Chapter 92: Beneath the Knight
The Raven Armor exploded into another storm of feathers. However, these feathers didn’t disappear. Instead, they hung around in the air like attacking drones.
The Eldritch Knight was taken over by Terror Corruption. His calm mind was finally influenced. His Will of Steel was shaken.
Carter felt rage and blood lust. He wanted to kill anything in his sight.
The Raven Knight had actually become a Raven of the Night. A large monstrous hybrid of bird and man. Two wings sprouted out from the back. The armor sank into the skin and became the knight’s new flesh.
The beak helmet conformed and became his new face. His eyes were the only thing left that were human.
Another power up. Carter rushed into the Terrors again. Peak Terrors died like flies.
[Synchronization +2.0%]
[Synchronization +2.0%]
[Synchron...
Carter grew claws. He scratched the face off of a Terror and crushed it in his hand.
Then he swung the Prisoner over. The blade breathed now. Its sharp edges bit into the Terror like it was chewing.
The place where they landed was Pinsing, the largest area that was affected by the Gold Stream flowing from Manaca. The East Continent reported there were at least a few thousands Terrors walking on the surface at all time.
In half an hour, Carter had almost slaughtered 300 of them. A minor amount compared to a few thousands. But a large amount considering no one was able to do that by themselves.
Through Sonar Echolocation, Carter sensed that the Invokers had landed and were going to him.
’I should wrap things up soon. Additionally, I felt like my mind is deteriorated the more I stay in this form. Let’s test the final thing.’
One more ability he had that he never used in another skin before.
The Monster Beneath from Dracula.
This ability allowed Dracula to reveal his true monstrous form. But what would it do for another skin without its true form like the Eldritch Knight.
It enhanced him even further and showed the monster beneath the armor.
Carter transformed once more. He grew larger. His two raven wings split into four. He towered over every other Terrors in the area and his raven face returned to the form of a helmet.
The Monster Beneath actually split the armor away from Carter and protected his mind from deterioration.
The Monster Beneath treated both the Prisoner and the Knight as one, giving them the perfect harmonious monstrous form.
A black knight with four wings and blueish skin. A dark angel. Carter felt his skin was tearing, his body was breaking.
The ability may protect his mind. But it gave him a power too great for the Eldritch Knight to handle. He felt like he couldn’t even stay in this form for more than ten seconds.
So in this valuable ten seconds. He did as much damage as he could.
Carter hands formed a ball in front of his belly. His four wings enveloped him. A ball of Terror Force formed within his hands.
"Ten."
He gathered as many energy as he could.
"Nine."
The Terrors trembled in fear.
"Eight."
The ground shook.
"Seven."
The air compacted.
"Six."
Lightning burst out from within the sphere.
"Five."
Trees died around him.
"Four."
The cloud dissipated.
"Three."
The ground around him cracked.
"Two."
The air molecules froze.
"One."
A shock wave of purple energy washed over the entire battlefield. A small nuclear bomb swept the Terrors.
When the Invokers arrived at the scene, there was nothing left. Only a barren field of wasteland.
Synchronization Notifications flooded the Skin System. They compacted into one single message.
[Synchronization +321.8%]
[Current Synchronization]: 597.3%
[Acquired x3 Eldritch Knight Tokens]
[Total Prime Coins Gain: 12,370]
[Current Prime Coins]: 16,955
The white robe flapped in the wind as the Invokers approached him.
"What happened?" Neros’s lips trembled.
"I got stronger." Carter said. A plain answer that conveyed many meanings.
The stacking of many aspects over one another had made the Eldritch Knight his most powerful skin once more. Not even Dracula would survive that last blast.
Dracula was an Undead. Unfortunately, he wouldn’t be able to use Adrenaline. So Carter couldn’t stack that ability.
An Undead also had very unusual biochemical that potions weren’t that effective on them. Unless Shadow Apothecary actually learned how to make potions for the dead.
Dracula also didn’t have an Eldritch Weapon nor Terror Form.
All of that stacking made Eldritch Knight an unstoppable force.
’So this is how to actually make use of retaining powers...’
"I’m going to cleanse them now. You guys can take care of the stray Terrors." Carter said.
The Invokers nodded and they didn’t even dare to voice any objection. This monster of a man just showed them a power that could relegate an entire town. He was not to be messed with.
Carter loitered around and tried to collect as many Shards as he could. A lot of Terrors were destroyed beyond recognition and left nothing behind, preventing Carter from collecting their Shards.
’I should refrain from using that ability again. To avoid losing out on shards.’
He spent the entire night to ’cleanse’ the Terrors.
[+78 Minor Terror Shards (Awaken)]
[+239 Medium Terror Shards (Awaken)]
[+117 Major Terror Shards (Awaken)]
"Holy hell..." Piper was receiving a reading on her scanner. "The Terror Level went down 50% in the area. Zeneros must have killed a thousands or more Terrors."
All the Invokers gasped.
Carter returned from his looting. The Invokers, except Neros and Piper, instinctively stepped back in fear.
Terrors were terrified. But a man that could kill a thousand of them was even scarier.
Carter smiled gently. He ignored their reaction. The Invokers actually felt ashamed for their expression.
"Please ignore them, Zen. They are just shock." Piper tried to defuse the situation.
"I’m not that little of a man, Piper. I know the price when I vowed to become an Eldritch Knight. Let’s go. We should pay the President of the East Continent a visit."
His behavior only made the Invokers admired him more. This was what they had always heard about a knight in the story.
A warrior of pure honor and a kind heart. He did not falter even when the people rejected him. That made him even more influential.
Atsuo Nakamura noticed everything on the scanner as well. He saw the little dots of Terror disappeared. He didn’t sleep the entire night.
"He is even stronger than the rumors."