The Shadow(2)

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Reve's Random Lecture: Skills

-> Skills are specific action or sequences of action that is recognized by the world administrator as something spectacular. They range from innate traits/skills, magic spells, battle arts, to professional techniques. If it's not a magic spell or battle art, the skills are interpreted based on the skill rankings.

Normal Skills

Rare Skills

Unique Skills

Treasured Skills

Absolute Skills

- sourced from the "Book of the World", Year 510 E.T

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Immediately after Reve took the pill, a warm feeling appeared in his stomach. In less than a minute, his stubborn wounds began to heal up but they still left a scar on his skin. He couldn't see it but he knew it was there.

When he went into his [Prime Mode], he would be able to see it!

Reve patiently waited for all parts of his body to heal up as he spied at his surrounding. A fight was inevitable and he would like to know how he could use his location to his advantage. It was a pity that the pill couldn't heal his mental mind.

As soon as Reve's full energy rushed back to him, he transformed into his prime self. He looked at his chest. There was a circular scar where the firebird had poked him.

Reve didn't think much about that. He quickly dove his head as another beam of light flew past him. It was extremely fast….fast enough to cut some of his furs.

Reve rolled away and shot a basic mana blast at the young boy.

However, that was instantly sliced apart by the boy's sword. Reve watched as the boy disappeared from his sight.

'Where is he….? Duck!'

He twisted his body in the air and felt a cold object grace his skin. Reve's relief quickly turned into despair as he strangely got blasted away by an unknown force.

He hit one of the flame torches and it died out. Reve coughed out a few drops of blood.

He tried to make sense of what just happened, 'I clearly dodged the sword attack but I still got it. Not just that, the force of the attack wasn't enough to make me spill blood but here am I....'

Without looking straight, Reve created a force barrier to meet his incoming enemy. He was prepared to dash away when he noticed something strange.

The sword pierced the barrier easily but in the milliseconds before it contacted the barrier, a ripple appeared on it. Also, the rate at which the barrier got torn was quite fast...faster than he had calculated.

Reve abruptly created multiple force barriers to block the sword and test out his brewing theory. He used [Nature] to hold the young boy while raining basic mana blasts at him.

However, the boy retreated and put his sword back in its sheath before the attacks reached him. He entered a strange stance as vibrations hummed in the air.

Suddenly, a sharp sound vocally sliced the air and the attacks disappeared. The sound was heard again and Reve's senses blared.

"[Enchant Body: Base]"

He instantly cast his basic enchant spell and blitzed away as beams of light wandered freely in the air. They chased him but he managed to evade all of them. Before he could even breathe, a fist was implanted in his chest but strangely, he didn't get blasted away.

He thought perhaps the punch wasn't that strong when he suddenly went to his knees and coughed out a large pile of blood. He was about to cast [Nature Echo] when the boy noticed that.

The boy flung his sword in the air and kicked his leg vertically. The leg connected to Reve's chin gently.

*Clink!*

It released a soft but sharp sound. Meanwhile, the moment Reve got caught by that right leg, he felt his body straighten to its limit and his spine challenged mercilessly.

Headaches rushed to his brain and his orifices bled profusely. That attack was the most dangerous attack Reve had ever faced. It left him utterly defenseless as he finally went to his knees.

The boy's purple eyes brightened as he noticed something. He slashed his sword behind Reve swiftly and two Reves appeared.

The first one turned into a bunch of plants while the second one looked at the boy in shock. The lines on his skin beamed as he blitzed away but the boy was quick to follow him.

Noticing he was slowly losing his target, the young boy chanted quietly, "[Thundersnow Body]"

A huge torrent of fierce energy rained down on him in the form of lightning and ice. The energy wrapped around his body, releasing cackles of electric sparks that even Reve could hear, and the young boy's speed increased.

He was now gaining up on Reve, showing his superior speed.

As soon as they were within arm's length, he twirled and whispered rhythmically, "[Revised Limitless Slash]."

He flew in the air and slashed at Reve, who found himself stuck in a temporary time stasis. It was as if he could see the sword but his body refused to move. He recognized this phenomenon. It was a common occurrence between two different levels of speed!

The slash destroyed everything in its way. Strangely enough, Reve could feel that it got stronger the more it neared him.

*Zing!*

He got caught in the attack and his deep cut appeared on his side. He was only alive because he had deviated just before the sword reached him but it clearly wasn't enough.

Looking at their surrounding, if he had not evaded, he would have been sliced apart like the ground which now revealed a long serpentine hole. Peering through it, Reve could only see the familiar darkness.

His healing rate kicked but it wasn't fast enough. Reve watched as the young boy appeared in front of him again. He went into a strange stance and punched Reve in the gut. His small hand came out at the other side of Reve!

Meanwhile, Reve ignored his pain and grabbed his hand, "I understand now!"