The threaten

“You…” I said, surprised.

“What’s wrong? Do you seem surprised to see us? I thought I had put the dots together and understood that we were part of the attack on Uire,” said the third face.

“I had a suspicion about…” I replied.

“So, what was it? Why the surprise?”

“I still don’t understand what you are. It doesn’t seem to be a person…” In a quick step, I approached them within two meters and pointed my sword. “Then answer me: what are you?”

“I understand…” said the first face. “So this is really the Fragarach sword. I didn’t expect it to exist after so long without ever being found.”

“Answer me right away!” I said angrily.

That thing made me dread, a terrible feeling…

“Oh? Why so desperate?”

“I didn’t have much time to waste thinking about trying to find out your Ability or something. However, I know that you were somehow connected to the events, or at least knew of them… To be honest, I didn’t want to have to meet you…”

“Master?!” said Blodeuwedd, approaching with her branches to attack me.

“If you come closer, I'll cut that thing!” I said to Blodeuwedd.

“It's all right, Blodeuwedd… You don’t have to spend your remaining strength…” said the first face. “We are the manifestation of a Magus. As a result of his technique at the Trialism level, our personalities have been fragmented so that this being remains a secret. We are Dies Saturni. The execution of abilities technique: Telekinesis + Creation + Corruption.”

“What?” I said.

So that justified my fear. This thing is the manifestation of a Magus technique. That’s terrible.

He began to move… flying from one side to the other… standing by Blodeuwedd.

“What's your deal?… What are you planning now, and why do you want my help?”

“That’s been said to you. We still want to create the Numen bomb.”

“And what does Wini have to do with this now?”

Then the first face of that multi-faced being answered:
“She has essential abilities to accelerate the ripening of our Numen fruit. Basically, Blodeuwedd produces a pure Numen fruit. But it doesn’t define what kind of Ability it will have. For our purposes, we have to create the most destructive kind possible. Wini uses Telekinesis to hold down concentrated energy, as well as inducing the kind of Ability through energy insertion, while healing any hint of a problem in the ripening process… She uses various abilities in the process… Transmutation, Restriction, and Imitation. She can do the whole process of manipulating the Numen bomb. As the only known user of the Imitation Ability on the continent, she is indispensable to speeding up the task.”

My fear was becoming true.

“This process should have already ended. However, our logistics were delayed because of you, although also because of you, we managed to speed up the process of recruiting soldiers. The situation escaped our control with the advance of the Mora Empire.”

“So that’s where I come in?”

“Yes, you have already eliminated our resistance forces, but you can replace them... In fact, with your artifact, you will be able to hold on even longer if you fight in conjunction with Blodeuwedd.”

I understand… I need buy some time here…

“So, what’s your plan for the fight?” I said.

“You hide among the branches and attack from this current position towards the front of this plant, changing location at any time through the branches. Eventually, they found a strategy to deal with their attacks, and their dead puppet soldiers arrived here. But by then we will have gained the time needed to complete the process of manufacturing all the bombs, and we will flee from here, leaving a Numen bomb as a gift for the Mora Empire.”

“That would be a direct betrayal of the Mora Empire. I will die almost immediately, in less than one minute, because of the Mora contract,” I said.

Blodeuwedd then replied, “I can modify your body and pump your heart. When it stops, that will give you a few minutes.”

“So it’s a suicide mission for me?”

“Yes, it always was,” she replied.

The third face then said, “You want to save Wini and the others, right? You must choose: help us. With that, we will save Wini and the other two women… Or give up, and Blodeuwedd explodes everything, killing you, Wini, and everyone here, destroying and killing all here. Except for Blodeuwedd and me. My physical body is not here, and Blodeuwedd can escape to the surface quickly with her main body parts before the explosion. The plan will fail, but we can try again in the future. But you, Kesil, what choice do you have?”

10 seconds… now 9 seconds left…

“There are two Magus, at least a dozen soldiers with Dualism. Even if it is a good tactic, they will be able to react quickly… How much time do you need exactly?” I asked again.

“We need another 15 minutes,” replied the second face. “Considering the battle so far, they will be cautious, so I am 99% sure it will work out.”

“Mora’s Empire is two minutes away,” Blodeuwedd said. “We’d better start preparing…”

2 seconds…

“I just have one more question for you two…” I said.

They were silent…

“Air Ability! Full Attack style! Incandescent air blade flow!!!”

I raised the sword in the air to the sky with two hands and cut upwards where the two were.

The blow threw me back. I managed to stop myself by stabbing the sword into the ground after it dragged itself a bit. And it was as if I was breaking the space in front of me. It was only the maximum possible effect of the sword in fusion with all my aura allocated to the blow of the Fragarach sword that did not emanate Numen, causing a noise in the air with the dissipation of the blow and surprising them by not feeling the Numen emanating because of the sword.

Instantly, the blow cut the body of the multi-faced being in two, and above it cut the tree, causing it to split in two up to the sky, where it opened the ground ceiling and caused an explosion with the moon appearing in the distance.

“You tell me… Can you cure yourself of that, and if so, how long would it take?”

A technique using 99% of my Numen of the Ability of Air, and all the power this sword gives!