Chapter 42 - Endurance Trial (1/2)
”The first trial, the Endurance Trial shall begin in five minutes. Suggesting the inheritor to prepare to counterattack at maximum power once the enemies attack.”
Hearing this suggestion from the disembodied voice that resounded throughout the green jade hall, Aurus couldn't help but say, ”Well that's fucking obvious.”
”[Spirit Energy Ascension].”
Whoosh!
In an instant, a good chunk of his SP was siphoned and transformed into a silver flame that rose to a height of a few meters, covering Aurus' body as it gradually turned more and more corporeal.
Around two minutes later, a notification screen appeared in front of Aurus' field of vision as he was trying to guess on how the Endurance Trial, which was said by the disembodied voice, worked.
Ding!
'[Spirit Energy Ascension] has leveled up.'
'The exchange of SP into power has reached its limit, boosting the user's power by 120%'
'The necessary requirements have been met. The skill [Spirit Ascension] can be activated.'
”Oh, it leveled up. Neat.” Looking through the notification screen, he noticed that the skill he would use a lot has leveled up, allowing him to attack with more power. He then looked at the last statement written on the notification screen, mumbling to himself, ”I should save this skill for later. I don't even know how long this Endurance Trial lasts.”
He didn't know how much time he had left before the trial started, so he made sure to change half of his specialized Animas to recover HP, while the other half stayed the same, recovering his SP.
Coincidentally, at the moment when he finished changing his specialized Animas, the disembodied voice started to speak once more.
”The five minutes of preparation time is now up. The Endurance Trial shall now begin. There are ten waves of enemies, with each amount of enemy doubling every wave.”
”Please take note that the enemies the inheritor shall face might have obtained a small portion of the skills of the inheritor.”
Listening to the last statement given by the disembodied voice, Aurus couldn't help but curse. ”Well shit, this might be harder than I think.”
”Or is it easier?”
Aurus believed in the saying 'Knowing the enemy is akin to winning 99% of the war' or however it went. Since he would fight against himself, of course he knew how to fight against himself. He knew how powerful he was, with him being able to one shot kill an S-grade to bits. Can any other A-grade do that? Of course not. Only he could.
”The first wave is starting,” the disembodied voice said. Not long after, a branch that looked like him materialized in the middle of the hall, a few tens of meters away from where Aurus currently was.
Looking at the branch that materialized out of thin air, he commanded the system to identify its stats and skills.
Ding!
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[Aurus]
Existence Level: Inanimate (B)
Level: 3/5
HP: 10/10
MP: 25/25
Stats:
[Toughness]: 13
[Thickness]: 11
[Nut Hardness]: 17
Skills:
[Roll++ Lv. 1], [Infused Nut Shot Lv. 2]
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”Hm, it actually does have some of my skills,” Aurus couldn't help but say. ”As for the stats, it's pretty much natural that they've been boosted by a bit since it's an enemy that's designed to protect the inheritance.”
As Aurus was still talking to himself, a walnut infused with SP was shot towards where he was. Sensing that something was coming at him, Aurus snapped back to reality and dodged the walnut with ease. With his movement speed being over 270 meters per hour, how could he not dodge a slow walnut?
”I should take time to raise my movement skill later,” Aurus muttered as he transformed one of the floating Animas in his body into a Spirit Spear and shot it out towards the cloned Aurus.
”[Spirit Spear: Denial].”
Whoosh!
Bang!
With the help of his SP being inclined to the Wind element, and him having the [High Wind Affinity] skill, the Spirit Spear he shot darted through the space, easily piercing the cloned Aurus' body. The cloned Aurus couldn't even dodge it at all as it was just too fast for it.