Inside a marbled temple filled with different carvings, laid a painted man. His face was covered in white foundation with slight tinges of red present around his mouth.
He wore a happy expression as his body danced gracefully, his hands snapped forward as a unique ethereal white glow emanated from his fingers. The glow quickly transformed into a river of white essence.
The essence twisted and turned, wrapping it around itself as it turned into a fearsome dragon. The dragon wrapped his body into a circle before lunging forward with a roar.
The people surrounding the man shouted louder as they saw this. Within moments the dragon let out a sea of fire which was quickly transmuted into a sea of roses as it softly faded.
The scene abruptly ended as Percy woke up with pant.
Sweat tinged his forehead as Percy let out a shaky breath, he sat up straight from his make-shift bed and he gathered himself.
He glanced towards the snoring figure of Effie and sighed softly. He grasped her shoulder and applied just enough force to snap her awake.
Within a moment, Effie's eyes snapped open as her mouth parted into a grunt. She rubbed her elbow and glanced hatefully at Percy.
"I would've woken up…" She said with a bit of regret.
Percy snorted and got up from the mattress.
"Just like those last four times right? Now, like I said, get off your lazy ass. We're going to hunt." Percy spoke softly as he wore a rugged toga.
It was pretty hard finding materials to make a dress in this place, he also wasn't lucky enough to get an Armour type memory.
Hundreds of monsters were slaughtered, and he hadn't even received a single memory. Well, the specific reason for this might be because of his sword.
Memory Name: Erobos
Memory Rank: Awakened
Memory Tier: I
Memory Type: Weapon
Memory Description: [A promised oath was broken, oceans of blood were spilled all because of Crowned in Ash. This blood was solidified to become a cursed weapon of revenge.]
Memory Enchantments: [All For One], [Adaptive Evolution], [Lethal Weapon], [Unbroken Will], [Resurrección], [Exile], [Infernal Weaponry], [Negation], [Unbroken Oath]
Memory Enchantment Description:
[All For One] - This memory showcases traits of selfishness. Other memories of this type cannot be used.
[Adaptive Evolution] - The more stress this blade endures and the more blood it spills, the stronger it gets.
Next Tier: [933/1000]
Next Rank: [933/1000]
[Styngian Iron] - This memory can harm beings above its rank and can also harm beings that can't be harmed by normal means.
[Unbroken Will] - As long as the user's will is strong, this memory can cut anything.
[Resurrección] - This blade can absorb blood to repair itself.
[Exile] - This memory can be used to banish unruly beings.
[Infernal Weaponry] - This memory strikes fear and insanity upon all who gaze upon it.
[Negation] - This memory can be used to restrict healing, injuries caused by this blade are near impossible to heal and last a lifetime, the pain shall never cease.
[Unbroken Oath] - Unlike its heartless master, this memory will return back to its owner of its lost.
Percy would've destroyed this memory if it wasn't so broken, the downsides of not owning any other weapon type memories were harsh.
But it had some benefits to it, if the sword wasn't this overwhelmingingly strong. Percy wouldn't have thought twice about chucking it in the fearsome Dark Sea.
This memory was the only reason he hadn't earned any other memories during his three month long vacation in the Forgotten Shore.
"..."
Percy and Effie had eaten a quick and nutritious breakfast, in other terms, a Carapace Scavenger.
"Remind me why we're doing this again?!" Effie said with a hint of annoyance as she kicked a rock across the pavement.
"We already have enough food for today, so why are we hunting?" She asked with clear exasperation.
"Well my pet hippo, I am trying to gather some shards." Percy said with a forced and exaggerated smile, Effie sighed at his words as she grumbled softly for a few moments.
"Why do you even need shards, little edgelord. We've already established you're an enigma who doesn't grow strong with Soul Shards. So please educate this poor, and dumb outskirts girl." She spoke with overwhelming sarcasm.
Percy clicked his tongue and pushed himself backwards, as the abandoned building opposite to him exploded, sending a flurry of dust and debris.
"Well I have a few things I want to do in the Dark City, so you might have to hold down fort for a few days without me." Percy spoke without a hint of panic.
His body twisted gracefully as he avoided the well placed blows the Nightmare let out, Percy gripped his sword tightly and shot up in the air.
Effie didn't wait around, her body lunged forward as rotated a yellowish-bronze spear around her body.
Her muscles tightened and her fingers gripped the hilt, within a moment a long straight cut was drawn across the monster's body.
Percy came with an insurmountable amount of force from the air, his black sword emanated a purple aura as he twisted his body, avoiding the pincers the Scavenger had.
With a sharp movement, he executed an impossible turn and slashed across the Scavenger's claws, separating them from his body.
The monster let out a blood curdling scream as he toppled backwards, his body arched back as he lashed around uncontrollably.
Percy extended his hand and in an instant a black sphere manifested around one of the wild pincers of the Scavenger.
The Scavenger paused for a moment, unsure of what had happened.
It could not feel any sensation above its arm, he knew his pincer was there. But he couldn't feel it for a reason.
That split moment of stupor was all that it took for both Effie and Percy to remove his head.