Crownless Reincarnation: New World? Nah I'd win-Chapter 58: Paradise in Trouble [2]

Akamir turned back, only to freeze—.

’Fuck.’

—At the sight of hundreds of creatures rushing at them.

He lowered his body, readying himself to face the specters.

The first wave of ten or so were rushing at him with threatening speed.

’I’d run out of mana long before even making a dent.’

He thought grimly, tightening the grip on his sword.

’Hm?’

A sudden pulse on his chest made him look down.

The Void Fox emerged from the crystal and settled onto his head.

"Kyuu!!"

It raised a paw, purring in excitement and pointing at the fae.

"I’m not your damn horse," Akamir groaned. "Get down!"

"Kyuu!"

"I don’t know—."

His words halted abruptly as he felt something.

A purple spark forming at the fox’s paw.

’Wait... what if I—’

Akamir closed his eyes and steadied his breath.

As if feeding on his will, the mana surged around him.

Crackle! Crackle!

Purple lightning rushed through his body as he opened his eyes.

The world had slowed down for him and everything became even more clear.

The first of the specters broke through the haze, a spindly creature with wings like torn silk and a body of pitch black.

A mouth that stretched too wide for its face giving it a gruesome look.

Its eyes glowed like dying embers, empty and old.

Akamir’s feet dug into the cracked earth as the first specter lunged at him.

He moved like a blur.

Zzzzhak!

His sword sliced through the specter’s head before it could scream.

The rest didn’t slow.

Five more were on him in seconds wailing, twisted echoes of the fae that once were.

Akamir spun as the lightning crackled more, he felt the world slow down even more.

He raised his sword and aligned it along their neck.

Slice!

Three went down in an instant before the rest swarmed him.

"Argh!"

One clawed his arm, ripping through cloth and biting into flesh, but Akamir didn’t falter.

A blast of lightning burst from his palm, shattering two more into ash.

’Alright, they are weaker than they look.’

He glanced back at Nayomi who sat in a trance, her body glowing faintly as the ground beneath her pulsed with color.

Glyphs of light formed in circles around her, spreading wider with each second.

’She will need time.’

The next wave was larger.

Dozens of specters surged forward, their screeches a shrill sound that hurt his ears.

Akamir stepped forward.

His breath misted in the air, but the lightning around him flared brighter.

[Foxdrift.]

His body blurred as he moved through the first five of them.

One specter’s face shattered as his elbow crashed into it.

Another split in half under a clean vertical slash.

He ducked under claws, turned with a pivoting kick that sent a smaller one flying into two others.

Then a blast of lightning threw three more far away.

But it wasn’t enough.

The horde kept coming.

Akamir’s breaths turned shallow, and his movements grew ragged as the toll of [Foxdrift] weighed on his limbs.

His knees buckled slightly before he forced himself upright again.

’Not yet....’

The Void Fox on his head gave a worried squeak, then tapped his temple with its paw.

"I am fine."

Akamir mumbled as he ducked and sliced down one of the specters.

His mana had already almost depleted and there was no end to them.

Akamir sidestepped and cut down another one’s head, forcing himself to use less mana. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

He spun and ducked another attack as he raised his hand.

Surging mana in his finger, he drew a symbol on one of the specters’ backs.

The symbol glowed and—.

BOOM!

Burned down the specters.

’Fuck yeah!’

Akamir was just celebrating his first successful use of runes before he realized where he was.

More and more specters had begun to surround him, ready to tear him apart.

"Nayomi!"

Akamir yelled as he couldn’t keep his eyes off them.

"How much more!"

"...."

There was no reply from her.

’Fuck it.’

Akamir drew in a deep breath as he readied for another round.

But—.

’Huh?’

All the specters began to tremble in their place.

Their faces twisted in horror as they looked at the east.

’What’s happening?’

Akamir wondered as they began to run away like their life depended on it.

He slowly turned to look at the far east as well.

There...at the very edge of the place loomed a figure.

A tall hooded man, stood there with his face entirely covered.

There was nothing visible about the person except his legs.

...Legs that weren’t anything Akamir had ever seen before.

They felt like they were made of wires instead of flesh and blood.

Like something mechanical.

Akamir blinked and—.

He was gone.

’Who was he?’

Akamir wondered baffled by his sudden disappearance.

He was nowhere to be found like he had vanished into thin air.

Akamir let out a sigh, with no more specters he was free of his duty.

Turning around he began to walk towards Nayomi who floated in the air, still cross-legged.

"Kyuu~."

The Void fox purred as it played with Akamir’s ponytail.

He didn’t bother with it as he looked closely at Nayomi.

The glow around her intensified.

Runes etched themselves midair in layered spirals around her body, pulsing in time with her heartbeat.

Akamir stopped in front of her, panting softly, his body sore and his mana nearly tapped.

"Nayomi?" he called again, softer this time.

Whoosh!

A sudden wave of mana burst out from her like a shockwave, throwing dust into the air.

Akamir raised an arm instinctively, stepping back.

The ground beneath her cracked, revealing threads of silver light that spread like roots across the stone.

Slowly under his gaze a dome of almost ten metres began to form around them.

The blood, ash, and broken stone outside remained untouched, while inside the dome...things began to heal.

Akamir stared around in awe.

The cracks on the ground mended. The air smelled faintly of rain and flowers—not blood.

Even the gash on his arm began to close, inch by inch, skin stitching itself back together with faint sparks of light.

"...Nayomi?" he whispered again, voice hushed with awe this time.

She finally opened her eyes as she began to come down.

Her body was a lot more dim than before but there was a genuine smile on her face. "It’s done."

"Wait." Akamir mumbled. "Are you dying?"

"What? No!" She snapped. "My body will return back to normal."

"You mean, dead normal—."

Akamir cut himself short as she glared at him.

He looked around as a few plants began to grow inside the dome.

"Try eating their leaves." Nayomi suggested with a smile.

Akamir gave a suspicious look before he tore one and ate it.

’Hmm?’

"You feel it?"

Akamir nodded. "My mana is...replenishing way faster."

"This is nothing," Nayomi boasted. "In a few months, you’ll see real miracle herbs."

Akamir just nodded, calculating the value and importance of these things in the real world.

’I should consult about them with Velyrian.’

He should have some idea.

"Anyway, let’s go." Nayomi said. "We will come back when a fairy is born."

"Huh?" Akamir tilted his head. "How will that happen?"

"Fairies are born from the spirit world itself." She replied softly. "I am sure, one will be born soon."

Akamir just nodded for now, too tired to ask more.

’Let’s just go back.’

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As soon as Akamir walked out of the portal, he threw himself on the bed before the paralyzing effect took place.

"Kyuuu!!"

The Void Fox yelped, flung off his head.

It growled and smacked him with its soft paws.

"...."

Akamir just looked at the cute thing with annoyance.

"Are you not going to name it?"

Nayomi said, floating beside his bed.

"You can’t just call it Void Fox all the time."

"Give me some ideas." Akamir mumbled. "Wait, it’s a he or she?"

"She." Nayomi replied. "And think of a name yourself, I am bad with that stuff."

Akamir just grunted as he wasn’t in the mood to think.

Nayomi floated closer to the door as her eyes caught something.

"Akamir." She called.

"Yeah?"

"You have a letter." She mumbled. "From the prince."