Nasia

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**Nasia** was a Heavenly Guardian that Richard Archeron summoned with the help of Noelene. Unlike other heavenly guardians*,* she is independent from her summoner and the Eternal Dragon, which was previously unheard of.

In fact, she could have her own offering ritual that was advantageous for her without offering to the old dragon.

## History

She seems to be from an other plane, as she is unfamiliar with the laws of Norland despite knowing almost everything else.

She seems to have been an extraordinary person, as she has knowledge, power, and skills above anyone else.

She stated that she was tricked and thus became a heavenly guardian.

### **Final**

She had been supremely impactful on his life ever since she had entered it, playing her hand at every stage to better his chances of victory. She was the one who had established the reward point system, allowing him to amass his wealth and defeat the reapers. She had personally handled things whenever he couldn’t, and despite Faelor approaching mere inches within destruction it had turned him into the premier powerhouse of Norland.

In the abyss she was the only one who could follow him to the end, facing the mysterious and terrifying existences in the depths of Arbidis and somehow managing to return alive. When he was stranded in the Darkness she had taken on the role of the Archeron leader, keeping the reward point system running and beating back all enemies to amass a huge fortune for the family.

Without Nasia, neither Richard nor the Archerons would exist today.

## Plot

Due to the demise of Emperor Philip and the upheaval of Faust, Noelene decides to get Richard a Heavenly guardian (she ends up using most of her divine grace). During the summoning, a power takes away Richards control and Nasia ends up summoning herself and epic armour/weapons for a very little amount of divine grace. She tells Richards that she has managed to "convince" Naya's sister.

Richard and Nasia end up striking a deal and becoming "equals".

“Never, when will you become legendary?”

“Hmm… Fifteen more and I’ll be there.”

“What? Stop shitting me, you said THREE would be enough last time.”

“I said one would do fine when you summoned me,” she replied calmly.

“You… Fine, just be honest. How many do you really need?”

“I’m not joking this time, fifteen. Five to become legendary myself, but getting my abilities there will need the ten others. Of course, it would be best if you can give me even more. Five extra and my swords become divine, ten and all of my equipment. You should know what that means.”

This calmed Richard down. Even he agreed that Nasia being legendary was meaningless, it was her abilities that mattered. A full set of divine equipment would also bring her to the level of an epic being, comparable to his own power.

Nasia was truly the easiest of his followers to nurture, but she also felt like the greatest trap. Richard was always reluctant to upgrade her too quickly; this mysterious heavenly guardian was one of the few beings that left him feeling truly threatened when she was just a saint. She seemed to be the most direct of his subordinates, but just like the broodmother there was no way to actually control her. All of his other followers had soul-binding contracts, even the legends.

### **Battling The Five-Coloured Dragon**

It was only moments after Richard walked through the portal that Nasia quietly joined. She surveyed the situation before bounding towards the rear of the Five-Coloured Dragon, grabbing both of her blades as she stared at the dragon’s rear with clear intent, but despite the obvious humiliation the enemy didn’t have a chance to kill the impudent human. Richard continued to attack relentlessly, giving her no opportunity to disengage.

Every slash from Moonlight caused a number of the tetrahedrons to form around its blade, and the Five-Coloured Dragon was clearly fearful of their power. She continuously fired chromatic blasts to push Richard away, but he simply brushed them off with his blue flames. While the destructive fire was weaker than his opponent’s, its attributes gave it the ability to force a stalemate.

Anyone paying attention would realise that Richard was actually at a disadvantage, only forcing engagements using his tough body and superb skill with the sword. It was actually Nasia that caused the stalemate, even if she simply stood there and stared at the dragon’s butt. With three epic beings now in the midst of battle, the space near the portal started to break apart. Richard, Apeiron, and the Five-Coloured Dragon came to a tacit agreement to fly into the skies where the impact could be mitigated, and while Nasia followed them upwards she continued to do nothing except adjusting her position to keep the dragon’s rear in view.

The Five-Coloured Dragon felt more unease from Nasia’s lecherous gaze than she did fighting the combination of two of the most skilled fighters in all of Norland, but when she finally lost her temper and was about to attack the portal rumbled once more and Ruben stepped out. The Celestial Sage was the straw that broke the camel’s back; already fighting two epic beings and effectively keeping enough energy reserved for another one because of Nasia, she had no way to take on a fourth. She let out a long roar as her body quickly expanded into her true form, a resplendent barrier protecting her as she grew.

Not far away, Nasia finally prepared to enter the fray. Crossing her two blades, she slashed outwards to form two bright flashes of light. A giant cross that was around ten metres long crashed into the chromatic barrier and disintegrated it in moments, shocking even her own allies. Both Ruben and Apeiron paused for a moment in shock, scanning her once more to confirm that she was only level 21 and not some epic being that was stronger than even Emperor Philip himself.

### **Supreme Powerhouse**

Nasia smiled, jumping right into the hole she formed in the chromatic barrier. Her armour emitted a faint barrier that completely eliminated the effects of the mist within, so she was free to slash out once more and open a passage into the fog.

Initially scanning for a weak point to attack, Richard’s attention was shifted to Nasia as she struck. That strike felt like it came from someone at level 33, not 21. Levels weren’t a perfect reflection of battle prowess, he was an example of that himself, but skill alone could not make up for an overwhelming difference in energy reserves.

However, the energy Nasia used to propel her blades truly was only legendary. It was just that the swords themselves were insanely powerful, amplifying that might to a great degree. For a moment he felt like they were extradivine; even his three swords combined wouldn’t compare to a single one of her two. As he activated the Field of Truth to try and see through them, he realised that the chilling power they contained could allow even a commoner to cut a dragon in two.

The examination of Nasia’s swords also brought Richard’s attention to her armour, finally allowing him to notice that it wasn’t a complete set but instead a mix of various pieces. The two pauldrons were actually different, and the visor and helm were separate as well. Even the scabbards of her swords were enchanted, but clearly not in the same way as the swords. In fact, they barely even fit properly.

The twenty-plus pieces of divine equipment on Nasia’s body started glowing with power, making the source of her might obvious. With this amount of protection, she could simply stand still and most legends wouldn’t even be able to hurt her. Richard had thought she would have gotten a few pieces of divine equipment with the offerings he gave her, but this was completely ridiculous!

Facing the assault of three epic beings and one that was clearly more powerful than them, the Five-Coloured Dragon eventually gave up on the fight and decided to retreat. Richard seemed unaffected by fighting in her home plane, with every strike of his containing the laws of destruction that left her trembling in fear. With the rest added on top, she simply didn’t stand a chance.

Even when the dragon shrank down to less than a thousand metres long, Nasia continued to blink around her body while trying to find a place to burrow in. Scale after scale was torn open savagely, to the point that the matriarch of the dragons felt less pain and more fear. She had a body comparable to a greater abyssal lord, but the bundle of divine equipment was tearing right through her. Roaring out in defeat, she eventually shrank down all the way to a hundred metres long before waving her attackers off and fleeing into the depths of the plane. Ruben’s nebular chains broke, leaving him pale, but the damage to her was much worse.

Even his tough body had sustained decent injuries, and a similar amount of force would have severely injured both Apeiron and Ruben, but this walking chest of divine equipment seemed to be impossible to injure unless all of her items were broken through. Apeiron and Ruben stared at Nasia with complicated expressions as well. Both of them had received moderate injuries themselves; the former had taken on two breath attacks while the latter was quite weak and had exhausted most of his power in the mist. This meant that three epic beings had been injured, but a legend at only level 21 had come out unscathed.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have any time to dawdle here. With Nasia present to take care of both reward point battlefields, he had nothing to worry about anyway.

### **Scent of Destiny**

The girl looked up at the mysterious paladin Nasia whom she had never really liked, finding a sense of security for the first time ever. Leaning over, she took a whiff, “I like your smell.”

“My… smell, huh… You can smell the scent of destiny?” The barbarian girl grew serious, but a smile slowly appeared on her face, “Your smell is nice, so… Yes, I can smell destiny. I got it from the Beast God.”
“An interesting ability. Does it have any restrictions?”
“Mm. I can only smell fates that are related to me.”
“Still, not bad at all. Seems like the other descendants of the Beast God are destined for death.”
Nasia continued, “You’re gifted, and your mere presence will ensure that destiny abandons the other descendants of the Beast God. They will meet with various obstacles until one eventually removes them from existence.”
“But why?”
“I don’t know either. I have only seen this happen before in the past; when someone with a powerful destiny appears in an ancient bloodline, the other descendants of that bloodline go extinct.”

“No, that isn’t it. Just keep your shrine in mind; I feel like we’ll be encountering a difficult enemy soon, we might require all the help we can get.”

“What enemy?”

“If I mastered destiny to that extent, I wouldn’t have a need to wear this mask.”

The two of them fell quiet, their mount silently flying across the sky to the end of the world.

Book 9 Chapter 146

She slowly puts the mask back on, "Do you understand now? I don't want to go, but I shouldn't have come here in the first place. I should have left three millennia ago."

### **Nearing the End**

He had been heavily injured this time, giving them the chance to enjoy the boosts Nasia could grant, but they realised this pinnacle of buffs came with a painful price. It took a huge toll on one’s energy, and when it wore off the fatigue could turn someone insane. One felt like they had been hollowed out, every bone itching so hard that they felt like mutilating themselves. Ironshield even had to cut himself a dozen times before he managed to calm down.

And this was all from War King. Nasia explicitly told the rest of them that the Projection of Ruin was Richard’s specialty; even legends couldn’t handle its power and could tire themselves out to death. In a similar case, most saints only enjoyed a brief period of War Fanatic before they started to dry out. Knowing this, the fact that Richard had Nasia cast the Projection of Ruin every battle was frightening. Even worse, he couldn’t simply rest like the other powerhouses when they were done; he still needed to drink mana potions and recover, using his blue flames to refine the wreckage. The inhuman determination this needed garnered more respect than any words or killing ever could.

For some reason, Nasia seemed to have it out for Richard as well, driving him like a tyrant as she refused to give him even five minutes of rest. Moreover, her threats were the only ones that actually got him moving. Everyone present squeezed their buttcheeks when she brandished her sword; what had been instinct for Waterflower so long ago had been weaponised by the paladin.

## Powers

Her class is Paladin and she uses many enchanted weapons to make up for her lack of physical force

* War Fanatic. This ability was an upgraded version of War Construct, greatly improving the speed, power, defense, and recovery of the target. And while War Construct was only really effective on those below the saint realm, perhaps barely passable on someone at level 18, War Fanatic could work on anyone and even anything under the legendary realm.
* This ability was quite impressive on the battlefield, but as an innate ability it couldn’t be inscribed into scrolls. This meant Nasia could only keep it active on one person at a time, limiting its effectiveness. Still, for someone who was only level 16 this was quite amazing. Even at level 20 this wouldn’t be too bad.
* War King: Evolved from War Fanatic. Unlocked to level 20. Greatly raised the defense, strength, mana, and many other attributes of the target. Effectively, it was like gaining two or even more levels, although legends would only gain one. Of course, even that one level was mind-numbingly powerful. Even just the difference between level 21 and 22 was vast. Also, the target can use 10 War fanatic
* Prisoner of War. This ability was reduce the strength of its target to one level. She can stack the spell. When she have a duel with Richard, she reduce he level at 16 to 20. After evolving at level 20, casting time was halved and the number of layers went from four to seven.
* **Projection of Ruin:** It greatly amplified one’s laws of destruction, but more importantly it formed a field of control around the target where other laws were distorted and weakened. This didn’t seem all that powerful, but it meant he wouldn’t be weakened in other domains. With it on hand, he even felt confident in holding his own against Sharon. Tetrahedron auras and barriers.

She is capable of using the same divine grace others use to summon things valued much more, e.g. Golden Heart

She wanted to build an altar on her own, and was saying it wouldn’t be hard? Even Chosen like Flowsand needed significant effort to build an altar, and that still required the Book of Time as a medium. The so-called shabby altars connected directly to the current of time; such a thing couldn’t be built by mortals.

However, he had already given up ever since the trauma from Prisoner of War. The woman was impossible to read and even more difficult to defeat in battle; she was an anomaly in every sense of the term.

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## Trivia

* Ever since he had practised the Church’s martial arts to a grandmaster level, this was the first time he had met an opponent where he was at a disadvantage. He had already surpassed even Beye, while even Sharon only used brute strength. Perhaps only Apeiron was equivalent. Shaking his head with a sigh, he had to accept that he just couldn’t match up. Be it War Fanatic or Prisoner of War, both abilities were far beyond reasonable. It only made sense to lose to an opponent like that. He just had to take it on the chin and add some renewed focus towards martial arts.
* The once fearsome Kralkalor had become a dragon crystal in Nasia’s pocket, as had a hundred others that made for a full half of the total number of dragons killed. Every single one was an offering of some grade, and that belonging to the gold dragon was certainly top-tier. However, Nasia had said that all this was barely enough to get her to the legendary realm.

## References

1. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 128
2. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 42
3. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 43
4. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 43
5. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 49
6. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 70
7. ↑ Book 9, Chapter 44
8. ↑ Book 7, Chapter 138
9. ↑ Book 8, Chapter 39