Iode was applauded and mesmerized by the energy moving round his body.
' though the energy is vile and nauseating, I can feel the overwhelming power pulsating through me '. He thought.
At his wrist, the emblem of Valier shimmered and a plain looking metal sword appeared with Valier's emblem branded on it.
'in this form I don't even need to focus before I have control over the energy '.
However Iode noticed something, the sword glowed bright purple and flickering in flames, but he never imbue any mana into the sword, this is probably because the sword is connected to Igor's Saiyan mode just like him. Seeing this he had an idea.
'what if I combine Valier's celestial energy and Mana together, what would be the result'.
Drawing mana from his mana vessel and Mana pool, and directing it to his arms, to where his fingers touches his weapon. Surprisingly, the already burning bright sword flared up and grew more brighter.
The deep and viscous moving energy of Valier that shimmered brightly glowed more, this time, rather than flicker and burn like a flame and used inefficiently, the addition of mana transformed the energy to swirl round the weapon and made the color more deeper.
Seeing this, Myrtle frowned, she summoned dark shadow balls that appeared on top of her.
"Seems the progenitor has given the reins back to his successor, if he cannot do any damage to me, what can you do". Myrtle snickered.
"Stall". Iode said, he slashed into the air. A large purple aura slash with deep and viscous color cuts through the wind.
Myrtle commanded one of the dark shadow balls to intercept the slash, however as the slash made contact with the shadow ball, it divided the ball into two and dissipates. Nonetheless, the slash still continued moving at its wake.
Myrtle, Iode and Igor were all utterly surprised. Igor had made an attack earlier, a magic attack, however Myrtle managed to block it despite the energy source is from a celestial energy and not mana. It shows Myrtle has reached the point where she can oppose a god.
Still, it makes little sense, Igor is one who has total control of the celestial energy in his body, but he has a hard time giving damage to Myrtle. Iode on the other hand just started to learn how to control celestial energy, its machinations he knows little yet he managed to dispel the magic of the twelve star mage.
'ha, I get it now, the nine star of a swordsman is totally different from the nine star of a mage. Just like the high level and legendary level of mages are very difficult to achieve, the seven to nine star of swordsmen is just as hard'. Myrtle said.
'but it still makes little sense, does this mean that when a swordsman or a mage learns the other profession's technique once they reach the nine star, they automatically have the strength of both sides and would continue to go stronger if they decide to have more stars or is it something else'
Iode himself was perplexed, he doesn't know if it was the blending of swordmanship and magic that led to such event or because of the blending of mana and celestial energy or maybe the combination of the two blends.
Whatever the causation, this is a great weapon that can be used against her. Knowing about this, Igor still continued making new spell to counter the mana shield magic.
Iode directed his mana to his lower part of his body, to his legs. With this, he had an explosive leap and got towards Myrtle within a fraction of a second. He raised his sword above his head and struck Myrtle precisely at her torso.
Iode's slash breached her mana shield and a gaping wound opened wide. However, just as he struck her, rather than blood to spill, ruby dust began to disperse into the air.
Iode was puzzled with this, he retreated immediately, he could see Myrtle smirk underneath her round glasses.
'what is this '. He thought.
Without warning, Myrtle bursts into red and black dust. Iode stood at a safe distance observing the development.
Soon, numerous dark shadow humanoids of about fifty appeared all round Iode, all of whom where holding all sort of dark weapons and clad in Knight's armor.
"You are not the only one with the knowledge of swordmanship, I might not know how to wield a sword myself but I have capable minions that would prove to be a challenge even to a nine star swordsman". Myrtle's voice echoes throughout the artificial world.
"What is this now". Iode monologued.
Unexpectedly, the dark shadow humanoids all bounced on Iode together, all with the aim to strike him down...