Chapter 97 - Ups and Downs (1/2)

Thanks to the black fireball thrown at him, Aurus knew that Fuschar was not dead from the last strike he slashed out, but instead, barely living just so it could retaliate.

Turning his field of vision around to look at Fuschar, Aurus could easily see that the vitality remaining within Fuschar's body just barely let it send out a single attack that could possibly turn the tides. Sadly, the attack Fuschar sent out could not even injure Aurus that much, only reducing his HP by a few hundred at most. Then again, Aurus could not help but ask himself, ”Shouldn't the Battle module's plan allow me to kill my enemy with certainty? Why did it leave the enemy with a small amount of HP to retaliate?”

He then looked at the Battle module screen that popped up after looking at Fuschar once more, finally seeing his mistake after a quick skim.

”Ah.” It seemed that Aurus forgot the final move on the Battle module's plan.

Intensifying the aura his new staff, Staff No. 2, radiated, he conjured a magic circle within his Spell Core that was filled with abstruse and mysterious runes. Not long after, a blade made out of extremely dense Wind energy particles was formed on top of Aurus' body, to which Aurus hastily maneuvered to slash towards Fuschar's body.

Swish!

”Aarrrghh!!!”

With another shrill cry coming out of Fuschar's mouth that gradually quieted as time passed, Aurus was finally certain that Fuschar was dead for sure this time.

Ding!

With a notification sound resounding throughout his mind, Aurus was now extremely sure that Fuschar was dead. He even saw the particles that remained from Fuschar's body get absorbed by his body.

With the Life and Will particles being automatically omitted by the system's notifications due to his [Life] and [Will] being maxed out, he could still see that he gained Genesis and OS Points, to which he gained 5 and 1 respectively.

'Experience +10000'

'50% of the user's gained experience shall be shared to the user's pet.'

'Congratulations! Fenrir has leveled up to Level 43!'

'Congratulations! Aurus has leveled up to Level 10!'

'5 Genesis Points have been obtained.'

'1 OS Point has been obtained.'

”Oh? Fenrir has already reached Level 43? Then that means it won't take long for him to evolve to S-grade!” Although Aurus noticed that with every boss he killed, Fenrir would level up, it was only at this moment did Aurus truly take notice of it since allowing Fenrir to evolve to S-grade would let him kill bosses faster, with Fenrir flanking attacks and him dishing out attacks.

He hovered over the ground of the Inferno Grounds for a bit as he tried to recall the list of bosses he could kill at his current level. ”I've already killed 2 bosses out of the list I made, which has 10 bosses in total. I shouldn't waste more, lest Herellia gets mad at me.”

Although he was quite sure that Horell told Herellia about him going away to hunt and strengthen himself, he could not help but have this nagging feeling at the back of his head, gnawing away at his worries.

”[Gale Hover]! [Child of the Wind]!”

Using two movement boosting spells consecutively, with the latter being learned when his Spell Core reached Middle grade, Aurus bolted out of the Inferno Grounds, heading for the next area in his list to kill its boss and earn OS Points at a faster time.

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Within the core of the Tempest Cliff…

A few days have passed since Chonk was finally enlightened on the lacking part of his Tempering skill, [Tempest Genesis Rebirth]. Due to the sheer difficulty of the Tempering skill he created, the process of his transition to a Rank 1 class was extremely lengthy when compared to other transition process, with the quickest only needing half an hour.

But with its lengthy transition process came its benefits. Due to the nature of Chonk's skill, the structure of his body, which was previously thick and sturdy, now become slimmer and sleeker, allowing one to feel the nature of Wind radiating around his body without sacrificing the original qualities of his body, which was being sturdy in its defense. Not only that, his body grew in size as well, around twice his original size.

And finally, the ray of light that shone upon him at the instant he fully mastered his Tempering skill, this ray of light imbued a bit of the natural laws of Wind on his forehead, creating a small mark of a blade on it.

A few minutes later, the ray of light, which shone upon him all this time throughout the transition process, gradually dissipated as Chonk's consciousness finally awakened to the newfound feeling of a transitioned body.

It took a while for Chonk to adjust to his new sleek body, doing some basic movements at first to get accustomed to his surely heightened stats, before doing more and more complex movements with fluidity and grace.