Inspecting the knife's description Leo frowned. System not having enough information wasn't new, but it was rare. Putting the tool in his inventory Leo's gaze landed on the book. Slowly opening the old diary Leo was greeted by rows of symbols written in unrecognizable language.
Going through the diary Leo saw some sketches painted every few pages. In these sketches there were various things painted. One sketch had people with robes standing around a high demon with blood flowing out of its skin. The other had a creature with a lean body and pale skin chained to a wall.
Further into the book Leo saw various beings imprisoned, chained, sacrificed, being summoned. Seeing that the book contained a lot of information Leo was sure that there is a way to unlock the door and exit the room.
Once again looking at all the pictures and not seeing a valid way to get out of the room Leo asked if the system can decipher this unknown language.
[ Affirmative ]
[ The system will take 3 Hours to Translate the language and will not function during the time period ]
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[ Proceed ? ]
[ Yes / No ]
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Clicking the yes button Leo saw the system window disappear from his sight and small numbers at the corner of his sight appeared.
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0 %
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Recalling the time when he tried to touch the numbers Leo smiled.
With a lot of time in his hands and nothing to do Leo once again checked every corner of the room trying to find a hidden lever or button that would open the door. Not finding anything Leo came closer to the Altar and checked every drawer once again. He even bent over the table to check if there was something under it.
Of course there were some symbols, but they meant nothing to Leo. Sighing, Leo sat in lotus position and started to circulate Mana. He felt that he was close to reaching the { Middle } Stage of Awakener Rank and wanted to use his time efficiently.
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A humanoid creature was frantically running through the cave. Carefully avoiding some holes and traps it sped up towards its lair. The being knew that there was a human inside the cave, but didn't find him yet. While running it finally reached a high wall with no gates or other entering routes. Lowering its body, the creature stomped the ground heavily and launched itself over the wall.
Landing and looking around it saw some groups of skeletal beings roaming around, but didn't see anything revealing that a fight happened here.
Seeing the creature land and raise a dust cloud undead bowed before continuing to pointlessly wander.
Undead beings are usually hostile towards others except other undead, but sometimes among them there are beings that hold authority and have power to control them, like the creature before them.
After shaking off the confusion, the humanoid creature calmed down a bit and its eye color reverted back to red. Shifting its body it started slowly walking in-between the houses, towards a castle with 2 towers that seemed to pierce non-existent sky. Fortunately or not there is no sky or clouds below the ground. Even without the sky, castle looked huge, gloomy and had a strange shroud of darkness surrounding it.
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All Mana in the room was rippling and moving in one single pattern. It flowed around the room and looked like a small tornado forming in the room. The tornado continuously gathered more and more mana and spun it around in the circle when finally every single Mana particle started gravitating towards the middle. After a few minutes a small scale natural disaster dissipated leaving a sight of a human sitting in its center.
Opening his shining eyes Leo felt his watch vibrate.
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[ Congratulations ! ]
You've ranked up to [ Middle ] Stage Awakener Rank.
[ Rewards ! ]
+ Pecunias [ 100 ]
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Leo wasn't greedy, but he felt that the quantity of Pecunias he received for a breakthrough was relatively low compared to when he awakened his ability. Putting these thoughts at the back of his mind Leo shook his head.
' It's not good to be too greedy '
Standing up he tried to enhance his legs and arms wanting to test his limits. Taking out the daggers Leo performed some slashes. The room which previously was in silence even when the tornado was gathering Mana was now full of loud sound. The daggers were moving so fast that air was vibrating and making noise.
Woosh... Woosh... Woosh... Woosh...
While swinging his daggers Leo could only bitterly smile. His hands were itching to fight against an opponent or hit a dummy with full power. Thinking for a moment Leo approached one of the walls and clenched his fist. Getting in the position he lowered his body and threw a strong punch.
Boom...
A sound echoed across the room. Slowly retracting his fist Leo saw red liquid flowing from his knuckles. Looking back at the wall Leo saw it being bent in the shape of his fist.
' I've become stronger '
Grinning at the results Leo healed his knuckles and went closer to the door without a handle. Focusing, he once again threw another punch.
Boom...
Flesh hit the unknown material producing a sound as if two metal things collided. Retracting his fist Leo felt greater pain and deduced that his wrist probably broke. Ignoring the pain Leo sharpened his teeth looking at the results. The door wasn't even damaged !
Manually using [ Dragon's Mana ] Leo guided Mana towards his hand with intent to heal it. After healing his wrist he carefully touched the door trying to identify the materials it was made out of. Walking back to the wall he hit left him surprised. Leo didn't find the damage he'd done with his punch.
Walking across the room Leo made sure to check out every wall to make sure he didn't make a mistake. Unfortunately Leo didn't find any other wall that was bent in.
Trying to think about the possible cause of this Leo threw another punch to the closest wall.
Boom....
A cloud of dust was raised. When everything cleared up Leo saw the bent slowly disappearing or rather regenerating at incredible speeds.
' What the hell '
While Frowning Leo cursed. He was trapped in a room with walls that can regenerate and an indestructible door preventing him from exiting.
Ding...
A sound echoed in his head rudely interrupting his mental breakdown.
[ Language Deciphered ! ]
[ New Language learned - Vespertili ]
[ Applying new Information into the Host's mind ! ]
Pain assaulted Leo's head, making him lose consciousness instantly.
Thud...