Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 4)

Vol 4/ Chapter 87 - The Assault Plan

"Hehe, this is normal! I, I usually just do theoretical research in Crescent City, I don't often join battles, so I rarely get hurt! That's why my rank is so low."

Hiding behind a big rock, Judith kept making excuses and defending herself.

Her low rank had somehow become her excuse for avoiding getting shots... uh, no - for avoiding getting hurt, even though it was just a minor injury!

"Don't waste time, we need to go up the mountain quickly, or else we might get spotted by those Apostles if we take too long!"

Adrian didn't have the patience to reason with her. The "speed" arrow he had shot at Judith earlier had let her avoid running on her own, but there was no way he'd let her off the hook so easily this time.

"Wah - umph -"

Without a word, Ron and I rushed forward, one covering her mouth and the other grabbing her limbs, quickly pinning Judith to the ground.

"There we go!"

Adrian gently pricked a small hole in her arm, and suddenly Judith disappeared completely, along with her clothes. Except for a slight disturbance in the nearby light elements, it was almost impossible to tell she was there!

This was much more useful than regular invisibility magic. Invisibility spells still give off some light element, but this hid that completely.

"Mmph mmph, I'm not pure anymore, Feliciana just touched my chest..."

Though we couldn't see anything, we heard muffled sobs from the ground.

"Ah... sorry, that was an accident!"

I panicked, not sure if she was telling the truth, so I quickly apologized.

"She's just making excuses. If it was real, she'd probably be feeling up her whole body by now."

Without looking back, Adrian went to Mike and stabbed his arm with another battle qi-infused arrow.

"As if I'm that kind of loose person..."

Judith's voice changed as soon as she heard that, but she was still invisible.

"This battle qi is so fun! Even though it's not from any element, it can still make you invisible like light magic. But now my wound is hidden, will I bleed a lot? Will I die from blood loss?"

No one replied to her.

Just as Adrian had said, the journey up the mountain went smoothly. Aside from the steep slopes, where it was hard to climb with our invisible legs, we didn't run into any real danger.

"That's weird! Even if our bodies are hidden, Feliciana and Ron's light element should still be detectable by the God of Light. So why haven't any Apostles shown up?"

An arrow floating in the air led the way, when suddenly I heard Judith's voice next to me.

"Hehe, maybe Beluto is really as the legends say - incomplete when he was born, so his abilities didn't reach the theoretical level, which is why he hasn't noticed us?"

"Feliciana, you angels must have some records about this, right?"

"Oh, I know about that. You mean Beluto's abilities are incomplete, and he's not very smart, right?"

I'd heard that before - Liana's memories showed the God of Light acting rather unintelligent, even getting mocked by Cyra.

"But those Apostles don't seem that stupid, do they?"

From another direction, Ron chimed in to argue.

If the Apostles were soulless, directly controlled by the God of Light, they shouldn't be that intelligent. But that wasn't the case - at least the four-winged Apostle didn't seem dumb, and I even felt she was a bit cunning.