Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 17: Transcendental Being, Part 5
Wind waves are created slightly from the pressure caused when two pairs of legs land, but the power is too small to exert a meaningful influence. It is only capable of flying hundreds of grains of dust, nothing more. The feet of Xavier and Monica who stepped on the white sand association sank to a dozen centi, the sand to contaminate the surface of the footwear of both.
The land breeze blew fiercely, making strands of their different-colored hair waving wildly. But neither Xavier nor Monica are bothered. The roar of the rising water did not bother either. Both of their feet stepped out of the white sand that filled the beach. There were no piers around where they landed, but housing remained visible tens of meters from the area separating the land and sea.
Along with their steps away from the beach, at the end of it an individual a few centis taller than Nizivia stepped towards the white sand. The silvery girl in the blue dress walked without wearing footwear. A face without its emotions leads to nothing but a formless horizon.
Their steps in the opposite direction made the distance of the three get closer and closer.
From tens of meters to dozens.
From a dozen only a few.
And inevitably, that happens.
Their legs that had previously faced each other, were now turning. All of this happens without any eye contact. Xavier and Monica step towards their destination, and the girl gets to her destination. However, one thing was clear to Xavier: the woman was strong.
From Monica's eyes, it seemed that the girl also realized that the petite woman was not an ordinary individual.
But Xavier said nothing. He and Monica continued their move to the settlement. Then the two focused on finding the inn without even a single glance back.
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“She...strong,” muttered Yue Yin with eyes to be face to face with the moon that looks like a bowl. “Beating it. He had some magic and a Supreme Magic. [Reverse Law], it's confirmed. Against him.magic is not very useful. But he's not Fie. He is not impossible to beat.”
Yue Yin remained in place for a few minutes. His obsidian-like black iris seemed to challenge the ruler of the night. He just beat his eyes after a few more minutes. “In Magic Goddess mode, I will not lose,” he said at the end of the invisible horizon, and then disappeared in a multicolored flash.
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It was a room with two beds separated by half a meter. Xavier lay on the bed on the right, while Monica on the left ‒ a small five-legged table was the separation of the two beds. The night is late. Xavier, who had been pretending to sleep for an hour, opened his eyes.
He still hasn't told Monica the real purpose of them being here. Xavier tells him that they will gather information regarding Veria's state and how influential Karna Great Empire is. He had thought of telling the real reason, but Xavier finally decided not to. That would be an unwise decision.
Therefore, as soon as he made sure Monica was asleep, Xavier sat down and used [Division Magic].
Two figures that were a hundred percent identical to Xavier appeared on his right and left. “Go now to Asura Castle,” whispered Xavier on his right half. “It should be a castle in which many criminals are held captive. Get [Sensory Magic] and [Transformation Magic]. Always enable [Reverse Law] to block [Divine Insight] Shiva. And stay there. If you can get [Transformation Magic], transform into one of the workers. If not, hide.”
Xavier's cleavage on the right nodded, disappearing from within the room.
Seeing his cleavage nod and disappear, Xavier regained his senses. His strength was now one-third of his total strength. Not only was his total strength reduced, but his magic power as well. If under normal conditions he could manifest fire very easily, it now became three times more difficult. [Division Magic] not only divided the mana, but divided it all.
Therefore, he had to sleep perfectly now. Sleep is not something that an untrained person can force. However, [Reverse Law] was a versatile magic.
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On a sleeping bed in his magnificent palace Shiva lay with his eyes still open, thinking.
[Divine Insight] is a god magic, there is no other conclusion more precise than that.
Shiva doesn't need to know the target. He doesn't need to know somewhere. It doesn't need to have a bit of info about anything.
If he wants to know something, the magic will tell him. Looking at the future was only part of the power of [Divine Insight]. The past is also not hidden from this magic. The world opened wide before the eyes of the [Divine Insight] user. Moreover, [Divine Insight] could block clairvoyant magic from opening the veil of fate lines.
As the name suggests, [Divine Insight] is omniscience in the form of magic.
However, even though [Divine Insight] was very useful in every way, it still had a limit— just like other magic. No matter how hard he tried, [Divine Insight] could not see what was not written in the fate line. And, most unsurprisingly, Shiva cannot see his own future with such magic.
The Supreme Magic user and the Crest of Hope possessor naturally had resistance to his magic.
However, Shiva only needs to put in more effort, and the door of their destiny will open. Hence, Shiva knows all about Nueva el Vermillion. He also knew about Lucifer's ruse. The disappearance of Luciel's soul was also within his knowledge.
However, Xavier's past is dark black.
It was the same with the past Fie Axellibra and Vermyna Hermythys—or who now uses the name Hellvarossa behind it. Her future was a lot blur, the same as Vermyna Hermythys' future before she renamed Vermyna's future— to dark black as she changed her name. No matter how hard he tried, [Divine Insight] could not see Xavier's future more than a month ahead without any blur covering up.
Because of this, Shiva has no other assumptions than the notion that like Vermyna, Xavier will also be a transcendental being. Therefore Shiva did the exact thing that made Xavier set foot in Asura Castle. All of that for the sake of absorbing as much mana as possible. He will also try to hurt the commander later, so his life energy will also be absorbed.
However, even though his plan was perfect, there were still things he could not get out of his head.
“...What if in fact this too is an Edenia invisible hand gesture?”
…Ever since he knew that it was Edenia who had indirectly brought him to the Soul of Sacred Waterfall, that question had never escaped Shiva's head.
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