A beam of light exploded within the Umbra"s throat, severing the head and body. With that, it brought a gruesome end to the Umbra of Urnsfield."Well, that"s all over. Let"s get you healed up," said Z, scooting towards the Valkyrie.
"I think that"s too late... I don"t see any signs of breathing," said Vernice as she got closer, with the help of Ling.
"I can"t seem to feel any of her Elemental Aura as well," said Z, in a defeated tone.
Z slumped down, beside the Valkyrie. He had expected no reaction since her Elemental Aura had ceased. So, one could imagine the shock that Z had when Mavislin randomly got up.
"I thought you were dead?!" screamed the group.
"If I was, then what kind of Valkyrie would I be?" asked Mavislin.
"However, the wounds are real. But not enough to do me in just yet."
"But how?!" asked the shocked Viscountess.
"I"m not human. Simple."
"Yea, that doesn"t solve the mystery on why I could not find any Elemental Aura on you," said Z, placing his hands on his hips.
"Mate, I"m a Valkyrie. We are masters of hiding our Aura. If I"d wasted more power on that, I won"t have enough to defeat the actual enemy," explained Mavislin.
Z sighed as he placed his Ancient Relic on her chest.
"You"re my priority first. After you, then I will take care of myself."
"So, you used Ling"s ability to win the fight. Just because you didn"t feel like wasting your energy?" asked Vernice, slowly getting angrier.
"Ask her for the full story. She was the one who requested it."
Vernice looked at Mavislin with stern eyes, unconvinced with the Valkyrie"s words.
"Her question was, "what if the Mages fell?". That"s when I pa.s.sed her a part of my Elemental Core."
"For the love of G.o.d, why did you not tell us about your plan?" asked Z, trying to heal the Valkyrie.
Poor Mavislin had to get rid of the excess blood before replying to the Igor.
"Well, it"s a secret plan for a reason."
"You could at least give us a heads-up," replied Vernice, as Ling was busy bandaging her arm up.
"And you seem surprised that she could pull off such a stunt," replied Mavislin, trying to move about.
The d.u.c.h.ess kept quiet as she looked at the Viscountess.
"You had no idea, right?"
"She"d mention that she could not join in battles," replied d.u.c.h.ess Midford.
"The Five Kings of the Underworld. The alliance that governs all five of the domains" underground tampering and crimes. They are the band of people that binds all three societies on planet Earth. They are the face of the domains by day and resides in the shadows by night," explained Mavislin.
"And in conjunction with handing issues with humans, they are in alliance with the Mages of Earth. This makes them well-rounded. The five of them are all Kings of certain areas of combat. That"s what you"ve advertised yourselves, right?" asked Z, looking at the two girls.
They both nodded.
"And in that agreement, all of you had to specialize in something within combat. Thus, having a King unable to be in combat would be impossible. So, why were you unaware of Ling"s ability?" asked Z.
"I could only tell Minwoo..." murmured Ling.
"But you are my best friend as well. You could have told me."
"You didn"t want to, because you were afraid of being cast out of the group. So, to make do, you told everyone that you would be focusing on capturing intelligence. But you told Minwoo that if needed, you can indeed fight," explained Mavislin.
Ling, too shocked to respond, nodded silently.
"How many secrets do you know about all of us?" asked the d.u.c.h.ess, glaring at Mavislin.
The Valkyrie shot another look of surprise but sighed while looking at how upset Vernice was.
"You wanna know?" asked Mavislin.
The d.u.c.h.ess nodded firmly.
"Marquess Minwoo Kim Dalles was the King of blades. The leader of the Five Kings. Earl Asriyan is the King of Explosives. But the reason why Yan was second-in-command was that he could step in as a backup sniper," continued Mavislin.
"Baron Gabriel Tolentino Tuazon is the King of Apothecaries, a Poison Master. Though he is the lowest out of the Five in terms of n.o.ble rankings, his t.i.tle allows him to freely roam about. This allows him to gather information first, acting as a messenger."
"He may have an odd way of combat, but combining with Yan"s bombs, he could decimate a battlefield with the right mixture. And destroy a toilet if someone took his weird concoction. But, Gab remains as the most well rounded, having brief knowledge in pistol arms and martial arts."
Mavislin then looked at the Viscountess and smiled.