Arpious of the Planes

My torn black dress turned into a mix of black and blue robes, which flowed from the mask.

I could feel so much sadness within me that tears wouldn't stop flowing from my eyes.

"Heh, so this is the strongest monster of this plane, huh? Interesting," The man with a giant wizard hat says.

"*sigh*... Fine… I'm sorry… [Forbidden Magic: Hermes],"

My stats were no longer balanced… so I was quickly able to attack them.

Everything around me had paused, and I ran towards the group, but somehow, the scarred man who previously almost killed me traced me with his eyes.

His arm lifted very slowly, and as he was the biggest threat, I decided to swing my scythe down onto his arm, hoping to cut it off.

SHING

Blood dripped from my arm as the man broke through into this frozen world.

"Please, I don't want you to suffer," I say before swinging Raiu as hard as possible.

My sword ripped through the space around us, and it was quickly coated in blue flames.

[Forbidden Magic: Prometheus]

SHING

My time was running out, so just as I cut the man's arm off, time began to flow again.

A blast of wind sent me flying across the room, but I caught myself with [Weather Manipulation: Wind, Rain, Sun, and Snow].

I was an idiot not to realize that I had a considerable advantage over the wind guy as I had weather manipulation and his primary attacks are wind-based.

I can't completely control the wind he creates, but it's enough to redirect his attacks away from me.

FWOOSH

Another gust of wind was blown towards me, blades of concentrated wind mixed in, but I just swung my scythe up, splitting it in half.

[Forbidden Magic: Zeus's Nimbus]

Storm clouds began to cover the ceiling.

[Forbidden Magic: Medusa]

My weapons had begun to crack and turn to stone while also releasing a petrifying aura that completely crumbled anything it came into contact with.

The heroes before me saw this sight but were not afraid.

They looked at me with what I thought was hopeless optimism.

Besides the scarred swordsman, their respected elements burst from their body, who released an aura akin to the king I had encountered before… but this time, it was at least ten times stronger.

But, I'm no longer as weak as before.

[Your body has begun to crumble under the weight of so much forbidden magic]

[Your sadness has increased]

[Sadness has evolved into Depression]

[Depression has kept your body from crumbling]

I felt utterly miserable yet had a sense of unwavering determination.

Dark bags began to develop under my eyes, and it felt as if something was squeezing my heart with each step I took.

"Ah, it's familiar," I mutter, activating [Forbidden Magic: Hermes] once again.

Time stopped.

The scarred man stepped forward into my frozen dimension.

He raised his broken greatsword above his head and swung down, creating a blade of pure aura to come dashing towards me.

It was fast, but I just barely managed to dodge it by sidestepping.

I then used the momentum of the side step to twist around and send my own flying blade of aura at the man.

He blocked it with ease.

[Summon: Phoenix]

[Summon: Overlord Deer]

[Summon: Overlord Wolf]

I dashed forward with my three strongest summons, each getting cut in half by one large aura blade.

They dissipated into golden lights that entered my body, refilling some of the emptiness I had.

VWOOM

I swung my sword down once more as time resumed once again.

The aura blade was so strong, and it was infused with a blue fire, so the man was forced to dodge it… but he didn't realize…

"ARGHHHHHHHHH!"

That his healer was right behind him, and I was able to kill her upon him dodging.

She tried to heal herself, but the fire spread from within her body, up her throat and frying her brain.

"YOU BASTARD!" The man shouts.

Suddenly, I felt my breath being taken away, and my body felt heavier overall.

,m It felt as if gravity was fighting me.

"I see," I mutter with my last breath before activating [Weather Manipulation: Wind, Rain, Sun, and Snow].

I could breathe again as I removed the vacuum created by the wind mage from around me.

SHING

A blade of aura hit me since the wind mage had distracted me, but [Araes Dress] pretty much absorbed most of the damage.

It turned to tatters, leaving me with my original dress, but now I knew who I needed to kill next.

"You… It's okay… It'll be over soon," I point at the wind mage before activating [Forbidden Magic: Hermes] once again.

'Be careful! Your mana is draining fast! Also, don't use your throne world! It will drain too much mana!' My inner demon shouts.

I know, I know… I'm not that dumb… So shut up… I've already seen it… Their deaths.

'Okay, edgelord,' She taunts, but I ignore it and dash towards the swordsman who broke into my frozen dimension once again.

He had become much warier of where his comrades were now, but that was a weakness.

This might be my only chance to kill him, so I played my cards carefully.

I made sure to run around him, keeping him aligned with his frozen comrades, but he, of course, noticed this and tried to set me off course.

CRACK

A thunderbolt struck right beside the man, causing him to stumble in front of his comrades.

He then noticed his situation, but it was too late… I stabbed my scythe into his head, splitting it open, just as time resumed.

"Well, you're next now," I say, my face practically pressed up against the wind mage's face.

A few spears made of fire and water stuck into my back, piercing some of my organs, but I snapped them in half by readjusting my body.

White immediately healed me from afar, and the man clad in purple armor noticed this, so he went to go take care of her… but I caught him in my trap.

CRACK

Another bolt of lightning was struck, and it ripped through the air, frying the man clad in purple armor.

He survived, but Black, who had just woken up, killed him by frying his body into ashes with his black flames.

"Next," I mutter, glancing at the wind mage next to me who was too afraid to move.

The woman who had been bugging me with water this entire time created a tsunami that threatened to swallow both of us.

It seems she deemed the guy a hindrance, so she went to kill him as well.

Finally, the chance I've been waiting for.

The reason why I hadn't killed the wind mage despite me being next to him for such a long time is that my attacks couldn't reach him.

I tried to sneak in a few attacks while I was fighting the scarred man, but each time they would evaporate upon hitting the wind mage.

I assumed this was one of his skills, and after a few confirmation attacks, I realized it was because he had a thin vortex around him that even medusa couldn't petrify.

"AHHHH!" The wind mage shouted, accidentally creating an uneven bubble around both of us.

Well… It seems it worked.

Kshh

I stabbed the man with Raiu, with my whole force, and even added my blue flames, which devoured him from the inside out, leaving only ash.

The reason why this worked is that whenever he uses his wind-power-thingy, the vortex around him thins out, so I have just enough space to wedge my sword in between and kill him.

The swirling air bubble around me disappeared upon me, killing the mage, but the water from before had evaporated.

It seems she was running out of mana and so was I.

『Status』

[Name: Iris]

[Race: Human]

[Status: Terrified]

[Level: 662]

[HP: 1500/1500  MP: 54/1000  SP: 12/1000]

[Strength: 150 (+50)]

[Defense: 150 (+50)]

[Magic: 500 (+50)]

[Speed: 150 (+50)]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 50]

[Skills: [Tsunami] [Grand Water Magic] [Salted Wave] [Water Strike] [Water Deflect]

[Water Sphere] [Water Barrier] [Great Mermaids Waterfall] [Great Mermaids Tsunami]

[Great Mermaids Song]

[Equipment: [Armor of the Strongest Water Mage]

[Titles: [Leader] [The Strongest] [Right-Hand Woman] [Trustworthy] [Respected]

…

I first looked at the top part of her status and noticed that her mana was just as I thought.

My eyes then scanned farther down to see her skills and noticed the powerful ones she had… but she also didn't have many skills in general.

And what she was missing, was something that could've changed her fate… [Inspect].

I then checked my own status to make sure I was doing good.

[HP: 628/1000  MP: 83/1500  SP: 1121/1400]

Oh… That's lower than I thought.

"HUFF HUFF HUFF,"

The water mage was breathing heavily and sweat-drenched her armor.

"I'll give you a chance to live," I began to bluff.

Well, to be honest, I just wanted her as a slave.

This woman had the most vital skills out of everybody I had inspected today.

The others weren't really note-worthy, but this woman was nice… I guess.

The scarred swordsman didn't have many skills as well, and he was able to shift into my time-frozen dimension with literally just a strength and speed stat of 800… but he was too feisty to keep around.

"D-don't fuck with me! You're just a monster! Why would I ever believe you!?" She shouts.

I slowly removed my mask while walking towards her.