Chapter 217: The Fallen One (1/2)

The Falkgen's wind blades collided with Arthur's skin, causing a metallic clinking to reverberate throughout the corridor. They left white marks on Arthur's Iron Skin, but he wasn't injured in a way that mattered.

Seeing how futile its attack was, the Falkgen chose to dive personally with its talons trying to rip through Arthur's flesh. Arthur didn't use any skills and simply sidestepped fast enough for the talons to miss their marks.

He grabbed the monster's leg and began spinning while it tried to flap its wings to flee.

”Let's dance!” Arthur laughed as the monster struggled. When green light began to surround them, Arthur knew that the monster was summoning a tornado.

The wind began to gather as they tried to cut through Arthur's flesh. Seeing this, Arthur's hands began to radiate golden light as fire appeared.

”You didn't think I would have so many tricks, huh?” Arthur laughed as the Falkgen screeched. Arthur let go of it when he sensed it uses its mana on its talons.

The Falkgen ballistically flew away once Arthur let go of it and as he suspected, the talons elongated to be as long as swords know.

”Alright,” Arthur grinned. ”Let's get demonic then.” His hand began turning into a monster's as the Falkgen dived in again.

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The light faded from the Falkgen's eyes as Arthur pulled his hand away from its heart. He frowned at the blood dripping from his hand as it turned human again. It was bluish, a trait of the Falkgen's race.

[You have leveled up.]

He has finally reached Level 36 after hunting for a day in this place. As he was standing thinking about his extra four Legacy points, a voice appeared in his head.

'Eighty-Three Students has passed.'

It was the first time that he had heard this announcement. After a moment of confusion, he thought that perhaps the one sending them is Rayxin himself.

Since ha had been with Rayxin this whole time, he didn't get an announcement. Arthur thought it was a good time to start trying to get off this island.

[Agility has increased by 1.]

[Agility has increased by 1.]

Arthur smiled as he felt his strength increase once again. However, his legacy had more messages that made his eyes widen.

[New skill has been absorbed.]

[Wings of Wind (C): A skill to use the winds to glide and low-speed flight. A second of flight costs 7 points of mana.]

”What?” Arthur wondered if he has seen right and had to rub his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things. ”What?!” He repeated.

'I can fly?!' Arthur tried to calm himself down as he didn't know if Rayxin was watching him right now.

The excitement Arthur was feeling was unbearable and he couldn't keep still. After all, one thing that made awakeners super-entities is their defiance of gravity. To soar across the sky was a thing of legends and Arthur was no presented with such an opportunity.

'That means… almost 37.5 seconds of flight if I use all of my mana. If I combine that with restore, that would be… 75s.'

Arthur was fidgeting. Even though it was a low-speed flight, it was still flying. He ran back to the hall he fell into and looked up to see the window.

”Alright.” Arthur breathed in and out as he used his skill. The 'link' he always felt to his skills activated as his mana turned to the wind that surrounded him.

As if it was programmed, the wind started lifting his body upward. Even though he was unstable at first, his skill allowed him to gain balance as he rose higher by the second.

”Let's pump it.” Arthur grinned as he poured his mana. His speed began accelerating as the sand began rising underneath him due to the wind.

The sun glared in his eyes as he saw the window get closer to him. With another portion of his mana gone, he was out in the open.