My hatred, my anger, my pain, my bloodlust, all these emotions of violence formed an aura, invisible to the naked eye but indirectly perceptible by our perception, around me. Abouk gave me a long look. But he has no choice, it's him or me. After a few seconds of staring at me, he rushes off again at full speed. His legs become blurry, his demonic eye shields look like they come to life, trying to scare me.
I draw my blade, position it horizontally at eye level, my legs bend slightly, one foot in front of the other, I wait for my opponent in combat position. I rush in my turn and the shock between him and me resounds in the arena.
[Little Samurai] engages and my movements become faster and faster, more and more precise, more and more powerful. As I begin to gain the upper hand on Abouk, a few cuts pass through his guard despite his huge shield. The wounds on his body begin to pile up and now he is covered in blood.
Suddenly, I feel a certain warmth as our blades meet. I frown, charging back, our exchange of blows continuing. My sense of unease is growing. But in a deft move, my blade cuts through her body.
I tighten the hilt of my blade to remove it from his body and finish him off, but I find that despite my efforts, it remains planted in his abdomen. Raising his head, under his warrior helmet, a frightening smile distorts his face, with horror I realized that if I had pierced him it was not by my force but because he had planned it.
And finally, my feeling of unease turned into a feeling of danger. The heat I felt a few minutes ago was the buildup of his firepower. Orange flames suddenly surrounded us.
I broke up the rally and retired 20 yards out. Surrounded by flames, Abouk was like a fire lord, his fingers moving in mysterious ways and he chanted an incantation in a language I did not understand.
Suddenly, the flames around him came to life. They took the form of a huge tiger 4 meters high. His burning eyes looked at me and after a shout from Abouk, he rushed towards me.
I suddenly realized the danger of this terrifying apparition. She had the power to annihilate me in a horrible way.
"Strength Enhancement + Lightning Coating, Activation"
My stats all increased as lightning traveled through my body and blade. My skill [Snake Dodge] coupled with exponentially increased speed from lightning ensured I didn't die from the Fire Tiger. In a dodge so tight that my sleeves burned, I rushed at full speed on Abouk. He was pale-faced after casting his skill. He gritted his teeth and raised his arms as he saw me approaching so quickly. The fire tiger turned and chased me.
My last chance was to kill Abouk before the fire tiger returned. If he could resist me, then I was finished.
Arrived at 6 meters from him, a mischievous smile crossed my face. My blade was able to do damage to him, so I just had to activate my divine skills.
[Pressure of War God Ares has been activated]
Disbelief passed in his eyes, his body froze. My lightning-encircled blade streaked horizontally through the air at lightning speed. Without obstruction, she sliced her neck very cleanly and it wasn't until seconds after my slash that her head detached from her body.
Slamming my blade down, his blood spattered the ground. The fire tiger dissipated just as its fearsome fangs reached my strike. It was a tough fight but with such an easy ending that I was surprised myself.
After a brief silence, following the abrupt end of the fight, the crowd whose faces could not be seen broke into cheers.
Sheathing my katana, I turned to walk silently towards the exit door.
[Following your brilliant success at the Colosseum, you have obtained your rewards]
[Ding…You received 2 levels + medium lightning affinity]
[25 stat points are to be distributed]
"Affinity with lightning?" I say to myself
I sat in my room, and entered a state of meditation. Immediately balls of all colors appeared. Always immersed in their fairy dance. But this time Brilliant blue balls of light approached. I held out my hand, they responded with what sounded like an exclamation of joy. They danced around my hand and after a while they came straight at me, entering my body unobstructed. I stayed like that until nightfall, other of these balls repeated exactly the same process, the balls of other colors fled my touch I deduced that it had something to do with my lack of affinity.
Wanting to see the changes these little balls had brought, I summoned my status.
Name: Max
Level: 13 (EXP: 15840/40200)
Race: Human
[Statistics]
Strength: 30
Agility: 30
Dexterity: 20
Sense: 25
Vitality: 27
Magical Strength: 20.01
Lightning Affinity: 0.2\100
Stat points available: 25
[Innate Ability]
None
[Skill tab]
[Asset]:
[Meditation]
[Lightning Coating]
[Teleportation]
[Pressure of the god of war Ares]
[Strength Increase]
[Darkness of Hell]
[Passive]: [Athena's Eyes]
[Quick understanding]
[Little Samurai]
[Snake Dodge]
[To analyse]
[Sense of Magic]
[Recovery]
[Equipment]
[Hermes Boots]
The Helmet of Hades]
[Oil Spill]
[Construction materials] :
[1 pillar for the temple of Hades + 9 stocks of stones from the underworld + 1 roof + a crystal amphora + 1 stock of ivory]
[Tip] Each time a stat reaches 10, a skill will be unlocked and will be boosted every 10 levels.
[Other information]
2 free draws remaining in the lottery.
" Eh ? The magic stat has turned into magic strength and why next to my lightning affinity there are numbers? »
[Ding…The numbers next to your lightning affinity represent the strength of your core, it is not yet formed]
But normally magic cores are only accessible for beasts??? Mana Beasts have a core that encloses their magical strength. We recognize the strength of an animal thanks to its fluctuations, its size and its color. These beasts are divided into categories like adventurers. Never has a human managed to condense one, only other races have this power, that's where they get their advantage.
This makes me the first human to be able to condense this nucleus, although for now it is not yet formed.