All their eyes are on Greg, including a majority of the adults. How could they not be, after such a spectacle?
He cancels the fusion and his strength has never been better.
'It will take effect in a second, Young God' Gareth groans. Curling up into a small ball
Suddenly Greg feels it too, all his mana starts going crazy. He feels multiple mana cores under the skin along his spine, their power is crashing into his mana core.
He couldn't absorb all of it fast enough and the energy that isn't absorbed slams against his core damaging it each time.
Greg falls to the ground in pain, Repeatedly smashing his fists on the grassy field.
'ENOUGH OF THE WEAKNESS, WE ARE DARKNESS!' Gareth roars out in the depths of his mind.
'Latch on the power and devour it from the inside.' Gareth orders with aggravating in his voice.
'I CAN"T! I can't I don't know how!' Greg cries out.
'A summoner is is the class that creates links, a dark summoner creates links to all darkness. USE IT!' Gareth yells growing angrier with each passing moment.
With all his might Greg Focuses on the energy that's pouring from the cores. He tracks waves of pain until he finds the source.
He quickly tries to take it over.
No success! The waves of pain break his connection.
Then he tries again.
No Success! The pain continues to interrupt.
He tries for the third time pushing through the pain and stubbornly holding onto the core.
Finally success!
All the energy from that core stops rampaging through his body, instead it rushes into his core like it is trapped in a whirlpool. He did these with the other ones as well, until all of them were drained.
the twenty of them boost his strength to the bottleneck of rank-F!
He feels his mana core overflowing with energy. the next second an even greater pain then before bubbles fourth throughout his entire body.
His muscles ache with extreme pain.
His bones feel like they are being crushed from all sides.
Black smoke erupts from every orifice in his body then he hears Gareth.
'Absorb the smoke, everything can be absorbed by darkness.'
he does as Gareth says and tries feeling the smoke that is coming from his body. He feels and connects to it, then pulls it back into his body.
Black spots start to appear on his skin.
The break through is sped up due to his actions and in twenty seconds he breaks through to [rank-E]{basic stage}.
The other children stared at Greg with absolute fear!
He made spectacle after spectacle. Coming back from death to ranking up all in the same day.
The creature he turned into was double their height and slaughtered so many. Now he has ranked up in such a bizarre way.
It is beyond terrifying.
'What do you think would happen if I went on a killing spree right now.' Greg asks Gareth with bloodlust on his mind. He feels endless strength coursing through his body.
'Hmm that man would probably stop you.' Gareth says as he looks in the direction of the man hovering in the air.
The masked man glances back for a second. In that instance Greg feels the pressure of the world falling on top of him.
'he's extremely powerful, he could flatten us before we moved.' Gareth speaks grumpily.
'If I could get my original power back I could torture him and squash him like a bug.'
"I'll have to tell the black witch about her new student." The masked man whispers to himself.
"Everyone return to your cells, afterwards you will be given a trainer who will teach you for the next 5 years." The masked man orders then returns to the room he came from.
Thousands of black robes adults fill the field. Everyone is escorted by two or more of these people covered in fully black.
three of them come to take Greg.
When they arrive to escort him one of them asks with their politest voice. "Could you follow us to your cell?"
"No, I would rather stay here and eat you." Greg growls with a hate filled voice as he stares at them with a malicious grin.
The two step back drawing their weapons in the process. The one who asked his gives him a sinister smile.
"Let's not make this harder then it has to be."
"Don't worry, I'm just kidding. I would never eat such trash." Greg cackles and turns to walk back to his cell.
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They reach a new cell and put Greg in. This one is similar to the previous one with the only difference being a toilet, a sheet for him to sleep on and a larger area.
As Greg starts to relax, Gareth talks to him about the new abilities that come with reaching the next rank.
"Now that you reached rank-E, you've gained new abilities, you can see them if you look inwards at your core." Gareth explains.
Greg does as he says focusing on his core. Letters start to flow out forming the names and explanation of his skills.
[Dark-world travel] {allows user to travel between shadows and darkness.}
[Darkness control] {allows user to manipulate the shadows and darkness.}
[Dark absorption] {allows user to increase their mana using the darkness around them.}
"You can do the same to others, but this is a rare ability not many have learned, so keep it a secret." Gareth says proudly then continues on.
"Thanks to your power up, I've also gained some new things. I have more freedom to move farther away from you, around 100ft away. I have also gained the same shadow abilities as you although at a weaker level. I've taken the liberty of using a spot in your mind to categorize the things you see in cores easier." Gareth puffs up his chest with happy and arrogant expression.
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Greg Gareth {Rank-E, Basic stage}
Element: Darkness
Class: Shadow Summoner- 1/2 summon links left
Skills: [ Summon fusion ] [ Dark-world travel ] [ Darkness control ] [ Dark absorption ]
Summons: abyssal lizard {Rank-F, advanced stage}
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This screen appears in the corner of his view yet it's easy to see and read.
'That does really help organize it, thank you.' Greg gives him with a slight bow.
'Since you get stronger with me is there a way to actively increase your power?' Greg asks hoping to be more help.
"Of course, it's simple, pour your mana into me and I can absorb it to become stronger. Summons take a lot more mana to increase in rank and stage then the ordinary creature because of the special connection." He explains to Greg.
Greg goes to the center of the room, and starts to meditate but Gareth stops him.
'There are two torches lit up outside the cell, next to the door. These will cause you to absorb mana at a slower rate. Put them out" Gareth orders.
He is using this as Greg's first practice in darkness control.
He used the darkness control to flicker the torches, then gives Greg the go ahead. Greg does the same but strong enough to smother the flames.
This leaves Greg breathing heavily like running a marathon. His mana also dropped drastically.
"Why did that take so much effort and mana?" Greg questions out of breath.
"I guess it isn't obvious since you have barely any education. Light is our exact opposite making it hard to destroy. Luckily the torch isn't pure light or it would've been impossible. Don't worry though, just as we can't easily smother light. Light can't easily destroy eradicate us." Gareth explains before telling Greg to get back to absorbing energy.
Greg does so focusing his mana into Gareth and simultaneously using dark absorption to fill his mana core. The consumption of mana outweighed the absorption, so after 3 hours he stopped giving mana to Gareth.
He continued to recharge for an hour, then his mana core was completely full. He starts to give mana to Gareth once again.
During this time Gareth explains basic concepts to Greg so he's not so ignorant.
This continues until the sound of someone walking towards the cell was heard. Gareth manages to get to [rank-F]{master stage} and Greg strengthens his darkness control and dark absorption greatly.
A woman suddenly appears in front of his cell. She stands there silently.
She has porcelain white skin and black hair. The Iris and pupil of her left eye was black like the bottom of the ocean.
She wears a grey cloak which covered all of her body except her head. It does nothing to cover her perfectly proportional curves.
"Hello teacher." Greg says while staring at her eye. A perk of darkness control is being able to see in the darkness clear as day.
"Good I'm glad that old foggy still knows not to give me trash." The teacher says coldly. She gazes down at Gareth for a few seconds before speaking.
"Hello Greg Gareth, I will be your new trainer for the next 5 years. If you impress me at the end of my training course then I will tell you my name." The new teacher says as an introduction.
"I don't care about your name, I only want to kill you at the end of the training." Greg says with intense hate in his voice.