He was surprised and also quite happy about this and also quite happy, either way, he still know ways to increase his stats, and it was still a step on getting more powerful. This relieved all the disappointment in Aiden as he continued to eating happily.
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He was now getting ready for another day, he inhaled and exhaled many times before going out, he was still nervous about his fight today, he could only cross his fingers that it must not be Sara. He entered another pleasant peaceful classroom that'll be wreaked by havoc when other people come. Aiden put down his bag at the side of his desk, he noticed yesterday that a huge change happened when people knew he had an ability. Some people who messed with him were gone, he still doesn't know where Chad is, but considering what he did, he probably won't come to school unless he gets his face fixed, or he just can't recognize him with his burnt face. But in overall, they just didn't know the power that Aiden holds, The only thing that probably separate Aiden from other people in fighting is his own experience, and his endurance to attacks. After years of getting beat up, he can almost foresee how his opponent will attack from the movement of their footsteps and arms.
He looks at the door and Sara came in the exact moment, he was too late to respond to this leading to an eye contact with her, her piercing amethyst purple colored eyes. Sara was the first one to avert her gaze. "You ability, its not really fire isn't it? If you did have that ability, it would take a load from your mana pool. You're not from any big families so you don't have resources to cultivate and enlarge your mana since you are just an orphan, tell me, who are you, what is your real identity and state the family you're from." Sara said with a stern cold voice facing facing her desk as she puts down her things. Aiden didn't really think that this would be the first thing that Sara says to him, He had never conversed with Sara in his entire life so he didn't expect that Sara would be the one to initiate a conversation. But what she said nevertheless angered Aiden. It seemed like she was only looking down on him. "Its just any ordinary fire ability all right?" Aiden said with a stern voice as he averted his gaze from Sara. "She's just like any other person out there, I guessed I didn't really pay no mind to her but to think she'd have another side like this. She never really looked down on other people, and never favored anyone, yet, its still too early to judge her from this, that's just one point down Ms. Sara" Aiden inwardly thought while sighing.
Sara didn't pay any mind to what he said, "Your expression says that you're annoyed, I suppose I won't pursue this matter that much anymore." Sara said with a stern face. Aiden still seemed annoyed, he just put his head down by the table and waited for the other people to come. It stayed silent the whole minutes until some students came to break the silence.
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"Ma'am" Sara raised her right hand, "I would like my opponent to be Aiden", Aiden was flabbergasted, he then remembered, that the teacher doesn't match up the students, but they themselves. He just stood there in a daze, he didn't move and it feels like his senses became dull even nothing happened to him, he was just in a state of disbelief. Now that Sara was his enemy for the final day.
[Daily Event Mission Has Changed To Surprise Boss Mission]
[Given +3 in all stats because Plot Armor]
[Defeat Sara Kroft]
[+10 in all stats, +1 New Skill, +3 Blank Stats, +60 Exp]
He could feel the sudden adding of stats, it was way more noticeable that the +1. It didn't feel anything extreme, it just felt like he drank cold water in a very hot day, its like he got a slight massage al over his body.
Name: Aiden
Health:100%
Mana: 60/60
Level: 2 (05/200)
Abilities: Divine-Demonic Force Manipulation
Rank: Null
Title: Null
Strength: 20
Speed: 18
Vitality: 9
Intelligence : 6
Endurance: 12
Skills: 3
His stats did increase greatly but sadly enough, not Bronze 3 yet, he looked at his quest tab again, he was surprise to the vast difference than the last one, his train of thoughts once got more clearer and faster. Its like he was an a.i compared to the last few days. Just like last time, they stood on polar opposite directions. Just like last time, a sword and a flame but the flames since to grow more intense. This must be because of the increase in his stats, his control over the flame has also become better. He now went to his own formation and got ready for her attacks. The instant the teacher said go, an ice spear suddenly erupted from the ground on his location, Aiden was only barely able to dodge it and there was already a second spear coming in front of him, he tried gambling and slicing it with his flame covered sword and sure enough, it sliced through it like a piece of paper. Sara was surprised by this but it didn't let her down, many icicles levitated behind her, she sent the signal for the icicles to slice him off, when he saw this coming he knew there wasn't any way of dodging it, he wanted a shield to protect him. He didn't know what to do he just kept thinking of a shield, he put his hand forward and the fire covered Aiden to every last bits, not even missing a part. This caused Aiden to be protected by a wall of flames around him, every sharp icicles that tried to penetrate through the flame wall instantly melt.
Aiden felt that he had more control of his own ability, It wasn't that it leveled up or anything, he was simply curious but the better control he had was better for him, so he didn't complain any longer. He was thinking of how he should attack, he wanted to predict at least where 1 or 2 ice spikes. His energy perception automatically activated, at first he got angered, it was because the mana needed to activate it per second was quite high, and right now, although 45 can still be called quite high, by using it right now, he would only be able to use it for 22 seconds. But what came next is what may lead him to his own victory. There were a lot of blue concentrated mana on the ground, and every time, there would be an ice attack that came from that concentrated mana. It was like foreseeing the future, if he had unlimited mana right now, he would have the advantage, but 3 seconds already passed and his mana was already getting depleted, and at a very fast pace at that. He took the initiative this time knowing that his skill could melt the incoming aerial ice attacks and his other skill could detect if there would be an upcoming ice attack, meanwhile, Sara on the other side felt that something was off, she could see that he wasn't dodging her attacks by reflex, but its more like he knew exactly where she would make her attacks.
Sara changed her approach and made one ice curve from the right but it was meaningless, his wall of fire that protected him wasn't wearing out any second, Sara was now sure that he has a powerful background, his mana didn't look like it was depleting from all the attacks he melted. People who had the fire ability and could do that were only people with large mana pools since burning something with fire would deplete their mana, and no matter how many attacks she sends toward his way, he would just be there predicting every move. But why show yourself now, she wonders, why did he have to hide his power for years and just show it today. She was the type who always overthinks on every situation, the only part about her that makes her a tiny bit annoying.
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Aiden was now down to 21 mana, he could just use it for a few 10 seconds, he wanted to end the fight so he did his best going closer and closer to Sara Kroft, He was able to ignore such attacks because of his ability. Its really a cheat since it doesn't consume any mana points while using it, the only downside was that he wouldn't be able to recover mana while using it, but of course that was already expected. He decided to use his energy perception skill for only 9 seconds, he wasn't sure what full depletion of his mana could do so he wanted to play it safe since his own safety was more important right now. After all, with his new found power there would be more chances of him being able to encounter situations like these, and he will just be more powerful than the one he is now, At the first 2 seconds he was now 6 meters close to Sara, Sara wasn't stupid either and decided to step back to further the distance more, Sara was faster than him but with her casting a spell second by second, her movement speed was decreased making Aiden catch up to her, and the more she moved and casted, the more beneficial it is for Aiden, everyone of course had a limited mana pool, and with Sara constantly depleting his stamina and mana, she would get exhausted and exhausted until she can't cast, nor move anymore. another second passed and sweat was already dripping from her forehead, another second passed and her movements we're becoming sloppy, another 2 seconds passed and her casting rate became slower, if this keeps up, he could beat Sara when she depletes all her stamina and mana, he didn't know when that would happen but he knows that from her body language, it was close.
Sara on the other hand knows that she herself was getting exhausted, she wanted to break through Aiden's layer of flames, she thought if she just casted more faster, some would be able to break through it, she knows its a dumb move but she's someone who won't yield to a defeat and would try any method even if it was dirty. Another second passed and he can feel himself catching up to him, another second passed and he was now getting ready to initiate his attack, another second and he was about to punch him. During that last second, Aiden's mana depleted as he was able to blow a powerful punch covered with hell fire which was able to wound Sara's soul, they both passed out at the floor, everyone was very spectacled at the fight they just witnessed, the boy who was the weakest days ago, was now on par with the strongest on their own class. No one would believe it until they saw it with their own two eyes.
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Aiden woke up in the infirmary and there were two notifications that made him happy.
[Mission Completed]
[+10 in all stats, +1 New Skill, +3 Blank Stats, +60 Exp]
[Level Up!]
[+5 in all stats]
[Skill obtained: Eye Of All Knowing]
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Name: Aiden
Health:100%
Mana: 210/210
Level: 1 (5/200)
Abilities: Divine-Demonic Force Manipulation
Rank: Bronze 3
Title: Null
Strength: 35 +
Speed: 33 +
Vitality: 24 +
Intelligence : 21 +
Endurance: 27 +
Blank Stats: 3
Skills: 4
Healing: Heal yourself and numerous amounts of people at a very high level with just a wave of the hand. (The usage of mana depends on the size of the wound) [Lvl 1]
Holy Fire Manipulation/Hell-Fire Manipulation: Gives you the power to manipulate the mystical flames of hell and the power to manipulate holy flames, which embodies the Purifying aspect of Fire. (3 mana per second of usage)
Energy Perception: Possess the ability to see the energies that flow through the universe (2 mana per second of usage)
Eye of All Knowing: Able to gather information about a designated object, or a certain character. (Skill does not level up) [Skill does not consume mana]
His stats did a complete 180 degree turn, another one of the most beneficial to him was the increase in mana too.
[Stats now being allocated]
Aiden was confused because when he opened his profile stats, it was already there, but then, a surge of intense flow of power went through him, the circulation of his blood became faster, his flow of breath became stiff but composed, his bones we're almost giving out a cracking sound and his insides felt like he was being bitten by a thousand fire ants. The stat allocation only lasted 10 seconds but it felt like 5minutes to Aiden. But nevertheless, the change was already noticeable. He decided to stand up and he almost tripped, mainly the reason was because he thought he was gonna fall. After the stat allocation, his physique had become more muscular and thin, he had also grown taller and his shoulders became more broad. He didn't even recognize himself in the mirror until he pinched his own cheeks.
He looked at the clock at the infirmary and noticed that it was already past noon, it was currently 3 p.m in the morning, he was unsure oh how many hours had passed but it still took him a considerately a huge amount of time before waking up. He also noticed that Sara has already gotten up and was no longer in the infirmary to be seen.
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When he came home, he didn't want to train, it wasn't that he became confident in his own skills, he didn't become arrogant either, his only problem was his fatigued condition, although he had a long comfortable sleep in the infirmary, the stats allocation still took a toll on his body, it wasted him physically and mentally. With that in mind, he decided to jump on his bed and sleep. He didn't bother eating for dinner or taking a bathe, he just wanted peace and comfort on his joyous day.