Advancing
23 days passed in a flash, and today was the day that Sirious would complete all the processes given to her except for improving the circulation method, which would run at 20% processing power in the background after this process was completed.
By continuously changing the amount of processing power used for each action, Sirious had been able to reduce the total time required to complete the process form 28 days to 26 days. However, the downside to this was that nothing could be completed before any other, and all the processes would only complete after 26 days.
Today was the 26th day since the initiation of the process, and Sirious' slightly unfamiliar voice sounded in Daron's head once more.
[All processes complete]
[Beginning 'improvement of circulation method Sun Effect' with 20% processing power]
[Estimated time till completion: 14 days 10 hours]
[Please name the improved methods:]
[1. Advancement method: Allows you to advance to the Official Knight Rank. However, in the process of doing so, you must first pass through the test/tribulation that the world and its laws throw at you in order to test your resolve to become an official knight and break the restraints of a human
[2. Martial technique: Allows you to utilise Internal Energy extremely effectively by using t to strengthen the skin, flesh and bones within your fists and hands. The martial technique follows a set of steps which utilise Internal Energy to deliver the most damage possible. Improvements: Increased from +5 to all stats to +15 to all stats. Optimization: Reduction in the Internal Energy used per minute from 30 to 10]
After thinking for a while, Daron thought up some random names based on the descriptions.
'Heavenly Tribulation… no. I will definitely come across better advancement methods in the future. I should give this an appropriate name. Rumbling Embryo is better, since it signifies the process of breaking out of the limitations of a human, the same way that a dragon breaks out of its egg when being born.'
'The other one can be called Draconic Fist? No, that seems too powerful a name for a weak Rank 2 technique. Hmm. How about Sky Palm? Since it can be used anywhere in my hands. But I will have to wait until I use it in order to see its effects and name it correctly.'
Thus, Daron decided to advance into Official Knight and try out the technique before naming it.
[Master Daron, you should unseal all the power within your body. That will increase the chances of passing the tribulations all the way to 80% based on my calculations. And even in the case you fail, it should not kill you. At most, you will lose all the Internal energy you have accumulated so far, as well as some permanent injuries. Nothing life threatening.]
Daron was speechless at Sirious for the first time.
'How could you say that with a straight face.'
[Master Daron… I do not have a face]
'…'
[…]
'Enough wasting time. I am starting everything right now.'
With that, Daron allowed his entire body to change as he unleashed the full power of Bloodline Inheritance, as well as all the changes that Sirious' main system had made to his body.
His figure instantly grew a few centimetres, and his hair grew till his shoulders, dark black in colour and faint glows of mechanical blue and dark gold streaking across. His right eye was that same blue, only deeper, while the left eye, which was covered by a tattoo that ran from his left finger tips, up his hand and down his chest, up his neck and onto his face, was glowing a deep black with faint senses of dark gold hidden within, the same colour as the mysterious tattoo that covered more than 1/4th of his body.
Not only that, but all his stats got a +2, and the abilities of the main system also reached an unprecedented peak, reaching 105% processing power even after allocating 20% to the task of improving the circulation method named Sun Effect.
Daron followed the steps within Rumbling Embryo, and controlled his Internal Energy which had reached 500 to start condensing on itself.
As soon as he began doing that, dark clouds began to gather in the sky above the secondary building for knights in training and servants. All the knights in training, Zack and his three disciples, and any hidden masters within the city noticed this phenomenon, while most normal humans thought this was the weather taking a turn for the worse. Even those shadowy figures outside the city noticed this phenomenon.
"Kukuku, another fool trying to reach Official Knight rank without having made the proper preparation. How long do you think he will last?"
"Tch, does he not know that the laws of the continent in this fief are so contorted than no one had been able to reach Official Knight in countless years even before Zack came to occupy this place?"
"Hmm, I'd say about 10 minutes. Then he dies from the pressure of the contorted laws or he simply fails to complete the process and makes a mistake."
"This is a good thing. We will face one less knight in training. Although they are only normal humans, they can still be considered elite soldiers and could slow down our progress. The lesser of these bugs we have to face, the faster we can complete our mission. We will remain on schedule and begin our assault on Bard City in 1 day, since Bard does not dare to come out."
The three dark figures laughed as they watched this scene. Back in the Castle, Zack noticed this scene. Over the past 24 days, he had been incredibly stressed over the fact that Daron was not showing any eagerness towards reaching the next realm. He had even begun questioning himself.
'Were my instincts wrong about him?'
However, all of that self-doubt had vanished like snow on a hot summer afternoon. He quickly dashed towards Daron' room. However, he suddenly stopped as his face contorted greatly. Due to his insane Internal Energy and sense, he could even see through many walls. It was now that he actually noticed what Daron looked like.
'T- T- T- That tattoo… Why is that thing here? Why is such a thing on Daron?'