Chapter 126 - Stick and Flux Unify (1/2)

Within the Area 52 Inheritance.

After announcing the rewards Aurus was going to get after finishing the whole inheritance, three rays of light appeared a modest distance away from where Aurus was, gradually bringing down three items from the ceiling.

Question is, where did these items come from? Well these items passed through a rift opened on the ceiling, falling down through the trajectory of the rays of light.

Thud.

Clang.

Swish.

Three different fall sounds, pertaining to the three items Aurus has received. He went closer to the three items after the rays of light disappeared from the room, and examined them not long after.

In order from left to right, Aurus was looking a slightly tattered book filled with a mysterious yet powerful aura, an intricately carved key that glistened gold under some sort of light, and a dead looking leaf that seemed to be no different from leaves you can find in a forest.

Wait, that doesn't sound right.

Nonetheless, Aurus looked at these three times with expectation and glee, waiting to see what possibilities would unfold with these items.

He used his SP to create a tendril out of energy as it extended towards the dead looking leaf on the right. He held it up high to get a better look at it, saying, ”This looks no different from a normal leaf, to be honest.”

Bang!

As he said this, an explosion sound occurred near where the leaf was all of a sudden. To be more exact, the explosion sound originated from the leaf.

As if it was awakened by Aurus' SP, the leaf gradually disintegrated into ash that coursed through the tendril of SP Aurus created, before circulating throughout his body not long after.

Whoosh!

At the very instant the leaf ash circulated through his body, he felt like he was brought tens of thousands of meters up into the sky, allowing him to look at the whole world from a perspective he couldn't before. He could also see the moons and planets orbiting the world he originated from, broadening his horizons by a great degree. Eventually, the hallucination of sorts came to an end, returning Aurus to where he was, the big and boring stone room.

”That...” It took a while for Aurus to recover from his loss of words, wanting to experience the feeling once again.

”That was amazing.”

After absorbing the Transcending Comprehension Leaf, Aurus now had the thought of wanting to become a human as possible, as he knew that becoming a human would allow him to experience such a feeling once more.

”When I leave the inheritance, I'll definitely make that clone, just as Kevin warned me to,” Aurus muttered to himself.

He did not know why he always forgot to make a clone of himself, but he was going to make sure that this time, he would never forget to make it.

Ding!

”Oh?” Just as he was about to move towards the skill book, a notification sound resounded from the system, piquing his interest. As he opened his notification screen and looked at the last notification that popped up, he could not help but squeal in excitement for a bit before muttering to himself, ”Now what skill should I pick~?”

'The user has absorbed a Transcending grade Comprehension Leaf, increasing the user's skill experience acquisition rate by 14 times. Current skill experience acquisition rate: 15x'

'Due to the special energy hidden within the Comprehension Leaf, the user can now choose any skill he wishes to max out in an instant.'

For a bit, he thought about maxing his Spell Core or his Spirit Sword skill as both skills were his main sources of damage towards the enemies he fought. But as he thought about it even more, he decided to not choose them as he already a level of attack power that could rival X-grade Inanimates. Sure, he could max his offensive skills out and give him the power to fight against Animates, but when would he have a chance to?

He also had the thought of maxing out his movement skills, but he was already moving incredibly fast in Inanimate terms. He decided to not max them out as well.

”If offensive skills and movement skills are out of the question, what should I max out?” Aurus was at a crossroads. ”I could go and use the energy to max out my defensive skill, but it's just at B-grade, a big waste of energy.”

”Where should I put it...”

And that's when it hit him.

”Since I want to experience that feeling again...”

”System, use the energy to max out [Transcendent Vitality Anima Creation].”

Ding!

'The special energy has been allocated to [Transcendent Vitality Anima Creation].'

'[Transcendent Vitality Anima Creation] has reached the MAX level.'

'[Transcendent Vitality Anima Creation] has met the necessary requirements and is ready to evolve. The skill has also met special requirements needed to evolve to a greater level.'

Looking at the notifications that popped up on his notification screen, Aurus could not help but smile from within and say, ”Hm. That was easier than I thought.”

As for the reason why Aurus allocated the energy to his Anima Creation skill, he had already stated so a few sentences ago. He wanted to experience the feeling of seeing everything one more time. Well that and the warning given to him by Kevin, but the feeling was first priority to him...for some reason.

He read the notifications one more time and noticed that something was added to the previous line. ”Hm? Special requirements have been met? I wonder what it could be?”

”Evolve [Transcendent Vitality Anima Creation]!”

Without hesitation, Aurus commanded the system to evolve his Anima Creation skill, his skill that gave him the tons of SP he could use at anytime.

Ding!

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