The Saint's Trial: Can He Resist Their Charm!?

'Okay, Ariel-chan. Sweet dreams to you! I'll go and take a rest too after this battle is over. Experiencing the things that happened today made me a bit tired mentally,' he said.

He then took a stance with his body facing sideward. He took out Serveresta which is on his inventory and poured mana into it.

Sounds of a meter filling up resounded and the now diamond shaped Ulm Manadite of Serveresta let out a lot of silver and sakura colored heat which then formed into a japanese-looking blade.

"Alright, I'm ready Vorpal rabbit. I accept your challenge!"

When he shouted those words, he immediately used |Flash Steps| to clash with the incoming rabbit, who also used |Flash Steps|.

*BANG!*

And that sound indicated that the rematch of the Cute Angel and the Vorpal Rabbit, started.

The Vorpal rabbit strikes first using its legendary dagger. It used shadow meld and appeared behind Hiroto and performed a fast, backhand stab.

When it was fended off by Hiroto to the side, the rabbit shone in green light, its attacks became faster. It perform a series of stabs, slashes and even some punches and kicks aimed at Hiroto's vitals.

Hiroto had a hard time defending from this Vorpal rabbit's attacks. Recovering its own body and sentience, it seemed to be faster and more cunning than last time.

It would use shadow meld and appear at unexpected locations.

Defending from the rabbit's attack on his eyes. The rabbit suddenly jumped in the air and did a backflip. It twisted its body midair and performed a serious of slashes on the back of Hiroto's neck and head.

Hiroto immediately used |Void Steps| and evaded the attack.

Although he want to continuously use the skill to evade all the attacks coming towards him, he just can't. His skill, |Void Steps|, isn't something he can use without repercussions.

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Void Steps Lvl. 10 (Max)

Description: User can move through void, avoiding any and all obstacles. Due to the user passing through void, the user will not be seen or heard or even be felt when using the skill. The skill puts a huge burned on the user's body due to the properties of the void. Forget about living in it, no normal being can stay inside the void for a long time without disintegrating into nothingness.

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As the skill description suggest, he can't use the skill or stay at the void for a long period of time. He is not willing to test out how long he can stay there either, knowing full well that he will disintegrate into nothingness if he somehow mess it up.

Jumping forward, he spun his body in the air. With a straight body, he twirled his body midair while summersaulting simultaneously.

When he landed on the ground, he is already facing the Vorpal rabbit again, who had attacked him on the back of his head earlier.

Seeing Hiroto evade its attack with a mysterious skill, the Vorpal rabbit got even more riled up. It used all of its skills to the fullest, simultaneously using |Flash Steps| and |Shadow Meld| to appear and disappear from Hiroto's sight.

The sun is still on the process of going up the sky so there are a lot of shadows where the rabbit can meld into. This perplexed Hiroto, he doesn't know how to deal with the situation he is in right now.

Thinking of a way, he suddenly remembered the light holy or sacred spells are emitting when casting it.

He immediately executed the idea and shouted, "|Holy Dispel|!".

It seems to have worked since the shadows now disappeared due to the light.

But, it was then that Hiroto realized. There is still a place where a shadow is present. Proving that his gut feeling was right, the Vorpal rabbit appeared from right under him and tried to stab his crotch area.

"No! My family jewels!!"

Hiroto immediately used |Void Steps| and appeared right in front of the rabbit. He had cold sweats dripping on his forehead as he remembered the cold sensation he felt when the legendary dagger was pointing directly at his jewels.

The rabbit, who saw his reaction let out a cute squeak. Letting Hiroto know that it was actually playing a prank on him.

He got mad at the rabbit for playing such a prank and immediately used |Void Steps| to appear right in front of it. He flicked his finger on its furry forehead.

"Hey, that's bad, you know? If my jewels were crushed, it will be really painful!" Hiroto said at the rabbit, who is now holding its head with both hands while looking up at him with a 'menacing' glare.

Although it tried to look as 'menacing' as possible, and it just added more to its cuteness.

Seeing the 'menacing' glare of the rabbit on him, Hiroto remembered the time Saeko looked at him like this.

'Umu, cute creatures are still cute when mad,' he thought.

Looking at the angry rabbit in front of him, he showed a look of mock anger and said,

"It's bad to aim at that place ,you know? That aside, I won this battle right?"

When the rabbit heard his words, it began to be lost in thought.

After a while, the rabbit looked at him and nodded its head.

"Squeakk," it said, while nodding its head.

›[You learned the skill |Rolden Kingdom Language|!]

He was, at first, shocked by it. But then, he remembered that this Vorpal rabbit is sentient. He immediately allocated 5 points to the skill. After allocating the points, he finally caught the meaning of what it was trying to say.

«Yes, you win. I guess you really are the one who defeated me and made me fall unconscious,»* said the rabbit.

Hiroto felt like he can understand what it is saying all of a sudden. It was such a weird feeling.

"Ah, yes. I was really the one who defeated you. Anyway, how about you tell what I can do to help you complete you evolution?" he asked.

«Huh? You can understand me?» the rabbit was surprised that Hiroto can finally understand it.

«About that, you can pour magic power on my core. I was short on magic power even when that God planted his power in me. That is why I turned into this incomplete form,» Vorpal rabbit said.

"So I just need to pour magic power in your core?" Hiroto asked .

«A-Ah, yes. It would be hard though, you have to make the mana pass through my mana passages and go to my core. It is hard to make a mana core pass through a mana passage that isn't yours. So it will be a hard task,» said the rabbit.

"Is that so? Let's try it out though, I will be careful not to hurt you," Hiroto said. He is sure that it will hurt the Vorpal rabbit if he made one wrong step when he is transferring mana into it.

«Un! I believe in you, Savior!» the rabbit said.

Hiroto scratched his cheeks and said, "You don't have to call me that. I just wanted to help you since you suffered injustice from that God."

«Thank you!»

The Vorpal rabbit started to shed tears when it heard Hiroto's words. It was scared when it suddenly can't control its own body. It started to kill its own kin with it being helpless about all of it.

Hiroto patted the rabbit's head and decided that they have to finish the rabbit's problem first.

"Shall we start then? I will start pouring mana onto your core. Please bear with it if it feels painful ok?" Hiroto said.

The rabbit just nodded at his words. Its quite scared but it still wanted to complete its transformation. It is sure that its transformation will surprise its mate later.

"Since you are ready, let us start then," he said.

Although he had been doing it unconsciously even when he was using skills, he started to try and sense the mana on his body.

'I can't manipulate it if I can't sense it right?' he thought.

Trying to feel the warm feeling that he had when using skills and magic spells, he started to concentrate.

A few minutes of concentrating on his body and the flow of energy inside him, he felt like he can finally sense it.

Grasping that warm energy, he directed it to flow towards his palms. When he did, he saw a little bit of swirl gather on his palm. Looking at it, he instinctively thought that this was mana.

›[You learned the skill |Mana Sensing|!]

Hearing the prompt, Hiroto quickly added points into it, making it a Max level skill. Since his skill, |Mana Manipulation|, is also at the max level. He have nothing to worry about manipulating mana to enter the core of the Vorpal rabbit.

Although he doesn't have to worry, he still is cautious about hurting the rabbit. There might be an unforeseen event happening if he commit a mistake with the process.

He put that thought at the back of his mind and put all of his concentration on the matter at hand.

'Be careful Hiroto. You have to pour mana slowly,' he thought.

He then put his hand on the rabbit's shoulder and started to pour mana into its body.

He concentrated on pouring his mana on the body of the Vorpal rabbit. He tried his best not to make his mana flow erratic. Because of the max level |Mana Manipulation| skill, he have no difficulty in controlling the mana.

He continued to pour mana into the body of the Vorpal rabbit. After a few minutes, he already poured 10,000 MP inside its body.

'Not yet, it looks like the mana is still not enough to trigger her change,' he thought.

So Hiroto continued to pour mana into the rabbit's body until he poured another 10,000 MP. After a few moments later, the Vorpal rabbit started to glow.

Multicolored lights surrounded its body, swirling around its body. The lights started to dance erratically around it, enveloping the creature in an ensemble of multicolored lights dancing around it.

After a few seconds, the light colored its whole body and started to form a cocoon-like thing that kept throbbing every few moments.

10 minutes passed and the cocoon-like thing finally started to show signs of breaking.

*crack* *crack* *crack*

Loud cracking noise began to be heard.

After a few moments, a silhouette of a person can be seen. It looked at Hiroto and said in its angelic voice.

"It is nice to meet you again, my mate desu~."

The 'girl' then tilted its head and said, "Do you think you can give me a name to celebrate my evolution to a higher race?"

Looking at the 'person' in front of him, Hiroto was gobsmacked at what he saw.

(Alternative Titles: 'The Rematch', 'Evolution?', 'Who is this 'Person' desu!?')