Chapter 74 - The World Beyond (2/2)
Within the Tempest Cliff, Tempest Branch Alliance's base of operations.
”...And this is the final building within the small ecosystem of our alliance, the Sparring Tower, ” Horell explained to Aurus who was hovering beside him.
Aurus nodded at Horell's words and asked not long after, ”What's the purpose of the Sparring Tower?”
Before he got into his current situation, Aurus and Horell traversed the whole ecosystem of the alliance as Horell explained the purpose and the name of each and every building. While this was occurring, Aurus was experimenting with the newest spell he got from evolving his Spell Core, [Tempest Levitation]. After a few tests, Aurus realized that [Tempest Levitation] was just a toggleable version of [Gale Hover]. In other words, he could now permanently fly! Well...technically.
After passing through the Alliance Lobby, the Meditation Chambers, the Life and Will Fountain, and the Skill Emporium, Aurus and Horell now hovered in front of the Sparring Tower, which was the situation they were now currently in.
”Well...” Horell pondered for a bit before replying, ”The Sparring Tower is basically the place where you can test out your newfound skills or powers. You can fight against immobile objects or objects that don't attack, and even vice versa.”
After hearing Horell's explanation of the Sparring Tower, a brilliant idea flashed in Aurus' mind as he asked, ”Is this also a place where we can polish our skills?”
Of course, Aurus did not mention any inkling of the system he had, as he knew he was a unique case...as well as Herellia.
Horell then let out a cheerful aura as he replied to Aurus' question, ”Haha, I knew you'd catch on! That's right, the Sparring Tower is also a place where we can master the skills we currently have. Not only that, there might be cases where your skills ascend to greater heights!”
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A few minutes later, Horell left Aurus in front of the Sparring Tower as Aurus asked Horell that he would be entering the Sparring Tower to test out his skills. Since Aurus had a resolute aura about him, Horell lightly chuckled before leaving him alone.
Taking a few deep breaths, Aurus headed inside the Sparring Tower and entered one of the many rooms where Inanimate beings tested their skills out.
Clank.
Aurus tightly closed the door into the room shut and stared at the only thing that was in the room other than him, a long pole made out of stone.
”So...is this the immobile object Horell was talking about?” Aurus could not help but let out a stifled laugh as he composed himself. ”Well...I'll just ask Herellia about the ins and outs of the Sparring Tower later.”
”For now...”
Whoosh!
With a single thought in his mind, a floating Anima was hastily stretched into a thin sword, which was then infused with Aurus' SP. Around one-tenth of a second later, this twin sword made out of Anima glowed an impure red, giving others the feeling that it wanted to keep everything to itself.
Aurus looked at the sword he formed and nodded inwardly before commanding the sword to head towards the long pole and slash diagonally.
”Let's see the limits of my new offensive skill.”
”Sword of Greed, slash!'
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