Chapter 57 New God in New World (13) Apostle Trial (9)

**Author's Note**

**Character Map:**

"X" = Loid Orcus (Protagonist)

"(X)" = Loid Orcus (strong inner thought)

°X° = Makina (Artificial Intelligence)

^X^ = Makina program System to assist Loid

[X] = Status Board

**Other:**

|||| = Time Skip

(X) = Explanation

([X]) = Sound Effect

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'Weapon Graveyard'

A place where weapons are laid out like tombstones.

The place is devoid of any life; no flora or fauna can be seen flourishing. The field is filled with gravel-like sand, where weapons such as swords, spears, axes, and others are partially buried like tombstones.

Perhaps due to the passage of time, all weapons are rusted, which may lead one to believe that they are unfit for combat. However, despite this, the weapons glint, as if to show that they are still capable of piercing, slicing, and striking flesh and spilling the blood of their foes.

Intrigued, I stepped forward and attempted to take a nearby weapon. As I approached, a sword glinted, and just as I reached for the sword handle,

°Loid, are you ok?°

Makina pulled my shoulder from behind and asked.

At that moment, I snapped out of it, feeling as though I had been in a trance, or rather, forcibly thrust into one.

Upon reflecting on this experience, I pondered further on what it could mean. After a few seconds, I concluded,

"Mimicry."

I activate the skill 'Mimicry' and start grasping all passing essence around me.

^Skill 'Mimicry' activated^

^Collecting Sample Essence around the vicinity^

"Shapeshift, Ascertainment"

^Ability 'Shapeshift activated^

"Shapeshift: Skill fusion"

"Skill fusion: Skill 'Unique: Mimicry', Skill: 'Divine: Ascertainment'."

^Fusing Skill 'Unique: Mimicry', Skill: to 'Divine: Ascertainment'.^

^Fusion in progress^

^Fusion Complete^

^Selected Skills are Fused^

^Skill is Unnamed^

"Skill name: A1."

^Skill name registered-^

"Wait, you don't need to, it's just a temporary name."

^...The skill name is on hold. You may use it at will or you may use my assistance to aid you with the use of this skill by referring to the temporary name registered.^

"Great, A1."

"Fusion Skill 'A1' Activate."

The new fusion skill activated, and the "Mimicry" base function became more efficient in gathering the essence and I could instantly able to identify what kind of essence gathered

Because of this, the essence gathered around the surroundings and identified and one particular essence caught my eyes

"So this is the reason"

As I appraise it with the base function of Skill "Ascertainment", the essence reveals what is behind the discomfort

[23rd Sample essence: this essence contains a hypnotic effect that ranges from being deranged of sense to disruption of thoughts affecting the function of the mind]

"Discovering this essence, it either it naturally occurring event like a gas leak or-"

With the Skill "Ascertainment", I follow the trail where the essence leaking came from, and at the end of the trail

"-, the essence came from the skill or abilities or any power leaks from"

At the center of the field, where the weapons act like tombstones, as if the tombstones circling the figure, there is a different tomb, as it is not a weapon or even armor that acts like it tombstone

At the center of tombstones of weapons, where the trail of the essence points and where the essence leak

There, A stone statue is placed

Among the tombstones of weapons, the stone statue must be the one out of place, but based on my experience, the one that is really out of place is the tombstone of weapons

Why, remember, before coming here, we fought an army of earthen golems who weld various weapons range to hand to hand to range weapon

Because of this reason, the stone statue is the most normal of thing on here based on my deduction

To prove it, I stepped forward and finally, of my own accord, decided something that would happen

I grasp the nearest sword and say to Makina

"Makina, could you step back a bit and support from afar, I need you to observe and decide how this fight will end"

°But Loid, based on my deduction, the fight is much better prepared if we are fought together

"I know, but there are too many variables to conclude that"

°....°

"I want you to save me, as you did before, in case something happens, we could not afford for both of us in a position not able to respond if something happens that proves disadvantageous to us"

°.....°

"Because of such reason, I want you, who is the best and unbeatable in any field, to assure our survival and this battle will end up our win"

°...aye, understood, but let me prepare you at best condition on the probability that something happens out of hand°

As Makina says, Makina enhanced all program and module systems stored at my vessel and installed new programs and module systems that prove an incredible aid at what is about to happen

"Thank you, with this, I'm confident that I could even take down a country, well at least in the standard back on our world "

°Affirmative, by all of this prepared, you could even take down a country's technological institute and overtake them

"Haha, yes, now I know how it felt to be a state-of-the-art quantum supercomputer, everything feels like everything goes as my calculation"

I spoke a joke, took a breath with my non-existent lungs, and exhaled

".....I'm going"

°...take care°

as I step forward, I make many "Fractions" that look the same as me, like as if I perform a certain ninjutsu performed by a certain yellow hair ninja, an OP MC of certain Big 3 anime

But as expected of a mimic, it was just mimicry, because of this, each of me welded different weapons and wore different armor or outfit

Some look like a typical medieval knight, while some look like a dark age bandit, others look like a priest some look like cultists

It ranged from another to another, but what is important is the reason behind this action

In front of me, the stone statue just looks like a human statue, if it is, I may take a different approach but at the center

A stone statue where numerous arms are attached to the body, and each hand welds different weapons, like certain gods that worship and the reference to my fighting style in the game I play and the way I fight in this world

The asura-like statue opened its eyes, and the body supposedly made of stone revealed a different appearance

Inside the crack, a white marble appeared, no, much whiter than any marble, revealed at the crack, making my sight play around as the appearance of the white marble shed light on the gap of the cracks, nah it, was not an imagination

A white light is indeed coming from the cracks, and knowing stereotypes of this world, although I know it is futile, I cover my non-existent eyes, as where it supposed to be, and like me, the other clones follow suit

Brilliant light covered the field and after time, a white figure appeared, standing at the pedestal where the figure was placed when it was still a statue

Looking down, I never thought about the figure mocking, what I thought at the time was-

"it seems I met a fellow practitioner of asura martial art, no, this figure might even be the one who shall impart teaching to me to the true asura art, as I am just a mimic, but I shall surely learn what about you teach, Teach!!!"

As I shout, I and all my clones, leap forward and take out stance fitting of the weapon we weld and compete who will the one who will take the first strike and take the last strike that ends this foe

And out of any foes I face, this one is by far the most formidable

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