357 Dealing With Things

( Some time ago. )

" I... I " Phobos still whimpers and stutters after killing Theseus, yep, he obliterates him.

" You did good again, Phobos... " a voice comes to him from the below, from the shadows, as the 'White Demon' himself rises from it.

" You came? " Twelve asks as he sees White Demon enter the place.

White Demon, who just came here, glances at Twelve for a while, he smirks, " I already let 69 and Hundred go in first with their Black Shadow Forms... "

" Besides, someone needs to make Poseidon busy, right? " White Demon asks Twelve while looking at the whimpering Phobos.

" Master...? " Phobos still feels sorry for what he did, White Demon approaches and lowers himself.

" Hey, hey, Phobos... " White Demon calms him.

" You need not worry about it. "

" Besides, if you hold back, then you're the one who will become like this. " White Demon says while hinting at the state of Theseus' corpse in thanks to Phobos.

" Master... *sobs* " 

" It's okay, Phobos... "

" You shouldn't be formal to me, even when we're doing our 'business'... "

" Just call me 'White', like ol' Times, hey? " White Demon says to Phobos, telling him to not be so formal and be flexible like in old times, sometimes that hasn't been told in this story before.

" Yes..., White... " Phobos says it, calling White Demon the call name he used to address him back then.

As the White Demon calms his greatest Elite, he approaches Theseus' corpse and asks the System to Scan it.

" System? " he calls the very System that accompanies him.

< Claiming Rewards: >

< Extracting Rewards from the Slain Enemy. >

< ... >

" Seems, the System had a hard time, extracting every remnant from those who are from the Divine... " White Demon says to himself, remembering a certain 'Divine' descendant he defeated at the end of the Abyss Tower Event.

< (!) ERROR (!) >

< System unable to Extract the Deceased Soul to Manifest Rewards! >

< Extracting other things of the slain's remnants. >

" Guess it was true, those who came from the Divine are bound to the Universal Reboot Device... " Twelve comes in behind the White Demon with his new Black Shadow Vessel.

" How's the Body? " White Demon asks Twelve, wondering if the new 'flesh' fits him.

" It feels... different. " Twelve says as he still needs some time.

" Enjoy it. " White Demon tells him.

" Enjoy the result of my growth within the Abyss Tower, Twelve. "

" My growth that you hoped for. " Ragna exclaims the word, as he ignores Twelve, he returns to what the System had to offer.

< Extraction Complete >

< Congratulations, you Learned a new Skill! >

< Skill: [Divine Water Absorption (Active)] -- LVL.1 >

< A skill that enables the User to absorb water, and when absorbed, All Stats Increase including HP. >

< Cost: 1.000 GP >

< Would you like to receive this Skill or ... >

< [Using the new feature] >

< Feature: [Skill Transfer]* >

< [Feature used] >

< ... >

< ...would you want to transfer this Learned Skill? >

" Hmm... " White Demon thinks to himself, he reflected on it for a while and then sighed after doing some brief reflection.

" Twelve. " the White Demon suddenly calls, he looks at Ragna Twelve, who is in his Black Shadow Form.

* Twelve looked back at him. *

* Within Ragna Twelve's very own mind. *

"( His looks... )"

"( Since he's the Current Timeline 'Me' which means both of us are the same individual existence... )"

"( If it were me, I could tell that his looks mean, " Hey Twelve, got something for ya! ", I knew it. )" Twelve sees it as he then receives something from Ragna through the System.

" Hmmm? " Twelve sees it and looks at White Demon again.

"( For me? )" Poseidon asks White Demon as White Demon shrugs it, his gesture simply tells.

"( If you want it, then receive it. )" 

"( Fine. )" Twelve responds within himself, he accepts it as he flees from White Demon's place, leaving him back in the Shadows.

" White? " Phobos calls White Demon as Twelve leaves.

" Why does your... "

" Previous Timeline Self... leave us? " Phobos asks White Demon but the White Demon simply yawns on his question.

" *Yawn* He was simply needed elsewhere. "

" As well as us. " White Demon answered it, ending his loud yawn as he ordered the Black Shadows to return.

" We're taking this with us. " White Demon uses the Shadows to pick up Theseus' corpse, telling Phobos he needed it for something, within this very place.

" An old acquaintance? " Phobos asks White Demon about it.

" No, not even... " White Demon explains.

" We're not even friends, we just happened to meet once before. " White Demon explains as Phobos accompanies him to do his 'business'.

...

( Present time. )

[ Atlantis Region ]

[ Outside the Atlantis Private Medic Centre (Destroyed). ]

" You got some balls coming here!? " Tristan Torrent, shouts at the White Demon while using his Gift's might.

" O, please... " White Demon says to him after receiving Tristan's attack.

" Don't hit me with 'water'. " White Demon chuckles after Tristan attacks him with the Element he primarily mastered during his journey.

Hearing it, Tristan releases his abilities like [Torrent Wave], [Torrent Tsunami], [Torrent Burst], etc.

" You should've not done that. " White Demon halts the Water attacks, seeing this Tristan began to wonder if the White Demon had some invisible shield but he realized something.

"( No, it's not a barrier that protects him, he- )" Tristan realized it as from his water attacks, the White Demon unleashed many water-based attacks right at him.

< Skill: [Water Shield Disks (Active)] -- LVL. 8 >

< Create Multiple Disk Projectiles from Water >

< [Enhanced Aether Imbue] applied >

Using the 'Enhanced Aether'* for Buff, the disks immediately hit Tristan giving him a great Bleeding in its first strike.

" Grrh! " Tristan felt it, receiving great damage but didn't know how much.

" Your 'water'... " Tristan huffs and puffs after feeling the damage inflicted upon him.

" Why is it different, it- " 

" Because it wasn't like the ones you've bent before. " White Demon explains while approaching him.

" I know with your Tier 5 Gift, you may even bring the 'Great Flood'* using the Water outside Atlantis' very Barrier. "

" But sadly, it seems you can't bend the water you never knew, hey? " White Demon asks Tristan while he is bleeding badly, he tries to control his Blood from leaking further.

[ Titanic Torrent Gift Skill: Blood Domination Control ]

Tristan bends his Blood using his ability, a Forbidden one.

" Grandfather, I'm sorry. " Tristan says it while staring at the White Demon.

" Hmph! " Using his Gifts, Tristan tries to bend the White Demon's Blood, which the White Demon received some of the 'Domination' effects.

* White Demon's body briefly dominated with Tristan's Gift. *

< 'Domination' Effect applied >

< Player's Movement is- >

" Really, now? " White Demon says it as he forced himself to move, already getting used to the pain.

He approaches Tristan as the two forces themself against the other, as the White Demon approaches, Tristan musters all of his might to 'Dominate' and 'Destroy' the White Demon from within.

" Grh! You bastard! " Tristan uses his full domination over water, the very advantage of his Gift [Titanic Torrent].

" Why won't you- "

" SHUT THE F*K UP! " White Demon charges, he endures the pain while forcing himself to charge despite the damage, mustering every ounce of energy as he charges and kicking Tristan's face hard.

< CRIT DMG >

The foot lands on the face, as it lands, using its velocity and perhaps the very force.

* SPLAT *

Blood pours, and the head explodes due to the White Demon's powerful attack, ending one of the S-Rank Hunters, who happened to be a Divine Descendant in an instant.

< 'Domination' Effect ends. >

* White Demon huffs and puffs. *

" Like I said... "

" You can't bend the water you never knew... or perhaps control before. "

" Even blood. " White Demon concludes, as he remembers how 'different' his entire body is after the Abyss Tower.

" Hmph, right... " White Demon finishes his business with Tristan, receives his rewards, and just leaves.

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Extra:

I'm sorry for Tristan, his powers in the Tier may be OP.

But since he's a Water Elemental Type, I believe most of you knew where his Powers may be, so I decided to kill him since his powers are obvious despite their great quality.

If you ask which is more powerful in ability, either Theseus or Tristan, I must tell you that Tristan is technically powerful, skillful, and more destructive than his Father Theseus could dream of.

Despite his classic kind of powers and abilities, Tristan's is just easier to develop and master aside from its very powerful potency. Unlike Theseus whose power must be filled using the right materials and used in the right condition to make himself stand supreme in any battle, thus making even Poseidon set him aside after Tristan was born.

This is just an irony, for some 'mortal' like Tristan, whose Divinity genes haven't truly been manifested like his father's, he happened to have Given a powerful Gift for a mortal could hope, a contrast to his Demigod-like father, who was Gifted with a Double-edged Ability that could ruin his life if he wasn't careful.

Ah, if they could just switch their abilities. *sigh*.

Author KJVZeanso out.

* Feature: [Skill Transfer].

A new feature from the System, now the Player (Ragna Orion 'Miraikuru' Kent) can transfer the Learned Skill to other individuals.

* 'Enhanced Aether'.

The Aether that had been enhanced after consuming the likes of Demonic Energy, Mana, Ki, and finally, Divine Energy.

The reason? See Chapter 327: Aether Properties Part 2

* 'Great Flood'.

A real-life event from the Christian Bible, Noah's story that happened within the Lores of this Webnovel.