Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

Chapter 781: Holy and Demonic

[Eon's POV: ]

A long, long time ago, in a distant village of the eastern continent, there one day out of the blue, cases of people of all ages started going missing.

There was a speculation that some kind of a demon was taking those people away, however, since the village was a distant one, no one actually knew much about their situation.

At least, not until one day when an adventurer party stopped for a night in this village and discovered their issue.

'The villagers begged them to look for the demon that was stealing their children, elders, and lovers away from them and, the adventurer group, curious by the unique tale of the villagers, started investigating the problem.'

However, the next morning, one of the adventurers of the group went missing overnight.

The adventurers searched for them all day long and even decided to continue their search over the night, however, they ended up losing two of their members the very next morning.

It was evident to them that whatever the creature hunting the people of this village was… it had most certainly taken a liking to their foreign blood.

It was hunting for them, they could sense instinctively that whatever creature they were facing was not something that any kind of adventurer could deal with.

That's why they didn't waste even a moment and left the village the very moment they had figured these things out… or, at least they tried to do so.

'Only one of them managed to return to the nearest city alive.'

And before breathing her last breaths, she told the citizens and her healers what they had witnessed in that damned forest.

'She warned them.'

The creature that they had faced, the young yet ferocious creature that had devoured every living creature in that forest, a creature that had killed and devoured even the villagers and her teammates… that beast, they knew no simple force could stop it.

And, it was coming for them next.

'She was a mage.'

The only reason she was able to get away from that beast was thanks to her number of movement skills and large Mana pool, as well as the spells.

However, she knew the creature had found her the most instresting among their group since she was the only mage.

And, it had followed her until the end of the forest.

'She knew it.'

Even as she was telling them about it, even as she was bleeding away and warning them, that creature was waiting in the shadows.

'It was a nocturnal nightmare.'

It lurked in the shadows, light hindered didn't suit it. It hunted in the moonlight, under the stars, when the sky was clear.

And, it hunted swiftly, covertly as well.

'It was coming for this city as well.'

It was only waiting right now.

It was strong enough to have defeated several other creatures of that forest, even the strongest ones.

She had seen the cave filled with corpses and bones, she had seen the creature, looked it in the eye… she had seen how brutally it killed her teammates.

So she knew just how strong it was.

'That one city was not enough to stop it in its tracks.'

She urged them to contact their capital, tell the kingdom's forces for their support to defeat this creature.

She told them how it can grow stronger just by eating what was present before them, how it was still growing stronger with each being it absorbed, with each life it took.

It was merciless and purely ran on instincts, a beast, a predator that only saw what was before it as food.

She warned them about it until she took her last breath, and when seeing a high ranking adventurer like her in that state, a mage at that, they couldn't just take her word lightly.

That's why they heeded her warning and contacted the kingdom's capital through the adventurer's association of their city, gave them all the information they had on the creature and asked for the quickest possible reinforcements.

However, they did not tell them how they had obtained that information.

'Though… it was too late by the time they realised it.'

It was night.

It was hunting time.

"Uriel should take the sword."

"Hmm?"

"Headmaster?"

The same night, every living thing in that city turned into a corpse without discrimination.

And after a few days when the reinforcement units of that kingdom arrived from the capital city, the only thing they saw was carnage and devastation.

'A city had turned into a graveyard.'

And, as they knew it after seeing what they were seeing, they knew it wasn't going to end with just this one city.

To their knowledge, the creature in question had first targeted a nearby village so it was most likely that after feeding on the other beasts, the strange creature had come to like the taste of human flesh… especially the humans with stronger bodies and a Mana nucleus.

'It was exploring.'

The reinforcement leaders checked the nearby human establishments, villages, the cities that were near the one that was no more… and what they found during their search was even more devastating.

There were some villages along with the one that the stories of this creature had originated from which had turned into a graveyard as well.

Another city was found barren.

And while the soldiers, stronger knights and mages of this reinforcement groups saw the devastation, they knew whatever they were dealing with was not something even they could deal with on their own.

'There have been a number of creatures that have earned the name of a Calamity.'

Some of them were a nightmare to those who were anywhere near the lands that were destroyed by it.

And though this one was a big problem, the creature was something that had already earned the attention of the entire world.

Adventurers from all around the world now knew about it and along with them, the higher powers also knew of its existence.

Tens of thousands of people had already died. Many lives were lost and there was no flesh left behind… only bones.

'The first time the world saw this Calamity… the first time the actual painting of 4D8DWAG was known to the world was only after half of that kingdom was destroyed.'

And it wasn't until a decade after the first encounter with this creature that the rumours of its disappearance had spread to the world.

"But headmaster, wouldn't she be more compatible with the skill? Eon is already familiar with the swords so he would be better with it, no?"

It was a draconic creature, a calamity that had most certainly devoured hundreds of thousands of lives before it perished at the hands of this headmaster of ours.

"No. It would have been different if this draconic skill was anything related to His dragon side.

Look closely and you'll understand."

Every skill stone that is obtained through the energy beasts has a different shape, structure, and look from the other.

They are a condensed form of their own innate abilities that they were born with.

'This was unique as well.'

Shaped as a hand with distinct draconic claws with details so unique that no earthly artisan would be able to craft something like it.

'It was a natural object.'

Made of shades of blue, white, and gold, this skill stone was the most unique piece I had ever encountered in this lifetime.

And, just like its beauty, it was also something amazing.

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{Resonance}

[Type: Skill stone] ?????

Effects:

—-> A unique skill of a calamity that hunted under the moonlight and was a nightmare for the inhabitants of eastern lands.

—-> Under the moonlight, senses are enhanced in proportion to the compatibility of the skill, moonlight, and light elemental powers.

—-> The skill allows one to resonate with the world and search for any object as long as they have had some kind of connection with it.

—-> The skill allows one to get stronger physical powers by consumption of unique natural resources. However, one has to have collected all the elements of those resources.

—-> One can use the power of moonlight, and if one is able to cultivate the original power that the Moon receives, it's possible for them to freely cultivate the power of moonlight as well.

—-> Light is the source of all elements that exist while Darkness is an amalgamation of all elements that could exist. Mastering the skill allows one to earn the power to Obliterate and Cure.

Conclusion:

—-> Take it.

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Calamity 4D8DWAG was also nicknamed (Terror under the moonlight).

It was an origin beast of mixed origins, containing a strange power of moonlight and characteristics of a dragon.

'It wasn't as big as the dragonoids like the Wyverns or Drakes, but it certainly resembled a young wyvern.'

It had speed and power, but the most dangerous thing about it was its hunger for more…

It was a unique being that wasn't too old when it died, and it certainly had not reached the full extent of its potential either so none knew just what it could have evolved into.

'And still… it was called a calamity.'

And now a skill that belonged to it, was sitting right before us.

"That creature could use the power of moonlight, not the moon itself, not the night but the moonlight.

And, from what I understand, moonlight originates from the sunlight itself."

The holy sword had its own long history and interesting tales that many people in this world already knew about.

'The sword itself was easily distinguishable as well.'

It was a famous holy sword and anyone who had seen it anywhere, in the books or in the famous commercials we use for many of the products, would recognise it at a glance.

The aura it exuded alone was testament to its uniqueness.

"Reinelle has her unique weapon with the power of a world turtle, and the world turtle possesses the power of earth Origin.

If I'm right, she might be able to absorb the holy sword itself into her unique weapon that would evolve the weapon further and since the world already considers the weapon to be lost, it's better off with someone that can use it in a better way."

The headmaster was saying something absurd once again, however, his words didn't sound unbelievable anymore.

'My eyes were telling me to get the skill, and in the same way, they were advising something similar to what the headmaster just said.'

He knew what he was doing.

And, he didn't seem even a little bit concerned about his decision.

'He wanted us to have these items, and… they were simply too good to pass on.'

We didn't really have any choice but to accept them, ultimately.