The Monster Monarch System-Chapter 113: Manuel’s Methods

After Julie agreed to his conditions, Manuel nodded and the shadows in the room distorted, wrapping around both him and her.

"The journey is slightly bumpy," Manuel said and Julie’s eyes twitched in confusion, what Journey? The tendrils touched her skin and she irked, they felt different from human touch and then suddenly she felt herself being pulled out of the bed and into the curtains – confident that she was about to smash into the wall only to get pulled into the shadow and vanishing from the room.

The Healer’s guard was instantly brought up, his hand clutching his weapon and raising it to Manuel threateningly.

"A kitchen knife?" Manuel said with a hearty chuckle, "You think I’m afraid of something like that?"

"Why bother having a weapon when you don’t even know how to use it?" Manuel asked and shrugged, "Don’t worry, I’m not here to hurt you – the girl’s special so she’s mine now, My sister would be disappointed if I didn’t bring her under my tutelage,"

And with those words, the Shadows sucked him in and he vanished from the room... the shadows on the ground vanished promptly after Manuel had left, the Healer settled down and sat on the bed – the determination in that girl’s eyes... it was real.

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Julie landed on the ground in a dark room, her eyes tried to adjust to the darkness but they couldn’t... so she lifted her arm up and poured magical energy into it while uttering a small chant, light pervaded the room and Julie’s eyes blinked.

"Posters?" Julie muttered under her breath, the posters had half-naked sexy women... and her cheeks lit up when she realized that, the light she produced wasn’t enough to bask the entire room but it was at least enough to see some posters.

"Wrong room!" Julie heard Manuel’s voice and then she was pulled into the shadows once again, appearing in a similar dark room although this one had windows and was a lot brighter than the other. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Julie noticed the furniture and sighed, this ought to be the living room. Her eyes fell on the Masked Manuel who looked at her silently.

"What did I see in the other room?" Julie asked and Manuel chuckled.

"You have to unsee that," Manuel replied and Julie took in a deep breath.

’I wish I could,’ She thought.

"I heard all about your speech to kill the Masked man," Manuel said, "And that doesn’t really check out with what Arya told me about you,"

Julie’s eyes flashed as she heard Arya.

"Arya said you were the kind of person to make the most logical decision," Manuel said, "But killing the Masked man isn’t logical in the slightest – Arya had a chance to do so as the Holy flame user can use a Sacrifice,"

"Sacrifice?" Julie asked.

"Yes, The Holy Flame sacrifice, a power that she was able to use," Manuel said, "It sacrifices and burns down her body in exchange for the true power of the Holy flames – the power of the Holy flames would be enough to kill any of her opponents with relative ease, the explosion was a cause of that... but somehow not only did the Masked man manage to escape alive from the onslaught but he also managed to kill Arya,"

Julie felt her throat growing dry, she didn’t know what to say, the words hung in her throat.

"I want to get revenge as well but such an entity might as well be impossible to kill," Manuel said, "Which is why we must grow stronger, to fight against this beast behind the Mask,"

Julie nodded, her resolve brightening her eyes and then Manuel snapped his fingers, everywhere turned dark, the curtains seemed to shut themselves and the darkness and silence in the room pervaded, tendrils of shadow danced in the air with each passing moment.

"Your training begins now," Manuel said and pointed his finger at her, a tendril shot at Julie and the air rippled, Julie’s silver eyes picked up on the slight motions in the air and she tilted her head backward just as the tendril passed over her head.

"Those eyes... I’ve seen something like them before," Manuel said, he closed his palm and the tendril snaked in the air before descending downward with speed, ready to attack Julie from above.

She could easily cast a light spell and brighten the room but Manuel made sure to target her everytime she was at least half-way done with the Spellcasting, that way he ensured that she would have to rely on her physical body.

Julie leapt out of the way and the tendril slammed into the ground, splitting into four more tendrils which moved her way.

"The Masked man is fluent in his movements," Manuel spoke up again, "So if you want to ever defeat or kill him, then you need to move as nimbly as a Hellhound,"

The tendrils converged once again and Julie leaped, a sharp tendril made contact with her ankle and cut it slightly. Julie steadied herself, she couldn’t find Manuel in the shadows.

The tendrils neared her once again but she chanted, even as they came closer – Julie kept chanting, just as the tendrils reached her, her silver eyes flashed and a brilliant light engulfed the room. The shadows vanished and Manuel was revealed, folding his arms as though he expected that.

The light vanished shortly after and the tendrils sprouted from the darkness, each of them threatening to impale her... Julie fell onto her knees, exhausted.

"Your stamina is low," Manuel said and walked over to her, the tendrils receding the closer he got, "And your magical reserves have already been depleted? We have a lot of work to do,"

He reached in front of Julie and a bright flash of light occurred, temporarily blinding him – it was enough for the girl to thrust her hand forward in an attacking motion. Manuel side-stepped her strike and held her hand.

"You’re pretty unpredictable," Manuel said and heaved her over his shoulder, slamming her into the ground with nothing but physical force, "I like that,"

’It’s going to be some long days,’ Manuel thought while staring at the ceiling. Arya lay on the ground having lost consciousness.

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Author’s Note:

Giving the girl some character development, don’t worry I’m working on her character panel so be sure to support her a lot! Give the little girl some compassion.