CH.434 Superior Synchro vs. Corrupted Synchro<strong>[Cailie POV]</strong>
<span style="font-weight:400">“Summon Wind Spirit!” I yelled out, as I focused my mana so that I could call forth my second mother, Anemoi.
<span style="font-weight:400">It felt as if all the air inside the barrier gathered to take the form of the superior spirit of wind, Anemoi.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh my little girl! It has been too long.” Anemoi said, as she took me into a deep embrace.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Mom! Not the time!” I said, and pointed at my sister who was synchronized with a sprite.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh that. That is no problem.” Mom said, as she sted the water creature with a powerful wind spell,pletely destroying the spell and sending my sister plummeting into the water for the second time. “Just let mom take care of everything. I’ll have both of them dealt with in no time.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No!” I yelped. “This … this is my fight. I have to beat her. But since she allowed spirits, I can use one too, right? So let’s y by her rules.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... are you sure? Your body may not be ready to synchronize with a superior spirit. I can go back and send a greater here instead.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. … I know you won’t hurt me, so let’s.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alright. But if anything starts to hurt, I’m stopping the synchro.” Mom said, as she entered my body.
<span style="font-weight:400">I felt a great rush of power as we synchronized, but it didn’t hurt.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alright.” I said, my voice sounding slightly echoey. “Let’s undo their synchro first, and then see if we can deal with that sprite without hurting my sister.”
<span style="font-weight:400">(We need to damage them for that. Or drain out all of your sister’s mana. When she can no longer supply mana to the sprite, the synchro should break.) Mom said in my head.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Alright. I suppose that is a reasonable n.) I responded. (... but she isn’ting out of the water, so what do we do?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Simple. If your enemy doesn’te to you, force them to.)
<span style="font-weight:400">I instinctively knew what to do and I casted a spell together with mom.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wind Typhoon!”
<span style="font-weight:400">A powerful whirlwind of air began to form in the room, and the massive power it had sucked in a lot of the water on the ground.
<span style="font-weight:400">With the water getting gathered, my sister was revealed. And she looked terrifying.
<span style="font-weight:400">She was using a mix of her Water Avatar and Water Kraken spells, making a monstrous looking avatar, with many, many water tentaclesing out of it.
<span style="font-weight:400">Luckily for us, the Kraken Avatar was somewhat held back by the Wind Typhoon, so we could spend a bit strategizing.
<span style="font-weight:400">(... Thanks for being here, mom. I’m not sure I wouldn’t be terrified if you weren''t’.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(There is nothing wrong with being scared. It is all about what you do when you are.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(... Do we just smash it?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(We could, or we can do what they are doing.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(... okay. Let’s.)
<span style="font-weight:400">With a n agreed on, I began focusing on the spell we would use. The same one my sister was using, except with the Wind attribute.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wind Avatar!”
<span style="font-weight:400">With our spell, we also made an avatar, but ours was made of wind with us as the center.
<span style="font-weight:400">(We should have a weapon as well.) Mom said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Okay.) I agreed, so we casted the next spell.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wind Lance!”
<span style="font-weight:400">With argence made of wind now in the hand of our Wind Avatar, we were ready for the fight.
<span style="font-weight:400">With the Wind Typhoon running out, all of the water it had gathered began to fall to the ground, and my sister’s Kraken Avatar used the water to form two Water Whips, one in each hand.
<span style="font-weight:400">I’m not scared. I’m not scared. I’m only fighting someone with way more experience with their weapon, while I’ve barely ever even held ance. No pressure.
<span style="font-weight:400">(You know, we can turn this back into a magic fight, if you don’t like this avatar fight.) Mom said.
<span style="font-weight:400">(No! I’ll prove myself!)
<span style="font-weight:400">(To whom?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Myself!)
<span style="font-weight:400">I guided our avatar to move towards my sister, while using some Wind Cutter spells to cut her iing Water Whips. It was a bit difficult to manage three spells at the same time, but with mom’s help, I managed.
<span style="font-weight:400">I then shed at my sister with thence, trying to imitate how I’ve seen Brian use a sword. Sadly it didn’t do much to the Kraken Avatar.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Lances aren’t for shing. They are thrusting weapons.) Mom told me. (Stab her with it instead.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(O-Okay.)
<span style="font-weight:400">I quickly brought the Wind Lance back, before thrusting it at the Kraken Avatar. The avatar used its tentacles to try and stop thence, but with thence being made of wind, that proved useless. The wind overpowered the water tentacles, took some of the water into it, and pierced into the avatar. Sadly while I focused on that, my sister also focused on her attack, so two new Water Whips came from behind, and pierced our Wind Avatar.
<span style="font-weight:400">With the damage of the attacks, both of our avatars disappeared, and my sister plummeted down into the water for the third time. I just used Aerial Swimming to stay in the air.
<span style="font-weight:400">(We used a bit too much mana in that exchange.) Mom told me. (We need to be more efficient.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Don’t worry. I have Brian’s gifts.) I said, as I took a hold of the bracelet on my right arm. It held a magic stone that was linked to HomeBase, so I could draw mana from HomeBase.
<span style="font-weight:400">I activated it and felt a lot of mana entering my body and when my mana pool was almost full, I turned it off, so I wouldn’t overload myself.
<span style="font-weight:400">(... wow. Brian really goes all out with these items.) Mom said in awe.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yes. He goes a bit too far sometimes.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(But now we can go all out.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Yes.)
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wind Core!”
<span style="font-weight:400">Our next spell made a circling mass of wind that would gather anything loose and suck it in. It was simr to the Wind Typhoon in that way, but much more powerful.
<span style="font-weight:400">Our goal with this was simple. Gather all of the water inside the barrier, so that my sister would have to make new water with magic, which is a lot more mana intensive than just manipting already existing water. And since mana isn’t a problem for us, we can oust her and force her to undo the synchro.
<span style="font-weight:400">We watched as my sister was left at the bottom of the cavern. With no more natural water, and her inability to fly, we were at an evenrger advantage than before.
<span style="font-weight:400">Let’s see what she will try to do.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Water ….”
<span style="font-weight:400">We just barely heard my sister chanting a spell, which is strange, as she usually Quick Casts her spells.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Something big ising!) I quickly deduced.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Alright. A barrier it is then.) Mom agreed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wind Barrier!” With the spell, we made a round barrier around us. It should stop whatever my sister is nning.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Water Explosion!” My sister finished her spell and arge amount of highly pressurized water shot out everywhere.
<span style="font-weight:400">Luckily, our barrier was able to stop most of it. Unluckily, our Wind Core wasn’t and it burst open, dropping all the water that had been held in it to the ground.
<span style="font-weight:400">Did she n that? Doesn’t matter. We can just.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wind Core!” We used our previous strategy again, but this time, my sister was ready for it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Raging Sea!” She Quick Casted a spell that wasn’t regr water magic. It likely relied on the sprites power.
<span style="font-weight:400">The water she freed began to violently move around the room, and it was powerful enough where it mostly ignored our Wind Core.
<span style="font-weight:400">My sister then beganunching spears of water at us, but they were honestly not much. We either dodged them or had our Wind Barrier stop them. They didn’t have the power necessary to pierce our defenses.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wind Bomb!” We Quick Casted a spell of our own, letting thepressed ball of wind sink into the raging sea before it exploded, sending a powerful shockwave through the water.
<span style="font-weight:400">Sure the Raging Sea would reduce it a bit, but it should still daze my sister at least a bit.
<span style="font-weight:400">I then activated my bracelet for the second time, again topping off our mana.
<span style="font-weight:400">And that is how our fight continued. I kept dodging my sister''s attacks, while countering with spells that wouldn’t damage her too badly, but would take a lot of mana to negate. And we kept it up until the Raging Sea subsided, and the corrupted spirit was forced to separate from my sister.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Alright. Let’s finish this.) Mom said, ready to strike down the sprite.
<span style="font-weight:400">(... do we have to kill it? Brian has that mirror that can purify it.) I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">(... oh right. Yes. Let’s do that instead. But we have to bind the sprite.)
<span style="font-weight:400">“Wind Hold!”
<span style="font-weight:400">With Wind Hold, we took a hold of the sprite.
<span style="font-weight:400">Sadly the barrier for the sacred duel was still up, so we couldn’t get Brian in here to help, until we got it down.
<span style="font-weight:400">So I used Aerial Swimming to get to my sister, and pped her in the cheek a few times to get her toe to, as she passed out after the synchro was busted.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Arrgh! Water Whip!” As my sister came to, her first reaction was to cast another spell, but she was out of mana, so nothing happened.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Surrender.” I told her. “You have no mana left. Your synchro was undone. You can’t win.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I will not lose!” She yelled.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You already did. I don’t want to hurt you. … but if you don’t surrender, I will.” I said, as I felt mom casting a spell.
<span style="font-weight:400">I raised my fist and a dagger of wind formed into it. I then brought it down to my sister’s chest, ready to plunge it into her.
<span style="font-weight:400">… it didn’t feel nice, but it is the only way to lower the barrier, if my sister doesn’t surrender.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I Am Stronger Than You!” She yelled out, making me realize that there really was no other choice.
<span style="font-weight:400">So I plunged the Wind Dagger into my sister’s chest, ripping apart her flesh. I then brought it out, and watched as the sacred duel barrier lowered.
<span style="font-weight:400">I had won, but it really felt like a hollow victory.
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<strong>[Brian POV]</strong>
<span style="font-weight:400">I was proud of Cailie. I really was. She won.
<span style="font-weight:400">Sure some might say she cheated, but this entire fight was one big cheat.
<span style="font-weight:400">Had Amilie not summoned a sprite, Cailie wouldn’t have summoned Anemoi. And even before the spirits got involved, Cailie simply was stronger. She also had the huge advantage of being able to use Spirit Magic, while Amilie seemingly could only use Water Magic.
<span style="font-weight:400">But that is besides the point for now. We have a sprite to purify. I got one of my custom cards out of the Collection and quickly activated it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sprite Purifying Mirror!”
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<span style="font-weight:400">I then made sure the bound sprite looked at it long enough that it got fully purified.
<span style="font-weight:400">The now purified water spirit then disappeared, likely returning to the spirit world. Only to be reced by a different, much more powerful water spirit.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thssa. Nice to see you again.” I greeted the superior spirit of water.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian. You know why I’m here, right?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“It will make Rain sad, but I won’t say no.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t worry. Her family will still be the one you call when you call for the others. I made sure of that. Unless you specifically request a different kind of water spirit.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alright. Then thanks.”
<span style="font-weight:400">With a quick kiss on my cheek, my Water Spirits Blessing (Greater) turned into Thssa’s Blessing.
<span style="font-weight:400">Thssa then approached Cailie, who had undone her synchro with Anemoi.
<span style="font-weight:400">“And you. You aren’t getting away this time.” Thssa said, as she rushed Cailie, took her into her embrace and gave the mermaid a wet kiss. Not that kind of wet kiss. It just is wet because Thssa’s body is literally made of water.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thanks for purifying my child. And sorry for the trouble he caused. I’m taking his blessing back from that one.” Thssa pointed at Amilie when she said that. “And I’ll make sure he is better in the future.” Thssa said, referring to the greater water spirit.
<span style="font-weight:400">She then left for the spirit world and her body broke apart, the water it had been made of sshing onto the ground.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll be going as well.” Anemoi said. “I’m sure you can handle it from here, and if you can’t, just call me again.” She then turned to me and said. “And Brian. Cailie will need rest after this, so make sure she gets it. A superior synchro, especially as we kept it up for that long, takes a toll on her body.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. I promise I’ll get her to rest.” I promised Anemoi, as her body disappeared into the wind.
<span style="font-weight:400">I then levitated myself to Cailie.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Congrattions. You did it.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... thanks. … I just wish it would have ended differently.” Cailie said. “... also … how do I show this to Brian? … what do you mean I can’t?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Cailie?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... just a bit. I’m trying to figure this out.”
<span style="font-weight:400">(She got herself a System Support.) Laura said. (I’m offering them a link. I think she is trying to show you a mission.)
<span style="font-weight:400">“...” I thought about congratting Cailie again, but I decided against it. I just took her into a hug and waited for Laura to work her magic.
<span style="font-weight:400">After a bit, the link was done and Laura could show me Cailie’s first System mission.
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mission: Reunite the n</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Information: The Nixie mer-folk n has been split because of the actions of its previous ruler. Do your best to bring it back together.</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Goal: Reunite the banished half of the n with the rest of the n.</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Reward: Unique Skill [redacted] will be unlocked.</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">I asked Cailie about the skill, but it was redacted from her as well. I guess the System wants to give us another surprise again. Kind of like with my racial-unique skill.
<span style="font-weight:400">Well, I feel like we were going to try to do that anyway, so I don’t see why we wouldn’t.
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Cailie</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Wind Spirit Mermaid ?</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 64 <span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000">[+22]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px">HP: <span style="font-weight:400">1545 <span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000">[+410]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 5110 <span style="color:#ff0000">[+1150]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 768 <span style="color:#ff0000">[+182]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Defense: 1067 <span style="color:#ff0000">[+348]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 2630 <span style="color:#ff0000">[+810]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Spirit Magic LV.3 (racial) <span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000">[+1]<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Marvelous Swimming LV.3 (racial) <span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000">[+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Aerial Swimming LV.1 (racial)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Create Wind Spirit (racial)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Charming Voice LV.4 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Wind Spirit (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Water Spirit (extra) <span style="color:#ff0000">[new]<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:20px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Earth Spirit (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Nature Spirit (extra)<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Knife Technique LV.1</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Hiding LV.2 </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Sneak Attack LV.1 </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Spiritual Wind Magic LV.7 <span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000">[+1]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Spiritual Nature Magic LV.3 <span style="color:#ff0000">[+2]<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Spiritual Mana Control LV.10 <span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000">[+1] </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic Boost LV.3 <span style="color:#ff0000">[+2] </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Quick Cast LV.4<span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000"> [new] <span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Instant Cast LV.4 <span style="color:#ff0000">[+2]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic resistance LV.3 <span style="color:#ff0000">[+2]</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Gardening LV.4 <span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000">[+1] </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Singing LV.5</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Battle Song LV.3</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Performance LV.3</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Daughter of Anemoi</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Greater Spirit of West Wind<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Thssa’s Blessing <span style="color:#ff0000">[new]<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Gaia’s Blessing<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Hegemone’s Blessing<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Half Spirit<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Spirit Singer<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">One that Sings to Nature</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">One that Swims through the Air<span style="font-weight:400">
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">One that Returned from Banishment<span style="font-weight:400;color:#ff0000"> [reced ‘A Banished One’]</td>
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