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The reward aside, he was quite pleased with the power of his skill.

He didn't go so far as to cut the tree in half, but what was certain was that an Eeqidi would die instantly taking this skill head-on.

If Lazar tried to cut the trunk of an oak tree with his weapon without the Energy Slash, it would be much more complicated than when he dismembered the Eeqidi, even with its increased constitution statistic.

However, with this 'basic' skill, he had done a lot of damage to an oak tree trunk about 5 feet in diameter.

He came closer to examine it.

The cut of the Energy Slash was 1 inch wide and by pushing his hand inside the trunk to see how deep the cut was, he was surprised to not feel the end of it before his forearm was too thick.

'It doesn't matter. My skill will become stronger when I would have allocated my stats points.'

[Lazar Sogorov]

♦ Age ⠆18

♦ Level ⠆2 (100/300)

♦ Energy points ⠆(51/51)➞(75/75)

• Energy regeneration rate ⠆(1,6 points/min)➞(1,9 points/min)

♦ Evolution status ⠆Evolved human being

♦ Skills ⠆None

♦ Statistics ⠆[Stat points available ⠆0]

• Constitution ⠆12(-1) ➞ +1 ➞ 12

• Agility ⠆11(+1) ➞ +2 ➞ 14

• Perception ⠆12 ➞ +2 ➞14

• Energy ⠆10(+1) ➞ +3 ➞ 14

'It's just a step to climb a mountain.'

He may be the first to use such a complex technique, but he wasn't going to be satisfied with that alone.

It was partly due to his avidity of power, Lazar was willing to admit it. But it was also by the need for certainties.

'I was able to make an Energy Slash after 3 hours. It would be satisfying if my enemies remained silent and motionless. I have to have some mastery before I can even consider Boston.'

.................

He spent the next 2 hours practicing on other trees as large as the oak of his first attempt.

This time he got into position to execute a horizontal Energy Slash.

This allowed him to better assess the strike force of his skill because he could easily see how deep the cut was like that.

He would take breaks whenever he could no longer use his skill.

It consisted only to go into the car for eating energy bars and drinking lots of water until his energy was replenished.

Spending his energy didn't only mean that he could no longer use the Energy Slash.

He had a big drop in vigor after each test session and was also extremely hungry.

'It seems that the evolution of my body pushes me to eat a lot more calories. This is probably related to the fact that my constitution is weaker than my other statistics, it would be much more problematic if it was lower. All statistics matter, I mustn't overlook one.'

His progress was spectacular over the past 2 hours as he made an interesting discovery.

It happened when he was trying to circulate his energy from his hands to his blade.

For a random reason, the name of his skill had crossed his mind.

Before he was just thinking about how to circulate his energy in his body, but when he thought of the words 'Energy Slash', this had the effect of greatly speeding up the process of his labor.

Thinking it was going to help him, he kept repeating it in his mind.

'Energy Slash! Energy Slash! Energy Slash!'

As if by magic, he could now instantly use this skill.

'But that's when I stay still and with a non-moving target.'

The results weren't as conclusive when he tried to trigger his skill while running around a tree.

It took him 4 seconds to use the Energy Slash.

Its accuracy was still as good and 4 seconds, that was acceptable.

But Lazar is not one to settle for the acceptable when he can achieve a perfect result.

He just had another idea during his break.

'I'm going to hate myself doing this but... I have to shout the name of my skill, it might help.'

He started running again around a tree he hadn't yet attacked.

”Energy slash!”

It was almost instantaneous.

No sooner had he pronounced the name of his technique than energy had formed on his blade.

He just had to adjust the timing so that the Energy Slash crashed against the tree.

If the trees in the clearing could speak, they would beg Lazar to spare those who remain by leaving immediately.

Unfortunately, he is far too perfectionist.