A woman was sitting behind a desk in an office like room, she had an eye patch and long red hair. This was the vise guild leader Athena the war princess.
She was a C rank expert and one of the most powerful people in this star world. Before her stood two people, one of them was Lisa and the other was somebody the party would recognise instantly.
He was an old man with a white beard and wrinkles, the party would recognise him as their coachman. So..how was the brat? Athena asked.
He is more powerful than he let out to be. Be more specific. I am almost certain the boy lied about his class, he is most certainly a healer but he is also something else.
His will is stronger than most, his eyes are quite powerful as well, he was able to see through an illusion even the other three who are a rank above him could not.
Even that mage girl who I'm certain lied about her class as well could not see through the illusion. However that just the tip of what the boy can do.
Hoh, continue, Athena said with a uninterested look, she looked bored. The boy can heal mental strength, that elicited a slight reaction from Athena before boredom filled her blood red eye once more but Lisas eyes were shining after hearing that.
So he is still only a healer, Athena asked with beredom. Just a healer? Just a HEALER? He can regenerate mental strength, do you have any idea how rare that is you muscle brain?
A healer is a healer, I don't get what you fussing about. By the old ones you're so frustrating. So what else? she asked the oldman ignoring the fuming Lisa.
His barrier magic is much stronger than it should be for someone of his rank, it could block attacks from a rank E monster for a while, there was not much change to her expression.
Although his hand to hand combat are a disgrace, he was able to hold his own again a rank E monster. Hoh, this drew her attention. Another thing you should know, he was happy.
Happy? Yes, laughing outloud. I thought your report said the brat barely showed any emotions, she said looking at Lisa. That is not inaccurate, replied the man.
He did barely show any emotions the entire journey there, even when he did they were merely a reflection of anothers not something he felt himself however he was different when facing that monster.
It appears the boy enjoys battle,at one point in the battle he decided to let himself get hit and laughed even louder after that, the mans body shook remembering that.
He did not shake our of fear but what appeared to be disgust. So he is masochist? Asked Lisa with a disgusted look rubbing her arms. That...would be accurate.
They both raised their heads to look at the vise guild master. She had a grin so wide it could reach her ears. Interesting, interesting indeed.
Hahahahaha, she started laughing outloud. Oh fuck, she has gone crazy, I really pity the kid for drawing this mad beast attention, said Lisa as she and the man sneaked out of the office, they did not want to deal with her when she is in..... Her state.
Interesting, you sound truly interesting brat, I wonder how long you'll take to break.
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It was night time and he was sitting alone in his room. System interface, he whispered.
Name: Noel Clark
Class: Holy envoy of the underworld
Rank: G
Level: 9 (14 732/ 5 120)
Mana:1040
Stam: 980
Vit:73
End:98
Str:54
Agi:45
Int:104
Charm:9
36Free stats
Affinities:water(low earth grade) fire( low earth grade) wind(low earth grade) earth( low earth grade) light(low earth grade) darkness (low earth grade)
Skills:
Healing magic F (transcended grade)
* Healing hand E (heaven grade)
* Holy field F (legendary grade)
Barrier magic E ( transcended grade)
* Barrier manipulation E ( legendary grade)
Heavenly eyes E ( mythical grade)
Perfect memory E (heaven grade)
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Death touch G(??????????)
( Notice, necessary experience points acquired, rank upgrade possible, does host wish to upgrade YES/ NO)
He had expected the rank upgrade to be automatic like when he leveled up but it seems he was mistaken not that he is complaining.
He doesn't know what happens when one ranks up so it better if he chooses when that happens. He was contemplating doing it now or tomorrow, he decided there was no reason to wait.
Yes, he said in his head. ( Noted, rank upgrade activated. Fail, retry, fail, retry, fail. Notice due to host unique soul and body, the process needs adjustments, it might take longer and.... unpleasant) oy, why did you pause there?
( Host is advised to find a safe location before the process start, when host is ready the process will begin YES/NO) he chose yes. (Noted, initiating upgrade, upgrade initiated, process commencing. Good luck Host) What does that mean? Why are you wish... AHHHHHH.
Pain like he had never felt before flooded his entire body like a raging ocean. His bones shattered and rearranged themselves, his skin cracked and healed while his muscles tore themselves apart and stitched themselves together over and over again.
However this was merely a fraction of his true pain, negligible compared to the pain he felt inside, he did not have the ability to peer into his soul space as of yet but If he could he would see a terrifying sight.
Inside his soul space an eldritch horror, a blob of pure darkness with a giant maw like the gate to the underworld with countless tentacles of the purest darkness ripped itself apart and with it his soul space. It was ripping his soul apart and putting the pieces together again like a puzzle.
Everytime it did this the soul would get stronger. It grabbed his skill tree and yanked it from the mana pool it was planted on. It drank the mana pool and spat it out again, it was larger and more pure.
It then replanted the still tree, it grew taller and thicker. The skill branches became larger and the skills themselves became stronger at visible speed.
While all of this happening in his soul space he was turning in agony in his bed, his eyes red, tears of blood streaming down his cheeks like rivers, his mouth wide open with a silent scream.
His bed sheets were red and black from all the blood and impurities that came out of his body, his hair grew even longer, his skin became paler with even less blemishes, his body was changing rapidly in visible time.
His right arm was regrowing slowly, the process was slow, atleast compared to the other changes happening to him but the regeneration was still fast for something that amazing.
While he was rolling and turning in agony, two cute eyes watched him with worry. The entire process lasted until the world was covered by the warmth of the sun like a mothers warm embrace.