Chapter 29 – 28. Bone Transformation
Aris successfully cleared the ordeal and returned to reality.
A familiar scene caught her eye, and when she looked behind her, she saw that the door to the ordeal had been closed.
“Hehe… I’m back.”
Aris looked around and saw that there was no one left.
Well… It is known that an ordeal usually ends in 6 hours at the most, but I spent several days in the ordeal. No matter how slowly time passes inside the ordeal, quite a bit of time must have passed…?
Aris checked the elixir held in her left hand and headed straight to her dormitory.
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ㅡTuk.
After entering her room, Aris placed her elixir on the table and immediately used her status window.
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[Mana Elixir containing the Heart of Hechling]
– Made by an alchemist who reached the ultimate level by refining the Hechling’s heart, which contains a vast amount of mana.
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“… “
Would it be meaningful to give this to Arthur? Or should I just eat it.?
Now that I think about it, I’ve heard about elixirs from my teacher before. She also heard about the absorption method at the time, and the safest way was to constantly circulate the mana that came in for absorption in the body and slowly absorb it into the heart. I also heard that if absorption is difficult, she must expel all mana out of the body, and that if she is greedy and forcibly binds it to her body, she will die.
“Um… Yeah! I think it’s best for me to just eat it and increase my magic power to quickly lift Arthur’s curse.”
Since Arthur, who couldn’t even feel mana, could have died if he ate it anyway, she thought it was better for her to eat it herself.
It seemed like he heard Cassius screaming from somewhere, but Aris just ignored it and immediately opened the lid and drank the elixir.
“Ugh…”
The foul-smelling liquid went down her esophagus, and at the same time, Aris felt a hot energy inside her body, as if there was fire.
Aris sat cross-legged on the floor, closed her eyes, and began to move the mana inside her.
‘Oh. That’s a huge amount.!’
As she concentrated on controlling her explosively increasing mana, Aris’ body quickly began to become covered in sweat, and at that moment, Aris’ expression began to deteriorate rapidly.
This is a big problem. Mana is starting to get out of my control.!
Although he was absorbing the energy of the elixir according to Hilda’s teachings, the amount of mana in the elixir was much greater than Aris expected, so the amount coming in was increasing more than the rate at which it was absorbed.
In order to fully absorb the power of her elixir, Aris endured increasing pain and continued to absorb her mana, but felt her nose start to bleed, and her mind begin to fade.
Is this the limit? I can’t help it… It’s a waste, but I have to give up the rest.
It seemed that she had not absorbed most of the elixir, but since she could not die, Aris began to expel all the energy of the elixir that she could not absorb into her body, and a huge amount of mana surged around Aris.
“…”
Aris, who was left with only the mana she could handle, began to absorb her mana again, and the amount of mana in her heart began to increase again. After a while, she felt that her absorption was almost over.
“!!”
Aris felt the mana rapidly draining from her heart, and she desperately tried to move her mana to stop it, but the mana began to escape more and more towards her.
Only after feeling the flow of her mana that was blocked in her own head was Aris able to understand her current situation.
‘Sangdanjeon.?’
At the same time, Master’s words came to mind.
-There will come a moment when you can no longer be strong. At that time, you have to break through the top battle, but for now, I’ll tell you how.
-What is the principle? Hmm… I’m not sure because I learned it from a colleague. Still, it definitely works! And most importantly, be sure to open the window when doing this.
Aris, recalling her teacher’s words, began to move her mana and slowly penetrate her bloodstream.
It was a dangerous situation where if she made even the slightest mistake, her head could explode, and she could die, but this level of mana control was not difficult for Aris, who was able to control her electricity.
Here. What kind of blood was there.? What about Baek and Sashimi? Blood.
Because it was an old memory, I couldn’t even remember the name of her acupuncture point, but since I remembered her location and method exactly, the process started to go smoothly.
Aris, forgetting even the passage of time, delicately moved her mana, and before she knew it, only the last part of her remained.
Okay. Let’s focus a little more.
ㅡTap.
When she eventually reached the last remaining part, the mana in her heart began to naturally circle the path that had been pierced.
At the same time, Aris felt her body getting itchy, but she didn’t pay much attention to it because she was concentrating on the flow of mana.
After a while, Aris breathed a sigh of relief after checking her condition and confirming that there was nothing wrong with her by returning her mana to her entire body, including her upper body.
“Whoa… Success.!”
What Aris did just now was a fortune-telling technique called Daejucheon, which was only possible by tapping the Imdong Yang Vein. This was a huge achievement compared to Aris’ goal of simply increasing mana. So much so that it can be said to be luck.
Aris, who was curious about her changes, immediately used the status window.
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Name: Aris
[Abilities]
Stamina-55
Strength-58
Dexterity-63
Magic attribute-70
[Blessing]
-Guardian knight of the hero who rules the thunderstorm (SS)
[Skill]
-Supreme Sacrifice (SSS)
-Lord of Thunder (SS)
-Soul Bond (S)
-Status Window (S-)
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“For now, only the magic attribute has increased.”
At the moment when she was pleased with the greatly increased amount of magic power, a question appeared in Aris’ mind.
Now that I think about it, the teacher said that the time to break through the top battle is when your ability level is in the late 70s…? It was clearly information given to me by a colleague who has the status window skill, so I said I could trust it.
Um… I don’t know! Because good things are good~
After being so happy, Aris’ nose began to feel a very unpleasant smell for a moment.
“Woo… Wooow.”
Aris, barely able to suppress her nausea, opened her eyes and began to look for the cause of her smell.
“Huh.?”
But the cause was closer than expected. Because it was her own body.
Aris’ eyes caught the sight of a black liquid with a strong smell and something that looked like a piece of leather stained with it, attached to her body.
Aris quickly opened her window, went into the bathroom, and started taking a shower.
“Why doesn’t the smell go away like this!!”
If she went to see Arthur in this state, there was a 100% chance that he would hear something like ‘Aris… Did you poop your pants…?’, So Aris went to the bathroom for a while to get rid of her smell.
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“Uh.? Aris!!”
In the distance, Arthur was seen smiling and waving her hand.
Arthur approached and hugged Aris.
“I was worried because you didn’t come for two days without saying a word…”
“Sorry. The test took longer than expected.”
“I see, did you do well on the test?”
“Yeah. I saw it well, but what about you?”
“Well, handwriting always gets a perfect score!!”
Arthur smiles brightly and draws a V with his hand.
ㅡSniff.
Then Arthur started to smell her.
“Aris? Don’t you smell something? It’s kind of lame…”
At Arthur’s words, Aris naturally took Arthur out of her arms and maintained a certain distance.
“Hmm. I’m not sure.”
“Okay? I guess it’s because of my mood.”
“Now that I think about it, isn’t there a practical exam in the afternoon?”
“Huh! “I have to go to the test after lunch.”
“Then can I go see you later?”
Aris didn’t have any plans that afternoon, so she secretly asked Arthur because she wanted to see him fight.
“Of course! This time I’ll also show you my new technology, so look forward to it!”
Aris burst out laughing at Arthur’s triumphant face.
“W-what!! Why are you smiling!!”
Aris said, touching Arthur’s face.
“That’s because it’s so cute~ When will our Arthur become an adult?”
“… I don’t know!! “I will go first.”
Arthur, who was upset by Aris’ words, ended up going into the restaurant first.
‘Arthur. We’re going to eat together anyway.’
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After eating, Arthur arrived at the testing center to take her practical exam.
ㅡJump, jump, jump.
I saw someone walking from afar.
A woman with short yellow hair and a black uniform.
She was Adele.
Arriving at the test site, Adele began explaining her test method.
‘Well. In the end, you have to catch an imaginary monster.’
Arthur, who was listening to Adele’s explanation, turned his head and looked at the audience behind her, and could see Aris waving her hand.
‘Good! I have to show Aris that I have become stronger too.’
ㅡClap!
At the sound of applause, Arthur looked in front of her again.
“Then let’s start the test! When your name is called, you can come forward. The first one is Fabian!”
Fabian walked forward at Adele’s words.
“Then, I explained the rules earlier… Let’s get started right away!”
As Adele moved the wand with her words, three ogres appeared in front of Fabian.
The other students started to get scared at the sight of him holding a large wooden club, but Fabian’s expression was calm.
“Freezing.”
As Fabian used her magic, her floor began to freeze, and the approaching ogres lost their balance and began to fall.
“Frozen Orb.”
As he continued to chant, an ice ball appeared in Fabian’s hand, and it began to slowly fly towards the ogres.
ㅡBoom!
With a sound, an ice ball exploded above the ogres, and all of them were frozen.
“Magic Missile.”
Finally, with a triple chant, Fabian created three magic missiles at the same time and attacked the ogre’s head, and the three ogre heads fell to the floor with the sound of ice breaking.
ㅡClap clap clap.
“He’s still in his first year, but he’s already using the 4th circle magic, Frozen Orb, and even dealing with enemies with efficient mana distribution is perfect! I guess it’s because they are from a prestigious family.?”
At Adele’s words, Fabian nodded once and left.
“Then who should be next.?”
The virtual monster catching test continued, and since the level of difficulty was customized, most students did not deviate too far from the easy level of several goblins or kobolds.
“This player!! Arthur!”
Hearing Adele’s words, Arthur walked to the exam room.
“Then shall we begin? Yap!”
With a sound, an ogre appeared in front of Arthur, and Arthur, confused, immediately asked Adele a question.
“I think you summoned me by mistake.”
“Huh? No, since you can’t use magic, you have to catch a strong girl to give you a lot of basic points, right?”
“If you don’t like it, do you want to be a goblin? Instead, the score is.”
“No!! I will do it!”
Arthur, who took a fighting stance, drew a circle on the floor with his sword and watched the ogre’s movements.
‘You must attack and counter without fail.’
As Arthur stayed still, the ogre approached him and swung a large club over his head.
‘Now.’
Just before the ogre’s attack hit his head. Arthur shed his club with his sword.
The club did not lose its momentum, but the target point changed to the floor to Arthur’s left.
The ogre, who was embarrassed that his attack missed, had a moment of opportunity, and Arthur did not miss him and thrust his sword into his neck.
ㅡPow.
Of course, he was weak and could not penetrate all of it, but the ogre with a hole in his neck bled and eventually died.
“This is…”
Even Adele was speechless at the sudden incident, and Aris’ reaction was not much different.
“What on earth did you just say.?”
The club was clearly heading towards the top of Arthur’s head, but when Arthur swung his sword, the club’s striking point changed, just as a river naturally changes direction. It was on a different level from bouncing or impacting to change the trajectory. Because the RBI naturally changed as if it was aimed at Arthur’s left from the beginning.
Is something like that possible? Of course, I think I can do it if I aim for it too… But can I do it with Arthur’s body, which has 10 stats and no mana?
Aris seriously applied herself to Arthur’s specifications and ran the simulation in her head, and the answer came out quickly.
‘It’s impossible.’
Of course, it seemed like it could be possible at Master’s level, but I didn’t think it would be possible even in such a weak state.
“I really have to ask Arthur what he did.”
Aris’ curiosity grew as time passed, and she waited for Arthur to leave the exam room quickly.
