Freedom

[Hidden task: Win the tournament (Completed)

Rewards:

- 10,000 EXP (Host has leveled from 6 to 8 // 24k EP --> 36k EP (Host will not receive any other EP boost from leveling up because Level > 7)

- Lifetime Goals Unlocked

- New Fire Active Ability: Cauterize (AEP needed: 25)

- Upgraded Skills: Healing, Empowerment

- Upgraded Abilities: Fire Coating, Claws of Fear (Less AEP consumption)

- Upgraded Element: Fire (Common+ --> Uncommon-)

- +5 Points to every stat]

Ender woke up with a massive amount of tiredness. He felt as if his entire body was demolished, put back up, then demolished again.

He looked at the clock and saw it was 2:00 PM, which made him quickly get up.

'I should have put a fucking alarm... god dammit... Was it a good idea to stay until 5 AM...?" He thought while yawning.

He looked down and saw that he hadn't even changed clothes, making them stick to his skin and smell like trash.

Ender, ignoring his mother in the living room, quickly went to the bathroom to get a shower. He took off his clothes the moment he stepped inside.

He turned the water on and instantly got inside, feeling the droplets of water falling on his skin like some sort of divine liquid.

While having his eyes closed, he noticed a green hologram in the corner and quickly opened it.

Those were the extra rewards from the tournament. He carefully read all of them and smiled as he never did before.

Every single reward was better than the previous, and after finally leaving the level 6 hell, he couldn't help but laugh, "Finally man! I was thinking for a moment that I'd never get away."

He also unlocked Lifetime Goals but didn't even think about checking them out. He quickly opened his stats at took a good look at them.

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Name: Ender Rialto

Age: 17

Level: 8

Status: ?

Exp: 4150/8800

HP: 130/130

Ability Energy Points: 200/200

{Attributes}

Strength: 49 → 55

Perception: 48 → 55

Agility: 48 → 55

Speed: 48 → 55

Intelligence: 47 → 55

Thinking Speed: 47 → 55

Charisma: 0 [Locked]

{Spare Points: 5}

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[Level 2 - Dash: [The next five seconds in the real world will have an incremental boost (x4) on your speed, allowing you to move faster through space.]

[Level 3] - Healing: [Heal one-third of your HP every five seconds until it's replenished.]

[Level 2] - Empowerment: [Overload your element for five seconds, boosting (x2) its power. Warning: May cause harm to the host!]

[Level 1] - Appropriation: [When all requirements have been met, you will be able to consume an opponent's ability. It will severely weaken his ability and you will gain a big portion of his ability. Requirements: Opponent must be in the highest state of fright (Distressed) passed out from fear or dead; Opponent must have an ability between Common to Uncommon.]

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[Fear Manipulation]

Grade: Uncommon

Passive Abilities:

>>[Level 2] Fear Vision: You will see a trail leading to an injured opponent that has been attacked by the Claws of Fear. The further he is, the weaker the trail intensity is. Maximum range: 25 meters<<

Active Abilities:

>>[Level 3] Claws of Fear: Specific nails will instantly grow into resistant, long claws. In case of successfully attacking and damaging an opponent, he will enter into a fright state.<<

[Fire Manipulation]

Grade: Uncommon-

Passive Abilities:

>>[Level 1] Fire Resistance: Resistance against flames under 800ºC temperature.<<

Active Abilities:

>>[Level 2] Fire Coating: Envelop a part of your body in flames for ten seconds. Any direct hit will burn the opponent.<<

>>[Level 1] Cauterize: Instantly burn any open wounds to close the bleeding. The host won't feel pain in the process.<<

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Ender carefully read everything and noticed that his cauterizing technique got transformed into an Active Ability, and after reading that it won't hurt him, he sighed in relief.

Overall, he felt satisfied with the rewards and closed the interface. The only thing that worried him a little bit was the massive EP boost, but he could indefinitely seal his strength in case he needed it.

Once he was done showering, he got out, wrapped himself in flames for an instant, and quickly dried up.

'Heh, that comes in handy. Now, let's pack up and leave... I hope that Casper doesn't get too far from... me...' Ender stopped before he could even put his shirt on and muttered,

"I don't know if the landlord is going to let me bring him... fuck." He quickly opened his messages from the bracelet and texted Sakura, asking if he was able to bring Casper with him.

He sent the message, finished getting his clothes on, and went towards his bedroom. He took every single clothe from the closet, leaving it completely empty. He also stored Casper's food and whistled.

Suddenly, Casper came from the bedroom window while meowing. Ender got a backpack and put it on, indicating to Casper where to go. The cat simply jumped and got inside in a swift motion.

"Good boy..." Ender patted his head, and then touched his closet.

"Won't miss you."

He left his bedroom and quickly went towards the entrance door, ready to leave his soon-to-become old home.

He opened it and suddenly felt the pressure of the Sun falling down his shoulder, which made him drop to his knees.

He hissed at Casper and the cat quickly got off the backpack and ran outside the house.

"Tch, that fucking cat... Whatever, I'll soon be able to control two things at once." A feminine voice said.

Ender looked backward while slowly standing up and saw Stella with her eyes shining a beautiful blue hue.

He tried to talk to her but she quickly interrupted, "Like my new trick? That's what I get from training with an officer from the BB.

Seems like my act from one and a half months ago brought some interest, now I have a private coach."

"Nobody asked..." Ender said while gritting his teeth.

He was already standing up, not using the wall as support. This slightly confused Stella, but she continued using the gravitational force.

"Haven't you been getting a little bit arrogant later? We all know that you are using Powerfuels, and they will soon backlash, though I hope it would be today so the BB can already get you off the map." She said casually.

Ender turned around and opened the door again before being assaulted by a greater force. It felt double the last one and knew what had happened, Stella was increasing his attraction to Earth.

He looked back at her, enduring the massive gravitational pull, and said while clutching his fists, "I think you are the one here acting too arrogant."

"Huh?!" Stella shouted while doubling yet again the pull. This time, her nose started to bleed, signaling to Ender that she couldn't double it again without feeling the massive backlash.

"What the fuck do you think you are saying? Forgot your status in this place?! You are fucking nothing when talking to me, understood?!" She shouted in rage.

Ender, on the other hand, felt as if his legs were about to break but still endured all that pain. He slowly walked toward Stella, which still had that enraged look in her eyes.

"And where the fuck do you think you are going?! You thought I didn't see you packing everything up?!"

"I'm getting the fuck away from here... from her and you." Ender said while pointing at his mother.

This time, his mother said, "Huh? Where are you going, finally found a bridge?" And started laughing along with Stella.

Ender looked back at her with an immense amount of rage that quickly shut her up, "Not exactly, I'm going far away from this fucking place so I can never watch your pathetic face again."

Stella got in front of Ender, standing at the same height, and said, "Who the fuck do you think you are?! Daring to talk to my mother like that? I think I may as well teach you some manners!"

Stella lifted her fist and smashed it toward Ender.

[-7 HP; 123/130 HP]

Strangely, Ender didn't fall to the ground while crying and begging as he did before. This time he endured it, not even moving from the spot as he gritted his teeth.

Stella stood there with her mouth wide open as Ender talked,

"Did you know I'm seventeen minutes older than you? I guess I need to do my proper job as the older brother..."

Within a blink, Stella was sent flying to the side and Ender was set free from that gravitational pull. He sighed in relief while adjusting his backpack and caressing his fist.

He made use of Dash and punched Stella's cheek as hard as he could, which made her fly at almost the speed of sound toward a wall.

Luckily, in this futuristic society, flats were prepared for this kind of outburst and didn't receive that much damage.

Stella, though, had a swollen cheek and was bleeding from her mouth.

'Sheesh, I got a good EP boost.'

He looked back at his mother who was looking confused at the scene happening before her eyes. Ender, the useless and weak boy, just knocked out her strongest daughter with a simple movement.

Ender looked at her mother with a cold look, and said, "We won't share any familiar ties anymore from this moment. You are now a stranger to me, the same way I will be one to you.

Also, I will make sure to make a fool of your daughter in front of everyone in the admission exam. And most importantly, I will make you feel remorse for not treating me with the respect I've deserved.

Don't come to me crying after I get the spotlight everywhere, bitch."

He then opened the door, exited the house, and slowly closed the door. He sighed and spotted Casper waiting for him outside.

He signaled him to get in the backpack, which Casper quickly did, and went outside the flat.

He went to the nearest bus stop and waited for one to appear, which it did in five minutes. Before getting inside, he looked back at the flat, where his old apartment was located, and showed it the middle finger.

Got onto the bus, bought the ticket to the outskirts, and dropped to one seat. He left the backpack at his side while Casper accommodated himself to sleep.

["*Clap clap clap*, Brilliant... fucking brilliant! That's the greatest fucking thing you've done since... since never! Not even the tournament made me feel so excited!"] Ren started clapping while cheering for Ender.

He started chuckling, ignoring the other passenger's looks. His face even got red from the embarrassment but he couldn't even care about it.

He felt as if an entire mountain was lifted from his shoulders, setting him free.

[Lifetime Goal: Break the chains (Completed)

Rewards:

- New Fear Active Ability: Withered Flower (AEP needed: 150)]

Just as he heard yet another Ping! and another green hologram appeared in the corner of his eye, he felt as if the universe was now apologizing to him.

He checked the Goal and formed a smile when he read the reward. He wanted to instantly checked what it was about, but before he could do so,

["Fuck..."] Ren slowly stopped clapping as his voice turned more serious. ["Don't check it now, I will show you personally this night. If it is what I truly believe... let's say it's not the best ability to receive right now."]

'Do I truly need to wait, I'm going to implode if I don't check it out right now."

["Trust me, you won't understand shit."] He quickly replied, ["Just from the name I can remember what it was about."]

'Do you know the ability then? Got your memories back?'

["Not exactly, I remember fragments whenever you unlock something... for example right now, I just remembered how I got away from some flying animals with that Ability... Just wait and I will teach you about it."]

Ender had to nod, knowing that he won't change Ren's opinion.

He looked outside and noticed that he was already on the bridge toward the outskirts. He could even see the BB Federation tower from here.

He smiled it and thought, 'I hope I won't be that much of a spotlight there... But I'm excited about it.'

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Name: Ender Rialto --> Ender Nephus

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