IN THE GREAT SAGE LABYRINTH 46TH FLOOR
Elara: "Okay, first I'll assess your mana level and innate abilities.
Please keep your eyes closed. Concentrate your mana at the back of your right hand.
Elara places her hand on Ryuji's brow and chants incantations.
Ryuji and Elara both emit green light, and suddenly
Ryuji makes a hissing sound. "What exactly are you doing? My hand feels like it's on fire."
Ryuji lets out a painful groan.
His hand has created a mark of five circles that merge into one in the center.
Elara explains, "You have five vessels for awakening." If you meet certain conditions, you may be able to awaken S-rank powers.
Are you sure? I can also reawaken S-level abilities.
I'd become one of Aethelgard's most powerful rulers.
Elara: "Don't get excited; you're too weak to even activate A-rank abilities."
First, you should improve your existing skills and learn new techniques. Are you listening?
Ryuji: Yes, I am listening, but what about my spatial and water-based powers?
Elara: "As I can see, you don't have talent for spatial or water-based abilities.
You should search for a higher-grade flame or thunder source.
Elara suggests searching for a thunder source on higher floors of the labyrinth, based on a clan myth.
Ryuji: "I'm leaving for training."
After 10 hours
Ryuji says, "Ah."
Physical training is extremely painful, but neither my powers nor my mana levels are good.
After ten days
I should fight some monsters.
Monsters growled.
Ryuji: "These are D-level, three-stage monkeys."
I would have fled in the past, but now I must navigate the labyrinth to find my family.
I'll just have to use the broken knife Elara gave me.
"swoosh"
"Thump, thump, thump."
"Woo," my agility has increased significantly. Those damn monkeys can't even touch me now. This is the result of my training, which lasted 8 days.
I planned to train for ten days, but my body gave up before then.
"boom"
these monkeys are strong; if I havenot miss that one, I would be dead
These monkeys are slow but strong
"fireball"
It doesn't matter how they are, but once i bring them all in 2 m radius, I can just throw fireballs rapidly several times
"boom"
"Baam," "baam," "baam."
Huh, finally done
wait a minute What is that door? It must be the 46th floor boss rooms gate
But why is it small? arent stronger monsters in bigger rooms
"Gurgle, gurgle."
I'm hungry. I don't even know how much time it has been
I should go and ask for something to eat from Elara
Ryuji: "Do you have something to eat? I'm really hungry I haven't eaten for days
Elara: "you could have just ask for some; we have elvan fruits in here
What aren't those precious things
Elara: "Not here; we grow them in the labyrinth. this labyrinth releases a large amount of mana; that's why the monsters are also stronger than outside
Ryuji: "Now I see ,why those monkeys were so strong
Elara: "You can defeat-rank monkeys, you know. how much did you defeated
Ryuji: Three of them
Elara: "Where are they?"
Ryuji: "I left them outside the cave."
Good, you can use their fangs as sharp blades before the 50th floor.
Elara: "You should eat something before that. Here, you eat this elvan fruit it's a rare delicacy
Thanks, I'll surely bring that holy elixir or whatever its name was."
This fruit is not that big, but it replenished my strength. I feel like I can train for several days straight now
Elara: "So now I should teach you water manipulation
close your eyes , and focus around your surrounding
Ryuji: "I can feel some energy in fluid around me
Elara |: "Try making a ball of it
Ryuji: "I can't; it's like I can't control it, but I can sense it properly
Elara: "Drink this water."
Ryuji drank the water, which has a flowery aroma and calms my entire body.
Elara: "Now try it!"
ok
water started condensing around ryuji , and he fainted
"ah," what happened
Elara: "You woke up; you should learn to control the holy water first
Ryuji: "What? holy water
Doesn't that heal the body unless your head or heart are seriously injured?
Elara: "Yes, it does. I' helping you awaken holy water manipulation only if you bring me the elixir
Ryuji: Don't worry about that; I'll bring it for you
IN THE MAGIC ACADEMY OF LUMAR CITY
Shizu:a, why aren't you coming for combat practice
Amanazawalost a friend a week ago, and you want me to forget that
That doesn't mean you can just give up. if we don't become stronger, then who will protect the continent from monsters
I even heard there is a grand monster stampede in 2 years
Amanazawa: What?"
Yes, so don't give up and train harder. We don't leave in a peaceful world
after training days with holy water
i have trained a lot in past week, both physically and magic
today I'm going for the boss of this level to go to higher floors
"rustle"
"rumble"
boss room gate opening
Ryuji: "What? There's no one inside. I should just take the door crystal and go. the monster must be sleeping
ryuji going in the boss room
Ryuji: "this is felling gloomy like someone is starring at me, but there is no one around
"crash"
"meow"
Ryuji: "It's a shadow cat. Itgile monster who likes to toy with their prey
I should use long range attacks
"swoosh "
It's coming at me, me, "water barrier."
"swish"
: "You
You think i an easy man
"thump"....what No, doing so is creating speed to attack my water barrier. What should i do
Oh yes, what am I waiting for? Death.h"
no way thats happening
"Fireball" Ryuji: It's too
that I have to keep him at one place."
"Yeah, your place."
Yeah, it got tricked the attack was the fireball coming from back Ryuji: "Some
3 days ago I was able to do chantless offensives. Boom
om
bam"
its It's nice to know I have 3 D-rank crystal cores and 1 S-rank. I can now merge with the spatial essence of elara
So let's go to Elara and leave this floor. i almost forgot the door crystal
boss room closing"
Elara: "and absorb the spatial ability in one of your vessel bloodline
Ryuji, so let's get started then.
ELara: "Start by absorbing the mana from these stones."
Ryuji says, "All right."