake, it had left thousands of deaths, an immeasurable amount of damage, and an eternal void in many hearts that would not heal with time.

'It was over…'

This physical war, at the very least, is over now.

'However…'

The damage that the storm, this 'unreal' war had left behind, was not going to end with just the end of the cultists.

'The real struggle starts now.'

For us, for the citizens, for the rulers of this land, and for the one standing before me that felt the most guilt at the moment…

The real struggles were going to start now.