Chapter 21: The Arena of Death and Life (Part 4)
Arthur:
Great! My new movement skill has risen by three levels! Which granted me a tail and ears with a deeper glowing blue color.
I easily dodged using my new skills. These allowed me to move very fast around the arena. The boar could no longer keep up with me.
"Come… you filthy boar… I have suffered bitterly because of you, I don't know what happened to you to be this angry at me. But that's not my business." I stopped in the middle of the arena, and began to speak boldly.
When the boar saw me, it started digging the sands with its hoof and prepared to charge at me like a bull.
"Sorry, I was wrong, it seems I angered you even more… is this what you bastards are looking for? Fun? What do you think now." I dodged to the side with ease, letting it run forward. My speed was not something supernatural, but if I accelerated I could reach 100 km/h in a fraction of a second.
"Come on… boar… why are you so slow? I am here, come." I provoked the boar.
"Arrgghhh…" the boar screamed in rage and charged again. But just like the previous time, I avoided it easily.
"Hmph… insect." I stood and raised my hand towards the Rage Boar, gesturing him to come.
But this time the boar did not come immediately, rather it stood in its place and a red aura began to appear on its body. The aura formed a transparent red shield on its body.
What is this? Is this red aura its ability? So even monsters have abilities as well. I must focus, for at the moment it uses its ability I must dodge quickly.
But the boar did not leave me this time. It rushed at me at a very high speed leaving dust behind, to appear directly in front of me. It lowered its head towards me and struck.
All of this happened in a fraction of a second.
"What… Arghhh."
The boar managed to hit me and sent me flying into the wall again. What is this terrifying speed?
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The Stands:
"So it has used its ability." Spoke the right deputy Dran, "Normally, a Bull-Horned Boar will not use its ability unless it is in danger."
"Yes." The one with long black hair agreed with her right deputy, "The [Aura] ability consumes a lot of mana, as its consumption can tire even a creature of Rank A, let alone a monster of Rank C. It won't take long before it stops using it."
"The boar used the aura to channel it into its speed. People call this skill – Aura Dash, which allows it to have supernatural speed. It was a mistake for that boy to joke while facing a boar that possesses the aura ability." Explained Drak as she moved her strange staff that shone with a white color at its top.
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Arthur:
Damn, the boar still has something up its sleeve.
I came out of the hole with the blood disappearing from my face, fixing my hair. In any case I must focus on increasing my agility after that defense.
I immediately ran, revealing my new form. I started moving around the edges of the arena trying to find a solution, in any case I must not get hit much. My energy stock was nearing depletion.
But the boar did not leave me either, it appeared beside me at the speed of light glowing in red, crashing into me like a train against the wall.
"Arghh… what?? Let me breathe… you're joking aren't you?" The boar did not stop hitting the wall trying to kill me there.
Dangerous cracks began to form on the wall, warning of its collapse.
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The Stands:
"Drak! Reinforce the wall." Shouted the right deputy Dran.
Listening to him, she moved her staff and mana began to gather around her, her eyes glowing with a brown color, "Ability [Mana] – Solid Reinforcement." At the moment she said that, the wall Arthur was being crushed into turned into a solid wall and the cracks stopped.
The boar quickly retreated and prepared backward frightened. It was not afraid of the wall or of Drak, but of the mana radiating from the right deputy Dran.
The right deputy Dran did that in order to prevent the wall from collapsing, not to save his life.
"Kyaa… how amazing you are deputy Dran." Darc whistled.
"What…? This is nothing.. you too were amazing in performing a Rank C skill." He sat back in his place.
"Thanks for the compliment. But what's the story with this person. He came out of such an attack unharmed, without any scratch. It's a miracle."
"Even that couldn't take him down. How strong is his healing ability? Is it Rank A?" One of the spectators.
"I was close to death." Said another as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"As expected, this freak won't die." Commented the right deputy Dran.
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Arthur:
I kept running and dodging, the boar no longer used its ability except in certain intervals. And those intervals began to decrease. It was clear the boar was starting to get tired. As for me, luck started to smile at me, for my skill level rose.
[Skill I Animal Movement (Level 1)]
to Level 5.
After I reached level 5, fangs and cat whiskers appeared to me. Both my hands and feet gained claws, and I obtained black fur like a black hole.
I became clearly half-human and half-beast.
[System]
[Skill Level Increased]
[Skill I Animal Movement (Level 3) —> Skill I Animal Movement (Level 4)]
[Agility +1 permanently]
[Skill I Animal Movement (Level 4) —> Skill I Animal Movement (Level 5)]
[Agility +1 permanently]
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The Stands:
"Ughhh… once again, he still hides his true power. Now he can dodge the boar's attack even with its abilities." Elemental Witch Drak sighed.
"Nevertheless, the boar has not ended yet, it has not shown its trump card, the most annoying one." The right deputy Dran.
"Ahh… Deputy, by talking about it, it is performing it now. Ability [Aura] – Aura Twin." Said Darc pointing her finger towards the arena.
In the arena a red transparent boar appeared beside the real one, an identical copy.
The original and the red clone attacked Arthur.
When Arthur noticed that, he avoided their attacks with agility, by jumping or sliding under their belly.
"Even with this, the boar still cannot hit that slave." Said Kid.
"The boar has not ended yet, in fact it is using another skill other than the one I mentioned. Its name is Ability [Aura] – The Similar Ones. Many red boars will appear with time. But this is a battle of endurance chosen by the boar, now after activating it, its mana will be drained and it will lose consciousness or even worse, death." Drak explained with a smile.
"So soon this boring fight will end." Kid relaxed.
After a while a second boar appeared, and in total they became 3 against Arthur.
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Arthur:
Now there was an extra boar in the group. Avoiding them would become a problem, nevertheless I could still dodge them. The harder the dodging difficulty, the more the skill would evolve, and this is what I seek.
I dodged the first boar, stepped back to avoid the second, and jumped upwards towards the wall to avoid the third.
After several dodges, the number of boars increased to four in total.
At the same time, the skill level rose to the next stage, just in time. I smiled showing my fangs.
[System]
[Skill Level Increased]
[Skill I ----> Skill II]
[You have reached the limit of Skill I evolution]
[You can choose between the following evolutions:
– [Beast of Lightning]
[Description: You still lack speed. This will help you a lot.]
(Agility +10 permanently)
"Special Skill : Lightning Move
Cooldown: every 10 seconds
Mana: 2"
– [Beast of Metal]
[Description: You are being brutally beaten, why not have good defense?]
(Defense +5 permanently)
(Agility +5 permanently)
"Special Skill : Iron Defense – Cooldown: 5 minutes"
I needed more agility, I already had enough defense, so I decided:
[Skill I Animal Movement (Level 5)] ----> [Skill II Beast of Lightning (Level 1)]
Thus sparks of lightning came out of my body.
At that moment all the boars rushed towards me. Simply, I moved away from my place at a speed normal human eyes could not see, leaving only a streak of blue lightning behind.
Wow! A very powerful special skill. While I was thinking I dodged one of the boars.
And so, by exploiting the special skill, I succeeded in avoiding 7 boars at the same time! And these were the boar's limits, as it fell unconscious to the ground, declaring my victory in this confrontation.
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[States]
[Character:
– Name and surname: Arthur Field
– Ethnicity: human
– Ability: Learning – Rank S
– Level 3 (400/190)
– Statistics Points: 0
]
[Properties:
– Strength: 17 + (39)
– Agility: 8 + (24)
– Defense (Vitality, Resistance): 7 + (20)
– Intelligence (mana): 10
]
[Skills:
– [Skill I I'm not thirsty (Level 1)]
– [Skill II Stacked Damage Resistance (Level 1)]
– [Skill I Sword Art of the Field Family (Level 1)]
– [Skill II Rapid Cell Evolution (Level 1)]
– [Skill I Burning Hand (Level 3)]
– [Skill II Warrior Miner (Level 3)]
– [Skill II Blood Will (Level 1)]
– [Skill II Greater Pain Resistance (Level 1)]
– [Skill II Big Muscles (Level 1)]
– [Skill I Street Fighting (Level 1)]
– [Skill II Beast of Lightning (Level 1)]
]