Slowly, we turned to face the demon. IF its last form was tough to deal with, and the one before that was much harder, then this would be a piece of cake, right?
It would be if we had full mana.
Luckily we wouldn't need to fight.
A shimmering cloud of green regenerative energy hovered behind us. It had bug like eyes, but no shape or body.
"You idiots made me waste all my mana. Now I can't possess something to take a form and kill you idiots." its voice was high pitched , matching its small size. I could trap the cloud of smoke in my hands if I wanted to.
Noir went to waft it away, but the demon dodged it.
"Hey, you idiot! Dont you understand what my power is!" it whined. "That wont kill me. You cant kill me"
"Oh, yeah? Then why do you flinch when I do this?" Noir wafted the demon away. This time it barely managed to dodge, losing most of its size in the process.
"Stop! Stop!"
Noir seemed to enjoy teasing the demon.
"Wait!" i said, grabbing her arm. "Dont you need it sealed for your sect?"
Her smile vanished. "Yeah. You're right." then she waved a hand at me. "Well, what are you waiting for? Seal the damn thing!"
"Wait!" the small demon yelped.
I hesitated. Looking at Noir for confirmation, she shrugged.
"You dont want to seal me yet. I'm not useful to you as a summon in this form."
"Speaking of which," noir started. "How are you able to do that?"
"Do what?" the demon raised a brow.
"THat." she pointed at its intangible body. "How are you still alive without a body?"
"This is my body."
Noir and i exchange glances.
"Explain yourself before i wave you away."
"I'm neither that giant tree form, nor that little bug form. I'm a the spore fermentation demon, thus my body is spores. I can possess plant matter, mutate it and manipulate it so I have a stronger and more powerful body."
That explained how it took the form of the giant and the bug creature. It must have left its tree body to possess the grass we walked on. That explained the spores that filled the air after we defeated its first form. THat also explains why I didn't seal it. My spell was targeting grass and not the moss that grew on it.
"But listen. If you let me gather up my strength and take a new form, then you can have a worthy summon. You don't want a weak little cloud of spores as a summon, trust me!"
I looked at Noir. She activated a skill I didn't understand. Her eyes glowed a shade of blue as she studied the demon.
Was she appraising the demon's power.
SHe scoffed. "Youre not any less valuable in this form." Nour declared. 'You have the correct amount of mana and rarity for me to use in the ritual."
Ritual? What ritual? And what did the demon's mana have to do with anything?
"Seal him, wyrm forged." she commanded me.
Luckily, i still had enough mana to seal it. When my red mana swallowed it whole, my system notified me that i still had 25 mana.
Geez, this is the lowest amount of mana ive had since i got reincarnated.
This time when i picked up the card, it showed me the demon instead of some useless item.
"Greater Summoning: Spore Fermentation Demon[12/100HP]
Rarity: Mythic Level.
Abilities:
Regeneration
Matter possession
Lesser demon supervision"
"I'm surprised you didn't kill it." i said to noir. She was tending to her wounds with a potion she had in her inventory. "Or let it get stronger before we sealed it."
"If i let it get stronger, it would have attacked us. I'm not letting my pride get in the way of finishing this mission." she added. "Do i look like vegeta to you?"
I shrugged, nodding in agreement. "Yeah thats fair." theni frowned. "Wait, how the hell do you know about-"
She cut me off. Her wounds had healed completely. Her brushed face was smooth again. Her mangled arm back to normal. "I'm a transmigator, too, remember."
"Oh," i mumbled. "Right."
She lead me in the direction other sect.
"That doesnt explain why you know about that character! Did you read manga in your past life? Or were you an anime only fan? Is that why you're so good at fighting these-"
Her fist came down on my skull. "Shut up."