My Enchanting System

Chapter 859: The End of Training

Deep into the abyss, Aria stood on a mountain's peak, watching a battle unfold, "The first to fall gets punished!" She shouted.

"You!" Alice growled, "We've been fighting here for hours!" She shouted back, flailing the glowing holy sword she held.

"You managed to wear holy magic. And the rotting curse as armor," Aria looked at Alice's armor, which looked like a thick steel plate, but the plates were made of condensed magic. Some of them were golden with specs of white light, and the others were dark purple tainted with dots of red.

CRACK! Alice gasped, rapidly turning back and conjuring a shield of holy magic and blocking a fist from Selena. "I'm talking!"

"The prey is distracted, so we strike-nya!" Selena growled, putting more force into her fist and pushing Alice back at an insane speed.

SWOSH! Gracie flew after her, swinging a dagger out of the shadows and aiming at Alice's neck.

^Ganging on me now?^ Eris growled, her eyes flashing with divine light. CLAP! A bright flash exploded from her body, sending Gracie and Selena rolling away.

"A divine smite," Gracie growled, standing to strike again, but she was surprised that Alice already caught up to her and was swinging her sword again.

A burst of shadows rushed out of Gracie to protect her from the coming strike, but Alice quickly turned around, her golden glowing sword turning black as it roared with cursed magic, flying toward the charging Selena.

CLAP! Alice blasted Selena away with a cursed smite, shaking the ground beneath them.

Aria sighed, "So it's Selena again," She flew down, landing beside the blast and staring at Selena who lay on the ground, too exhausted to move.

"Selena, are you awake?" Aria looked at her as Alice and Gracie approached.

"Yeah..." Selena mumbled, sitting up and scratching her head.

"Your magic immunity to level 6 and lower spells doesn't seem to help reduce the damage of Alice or Gracie's magic. That means all of their spells are above that threshold." Aria waved her hand and opened a small portal in the air, "You can go back to the mansion and rest. We'll get to training later,"

"What about the punishment?" Alice looked at her. ^I didn't push myself to win for there to be no punishments for the loser.^

"I did intend for one," Aria looked at her, "But, Cain is back." She pointed at the portal, "Go take a bath and rest. For now, he's in the lab with Lilia creating a new spell,"

"Cain is back?" Selena gasped, her energy returning in the blink of an eye.

Gracie nodded, "I noticed your magic spiking, so he got back from the hells. How did his trip go?"

"Successful," Aria replied, "But you'll have to check the rest of the results on your own,"

"How about everyone else?" Alice asked, "You told them?"

"They're on their way," Aria smiled as her body faded away.

The girls looked at each other, "Everyone is coming home..." Alice sighed, "There'll be a line tonight,"

Gracie looked at her as the three of them walked through the gate, "I'll suggest that Cain comes to us. That'll make everything easier,"

"That if we had time-nya," Selena walked ahead of them, "Remember that he said it'll be war once he returns?"

The other two looked at each other as they walked into the mansion, fighting everyone else already inside talking about something.

"What's going on? Where is Arad?" Alice asked, looking around.

"You're finally here?" Hati rushed toward them, "Hurry, you must see them!"

"See who?"

"In the bath, Sofia is already there with them."

"I asked who they are?" Alice gasped as Hati dragged her between everyone else. Gracie and Selena looked at each other, "Wait for us," they rushed after them.

"Let's go," Hati pulled Alice into the bath's changing room, "The others will get in soon. For now, get undressed,"

"Who's inside? Is it Cain?" Alice stopped the ground, stopping in place and preventing Hati from pulling her further. The girls rarely use any real strength inside Cain's mansion. It was something they agreed upon. Inside these walls, they all should limit themselves to a human level of strength but could keep their durability up if they wanted.

The trick was simpler than it seemed as they had Aria to help them. All it took was simple barrier spells and a special skill that Aria gave them through the system that allowed them to limit strength.

Using her strength to prevent Hati from pulling her around means that she's serious and won't move an inch without an actual fight. Sofia was the one in charge most of the time, but with how easygoing she could be, Alice ended up as the one who put everyone in line.

"Remember those two from the other timeline? There are more of them," Hati replied, "And this time they are a bit special..."

"Why the hurry?" Gracie and Selena walked inside the changing room, "Is Cain inside? I can't feel his magic-nya."

CREEK! The bath's door opened, and Sofia who was already inside peeked her head out with steam gushing out, "You're here? Hurry and come see this,"

Alice sighed and started taking her clothes, "Who came?" Gracie and Selena started doing the same.

"Us," Sofia replied, "Me, you, Gracie and Selena." She stared at them, "And another person, that's the one everyone wants you to meet,"

"Us-nya?" Selena gasped, "Another Selena is inside-nya?"

"They are a bit older. All of them look to be in their mid-thirties, except the one we want you to meet. She looks in her early forties," Sofia replied.

"Twenty-one years," Alice said the looked around.

"Me? I'm twenty-two," Gracie replied.

"I don't really know-nya. We Jaguars rarely keep a precise note of dates, but I should be around two dozen summers-nya," Selena puffed her chest.

"So you're twenty-three, almost twenty-four years old." Sofia smiled, "Thanks, I'm not the oldest. I'll soon hit twenty-two years."

"We're early twenties..." The girls looked at each other, "Cain likes older women," They gasped at the same time. "He did find chauntea attractive, didn't he?" Alice gasped.

"He did!" Sofia scratched her head, "He isn't replacing us, is he?"

"We'll get older soon-nya, won't we-nya?" Selena gasped, the fur on her tail spiking.

"With how strong we are, it'll probably take a few centuries for us to look older," Sofia looked at them with a worried face.

"That's only Selena," Gracie said, looking at them with a passive face. "Me and Sofia are goddesses. We're near immortal, so it'll be a few thousand years at best. I don't know about fallen angels, so I can't say,"

"Immortal," Sofia stared at them, "One of them inside told me that angels will remain alive as long as their god is alive and that fallen angels are immortal. They'll almost never age unless they waste their power or soul."

"Ok, we're coming quickly," The girls finished stripping and rushed into the bath, closing the door behind them.

"I'll be at the hot bath, come as soon as you finish washing," Sofia went ahead, leaving the three of them standing there with Amara and Everly.

"You've been here?" Gracie asked.

"Yes," Amara replied, "The shower is ready, Lucy should be here soon," As she said that, "Lucy opened the changing room door and rushed inside, "Sorry for being late,"

Amara started helping Gracie, Everly helped Alice and Lucy helped Selena.

"How did the training go?" Amara asked looking at Gracie's face, "It's been a while since I saw you look a bit exhausted."

"Aria had Alice, Selena and I fight for a few days straight," Gracie sighed, "Alice could dish smites and those are powerful enough to severely injure me. I had to use a lot of my life powers to heal," She looked down, "And I didn't get to suck Cain for a while..." Her stomach rumbled, "Starving,"

Amara smiled, "For a succubus, that's must've been hard,"

"What about you?" Lucy looked at Selena.

"Alice could also blast me away with a cursed smite and those hurt a lot-nya." She sighed, her ears dropping down, "I had to rely on potions or Alice herself to heal me back up. My whole body is sore-nya," Selena turned around, "Can you stop rubbing my tail on your face-nya?"

"But it's fluffy and soft," Lucy replied, touching Selena's ears and rubbing them gently, "I'll wash your silky hair and those fluffy ears..."

"If you'll give me a massage later with Katherine, then go ahead-nya,"

Amara looked at them then turned toward Alice, "You've been getting stronger,"

"I am still weak," Alice replied, "I can control my magic and use it as I wish, but my durability or raw strength isn't up to par," She looked at Gracie, "I can't escape her grasp if she caught me, let alone Selena,"

"I know it's not my place to make suggestions, but can't you cut your arm and regenerate? Or does it hurt too much?" Amara asked.

"You can ask anything," Alice looked at her with a smile, "I can do that, and the pain doesn't bother me. It's only that in a real fight, I would've already lost by the time I get caught,"

"The pain doesn't bother you?" Amara looked at her, "Do you enjoy it?"

"Bring the whip and answer to my room," Alice stared at her with a smile and Amara's face paled.

"You said I can ask!" She cried.

"You can ask, but you're getting punished for getting out of line,"