Chapter 378: Bloodlust (1/2)

As Aurus pondered over what he should do next, he eventually decided to focus his attention on another skill that hadn't reached the level of power he was aiming for. With that in mind, he scanned through the various skills he had in his arsenal through his system, noticing that there were quite a few that he had to put a bit of effort on.

Though, it did not take long for him to focus his attention once more on the skills he had obtained after evolving to X-grade Inanimate. At first, he thought that it would be a good idea for him to focus his attention on the skill [Flux Knight] since it more or less meant that he would be able to create an army as strong as him. But in the end, after reading through the descriptions of his non-maxed skills, he eventually settled on the only skill he could level up that was related to him being a Spiriveritas.

”Identify [The Thirteenth Spiriveritas: Epiphany of the Tempest].”

Ding!

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[The Thirteenth Spiriveritas: Epiphany of the Tempest] (Lv. 1/99)

Ever since the Spiritas has existed, there are those who yearn to achieve greater power while still being able to stay as an Inanimate. Fortunately, one of those Spiritii had achieved the impossible, forging a new path of evolution that would allow one to achieve Divinity without having to ascend to higher existence levels. Although the limitation was that one would have to be a Spiritas in order to be eligible, it was still greater than having no choice. Of course, to differentiate from the normal Spiritas, this Spiritas had named himself as the first Spiriveritas.

One of the unique features of a Spiriveritas was to comprehend a type of law that was weak at first, but at the very peak would not lose out to the laws of those that were at the level of Divinity. This type of law was called an Epiphany, with each Spiriveritas comprehending their own Epiphany. As the Thirteenth Spiriveritas, who has great command over the element of Wind, the heavens have decided to give him the Epiphany of the Tempest.

> Increases the user's stats by 2% per level of the Epiphany comprehended (max of 200%)

> Increases the stats of companions and servants by 1% per level of the Epiphany comprehended (max of 100%)

> Increases the damage dealt by the user's skills and spells by 2% per level of the Epiphany comprehended (max of 200%)

> Increases the user's attack speed by 2% per level of the Epiphany comprehended (max of 200%)

> Increases the user's movement speed by 5% per level of the Epiphany comprehended (max of 500%)

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”This…” After reading through the description of the skill, Aurus was left at a loss for words, thinking how about powerful he would become if he could raise the level of his Epiphany to the maximum it could go, which was Level 99. With this in mind, he now understood how the Spiriveritas would be able to reach the existence level of Divinity. In short, a Spiriveritas like him would be able to reach the existence level of Divinity once his Epiphany was maxed.

”If that's the case, then what level of Epiphany has Erudis reached?” Aurus muttered to himself as he pondered over it, thinking about the fact that Erudis was the first Spiriveritas to exist in the world of Erudinia. After that, he thought about the level of Epiphany the other Spiriveritae have reached, only to place those thoughts at the back of his head as he made up his mind to focus most of his time on upgrading his Epiphany.

With that, he soon closed his sense of vision and attuned his body to the Wind energy particles in the area, just like how he would attune his body in the past whenever he wanted to increase his affinity with the Wind element. At first, there was quite a lot of reaction from the surroundings, with large amounts of Wind energy particles entering his body as his understanding of his Epiphany drastically increased.

Though, within just a few minutes after he started comprehending his Epiphany, this rate had reduced to a snail's pace, making him wonder as to whether or not his comprehension speed after absorbing the All-seeing Comprehension Leaf had any effects on comprehending his Epiphany or not.

In fact, his comprehension speed was definitely doing its job as he comprehended his Epiphany. If it were any other being trying to comprehend an Epiphany, rather than progressing at a snail's pace, their progress would be akin to a drop of water gradually forming on the tip of a stalactite, with the goal of creating an ocean.

Eventually, after about an hour or so of trying to comprehend his Epiphany in silence, he decided to stop, seeing as to how he had only progressed by a small amount after the large jump in progress at the beginning. With this in mind, he could not help but wonder to himself, 'Is it because there isn't a lot of Wind energy particles in this area?'

Pondering over this, Aurus eventually that it might be the case, recalling how Tempest Cliff was a region for beginners in ISE. With that, he went ahead and opened up the map of the continent through the system, setting a marker on one of the places on the continent that was more condensed with Wind energy particles.

After that, he left the large stone room he had been in for the past two weeks, gradually making his way to the alliance's main hall within a couple of teleports. Surprisingly, just as he had appeared at the main hall, a dark cyan silhouette appeared in front of him as he asked, ”Oh, if it isn't Aurus! Where are you heading off to?”

Noticing the silhouette in front of him, Aurus was about to respond to his question just as a wave of energy washed over his body all of a sudden. After that, it was as if something had awakened inside of him. To him, it felt like it was something primal, as if this feeling had been inside him before he could even remember.

Nevertheless, he made sure to not show this change on the outside as he replied to the silhouette, ”Oh, you know. I'm just heading to another region to absorb more Wind energy particles. How about you, Horell? What are you doing here?”

Horell, who was the one who appeared in front of Aurus, awkwardly chuckled as he replied, ”Oh, you know. Since I'm the leader of the alliance, I have to patrol every once in a while. Anyways, how long are you planning to stay outside?”

”Probably for quite some time,” Aurus replied, feeling the thing that had awakened inside him become more restless. As he looked at Horell, he felt like he would eventually lose control over this thing and let it take over his body. With that in mind, he hastily moved out of the way before bidding farewell to Horell.

”See you later, Horell.”