Extra And MC-Chapter 126 - 122 - Prove Your Worth

Slightly taken aback by the sudden occurrence, Aiden and Flynn instantly went into a full-on state of alertness; mana sense and bloodlust immediately activated.

As the old woman’s transformation slowly happened, so did the bookstore around the two youths.

Erasing itself as if it never even existed, the space around them transformed into a studded starry night’s sky, full of countless twinkling stars, as if arranged on a velvety canvas of a cosmic space.

Against this backdrop were cascading waves of undulating and moving iridescent hues of colors, akin to the popular occurrence in our world known as the ’Northern lights’.

Intricately shimmering and shifting, the radiant shades of purples, electric blues, fiery pinks, glowing reds and shimmering greens, merged together in a breathtaking display of celestial wonder.

In addition to all these, were the multiple small floating platforms of rock, slowly moving around the cosmic space, and a massively wide one, which was currently where all the three individuals were standing on.

Below the massively wide floating platform though, was an endless and abyssal void of stars that eternally went on, seemingly implying that any fall into the space below would be an endless drop.

Now fully on their guard while never even taking the chance to admire the ethereal space around them, Aiden and Flynn solely had their sights set on the woman who had now finally completed her transformation.

Without even been told, both youths knew what exactly the being before them was.

"A Valkyrie!" they both muttered to themselves, their senses completely at an all-time alert.

Standing a few meters ahead of them with an amused expression on her gorgeous facial features, the seemingly now thirty-year old woman spoke up, her massively large yet eye-catching grey wings gently flapping behind.

"Not bad. You both have a keen instinct for danger" she casually uttered, her tone dyed with a slight hint of amusement.

"That’s one point!" she added with a small yet unsettling grin.

Both brothers didn’t reply to her comment and instead, just intently kept on staring at her as she spoke again.

"This, is a mindscape…" she gestured with one of her hands to the entire space around them.

"It’s a real place but at the same time, it’s also not" she continued.

"Think of it as a trippy dream where everything is possible and impossible at the same time as long as you have enough prana for it" she added while turning around, her massive grey wings facing the youths.

"Originally, I was supposed to just give you the map without questioning Xavier’s reasoning. I mean, he does make stellar decisions after all despite his many flaws…" she calmly began to explain.

"But, it’s a bit amazing that after so many iterations, he finally decided someone was worthy enough of wielding that much power" she kept speaking to the two brothers who were attentively listening.

"It’s got me curious…" the Valkyrie gently added as she immediately continued.

"Just how powerful will you two be in the near future"

Listening to her every word with rapt attention, Flynn and Aiden had a string of thoughts running through their heads but tried their best to suppress it all for now.

Despite the Valkyrie before them acting very calm from the very beginning, there was this unexplained sense of danger that kept ringing in their heads, warning them to not let their guard down, not even for a split moment.

"Well enough of that" she spoke again, causing the brothers to once again pay attention.

"I retrieved the orbs a long time ago. Got a bit paranoid that someone would inevitably locate it where it was kept" she stated, her back still turned to the youths.

"I’m pretty sure Xavier also knows that too so it’s a bit interesting that he sent you instead of retrieving it himself"

"That then begs the question…" she turned around to face the youths, this time, a much more dangerous smile on her features.

"Why did he send you?" she asked while slowly levitating off the ground, her massive wings gently flapping.

"I can only come to two conclusions; One, he wanted you to really believe in our existences and two…" she trailed off, a glint of danger present in her silver eyes.

A palpable wave of malicious tension hung in the air following the Valkyrie’s action, threatening to burst out at a moment’s notice!

And in the next few seconds, it exploded as the being from another world declared with a wicked grin!

"He wanted me to test you for myself!"

’I knew something wasn’t right from the moment we stepped foot in here but shit! This is all kinds of bad!!!’ Flynn bitterly complained as he and Aiden swiftly retrieved their weapons in an instant.

Flapping her wings slowly, the Valkyrie soon began to have armor pieces slowly appear on her entire being in response.

The runes on her face and across all parts of her valkyrian skin, glowed with a luminous undercurrent of power.

Threads of a silvery, gossamer-like substance wove into existence between the runes, crisscrossing her body in intricate patterns, as if pulling the armor from the depths of another realm.

Slowly manifesting piece by piece, starting with the vambraces on her forearms, each plate appeared with a soft, resonant chime.

-Clink! Clink! Clink!

A delicately refined crown-like helmet with red feathers stuck on its sides, also materialized atop her head, its design both elegant and formidable.

Her massive grey wings, slowly had a mythril-like metal agglomerate onto it, casting a lustrous glow in their wake as it spread out maliciously.

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The valkyrie, now adorned in her celestial armor levitated menacingly, completely ready to initiate her battle with the two youths.

-Flap! Flap! Flap!

"Is there any chance you might go easy on us?" Aiden suddenly asked the battle-ready valkyrie, forcibly causing a wry smile to grace his features.

"If I do so child, then I won’t give you the orbs" the Valkyrie bluntly replied with an amused smile, the wicked glint never leaving her grey eyes.

"Fair enough" Aiden muttered under his breath.

Glancing over to Flynn whose concentration was at its absolute max, Aiden took a deep breath and immediately, found himself in a similar state to Flynn’s.

Although both of them were sure the Valkyrie wouldn’t kill them, they weren’t so sure she wouldn’t leave them one foot away from stepping into the afterlife.

And they were very right because the floating being had no qualms with almost snuffing out their lives if need be to ensure they were worthy of wielding the power in the orbs.

Intently staring at the Valkyrie who was yet to attack them as beads of sweat appeared on their faces, Aiden and Flynn soon found themselves viciously dragged across the rough, unforgiving terrains of the massively large floating platform in the blink of an eye, unable to so much as even react to the sudden attack.

-Grrrrraaaagggggkkkk!!!

"Arrrggghhh!!!" they both cried out in a wave of immense pain as the Valkyrie held onto their necks while using their bodies as human brooms to violently brush the rough terrains before finally lifting them up into the air and tossing them across the cosmic space like a discarded broken kite.

-Twoosh! Twoosh!

Losing consciousness for a split second, Flynn and Aiden simultaneously bit on their tongues to regain it.

In an instant, despite already having multiple broken bones in their body from that single exchange, both brothers grabbed each other’s arms and with a powerful mid-air spin, Flynn used the momentum to fling his brother back downwards towards the Valkyrie.

In addition to that, the youth simultaneously casted a spell with a loud roar!

"[Telekinetic Series: Force Push]-!!!"

In synchrony with the extra boost his brother gave him, Aiden also immediately used his own spell with a bellowing roar of his own, all of this happening in a split second.

"[Gravity Series: Grav Boost]-!!!"

-Twoom!!!

Breaking through the sound barrier and hurtling through the air at a death-defying speed while leaving a green streak, Aiden found himself directly in front of the Valkyrie in the fraction of a second.

His greatsword was also already cleaving downwards with a powerful surge of mana as he simultaneously multi-casted another spell to further increase its power.

"[Gravity Series: Gravity Blast]-!!!"

-Schwiing!!!

Instead of a giant fist this time, what emitted from the attack was a destructive giant arc of dark-green energy, threatening to split the Valkyrie in half.

But as if unbothered by the devastating attack, the Valkyie casually raised her hands up to block the attack.

-Crack!!!

Successfully shattering the disastrous arc of energy with her bare hands as the after effect of blocking it shattered a small part of the platform below her to smithereens, the Valkyrie was about to counter with a devastating punch but as if sensing something, she swiftly spun around rapidly with her wings covering her, a bellowing gust of air pushing everything away within vicinity.

-Swooosssshhhh!!!

-Thwack! Thwack!

This was definitely the right call because the moment Flynn had boosted his brother mid-air, he had instantaneously used {Twilight Waltz} to instantly disappear from where he was after the Valkyrie had blocked Aiden’s destructive attack.

Using the cover of the rocks which had been blown to smithereens, he had reappeared directly behind her to land a fatal backstab but that had ended up failing the moment the Valkyrie noticed him.

Gracelessly rolling across the jagged and uneven terrains of the massive platform on different ends, Aiden and Flynn quickly got up with frantic movements while watching as the Valkyrie spread out her wings from her previous unexpected counter.

As she did, she spoke up, her voice still containing that eerie feeling of amusement.

"Nice try but you’ll have to do better if you want to get those orbs"

"I, Sigrun Valkyrie, will only release the orbs when you’ve impressed me well enough!" she suddenly declared, immediately adding a few more words after with a devious grin.

"So, you better prove your worth!"