The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

"Master Shalba," A young woman sat in a carriage, her head was covered, hiding her hair and face revealing only her blue eyes through the black robes. "There seems to be some kind of distress back in the Capital City," She looked out the window.

"If it is all the way in Capital then we can deal with it when we return, we are more than halfway actross the continent already, do not concern yourself with that now." Shalba; a man seemingly middle aged with streaks of white through his beard and a few wrinkles under his eyes responded, picking up a golden apple and offering it to her.

"I agree with lady Yin, Sir," Another woman sitting parrallel to him spoke up. Like Yin, she too was covered from head to tow with her brown eyes being the only parts of her body revealed. "After you saved us from the Direfreaks years ago our sense have become sharpened to dangerous situations..."

"Which is why you invested a world's worth of resource in our growth, making us your honoured guests even though we should have only been your wives and consorts." Yin spoke up again.

"I have a dark history with the Direfreaks, they were also responsible for the death of my clan when I was just a boy, my only regret is that it took me that long to find you, I could have saved more of your people." Shalba looked out the window.

"I heard of another incident in the backwater EverStorm Glades, I should hurry over, apparently they have been battling a Direfreak for the last decade or so.

"There may be nobody left to save when you get there, even our clan took a maximum of three years to get dertroyed by one Direfreak.

"Hm... I suppose," The man took a bite out of his apple while his wives ate theirs under their masks.

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[They are just beyond that mountain]. Jena notified Fuhua, expecting that she would charge in as she had done in the Capital City, but to her surprise the woman stopped, perching on the top of a tree and staring. [Ling, you only have thirty minutes left].

"I know, I was just letting it sink in," Fuhua responded staring at the system window that had been flying at her side for the last ten minutes.

[Letting what sink in?]

"My rage," She answered leaning off to the side and leaping downwards.

[Godspeed]

The area she had just landed on erupted, destroying the road as she was propelled forward making the mountain seem like a hill after she cleared the jump with one bound.

Fuhua landed short of the carriage with it in her sights, her face contorting into an expression if revolt as she went into another perch on the ground.

[Godspeed]

[Godspeed; Stacked]

She took off again, this time decimating the hills behind her when she closed the distance with herself and the carriage in less than a second, turning her arm just before contact and spreading her palm wide.

[Hidden arts; Heavenly Flame]

She roared out, slammimg her hand against the back if the carriage and watching the entire construct get devoured by her green fire.

The flames arose like a cloud walking across the land eating awat at thr woad, the forestry, and then rising into the skies diagonally, leaving a great crater in its wake. [The carriage seems to have been empty]. Jena announced.

"Shalba!!" Fuhua clenched her fists and swung her hands summoning her blade and coating it with more emerald fire. "Show yourself you coward, face me!" She swung her blade randomly, leaving an arc of fire slicing through the burning terrain. "Where are you?!"

"Who is that woman?" Yin asked, thanks to her concealment technique they had managed to blindside Fuhua and take refuge nearby. "Master?"

"She looks familiar, and as the lord of this territory it is impossible to not have enemies, but otherwise, I have no idea who this woman is," He furrowed his brows.

"How did the Everstorm princess escape?"

He thought.

"She is close to my heavenly tier as well, where did she get this power from?!"

"Master," Yin looked at him. "This woman is dangerous, we should escape-"

"Shalba!" Fuhua roared once more, grinding her teeth while mana arose from her body like smoke fanned in the wind and slowly spreading. "My father trusted you, he always believed that you would come to his aid, but it was your doing all along!" She ground her teeth, seething.

"My people suffered at the hand of that monster for years!" She spread her hands.

[Hidden Arts; Everstorm Bombardment]

black lightning highlighted by her green mana began surging from her body, tearing the land asunder in every direction as dark clouds began forming above them and rain began falling, acidic rain which ate at the land.

"Show yourself," The woman continued to fume, panting after using two hidden arts back to back.

[Godspeed] She raised her foot utilising the technique in a way that not even Sol had ever thought of; rather than run off, Fuhua used the pure destructive energy created by [Godspeed] and stomped, causing the ground around her for several dozen metres to collapse violently.

"Oh no-" Yin snapped panicked when the ground beneath them also caved and then burst open causing her technique to become undone as she was sent airborne while her sister and Shalba were both sent in another direction.

"Master-" Yin attempted to rush over to Shalba, but froze in place with her mouth still open and a trickle of sweat rolling off her cheek, dropping on the dented sword pressed against her neck. "Who are you, and what do you want with master Shalba?"

"Rather than try saving your own life, you opt to ask such a useless question...?" Fuhua ground her teeth wondering if she should kill the woman under her blade.

"You attacked master unbothered, I at least want to know why..." Yin slowly turned her head, finding a pair of enraged eyes glaring at her.

"Or is it that you are trying to stall for time while he escapes?" Fuhua looked up. "That man you call Master is a demon, he set the Direfreak upon the Everstorm clan and left us to suffer, all so I would be grateful when he eventually came and rescued me, but only me.

"Master would never, that is a lie," The woman couldn't help but notice the similarity between her and Fuhua's story, they had just been talking about this woman, and now here she was accusing Shalba of being the one who did it.

"I have no interest in you, I can already tell we have the same background," Fuhua glared, scanning the area. "Shalba; tell me where he is-"

Fuhua sucked in a breath and raised her sword, growing more enraged when the other sister seemingly from out of the blue came and attacked her with a staff, leaving another dent in her blade when she parried it and had to leap away when the one held at swordpoint spun and nearly stabbed her with a pair of small daggers.

"Yun, she claims to be the Everstorm Princess." Yin looked at her sister. "She swears that Master is the one that set the Direfreak on her people with the intention of saving her later on that she would follow him devoutly."

"Master would never." Yun shook her head. "Master is a kind man-"

"-Who saved us from the Direfreaks after our people had been killed off..."

"Yin!"

"You have to admit, our stories sound strikingly familiar," Yin shook her head, raising her weapons towards Fuhua. "It is just a thought."

"A bad one that you should never utter aloud!" Yun shook her head and sighed. "Just help me here, we can discuss this later on."

"There is no later on," Fuhua spoke up, standing from her perch and tossing her blade to the side. "You either get out of my way, or face me as an enemy, but know this; if you face me as my enemy, the next breath you draw will be your last!" She declared, slowly lowering her head and spreading her arms to her sides.

"Then-" Shalba emerged from the opposite side he had been sent earlier, swinging a greatsword at her. "Go ahead and take the road to the afterlife first!"

"You...!" Fuhua dodged the first strike and then began making small gestures with her hands, condensing the mana in front of her and causing the sword that was being swung for a follow-up attack to slow to a halt inside of the dense mana.

She grabbed the sword, pulling it past herself and striking at him with her palm, but from her sides the sisters attempted to cut her down forcing her to dodge and then retreat from the three of them.

"You have made your choice then." Fuhua grimaced, flashing her hands free of the flaming mana while the storm above them intensified severalfold.

[You may want to consider another approach, fuhua, the odds are unfairly stacked against you].

"No," The Everstorm princess objected the thought.

"This is perfect."