Capítulo 612: Rael Sutekh, The Platinum Third Wheel

She hesitated only for a single moment, and then thousands, if not millions, of miniature golden barriers appeared in front of them.

They weaved and interlaced with each other, forming a solid web that Rael could never hope to pierce.

Although he could see them being weaved, he was doing so by slowing down his time significantly.

After all, in less than a single second, she weaved a net powerful enough to defend against any attack. Or that was how it looked.

Though it was still see-through, Rael could see Lucien on the other side, glaring at them menacingly.

“You’ve gotten stronger,” Kareth remarked.

“And you’ve gotten weaker,” Anastasia replied coldly. “Had you not gotten captured, we wouldn’t have gotten ourselves in this mess.”

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“Hmm? It’s my fault some overpowered junkie captured me?” Kareth cocked his head back. “You do know that he scrambled both of our heads, right? Do you not see your own fault in all this?”

Yep, I’m definitely a third wheel.

“You insufferable…” Anastasia took a few deep breaths to calm down. “You know, if you weren’t this annoying to deal with, I would have never left you.”

Ooh.

Kareth put a defensive barrier around himself and tilted his head. “Left me? Check your status screen. You still have my surname.”

The moment Rael heard that, he nodded on Kareth’s behalf.

It appeared that this future was ruined.

Kareth was about to die.

Seeing Anastasia’s killing glare, Rael took a few steps back in preparation.

But for some reason…

“Pfft…”

Anastasia covered her mouth, but the laugh still escaped.

“Hahaha…”

Both Kareth and Rael were puzzled.

Very puzzled.

Anastasia tapped the air several times.

Just then, Kareth’s eyes widened and began to tremble.

“Did you just divorce me?”

“It was a long time coming,” Anastasia replied. “I should have done it sooner.”

Yeah.

Rael really didn’t belong here.

“U-Um… While I don’t really want to interrupt your quarrel, Anastasia, could you reinforce the barrier just a teeny tiny bit? I don’t really want to be the first one to die, you see.”

The two of them turned toward him in unison, causing Rael to uncomfortably whistle to himself.

Still, it seemed like his words were enough of an icebreaker.

Anastasia scoffed and began infusing the barrier with more mana. As for Kareth, he placed his hand on her shoulder and gave her some of his mana.

It was like a constant funneling, and while Rael felt the spirit of teamwork was strong here, there was still the issue of Lucien not attacking them.

Or rather, that was how it seemed.

When Rael looked again, he saw faint cracks on the outer part of the barrier.

It was like someone was drilling through the barrier. That someone being Lucien, of course.

[He’s using what he knows best. He manifested his Mental Damage in physical form and sent it at one of you. Since you’re hidden behind a barrier, the barrier is taking the brunt of the damage, obviously,] Gaia explained.

Oh? Wait… Aren’t there skills that can make someone untargetable? Rael wondered with wide eyes.

Back in Sketa Online, there were a few status effects that made it impossible for mages to lock onto other players.

It was temporary, sure. But it was effective.

But before he could start brewing the ultimate plan, Gaia shut it down instantly.

[May I remind you this is not a game, Rael. He can still see you. He’s not burdened by something as simple as a status effect.]

Seriously…

[If you want to do something, then buy a barrier enhancer,] Gaia said matter-of-factly. [They shouldn’t be expensive, and most of the time, their main purpose is to reinforce already weak barriers. If you put a few hundred of them on a powerful barrier… well, you can imagine the effects.]

Hearing that, Rael’s eyes sparkled.

He didn’t have to use barrier enhancement in the Prophetic Realm, but if that was possible…

While the quarreling couple continued reinforcing the barrier with frowns, Rael decided to play his part as well.

•—Premium Shop—•

Category: Barriers/Enhancement/Powerful Enhancement

•—Balance: 1,944,599 Premium Coins—•

• Barrier Love Bomb (Legendary): 10 Premium Coins

• Defense++ (Legendary): 15 Premium Coins

• Crystal Overshield Convergence Kit (Mythic): 50 Premium Coins

• Big Shield (Mythic): 75 Premium Coins

There were plenty more where that came from, obviously.

But despite the price of the Big Shield, Defense++ was the most solid, at least in terms of what it could do.

—Defense++ (Legendary)

A simple barrier addon. When applied to an active barrier, it increases its durability by +25%. Maximum Increase: +250%.

It was really cheap too.

Therefore, Rael didn’t hesitate for even a single moment and bought ten of them.

In the next instant, ten small blue marbles appeared in his palm.

He was genuinely surprised that this wasn’t magic.

I can’t sense any mana from them, but I can hear a little bit of electricity thanks to my Law of Plasma.

It seemed like the entire thing was made in some high-sci-fi world. He really wanted to visit one at least once.

But he would only do that after he survived this.

Without hesitating for a moment, Rael ran up to Kareth and Anastasia, and then, while under their gaze, he smacked all ten of the marbles directly onto the barrier.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Anastasia asked coldly. “Are you trying to help? You don’t understand how much mana you’d need to even—”

She couldn’t finish her words because what happened next stunned both Kareth and her.

The barrier, instead of its usual golden color, suddenly turned a clear ocean blue.

Furthermore, the layers that had been interlaced immediately strengthened. Even the part that had already been drilled by Lucien repaired itself.

And in no time, the barrier’s durability had been increased by 3.5 times.

But it didn’t seem like Kareth and Anastasia were that relieved. In fact, their expressions grew more sour.

“Get ready…” Anastasia mumbled, signaling Rael to get behind them.

“Lucien’s about to unleash a powerful attack.”

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