Master of Myths

Swords and scyths clashed repeatedly on the otherwise silent land, each clash carried the two fighter's will to be victorious giving them a dignified feeling, especially the purple covered woman who had the most dignifying presence

Around them however was a dark figure jabbing its own attack from time to time to tilt the balance of the fight to an unfair degree, and this figure was actually helping the woman which wiped away any respect the opposing insect-like creature might have for its enemy

"Kiaaa!"

Giving its death throes not long since the fight began the creature tried to leave at least one injury on its opponent only for another knife to block its final struggle, forcing it to leave the world with a heavy heart

"What a bother"

Allowing the smoke covering his body to disperse YuJu complained, not about the creature though but because he's yet to find a good way to put his aura to good use

"Can't use it to achieve any result on the physical realm, doesn't help my stealth and in fact makes it easy for them to spot me, furthermore I cant strengthen my body or senses in any way, hell it actually disorients them somewhat"

There had to be some sort of use for the new aura but he didn't have all the time in the world to mull on it, his hands were out of commission so an extra technique for battle would be appreciated right about now, kicking his knives wouldn't help him go far and Ellis wasn't that capable to bein with

"Thank you Master"

Speaking of the redhead he was actually surprised she'd not complained about his interference, it might be because she knew there were a ton more enemies awaiting her or perhaps because of how her aura centred around him already, either way it was a welcome change

"How many tickets did it give"

She glanced at the air hearing his question, her actions clearly meant she was reading through the notification in her system

"Three"

"Just three? Then we better not kill any of them yet, we don't want to be short by a ticket or two at the end of this"

Deciding not to waste any time on fights he led her straight forward

"What are these tickets Master?"

"You'll know when we use them, focus on destroying these hindrances for now"

He pointed her to the humanoid shapes rising out of the ground to bar their path

Her path, to be exact as he passed by them unnoticed

'I need to make sure no one can use the tickets yet'

Destroying the bunkers wasn't enough for his plan, he needed to guard the castle before anyone got to it too, though no one should be lucky enough to take the thing he wanted there was still a minimal chance of that happening

'Hmm?'

The system's notification started flashing out of nowhere in his vision

'Is it because she gained a ticket?'

He thought, when Ellis kills those things she has a chance of getting a ticket so this might cause a notification? Either way he opened it to check

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-Anput requests Class Change into [Shadow Keeper]

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"Huh?"

The hasty footsteps slowed down to a stop as he tried to clear his mind, this seemed like an important message and an empty mind was needed to think it through

'Anput….Anput!...I can't reach her from another dimension'

Not to mention the distance, just the fact that they were in different space-time dimensions made communicating an impossibility

'What could the reason for this sudden request be? Unless she did it consciously it wouldn't appear'

The first possible answer that came to mind was her facing trouble, from unwelcome visitor coming into the cavern to the little Dreneonates taking full form due to an accident

'I should have just brought her with us'

Leaving her there was a choice he made due to the unknown dangers of this region, who knew it would quickly bite him back

Laminating wouldn't do any good though, a decision needed to be made about the class change now

'Shadow Keeper? Why would she need this class, if I recall correctly it's all about extracting shadows from the dead, there shouldn't be any dead bodies nearby?... The Orelic!'

Remembering the dead stone giants he thought it made sense, if she was really in trouble those things would be of great help

'I have to permit her class change, with zero information there really is no other choice'

Pressing Allow gave him another surprise as another unexpected notification instantly came after his agreement

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-Anput satisfied Unique Conditions, Skill "Shadow Evoke" Changed into "War Shadow Evoke"

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"Unique conditions? What's the difference between War Shadows and Shadows? Did she perhaps want this and isn't actually in a bind?"

So many questions couldn't help but come out his mouth, every one of them a puzzle of its own

"Ugh, whatever, I've already done what I could, my own task requires focus now"

With that said he rushed to the castle-like building once more, a little more speed put into his legs now that he wanted to get out of this place much earlier than before

He wasn't the only one rushing toward it though, every other aura holder who discovered the ruined state of the small buildings was now heading straight toward the centre where the only remaining building lay while killing everything they met on the way, whether it be the things dropping these tickets or other aura holders whom they chanced upon

"Looky what we have here" "A small vampire, how disturbing"

YuJu wasn't spared the troublesome matter of fighting others either for his speed guaranteed the absence of any stealth resulting in the meeting with these two werewolves now flanking his sides

"Sorry to burst your happy bubble, I'm no vampire"

"Oh? Hmm, you do look different from them indeed" "Well, your race looks very similar to them, can't help but piss me off haha"

Hearing the two cackle wildly put a wry smile on his face, just how many times has the human race gotten this exact reaction when meeting werewolves? The mortal war between the furry and the bloodsucking races caused no small amount of conflict to this innocent new race

"You know what happens when something pisses us off?" "We slowly eat it, ripping the flesh off until nothing is left to its body but the unsavoury bones"

"You know what happens when I get pissed off?" Shik! Shick! "Didn't think so"

As the two bodies fell to the ground rolling with a dagger stabbed into their eyes YuJu shook his head with a laugh, they were all bark no bite after all

"Seven tickets for both combined? That's rather crappy"

Each person had a quota of ten tickets so for two to not even collect enough for one...very shabby indeed

On the bright side the top of the building was already in sight meaning soon he wouldn't have to worry about someone sneaking away with the treasures

'With that thing in hand I wouldn't have to concern myself with battles for quite some time'

It will be a great tool to aid his rise