Chapter 188 - What Lies Beyond (2/2)
The will of every member in the alliance has united as one, bringing forth astonishing power that would make those that are not affiliated with any alliance cower in fear. The war commander of an alliance holds a special position in the alliance, well known for its prowess in fighting against multiple enemies at once. The power of the alliance propels this prowess to unimaginable heights.
> Health +150%
> Defense +150%
> Attack +250%
(Note: Only one being in the alliance can hold this position at any given time.)
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”After I'm done with everything, I'm seriously going to go and evolve,” Aurus muttered to himself as he closed the two screens in disbelief, commanding the system to open up the description for the other skill he had obtained.
As a holographic screen replaced the two holographic screens that were in front of his field of vision a while ago, Aurus went ahead and took a glance at the effects of the skill. After reading through it, he muttered, ”Although its effects are less than what the [Unified Power of the Alliance] can bring, considering the number of passive skills I have that boost my stats...can I still be considered an S-grade Inanimate?
Ding!
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[Guardian of the Tempest Cliff] (Level MAX)
Bestowed by the heavens to those that have protected and will protect the Tempest Cliff to the bitter end, this skill increases the stats of the user by quite a considerable degree. Not only that, but those that have this skill shall also be considered invincible in the area of Tempest Cliff.
> All stats +50%
> HP and FP regeneration rate is increased by 200% when inside the Tempest Cliff
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”Ah, I'm finally here,” Aurus said as he closed the last holographic screen, sending a message to Bell after making sure that he was truly at the back of the alliance base by utilizing the system. A few seconds later, Aurus could hear some faint buzzing that gradually grew louder, with a mosquito appearing in front of his field of vision a while later.
”You're finally here,” Bell was the first one to initiate the conversation, speaking through his proboscis. ”How did it go?”
”Alright, I guess?” Aurus did not know how to respond to such a question. He then added, ”The alliance I'm in has just strengthened further, with my positions becoming more solidified as well.”
Aurus soon radiated the full extent of his aura, to which Bell sucked in a cold breath of air in response. Soon, Bell said, ”Your strength…it has increased by quite a lot.”
”Anyways, that's not what we're going to talk about,” Bell added not long after, remembering what he had to talk about with him. In response, Aurus asked him, ”What are we going to talk about?”
”First off, what world is this?” Bell asked Aurus, to which Aurus promptly responded, ”The world of Erudinia. Why?”
”As expected.” Hearing Aurus's response, Bell let out a sigh of relief. ”From the aura I was sensing while in this world, it didn't seem like the place for the inheritance of a cultivator to be in.”
”Cultivator?” Aurus could not help but mutter as a memory in his mind had surfaced. While Aurus was recalling this memory, Bell continued to talk, saying, ”I'm not from this world. I'm from another world called Changliang.”
Fortunately, it did not take long for Aurus to go through the surfaced memory, responding to Bell's statement with, ”I kind of expected you to be from another world, seeing as you came to this place through a rift. It was either you came from a faraway place in this world, or you came from another world as a whole.”
”Anyways, you mentioned the word 'cultivator' right?” Aurus soon asked Bell before adding, ”The ones that grow stronger by cultivating qi and stuff, right?”
Bell could not help but be dumbfounded after listening to Aurus's query, muttering, ”How…”
At that moment, something clicked in Bell's mind. His eyes focused on Aurus, while Aurus focused on Bell. Although there was pure silence between them, the two had undergone a mutual understanding.
”System?” Breaking the silence, Aurus asked Bell.
”Mhm,” Bell responded without hesitation. Soon after, he asked Aurus, ”Past life?”
”Human on Earth,” Aurus replied to his query, with Bell saying not long after, ”Same.”
After a few more seconds of silence after that, the two of them started to lightly chuckle, which then turned into raucous laughter. Fortunately, they were at the back of the alliance base, plus they were in an area where Animates were rarely seen so they continued to raucously laugh without a care in the world.
Eventually, they stopped laughing, with Bell saying, ”To think that I'd meet a fellow reincarnator in another world. Have you seen any other beings like us in this world?”
”Unfortunately, not yet,” Aurus replied before adding, ”You're the first one I've met that's a reincarnator. Anyways, have you ever wondered why you were brought to this place?”
”To be honest, I sincerely have no idea why I was brought here,” Bell responded to Aurus's question. He soon added, ”I guess the heavens wanted me to be here and help you?”
”The heavens, huh,” Aurus focused on these two words, recalling how a goddess had given her a second chance in life, letting him live a life that was akin to the game he had played in his past life. While recalling this, he could not help but inwardly think, 'Kurohana, did you have something to do with this encounter?'
After that, the two of them continued to banter about some mundane things in their past lives, like how the two of them liked to read web novels in the past, glad that they were living a life that was like in the web novels they've read, although with a bit more difficulty. Eventually, Bell went ahead and said, ”I guess our meeting ends here…”
”For now, that is.”
”Yeah, I'll find a way to head to your world once I get stronger,” Aurus said in response to Bell's words.
”Of course, I'll do the same as well,” Bell responded to Aurus's words not long after.
”I kind of wished that there was a way for us to talk to each other even though we're in different worlds though,” Aurus said as he let out a sigh.
”Indeed. It would allow all of us reincarnators to band together,” Bell said, voicing out his opinion in the matter.
Ding! Ding!
Just as the two of them were finished saying those words, a notification sound resounded from their minds, hastily prompting them to open up their notification screen. After reading through their notifications, the two of them looked at each other and muttered, ”Did our systems have a feature like this in the first place?”
'A resonance between systems has been formed, enabling the Friend List feature in advance.'
'Would you like to add the system holder in front of you as a friend?'