'Found it.'
My speed increased as I swiftly arrived in front of the orb and went back up after taking it.
I gazed at the orb with shining eyes as I barely held myself back from eating it.
.
.
I swam faster and faster, and soon I could see the outside from this dead lake, where not even a single aquatic animal or plant could be seen.
But before I arrived at the top, I took a quick look at the surroundings, and after seeing there was no one, I finally came out.
Ssssss.
I took a deep breath, calming my lungs, which were going to succumb to depression or a lack of oxygen.
'Damn, that was way easier than I thought.'
He could still remember having to solve those damn things, and others were not even sharing with him.
I stepped on the ground with wet clothes and dripping hair.
I collected some dead branches, then used my [Flam-....ahem... my SSS Rank Skill, [Flames of Darkness], to create a small fire.
As a great wise man said, "If you use guns, that doesn't mean you are immune to bullets."
I wasn't immune to [Flames of Darkness]... not yet.
My clothes quickly dried as I finally was in my top condition.
I then grabbed the white orb or a Skill Core, where skills are stored, which was as small as a table tennis ball, towards my mouth.
Gulp.
Then ate it whole.
As soon as it entered my body, a burst of warmth passed through every fabric of my body.
Then a notification appeared.
{
You have obtained the skill: [Fly]
}
{
Fly:
Rank: S
- Allows to fly in the air.
}
"Hahahaha."
I laughed like a maniac.
"Who would have thought such a thing was here?"
This was the reason I showed up, but the true reason was, 'That guy must be freaking out.'
And Sameal was right.
.
.
As Sameal continued his act with his real feelings, in a dimly lit room, Edward had a twisted face.
"How? How? HOW?"
Edward was frustrated to his core.
"Why did he get it?"
His bitten lips started flowing with blood.
The skill [Fly] might be just S in Rank, but it was a super-duper rare skill that was naturally used only by SSS Realm beings.
When the Principal had gotten it, Edward had offered numerous things, but he couldn't get it from the hands of the Principal.
But after his numerous attempts, the Principal finally gave him a chance that if no one took it within five years, Edward would get it.
And this was the fifth and last year, and when things were going well...
And the guy he ignored, thinking of him as another arrogant noble, stepped in.
To make sure no one gets it, he had done several things.
Unlike what Sameal thought,
"There were several traps, several wrong ways. There was only one right way, and this guy just had to walk in it. What kind of stupid luck is this?"
Edward's voice, unlike what he had shown, was full of frustration and anger.
His face was twisted so badly that one might call him a ghost.
The reason he had left one way was because if he stepped over the line, the Principal wouldn't hesitate to replace him.
"Let's calm down. It's not like I cannot get it from him."
A dangerous glint passed through his eyes as he stared at Sameal, laughing like a maniac.
There was only one way to gain skills other possessed, and that is to kill the person and absorb his core.
.
.
'It's time to leave.'
Sameal was satisfied with what he got and was going to leave...
...when he saw a silhouette of a girl entering through the same place as he did.
Flowing white hair with bright green eyes and a perfectly proportioned nose and rosy red lips. Her skin was like jade, and her face was beyond anything he had seen.
She was tall and had a curvy, pear-shaped body. She had big breasts and round, perky buttocks.
She was a heavenly beauty, a divine being living among mortals.
But the most unique thing about her was her long, pointed ears.
She was the Princess of the Elf Kingdom, Grace Heim.