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chapter-1194-30041322

Now that the two were armed with weapons that could be used against the Knights, both Shiro and Nan Tian started to clear them out quickly. The portals that had originally opened by the summoning circles had been closed and the Knights had no way to escape.

Even though Shiro wanted to use the portal to reach the other side, she knew that there were too many uncertainties around the other side of that portal. If she goes without adequate preparation, it'll end very badly.

While she may have said safety was an option, she still needed to be careful.

Plus, there were plenty of subjects here for her to experiment on. With Nan Tian making a suit of armour, she could use that as a basis for her nanobots and research on some Knights on the side to speed up the progress. With that in mind, she couldn't kill the rest of the Knights since she needed all the Knights she could capture.

Summoning Iriel once more, Shiro could hear him complain.

"I'm pretty sure I just told you about how I can't do sh*t to them right?" Iriel asked as Shiro nodded her head.

"I know, but I'm not planning to use you that way. You're the only weapon I have that can boost my usage of tier 8 time runes." Shiro chuckled as the runes on Iriel's blade lit up with an emerald glow.

Activating the runes on the blade, Shiro narrowed her eyes and flashed behind one of the Knights.

Since the goal wasn't to kill, there was no need to worry if it'd harm them or not as her plan was to lock them in a stasis. Similar to what she did with Niphim. Only this time she hoped to make another skill aside from Averin since that one cost 60% of her Divine Energy for ONE use.

However, with Skill Scholar, making a skill for this should be rather simple.

Narrowing her eyes, Shiro activated Analysis EX as her surroundings slowed down to a halt. Quickly formulating what she needed of the skill in her mind, she continued to construct and deconstruct magic circles in her mind to suit her purpose.

'There's no need to be too concerned about how they're preserved. Unlike Niphim, I'm not trying to help them. They're my experiments. Hmm… I don't want to degrade their body if possible since it'll introduce annoying variables into the tests. Wait, since they're mostly energy and nanobots, I can probably transform them like Nan Tian then freeze them while they're transformed without worrying that it'll 'kill' them after being paused in time. It'll be similar to what the inventory does.'

Finalising her plan in her mind, Shiro pierced her blade through the Knights chest and focused her mind.

Overwriting the Knight's control over his own body using Error, she forced his body to collapse in on itself as it compressed down into an orb before being frozen in time.

[Skill Created, would you like to name the skill?]

"Yes, name it Karsin." Shiro replied instantly as it was the opposite of what Averin meant in Aria. While Averin meant everlasting moment, Karsin meant stagnated moment which could also be interpreted as time prison.

[Skill – Karsin – Created.]

[Karsin]

A skill that focuses on capturing the target through time. Their comfort is not taken into account as they are forcefully torn from the flow of time while barely being kept alive. Must be readjusted for different species or else the lock will fail. The strength of the enemy compared to the caster will also affect the time they are locked up for.

However, due to the modifications done, the energy consumption has decreased significantly.

Cost: 10% of Divine Energy

Maximum Duration of Lock: 1 week

Cooldown: N/A

Reading the description, Shiro couldn't help but sigh since this meant that she could only capture 10 of them alive. The rest will need to be killed.

'I think 10's plenty, no?' Nimue raised an eyebrow but Shiro shook her head.

'I mean I guess but if possible I wanted to capture the rest of them alive. That would have been the best case scenario but I suppose this is better than nothing.' Shiro replied as she begrudgingly started to select the best specimens for her collection.

Meanwhile, Nan Tian had just finished converting the Knights into a suit of armour except for the helmet. He wasn't eager about putting them on his head until everything was tested. Converting one of the Knights to a helmet, he placed it into his inventory. Right now, he looked similar to the Knights, only more bulky since he wasn't made of energy.

Flying over to Shiro, he could see her annoyed expression while filtering through the Knights.

"I'm guessing there's a restriction to how many you could take." Nan Tian called out with a smile.

"Mn, I could only take 10 since it takes 10% of my divine energy. It might be annoying to deal with them later if they're not in stasis so I'll kill the rest of them." Shiro sighed.

"But setting that aside, seems like you finished your armour. You can probably ask Helion to do some final adjustments so that it's tailored to you." She suggested as Nan Tian nodded his head.

"That's the plan." Nan Tian smiled before turning to the summoning circles that had been turned off once they realised that Shiro could deal with them.

"Don't worry about that, I plan to get rid of any markers they left behind so they can't come to this spot again. Plus I think they were targeting my energy so I doubt they'll come here again unless it's for the egg that's still absorbing energy." Shiro narrowed her eyes at the egg that continued to grow during the fight. Every spell they threw out would have some of its mana get absorbed by the egg.

"Let's help out on the surface once we get rid of the rest of these guys." Shiro said while massaging her shoulders

Waving her fingers, Shiro created a ball of circuits before slamming her hand down. A giant magic circle appeared as all of the remaining Knights were trapped in the activating range. Before they could even react, a ball of circuits appeared beneath their feet as a spear shot up and exploded within them, tearing them into pieces.

Before the pieces could disappear and get absorbed by the egg, the circuits expanded and swallowed everything, leaving nothing behind.

Drawing error back into her body, Shiro suddenly felt a spike of pain through her body as her flesh started to crumble for a moment before healing itself.

'Wait, what? Your body should be perfectly fine, why is it crumbling apart???' Nimue asked in confusion as she frantically checked Shiro's condition.

Before Shiro could reply, a bundle of circuits extended towards Nimue.

'It's because mother channeled my power through her body. She essentially integrated herself with the system. Thankfully, she didn't do it for long and the power use was small. Or else she might have lost a good portion of her body to the system. I repurposed some of the creation energy I ate to repair her body through her code.' The circuit spoke as Shiro sat down in her mana continent and looked at her arm that still had a crack mark that soon disappeared.

'Well that certainly explains it. I suppose it's not a good choice to channel your power through my body.' Shiro chuckled as Error shook his head and floated over to Shiro.

'Mother, when you use my power you are essentially fusing a portion of your soul to the system. By channeling my power through your entire body, you're attempting to fuse completely with the system thus your physical body almost crumbled away. Please don't do that again since you'll essentially become like me. Just energy with no form. The only reason you see circuits is because of the influence of your nanobots.' Error sighed as Shiro patted him before smiling.

'Mn, I'll keep that in mind next time.' Standing up, Shiro stretched her body.

'Unfortunately we can't rest just yet. There are still monsters to deal with on the surface.' Shiro smiled as the two nodded.