Chapter 48 - Logically Dashing Forwards (1/2)
”The ten minutes of rest time shall now begin. The inheritor shall be reminded of the second trial once only a minute remains,” the disembodied voice that resounded throughout the hall when the first trial was happening resounded once more as it told Aurus about the second trial.
”...” For a while, Aurus was at a loss for words, not knowing what to say after the disembodied voice told him the next trial he would have to face. It only took Aurus around ten seconds or so to recover from his silence as he let out a sigh and looked up at the ceiling.
”Man, I don't know if this is karma or not, but heck, with this, I think I might just believe in it.”
Aurus said a few words of apologies in his mind before his soul felt lighter thanks to the guilt being lessened. Getting back to his somewhat lively condition back again, Aurus started to think up of what he was going to do in the second trial.
”Since the second trial needs me to traverse 10 kilometers within the span of 24 hours or less, it would feel extremely easy if it was just a straight path that had no obstacles whatsoever.”
”This would possibly mean that the path I'm going to have traverse would be crooked and have tons of obstacles that vary in size and possibly, threat.”
”With my movement skill being boosted by three levels, my movement speed is now over 300 meters per hour, which means I can traverse 10 kilometers within 34 hours or so, considering the fact that the path in front of me is clear.”
Aurus closed his sense of sight for a bit as he tried to visualize the process of the second trial according to what he said to himself just now.
He imagined that the path in front of him would be extremely crooked, with rocks and twigs and even some enemies at the side. After visualizing the path, he then started to think a bit more.
”If this is what is going to happen in the next trial, then first priority would be to clear the path I'd have to tread. No wait, some parts of the path since I have [Gale Hover]. No, wait again, there could be a few obstacles that [Gale Hover] can't go over because of its height. Wait...why am I thinking about this problem too much? I can just dodge those obstacles.”
”I almost forgot, I also have [Tempest Burst] that would boost my movement speed by 100% for 10 seconds. Wait...something feels off. When I used [Tempest Burst] about a few days ago, I felt that the skill lasted longer?”
It was at this moment that Aurus opened his eyes and commanded the system to reveal details about the [Tempest Burst] skill and his movement skill.
Ding! Ding!
In an instant, two screens appeared in front of him. He first looked at the details about his movement skill as he wanted to make sure that he really had a movement speed over 300 meters per hour. Seeing that his movement speed was now at 310 meters per hour, he closed the first screen and looked at the screen that talked about [Tempest Burst], only to turn silent in shock.
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[Tempest Burst] (Lv. 6)
With high proficiency and affinity with the wind, the stick can temporarily control large amounts of wind, allowing the stick to either move faster, attack faster, or attack with stronger force.
Effect: 2x the movement speed, attack power, and attack speed
Effect duration: 20 seconds
Cooldown: 5 hours
(Note: The effect, effect duration, and cooldown will improve based on the level of the movement skill)
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Of course, knowing that [Tempestuous Spiritas Glide] is just a transformed and renamed version of [Tempest Roll], he knew that he could still use [Tempest Burst]. But to think that his [Tempest Burst] actually improved in terms of effect duration and cooldown, it was absurd.
Slapping his nonexistent face with nonexistent hands, he snapped back to reality, closing the screen before letting out an aura of wonder and awe.
”With the [Gale Hover] spell and the [Tempest Burst] skill activated simultaneously, I could have a movement speed that is beyond 1 kilometer an hour! If only I had a longer lasting [Tempest Burst] and [Gale Hover], this trial would be finished in less than 10 hours, tops!”
Solidifying the plan he had in mind to complete the second trial, he let out a sigh as he muttered to himself, ”And this is why I should always grind my skills up. After grinding Life and Will points, I'll make sure to raise all of my active and possibly passive skills to S-grade or even X-grade.”
After that, Aurus waited out the few remaining minutes of rest he had, taking this time to deactivate his [Spirit Energy Ascension] skill that unknowingly went up two levels in the first trial and explore the entirety of the green jade hall.
It only spanned around 50 meters in radius anyway so it didn't take him long to see everything within the hall.
”Only one minute remains before the second trial starts,” the disembodied voice resounded throughout the hall all of a sudden, which Aurus only paid a little attention to as it wasn't the real thing.
It was only exactly a minute later did Aurus truly pay attention to the announcement of the disembodied voice.
”The ten minutes of rest time are now over. All of the inheritor's skills shall be reset as the second trial, the Speed trial, shall now begin.”
Whoosh!