Ren - AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ren jumps from the platform he was on into the sky towards the bats.
Ren thought - "I don't know if this is the best approach to fight all these bats, but I need to try it out otherwise I won't be able to overcome this floor 40. Let me see what my eye sees."
Ren - AH!!!
Ren thought - "IF I CONTINUE LIKE THIS I'M DEAD! DODGE REN DODGE!"
ZUMMMMMM!
Ren throws Laila against a wall on the other side, then uses one of the new abilities he got.
Ren - GRAB!
With the "Grab" skill, Ren can teleport and grab any type of object he has thrown away, with that Ren can dodge the huge number of bats that were ready to arrest and kill Ren at that moment. If Ren hadn't used "Grab", he would be already dead.
Ren - Oof! This one was close!
Ren thought - "With this attempted attack I realized that a head-to-head fight against a huge number of hungry rank A bats means death. I wanted to fight with my sword against every one of them but it looks like I'm going to have to use another strategy."
Ren was standing on top of his sword that was stuck in the wall, as he is evolving from 0 he lost his ability to fly and he also cannot run along walls as he could before due to his lack of speed.
Ren - OK, let's go!
VRRIM!
Ren - AHR!
Ren jumps up and puts his feet on the wall, pulls Laila off the wall and jumps onto the nearest flying platform.
Ren - Oof, I'm saved! I think it's time to test my knightly magic.
Ren for being a shadow knight and not just a mere assassin can gather and use magic with the mana of his shadow power. He can enchant weapons with shadow flames and can manipulate shadow flames as he sees fit. If he wants to, he can cast shadow flames from his hands, it's not a skill but it's like a part of his magical flow. The bats were far away due to Ren's escape route, but soon they would be at Ren's feet again ready to attack. Ren grips his sword Laila tightly and throws it into the crowd of bats, the sword killed two of the bats due to the impact of the sword that was thrown, but soon the others grabbed it and started attacking the sword thinking it was a living being.
Ren - Just as I predicted with my all-seeing eye, as my Laila sword is the strongest and toughest of all, it will not be damaged by mere bats. Now that they're distracted there I'm going to use one of my skills to make a huge blast of shadow flames from the sword.
Ren began channeling the magic into his hands, with his eyes closed and very concentrated he transferred the magic from his hands to the sword. Ren is able to do this due to the sword having an owner. Being a shadow knight he is still beginning to learn how to use his powers, when he reaches the Shadow King he will have his power fully awakened and controlled. After a while of concentration Ren shouts:
Ren - LAILA, UNLEASH THE POWER!
BOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!
A huge blast of shadow flames erupted from the sword, killing all the bats. Ren immediately jumps in and catches Laila from the skies.
System - Congratulations, you have completed floor 40, do you want to proceed to floor 41?
Ren - It may be at dawn, but even so I'll fight until I finish floor 49, then I'll rest and later I'll fight the boss on floor 50. Yes I want to proceed!
Ren then faced many huge numbers of enemies completely different from each other. Each floor that advanced appeared a different type of monster that he had never faced before and after many hours, Ren completed the 49th floor.
System - Floor 49 has been completed, do you want to face the floor 50 boss or do you want to rest and fight him later?
Ren - Karen what would you choose?
Karen - Obviously if I were in your place I would choose to rest, after so many floors you have evolved a lot of levels and now you are exhausted. Rest and tomorrow fight the boss with all your might, it would be a shame to die now.
Ren - Thanks for the advice Karen, I'll rest and face the boss tomorrow.
System - As you wish, player.
Ren then totally sweaty leaves the 49th floor towards his room and says:
Ren - Apparently, even the strongest and most successful people in life need to rest.
End of chapter 25