Chapter 258 - Potentially an Unbeatable Monster (1/2)

Chapter 258: Potentially an Unbeatable Monster Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After receiving a new magic book, Link was like fish in water. For the next few days, he spent almost all his time on the book Freedom and the Puppet. He practically forgot to sleep and eat.

Celine was unrestricted and could disturb him while he was studying magic spells, but he closed his door to everyone else.

The morning three days later, Link had flipped to the last page. He had pretty much figured out the entire book.

“This is such fine and flawless wisdom, but there’s not enough,” Link sighed sadly. He picked up the book, ready to look for Milda and exchange for another one.

He was completely obsessed with the puppet theory. After finishing this one, he had his eyes on the other nine books Milda had. If he didn’t read them, he would feel something missing from him.

Just as he went to open the door, someone knocked on it. Tuk tuk, tuk tuk. The rhythmic tapping meant that it was Celine.

Link walked quickly and opened the door. He was in a good mood; seeing Celine’s lovely face, his mood became even better. Smiling, he said, “My dear, how can I help you?”

It was the first time Link used such an affectionate term. Surprised, Celine blushed and whined, “Go away. I’m not your dear.” She looked inside the room. Seeing that the book wasn’t on the table, she asked, “Are you busy now?”

“I’m free.” Link moved to the side with a smile, letting Celine in.

Once inside, Celine took out her basic wand and said, “For some reason, my power is increasing faster and faster.”

With that, there was a Mana influx in her wand. It merely rushed in without constructing any Mana structures, but Link was affected by it. He was shaken.

Wow, it’s only been one week, and her power has doubled, Link thought, amazed. Soul Dominator bloodlines were truly powerful.

Seeing Link’s surprise, Celine was a bit proud. She giggled and said, “That’s not it. My premonitions are getting stronger too. Instead of long-term premonitions, they’re short-term, like some really weird gut feeling. Like just now, I was outside and thought that you would be free, so I knocked on the door.”

“Huh?” This ability was curious. Link couldn’t figure it out, but after thinking for a bit, he pulled out a gold coin. He said, “I’ll toss it and guess heads or tails.”

“Heads.” Celine’s answer was definite.

Link tossed the coin, and it fell to the ground half a second later. It rolled and landed heads up. It may have been lucky so Link tried again and again. He tried ten times, and Celine was guessed correctly each time without any hesitation.

This was probably a short-term predictive ability, and she was completely accurate too. The ability was very powerful. However, since it was short-term, there should be a time limit.

Link tried something else, still using the coin. “This time, I’ll toss it five seconds after you guess. Try it.”

But Celine shook her head. “I can’t. There’s no feeling.”

“Just guess.”

“Then tails.”

Link waited five seconds and tossed. The coin dropped onto the table with a clink, spun, and landed heads up. He tried this ten times again, but Celine was only right four times. Her rate was about 50-50, just like the average man.

Link reduced the time, going from four seconds to three, then two. Finally, Celine’s feeling came back at 1.5 seconds. Her accuracy shot up to 100%.

This meant that she could guess anything that would happen within 1.5 seconds with almost 100% accuracy. Of course, guessing heads or tails was simple. If it was a more complex matter, the time might decrease further.

Link tried other tests. In the end, he concluded that Celine could choose correctly between two options if the time frame was 1.5 seconds. If there were more choices, such as three, four, or even ten, the time frame went from 1.5 seconds to around 0.5 seconds. More complicated guesses were still maintained at 0.5 seconds.

This meant that Celine could accurately predict anything that happened within 0.5 seconds.

Half a second was short, and she couldn’t do much to change the big picture. However, if one had this ability in a fight, one’s combat power would at least double. If trained well, Celine could become an unbeatable monster.

“Awesome! Awesome!” Link praised repeatedly. He spun Celine in the air and then studied her as if looking at a rare treasure.

A little shy, Celine said awkwardly, “Actually, there’s something else.”

“Tell me,” Link said.

“I don’t have any power now, and it feels weird.”

“Would you like to learn magic with me?” Link’s eyes brightened even more. A Magician with short-term predictive abilities would honestly be unbeatable in battle. If he could have this ability, he would be invincible.