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Chapter 43: Blown Cover The others still hadn't fully recovered from the attack yet, so we were forced to wait. Artemis seemed to cry frequently as we ran around the house, cleaning it up. Her wings were pretty useful for getting to places I wasn't tall enough to reach, and her demon body was pretty strong too. She was soon pushing up fallen cabinets and drawers. "Can't you get a ladder or something?" she grumbled after another few minutes of cleaning up the top of our wardrobe. "I would, but I'd have to put it back at the store again." I winked at her and continued dusting the underside of the wardrobe. All of a sudden, there was a scream from outside and I quickly looked out the window. There was a man pulling a screaming woman along a path. Artemis peeked out beside me. "I think we have a bit of-" I looked beside me. Artemis was gone. "Uhoh." I groaned. She had flown outside. Just giving the man an icy stare made him run away. Now it was his turn to scream. "Ohh, thank you......" the woman turned around and saw Artemis. "AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!" she screamed and ran off. Artemis was beside me again in a blink of an eye. "I hate this demon body, although the wings are pretty useful." she remarked. I slapped my forehead in exasperation. "We need to get out of here." I said and grabbed hold of Artemis's arm. "Why?" she asked. "In case you forgot, this body was the one that annihilated Kerning City. There's a wanted poster on the MapleNet website with your face on it!" I shouted. "But...... I didn't......" she shrank back. "I know you didn't, but other people won't believe you!" I sighed. "I do." a voice said from behind us. I turned around. "Sevin?" I gasped. "Door was blown off its hinges so I flew straight in." Sevin explained. "What...... what are you doing here?" I asked. "Word's already reached Henesys. The hunt is on." he replied. "What!?" Artemis's jaw dropped. "The hunt is on." Sevin repeated, fixing his stare on Artemis. "The hunt...... Oh crap." I gasped. "I've been with you guys long enough to know that Artemis won't do such a thing as destroy Kerning." he smiled. "Thanks, Sevin." Artemis smiled. "How'd you know she's Artemis?" I asked. "Her face." Sevin replied. There was a pounding on the door. "Actually, I live alone, so no one will miss me if I join you two." he smiled. "You want to come with us?" Artemis was aghast. "Yep. I don't really have much to do at school anyway. They've just announced the school's closing due to the demon attack. Headmaster wants to keep us safe at home." he shrugged. There was a crashing sound from the front door. "GET OUT HERE, COWARDLY DEMON!!!" someone yelled. "Let's go." Artemis nodded at me and Sevin. He spread out his wings obligingly and started to flap them. "I've never used this kind of magic before...... Stand back." Artemis held her hand up, pointing her palm at the ceiling. Sevin felt it coming and quickly retreated. Steps sounded coming up the stairs. "Hurry!" I mouthed. A black jet of fire shot out of Artemis's palm and created a hole through the ceiling and into the sky. She widened the hole a little, then grabbed me around my waist after I grabbed my sword. A second later, we were in the sky. Sevin followed behind, although slower. Artemis's quad wings were more powerful. "That's......" "GET IT!!!" Arrows and throwing stars started to fly at us. Sevin just flew higher while Artemis closed two of her wings around us and flew with two remaining free ones. I felt her flinch as an arrow hit her leg. "I'm going to speed up. Sevin, hang onto me!" Artemis called out and unfurled the two wings that were being used to shield us. Sevin grabbed hold of her leg. Artemis flapped her wings fiercely, generating a powerful blast of wind backwards. Most of the arrow flying after us were blown back to the ground and a few members of the mob were blown off their feet. We were propelled forwards by that burst of wind. A few seconds later, we were hovering over the sacred forests of Ellinia. "My wings were that strong?" Artemis looked at her back. "Ummm...... Yep." I smoothened my hair hurriedly. It was all messed up from the flight. "Also, we need new clothes." Alexis looked at herself. My sudden propulsion forwards had caused the wind to rip our clothes to shreds. Sevin got up, his clothes still on. Apparently, his clothes were strengthened for him to fly with. "Hmmm......" I thought for a moment and closed my eyes, peering into the demonic memories left behind by the Dark Angel. Her memories were full of demon magic, Dark magic, torture and bloodlust. I flinched. The Dark Angel was very knowledgeable about spell incantations, ingredients and potion-making, although most were evil. There was a spell for creating items out of nothing at the very surface of her memories. Apparently, she had always used it. "Trace, on." I whispered. Alexis looked at me curiously as I held my hands up and closed my eyes again. I imagined a piece of level 100 clothing. A curious sensation filled my hands. I felt a soft fabric taking shape on my very hands. When I opened my eyes, it was just sitting there, although not the colour I wanted. "Dark Armis? This isn't supposed to exist." I murmured, but put it on anyway. It resembled the Blue Armis the fake Ikki had given me, only it was black in colour. I recognized the jewel set in the leather wing-shaped shoulder as a Dark Crystal. "How'd you......" Alexis gasped. "The Dark Angel left me all of her memories when I forced her out of my mind." I explained. "There's a lot of Dark stuff inside...... You don't want to see it." I added. She nodded. "Can you make me something to wear?" she asked. I closed my eyes again, but I couldn't really imagine it. I hadn't seen the level 100 warrior armour before. Oh well, might as well. "Trace, on." I whispered and closed my eyes, holding my hands up again. What came out was again, a dark item. "A Dark Battle Empress?" Alexis raised an eyebrow. "I don't know what the level 100 warrior armour looks like!" I moaned. "Oh." she put it on. A few black sparks flew out of the armour as she put it on. Sevin suddenly appeared with a few herbs. "Food's here." he announced and eyed the new clothes Alexis and me were wearing. "Oh yeah, where's your bow?" I asked Sevin. "Lost it in the flight." he replied mournfully. "Trace, on." I muttered. Level 30 Ryden Bow? Piece of cake! "Cool......" Sevin cradled his new bow in his arms. "Not exactly the colour I wanted though." I shrugged. The bow was again, black-coloured. Apparently, demon magic could only create Dark items. A few minutes later, I had created a tent and an exact replica of my laptop. I flipped it open and checked the MapleNet website for updates. Sure enough, my face was framed on the front page as "WANTED". However, when I checked my ranking, something unexpected showed up. Artemis - Level 200 Dark Angel My job class and level had completely changed! "What kind of job class is this!?" I looked at myself. "A completely new class. Interesting." the Phoenix muttered. "Can you look into the Dark Angel's memories?" I asked. "No. It appears that only you can access its memories, although I suggest not to." the Dark Dragon quipped. I closed my eyes and looked into the Dark Angel's memories again. The Dark Angel was always being picked on during her childhood, which left me rather surprised. She was always being raped by other male demons. The similarity to the humans was staggering. It was also similar to me during my past life. Demons lived without school, just going to hunt and kill every day. The adult demons would learn all about magic and potions by their own experience. The Dark Angel had already mastered 50% of all Dark Magic during her childhood, but only after numerous times of killing the demons raping her. When she reached adulthood, her experience with magic was incredible. She then began to experiment with potions. After a hundred years, she discovered a potion that could bring immortality to the drinker, but was killed before she could drink it herself. The potion was drunk by....... Argh. Those part of her memories were blurred out, although I thought I recognized a scorpion tail. The Ragnarok? I was shuddering when I warped out of the Dark Angel's memories. The bloodshed was incredible. She was bloodthirsty and vicious, drinking the blood of every demon she killed. The Trace was one of her favourite spells, creating weapons out of nothing. She could use any weapon thrown into her hands, and that made her unique. I looked at my claws and closed my eyes. "Trace, on." I whispered. I wondered what I could do with a giant scythe. I gave the giant scythe a twist and threw it at a gap in between two trees. The scythe spun like a boomerang and returned after doing two rounds around a tree trunk. It seemed I knew how to grab it instinctively. My claws closed around the hilt as it returned and I spun it to my back. Not so much as a scratch on any of the trees. Impressive. |
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