"Two seconds," Jing said, her eyes glinting as she was impressed by Arankar.' So young, and already such mastery over katana? And there's still one more thing that is even more shocking... how did Leon find this kid?'
The other four were also shocked at Arankar's clean finish.
'Monster,' Ekin thought.
'Such mastery...' Erina dazedly thought as she was mesmerized, just like Luna.
'So, this fucker is our leader?' Daniel didn't like this development, but he couldn't do anything about it and had to stomach this fact.
But just as Arankar jumped out of the battle ring, everyone got another shock.
'This… ' Arankar was also surprised.
[You have displayed magnificent flame control. Your skill, Novice Fire Control, evolved into Beginner Fire Control.]
[ Fire spirits are enthralled by your attuned and powerful Fire control.]
[You have displayed magnificent flame control. Your skill, Beginner Fire Control, evolved into Intermediate Fire Control.]
[ Fire spirits are enthralled by your attuned and powerful flame control.]
[You have displayed…]
…
"T-They are fire spirits, and they took a visible form!" Daniel shouted, shocked.
"What is happening, Senior Jing?" Luna asked, and the rests' ears perked as they wanted to know why a whirling orb of fire spirits surrounded Arankar!
Senior Jing looked at Arankar floating in the beautiful flame orb with closed eyes and observed. 'This is new… Was he born with such a level of fire control? No, wait... how? Did he naturally learn it?'
Jing remembered Arankar standing as he finely observed his sword before delicately using his fire energy.
'He learned it, but he was already capable of such fine control from how he moved…but it also seemed like it was his first time using flame control, which makes sense since he just awakened yesterday.'
'What the hell.'
Jing shook her head, not intending to think further about it, and told her discovery to others, "This phenomenon is because fire spirits were somehow so impressed by his flame control that they appeared and are doing this. Something more mig-"
*Swuush!*
Jing was interrupted as the flame orb around Arankar grew while everyone could sense magic power overflowing from his body.
"His aura." Erina was startled.
"His magic power is increasing, which means…." Jing's voice trailed off intentionally as she looked at Ekin, Daniel, Luna, and Erina.
'It looks like they will have to work harder to keep up with this oddball.'
Erina and others were shocked and pressured.
'This bastard's Novice Fire Control must have evolved, but his magic power is still increasing… multiple evolutions?' Daniel felt a bit suffocative. 'How is this fucking possible?'
Five minutes passed by in silence as everyone just observed Arankar. The flame spirit orb surrounding him was slowly reducing as it turned fainter and fainter each second.
[You have displayed magnificent flame control. Your skill, Advanced Fire Control, evolved into Master Fire Control.]
[ You have gained a talent, Flame Intent, as your Fire Control skill has reached the max level.]
In the end, the flame orb vanished.
But.
'It's not over?!'
Everyone thought with shock because just as those fire spirits vanished, eccentric, magical runic patterns appeared around Arankar as he continued floating in the air with his eyes closed.
[Your stunning achievement is a new milestone; congratulations. ~God of Graceful Blood Flames~ initiated a gift on you.]
The atmosphere suddenly heated up before an avatar of a majestic symbol of fire manifested on top of Arankar. Right after that, an avatar of a faint male humanoid wielding two Katanas appeared. His outfit was the most impressive as he wore flame kimono with excellent dark red and deep orange sharp flame patterns.
"Blessing!" Daniel exclaimed.
"That's not a normal blessing. It's an achievement blessing," Erina said with shining eyes. "This usually happens to legendary ranks and by a rare chance to talented epic ranks."
"There was one instance when a Raiser-rank hunter received an achievement blessing, but never a Mortal-rank," Jing said, her gaze on Arankar as he bathed in magical flames.
"Senior Jing, if it's an achievement, he might get a title, right?" Erina asked.
Senior Jing nodded.
"Not all achievements guarantee a title, but this happened for the first time, so it's possible."
And soon, everyone saw faint ancient lettering manifesting above Arankar.
"That's a title, alright…." Ekin muttered.
"Senior Jing, are you able to read that?" Luna curiously asked.
"Flame's Admiration," Senior Jing unhurriedly said as she could read it. 'I wonder what its effects are.'
The blessing soon vanished as Arankar landed on the ground but kept his eyes closed and checked his status.
'This…'
Arankar wryly smiled when he saw his status.
\_Level: 10.
\_Lifeform: Mortal.
\_Class: Warrior.
\_Titles: Flame's Admiration.
\_Statistic: —.
—> {~ Strength: C(5/10) ~ Agility: C(5/10) ~ Stamina: C(5/10) ~}
—> {~ Magic: A+ (0/35) ~ Mana: A (0/30) ~}
\_Talents: —
—> {~ Affinity: Seal, Fire ~}
—> {~ Flame Intent, Blazing Blade Master~}
\_Skills: —
—> {~ Master Fire Control, Boosted Strike, Recovery, Art of Flame Blade, Summon: Ryuhon Infernal Katana ~}
'So I got Blazing Bladesman and Ryuhon Infernal Katana from the blessing. But my magic and mana went through the roof….'
Aranakr saw that his Magic and Mana increased because his Fire Control skill evolved to max level.
[Master Fire Control]
\_Level: 5th (Max)
\_Effect(s):
-> Magic significantly boosted.
-> Mana significantly boosted.
-> 100 meters of control range.
-> You can convert mana into the fire, with your mana being the only limit.
'Well, what's done is done. It would be wrong and unfun to restrict myself since I am now a proper human.'
Next, Aranakr checked the two new talents.
[Blazing Bladesman]
\_Level: 1st.
\_Effect(s):
-> Locked. (Discover the talent to unlock it.)
-> ???.
-> ???.
'Interesting. I guess I'll find it when I do another battle.'
Next, Arankar looked at Flame Intent.