Zilon stared at his panel for a few moments before dismissing it.
His mood was already sore and he didn't have anything of interest to think of.
The excitement of getting a title had waned greatly.
He closed his eyes, still feeling immense hatred for the being inside him.
"Though.....what really confuses me is....why me, of all people "
With that last thought his brain drifted to darkness, as his breathing gradually calmed down.
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Zilon woke up a few hours later around the afternoon, when the two suns were high.
He stretched his body, feeling the sharp headache from before disappeared.
"Being at 100% sure feels nice" he said with a slight yawn.
He jumped out of bed, glancing over himself as a surge of energy coursed through his body.
"Right!..."
Zilon said excitedly.
Closing his eyes briefly he breathed in and out slowly, while channeling the energy in his body.
He sent it towards his skin and out into his surroundings.
If someone had an eye skill that allowed him to see Mana, he would have definitely noticed the silver gas surrounding Zilon's figure.
He attracted back the energy into his body, melting on his skin, and circulating through his system freely.
A few of his veins visble on his skin could be seen glowing with a silver light for a brief moment before fading.
Opening his eyes, you could see his excitement.
"No Noxoliths, no hindrance or resistance from the energy around me, which means....."
He summoned the panel which displayed all his stats points accordingly.
[ Status–
- **Name:Zilon
- ** Level : 1
- **Race: ???
- **Age: 15
- **STR: 8
- **AGI: 8
- **ACU: 17
- **STA: 15
- **MAG: 52
- **MAN: 62
- **SLP(Soul power): N/A
-- **Exp(experience points) ; 10/100
-- ** Cordex : None
-- ** Class : N/A
--** Title(s) : Edge of Oblivion, Fated Challenger
--** Curse(s): Split Mind
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]
Immediately his eyes fell on the curse section, his expression turned grim.
"I will ask if she could help me with this " Zilon grimaced.
"Well, honestly I should be greatfull it's not a curse that weakens me directly in battle....I suppose that could have been worse" He said trying to think of a bright side.
"I don't believe there aren't any loopholes to this... "
"If there isn't....then I will make one myself " He said as his chest burned with determination.
He wasn't going to allow this curse to burden him, he was going to use it against the demon.
His mind raced as he thought of ways to suppress, and manipulate the curse.
"I have no idea how this things works, so I will need to get more information before making a move "
" I have some kind knowledge about it from the novels I read, so I have some ideas that could work....."Nodding his head in self agreement he decided to check his skills tab.
[ Skill(s)–
Chronico Eyes (level 1 Unclassified - Passive - Active Skill): ....
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Burst (level 1 Unclassified Active skill): ....
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Dash (level 1 Unclassified Active skill): ....
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Stealth (Level 1 Unclassified Active skill) ....
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(Locked)
(Locked)
(Locked)
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]
He Nods his head in satisfaction.
"I think I should try one of this skills,right now"
He held his chin deep in thought.
"I will start with chronico, it was my first ever skill , after all " Coming to conclusion he decided to test the skill.
He closed his eyes shut concentrating on the Mana inside him, He issued a mental command, and the energy gently flowed to his eyes.
His closed lids shimmered with faint flashes of light through the small gaps.
Zilon thought about the effects of the skill and he opened his eyes.
"Chronico Eyes...."
[Chronico Eyes have been activated]
"Wow " He said, looking around in astonishment.
The world seems to have slow down considerably, he waved his hands in front of him and the action looks as if it's lagging for a few seconds.
He walked around for a bit and noticed how slow his movements were.
"This is awesome " He said with a wide grin.
"I need to test out the remaining skills " And with that, he left his room and headed outside.
He glanced at his panel and noticed his stamina stat had dropped by one point.
"Odd....could it be because of the skill " Zilon shrugged and opened the door stepping outside.
Closing the door behind him, the heat waves from the two suns reached him instantly, but he couldn't be more or less bothered by it.
Infact he might need its help with his training, besides his body and mind was slowly adapting to the changes so he was mostly fine.
He hurriedly walked forward and stood still for some time , channeling the Mana inside his body down to his legs.
He felt the energy separate into two parts,one going up and the other down.
He then crunched slightly and locked in on the tree, as he felt his legs becoming lighter.
Using all his strength on his legs he pushed forward and the name of the skill automatically appeared in his mind.
"Dash!"
*Swoosh*
The next instant Zilon found his face staring at the wood,which was an inch away from his face.
He felt his legs tremble slightly, much to his surprise.
"That was close " he lingered on the tree for a while then took some few steps back.
Glancing behind him, He noticed the patch of grass he had stood on, which was now shortened.
"With just 16 points and I am this fast ? " he thought, a little surprised.
He had almost smashed his face on the tree, if it weren't because of his skill that was still active he might have been able to stop himself on time.
The Dash skill temporarily doubles the user's Agility stat.
The most he could use the skill was to evade attacks.
He had other ideas on how to utilize it, how he could use it to attack, how to use for ambush or surprise attacks....
"But before that I will need to train hard and synchronize with my abilities "
He had no idea that it was the speed of a average man in this world.
Walking back to his earlier position he thought about activating the last skill he had, [Stealth].
But he soon found a problem....
"How am I supposed to know if it really works..."
Since it was a presence earsing skill he needed to test it on someone.
"I will need someone I can test it on, and know the skill's limitations"
He thought about Lyla for a moment ,but he felt a chill run down his spine.
"Yeah... that's my cue " He immediately discard the thought.
"You know what? I might test it on Rivor when he gets here." He said with a chuckle as he started to think of ways to plot his revenge.
A little while, he stared at the rocks, preparing his mind.
"Okay let's get cracking"
He walked over to the huge rock, staring down at the three bags that had ahuge rock inside each.
He bent down and rubbed his hands together
He applied strength to his legs and arm as he tried to lift it off the ground.
Not to anyone's surprise he was unsuccessful.
He tried again this time with all he had.
"AARRRRRR"
He was able to raise it off the ground by a few inches, but the next second he drop it back to the ground, a small tremor reaching his feet.
He panted, his face flushed red.
Then he tried again.
Still it was a failure.
Then again, and again.
An hour later he had to go and rest.
"But *Huff* I am *Huff* making small progress*Huff* "
He took some time to catch his, and when he felt confident again, he continued.
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Some time later and the sun was already setting in the horizon.
Zilon's back rested against the tree as the last rays of the sun, shined his bruised hands, he had his eyes closed but he was far from sleeping.
He had just managed to catch his breath and decided to also rest his eyes a little.
He even expected to fall asleep because of how tired he was.
"My body became stronger the moment those diseases where gone, so the early fatigue, and fainting from small activities could be attributed to it being the cause "He thought inwardly.
While his whole body trembled he was trying out a new exercise.
He slowed down his own heart rate, disregarding the sound it makes and listened to the sounds around.
It was alittle quiet by this time so everything was mostly silent except for the occasional winds that blew, causing the tree to make rustling sounds.
His ears twitched as he heard a new sound.
Opening his eyes, he looked at the door leading to the house and noticed a grasshopper jumping on the stone step.
It fell inside the grass and disappeared into the green.
He Sighed.
"hmm I was able to raise the rock up twice, so let me check"
The rock itself felt like it weighed up to 50Kilograms, not something that his 13 years old body was supposed to carry.
He summoned the panel, glance at with a look of expectation in his eyes.
[ Status–
- **Name:Zilon
- ** Level : 1
- **Race: ???
- **Age: 15
- **STR: 8 +²
- **AGI: 8+ ²
- **ACU: 17 + ¹
- **STA: 15 + ²
- **MAG: 52 + ²
- **MAN: 62 + ²
- **SLP(Soul power): N/A
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.]
His expression immediately turned bright.
"Plus 2 in almost all stats..... Awesome "
While he was training he had tried different exercises, in the end 12 hours was a long time for him to try out a lot of things.
He had used his mana to keep [Chronico eyes] for about an hour and half but he was forced to stop because he felt like his eyes were about to burn from its sockets.
"Maybe it's my body that isn't used to it, Or maybe it was a backlash from over use " Zilon thought inwardly.
He was leaning more on the latter because his mana wasn't depleted to cause an effect, in fact Zilon was able to calculate that 5mins of activation consumed 1 point from the Mana stat.
"With that math I had only used 18 points , so the cause can't be the depletion of mana "
Still he was able to train with dash and he was able to manipulate the silver whiffs for training.
The more Mana he controlled the more magic stats he gets, coincidentally he had more and more understanding of how the energy works.
There was just one problem, which have always been his main concern.
"My stamina drops like crazy whenever I use Mana " Zilon screamed inwardly.
But he was able to use that to his advantage, because the energy depleted twice as fast, it also means his body needs to adapt and produce more energy at a faster rate, at such he was able to recover energy way faster he ever could.
He also found a new trick.....maybe an old one since it was one of them that he used to fight the puppet.
"I am able to use Mana to enhance my body, just like how I was able to use it and fight that puppet" He sighed softly as he remembered the silver dome and silver halo he had activated to fight the puppet.
Those were the factors that allowed him to survive that encounter.
Overall today's results were good, more than what he expected.
Of course one might expect him to go and take a rest for the day ,he very much deserved one.
"I am going to continue the training " Zilon shook his head dismissing the thought of him even going to sleep.
After receiving those titles, he knew for sure that he will have to fight at some point.
Of course he had expected it the moment he understood the world he was in, however the system made it clear that his fights wasn't going to be out of choice.
" it was going to be out of necessity, to get stronger, to evolve I will have to kill, I don't know how strong they will be, I don't know how many the will be....but I know one thing for sure....." He took a deep breath.
" I have survived hell once, I will do it again, if It ever comes down to it I will destroy hell myself " Zilon said with a cold glint in his eyes.
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"Big words.... I wonder if you really can ...."
In a place that hid with darkness,but strangely has a liquid that radiated light beneath, this is supposed to shine everywhere but for some reason the darkness seems to be infinite making everywhere dark except the floor.
" We will see " The voice spoke again.
Moments passed but the voice did not speak again, plunging the world into errie stillness.
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