Aaron stood behind the group of five that were armed, ready to defend against the accumulating horde of level 3 zombies in which they were now at the rank of the high lords.
"Darkest Sky!"
Kris Jenner screamed and the second dungeon base turned into a sequence of darkness that was many times more potent than the darkness called forth from the SSS Tier skill, Shadow.
Aaron could already see Darkest Sky's rank. It was an SSS Tier rank and he could feel that overwhelming urge to snatch it. Sometimes, Impervious Skill can be a little bit, over!
But, Darkest sky is actually contending with this dungeon's boss.
The truth now is that, to leave this place alive, they have to defeat the boss and then the horde of high lords would lose instantly their formation.
In the former dungeon, Aaron had dealt with both commoners, elite, special elites, chieftains and a lord. The Lord rank zombie had been the dungeon boss.
But, Judas staff had simply annihilated them completely, leaving behind blood and crushed flesh.
For a moment, thinking about that staff Judas weilded, Aaron gulped. And seeing the Indifferent Judas standing at a corner, waiting for when his power would be needed, he couldn't help the feeling that Judas would become a terrifying opponent.
Aaron knew that Judas is the only person that he could not snatch his power for some reason.
Now, in this dungeon... Aaron saw numerous high lords and of level 3... plus the boss which is a grand lord.
The ground suddenly cracked and split as the dark sky revolved and was stoned upon the horde of zombies.
The sudden blast caused a powerful gust of wind to push the high lords back, some were slammed upon the wall, their skulls cracking open in the process.
Aaron couldn't help it...
'Snatch SSS Tier skill, Darkest Sky!'
[Extracting Skill, Darkest Sky from the original owner, Kris Jenner... ]
[Extraction process complete!]
Aaron who seemed to be feeling much better, smiled. He quickly activated Wind Rider and he vanished out of sight.
Refraining from using any skills that they would recognize, he quickly used [Greater Magic Amplification] and changed the ability that he had snatched from Ortega.
So, instead of Songs of grief... It became [Heaven defying Sorrow] but, what Greater Magic Amplification does is to change the nature of skills for the moment meaning, the longer that the skill is being activated for, the more Stillforce energy it consumes.
Aaron immediately screamed.
"Heaven Defying Sorrow"
A sudden swirl in darkness curled upon Aaron's hands and feet... then, under his feet, an Ace made appearance, almost like the Ace of spades which is the real "Death causer,"
And Aaron targeted the Zombie Grand Lord.
Wind flapped around him as he moved, the air parted in response to his targeted direction.
WHOOOSH...
And in a deafening blast, the entire dungeon trembled alongside the Immemorial Citadel's indomitable foundation.
A damage of -900 appeared above the Grand Lord's head.
Kris wanted to help only to realize that his skill had vanished again. In frustration, he called Emily.
"Did you pick a new Skill?"
Emily shook her head.
"My Life's Guardian returned back at the last moment before I could chose a new skill and that ended my skill selection process."
Kris was suddenly contemplating, wondering why their skills were vanishing not until he saw one of the Grand Lord's beam and arrow aimed at them.
Emily immediately activated Life's Guardian which doubled hers and Kris's stats.
Gina activated Supreme Counterattack on time and then, in a powerful collision most of the damage was negated but the three of them saw a frightening damage of, -3,000 -5,000 and -7,000.
This was simply the Zombie shoving off their life-force.
Meanwhile, Ortega who was closest to the dungeon was alerted and he made his way into the first dungeon.
For a moment, he was stunned.
Someone actually cleared the first base which is a very big surprise and that same person is also trying to clear the second base.
However, when he entered the second base he saw the brat! his way he of calling Aaron.
He remembered that Aaron had cheated with his skill. He escaped him with a space movement and space domain and at the same time, stole his skill.
Gritting his teeth, Ortega screamed.
"You pathetic thief! It's time to repay the debt you owe."
The air suddenly turned chaotic and frantic.
"Die you swines!"
Curses were starting to mix unto each other and bound with the varying laws of the universe. Then, a powerful ray of light blended with magic and it was shot down.
The zombie Grand lord was killed instantly.
Another blast followed suite and all of the horde was annihilated completely, leaving only the frightened humans behind.
Aaron activated (Shield) an SS Tier skill and a pink colored light in the form of a humanoid shield was cast over his entire person. But then, he used Space movement, appearing before Kris and vanishing with him... appearing again before Emily and Gina vanishing alongside.
Then space collided upon a terrifying power.
FWHUMM!
But, space was twisted and torn apart revealing an emptiness so eerie to look at.
Ortega glanced at Aaron.
"You are dying today! No more Escape."
The void was splitted in half and the fabric of existence fractured.
A curse of varying existence was rushing towards Aaron in a blinding speed leaving no route for escape.
Without anything to do, Aaron checked Ortega's Status Window with his SSS Tier Appraisal skill.
STATUS WINDOW
Name:- Ortega Sinner (SEALED)
Level:- 256 (85.30%Exp)(SEALED)
Class:- Wizard(Cursemancer)(SEALED)
Skill:- #@$€¥£¢(SEALED)
Stamina:- (89.95%)(SEALED)
Lifeforce:- (500,000,000/500,000,000)
Stillforce:- (850,000,000/900,000,000)
Combat:- (500,000)(SEALED)
Attack PWR:- (700,000)(SEALED)
Stat Point:- (0)
Aaron's eyes widened in horror.
And what on earth is his skill?
That very symbol, "#@$€¥£¢"
He did not understand it. But one thing that made Aaron relax for a bit is the capital, SEALED that the system tagged Ortega as, meaning... If Ortega had not been sealed, then it would have been very impossible for Aaron to escape. So, him been sealed meant that there was a way to escape.
Resolve suddenly appeared in Aaron's eyes.
And he shouted;
"Cosmic Shield!"
At the same time...
"Zone Shift!"
The void warped and space glitched twisting showing intense suppression.
His zone shifting skill was suppressed.
But the ray of light came at everyone of them under the Cosmic Shield and in a deafening boom, space shattered completely.
Aaron and the others saw their life-force draining at a frightening rate.
-1000
-400
-5,800
-2545
...
"Magic Amplification..."
"LifeCircle blooms..."
A red light surrounded Aaron and at the same time, he muttered...
"Dream!"
Kris, KC, Emily and Gina fell asleep except Judas. He wasn't affected by Dream's effect.