"Let's get this started, Troy!"As expected, he really is fast!I barely dodged his first punch by jumping back and sprinting away, but I knew more to come. Of all the three faction leaders, he's the only one whose Skill I have no information about. The only thing I know is he has terrifying physical capabilities.It means there are other options here than holding back.Upon dodging, I immediately aimed my hand in his direction, released a common fire blast attack, and blasted it toward him. The fire exploded on him, and I watched him burn, but I received no reaction coming from him. He just stood there and did not do anything. I knew Cherubim was still assessing. I'm buying him time. "I hate to break it to you, but I'm not a big fan of Fire magic," he said as his silhouette emerged from the direction of my attack, with a menacing grin forming on his lips as the fire died out.[Confirmed: Fire Resistance imitated skill acquired!]Damn it!He jumped towards me much faster than before
The roars of the people around us thundered throughout the area, with some jumping in excitement."Be prepared; it will be a great battle," Leo said as he raised his hands sideways; a powerful gust of wind built up around his arms, causing an apparent disruption all over him. "This is how I use my Wind magic."Yeah, it would be very painful to get hit with that thing.Without delay, he bent his knees and jumped towards me while generating a strong gushing sound.Due to the activation of his skill, his movement became far faster than before.Does that mean all the damage he took earlier, even before activating his skill, is still counted for his power-up?I shifted my gaze at him while he was surging towards me.There's only one way to prove it."Warrior's rage."His eyes instantly widened the moment he heard what I just said.At the same time, I felt an instant surge of power spreading throughout my body, which greatly boosted my reaction time, so I easily evaded the incoming devastat
I opened my eyes, and the first thing I saw was the pair of Rafaela's blue eyes looking at me while sitting next to me.She gasped when she saw me open my eyes and hug me. "Big bro Troy!" She has some tears in her eyes. "Don't worry, Raf, I'm still kicking."Rafaela smiled at me and leaned her head on my arms after wiping her tears away. I wanted to pat her head, but I couldn't move my body for some reason.Did I end up being crippled, or maybe my last attack was too much for my body?"Oh, you're finally awake."I turned my gaze toward the voice and found Xin leaning on the door while looking at me.Now that I realized it, I wasn't lying in my room. Thanks to the massive pillow I was leaning on, I could see the entire room and Xin standing a few meters away."How long did I sleep?""About three days.""I see," I said. Hephaestus' passive skill was a monster feeding on my mana just like that. "By the way, I can't move my body for some reason."He walked towards me. "Of course, you ca
I woke up with a massive headache the next morning. Rafaela had tried to wake me up, but I just couldn't. I remembered I was checking on my Status and suddenly went to sleep after Cherubim's last words. And when I woke up, what greeted me was a pair of almost opaque eyes. Although I can still see some black part of the pupil in both eyes, most of it was opaque. Nonetheless, they didn't affect my eyesight. What is this? What happened to my eyes!?What the hell![Confirmed: New Active Ability Unlocked: Psyche]Huh? What is that? Ability?[It's a new ability you unlocked. It might have triggered during your fight with the BeastFolk and the desire to know one's Status]Oh? Not a Skill?[No. Ability and Skill are not the same]Gah! I don't understand![ An ability cannot be obtained or imitated. You have it in you; all you have to do is unlock it. Skill is what you can learn but, in your case, imitated.]So what can this new ability do?[Status reading. It's an active ability. It means y
After a few minutes of following the security personnel, who as they called themselves, we finally reached the venue.And oh boy, I think all of the citizens of this faction's territory are here!The celebration took place in the middle of a huge road under the moonlight. Lights were everywhere, and the crowd of people cheered at me.And there's a lot of them!From the crowd, Leo came out and raised his wooden cup. "And here comes the star of the night!"He walked towards me and handed the cup containing booze to me."I didn't expect it to be this extravagant.""Aren't you underestimating the weight of being a faction leader a bit too much? You are now the most important person in this place, and it's the least thing we can do to congratulate you." He walked back and waved his hand. "Let's go in here; everyone wants to see you."I shook my head and turned my gaze to Rafaela; she responded by smiling at me.It's quite overwhelming, especially knowing it is just the beginning of what I
The party continued, and Leo continued drinking like tomorrow would never come.However, I stood up when I saw familiar faces joining the crowd while eating.I approached them, and all at once, all eight of them immediately stood up the moment they saw me. They were already done when I arrived.I smiled. "Woah, isn't it the ever-powerful Leo the invincible?"The one who impersonated Leo before scratched his head while looking down due to embarrassment."I'm glad to see that you three are fine and have some friends with you.""Yes, thanks for helping us back there, ma- master Troy.""I assume your name isn't really Leo, ain't it?"He raised his head. "Ah, my name is Julio."I turned my gaze towards the two."My name is San." Said the demon one."And I'm Shun." Lastly, the one with cat ears. A cat boy! "And these guys are our friends." At the same time, he points his hand to their group's younger members."Nice to meet you. I hope you are no longer going around doing what you did back t
I yawned as I stared at the energetic demon before me, flexing his muscular arms along with the loud roars of the spectators huddling around us in front of the faction base.First thing in the morning, this is what I got after a devastating drinking session last night!He faced me and pointed his index finger at me. "I'll crush you, Summon impostor!" He said with a voice that was full of confidence."Should we start already? I still have something to do.""Huh, don't cry at me after!" He pulled his sword from his back and assumed a battle position. "Get ready to get wrecked by me-"He couldn't finish his sentence anymore because he was already rolling on the ground while covered in fire and crying like a man-sized muscular baby.I exhaled. "That's the fourth one this morning. Does anyone still want to challenge me?"But no one dared to respond and just looked at me with fear."Help! Help!"Yep, that's the guy who just said he's going to crush me.I activated my water magic, poured it
"Go kick his ass, boss!"I exhaled as I entered the arena and went straight to the middle. As I walked, the spectators' roars resonated throughout the place, with some of them jumping due to extreme excitement while looking at me from the audience platform, where a tall wall was separating the arena and the audience platform above.From the crowd, I saw Rafaela waving her hand at me; beside her was Xin crossing his arms, and Leo was conversing with a guy wearing a butler suit standing next to him.I didn't know what they were discussing, so I could only wonder.I waved my hand towards Rafaela."So, you are the new leader of the Fang faction."The fuck?I immediately turned toward the person standing a few meters away from me.Since when has he been standing there? He literally came out of nowhere! I didn't even sense him with my Mana perception![Noticed: Absolute Concealment Skill in activation. Unlike Kuro, this elf has higher Concealment Skill, which includes not just his status bu