Chapter 78 - How Much is Too Much? (1/2)
Although Aurus and Fenrir were hunting within the boundaries of the Tempest Cliff, which is said to be a place teeming with S-grade and X-grade Inanimates, it was not to the point that every step a person would take would allow them to see an S-grade Inanimate or an X-grade Inanimate.
It took them around ten minutes of traversing around, with Aurus relying on his [Spirit Detection] spell, and Fenrir relying on his [Keen Senses] skill, to finally catch wind of a dangerous Inanimate.
In actuality, Fenrir was the first one to notice the dangerous aura, alerting Aurus as Fenrir's body pointed towards the aura's direction. ”Master, there's danger at that direction!”
”Hm?” Aurus would always cast [Spirit Detection] at the instant it was off cooldown, and it would allow him to scan for beings at a radius exceeding 100 meters. Yet for some reason, Fenrir was the one to find an X-grade Inanimate first?
”It's probably because [Keen Senses] is a skill leaning towards more of an animalistic nature, which meant that possibly instinct affected Fenrir's announcement,” Aurus muttered to himself as he looked at Fenrir for a bit before saying, ”Let's head to where the danger is!”
”Yes!” Oddly enough, the short twig protruding out of one of Fenrir's ends started to sway back and forth like a real animal tail. Of course, Aurus did not mind this at all. He activated [Tempest Levitation] while casting [Gale Hover] on Fenrir, allowing them to get closer to the danger Fenrir found within a couple of minutes or so.
Rustle…rustle…
As they hovered above the ground where Fenrir sensed danger, a branch that was superbly larger when compared to Fenrir and Aurus' body sizes, appeared behind a bush, slightly startling them in the process.
”Identify,” Aurus inwardly commanded the system as he looked at the branch that just appeared.
Ding!
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[Elyon (Branch Grandius Formosus — High Werei)]
Existence Level: Inanimate (X)
Level: 28/40
HP: 12500/12500
SP: 4800/4950
Stats:
[Toughness]: 437
[Thickness]: 532
[Density]: 338
Skills:
Uncheckable due to [Species Analysis] skill being low leveled.
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”Ooh, a Warrior as the first X-grade we'll get to kill,” Aurus could not help but say inwardly.
”Should I attack, Master?” All of a sudden, a voice resounded through his mind, slightly startling him as he maintained a calm aura on the outside. In an instant, he knew it was Fenrir who asked so he replied inwardly with, ”Fall back for now. Once you reach S- grade, I'll allow you to fight against X-grades.”
”But…” As a reply, Fenrir answered with a complaining tone. As if it was a real wolf that was loyal to its master, Fenrir did not want Aurus to be harmed at all.
Fwoosh!
Just as Fenrir was about to continue coercing Aurus to let it attack, a flame that was close to being pure white in color started to envelop Aurus' body, raising to a height that surpassed 5 meters. It was definitely disproportional to the size of Aurus' body…to say the least.
Ding!
'The exchange of SP into power has reached its limit, boosting user's attack power by 200 percent.'
'The skill [Limit Transcendence] has been unsealed. It can be activated at any time.'
With these two lines appearing on the screen that popped up in front of Aurus' field of vision, Aurus could not help but focus his vision onto Fenrir and let out a cheerful aura. ”Don't worry about a thing. You must get stronger for my sake, okay?”
”Mn…” In the end, Fenrir could only muster out a small whimper as it flew to a distance that was around 30 meters away from where Aurus and the X-grade being was, allowing Fenrir to take action if need be.
Still hovering above the ground, Aurus increased his altitude to the point where he was sure that he would not be noticed by the X-grade Inanimate at all. After feeling certain of the height he was currently hovering at, Aurus then scrolled through the seven sword forms given to him by the [Spirit Sword of Seven Hells]. While deciding on which sword to choose, he recalled something written on the details of the skill.
”Now that I think about it, I haven't combined sword forms yet. Let's start doing that,” Aurus muttered to himself as a floating Anima was hastily transformed into a thin red sword. A few seconds later, another floating Anima was transformed into a thin sword as well, but it was yellow in color.
”Sword of Greed and Sword of Gluttony…” Aurus looked at the two swords floating above his body and commanded inwardly not long after, ”Fuse!”
Chi! Chi! Chi!
As if it were two metal blades colliding with each other, soft yet harsh sounds of metal scratching on something could be heard for a few seconds, before coming to a lull as an aura that combined the auras of the two previous swords appeared on the thin sword that was a mix of red and yellow.
Ding!