48 Suras Growth (1/2)
While the events in the Southern and Northern walls were taking place, a small party was making their way through Cebu.
”Lord Luna and Lady Sura sure are amazing. We struggled so much and almost lost our lives trying to travel for even a mile, and now it feels like we're just taking a casual stroll.” Astrid still couldn't help but admire the two, especially Sura who saved their lives.
”It's only to be expected. The <Sovereign Nation> might have a huge army, but they didn't start out with that.” Ricardo replied. After joining, he managed to walk around the town by the Eastern walls. It almost felt like it was never affected by the apocalypse.
”Bro, you noticed it too, right? Every single person in that town, even the children, they were all strong.” Alfred, Ricardo's brother was aware of it as well. Out of their group, only his brother was on even levels with the Sovereign Nation's weakest member.
”I did. I think that in time, Lord Luna will conquer all of the Philippines. Joining his nation was definitely the best choice.”
The other three couldn't help but nod in agreement. Little did they know that every word they said could be heard by both Luna and Sura. These two weren't normal, after all. In addition to the fact that they were far more evolved, they also had endowments that gave them even more of an advantage.
They kept journeying for most of the day, hoping to find more survivors, without much luck. They were currently in Toledo City on the Western shores of Cebu. They had to journey all the way through to Mactan island in Lapu-Lapu City where the bridge connecting to Bohol was located.
”Luna, it's weird, don't you think? It's been over a month and the zombies don't seem to have evolved further. At this rate it's going to take months to even get level 51.” Sura asked.
”According to Elder Aran, the EHZs and ETZs weren't supposed to appear this early. Apparently our rapid conquests of small, medium, and large territories are what triggered it. If the rest of the world knew we were responsible, they'd probably use that as an excuse to fight against us.” Luna recalled Elder Aran's words. These EHZs and ETZs were like slightly larger ants to him. This wasn't just because he was currently level 50, a regular level 50 would still be at risk of getting overwhelmed. They would also tire much easily due to expending more energy.
Mayari and Apolaki's blessing made it so the two had unnatural advantages when compared to a regular person. Their bodies were refined by the sunlight and moonlight essence, making them even stronger. The more their body's capability increased the more it the essences could give them. If it had given it all to them too early, even Sura's body would have exploded.
Luna also had the Draconic armor as well, but besides that, the rest of his growth was much like regular humans.
Sura however, was different, while her advantages didn't show much in the beginning, the more levels she got, the more it showed why the Asura, as a race, were considered as the strongest. True to her description, every 10 levels she would learn a skill. The preceding skills also got a boost.
Her innate potential had doubled since the beginning, giving her 20% more of Luna's stats. This advantage was only going to get more and more obvious the higher level she got.
Her 3-head and 6-arms mode, made it so she had no blind spot, and had enough arms to cover all her weaknesses. Albeit, she didn't like using this mode too much unless she had to get serious. She personally didn't like the aesthetic of it too much.
She had also picked up a skill when she hit level 40, although she didn't face a situation where she had to use it yet. It was called ”Asura's Wrath.”
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Active Skill: Asura's Wrath
An Asura and their blade count as one. Imbue your weapons with the wrath of the Asura, igniting it to deliver a more potent attack, that not only has increased physical damage, but additionally sends out a mental attack.
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She remembered this skill. Against weak-willed individuals, she wouldn't even need to physically hit them. As long as this skill was activated, the moment her blades touched theirs, a mental attack would pass through the blades and into the wielder's body, straight to their mind.
Her passive skill <Sword Mastery> was stronger as well.
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Passive Skill: Sword Mastery
Increases attack damage(only applies to total weapon damage) by 15% per sword equipped and increases attack speed by 15% per sword equipped. Maximum of 90% more when using <6-Armed Asura Mode>
This bonus only applies to <System> recognized equipment.
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It was much stronger than before, highlighted even further when she used her 3-heads and 6-arms mode. Her skill, <Armor Break> could whittle down even the most resilient of foes.
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Passive Skill: Armor Break
Attacking a target, weakens it's defense by 5% per hit, stacking up to a maximum of 25%
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Furthermore, besides her most recently learned skill <Steel Body> which, coupled with Mayari and Apolaki's blessing, truly made her a force to be reckoned with.
Lastly, another passive skill of hers was <Berserk>.
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