Chapter 42: Chapter 42
Issei was able to convince Artemis to let him go... How did he convince her. He simply ditched her. He would get hell for this later, but for now he needed to finish this quest.
Gabriel was seen sitting down impatiently, looking at the clock and pouting. Once Issei entered the room, she noticed that he was pretty badly bruised.
"Are you okay? Do you need someone to heal-"
That was when Issei decided to heal himself by drinking a potion, something was telling him that if he used Twilight Healing, he would have been in trouble. Now, staring at the beautiful blonde-haired woman, Issei sat down across from her. Sona had let Gabriel have the room to herself to speak with Issei, which is why Issei only found Gabriel in the room with no one else around.
"What did you need me here for?"
Gabriel sighed in relief seeing Issei in a much better condition, "I wanted to ask if you're willing to help me. You see, I need help with exploring a temple and it turns out, I'm actually afraid of the dark and creepy places. My brother didn't want to help me but... I really wanted to go!"
She really began whining in front of him... "Fine."
"So, when do you want to leave to visit the temple?"
"Sooner rather than later, I would rather finish this task than be left with it in the back of my mind."
Gabriel poured before speaking, "Fine! You don't have to be such a meanie about it!"
Gabriel got up and spread her hair to flow freely, smiling and grabbing Issei's hands, she began guiding him to a magic circle dead centered in the middle of the room underneath the table they were sitting around. How did Issei not notice it?
After entering the teleportation circle, Issei and Gabriel appeared right in front of the huge temple.
Standing in front of the creepy temple, Issei heard the very whispers of the lost souls that have wandered through this place beginning to become louder as the weather around the temple was shifted to a dark and stormy night. Gabriel, standing next to Issei, simply backed away and hid behind Issei.
"Do you see why I wanted to have someone else that is strong with me to deal with this temple?"
"Aren't you like... super strong or something? How are you afraid of some simple voices, a scary temple, and the weather?"
Smacking him slightly on the back and pouting again, Gabriel remained silent as Issei began walking forwards into the temple. Opening the front door with his strength, Issei noticed that not a single creature was to be seen around. They were in the middle of a jungle; he expected some rodents to be inhabiting this place.
He heard a scream and turned around to see Gabriel running at him and hugging him. "There was a scary monster behind us!"
Turning around and seeing a little rat outside the building, Issei sighed and knew that this was going to be a long day to remember. Entering the building and noticing the many blood stains covering the very walls that entrapped them, Issei watched as the blood stains also covered some ancient letters written on the walls. Shaking his head, Issei noticed the same fog that spawns in monsters beginning to cover the very temple itself from the inside. Gabriel noticed this and got confused as she looked to see a little bit of sweat dripping down Issei's face.
Issei knew what this meant. Last time this happened, he fought against a being that was stronger and more brutal than him in combat. Having Gabriel, who was weaker than him, around was going to be an issue.
"Issei, what is happening? Why do you seem so nervous?"
Turning around to see the exit, Issei couldn't be bothered having Gabriel around when fighting against monsters on his level. He needed to throw her out of the place before he would deal with this temple. However, he noticed that the door to the temple had shut with a magic seal covering it. "This was a trap! Gabriel, did you know that this was going to happen?" Speaking with such a calm tone, Gabriel knew that Issei meant pain if she answered wrong.
Gabriel shook her head and began worrying, clinging onto Issei even more, her voice began shaking as she spoke, "No, I noticed this temple and felt a powerful divine aura. I wanted to explore it and find the lost treasure within these temples. I didn't know anything about this place."
Seeing her tear up, Issei was still on edge, but he wouldn't worry about that just yet. If this was a proper trap. He could deal with Gabriel alone within seconds. Summoning his hammer, Issei noticed as the fog within the temple disappeared meaning.
It was show time.
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New quest: Survive the death trap
Bonus Quest: Make sure that Gabriel survives
Reward: + 6 Large Titanite Shards
+ Level Up x 6
Bonus Reward: + 6 Large Titanite Shards
+ Level Up x 6
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Turning around to see a few skeletons walking towards them, Issei simply brought Gabriel behind him and watched the several skeletons in front of him beginning to change. Slowly, the many skeletons began breaking apart and their bones began merging with each other to the point where they formed a skeleton dragon inside of the temple. Standing only a couple meters taller than Issei, the skeleton dragon began glowing with a purplish aura.
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Name: Skeleton Dragon
Title: None
Race: Skeleton
Level: 110
HP: 76000/76000
MP: 52500/52500
STR: 200 (+250)
AGL: 200 (-50)
END: 130 (+250)
INT: 100 (+250)
Bonus: +25 to STR, END, and INT depending on each skeleton that is merged within this body (10 Skeletons)
-5 AGL per skeleton merged within this body (10 Skeletons)
+5% damage reduction per skeleton merged with this body (10 Skeletons)
+25% damage reduction against physical attacks
+10% pierce damage, and an additional 2.5% per skeleton merged with this body (10 Skeletons)
Drawbacks: Takes incredible damage from Holy damage (+500% damage taken)
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This is new...
A monster that is overwhelmingly powerful because of the number of bodies within the monster. Issei grabbed his hammer and rushed at the monster, activating Speed Demon and the Balance Breaker form, Issei was able to see the dragon bring its claws into the air and slammed it down onto Issei. Being able to move faster than the dragon, Issei was able to dodge the attack and slam his own hammer straight into the skeleton. Watching as he was barely able to do damage to the thing, this was going to be another long fight.
That was when he noticed a light spear piercing straight through the dragon. Turning around, Issei noticed Gabriel within golden armor standing right behind him with many light spears in her hand.
"Who said you'll be the only one fighting?" Gabriel smirked before radiating a bright golden light. "From Heaven and Earth, I shall be the one to wear the armor that my father made for me."
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Name: Gabriel (Equipment)
Title: Seraphim of Heaven
Race: Archangel
Level: 105
HP: 35250/35250
MP: 30000/30000
STR: 180 (+35)
AGL: 175
END: 210 (+25)
INT: 245 (+55)
Bonus: +50% damage reduction
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Her power had increased greatly with her armor and the many light spears around her. However, if she was going to fight against the skeleton dragon, she was definitely just a glass cannon against it.
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