**Chapter 27 - is that their true power?**
[An enemy that is far beyond comprehension has appeared.]
The party of 5 looked completely taken aback, after all.. they had just narrowly won--and Arthur had also lost his arm.
[All skills have been cancelled by 'the enemy']
A sense of despair and hopelessness washed over them as they saw a man approach them in the distance--the man was tall, wore black clothes, had long black hair and held a naginata as weapon.
[Number 5 has been spotted.]
[The Gem is attempting to manifest into human form]
[Accept or decline]
Mathis stared at his options, but ultimately decided that it was better to have more allies--he clicked the accept button.
Within a quick flash of light, a woman appeared before Mathis.. she had long blonde hair, emerald eyes, was the same height as Mathis and wore a long white dress.
"I, pledge my loyalty to you--Mathis. So do not worry about betrayal or death, as I will protect you." The woman says as her first words--as if addressing some of Mathis's fears, her expression being unreadable.
Selvyn looked at the woman, her expression was also unreadable.
"If that man is your sword, then i shall be your shield." The woman said, her voice was soft and gentle.
The woman then put her hand out--Mathis proceeded to place his true holy sword in her hand as she then grips it and walked towards the enemy, her long beautiful white dress flowing in the wind.
As the two came face to face, without hesitation the man struck the woman--yet without much difficulty, the woman had caught the punch.. just the impact caused the ground to crack and cave in slightly, if a full battle went on--the whole country might end up being erased from the map.
[Skill: manifestation of arena has been used]
A giant sphere formed around the woman and the man, it couldn't be seen through and seemed to be a separate dimension inside.
The party of 5 took this chance to redeem their new personalised skills, just incase they didn't have another chance to do so.
[Mathis has acquired 'personalised skill: The observer lvl. 1']
[Selvyn has acquired 'personalised skill: sacrifice of oneself for another.']
[Arthur has acquired 'personalised skill: the lonely yet devoted sword lvl. 1']
[Theeven has acquired 'personalised skill: independence lvl. 1']
[Mia has acquired 'personalised skill: wyvern switch.']
By the time they had finished claiming their skills--the sphere was now crumbling, revealing the unknown woman standing before the defeated no. 5.
"Wait she.. actually solo'd that within 2 minutes?!" Mathis thought to himself, his mind racing--he did not know whether to feel fear or relief.
[No. 5, the Wrath of humanity--has been defeated. Rewards will now be issued to the contributors.]
Mathis looked down at his status window, noticing he had gained a personalized grade weapon.
"Where did that come from?" Mathis asked, confused and surprised both by thr reward and the woman's power.
"I have transfered the credits of the kill to you, sir Mathis." The woman said, her voice still gentle and polite--as if she had just easily killed the no. 5.
The woman then walked over to Mathis, her now blood stained white dress flowing in the wind--her beautiful smile being oddly sweet, before she then handed him the blood covered true holy blade.
"There is your sword, sir Mathis." The woman said, her smile was unreadable as she handed over the sword--Mathis hesitantly taking it from her.
"Worry not, I would not hurt you even if i had to." The woman said in a reassuring tone.
[The Gem of --------, has joined your party without permission.]
"You're weird.." Mathis said, he was clearly confused and seemed to be creeped out.
"I can tell why, would you prefer i stay expressionless?" The woman asked, her tone being of genuine curiosity.
"Just.. do what you want." Mathis answered, he seemed to still be confused as everything was happening too fast.
"If that is what you wish, then.. so be it." The woman smiles, this time genuinely and nods.
[Gem of ------ has gained free will.]
"Now.. how about you five finally take a rest, hm?" The woman said, her tone had gotten even more soft.
Before Mathis answered, he handed his true holy sword to the woman before then claiming his personalised weapon.. which just made the true holy sword re-appear in his hands--this time the holy sword was permenant and seemed to be shining even more.
[The true holy sword has accepted 'Mathis' as its new owner.]
Mathis, Selvyn and Theeven go fix up a temporary shelter using things they bought from the shop, while Arthur and Mia take a break due to their injuries--for the new woman, she just guards the 5 while they do their thing.
By midnight they had finished setting up shelter--four of them had already gone to sleep.. but as for Arthur, he stayed up and kept an eye on the mysterious woman.
"No need to be so wary of me, I mean no harm to you 5." The woman spoke, not even having to look behind her to tell that Arthur was keeping an eye on her.
"You sure are one odd fella, but sure.. guess I'll take your word for it--but remember.. one suspicious move and I will make sure your head goes flying." Arthur said, half jokingly--before he then also went to bed.
The woman just watches him go sleep before she finally also goes to her own little tent and sleeps.
A message pops up on the status window as Mathis slept, the message quickly disappearing after.
[Mathis has exceeded the expectations of ------!]