Chapter 378 Cracks Appear
Cracks Appear
"Sir Zemil, we have completed the Security Check," Two S Rank Hunters appeared in front of Zemil.
"Seal the Area around the Trials Ground," Zemil replied.
"The Tokens have been given, and in two months, it will open, so I don't want any problems happening near it," Zemil gave his orders as both the S Rank Hunters disappeared from their spots.
At the same time, Lucas and Livia were sitting, watching the tournament unfold.
"They are so big!" Livia excitedly said as she looked at the monsters.
On the other hand, Lucas was observing different ways that all the teams were using to bring down those monsters.
Each Team was given a time limit of 10 minutes to defeat as many monsters as possible.
It started from E Rank Monsters.
D Rank Monsters were only supposed to come out in the later stages of this tournament.
"So we will also fight them in the future," Livia looked at Lucas.
"I guess," Lucas replied.
But in his mind, he was thinking of ways to protect Livia in all situations.
At first, he didn't like the fact he became a mage because it meant that Livia would have to stand in front of him while they fought.
But learning more things and how powerful a mage could become, Lucas wanted to become powerful enough to protect his sister.
It was his only goal in life.
Unlike other kids, Lucas didn't have a childhood where he could even dream to become someone or accomplish something.
For Lucas, he was always afraid of being alone in the world.
Seeing his weak mother die in front of him, he wanted to protect Livia at all costs.
He didn't want Livia to leave him alone in this world.
The reason why Lucas admired Asher was because he fulfilled his only wish that he desperately prayed for every day.
"?" Lucas suddenly looked in a certain direction.
"What happened?" Livia asked.
"Ah, nothing. I thought I felt something," Lucas said as he didn't feel anything strange anymore.
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"If we want to get inside Halcyon, can't we just infiltrate it?" Dane asked as he took the Monster Corpse inside his Spatial ring.
"With Kai's ability, I don't think they will notice us," Dane said.
"Entering Halcyon is not difficult, but the place I want to enter is not somewhere you will be able to enter in a normal way," Asher replied as he took out his sword from the heart of the monster.
[ Host has gained 1000 EXP ]
There were two reasons Asher wanted to enter Halcyon.
First was the deal with Sam, and second was to establish Zephyr properly.
Right now, Zephyr was just a name, and the fear Asher had instilled with this name was fake.
Asher currently was a Rank C Hunter, and even while using his Time Dilation Skill, he couldn't kill an S Rank Hunter.
Simply because that's how much the gap between Rank C and Rank S was. Even if Asher attacked an S Rank Hunter who was standing still on his spot, it was impossible to give him any injury that could seriously injure him.
Dane and Kai, although they were strong by just being A+ Rank Hunters without even going to the World Academy, ultimately were nothing in front of the people that Asher was going against.
'Two months until the Trials Ground,' Asher thought in his head.
'And the clue about this,' Asher said, looking at his sword.
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| Sword of Chaos |
| Rank | : D Rank Sword [ 16/100 ]
| Description | : Crafted by a mysterious individual possessing extraordinary runic wisdom beyond human comprehension, this sword finds itself shackled by the very hands that brought it into existence. It yearns for its rightful owner to unshackle it.
| Abilities | : Increases sharpness in each strike by 15%
| Abilities | : Made by a metal that will not be harmed by attacks below SS Rank.
| Passive | : Grows to the peak of its owner's potential (Unsealed)
| Passive | : Locked, requires a key to unlock
| Passive | : Locked, requires a key to unlock
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The clue that he found in the book was the key to unlock the seal on his sword.
And after absorbing the aura of the Butler Asher killed with his own hands, the first passive was unsealed.
A numerical value was displayed along with the Rank of the sword.
Killing a single B Rank Hunter and absorbing the aura could only bring the sword to a mere 16% of what was required to take to the next rank.
'And it will get much more difficult to increase it further,' Asher thought in his head.
Even in his previous life, Asher could see that this sword was made for him.
A Sword that could only become powerful the more blood it sheds.
And it wasn't just simply killing a person that had an aura but piecing their heart to absorb the essence of the purest form of aura that a person had near their Mana Heart.
But the clue to unseal the second seal, which was impossible to do in his previous life, lay inside Trials Ground.
At this time, Kai summoned fire as he evaporated all the blood that was spilled on the ground.
They were removing any evidence that could lead to people figuring out that someone was present there.
Due to the fact that new dungeons were appearing everywhere, there were some dungeon raids that were being delayed.
Usually, entering a dungeon wouldn't have been so easy, and Asher would have to go through various troubles.
But due to him unleashing the calamities, the balance of the mana in the world became unstable.
Dungeons were appearing everywhere, and this was one of the dungeons that was going to be cleared in a week by some other guild.
But Asher was clearing it right now.
[ Host has gained 1000 EXP ]
[ Host has leveled up ]
"38," Asher muttered, looking at the Status screen.
He was only two levels away, but the experience he was getting was dropping.
But it was fine because now Asher had the means to exit World Academy anytime he wanted.
'It's time to utilize this ability,' Asher thought, looking at his status screen.
---------| Fate Devourer System |---------
[Name] : Asher Von Raven Greville [Level] : 38(EXP 500/38,000)
[Bloodline] : Devil's Absorption Rank SSS
[Cursed] : Curse of Fate (Active)
[Body Constitution]: Mana Core Rank C+
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[-Attributes-]
Strength: 201
Agility: 183
Endurance: 165
Intelligence: 180
Mana: 204
Stamina: 186
Charm: 70
Fate: 10730
[AP]: 85 [SP]: 42
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Till now, due to the fact he was hunting in the Great Forest, there weren't many dangerous monsters that he could use his bloodline ability on.
Hunting in Great Forest had too many disadvantages as he was being monitored by the ID Bracelet that gave away his location.
Only Rifir was able to pass through the rune boundaries and hunt other big monsters.
Slash!
[ Host has gained 1000 EXP ]
Asher swung his sword as he dashed further as he killed another monster.
'6 hours left,' Asher looked at the time.
It was the time when he needed to go back to World Academy.
"I have 5 hours to hunt. Let's speed up," Asher said as Dane and Kai nodded their heads.
"You go ahead. I will handle the cleanup," Kai suggested.
"Okay," Dane replied as he went ahead with the idea.
'It's a pity I can't kill the Boss Monster today,' Asher said as he went further in where numerous monsters were present.
To clear this vast dungeon, which was unexplored, it would take too long.
It was simply too big for them to explore it fully to find the Boss Room in a day, even if they ignored all the monsters.
At the World Academy,
Inside the Temple like building,
Inside a space that was filled with purple chains, cracks were appearing as they shattered one of the chains.
Crack!
Suddenly, a chaotic energy appeared, trying to shatter the chains, but a golden hand appeared as it grabbed that energy and destroyed it.
"Hmm, so it has already started to fix," A mouth emerged from the golden figure.
Due to the purple chains, the strange being was still sealed, so it couldn't do much.
"Time to meet is coming near," The being said as a smile appeared on its face.
"I wonder what you will show me,"
"Well, I guess I have to wait a little more," The purple chain that shattered started restoring itself.
The being closed his mouth as the golden energy dissipated.