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Chapter 40: F-Rank
Furrowing his brows, he asked while squinting his eyes, "You don't think it's wrong for me to challenge the legacy myself and not ask for your opinion when we both defeated the Skeleton Knight together?"
Alicia shook her head and said, "No, I didn't even know anything about the legacy in the first place. So, I have no right to complain."
Luis smiled, thinking how nice this girl was. He could see she wasn't lying. There was no dissatisfaction or jealousy in her eyes. Instead, she was happy for him.
While they were still looking at each other. Lumine snapped.
"MY SON DEFEATED A D-RANK MONSTER!!!"
They glanced at her, then looking at each other, they giggled. Their first dungeon expedition finally came to an end.
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"Let's go home," Luis said, to which Alicia nodded softly.
He just wanted to rush home and breakthrough.
Lumine took out the return crystals and used them. The next moment, they found themselves outside the dungeon.
The medical team was ready to be deployed anytime, and some guards were guarding the dungeon.
The medics checked them for any injuries. Under the effects of healing magic, even the small bruises left before were healed.
Luis urged Lumine to return home quickly. He wanted to break through as soon as he can. She also understood his predicament, so she called the car.
On their way back to the mansion. Lumine kept on talking about Luis' fight and how proud she was of him.
Luis could understand her excitement. Although defeating a D-rank monster was no big deal for Lumine, but in the case of Luis, it was an extraordinary achievement.
As she saw their bland reactions, Lumine felt bored. Puffing up her cheeks, she decided to share her excitement with Ronald. She knew he will understand her well.
Unfortunately for her, when they returned to the mansion, Ronald was not there. He had some business to attend to.
"Mom, let's go to the mana training room," Luis said.
Lumine and Alicia stopped in their tracks. Although Alicia wanted to clean herself first before breaking through. She knew Luis must be feeling rather uncomfortable. So she also decided to break through with him together.
Seeing Alicia nod to her affirmatively, Lumine smiled and said. "Let's go then."
When the three of them entered the mana training room. Lumine took out a bunch of treasures from her mana bracelet.
All of them will be beneficial at the time of breakthroughs.
Durgid Root is a rare treasure used to strengthen the body. When a Doram tree becomes a hundred years old, it's called a Durgid tree. It goes through a special mutation, the leaves become sharper and darker, they are useful ingredient while making vigor medicines, and the most magical thing after mutation are the roots. They can strengthen the body by several folds.
Morra Leaves. They look similar to Da Hong Pao tea leaves. Useful in strengthening the blood. Helpful in increasing the chances of Bloodline Awakening.
And many other similar rare treasures were laid out in front of them. Looking over, Luis couldn't help but smile.
He was familiar with most of the treasures from the game. But that made him sigh even more. He was once again reminded of the differences between the rich and the ordinary.
"Luis, you go first. It seems you are having trouble suppressing," Alicia whispered.
Luis gave a smile of appreciation. 'Such a sweet girl.'
Lumine kept the treasures near Luis, and the formation inside the room was activated. Then they went back and kept some distance from Luis.
Luis felt the dense mana around him and smiled. 'It's getting difficult to suppress myself.'
He sat cross-legged in a meditative posture and started eating all the treasures. Then he took out Akasha's Necklace and wore it. It became even more difficult to suppress the energy inside him.
Then Luis took out the pendant burning with ghost fire, which he obtained in the second test. As soon as he brought his necklace close to the pendant. The necklace devoured the ghost energy inside the pendant and the residual ghost fire.
The necklace refined it and converted it into high-quality mana and spiritual power, strengthening Luis' mind.
Luis also gulped down High-Grade Mana Elixirs.
With the effects of all the treasures, the energy inside him soared. He then relaxed his body and stopped suppressing the raging energy inside him. It felt as if a huge pressure was lifted off him. The energy circulated all over his body through mana channels.
Nourishing his blood vessels, mana channels, nerves, muscles, bones, and most importantly, his mana core.
Because of the huge amount of energy, cracks appeared on his mana core. It wasn't damaged, but a much stronger core was being condensed inside.
The Akasha's Necklace did a wonderful job of assisting Luis in his breakthrough. It refined and gathered all the mana from the surroundings towards him and supplied him with more mana energy. Because of the formation, the effect was also improved.
Luis didn't feel mental exhaustion, as his spirit was being nourished by the necklace at the same time.
This process continued for a few minutes and finally, with a boom. Luis' mana core shattered and was replaced by a new stronger mana core that emerged from inside.
His whole body was covered in sweat and became red due to the heat produced at the time of his breakthrough.
Luis took a deep breath and opened his eyes. He smiled widely, feeling the surge of immense power inside him.
'So this is what a breakthrough feels like?'
People said that breaking through rank is like rebirth. But Luis is not sure about that. After all, in his experience, he didn't feel any similarity in them.
'But this feeling of the increase in power. Sure is addicting.'
He activated his mana bracelet to check his status.
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[Name] : Luis Suarez
[Race] : Human
[Age] : 16
[Rank] : Beginner ★☆☆☆☆ (F)
[Affinity] : Lightning (Hidden : Space)
[Talent Awakened] : Sharpshooter (S), Technician (A), Performer (S)
[Hidden Talent] : Illusionist (S), Sorcerer (S), Martial Arts (S)
[Physique] : None
[Bloodline] : Unawakened
[Titles] : Challenger
[Skills] : Perception, Mental Fortitude (A), Enhanced Recovery (D)
[Techniques] : Elementary Martial Arts, Henry's Breathing Method (Basic ★★★★★ )
[Mana Core] : Rank E+
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A.N:- Because Luis has yet to find suitable martial arts for himself, he is still practicing the basic martial arts he learned before. The grades of techniques will be divided later when he finds suitable techniques.