Chapter 190: A Name (1/2)

Arthur felt his body fall into the shadows as the giant rhino came rushing his way. His skill, shadow swap, activated again as he fell to the shadows for a moment and reappeared behind the rhino under a giant tree.

[Shadow Swap Skill has evolved.]

The message came suddenly but Arthur dismissed it. He jumped high in the air as he interlocked his fingers together and used his rune. He then threw his hands out as a fire net surrounded the rhino.

As it was engulfed by the fire, the rhino came rushing toward Arthur with its scorched body. Arthur took a deep breath and punched using his Release rune. As the rhino's head and the skull collided, there was a giant shockwave before a distinct crack came from the monster's head.

It fell after its orifices started bleeding out. After it gave a low sound, the rhino was dead. Arthur sighed as he flicked his hand. A golden rune appeared as the message appeared again in his mind.

[Strength has increased by 1.]

[Strength has increased by 1.]

He smiled in satisfaction as he opened his legacy. After he came back from the capital, he started hunting near the fortress. They were hiding in the wilderness between the Yalveran Union and Halin, so there were a lot of monsters he could hunt.

[Scholar Guardian's Legacy]

[Level: 31 (55%)]

[Legacy Points: 10]

[Stats Points: 0]

[Strength: 178]

[Agility: 170]

[Stamina: 162]

[Perception: 160]

[Mana: 250/250]

[Abilities: Beginner Runes Wordsmith (58%), Useable Runes: 22]

[Skills: Lesser-Mana Breathing Skill (F – 60%), Poison Strike (F – 36%), Camouflage (F – 21%), Earth Manipulation (E – 30%), Bladeless Wind Slash (E – 99%), Shadow Space (D – 0%), Monster Claws (D – 23%), Iron Skin (D – 10%), Goblin's Bond (Unique – 89%)]

[Arts: The Art of Creation – Part One]

He had seen a slight increase in his stats after he started absorbing the monsters' essences and cores. However, there were a little less than ten days left for college and he was going to get every stat point he can.

The major change is that his skill, Shadow Swap, has finally evolved. It has remained as a skill even though it has evolved, clearing some of Arthur's confusion.

This means that his skills need to reach their utmost potential for them to evolve into runes. So, shadow swap had more potential to grow stronger before it becomes a rune.

This had an upside that his skills will grow stronger before he gets their rune and the downside of them taking too long to do so. As he touched the words 'Shadow Space' that was in front of him, Arthur received more explanation from his legacy.

[Shadow Space: Shadows are one entity and this skill would allow the user to hide in them and travel across short distances.]

This was a huge leap in its ability and Arthur couldn't help but gape. This was perfect to hide or sneak into spaces. Furthermore, this was unrestricted by the space-locking devices. He would enter a different, smaller, dimension and travel across it to another location.

He used his skill and his body fell into the shadows he stood on. There was nothing but emptiness in front of him and he realized he couldn't breathe. He held his breath as he traveled across the darkness. Luckily, he could feel the connection this shadow space made with the outside world.

After he had traveled a certain distance, Arthur realized that the more he moved, the more mana he used. Even with his creation mana, which made his skills use less mana, it was still a lot.