Chapter 62: Team Members (1/2)
Inside the hut,
Just as Rex closes his eyes, his eyes suddenly jolted opened.
'Why do I keep forgetting stuff?', Rex thought ridiculing himself.
He opens the shop section and searches for something, 'I just got five thousand gold from the quest before, let's upgrade my lightning affinity to the mid-rank'
He noticed the mid-rank lightning affinity costs 4,000 gold, he immediately purchased the affinity.
After purchasing the item, a blitzing orb stronger than the one he absorb before appeared on his hands.
Instead of the translucent body of the orb, the mid-rank lightning affinity already turned the shape of thunder and its current is more aggressive than the one before.
Rex then closes his eyes and enter his meditation,
The orb of lightning started to get absorbed by Rex bit by bit until it has finally gone.
<congratulation on=”” upgrading=”” the=”” user's=”” lightning=”” affinity=”” to=”” mid-rank!=””></congratulation>
The system congratulates Rex but he didn't see it, he is immersed in his meditation as his body jolted with a current of lightning.
BLITZ!!
If someone saw him in this state they might go insane,
Although the system considered this affinity as a mid-rank, in the real world it is one of the highest-ranking affinities that covered the Awakened body with its elements enhancing the absorption of mana.
In Rex's consciousness, the abundant lightning mana around him moves towards him way faster than before.
Before he can only absorb one lightning mana after hours of meditating but now he can absorb lightning mana in five minutes!
Enhancing his affinity and the Mana Charm Elixir proved to be effective,
Two hours of meditation,
BLITZ!!
The lightning current that covered his body started getting more intense, it is making a bubble around Rex's body like some kind of cocoon.
Blitz! Blitz!
The lightning is blitzing crazily as if it's about to explode,
Rex who is still meditating feels the mana he absorbs settle on his head, he can feel something about to happen when suddenly,
CRACK!
The lightning bubble around him exploded sending a subtle shockwave around him, he can feel his body becomes more familiar with the lightning mana.
Rosie and Adhara who is outside the hut doing their own thing suddenly staggered a little bit because of the shockwave, they both opened their eyes and looks at each other.
Their expression was that of confusion, 'That's not Rex right?', they both thought before approaching the hut slowly.
'Rex is already strong, if he suddenly becomes an Awakened then...', Rosie thought before she shakes her head.
Arriving at the hut, Adhara peeks through the curtain and saw Rex standing while a lightning current blitzing around his body excitedly.
She gasped in surprise before stumbling backward,
Looking at this, Rosie also peeks through the curtain and saw the scene which makes her body turns weak all of a sudden.
Rex's clothes are tattered because of the lightning, the torn part exposes Rex's solid back muscle.
Rex is feeling his newfound power after the system's notifications,
<congratulation on=”” achieving=”” rank=”” two=”” power!=””></congratulation>
<obtained 10%=”” lightning=”” resistance=””></obtained>
He clenches his fists feeling the lightning current streaming in his veins,
Rex then tries to cover his body with a lightning aura just like what the other rank-two Awakened do, he tries his best pushing the lightning mana around his body to no avail.
He can't seem to cover his body with a lightning aura to enhance his physique,
'Why can't I move the lightning mana? Did I do something wrong?', Rex frowns before he puts it into the back of his mind.
Rex remembers that he got another feature from the system, the Lunar Blessing Storage.
He opens the Lunar Blessing Storage,
<lunar blessing=”” stroage=””></lunar>
13/60 minutes
Looking at this Rex was confused, he then asks the system, 'System, what do the Lunar Blessing Storage do?'
<lunar blessing=”” storage=”” will=”” help=”” the=”” user=”” store=”” the=”” moonlight,=”” the=”” user=”” then=”” can=”” use=”” the=”” stored=”” moonlight=”” at=”” any=”” time=”” the=”” user=”” wishes=””></lunar>
'So I can get 100% boosts in my stats using this feature, It will definitely be useful', Rex thought before he shakes his head, 'This feature is literally a cheat. I can activate a passive skill, how cool is that', Rex thought.
He's in thought before suddenly he noticed Rosie and Adhara peeking from the outside.
”What are you both doing?”, Rex asks as he turns around.
Rosie and Adhara was stunned for a moment, they are still in a daze while looking at Rex's eyes
Rex saw their stunned expression and can't help to take out his phone and take a picture,
Snap!
He looks at the picture and laughs before suddenly,
”ERASE THAT!!”
”YOU'RE SO MEAN!”
Rosie and Adhara wails in front of him trying to grab the phone,
Rex laughs as he held his phone up, ”Stop it, It's cute don't worry”, he said teasingly.
The girls struggle to take the phone to no avail, they then pouted, ”More importantly, how did you become an Awakened?!”
”Yeah! We never saw you Awakening so how come you become an Awakened?”
”Do you know Lightning is rare?”
”You've been keeping this from us?!”
The girls sent a barrage of questions, Rex was overwhelmed so he decided to lie, ”I just Awakened today, I was about to tell you guys”, he said while scratching his head.
Rosie and Adhara look at each other before suddenly, ”LIAR!!”
”Okay okay, I awakened a couple of days ago. It came naturally during the night, I've been meditating since”, Rex answered honestly.