"What do you think about this new power?"
"No idea. But, we have to use it, and we need to do it carefully."
"Alright. Let's do this."
As Kurt, Yuki, and Klendiana cast their [Rally Awakening], something began to change in their body. Kurt can feel his black hair grow to his shoulder, Klendiana's hair turns as white as diamond as her hair length extends to her waist, and Yuki's ear begins to turn into an elven's ear.
They receive [Elven's Blessing], where the elves can see the aura of the Ancient High Elf dwelling on their body. On the other hand, Kurt may only be seen possessing the aura of the Ancient Elf.
"One more strike and the magic shield would break."
"We will make an opening for you, Reynes."
"No. We will go together. We also have to find a way to contain this power. Let's make ourselves used to this new blessing."
"Yes, father."
Reynes leads as a vanguard once again. He can feel his speed increase tremendously as he narrowly stumbled when dashing to King Boar compared to standard Physical Enhancement.
GROARRR!
As King Boar punches Reynes right at the right abdomen, he puts up a shield and uses [Fortification] to brace the attack. The last time Reynes braced for the attack, he didn't have enough time to put up his defenses. As he looks at King Boar's movement, he can feel that time feel slower, and he can put his shield in time to block the attack.
His arm feels numb, but it makes him think that using [Sustainable Damage] wasn't necessary for this fight under [Rally Awakening]. Without it, he may have to sustain the damage.
"I feel faster… But…"
Reynes can feel it take a toll on his body since it augments everything, but somehow he feels his exhaustion increase.
"I better end this quick."
To gauge their current power, the Lexington Family use Boarthog and Wereboar as a guinea pig for their new power. Yuki is able to buff her arrow with the wind, giving it more speed and piercing power. Kurt can slice the monster faster as if it was using a hot knife to slice through the butter.
"It cut through like butter!"
Klendiana can use her magic faster. Furthermore, she simultaneously uses multiple types of magic elements to eliminate several boars.
"I can't feel a strain when using more magic…"
But, as they were aware that using it in a prolonged state would exhaust them, they had to end this fight quickly.
As Reynes transforms his sword into a hammer once again, he finds another discovery. The magic reaction and transformation time is faster than usual. He slams it to King Boar's head with a swift move, breaking the magic shield and possibly its skull due to excessive force.
While King Boar is stunned, other boars fortify its leader, and Klendiana utilizes this to eliminate them.
"Get out of our way!! [Ice Spike!!]"
"[Spinning Arrow!!]"
Yuki nocks her bow and shoots her arrow buffed with [Spinning Arrow], piercing two of Boarthog. In their eyes, it feels like time travels slower than they could imagine.
Kurt takes this chance to slice its head, separating its head from its body to end this fight once and for all.
As soon as King Boar was killed, the other boars dispersed. As for Lexington Family, they stop their activities for a while as they know what to do to dissipate the effect of [Rally Awakening].
"Let's seal this up."
They immediately understand how to seal [Rally Awakening] skill since it's an ability that releases new power from their body. They imagine it as making a dam to seal its water and keep the river steady.
The sealing, however, takes a while as the process can take up to ten minutes to complete. As soon as they finish sealing it, Yuki speaks up.
"Reynes. Turn the [Sustainable Damage] off slowly. Mother will take care of your wounds."
"Yes, mother."
As Reynes began to reduce his magic power, he felt immense pain running around his left chest and abdomen. He grits his teeth as he endures the pain while Yuki treats him.
"Klendiana. Help me out healing your brother."
"Yes, Mother."
Klendiana casts healing on Reynes' body, which slowly forms some dents that should have resulted from the damage he took when Kurt and the others were taking damage from the monsters earlier.
"You could break your bone if you didn't use [Sustainable Damage] and didn't have a healer in your team, Reynes. The [Rally Awakening] also seems to take a toll on your body as well. Don't forget that you have this damage before receiving that blessing."
"Ouch… I will keep that in mind, mother."
Although it's good enough to patch his wound up, Reynes would need more treatment once they return to the manor.
"So… About this haul…."
They were looking at the corpses of King Boar and several boars they've managed to take down during the fight. Furthermore, the camp didn't receive further damage other than when they had to leave it for the time being.
"I think I will send a message to Earl Sylvester for the feast."
"What about the materials?"
"That would be worrisome. If we can dismantle King Boar's corpse, we could fetch around fifteen platinum coins. I think that would be useful for Reynes and Klendiana's journey."
"It recalls to me that we've already collected too much money before both of us conduct a journey."
To have a lot of money before the journey is quite advantageous. Not to mention that there was already money for school tuition, where Klendiana would enroll next year.
"I think we could ask Shina to advance the [Item Box]."
Kurt thinks about it as he gives his opinion, "That's a fair point. But, we could ask Shina to learn how to use it with security. You don't want your pouch stolen, and they can take it as much as possible if we don't have security."
"Okay. I will write a letter to her, then."
Klendiana would take the initiative to expand the [Item Box] skill that would allow her to store more items and increase security against fellow users that have the same skill.
"About this [Rally Awakening]… I would say that we need to train ourselves how to use it once again."
"I was more thinking like when we're meeting a formidable opponent such as King Boar, father."
"Mmm… But, I would say that it seems our appearance doesn't revert back to before receiving that blessing."
When Kurt looks at Yuki and the others, their appearance does not revert to before receiving [Rally Awakening]. It seems they stay where they were.
"Dear, can I get a haircut after this?"
"Sure. I may also have to ask how to disguise myself."
Yuki's appearance becomes an elf, something that she yearned for years. But, it would take more than a prostrating from the village chief and the elder to bring her back to the village.
"We may have to take an extra day to get our new power sorted out."
"Yeah. We should sort it out first before we return to the town."
Upon returning to camp, they set up the tent once again. They were supposed to return to Shills today, but the new power gifted from a certain deity postponed their decision to return.
Once they had enough rest, Reynes would be the first one to try new power.
"[Rally Awakening!!]"
Upon triggering it, Reynes can feel his power surging once again. Unlike the recent battle where an Unknown God guides him to use such power, this time, Reynes is already used to using this ability.
"How do you feel, Reynes?"
"Everything was amplified, father. It feels like I can use more power than before. But, it also drains ourselves faster than before."
"Such as life force?"
"No. Much more like our body become exhausted faster than before. I'm afraid that we may have to step up our training if we want to get used to this new power."
"Hmm…"
Kurt thinks about something as Reynes cancels the [Rally Awakening] effect. But, Yuki had already found a solution.
"I will contact some of my friends who were experts in a training regiment. We need their wisdom soon if we want to get used to this new ability."
"What about our research on Sage Ore, Mother?"
"I'll leave that job to you, Klendiana. Inform Shina as soon as we return to Shills. Tell her to procure top-quality Gravity Stone."
"Understood."
"If possible. I will intensify the research on how to restrain our magic further. That way, we can get a better understanding of this [Rally Awakening] skill once we return to Shills."
"Alright. I'll see if I can talk to the Valkyries in the capital. If they're willing to listen, we may receive some assistance."
"Be careful, dear. Negotiating with Valkyries is not going to be easy."
"I know."
They spent one more night, and after that night, they returned to the town early in the morning.