Chapter 50 - Mind Blowing Information, The Myriad Stars Academy
After Athan and Tiana went through the portal, They felt a bit dizzy before the scenery in front of them changed.
Looking around, They found themselves in a giant metal platform, upon them was a night sky. Additionally, Both of them were surprised to see such a flow of people around them.
Turning back, they saw portals forming occasionally and people coming out of them.
The weird thing was there was no city or town around this big platform instead It was a total barren land, People were coming out from portals and were directly leaving in certain directions.
" There are no stargates here, so how did we arrive here? " Athan wondered out loud.
Coincidently an old man in his sixties heard Athan's voice when he was passing by.
He had short white hair and wore simple loose clothes. The old man paused hearing what Athan just said and turned to look at him before speaking, " Looks like you two are new here and it seems it's your first time traveling to another Star Sector. From your voice, you sound young and on top of not knowing common things, it's plain that you two used stargate without informing your elders. " Speaking up to here, the old man shook his head.
Both Athan and Tiana wore Black robes and hoods that covered their bodies and head before stepping into the stargate that's why the old man judged by hearing the voice of Athan.
Athan took out a Peak-Grade Fire stone before throwing it at the elder and said with a smile, " This elder, can you please fill us in the details about this place and other general things? "
Catching the peak-grade Fire stone, the elder looked it before spitting on the ground said with a sneer, " Tier-1 peak-grade Fire stone ? do you think I'm some beggar? "
' Tier-1 Fire stone? ' Athan thought confusedly as he didn't know there were tiers, but it seems that there are tiers after hearing the old man.
Taking out 10 more Tier-1 peak-grade fire stones, Athan asked before giving them to the elder, " How about this? "
The elder shook his head but showed a reluctant expression while speaking, " Looks like you are from a pretty low-level place, where there are not even tier-2 elemental stones being produced by nature. "
Saying this, He took the fire stones from Athan and spoke with a sigh, " Nevermind, I'll be kind enough to fill you in some details. First, Under this platform is a big Sectorport Formation, when you used the coordinate plate connected to this Sectorport formation in your stargate, a portal formed here that was connected to your stargate's portal and you arrived here. "
" Second, This planet's name is Rezkiel because Rezkiel Clan rules it, and this star sector is known as Elisk Star sector, as for this galaxy's name, it should be general knowledge even in your place, But I'll still tell you. We live in The Sorca Galaxy, and it contains 57 Star Sectors. Among them, Elisk Star Sector impressively ranks 4 in overall strength and development of elements. "
" Third, Tier-2 Elemental stones contain Origin Energy so they are also called Origin stones, and to get one Tier-2 Elemental stone, you need 1000 Tier-1 Peak-grade stones. But of course, nobody uses Tier-1 Elemental stones here as general currency because they are only used to nurture the younger generation in Energy Plane,
The Top 10 Star Sector's primary Currency is Tier-2 Elemental stones, while other Star-sectors have Tier-1 Elemental stones as Primary currency and Tier-2 Elemental stones as precious currency. I'm guessing that in your Star Sector, Peak-Grade stones would be the previous currency while Low-Grade to High-Grade stones would be a primary currency, It's considered as a bottom level place when there are not even Tier-2 Elemental stones being produced."
After saying this, The old man turned silent as he looked at Athan with a face that wrote that his 10 peak-grade fire stones are only worth this information.
Speechless, Athan took out 10 Tier-1 Peak-grade Earth stones and gave them to the elder.
Nodding his head, The elder took the stones before speaking with a smile, " Fourth, You two are very lucky to have arrived at such a time...because, Myriad Stars Academy is going to start its recruiting process tomorrow and Since the place you came from didn't have Tier-2 Elemental stones, you two are likely in Energy Plane, The Myriad Stars Academy's criteria to participate in the examination is that,
If you are in Energy Plane you must to be under 30, If you are in Origin Intent Plane then you must be under 90, and if you are in Genesis Conceptual Plane then you must be under 240. From your voice, I can see that you are definitely under 30, So you can participate in the Energy Plane's examination tomorrow. "
Athan nodded hearing that as he also found out about the names of the next planes after Energy Plane.
" So how is the examination conducted? And I've never heard of The Myriad Stars Academy so if you could also fill us on that. " Saying this, Athan gave 10 Tier-1 Peak-Grade Wood stones to the elder.
Taking the stones, the elder spoke with a grin, " Brat, if I tell you how they will conduct the examination, you will find it hard to believe and the mind-blowing factor you will feel tomorrow will be reduced, so I will not say anything about it. As for The Myriad Stars Academy, It is one of the big behemoths of this vast Terra Supercluster. "
Speaking up to here, The old man's eyes couldn't help but shine as he continued, " it conducts Examination every 100 years to pick up good seedlings out of more than 5000 Galaxies under its jurisdiction with our Sorca Galaxy being just one of them, If you two can pass the Energy Plane's Examination then you will see and experience things that even this old man doesn't know....but. "
The old man shook his head and continued, " But I heard that the examinations are very strict and hard, Just the Energy Plane participants who are under 30 will likely exceed trillions, and they will only accept 1 Million Energy Plane students...Anyway, who knows you might just be able to pass. "
Athan and Tiana both were thoroughly shocked hearing the old man's words
' just one galaxy is so big that it contains so many Star sectors then how big are 5000 galaxies and what about this Myriad Stars Academy which manages to conduct the examination on them? This is fucking ridiculous. '
The old man then spoke in a serious but low voice, " I heard that the various Powerful Organizations like This Myriad Stars Academy conducts examinations and pick talented humans to fight against big threats that are situated outside of the Terra Supercluster, Those top organizations have headquarters at the various borders to defend against threats. "
The shocking things spoken by the old man caused Athan's Imagination to run wild, ' Could it that there are other races other than humans out there? Like Demons, Devils or spirit race and such that I read about in the novels in my previous life? '
There would indeed be other races but who knows if they are Devil, Demons, or Spirit race? Well, he will find out when the time comes.
Athan then asked, "It's okay if you don't tell us how the Myria Stars Academy conducts the examination but at least tell us how can we register ourselves to participate in it ?"
The old man mysterious smiled and spoke, " You don't need to register, as long as you meet the requirement to participate you can take the examinations but If you don't want to join then you will get an option to leave out of the examination, although only idiots would reject such a good opportunity. "
" I see..."
Afterward, Athan asked one last thing to the old man before the old man left. the thing he asked was a general direction of the nearest city.
Athan conjured Four Winged Hurricane Tiger as they both flew towards the direction of the nearest city pointed to them by the old man.
Chapter 51 - Giant Spaceship, Am I That Weak?
After flying for a long time, They could finally see the outline of the city.
The flying was prohibited so they descended and walked towards the city gates, and surprisingly the guards just stood there like proper guards as there wasn't any need to pay fees to enter the city.
The city was way more technologically advanced than Athan thought, There were tall buildings and flying cars, There were also Digital monitors, and Airships floating in the sky.
It was Tiana's first time seeing high-tech things, so she was a bit excited as she watched those wonderful things.
Athan was surprised but not as excited because he had somewhat expected such a scene, After walking for a while, They found a hotel which was 50 stories tall.
Entering inside, Athan asked the receptionist, " How much is for one night? "
The receptionist was a beautiful young lady in her mid-twenties, with a professional smile, she spoke, "The first-class service will cost three tier-2 elemental stones for 24 hours of stay, The second-class service will cost one tier-2 elemental stones for 24 hours of stay, and The third-class service will cost 500 Tier-1 elemental stones for 24 hours of stay, So which service would you like to book sir? "
Athan took out 500 tier-1 elements stones without a change in his expression and spoke, " third-class service would be enough, can you explain to us what is included in the service? "
" Sure sir, Third-class service includes a single 400 square ft. room and three times a day food made from Tier-1 beasts and herbs. The second class service includes 1500 square ft. suit with many facilities while the first-class service includes 5000 square ft. suit better and more facilities."
Athan nodded as he booked the first-class service, after which the receptionist gave him a card with a number written on it and spoke with a smile, " Thank you for choosing our hotel, Your room number is 605 on the 6th floor. "
Nodding his head, Athan and Tiana started walking towards an elevator, The elevator didn't any wire connected on top or bottom.
After getting inside. Athan pressed the button of the 6th floor, feeling a slight heaviness of gravity for a second, The elevator's door opened surprising Athan, ' That was fast..'
Soon they found room no. 605 and entered inside, The room was not that big but it had sufficient space, There was a double bed, bathroom, A hologram display, and other common things that are found in the hotel.
Both of them sat on the bed as Athan took out the remaining elemental stones he needed to fill in energy.
He then said to Tiana who sat in front of him, " Let's just cultivate until The Myriad Stars Academy arrives to conduct the examination although we still don't know how they will do that. "
Tiana nodded as she picked up A Tier-1 Peak-grade Fire and Lightning stone.
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After Several hours, Athan and Tiana were still training, At this time, A sudden pressure descended upon them as both of them opened their eyes, After that, a loud voice reverberated.
[ All those who want to participate in the Examination, Leave the respective buildings you are all staying in and stand under the sky. ]
" Let's go. " Athan spoke as he and Tiana started leaving the hotel along with many other people, soon they left the hotel as they stood on the road.
Seeing that people were looking in the sky, Both Athan and Tiana also looked up only to feel immense shock.
A Gigantic mass of metal could be seen in the sky, Athan and Tiana could not see its end nor height, but they could see it was floating outside of the atmosphere and still looked very big.
[ The qualified individuals will be automatically selected and pulled up after 1 minute, If you don't want to participate in the examination, then you will get an option to leave after entering the spaceship. ]
An impassive voice descended from the top as it reverberated everywhere.
While the Athan, Tiana and all the other people were waiting...
If someone could stand in space and look, They would be able to see A Giant Spaceship, The spaceship was so big and vast that one's mind would be directly blown away.
its shape could be described as a big fat Manta-Ray Fish floating in the space with unknown height and width but from the looks, It was wider than The Planet Rezkiel but a bit lower in height.
Inside the spaceship, A man who looked to be in his fifties with light red hair, and a fair complexion wore a tight military-type uniform that was silver and black in color could be seen talking with several people of the same age, on each of his shoulders were 3 golden stars.
The man looked at a person in front of him who had the same Uniform but only 1 Star on his shoulders and spoke, " Renold, How many qualified individuals did we find on this planet? "
Renold looked at a small hologram that was hovering above his hand and spoke, " According to the scan Captain, There are 84,859 qualified Energy Plane individuals, 327 qualified Origin Intent Plane individuals, 0 Genesis conceptual Plane individuals, 0 Soul Alt--- "
" Enough...this galaxy is a bottom tier in strength, We will only find Energy Plane and Origin Intent Plane individuals here. "
" Captain Leyhar, One minute is up. "
" Alright, Pull them in. After this, we still have 2 more batches to pick up, After that, we'll conduct the examination. "
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After one minute was up, Athan and Tiana saw a white light descending from the sky and both of them disappeared along with many other individuals.
The Spaceship had many halls from top to bottom, Each of these halls had countless rows of cabins placed on them.
In one such hall, Athan and Tiana opened their eyes, They looked around and found many other peoples under the age of 30 in the hall that was as big as a vast continent.
Suddenly A Big Screen lit up in the sky on which Captain Leyhar's face appeared.
Sweeping his gaze across the hall from the hologram and spoke, " If there are any people here who don't want to participate in the examination, then press [ Yes ] otherwise press [ NO ] Choose your option in 10 seconds, Not choosing any will automatically be considered as pressing [ No ]. "
Just as he finished speaking, A hologram appeared in front of Athan and Tiana, [ Do you wish to forfeit from the examination? YES or NO ].
Both of them press [ No ] without any hesitation.
After a few seconds, Captain Leyhar spoke with a smile, " Good, Now the thing you are seeing in front of your feet is called Virtual Tube, It will open after 30 seconds, and you have to sleep inside it, After sleeping inside it, you will arrive in a virtual world in which the examination will be conducted, But Examination will start after 1 hour as we still have to pick up people from 2 Star sectors. "
After that, The hologram disappeared.
The captain in the main control room asked, " How much time we will need to pick the peoples from the two Star sectors? "
" We will need at least 45 minutes as there are a total of 54 picks up points planets in these both star sectors combined. "
" I see, Then hurry up and Let's not waste any second. "
The Spaceship then moved at a snail's pace for 3 seconds before disappearing as it transitioned into Hyperspace.
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Meanwhile, 30 seconds were up in the hall where Athan and Tiana stood, Athan, looked at the Virtual tube and then at Tiana before speaking with an excited smile, " Let's enter inside, We might meet inside the virtual world too. "
Tiana also nodded with a smile as both of them laid inside the Virtual Tube.
After Laying inside they closed their eyes as the glass of the Virtual Tube closed automatically.
After a few seconds of darkness, Athan heard a voice before a screen appeared in front of him.
[ Enter your name ]
Athan entered his name seeing the line on the screen as another line appeared along with a monotone voice.
[ Would you like to evaluate your Body Power and Energy Power? ]
Athan was surprised but also excited, ' looks like this Virtual Tube has more than one functions ' thinking about it, He answered, " Yes "
At the Peak of Energy Plane---> Stage 9.
Body not baptized by Origin, Thus the full-body stats are locked as potential.
Strength: 10(100)
Consitution: 10(100)
Mind: 10
Elements detected: Fire, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wood, Air, Dark, Light, Space
Energy Power: 56.5
Athan was dumbfounded seeing the information on the screen, ' What means body not baptized by Origin? I guess it should have something to do with Origin Intent Plane. but..'
Athan looked at his Energy Power which caused him to virtually twitch his eyebrows, ' Only 56.5? are you kidding me? If I go by the number of units, the combined units of essence energy I have would be around 565,000 after training last night, But it only shows 56.6 here, Am I that weak? '
Excitement and nervousness bubbled inside Athan as he thought, ' Looks like....the journey of me getting stronger will really be a long one, I feel like I've just arrived at the starting line seeing this. '
Meanwhile...
Captain Leyhar was sitting in his office, Looking at some information in the hologram.
" Hmmm, Rezkiel Kaal 25-year-old, A total of 12 elements and comprehended 3 basic element intents: Water intent, Blood intent, and Thunder intent, Rezkiel clan is declining. " mumbling words, he shook his head.
" Mira Qiyun 22-year-old, 6 Elements and comprehended 2 basic and 1 fusion intent: Fire intent, Charm intent, and Withering Flame intent. Not bad. "
" Tiana 18-year-old, 3 elements and comprehended 1 grade-2 fusion intent: Lightning Inferno intent, this grade-2 intent is not bad but...she didn't even have mystic realm and her body is also weak, hmmm She must have received an inheritance of Lightning Inferno intent. "
The Captain continued to look through candidates who have comprehended intents while drinking coffee.
Chapter 52 - [Outfit], [ Friend ], [ Point Shop ]
[ A/N:- EP = Energy Power, CP = Combat Power ]
As Athan was looking speechless at his Energy Power, he heard another voice along with a Line in front of him.
[ Would you like to ask some questions or move into the virtual world? ]
Athan thought for a second before he spoke, " I would like to know how can I breakthrough from Energy Plane to Origin Intent Plane. "
[ To Step into Origin Intent Plane, You need at least one intent, Saturation of your energies, and Body stats at 10 Str, 10 Const, 10 Mind. When these 3 conditions are met, You will feel a trigger inside you which you can pull any time. Upon pulling the Trigger You will be baptized by Origin Force causing a transformation to happen in your being. After the transformation, you will be considered to have stepped into The Origin Intent Plane. ]
Athan nodded thoughtfully as looked at the Text displayed in front of him, Just then another line appeared.
[ The Examination will allow everyone an opportunity to step into the Next Plane, Energy Plane-->Origin Intent Plane, Origin intent Plane-->Genesis Conceptual Plane, Genesis Conceptual Plane-->Soul Altar Plane, Soul Altar Plane-->Profound Domain Plane. ]
' Holy Sh!t, there are so many Planes, each plane also would have sub-stages in them I guess...wait. ' Athan suddenly realized a shocking fact as he mumbled, " If The examination conducted by The Myriad Stars Academy considers people at these Power Levels as students then how fuvcking powerful would be the teachers? "
Taking a virtually deep breath, Athan decided in his mind, ' I'll definitely have to stay Low-Key from now on, especially since I have that black whirlpool inside me. '
[ Would you like to move into the Virtual World or ask some more questions? ]
" Move into the Virtual World. "
Just as Athan spoke, The scenery changed in an instant as he arrived on a vast patch of grass with no buildings in sight.
But there were quite a few people around him, and all of them wore weird clothes, He tried to find if Tiana was near him but after sweeping gaze in all directions, he didn't spot her.
Just then, A display appeared in front of him.
<-Athan Long->
[~Stats~]
STR: 10
CONST: 10
MIND: 10
[Elements]: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Air, Lightning, Dark, Light, Space
EP: 56.5( A/N:- I made a mistake in calculation yesterday, the correct EP is 56.5 )
CP: ~
[outfit ]:- not selected
[Friends]:- none
[Point Shop]: 10 points.
Evaluation: Weaker than an Ant, No kidding.
Athan was speechless as he looked at his evaluation.
He then checked out the two options.
[ Outfit ]
As he pressed on it, A list of garments appeared.
Athan was surprised to see a vast variety of designs, There were all types of outfits, He even saw cowboy outfits, Religious outfits, Tuxedo Suits, and lots of weird outfits with symbols on them which if he had to say correctly, would be like those superheroes outfits.
As Athan scrolled through them, He came across a simple black outfit which also had a cool looking black hood, Black Mask, and a cloak, It looked similar to Zorro's outfit but with an additional hood and larger cloak which covers all around instead of just fluttering in the back.
' This looks simple, cool and on top of being able to hide my face, it's perfect. ' Thinking about it, Athan selected it by tapping on the image causing his clothes to be changed.
Just then...
[ Tiana sent you a Friend request. Would like to accept? { Yes } or { No } ]
After being surprised for a half-second, He pressed { Yes }
After that, he clicked on [ Friends ]
1. Tiana, Zone No. 21
He looked in the list but after a second her Zone Number changed from 21 to 22 and after that, he felt someone hugging him from behind.
He turned back with a smile, " Tiana? " But after looking at her, Athan was surprised because of her costume.
She looked like a pale specter, she had multiple layers of pale clothing over her body and a ghost skull mask on her face.
" Umm Athan...I choose this costume because...you know we have to stay a bit low-key here otherwise..." Tiana hesitated after that and as she was finding words to continue...But Athan interrupted her by shaking his head with a loving smile, " I know what you are trying to say..."
He then grabbed her virtual hand before continuing, " Men lusting after beautiful women is a universal truth, And I understand that I'm very weak right now, like Weaker then Ant hahaha. So you as my beautiful wife being very understanding is my fortune. "
Tiana's skull face nodded her head hearing Athan's words as she felt the happiness of being acknowledged.
Athan then asked, " It looks like you were not here before but arrived after I added you to friend's list. "
" Yep, You can change your zone if you want to. I was in Zone 21 and after adding you, I pressed on your name and some options appeared, in which I pressed [ Zone Travel ] and it asked me if I want to travel to zone 22 near your location. " She answered Athan's doubt.
Athan then also pressed on Tiana's name and some options appeared.
[Profile]
[Zone Travel]
[Duel]
[Remove]
Among the options, [Zone Travel] was greyed out, possibly due to them being in the same zone, He then looked at the [Profile] option and pressed on it.
Just as he pressed on it, Tiana received a message.
[ Would you like to grant Athan permission to view your profile? { Yes } or { No } ]
Tiana pressed { Yes } and information about her appeared on Athan's display.
<-Tiana->
[~Stats~]
STR: 7
CONST: 7
MIND: 5
Elements: Water, Fire, Lightning.
Intent: Lightning Inferno- Elementry Stage
EP: 28.8
CP: ~
[outfit ]:- Skull Specter
[Friends]:- Athan.
[Point Shop]:- 10 points.
Evaluation: Weaker than an Ant, No kidding.
After looking at her stats, Athan told Tiana about how one can step into Origin Intent Plane.
Listening to Athan, she nodded and said, " Looks like I need to refine my body and transform my Psychic Realm into my Mystic Realm and clear the black impurity in it, Only after that I will feel the trigger. "
" Yep, And I was told that everyone will get an opportunity to step into the Next Plane during the examination but I don't know how they will give this opportunity, Anyway Let's check the [ Point's shop ], I wonder what and how we can buy things "
Saying this, He pressed on the [ Point Shop ] causing a new display to appear which had a list of many things with descriptions.
Each row contained 3 items and the very first item was actually useful for Tiana.
[ Mystic Mind Clearing Pill ]
- Eating the pill will cause one's Psychic Realm to transform into Mystic Realm before clearing inner demons by cleansing the mind of negative thoughts and also clears black impurities.
-Cost: 5 points.
Just after he finished reading, He heard Tiana asking, " Should I buy this pill? But how will I eat it in this virtual world ?"
" Oh....nevermind, it says the pill will work even if I eat it in the virtual world. "
Athan thought for a second after hearing Tiana's words and said, " This behemoth Academy should have their own magical means, So just buy it and eat it, Anyway I guess that opening Mystic Realm and getting Mystic Energy will likely increase the chances of passing some tests. "
Answering with " Mhmm " Tiana bought the pill and ate it after it appeared in front of her.
Athan then continued to look at other things in the shop, There were weapons, equipment, Spellbooks, and pills in the shop window which showed them in a grid format.
As Athan continued to scroll down, He was surprised to see a new type of item.
< Elemental Intents- Requires respective elemental energies >
[ Fire Intent Plate ]
-Unknown amount of percentage to comprehend basic Fire Intent, the success rate depends on the user.
-Cost: 10 points.
[ Water Intent Plate ]
-Unknown amount of percentage to comprehend basic Water Intent, the success rate depends on the user.
-Cost: 10 points.
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As he continued to scroll down, He saw another type of thing.
Under this title were strange Intent Plates like [ Sword Intent Plate ], [ Mace Intent Plate ], [ Bow Intent Plate ]...all these Plates also cost 10 points and had an unknown amount of percentage to comprehend them.
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Looking further he saw even stranger intents, [ Bleed Intent Plate ], [ Corrosive Intent Plate ], [ Heavy Intent Plate ], [ Speed intent Plate ], etc...
He pressed one of them for detailed information.
[ Bleed Intent Plate ]
-Your attacks infused with Bleeding Energy will cause bleeding to your opponent and it will not be stopped unless the opponent has Cure Intent Energy or some certain kinds of pills.
-Req: At least 100 in Mind Stats, Mystic Force.
" Incredible....." Athan mumbled as he looked at the display.
Chapter 53 - Ant!!
After scrolling down a bit more, Athan hit the end of the first page in Point Shop, But when he tried to open the 2nd Page, He received a massage.
[ Not Qualified to open 2nd page ]
" Well, It's good. I don't want to see any more strange things anyway. " Saying this Athan swiped his hand causing the display to disappear.
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Time passed by swiftly after that and soon it was time for the examination to start.
[ The first Examination is about killing Ants. killing one Ant will give you 1 point, Participants will be formed into a squad of 4 people and points will be distributed according to various factors during the hunting of Ants. ]
[ If you have friends then you can add them into the squad, If there are less than 4 people in already formed squads then the remaining slots will be filled randomly. ]
[ You all have 1 minute to form a squad. After that, the remaining slots in the squad will be filled automatically and the examination will start in 5 minutes after the squads are formed. ]
After the announcement was over, A display appeared in front of Athan which had the title of Squad and countdown.
[Squad]- 0:59
1. Athan
2.
3.
4.
And beside this, there was a [ Friend ] window in which Tiana's name was written.
He pressed on Tiana's name which caused Tiana to receive an invitation to join Athan's squad.
She pressed { Yes } causing an additional name to appear in her squad window.
[Squad]- 0:51
1. Tiana
2. Athan
3.
4.
After that, both of them waited for the countdown to hit 0.
Just as the Countdown hit 0, Two additional names appeared in Athan's and Tiana's Display.
Athan looked at the names.
[Squad]
1. Athan
2. Tiana
3. Laksel
4. Risa
Beside the window, Another countdown appeared.
[5:00]
[4:59]
[4:58]
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[0:03]
[0:02]
[0:01]
[0:00]
As soon as the countdown hit [0:00] The scenery in front of Athan and Tiana changed as they both arrived in an unfamiliar place, There were Big trees and hills all around with the size of thousands of meters and The sky had a night view with stars twinkling on it.
Besides Athan and Tiana, Two more people appeared in strange outfits.
One of them was a girl who wore a light blue dress and had blue butterfly wings behind her back, her face was beautiful but not as beautiful as Tiana and she had an A cup size chest.
Another Person was a man around the age of 25, He wore a simple white Martial Art outfit with a black headband and waistband, His face shape was a bit square along with his chin.
The man who was likely to be Laksel spoke with a simple smile, " I'll start by introducing myself, As you know My name is Laksel. I have Earth, Fire, Metal, Dark, and Wood Elements, I've also comprehended Basic Metal and Earth Intents, On top of that My stats are at the peak of Energy Plane. Nice to meet you all, Hope we can work together peacefully. "
After that, The girl did a perfect curtsey like a princess and spoke with a smile that showed dimples, " Hello, My name is Risa. I have Water, Air, Ice, Fire, and Mist Elements. My body stats are secrets and I've comprehended the Basic Ice Intent, Basic Air intent, and.....that's it. "
Athan was a bit shocked, ' both of them have comprehended more than one intents and also have some elements I've not heard of before. Furthermore, they are likely to be more powerful than me in terms of spell power. '
' And maybe they have likely hidden some information about them, Especially Risa is clearly hinting that she is not telling everything. After all, this is just the First Round of Examination. '
Athan then had a wild guess, These two people can likely step into Origin Intent Plane but they didn't step into it. As for the reason, He doesn't know but he will find an opportunity to ask later.
He then composed himself and also spoke with a smile, " You can call me Athan, I have Fire, Air, Lightning, Earth, Water, Wood, and Dark Elements, I have not comprehended any intents, and My Body stats are also at peak of Energy Plane. "
After that, Just as Tiana was going to speak, slight tremors could be felt from their left side which caused a change in the expression of Laksel and Risa.
Both of their faces turned serious as Laksel spoke, " Let's hide inside that tree first, then we will plan on how to proceed. " saying this, He dashed towards the tree that had hollow space as Risa immediately followed him.
Although Athan and Tiana were confused, They also choose to follow them as they all went inside the hollow space inside the tree trunk.
After everyone entered inside, Risa spoke in a hushed voice, " Conseal your presence as much as you can and don't speak from now on, I will cast a spell that will help conceal our aura. "
After that, She closed her eyes for 2 seconds before waving her hands gently on both sides as Mist started to spread as it covered all four of them in 2 seconds.
After mist-covered everyone, They all looked outside from the tree trunk as whatever that caused the tremors was almost near them.
After a few seconds, It indeed appeared.
Looking at the creature in front of them, Athan was speechless and thought about the evaluation that was displayed in his status window.
[ Weaker than an Ant, No kidding. ]
Currently in front of them was an Ant that was 100 meters long and 40 meters tall, Its body was covered in black armor with blue patterns, Those steel like legs also shined in a blue hue, Furthermore between those large mandibles the ant's teeth were hitting each other making sound of hitting metals.
Athan had seen bigger creatures but this Ant was giving him formless pressure and high dangers signs, If he fought with the ant, He would definitely die.
The Ant currently stopped in a place where Athan and the group were standing before, It then slowly started moving towards the tree trunk they were hiding on.
Seeing this, All of their faces changed as Laksel spoke in a very low voice, " Damnit, Let's form a simple plan real fast, I have high defensive spells so I will try to block its attack and also attack it with my Metal spells when I get a chance, This will be my job but we still need more attack and penetrative power to break its tough carapace and we also need to impair its movements. "
Risa spoke hurriedly right after that, " I will impair its movement with my ice spells as much I can, and try to cloud its senses from time to time with mist spells. "
" Leave Attack power to Tiana and Me, She has a powerful intent that will be effective but her attack's penetrative power is not high so we need to break its armor first. After that Tiana's attack will likely be more effective. "
Athan spoke right after Risa was finished.
Nodding his head to everyone, Laksel said, " I'm going to distract it first, After that Risa and you two will do your work. " Saying this, He directly dashed outside of the tree trunk and causing the Ant to chase him to the left side.
Athan and others left after seeing the Ant following Laksel.
After coming out, They saw Ant lifting two of its front leg before smacking them towards Laksel who already stopped and formed a Grey Metal barrier.
*Cracks...*
Countless cracks appeared on the barrier upon being hit by The Ant's legs.
Right after that, Risa started casting Ice spells around the Ant's legs to halt its movement while Athan formed 5
Tiana also started to gather energy for a powerful spell according to Athan's instruction.
Picking up a Spear, Athan used his full power to throw it towards Ant's head.
*phissu*
The Spear hit at the back of Ant's head but it didn't even scratch as it simply dissolved.
" Fvck, How hard is that armor? "
Laksel's barrier was then destroyed but he was preparing another spell which he used right before the barrier was destroyed.
It was a big Dark Wall which was excluding Earth, Metal and Dark energies, The Ant attacked once again with its legs, and this time, Both of its legs penetrated the wall easily but when it tried to pull them or destroy the wall, it struggled as it couldn't do it which caused it to lose its balance and impair its movement a bit.
Seeing this, Laksel dashed towards another side and formed a Dark Metal Spear before he grabbed it and threw it towards a point at Ant's abdomen.
" That's the Ant's vital point--" His voice cut off as Angered Ant who had one leg out of the wall found balance turned towards him before snapping its mouth At him.
Barely dodging the attack, He formed another barrier.
Risa also formed from the ice around its legs and used mists to cover the Ant's head.
Athan didn't have a choice to but manually form a new spell as his
He had already started forming a spell after seeing that his
After 4 seconds he was done as he started forming his spell in the front of his hand.
The spell he formed looked like a Lance But Its tip which covered 60% of its body was spinning with Air energy and he used Mystic Energy to increase the spinning power while its outer shell was formed with Earth Energy, He then added Fire energy on top of it so The drill started spinning in Fire.
The spell looked crude as The elements were not actually combined like Tiana's Lightning Inferno spells.
After the spell formed, He grabbed the small shaft and threw it with his full power towards Ant's spot where Laksel's Dark Metal Spear hit.
Right after throwing the
By the time he finished speaking, The Drilling Lance already hit the spot and directly broke open its amour which already had cracks on it due to Laksel's Dark Metal Spear.
Tiana also put both of her forward as red-colored energy with blue and red sparks released in a laser cannon shot form.
The spell released by Tiana entered the gap blasted opened by Athan's and Laksel's attack causing the Ant to cry out loud from pain.
Tiana didn't stop and threw the same spell one more time albeit a bit smaller but it still hit hard as Ant directly fall to a side due to it being unable to handle the damage to its vital part which was the heart.
After that Ant also stopped its loud cry.
Along with its vanishing cries, The Ant's body also disappeared.
[Congratulations for defeating your 1st Ant ]
[ Laksel: 0.50 points, Risa: 0.15 points, Athan: 0.15 points, Tiana: 0.20 points ]
Chapter 54 - Comprehending The First Intent
After defeating that Ant, Four of them once again hid inside the tree trunk because if another Ant came, Then they wouldn't be able to deal with it without Laksel who is currently almost out of energy as he had consumed a considerable amount of energies to create defensive spells that could withstand the ant's attacks.
" We need to properly plan our strategy, Not all Ants will be the same as this one, there will be a variety of Ants, Some Ants will be all rounded like the one which we just killed, Some Ants will have extraordinary speed and attack, while some will have powerful armor and attack. " Inside the tree truck, Laksel spoke with a serious face.
Risa nodded as head and spoke as she looked at Athan and Tiana, " It seems like you two don't know general information regarding the First round of examination, Every 100 years The Myriad Stars Academy's first round is exactly the same, that is Ant Hunting. In this round, We have to gather as many points as we can so that we can buy something useful from Point's shop which can aid us in the next rounds. "
" I see...Why don't we use the same strategy that we used before? Risa will control the Ant with her ice and mist spells, Laksel will block Ant's attacks while i and Tiana will deal the finishing blow? " Athan spoke with a smile after Risa finished speaking, He might sound stupid but he had a plan.
And Indeed, Laksel and Risa frowned hearing that as Laksel spoke grimly, " You do realize that the spell you used had lower penetration power than my Dark Metal Spear right? If you want to penetrate the Ant's armor then you need intent, My spells are boosted by my intent, With My Metal Intent, my Dark Metal Spear's penetrative power is significantly boosted which created cracks on its armor, Your drilling Lance can't break it. "
Risa nodded her head, " Even if you keep using the same spells it will not break the armor, That's how these Ants are created. Suppose that the Ant's Defence is 100 and your Drilling Lance had an attack power of 99, You may think that it's the only difference of 1 and that if you keep using the spell on the same spot then you will break past its defense right? NO! Unless you have a spell with 100 and above attack power you will not be able to put cracks in its 100 defense power armor. "
After speaking, She waved her hand that caused a display to appear in front of her which was then passed towards Athan.
[ G.Ant ]
CP: 300
Attack: 100
Defense: 100
Speed: 100
Looking at the display Athan was surprised.
" You can see Ant's stats here and Your combat power should be also calculated now, Take a look. "
Hearing Risa's voice Athan looked at this status screen which appeared after he murmured, " Status ".
<-Athan Long->
[~Stats~]-↓
[Elements]: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Air, Lightning, Dark, Light, Space
EP: 44.2
CP: 72
Attack: 72
Defense: ~
Speed: ~
[outfit ]:- Assasin Mage V.1
[Friends]:- Tiana
[Point Shop]: 10.15 points.
Evaluation: Weaker than an Ant, No kidding.
' Hmmm...My EP also decreased after I used < Drilling Lance>, after all, I used a lot of Earth, Fire, and Air energies while forming that spell. '
Athan thought after looking at his information, He then thought for some time and finally decided to do what he was going to do.
Before he spoke though, Laksel looked at Athan and said, " If you had Earth intent, then your
Athan nodded after hearing them. After that, he spoke with an uncertain face, " I...can get Earth Intent I think, I currently have 10 points which are enough to buy an Earth Intent Plate. "
Shaking her head, Risa spoke in a tone as if she had heard a joke of the year. " You are joking, right? Do you think you can get Earth Intent by using the Earth Intent plate? Let me tell you that the chances to comprehend Intents from these Plates in the shop are close to 0%, Why do you think they are cheap at just 10 points? "
Laksel nodded by the said, " Indeed, It's better to use points to buy pills to refill our respective element energy or buy Equipment to boost our combat power instead of wasting them on Intent Plates,
Also after we finish the 2nd round of examination, the 2nd page of the shop will open, from it You can buy Intent Slates, Although the success rate still depends on users and it's also generally around 1% it's still way better than Intent Plates which are just trashes. "
Athan shook his head with a smile, " Let me just try, who knows I might be able to comprehend the basic Earth intent? "
Inside his thought, ' I hope black whirlpool can work its magic on virtual world's items too, Although this virtual world is too real for it to be considered as just Virtual, just how the heck did they do this? '
Suppressing his useless thoughts, he directly bought the Earth Intent Plate, and in an instant, it appeared on his hand.
" You..." Seeing that Athan already bought the plate, Laksel shook his head.
But at this time, Tiana " humphed..." with displeasure towards Laksel and Risa while she thought, ' Athan will definitely be able to comprehend it. '
" What are you getting antsy for? what we said is true. " Risa said with an annoyed expression as she looked at Tiana.
Risa and Laksel obviously didn't believe that Athan can comprehend Basic Earth intent using Earth Intent Plate. Because countless people had tried to comprehend the intent from these cheap Plates but none of them succeeded.
At this time, Athan was looking at the Earth Intent Plate in his hand, It looked like a round brown disk that had weird patterns inscribed on it.
He could fill something when he looked at this Earth Intent Plate, ' I seem to have felt something like this before...' thinking about his past, he remembered, ' I felt similar thing after eating those fruits in the underground cavern below the pond. '
While he was still feeling the Earth Intent Plate, something happened. The plate slowly started to disappear, after 3 seconds the plate entirely disappeared which dumbfounded everyone.
At this time, Athan's eyes were closed as if he entered some kind of state.
Meanwhile, Both Laksel and Risa had bewildered looks on their face that clearly showed ' WHAT THE FUVK ' expression.
Here's what happened.
When the earth intent plate appeared in Athan's hand. Inside his body which was in the Virtual Tube, The black whirlpool started spinning, But this time instead of absorbing anything, It released faint brown sparks, these brown sparks traveled into his Energy Realm before going inside the Earth Crystal that was spinning above Earth Elemental Sea.
After all the sparks entered inside the Earth Crystal, The Plate which was in Athan's hand disappeared causing Athan to enter into a trance.
When the Plate disappeared, Another thing happened.
Inside the Captain's Office, He heard a notification, " An Energy Plane user had comprehended Earth Intent by using Earth Intent Plate. "
A slightly surprised expression appeared on Captain's bored face as he spoke, " Show me his details. "
A hologram unfolded in front of his eyes displaying Athan's details.
" Hmm... The brat doesn't have any impressive qualities but People these days don't buy Intent Plates at all while this brat bought one and even comprehended the intent, It's been several centuries since someone comprehended intent by using Intent Plate, he must have a very high understanding of Earth element. "
After that, he swiped the hologram away and his expression returned that of a boring one as he looked through some complex graphs.
...
Meanwhile...
Risa and Laksel looked at Athan who in trance and then at each other with a shocked expression.
" He...really comprehended Earth's intent," Risa spoke with a silly expression.
Nodding his head, Laksel wryly spoke, " That seems to be the case, otherwise the Plate won't disappear. "
Tiana looked at the two of them and chuckled with disdain. [ A/N: good wife. ]
Risa looked at her before she spoke with an uncertain tone, " I am aware that you two are friends, but judging by your behavior, your relationship doesn't seem to be that simple. "
Tiana's skull face mask formed a smile as she spoke, " He is my...husband. "
" Oh..." Both Risa and Laksel ' Oh'ed ' and then looked at Athan who just opened his eyes.
With a faint smile, Athan spoke, " I've comprehended Basic Earth Intent at Elementary Level. It seems that with Earth intent, My earth element spells will become at least 30% powerful. "
After comprehending Earth intent, Athan understood it was something ethereal, It was not energy but a thought imbued with an understanding of Earth Element which was currently at Elementry Level.
Now with Earth's intent, His control of Earth energy and the power of Earth energy also increased a notch above all other elements he currently had.
Chapter 55 - Hitting A Wall
After Athan comprehended the Earth Intent, The squad started to recover their energy, the rate of recovery was very fast in this virtual world and in just 2 hours he recovered quite a lot of his energies of different elements.
He found out from Laksel that He could see the stats of his energies if he touched [ Elements ] words in his profile window.
[ Elements: Fire, Lightning, Water, Wood, Earth, Air, Light, Dark, Space ]
Fire: 8/10
Lightning: 9/10
Water: 10/10
Wood: 10/10
Earth: 7/10
Air: 10/10
Light: 6/10
Dark: 6/10
Space:5/10
Total: 71/90 EP
" What about our real bodies? Can our energy recovery and energy consumption here reflect to our Real bodies in Virtual Tube? " Athan asked curiously, although he believed that it would not be possible, He still couldn't help but ask because of many magical things he had seen until now.
Risa shook her head hearing Athan's words, " Nope, This EP and CP are only applicable while we are in this virtual world, but intents plates, intent slates, pills, and equipment we buy from the point shop will be applied to our real body. For instance, If you buy a pill here and eat it then in the real-world, The staff on this spaceship will inject a serum with a similar property as the pill into your body through Virtual Tube which can affect your real body and virtual body both. "
Laksel nodded with a plain face and spoke while looking at Athan, "Similarly if you buy equipment in the virtual world then regardless if you pass or fail the examination, they will give you the equipment you bought here in the real world and as for intent plates and slates, well since you already comprehended an intent from intent Plate then you should know about it too. "
Athan nodded and spoke with a smile, " Yep. In reality, We comprehend intents with our consciousness and since our consciousnesses are in Virtual World then What we comprehend here is directly applied to our real body through consciousness as a bridge between our virtual body and real body. "
He then looked at Tiana and asked, " Did you eat the Mystic Mind Clearing Pill ?"
" Yes and My Mind stat became 10 in five minutes after I ate the pill, it certainly worked very fast. " Tiana nodded happily.
Athan was surprised at the efficiency and effectiveness of the pill.
" Let's continue to recover our energy for one more hour, After that, we can go out to hunt Ants again. "
Hearing Risa's words, Everyone started to recuperating their energies, But Athan was doing more than just recovering his Energy.
After an hour, Four of them left the Tree trunk and started moved in a random direction discreetly using Risa's another type of mist spell that could cover aura and body heat.
After moving for 30 minutes they finally encountered another ant, This Ant didn't have a large buff like the previous Ant they encountered but It had sharp pointy legs with spikes all over them and a slim body, its body color was a mixture of green and cyan.
[H.Ant]
CP: 320
Attack: 120
Defense: 80
Speed: 120
Looking at the stats of this Ant, Athan drew a breath and spoke in a low voice, " This Ant is obviously more powerful than the previous Ant. "
Laksel nodded with a grim expression said, " Indeed, But This Ant will still give us only 1 point. In fact, we will encounter more powerful Ants with varying stats in the future but they will also give 1 point which is truly dammed. "
" By the way, They didn't tell the time period of This round. How long will this round last? " Tiana raised an important question.
Risa shot her a glance and spoke, " The round will end when we die because after each Ant we kill, the subsequent Ant we encounter will become more powerful, and eventually, we will die which is the same for all participants, therefore after all participants die, This round will come to end. "
As they were speaking, The Ant seemed to have noticed something and moved in their direction.
" Alright stop discussing now, I will go in first and distract the Ant, Risa you will immediately bind the Ant while Athan and Tiana will prepare the offensive, This Ant's defense is low so we should be able to finish it with one combo of your offensive. "
Saying this, He dashed towards the Ant as he successfully drew its attention.
After that, Risa followed as she used Ice bind spells on Ant's legs, While Athan and Tiana started to prepare their offensive spells.
After destroying Laksel's defensive Spell, The Ant was going for one more attack when it was bound by Risa's Ice Spell.
But Risa's spell didn't bind Ant for even 2 seconds and before she could cast another spell to bind it, The Ant broke off the Ice as it ignored Laksel and dashed towards Risa.
Seeing the Situation, Athan used a new spell he created while they were recuperating,
He had already created Spell runes of
Two
Athan's
Currently, Ant was facing in his direction so he threw
The Ant's armor on its head was blasted open and Tiana dealt finishing blow with her spell.
[ Laksel: 0.15 points, Risa: 0.15 points, Athan: 0.50 points, Tiana: 0.20 points ]
[Squad]
Athan: 0.65
Tiana: 0.40
Risa: 0.30
Laksel: 0.65
Athan then looked at his CP.
<-Athan Long->
[~Stats~]-↓
[Elements]-↓
CP: 181
Attack: 101
Defense: ~
Speed: ~
Control: 80
He was surprised to find a new state, ' Looks it will appear if I can use spells with such effects, I used control spell so it was added to my [Combat Power] and since I have not used any defensive spells or Movement spells, Their numbers are Nil for now. '
He then looked at everyone and spoke, " Let's continue to move, We still have enough energy to defeat one Ant even if its slightly more powerful, after that we can recuperate. "
Everybody agreed as The squad continued to move forward for some time before they encountered one more Ant.
[G2.Ant]
CP: 330
Attack:110
Defense: 110
Speed: 110
Looking at this Ant's stats, Athan smiled wryly, " Damn it, My spell won't be able to penetrate its defense. Looks like it will be troublesome to defeat this Ant. "
The Squad fell silent hearing him but after a few seconds, Laksel spoke as he looked at Athan, " I can break its defense with my spell but then you have attracted the Ant's attention and defend. "
Athan thought for a second and said with a smile," Alright, I will do the defense work. "
Tiana wanted to speak but looking at Athan who had a faint smile on his face which was filled with confidence she didn't speak.
" Since it's decided then I'll go out. " Saying this he directly left the group and dashed towards the Ant.
The Ant noticed him soon and chased after him.
This Ant was similar to the first one they encountered, Seeing Ant chasing after Athan, Risa and others also followed up.
Athan had already stopped running and used
But Athan's
An oppressive pressure descended upon Athan making it difficult for him to move, ' Sh!t this is much more difficult to do than I thought. '
He instantly used
But nonetheless, He dodged the Ant with
At this time, Laksel's spell was also ready, This time it was not Dark Metal Spear but he had a bow made of Wood Element and it had an Arrow made of Metal and Dark energy notched in it.
After pulling hard, He released the Arrow towards Ant's belly and Tiana's followed after it, The Ant which was going to snap its jaw once again toward's Athan got it by both spells one after another which caused it to cry, Tiana released one more spell with her Lightning Inferno energy causing the Ant to cry in anguish for a few more seconds before it disappeared.
[ Laksel: 0.23 points, Risa: 0.21 points, Athan: 0.34 points, Tiana: 0.22 points ]
After defeating this Ant, The squad hid in a cave they found before recuperating their energies.
After recuperating their energies for 3 hours, they once again set out to hunt more Ants.
Risa said before that the Ants get more powerful each time they defeat one and it indeed seems to be the case.
[S.Ant]
CP: 340
Attack: 140
Defense: 110
Speed: 90
They barely defeated this Ant with the help of Risa who used an Ice Defensive Spell to Aid Athan to defend the Attacks while also binding the Ant with more powerful Ice spells, But The energy consumption was great so the Party rested one more time.
They continued this way and defeated 5 more Ants, Laksel's Offensive Spell was quite powerful as it always managed to break open Ant's defense, It even tore open Defence of Ant which had 130 points in Defence, But the Ant they were facing now seemed to be very troublesome.
[A3.Ant]
CP: 410
Attack: 200
Defense: 140
speed: 80
Looking at this Ant's stats, Athan spoke, " Let's recover our Energy to full and plan first. "
They slowly retreated and hid inside a tree trunk.
After hiding Inside, Athan asked, " How do you generally raise the level of Intent? "
" Either you need to buy Median Intent Plate which you can't buy right now or comprehend the intent yourself. " Laksel answered hearing Athan's question.
Athan fell silent, He understood that he needs to increase the understanding of Earth Element to raise the level of his intent, but it's easier said than done. ' Looks like I have to give it a try. '
After making his decision, He said to the group, " Give me an hour and I'll try to comprehend the median level of Earth Element. "
Both Laksel and Risa had weird expressions on their faces hearing Athan's words.
Looking at their expression, Athan smiled and spoke, " Aren't you surprised at how I was able to comprehend Earth Intent using the trash Intent plates you spoke of? "
" Indeed. " Both of them nodded as they were also curious.
" Actually the reason why I was able to comprehend the Earth intent easily was that I had eaten some mystical fruits which had same pattern as I saw in the earth Intent plate I bought, At that time I thought that I was just imagining things because I didn't know the existence of Intent, But now I know and I think I might be able to comprehend the next level of Earth intent if I try. " Taking a deep breath Athan told them about the fruits.
Laksel and Risa were surprised to hear that and both of them nodded in understanding, as Risa spoke enviously, " There are indeed such fruits but they are very rare and extremely valuable, your luck is very good to be able to eat such fruits. "
Of course, he lied. The patterns in the fruits were very low in amount and even if he tried at that time, He wouldn't be able to comprehend intents.
But he wanted to try something and if he succeeded then he might be able to comprehend the next level of Earth intent.
Chapter 56 - Element Corpse Tree, Shock
Closing his eyes, Athan tried to make his consciousness enter the Mystic Realm and he succeeded, It's been some time since he entered here.
His black dragon suit, black whirlpool, and the white energy with gold hue in it are also there, He had noticed that every time He and Tiana have intercourse, the black whirlpool absorbs something and then gives out this energy but he still doesn't know the use this energy.
Anyway, The reason he entered here was to see if he could comprehend Higher Level Earth intent, Thus his consciousness arrived at the black whirlpool.
He didn't just stop at the perimeter and went to the deepest part where he hit the wall or door, He just feels that there is something behind the wall that's why he thinks that it is more like a door and not a wall.
And the reason he arrived here to comprehend Intent was that when he was comprehending the Earth Intent Plate, He had felt the black whirlpool releasing something and that something was later absorbed by the Earth Crystal.
After the Earth Crystal absorbed that something released by the black whirlpool, He suddenly comprehended the Elementary Level of Earth Intent.
It felt absurd to him but he was certain that the black whirlpool really gave him something without absorbing anything beforehand.
' So if I try to comprehend the Earth Intent here, I might be able to raise the level of my Earth intent to Intermediate level ( Median Level ). Anyway, it doesn't hurt to try.'
After preparing, He cleared everything inside his mind and started comprehending and understanding the Earth Element in his way.
' Earth, It is solid and stable, tough and stubborn, The element of endurance....'
...
...
He entered into a deep state as he started comprehending the Earth Element in his own way and due to this, He didn't notice the black whirlpool slowly releasing yellow-colored sparks, The sparks traveled into his Energy Realm and entered inside his Earth Crystal which unknowingly caused him to enter into an even deeper state and his understanding and comprehension of Earth Intent kept increasing.
Athan, who could not track the time while in a deep state of comprehending didn't know that an hour had already passed.
...
Laksel glanced at Athan who had his eyes closed for an hour already, and spoke hesitatingly, " It's...been an hour already, Should we wake up him? "
" No!! "
A firm word came out from Tiana's mouth.
Risa had an annoyed face as she spoke, " Then should we wait until he wakes up? How long that will take anyway? He seems to have entered deep meditation. "
Tiana snorted and spoke, " Yes, we will wait until he wakes up, Entering deep meditation means he has grasped something and he will likely be able to comprehend the next level of Earth Intent, If we want more points then it's better to wait. "
Laksel shook his head and spoke with a wry smile, " It's not that easy, If we don't hunt any Ants every 8 hours, then an Ant will be summoned at our location, and the summoned Ant will be a bit more powerful, that's why we have to go find Ants ourselves. "
After Laksel finished speaking, Risa declared, " We will wait for 5 hours, If he still doesn't wake up by the time then we will have to forcefully wake up him. "
Laksel nodded, " I'm guessing that he also must have forgotten about the flow of time, So it's also in his and all of our interest to wake him up after 5 hours. "
...
...
" After an hour, We will have to forcefully wake him up. " Risa spoke after they passed 4 hours mark.
Tiana glanced at Risa, " You don't have to say this every hour. "
" I'm just keeping the track of ti--" Risa's voice was cut off as she noticed Athan opening his eyes.
Laksel also noticed and asked with anticipation, " So? did you comprehend Intermediate Level of Earth Intent? "
Athan smiled faintly and said, " I did...not. "
Risa looked annoyingly at Athan, " Then why are you smiling like that? "
" Because...I didn't just comprehend the Intermediate Level of Earth Intent. "
Tiana looked at Athan and asked in an exciting tone, " You mean you comprehend Advance Level of Earth Intent? "
But as soon as she finished speaking, Laksel shook his head with disbelief, " It's impossible to comprehend Advance Level Earth Intent without being baptized by the Origin. "
" I will not keep you in suspense, I did comprehend Intermediate Earth intent but on top of that, I also comprehended Intermediate Fire Intent and Intermediate Air Intent. "
" How is that possible? " Laksel and Risa were so shocked hearing what they had just heard that their jaws fell to the ground.
Clearing his throat, Athan spoke with a grin, " That's not all. I believe I can comprehend Wood, Lightning, and Water Intents too and it's all because of the fruits I ate..." pausing here for a second he looked at Risa and Laksel before asking, " Do you happen to know what kind of fruits did I eat? they are certainly mystical to have such powerful effects. "
After regaining their bearings, Laksel asked, " Describe the fruits and the tree to us..."
Nodding his head Athan spoke, " All these fruits came from one tree, The tree was 100 meters tall, The tree had a total of six fruits. And as I already told you, The fruits had the same pattern on them as I saw in Intent plates, but the fruits were very big and patterns were more...."
Halfway through when Athan was describing the tree and fruits, Tiana was startled because it was obviously not the case, The tree was 3 meters tall and the fruits were only palm-sized, But she understood the reason soon after thinking about it.
Both Laksel and Risa fell into deep thought after hearing the description of the tree and fruits from Athan.
Athan did not lie but he didn't speak the truth too, Those fruits were obviously capable of increasing the comprehension of Intent though the effect was minimal, But what if there was a bigger version of that tree? What if the tree and the fruits were bigger? If the fruits were bigger, Then it would have more patterns and more pattern means more effect on comprehension towards the elements.
After some time, Laksel and Risa looked at each other and nodded at the same time, seemingly to have reached the same conclusion.
Laksel then looked at Athan and spoke, " It's Corpse Element Tree, Did the tree turn to ash after you picked up all the fruits?
Without a change in his expression, he nodded towards Laksel while he thought in his head ' Although that was not the case. '
Seeing Athan nodding, Risa's lips turned upward into disgust as she spoke, " Then it's corpse Element Tree. For it to reach the height of 100 meters, The expert must be at Peak of Origin Intent Plane. "
Athan was confused and asked, " What do you mean by that? "
Laksel took a deep breath and said, " The method of growing corpse element tree is very sinister. it is basically like this, You feed a bunch of energy fruits and Plants to a powerhouse of any level you can control, and by controlling them with a method which even I don't know, you will not let him digest those things but let them mix and grow inside him, then after burying him alive, his body along with all his cultivation will become nutritions and become a tree. "
Hearing their words, Both Athan and Tiana were shocked.
" But that method was banned by Cluster Union which consists of Top Organizations a long while ago. "
" This..." Athan and Tiana looked at each other hearing about it.
Seeing their troubled expression Laksel spoke, " You don't have to worry about it, We are not so bored to tell others what you said just now, and you found that tree by chance, so nothing will happen even if they investigate, it needs at least 100 years or more for the tree to grow to that size, and you were not even born at that time, So don't worry. "
He then smiled and continued, " But with your help, we might be able to reach the top 500 or 100 in rankings in this round of Energy Plane examination. "
" Let's go smash some Ants. "
The squad then returned to the place where they found the previous Ant.
[A3. Ant]
CP: 410
Attack: 200
Defense: 140
Speed: 80
This time, Laksel went first to attract the Ant's attention and defend its attack but before the Ant could attack him, Athan had already whipped out his < Drilling Lance > that was boosted by Intermediated Fire, Earth, and Air Element which blasted open the Ant's defense and Tiana's Lightning Infernal spell destroyed the Ant's body from inside.
[ Laksel: 0.15, Risa: 0.15, Athan: 0.40, Tiana: 0.30 ]
Tiana only dealt final blows but the more power Ants gets, Her final attacks which kill Ants also garners more points.
[Squad]
Athan: 2.59
Tiana: 2.17
Risa: 1.91
Laksel: 2.33
The squad then continued to find Ants discreetly using Risa's method and with the same strategy, They defeat 11 Ants.
The last battle was tough as Athan, Tiana and Risa nearly died because the Ant used a Long-range attack after it was hit by Athan and Tiana's spells which was also the moment when their guard was down.
But fortunately, Risa used a new Spell,
Now they were recovering Their energies and recuperating their injuries.
" Let me heal, I also have Light Element and comprehended Light Intent. "
Surprised, Everyone looked at Risa.
She then healed Athan, Tiana, and Laksel's injuries.
After the squad recovered their energies and healed their injuries, they once again set off to hunt Ants.
Soon they encountered one.
[GS6. Ant]
CP: 750
Attack: 180
Defense: 170
Speed: 400
Looking at this Ant's stats, The squad fell silent.
" This is a whole 150 increase in CP than the last Ant we killed, what the hell is with that speed, It's too unbalanced. " Athan couldn't help but mutter seeing the Ant's stats.
Sighing, Laksel spoke, " Let's just try...I am going out towards the left side, You guys better be fast. " Saying this, He dashed out from Risa's spell.
The Ant noticed him instantly and then slim wings unfolded from its back causing a loud buzzing sound to appear, Its wings flapping in supersonic speed.
*Buzzz....*
And then....Ant disappeared before it directly arrived in front of Laksel and killed him with its jaws.
All of this happened in 1 and a half seconds, From the moment Laksel left the squad and when he barely ran 2 meters, The Ant appeared in front of him and killed him.
After killing him, The Ant looked in the front where Athan and others were standing.
" Sh!t "
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[ Congratulations, You have finished the first round. ]
After that, All of them arrived in a vast land with patches of grass all around them, with no buildings on-site, But there were a lot of people around them who had likely finished...or rather died before them.
After arriving there, They saw a display appearing in front of them.
[ The reward points according to performance. Risa: 5 points, Athan: 4 points, Tiana: 4 points, Laksel: 4 points. ]
[Final points.]
Athan: 9.32
Tiana: 8.89
Risa: 9.71
Laksel: 9.08
None of them were surprised that Risa got 5 points in the final assessment because First, Her Mist Spells which they used to travel around while being hidden and her healing spells were very useful in their journey.
After that display, Four separate display appeared in front of them.
[ Since you have finished the first round, You can choose to transport to Elemental Gallery and choose your reward. ]
Chapter 57 - Elemental Gallery, I Got A...
[ Since you have finished the first round, You can choose to transport to Elemental Gallery and choose your reward. ]
" What is Elemental Gallery? "
Risa smiled and spoke with a tinge of excitement in her voice, " It's a very good place, There are various kinds of rewards in it, But what you can get from it depends on your luck, " Saying this, She turned to look at Athan and others, " I'll be going to pick my reward and we might not meet again so good luck in your next rounds. "
After that, she disappeared.
Laksel also smiled before turning his face towards Athan and Tiana before speaking, " The first round is always the same 100 years and it's considered as Rewarding round, nobody is eliminated in it, But it will be different for 2nd round. Participants will be eliminated if they do not pass it so be careful. As for Elemental Gallery, you should see it yourself. "
After saying this, He also bid farewell to Athan and Tiana before disappearing.
Seeing that both of them disappeared, Athan spoke, " We should also go and see what is in this so-called Elemental Gallery. "
So after nodded to each other both of them also disappeared as they also got transported into Elemental Gallery.
After a second, the Scenery changed as Athan arrived in a vast place filled with stones of different shapes. The sizes of stones vary from 1 meter to 2 meters and each of them had different shapes.
[ Participant Athan, you have 30 minutes to choose a stone as your reward, Each stone contains a single item. Some may contain a Mystical fruit or a natural treasure, Some may contain a powerful spell manual, Some may contain an equipment or an Artifact, etc. It depends on luck so Good luck. ]
" I see...' Looking at the display in front of him, He understood, ' Let's see if mystic energy empowered eyes can see anything, though I doubt it will work. '
He injected mystic energy into his eyes to enhance it and looked around but everything seemed the same as when he looked normally.
' hmmm. The black whirlpool also wouldn't work I think, The actual items would be in the real-world while this stone just represents those items. '
He looked at all the stones around him, ' Luck huh...I don't know if my luck is good or bad. '
Thinking about it, He just selected the nearest stone to him, The stone was around 1.4 meters tall and had a weird shape which couldn't be described.
[ Are you sure you want to pick this stone as your reward? ]
" I'm, Sure. " Athan nodded, ' Since there is no way of knowing what is contained in the stones then what's the point of wasting time. '
After he answered, The stone he picked remained and all other stones disappeared.
[ Would you like to open it now or later? ]
" Open it now. "
After answering, Athan saw that cracks started to appear on the stone, and after 5 seconds, it broke down and revealed a cute thing in front of him.
[ Congratulations, You got a.....]
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...
After receiving rewards, Athan once again arrived at the vast land of grass, But he just stood there dumbfounded looking at the creature in front of him.
" Hmm it hurts...." pinching his cheek dazedly, Athan confirmed that he was not dreaming.
*??????....*
A very small and cute kitten that had white fur with black and grey stripes was currently rubbing its head towards Athan's legs as it meowed.
" Hey friend, Don't tell me you got this kitten from Elemental Gallery? "
Hearing the voice, Athan looked in his left side and saw a man with the appearance of 19 or 20, He had dark green hair, and wore a red devil costume.
Athan picked up the kitten and spoke with a smile, " Yeah, what's wrong? "
Laughing, The man spoke with a smile, " Nothing, it's just that your luck is too good to get a cat from the stone hahaha. "
*??????....*
The small kitten climbed on Athan's shoulder from his hand and once again meowed.
Athan nodded with a smile, " Indeed, It's very good. Cat has been my favorite animal, I am actually very happy to get a cat as a reward, and it's so cute...Like the cutest cat I've ever seen. "
"...are you serious? People can receive Affinity fruits or pills, Powerful spell manuals, and artifacts but you just got a cat, shouldn't you be a bit....you know? " The man spoke with a confused expression and thought, ' Shouldn't he be frustrated? '
" Indeed, They have subpar luck while I have very good luck...." pausing for a second Athan asked, " Have you ever seen someone get a cat from stone before? ".
" Err....No. " The man answered as he scratched his head.
Hearing him, Athan nodded and grinned, " See? It means my luck is actually very good. "
" Whatever man, As long as you are happy. " Saying his, The man left.
Athan then picked up the cat from his shoulder and looked at it.
*????...????*
Athan muttered, " This cat..." He could feel there was something weird about this cat, It gave off a unique feeling.
' Anyway, It's true that cat is my favorite animal, Furthermore this cat doesn't seem to be just a normal animal. '
Looking at the cat that was sitting on his palm while looking at him, Athan thought, ' Well I will know in the future if it's a normal animal or something else, But for now I should decide on its name. '
After thinking for a while, He finally decided.
" Lucky...From now on you are lucky. "
*??????....*
" Woow, That's such a cute cat!!" Tiana's voice suddenly arrived startling Athan a bit.
Looking at his right, Athen smiled and said," Its name is lucky." After that he asked, " By the way, What did you get from the stone you picked? "
" I got a weapon called Blazing Railgun. " Tiana waved her hand, and a rifle appeared in her hands, The rifle looked the same as a flintlock rifle but its barrel was a bit bigger, It's color was sunset orange which didn't look like paint but the material itself.
She then swiped her hand and a display containing details of Blazing Railgun appeared in front of Athan.
[ Blazing Railgun ]
-Fire Element
-By continuously injecting energy, you can shoot powerful hose bullets with high exploding and area power.
-Recommended to use Fire energy, other elements' energy attack will be reduced due to the material from which the weapon was created.
" It looks powerful, It would've been great If it also supported Lightning Element. " Athan spoke after looking at the information.
Afterward, He looked at Tiana and asked, " Tiana do you have any white energy with golden hue in it inside your Mystic Realm? "
*??????....* Lucky nudged Athan's face.
" Aw....looks like lucky is attached to you already. ", Tiana smiled happily and answered Athan's question, " Yep, That energy repaired my Energy Realm and that's why I didn't die when I went to receive the petal of Blazolt Flower. "
" oh..." Athan fell into a thought hearing her, ' So that energy has healing properties? '
*??????...??????...????...????*
Lucky continuously nudged its head against Athan's face.
Athan looked at it confusedly, The kitten also looked at him and...??????.
" Hmmm...I don't understand what it's saying. "
Tiana looked at lucky and spoke, " It's certainly trying to say something. "
Athan remembered that lucky nudged him when he asked Tiana the question about white energy with golden hue in it, But The kitten wouldn't know about it, which means...
To confirm his guess, Athan looked at lucky and spoke, " Mystic Realm? "
*????...????*
It actually nodded its head.
" looks like this kitten is really not a normal animal. " Athan spoke in amazement when he saw it nodding.
*??????...* Lucky then nodded before jumping on his head and patted its paw on his head.
*chuckle...*
Tiana couldn't help but laugh seeing its antics and spoke jokingly, " Maybe it wants to go inside your Mystic Realm? "
*????...????...???????*
" Oh..." Both Tiana and Athan were surprised that Lucky actually nodded once again, indicating that what Tiana said was right.
" But how do I do that?..." saying this, Athan fell into thought for a moment before he got an idea.
' Since I can't give a drop of my real blood in this virtual world, It means that I may need to give it my Mystic Energy, Well no harm in trying. ' Thinking of this, Athan guided some mystic energy with his consciousness and gave it to the kitten.
Sensing the Mystic Energy of Athan, Lucky meowed loudly as it actually absorbed the mystic energy.
*???????...*
" You want more? "
*????...????*
" Alright..." Saying this Athan gave it more Mystic energy.
After Lucky ate a considerable amount of Mystic Energy, It suddenly disappeared.
Tiana who was looking at it was startled, " Eh...It disappeared. "
At the same time, Athan felt something inside his Mystic realm and hurriedly sent his consciousness into the Mystic Realm.
After arriving there, Athan found the kitten sleeping at a place not too far from where his black dragon suit was.
' It really entered inside, But how? ' Athan was really dumbfounded and thought after some time, ' Wait...After the kitten wakes and goes near the black whirlpool, It won't be absorbed by the black whirlpool right? '
Athan felt a bit of headache thinking about it but after musing over it for a while, He judged that black whirlpool will not do something like that because It could usually absorb things even if they were outside and now that kitten is inside his Mystic Realm but still not getting pulled so it should be safe.
Chapter 58 - Round 2, Tower Of Challenge
The first round was still on-going so Athan sat down and started comprehending the intents while Tiana also decided to sit in meditation to gain a deeper understanding of her Lightning Inferno Intent.
After 3 hours, Athan comprehended Water Intent to Intermediate level.
After 7 hours, Athan comprehended Lightning Intent to Intermediate level.
After 10 hours, Athan comprehended Wood Intent to Intermediate Level.
Each time before starting to comprehend the Intent, Athan would grab Elemental energy and turn it into its primal form before studying it. For example, right now he had dark energy hovering in his hand and he was closely feeling and studying it, Like its effects, its properties, etc.
After studying it for an hour, He closed his eyes and sent his consciousness to the deepest part of the whirlpool before starting to comprehend the Dark intent according to his understanding of the dark element.
After 2 hours, He comprehended the Elementry Level of Dark intent and after another 4 hours, He comprehended the Intermediate Level of Dark Intent.
He also tried to continue comprehending the Advance Level but Laksel was right, It was impossible to comprehend Advance Level before stepping into Origin Intent Plane because after reaching an intermediate level in various Intents, He would feel as if he was blocked, Like when you are walking on a road but after walking for a while you suddenly hit a dead end.
To remove this dead end, He would have to be baptized by the origin.
So moving on, He opened his eyes after comprehending the intermediate level of Dark Intent and started studying Light energy, He had never created any Light Element spells because he did not understand the element but now that he understands, he was planning to create a powerful spell of light element.
After 9 hours, He also comprehended the Intermediate Level of Light Intent and decided to create a healing spell of Light element.
The healing spell is straightforward, The light energy itself contains healing properties and he just has to control the compression rate of energy and the amount of energy.
He decided that the spell will in the form of motes, The small light motes with a concentrated amount of Light energy, Thus its name would be
The Light element's other specialty is that it has high resistance against other elements except for dark elements but it also works well against Dark elements, In short, Both Dark and Light elements are nemesis of each other.
After studying Both Light and Dark energies, Athan found out that the Light element has high resistance against other elements except for the dark element while the Dark element has the effect of weakening other elements except for the light element.
Opening his eyes, Athan thought, ' Now I have comprehended Intermediate Intent of Fire, Air, Wood, Earth, Water, Lightning, Dark and Light, And the only one left to comprehend is Space Intent. '
He then looked at the Timewatch he created using Mystic Energy inside his Mystic Realm and found out that 26 hours have passed.
' Well let's hope the round continues until I finish comprehending space Intent. '
He barely entered into deep meditation for half an hour before he had to stop.
An announcement reverberated everywhere along with a big display in the sky.
[ The First round is officially over, The 2nd round will start after an hour. ]
Athan heard the announcement and thought, ' Looks like this is it for now, As I won't be able to comprehend the intermediate level of Air intent in an hour. '
Tiana also opened her eyes hearing the announcement.
Looking at her, Athan asked, " Did you have any gains? "
Tiana nodded with a smile and said, " I feel like I will soon be able to comprehend the Intermediate Level of Lightning Inferno Intent, Also I think that my power has increased due to reaching a deeper level of understanding in Lightning Inferno Intent. "
" That's good. Anyway, Let's just wait now as one hour will pass by soon. "
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[ It's time for the 2nd round. ]
[ The 2nd round this time is Challenge Tower, To pass this round one needs to at least pass floor 30. Those who can not pass floor 30 will be eliminated and sent back to their home via teleportation. ]
[ Those who pass floor 30 will get 10 points. After that, you can continue to challenge the next floors for more points so do your best. ]
[ The 2nd round starts in 10 seconds. ]
[10]
[9]
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[2]
[1]
[0]
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As soon as the countdown hit 0, Athan arrived in a round room, The room was not too small but also not too big. It was around 25m in diameter.
Just as he was wondering what is the challenge about, A BBC appeared in front of him.
A Big Black Crab, 2 meters tall and 4-meter wide with menacing pincers and big eyes.
As soon as it appeared, It opened its mouth and released a jet of black water.
He dodged it easily before doing a long jump towards it. Arriving on its back, He gave a solid punch and defeated it easily.
After it disappeared, The floor he was on elevated and he appeared in another round room.
This time, Two wolves appeared in front of him as they both charged towards Athan while barring sharp fangs but they were also defeated easily.
He did not use any energy and he was not planning to use energy unless necessary because if he wants to reach higher floors then he has to tread carefully and save energies as he is not given any break time after passing floors.
On the 20th floor, He finally used the first spell.
The enemy was a light element turtle that had high defensive stats and ability and it also released earth boulders which were no joke so Athan decided to end it by using < Dark Bubbles> on it.
After comprehending Intents, His spells clearly became very powerful.
In the subsequent floors, Athan had to use one or more spells depending on the enemy, Fortunately, his spell's attack power was enough to defeat enemies in one hit otherwise he would possibly have to use more energies.
The enemy on the 27th Floor which looked like a silver sparrow proved to be quite troublesome because it was too fast.
Its size was the same as normal vultures found in his previous life, From the magical beast he had seen so far, This sparrow was the smallest.
But even tho it was small, It was just too fast and it also released spatial blades that were making slashes on Athan's body that were proving to be troublesome so he also put up a
" The problem now is how to kill that sparrow, I just need to hit it once and it will be defeated but I've already wasted a
After thinking for a few seconds, He suddenly remembered a spell that he had not used in a long time or actually never used after successfully making a spell rune of it.
Nodding his head, Athan thought, ' Hmmm, It will definitely work. '
A tornado formed in front of him and rapidly increased in size as Athan poured more energy into it.
After a few seconds, The tornado got big enough to cover 75% of the room's space which caused trouble to the sparrow's flying ability.
After defeating the sparrow, Athan didn't encounter any troublesome magical beast like that and smoothly reached floor 30.
Of course, he had to use spells on those floors too because otherwise, they would prove to be troublesome, His body alone is not enough to deal with those beasts as his body's stats are capped at 10/10/10.
Presently on the 30th floor, Athan's opponent finally appeared.
It was a monkey...with normal human size, brown fur, and black wings.
As soon as it appeared, It waved both of its hands and two dark blades shot towards Athan at a fast speed.
Athan also unfolded
His control over the maneuver became a bit better after comprehending Lightning Intent and Air Intent, But he felt that he had more control over his Lightning wing than Air wing which was an obvious fact.
Athan didn't dilly dally and summoned
The monkey ran away while releases dark blades, But Athan put up a
*swoosh*
The monkey got hit by the spear and it was paralyzed thus sealing its fate.
[ Congratulations! You have passed the 30th floor along with the 2nd round. ]
[ Reward: 10 points. ]
[ You will be transported to the 31st floor in 5 seconds to continue the challenge. Do your best. ]
[5]
[4]
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[1]
[0]
As soon as he arrived on the 31st floor, A display appeared in front of him along with a monotone voice.
[ To pass this floor, Use a spell with an Attack unit of at least 200 on the rock in front of you. ]
" oh, looks like the format of challenge changed, Will it be the same in the next round? " muttering this, He looked In front of him and saw a white square rock.
After thinking for a moment, He summoned a
*Phtisss*
The spear hit the rock and dissolved, But after that, a screen appeared on top of the rock which displayed a number.
[ Attack Power: 104 ]
' I see...'
Chapter 59 - End Of The 2nd Round, Ignorant And Stupid
Athan then formed
*jreeeeebam*
[ Attack Power: 200+ ]
[Congratulations You have passed the 31st floor, Reward 1 point.]
" Oh...1 point directly? " Athan was surprised to get 1 point right after passing the 31st floor.
...
Soon after that, He reached the 32nd floor.
[ Please form your most powerful defensive spell and withstand the attacks that will be thrown at you in 10 seconds and you are only allowed to use one defensive spell. ]
[10]
[9]
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' Should I use
[5]
[4]
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' Nevermind I'll just make a
[1]
[0]
[ Attacks incoming, Withstand attacks for 1 minute ]
Athan had finished forming a thick
[0:59]
*booom*
A fireball hit the
Right after that, A rain of Ice shards fell from the sky on his barrier.
Just like this, Many attacks of different elements hit the barrier.
*phisttttt*
*bhaaasm*
*kriiiiiiii*
...
There were some cracks on the barrier but it was still holding on.
Athan watched many attacks hit the barrier as it formed more and more cracks.
[0:01]
*Bhkkkkk*
Athan muttered, "The last attack. "
An X shaped energy blade with dark and green color came in front of him and hit the barrier.
*Slasshhhphssss*
The cracks increased a lot and his barrier was on verge of cracking apart.
But...
[ Congratulations!! you have passed the 32nd floor. Reward 1 point. ]
" Phew, It's good that I didn't hold back on using Light energy. " Athan spoke as he wiped his non-existent sweat.
After passing the stage, the floor elevated, and he arrived on the 33rd floor.
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[ To pass this floor, You have to dodge all the incoming attacks using a single support spell for 1 minute. The attacks will start in 10 seconds. ]
[10]
[9]
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[1]
[0]
[ Attacks Incoming ]
Athan had already formed his
[0:59]
The first attack came in front of him which he dodged easily, The second attack came from behind him, and just as he was going to dodge to the right side, He sensed another attacking coming from that direction.
" So that's how it rolls huh. Well, Bring on it! "
He then fully focused on dodging as the attacks were getting faster and the frequency of incoming attacks were also increasing.
...
[0:00]
[ Congratulations! You have passed the 33rd floor. Reward 1 point. ]
' Damn, That was tiring. ' Taking a breath, Athan thought, ' The last few seconds were tough as four attacks arriving from different directions and I had to find a perfect spot to dodge them, It seems that the challenges are getting harder. '
Passing the stage, The flood he was on elevated as he arrived on the 34th floor.
...
[ Please answer a question, If you can correctly Answer it then you will be able to pass this floor. '
Hearing the challenge of this floor, Athan frowned and muttered, " A question-answer challenge? what the fuvck..."
[ You have successfully raided an Alien spaceship that contains an " important thing " that can benefit all humanities if you can bring that thing to any of the partners of Union, But your loved one or loved ones are held hostages by the Aliens on another spaceship and they demand that you return the " important thing " back to them, What would you do? Will you bring back the " important thing " to Cluster Union or return the " important thing " back to the Alien ship in exchange for your loved one or loved ones? ]
Athan's frown eased after seeing the question and smirked, ' So it's this type of question, here I thought that the question might be related to information that I do not know of. '
Clearing his throat, Athan answered, " My Answer is...."
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[ You have failed to pass the 34th floor but since your answer was also a possibility and bold, You will receive 10 points as rewards. ]
" What the fvck...If my answer is good enough to get me 10 points then you should just pass me. "
Right after that, The scenery changed in front of him as he arrived back on the grassy plains.
[ Point Shop ]: 42.47 points.
Athan looked at the points and opened the [ Point Shop ].
The items on page 2 of the [ Point Shop ] were similar to the items on page 1, but each of the items on page 2 had stars beside their names.
[ Essense Conversing Pill ]- ★
[ Nikani Sword of Blue Lotus ]- ★★
[ Water Intent Slate ]- ★★
[ Condensation Gate Creation Pill ]- ★
...
...
The price of items on page 2 ranged from 20 points to 100 points and the maximum stars were also 2.
The costliest items were of course Intent Slates and artifacts.
He just looked at those items and was not planning to buy any so after looking at those items, He sat down in mediation and started to comprehend the intermediate Level of Wind intent.
...
After who knows how long, An announcement reverberated.
[ The 2nd Round is officially over and the last round will start after 2 hours. ]
Athan opened his eyes and thought, ' 2 hours.....That should be barely enough for me to comprehend the Intermediate Level of Air Intent as I'm very close to achieving it already '
He then noticed the presence of Tiana and smiled as he turned his head towards her, ' She must be here for some time but didn't disturb me as I was in meditation. '
Tiana asked with anticipation seeing Athan looking at her, " How many floors did you climb? "
Athan shook his head and answered in a helpless tone, "I failed to pass the 34th floor but they gave me 10 points for my answer. I don't get how they reach that conclusion, They failed me but gave me 10 points, How weird. "
He then asked Tiana, " what about you? "
Tiana smiled wryly and said, " I barely passed the 30th floor by utilizing almost all of the spells I inherited from the Blazolt Flower and I was running very low on energies after that, As for that [ Blazing Railgun ] I got from the stone, It was a good weapon but not suitable in Tower of Challange because of its consumption of energy. "
" Fortunately, the challenge of the 31st floor was easy because of my Lightning Inferno Energy but I could not pass the 32nd floor because my defensive spell
She then thought worriedly, ' I hope I can pass the 3rd round too because if I don't then Athan might also choose to not enroll into The Myriad Stars Academy, and if he really decided to stay behind due to my failure, then....'
She looked at Athan who was also looking at her with a smile.
" What are you thinking? " Athan asked seeing Tiana who was dazed as if she was thinking something.
Tiana shook her head and spoke, " Nothing. "
' Athan, You will definitely soar to the peak of this world and I will not let myself become a chain that will bind you from doing that, So If it comes to that.....Then I will free you. '
' But I have no plan of going down without a fight, I will do more than my best just so that I can accompany you. '
She then smiled and said to Athan, " I was just thinking about what to buy from the shop, I want to strengthen myself for the 3rd round. "
" Oh...." Athan started thinking about ways to strengthen Tiana's current powers.
He first looked at her stats and after that, he said, " You have enough spells of all types because of Blazolt Flower, and as for energies, Your Fire, Lightning, Water, and Lightning Inferno can become full after we recover here, So the only area you can improve on currently is your body. "
After that, he suggested, " I think you should buy those pills from Page 1 of Point shop and bring your Strength and Constitution to 10, Those pills are 5 points each so you can also afford it. "
Tiana nodded her head in agreement as she spoke, " I was also thinking of that, It's best to use points to strengthen myself as much as I can so that I can increase the chances of passing the last round. "
After that, Tiana bought two pills and ate them before sitting in meditation and Athan also started to comprehend the Intermediate Level of Air Intent as he let his consciousness sit inside the Black Whirlpool.
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A few hours ago inside the captain's office.
[ My answer is that since " important thing " is also very important for them, I will demand them to release my loved ones in exchange for allowing myself to be detained by them along with the " important thing " After they bring me into their ship I will destroy them and also bring the " important thing " back to cluster union. ]
The Captain had a smile on his face as he thought, ' That kid's answer was surely interesting, Either he is ignorant or stupid, But his answer is possible with enough strength, Ability, and boldness. '
He then stretched his hands and spoke, " It's always fun to read the answers of these kids, tell me if there are any other unorthodox answers. "
[ Aye aye Captain. ]