I was in the field where Irene used to train. She guides me to this place because I need a large area to train my lighting ability. I have very little control over it.
I need to master quickly. We don't know when that giant will find us. We don't have time anymore now that we know the real danger of this dungeon.
Besides me, everyone was weak.
I close my eye, feeling the energy in the surrounding. Left. Irene was training on my left. How did I notice? I read energy in the surroundings and I feel her energy so it is easier to read. But it will be difficult to read unknown energy.
What should I do? Without my full vision, I can't fully utilize my combat power. I tried flowing energy from my orb to my whole body in other words I coated my body.
Energy exists everywhere. It exists within me, Within the world. I will definitely feel demon energy. I expand my aura. Controlling the size of the aura is difficult but I can at least do it. But it was not efficient in a real fight.
I need to maintain my aura expansion longer.
"Haha... Ha." The saliva dripped from my mouth, I was sweating profusely. My knee can't support my body anymore, it collapses. My butt hit the solid ground, it hurts but I don't even have the energy to scream anymore.
Aura expansion. It takes a lot of energy. I managed to hold the aura for about 30 minutes and the range is about 10 meters around me. I can feel the energy fraction around my radius.
I will be able to see everything in that range but the energy consumption is high. I scratched my forehead. 'I don't have the energy to sustain the aura. It will be a major problem in the battle against strong opponents since I need to use energy to attack them. '
Maybe I should try using natural energy directly into my aura. But I can't control nature's energy.
I focus on refilling my energy. After that, I tried my new idea on the aura. I release my energy into the surrounding, pure energy. I tried to connect with nature's energy. Nature's energy is wild it was like a mass of everything.
1 hour later.
"Yeah," I yelled. I aim my fist at the sky. I can now control the aura longer and I have a lot of energy left. The technique I used is quite simple, I merge my energy with nature's energy it costs a little bit of energy but I can sense my surroundings. The range is expandable as long as I merge it with a longer range.
" What happens?" Irene asked. I turn around. She was sweating catching her breath while holding her sword.
I shake my head lightly, " Nothing, I am just excited because I find a solution to my problem."
Irene looked at me strangely and nodded. " Well, congratulation I guess?"
" Why are you training with the sword, I thought you switch to another weapon."
Irene lifts her sword," Ahh. This? I am trying both. I can't always use a spear in battle. I need a close-range fighting style as well. "
I nodded, " Good decision."
She looks at me to be precise, she looks at my left eye now warp with a bandage. " I am going to train more."
I smile at her, " Me too."
Well, now that I solve my vision problem, I am going to focus on my power.
After fighting that giant I realized that what I luck. Attack power. Raw power. I always thought with my speed I can always win every battle. I was foolish. The speed that I am proud of instantly crashed.
I need a balance between strength and speed. But I know my body can't produce raw power like Ryfin. Even Irene has more strength than me.
But I can back up my lack of raw power. I will use Strength and Lightning.
I can easily use Strength so there is no need to train that ability. Lightning is my priority. What I have been using was flashy stuff.
I touch my fingers together and imagine a lightning stream. Soon, the spark formed in my hand, I extend my hand to the spark and become a stream of lightning. If you look from afar, everyone would think that I was holding lightning.
I stop supplying energy, and lightning quickly dies. What can I do with lightning? I can make myself faster, and stronger. But was it my limit?
What if I use my lightning on my surroundings? This time I activate the aura with elemental energy. Instantly I feel overwhelmed. The information I received was larger than the normal aura field.
I feel the wind even bugs crawling under rocks and leaves. How they moved, the most overwhelming sensation was about my body. I know how my heart beat. Which veins carried blood, how did I breathe?
I immediately stop the aura field. My head hurts, and blood comes from my nose. I immediately stop the blood with my extra bandage. it is really hard to comprehend what is happening around me.
I smile. I found it. My path.
My path toward strength. Absolute strength. By knowing the world, I can control the world. But first I need to know about myself when I receive information about my body. I can increase my reaction simply by increasing the electricity in my brain.
But I'm sure it will have side effects so I need to be extra careful.
3 days passed.
I am now able to use the lightning aura field, the range is not large but I can reflect any attack.
Now I need actual raw power. I have solved my mobility problem. I just need to throw lightning at the monster but I need techniques. How should I use lightning? What effect does lightning produce? I know that it will stun them.
It is a great effect but I need more. More. Greater strength. Something that will make me invisible.
I sighed. I noticed I become hungry for power ever since I experience near-death situations. I just throw away this feeling thinking that it is probably my way of preventing that kind of situation but with each day that passed, I feel more.
My thirst for power becomes harder to suppress. I don't hate this sensation but at the same time, I feel weird. This kind of feeling does not come from me, yeah, I can feel it. It comes from the depth of my soul.
At first, I thought the hero. But over time, I reject the hero's soul.
Outer God.
That is the source of my current situation. I just hope that I don't abandon my mind to some power.
Now, it's time to test my training in real battle. We agree to hunt monsters. I can alert the team with the aura field. So meeting the giant was impossible. Besides, we will go in the opposite direction.
" Hey...!"
Irene yelled at me. I waved back. " We are done preparing. Let's go." I nodded.
Soon, we begin our training. I said to Wilfrid, " I'm gonna kill every monster so please don't interfere with my fight. I need you guys to lure monsters towards me."
Wilfrid looks at me and nodded. " Don't worry. This hunt is to make you stronger."
We meet many strange fruits on the way but there is no monster. After a while, Reynard stops moving and signals towards Wilfrid. I don't use the aura field because it wastes my energy.
Wilfrid command. " Usual plan."
Reynard gathers energy in his hand and hit the ground. The large wall made out of earth appears to cover the monster's pack. The monster is a wolf pack. With giant wilf leading, like the one he met.
It was a different wolf. Its fur is different.
My hand was shaking, I feel my left eye stinging and I unconsciously rub my left arm. Was it because I remember how much I suffer from the wolf? Truman?
Irene noticed my unusual condition and asked me, " Are you okay?"
I don't hear her. All I see is her mouth moving, looking at me with worried. I don't care because my mind was focused on the wolf.
I suffered for a week. I feel powerless. I can't move. I hate that feeling. The same feeling when the gods look down on me. Powerless.
Now I know how much I hate losing. My mouth twitched.
I grimace. I will kill that wolf!