Chapter 465: It's Your Show
Derek closed his eyes and felt the void building up inside him once again. With another thought, he activated his skill, and the gathered energy exploded into the sky again. Instead of changing his focus to recovering his mana this time, Derek prepared Void Call again.
Before any Void Beast made a move to break out of the void, Derek already had another beam of energy flying into the sky. But he didn’t stop there. His natural recovery was amazing, and he’d also already gotten used to keeping Greater Meditation activated whenever possible. So, he still had plenty of mana left to use the skill again… and again.
He was, after all, with probably the strongest person from his current system—other than himself, of course. So, what point would there be in being careful? He did believe that there were Void Beasts out there who could give Alanah a run for her money, but he didn’t believe that there would be any stronger than him—at least not in his current system… and not after many of the things he’d learned.
Specifically, he recalled Dave speaking to him about the ‘level’ of Void Beasts he would be able to call. The mysterious elf had been pretty confident that the strongest Void Beast that he could bring to him would be close to how strong Derek was at the end of the raid. Since then, he had increased his stats and skills by not a small amount, so, putting two and two together, he figured that, if he believed the elf—which he did, at least about that—then there would be no worries for him and Alanah no matter how many he called at once.
And, on top of all of that, it would give him a chance to see and prepare for whenever he did the same with Silvi and Avery. A little preparation never hurt anyone, and I doubt I could find a better time than with Alanah right here by my side, he thought to himself as he shot a third beam of void energy into the sky with his skill. With all that in mind, Derek went ahead and used his skill two more times before stopping when he heard a loud crash coming from above that could only be a Void Beast arriving.
In total, Derek was able to fire off five Void Calls before the Void Beast made itself known. Unfortunately for the beast, it wasn’t even as strong as the previous one. However, before Derek jumped into the air to give it a hand with breaking out, Alanah disappeared and reappeared in the sky close to the cracks.
“It’s not the first time I’ve done this,” she looked down at Derek and shouted to him. “Not all Void Beasts are even able to break through, so I’ve had to ‘help’ my fair share back on the other continent. I can’t let you have all the fun.”
“You do you,” Derek replied to the siren with a shrug, and the half elf did.
Using her rapier as a sort of pry-bar, Alanah jammed it into one of the bigger cracks and went to work. Piece after piece fell out and vanished before hitting the ground, but soon enough, a disappointingly small Void Beast appeared. When it saw the person helping it out, it let out a loud roar.