Chapter 207: Not So Useless (1/2)

”Is this a crystal just like those protected by the ancient knights?” Arthur tilted his head in confusion. He examined the crystal and injected it with more mana. Suddenly, the crystal turned elastic and he was able to stretch.

The moment he stopped injecting it with mana, Arthur found that it stopped stretched and assumed a solid shape. The elasticity of the crystal was extremely unrealistic as Arthur was able to stretch it for two meters.

”What do I exactly do with this?” Arthur was confused. ”Is it resistant to acid?” He wondered. He guessed he can probably make a raft out of this of a small boat.

”It seems Jerano College has chosen to raise the bar for this test.” Arthur shook his head. The sandman was handled by him because he could counter it. For others, however, it would extremely difficult to do so.

Now, he was sure that there different ways to obtain a crystal. The ruins protected by the ancient knights had to be tackled by a team to obtain the crystals. However, those awarded three crystals only.

For the sandman, who was a troublesome opponent, it awarded Arthur with a crystal once he was able to defeat it. With this, he can probably make a small boat that would lead him to the goal.

'I'm not leaving now, of course.' Arthur thought to himself. If he was the first to leave the island, he wouldn't be that 'undercover.' He compressed the crystal into a ball again and placed it in his pocket.

Arthur looked around and saw the single archway that led to the rest of the structure. He started walking cautiously and left the hallway. It was a giant corridor with walls that had many cracks. Arthur looked at both sides and saw that both of them stretched endlessly into the darkness.

'I need to think carefully which way to go. Alright, I'll go right. Things can't go wrong if I go right.'

As he began walking in the corridor, the darkness stretched far but with his superhuman perception, he had no problem seeing. He also kept using his detection rune in a limited area to not use a lot of mana. After all, he spent a lot of it during the earlier fight.

Arthur decided to see how much his skill changed after the fight. After making sure that no harm was nearby, he opened his legacy.

[Earth Manipulation (E – 66%)]

By expanding most of his mana on this skill in a single fight, he raised his skill percentage from 39% to 66%. He hoped to meet another sandman so that he can level up this skill of his.

As he was walking, Arthur heard a rumble before the wall split open. From the wall fell several bodies that were tied in bondages. As he looked at them, Arthur sighed.

'Another spiritual parasite but this time it controls these mummies.'

Their level was at the low-mid-tier, so they wouldn't be useful to him. However, he can make use of their cores. He used his Restrain rune and bladeless storm to kill most of them and picked up their cores.

As he was distracted by the mummies, Arthur didn't use his detection rune. He frowned when he heard a rumbling coming from above him. The sand began to fall behind him as the ceiling gave in and crumbled, bringing a load of sand with it.

”Argh, you bastards!” As he used his detection rune, Arthur heard a voice of a young man coming from the rubbles. With his rune, he found several people trying to stand up after they had fallen.

”You won't escape now, peasant!” A haughty voice said threateningly. As the dust cloud settled down, Arthur saw four young men standing around.

One of them had different clothes, albeit all of them were dusted. He wore jeans with a tight gray sweatshirt. The rest of them wore jackets or sleeveless vests, a sign that they were nobles.

”As I said, that was my prey!” The man in casual clothing said as he dusted his hair.

”We found it,” The nobleman sneered. Faced with such attitude, the man raised the corner of his mouth as he imitated the nobleman.

”We FoUnD iT. You noblemen think everything you say is the right thing.”

”You!” The nobleman glared at him and threw his hand as a giant pillar of fire appeared from his arm. The man cursed and ran in Arthur's direction.

As if to have only noticed Arthur now, the man looked at him with shock. It seems he didn't think anybody would be here in the middle of nowhere.

”Brother, run!” The man shouted in warning as he passed by Arthur. When he saw that Arthur wasn't moving, he stopped and turned back, and tried to grab Arthur's clothes to pull him.

Arthur frowned when he saw the incoming flames. The nobleman attacked with no regard to his existence. With a flick of his hand, Arthur created a barrier that deflected the flames easily.

”Who are you?” The nobleman asked with a frown as he saw his flames fall helpless. Arthur was further irked by the man's attitude after he had attacked him.

”That's none of your concern.” Arthur pulled his sleeve from the grasp of the young man as he turned to the nobleman. ”I have no business with both of you,” He glared at the nobleman. ”Do I take it that you want to fight me too?”

His words and demeanor made the group of nobles hesitate. Arthur's clothes weren't particularly luxurious but they also weren't shabby. He wore a white shirt with black smooth trousers.