28 - Another Illusion!

And just as expected...

The perpetrator took the bait within that split second when Mickaila loosened his guard, it moved forward towards Mickaila from behind in an attempt to tackle but unluckily for it, Mickaila had already planned ahead.

Stabbing the shadow in the back and like the wind it disappeared, "Tsk... Is that another of your puppets?" Mickaila questioned unhappily.

"This is no fun, why don't you show yourself." Mickaila probed as he swung his blades around the air whilst he attempted to find the perpetrator from behind the scenes and watching from the sidelines, however it was difficult since the mana was emitting from different places, it was unknown which were the true perpetrators without looking at them one by one.

However, Mickaila's patience was running thin. "Fine, do it your way" Mickaila said before stretching out his body.

Bringing out two handguns, one in each hand before shooting locations from where mana was emitted. And as expected, one after another was destroyed turning into dust with the mana dissipating into the thin air, believing by this point, the last one standing would be the true perpetrator however it didn't go as planned.

At the end of everything, all of the fakes have been defeated but no signs of the true perpetrator. "Oh come on!" Mickaila said angrily.

Now it's just starting all over again but Mickaila didn't easily give up.

He took a deep breath and thought of another idea, "if I can't find you, then I'll make you reveal yourself." Mickaila smirked.

|Skill: BloodLust/ Killing intent

Status: Activated|

With the payment made, every living thing surrounding Mickaila began to shiver underneath his feet. His eyes glared upon the ceiling in attempt of staring at the perpetrator who luckily was affected by the extreme aura profusing from Mickaila. And soon it revealed itself in midair just a few feet In Front of him.

"There you are!" Mickaila started upon another night walker who was indifferent Infront of Mickaila but deep down underneath that dark cloak, it was trembling in fear with the being In front of it.

But nevertheless, the night walker didn't give up that easily and within a few moves, Mickaila was moved elsewhere. A place full of darkness much like the last illusion he had. But this time, Mickaila wasn't easily tricked and immediately got himself out of the illusion , facing the night walker menacingly. "This is not going to work a second time!" Mickaila said.

But once again, within that moment when Mickaila was about to slash down his sword, he was suddenly migrated to another place, a place that felt so familiar yet also unfamiliar. It wasn't dark but instead it was bright and colourful, it was a beautiful meadow looking place, with fresh and nourishing air along with the river bank and wind blowing breezily over his body making him relax. However, Mickaila kept in mind that this was all just an illusion but nevertheless his grip on his weapon began to loosen, although he repeatedly told himself that none of these were real and that it doesn't represent anything but before he could break free from it, something caught his attention.

It was a little girl, she has dazzling neck long silver hair, light blue eyes and a sweet smile upon her face, the appearance of the girl looks so familiar and calming, believing he has seen her somewhere before but he couldn't pinpoint where but the thing that confused him more was whether these were all real or not?

But there wasn't just the little girl, a little boy around the age of 5 walked up to the girl who was just a bit shorter and smaller in frame than him, they looked at each other sweetly as they played along the water bank. The boy has a bright smile on his face, with features of light blue eyes and black hair, just the same as his. By this time, Mickaila felt a sudden urge of dizziness and his head began to pound. "I don't want to see this anymore" Mickaila screamed as pieces of blurry images whizzed through his head but no matter what he forced his way out of the illusion, collapsing onto his knees as he landed on the cold concrete floor in front of the night walker.

With his headache slowly disappearing and memories of the illusion becoming very blurry, he shook his head trying to regain his composure before staring up at the night walker with intense menace. Standing up from his kneeled position, Mickaila approached the night walker with the intense look which disables the opponent to make a single move in front of him without Mickaila detecting.

And just before the night walker could use his tricks once again to send Mickaila into another illusion, he tightened his grip onto his long sword and within that split second, he disappeared into thin air and the next thing you knew....

The night walker has been put down.

|Congratulations, you have defeated the night walker (2)|

|Congratulations you have gained the skill Illusion Display|

|Skill: Illusion Display

Level: 1

Description: Putting the individual or group of enemies into a deep illusion. The type of illusion can be chosen by the gamer i.e. fear, regret, happiness or recalling past memories etc.

The illusion would last for 5 minutes unless the opponent is of high level then the time may differ.

MP Cost: 50|

"Finally, he's gone" Mickaila said relieved that he doesn't have to go through another illusion, "But then again, what was the last illusion I was put into?" He questioned himself out loud not seeming to remember what happened due to the mass headache, but one thing was for certain, there was definitely a little girl however her appearance has become blurry for Mickaila to tell who it was. But as he tried to recall, his mind wouldn't let him and blocked any memories of the illusion from his brain and soon he gave up and shook it off, "Nah, I guess it wasn't that important" he said believing that it would someday come back to him when the time comes.

"But anyways, it seems I've gained another useful skill" he smiled as he cleaned himself up before heading towards the large poison ivy door once again.

Opening it with his bare hands once again but this time with less difficulty, maybe it was due to the fact his body has gained a higher immunity but nevertheless detoxification was once again put to action.

As the door was opened widely, Mickaila made his way in being very cautious with every move he made along with his surroundings.

This time, instead of being faced with a large and dark tunnel, instead he was facing a colossal room, a large and round room that was made of concrete walls and floors. Something similar to the last room he was in, but this time it was more solitude and icily bitter, with the walls full of dangerous poison ivy and other dangerous looking plants, Mickaila comes to a halt just before he reached the middle of the room where he was blocked by a large looking boulder that was triple the size of him.

[What's this?] he thought to himself.

And just as he reached out his hands, about to touch the boulder, the whole place began to vibrate whilst Mickaila tried to keep his balance with the mass earthquake within the room. And slowly the boulder just in front of Mickaila began to move, sitting up from it's position with it's large figure and soon standing up making Mickaila look like an inferior creature that seems to be harmless and fragile.

As the creature in front of Mickaila stretched out it's body and yawned, it looked back down at Mickaila who stared each other in the eyes and with a single click of the large humanoid figure, the poison ivy on the walls began to wrap itself onto Mickaila.

"What's going on?" Mickaila questioned.

|You are now facing the dark realm's boss

Your mission is to defeat it, if successful you would be rewarded greatly. If you fail, death would await you. Good luck and may the odds be in your favour|

"Damn!"