559 Is this supposed to be just slightly dangerous”!? (1/2)

[Character reward card ”Mika Uehara”– I wish to be with you forever.]

[This card has an everlasting passive effect. It cannot be used or disappear.]

[All basic stats +2 (Connectivity rating has surpassed 100, so an additional +1 to all stats is rewarded.)]

[All basic stats increased by an additional 5% (Another 5% awarded for connectivity rating.)]

[All sub-category stats increased by an additional 10% (Another 10% awarded for connectivity rating.)]

[Additional ability 1: Overload]

[After using this ability, the next ability, spell, or martial arts technique that you used will be greatly increased in power and effectiveness. Limited to only one use per day. (An extra use per day awarded for connectivity rating). – Use your full potential and surpass your limits!]

[Additional ability 2: Heroic Guard]

[This ability is activated when you protect others. Your defense will be greatly magnified for a short period of time. This ability can only be activated three times per day. (An extra two uses per day awarded for connectivity rating). – I shall protect you!]

[Additional ability 3: Emergency Flash]

[This ability will be activated whenever you are in danger. You can instantaneously move a short distance in any direction. This ability can only be activated two times per day. (An extra use per day awarded for connectivity rating). – As long as you dodge, you won't be injured.]

[Additional ability 4: ??? (Prerequisites not met. Temporarily not activated.)]

[Additional ability 5: ??? (Prerequisites not met. Temporarily not activated.)]

Just earlier, Seiji had opened his system to check the contents of Mika's card.

Increasing his basic stats by both a flat amount as well as a percent-based amount? These two categories were obviously incredibly useful. And the additional three abilities added on were all powerful techniques as well. All in all, it seemed quite wonderful… No, not seemed, it was indeed quite wonderful!

Strengthening his skills, his defense, as well as evasion, not to mention each of them were limited only by the number of times he could use them. There would be no cost associated with using them at all! They were basically the most cliché powers that any hero should possess. What was this if not wonderful?

And now, Seiji was about to use this newfound power of his.

[Overload] had the ability to strengthen any spell or technique in his arsenal. Since his connectivity rating with Mika had surpassed 100, he could even use [Overload] an additional time. Since he could use it twice per day, that meant that he could use [Overload] to strengthen itself!

With [Overload] strengthening [Overload], more than doubling [Overload]'s effectiveness on the next spell that he used, just how powerful would his spell finally end up becoming?

Seiji wanted to try it out.

The minotaur boy and the two girls watching from the side all suddenly detected an abnormal aura coming from him. It seemed as if he was utilizing some mysterious power.

Suddenly, his aura seemed to increase in strength! His aura became so powerful that it seemed as if the very air had become frozen over.

'I can't tell what he's doing… I think it really is getting a bit dangerous,' the dog-head girl thought to herself.

She didn't believe that the minotaur boy would be defeated, since there was a great difference in their power levels. However, if the ”knight leader” went all-out, perhaps he really would be able to cause some injury to the minotaur boy.

This was already quite a high assessment of him. The dog-head girl didn't believe that the ”knight leader” would be able to accomplish any more than this.

Yet, what happened next was completely beyond her expectations.

Seiji waved his longsword, causing a pure white humanoid spiritual creature to manifest. This spirit instantly gave a tremendous amount of pressure to everyone else present… No, not pressure, fear!

This white spiritual creature had a very ordinary appearance. It was simply a white and hazy half-translucent humanoid figure. The figure seemed more like it was female, as if it was a hazy female ghost.

Yet, its existence instinctively brought terror upon the humans! Anyone seeing this existence would definitely feel a sensation of utmost terror that they absolutely couldn't approach and had to run away immediately!!

”This is…” The dog-head girl widened her eyes in surprise under her mask.

She couldn't believe what she just witnessed! Such a thing, and such power… seemed impossible!?

Mika was afraid as well. Not only that, she had no idea why she was so afraid. That ”ghost” clearly didn't appear to be that scary. Just about any monster here had a far scarier appearance.

The minotaur boy's gaze hardened. He also never expected that his opponent was capable of summoning such an existence!

”White Calamity”—the first ability from Shika's card. This was the ability to manifest a powerful humanoid spiritual creature which possessed the power of Shika's ”Reaper's Curse.”

Seiji had tested this ability out in the past. Since he felt it was far too dangerous, he never used it while practicing against Hitaka or Rana.

Originally, he'd anticipated that he would make use of this ability in his duel against Akatsuki Mitarai. But before he had the chance to do so, the latter was devoured by his own puppet… so this was the first time he was actually using this ability in real combat.

'Come, possess me!'

Seiji mentally commanded the calamity creature to enter his own body.

A faint white glow immediately spread from Seiji's body. He felt an incredibly powerful mystical energy welling up within him, which was far stronger than in his own self tests!