My Servant System



"Now there's three of these things?! Fuck! We need to go for the heart instead, but dealing with three of these things is going to be tricky!"

Jahi's soft growl after she spoke made me nod, my eyes narrowing as I stared out into the flames and said "Maybe it split its strength three ways? Or at the very least relinquished its strength to make those copies of itself? If so, then it might just be bearable. Still, we need to meet each of them to get a gauge on their strength!"

When the original Crystal Mimic stopped breathing flames onto the dome of wind and fire, Anput shot forwards and collided with the Canine Mimic, her longsword slashing towards its head as she did as I asked without question, nor confirmation.

Jahi and Nirinia bolted forwards as well, aiming to go one person per Mimic, but sadly the hulking Demoness Mimic insisted that they keep it company, its bulky body hardening under a thick layer of opaque crystal that withstood their blows.

That left Leone and I to cast our spells and neutralize the Crystal Mimic in the back, stopping it from casting anything else as we unleashed a barrage of arrows towards it, each of them exploding on impact and chipping away at its body.

It regenerated itself with its mana, which was overflowing and potent despite having split between the other two, but I would assume that was because the other two were melee focused, whereas this one was magic focused.

Even so, the sheer quantity it held was easily the same as what Leone and I had combined, and while I might not have a Core as large as my Vampiric lover, I still had more mana than other people, which made this monster... well, monstrous.

So this was proving to be a strenuous task as we poured our mana together and went on the offensive, hitting the Crystal Mimic with spell after spell as we began to make our way over to the heart, Leone whispering "Think you can hold it on your own for a few moments? This crystal isn't the strongest material in the world, after all..." as we walked to the side.

"I should be able too. Though, are you sure that the crystal spire around the heart would be as weak as everything else? I wouldn't think so..."

"Hmm... We'll have to see. Either way, I can get a spell to crack it open easily, though if it does prove to be tougher than I think, perhaps it'd be best to let your Ice shatter it? I'll let you know."

Nodding, I watched as the Crystal Mimic let out a cry of desperation as it noticed our movements, alerting the other two that we were moving towards the heart and prompting them to begin pushing back against their opponents harder than before, switching from a balanced, neutral set of techniques to outright recklessness as they opted for pure offense to slip away from the warriors.

The Canine Mimic slashed its clawed hands at Anput, its two limbs ending in long talons of jagged crystal that threatened to rip the Jackalkin to shreds, while the occasional twist of its body allowed its tail to lunge towards her as well, acting as a weapon to try and slice the olive skinned warrior in front of it.

Anput expertly dodged around its every attack, her longsword dancing around and scoring thin cuts across the Canine Mimic's body, slowly but steadily building up damage as she went for a kill via a thousand cuts against her opponent, willing to take a long fight that held more safety for herself over rushing it.

As for Jahi and Nirinia, they alternated between blocking and attacking the Demoness Mimic, blockings its heavy machete blades before slamming their own blades against its barrel body, splintering and cracking the crystal with ease.

However, the Demoness Mimic had a regeneration spell etched into its insides, allowing the lost crystal to grow back and harden instantly, relying on the mana reservoir inside itself to continue fighting the two warriors for as long as it could, all while trying its damndest to butcher them both and reach Leone and I.

We managed to get to the crystal spire after a few moments, and Leone said "Switch your spells now, and let me know when you're ready; I'll drop my spells and focus on the crystal spire when I get your word."

I just nodded as I began to reshape the runes in front of me, adding new ones and constructing a Ritual Circle that would allow me to keep the Crystal Mimic at bay as Leone worked on cracking open the crystal spire and wrench out the beating heart of this island, ending our time here on this island.

It would be a time that I would remember with mixed feelings, that was for sure; I would look back and kick myself for not grinding out much longer, but also a time that I was grateful to have spent as long as I had here.

There was a lot to gain by being here, and if it was a place with a little more... hospitality to it in terms of a constructed building and somewhere we had planned on coming to, this might have been a place we could have cloistered ourselves off in for a month, but alas it wasn't to be.

Instead, I was staring down a Crystal Mimic with an array of runes shining in front of me as I said "Go ahead Leone!" before releasing a beam of extremely cold, cloying snow towards the monster, which clung to its crystalline body and began to cover it in frost as soon as the Vampire stopped heating the air around it.

She turned instantly and began to work on the crystal spire, her mana forming into a compressed foot of flame that she slashed at the spire, observing the damage done and tuning her spell before doing it again, creating a weak point to begin drilling.