It is finally dark. And it is now 7:00 at night.
Altair was still punching and kicking in the air.
The desert air had turned from deafeningly hot to bitterly cold, Altair's body had some injuries, but they were nothing serious for him at present.
He received these injuries due to the recoil of his blows. Therefore, every time he used an RE Taekwondo technique, his body ended up creaking. The pain was insane for anyone to endure.
Obviously, he wouldn't be able to endure it if he hadn't eaten Senzu Beam for a good part of the day, but even using this miracle seed, he was still exhausted mentally, something Senzu Beam couldn't cure.
The craters that were once small were now huge, but he knew he had nothing to worry about since the desert would cover these craters naturally.
[His skill went up a level]
- Renewed Taekwondo Lv. 30
''I did it...'' He muttered smiling weakly as he let his body fall into that soft, cold desert sand. To him this desert sand seemed even cozier when it was cold.
[Quest complete]
[The host earned 7,000 points]
Altair's smile grew even bigger as he saw the system's reward, he knew that all his effort had not been in vain.
''Even if this ended my body, it was still worth it.'' He thought, as he ate another Senzu Beam.
After eating the Senzu Beam, he decided to distribute points for what would be his last time.
''Status...'' He said mentally, as he looked at the screen in front of him.
[Name: Altair Lockheart]
[Lineage: Human]
[Title: The Rookie]
[Level: 04]
[HP: 1000/1000]
[MP: 2000/2000]
[STR: 140]
[VIT: 100]
[INT: 200]
[DEX: 200]
[LUK: 100]
[Points: 6900]
''Looks like this will be my last time distributing points...'' He commented in a melancholic tone.
Altair spent a good few minutes deciding where to allocate his points, and after thinking for a long time he began to distribute them, leaving his status like this:
[Name: Altair Lockheart]
[Lineage: Human]
[Title: The Rookie]
[Level: 04]
[HP: 8000/8000]
[MP: 6500/6500]
[STR: 540]
[VIT: 800]
[INT: 650]
[DEX: 550]
[LUK: 100]
[Points: 5000]
''That will do for now...'' Altair commented as he nodded, satisfied with his current status.
However as he thought about this, he began to feel that he was forgetting something very important.
''Shit! MY MANA! Altair screamed in desperation, he had completely forgotten that the more mana he had, the harder it was to control it.
But even he didn't know that his mana would go up after he distributed points in his statuses.
''That's bad.'' Altair muttered, as he felt his Mana start to leak out of his body, and even though he used mana control to try to stem the leak, it still wasn't very effective.
Altair's aura soon transformed into a huge blue pillar that lit up majestically in the sky, the mana leaking from Altair's body was the purest form of mana, and this served to light up the entire desert.
The ordinary people who were far away from Altair's training area, thought that some spectacle was happening and decided to watch, but already those beings of the supernatural, were all watching the direction from which the pillar had come from, and they all stared at it with serious expressions on their faces.
''Damn!'' Altair began to feel the damage his mana was doing to his body, but all he could do at the moment, was try to control his mana slowly.
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''Did you feel that Rias?'' A Sona with a serious expression commented to the redhead in front of her.
''Yes...'' Rias replied shaking slightly, the mana she was feeling was insane, moreover it seemed that this mana only increased as time passed.
''Can you locate him Tsubaki?'' Sona asked a young woman in glasses, with long straight black hair that extended down to her knees, with split bangs and brown eyes. In addition to wearing the school uniform of the Kuoh Academy girls, she also wears semi-framed blue glasses with square lenses.
''I can't detect who this being is or its exact location, all I could know is that this sis was several kilometers away from here.'' Answered Tsubaki as she concentrated on her sensory abilities, but at the same time she was frustrated that she couldn't get anything useful.
It was as if there was something interfering with her Sensor ability.
''Have you had any luck Akeno?'' Rias asked the brunette standing next to her.
''No Buchou.'' Denied Akeno with a heavy sigh at the end of his speech.
As if Altair wasn't enough, now a new powerful being appeared... Or so they thought.
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''Did you feel that, partner?'' A thick voice commented.
''Yes Albion, this person is not just anyone.'' Said a handsome young man with light silver hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a dark green V-neck shirt and a black high-collared leather jacket over it. He is also wearing burgundy jeans with a silver chain hanging over them and black leather pants with three stripes around his right calf and black shoes with black buckles.
The same young man kept a smile on his face, as if he had found something very amusing.
''So, you felt it too...'' said a tall man who appears to be in his twenties with an average build, black hair with a golden fringe and a black goatee. He also has twelve black feathered wings growing on his back. He wears a brown long coat with a V-neck with a wide, open collar that opens at the hem. The long coat also featured two black belts around the waist and four black bands on each arm, two of the bands at the wrist and the other two near the elbow. He also wears a pair of gray pants and brown shoes.
''Yes...'' replied the young man nodding his head in confirmation.
''Be careful Vali, this person doesn't look like someone who should be underestimated.'' The man said in a serious manner while facing Vali.
''Don't worry Azazel...'' Vali said with a small smile on her face, as she continued to look in the direction of where the mana was leaking from.
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''Hm?'' Jeanne looked with some doubt at a specific spot on the bedroom window.
She had felt a huge amount of mana...
"Did you notice? Artoria opened the bedroom door while asking Jeanne who seemed to look out of the bedroom window.
''Yes... Things will get more interesting from now on...'' Jeanne commented with a smile on her face, no longer looking out the window.
''That's true.'' Artoria commented in a muffled laugh.
Despite the mana being a little different, they easily recognized the person responsible for this.
Altair will probably have to explain himself to these girls once he returns home.
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Meanwhile, Altair was still trying at all costs to contain the extreme leakage of his mana, his MP was descending at an incredible speed.
''Shit!'' He thought, while one of his eyes was closed due to the enormous pain he was feeling at the moment. It seemed that nothing he tried to do would work.
[His skill has leveled up]
[His skill has leveled up]
[His skill levelled up] [His skill levelled up] [His skill levelled up] [His skill levelled up]
[His skill leveled up] [His skill leveled up] [His skill leveled up] [His skill leveled up]
[His skill leveled up] [His skill leveled up] [His skill leveled up] [His skill leveled up]
[His skill has reached the maximum level]
''What?'' Altair exclaimed in surprise at this good news.
[Minimum conditions for the skill's evolution have been acquired]
[The skill must be at the maximum level]
[Condition met]
[The skill must have an INT of more than 500 points]
[Condition met]
[All conditions have been successfully met]
[The Mana Control skill has evolved into the Mana Manipulation skill]
[Mana Manipulation: The user can create, shape and manipulate mana, the impersonal source of external and internal energy that exists in people, places and objects, and can be transmuted by the user into magical powers that produce excellent results in practice and combat]
Altair's eyes widened in shock as he saw that his ability had evolved. But he had no time to think about it. So with difficulty, he sat in a meditation position.
The mana flowed wildly through his body, which caused him to have to make a huge effort to finally be able to concentrate. And as he concentrated, he felt a new sensation...
The magic all around him... In the grains of sand... In the air around him... In the moonlight... There were particles of mana in all of them...
But what he didn't know, was that his understanding of the concept of mana was at a completely unbelievable level.
Using his newly acquired skill, Mana Manipulation, he began to condense all the out of control mana back into his body.
Altair knew that this was risky, since once his body could not support this enormous amount of mana, he would probably die, and his death would not be pleasant at all.
He then began to empty his mind... Relax his body... And third... forget about the world around him...
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''It feels like we're close...''
The voice that said this, belonged to an alligator that had a humanoid form, but the scariest thing was not that there was an alligator with a humanoid form, but that it seemed that this alligator's body was decomposing, as if it had been dead for a long time.
''Let's fulfill Lord Hades' mission, and then let's rest.'' A tall man in a red suit and glasses commented, as he continued to follow the humanoid alligator.
''It's a pity that the Third General can't come...'' The Tall Man said with a sarcastic tone.
The Third General he just said, was an ordinary looking woman, but she had great power in Hades' troops. But this woman was a bit eccentric since she wouldn't do anything if she doesn't have the will, and even Hades is a bit powerless against her.
''Hmph, she said it would be a dishonor for someone like her to join two generals to kill a human...'' The alligator in humanoid form said as he thought about the mission he had received from Hades.
His mission was to kill a human named Altair Lockheart, he as one of Hades' generals already knew a lot of information about Altair, and that was the reason he was here in the desert right now, because he had sensed that Altair was here.
And how had he sensed it?
When Altair teleported here, he left a mana trail, which made it possible for these generals to track his current location, but what these generals didn't expect was that the moment they stepped into the desert a mana pillar would appear.
Which made their journey a little more difficult, as they had to check what was going on in that mana pillar, and see if their target was responsible for that.
Alligator knew that he couldn't underestimate his target, especially when the lordship came from the god Hades himself.
''It will take us some time to get to the mana pillar.'' The alligator commented as he continued to move forward, completely ignoring the man in the red suit who was following him.
''I just hope this human amuses me a little.'' The man in the red suit said with an unnatural smile on his face.
