The Dark Forest (2)

As we stepped out of the portal, I immediately initiated my plan. I used my innate skill, effectively stopping time for one minute. I used my mana to boost my speed, and then zoomed through the forest, noting all the important places. Then, I returned to my previous position, and deactivated the skill. The aftereffects of using it were heavy, but I held back and acted like nothing was wrong. After showing our id's to the guards present there, they respectfully let us in. We walked into the forest and headed towards the middle areas.

While travelling, suddenly a blue slime appeared in front of us. We did not pay it any heed at it was a C-Rank Beast. Instead, I waved my hand, and a mana arrow pierced it straight through. It dissolved into nothing, and a Ding! sounded in the system. A screen appeared in front of me, telling me i had gained 500 experience for killing the slime. I immediately disabled notifications and the ding sound so that I would not be disturbed in battle.

After walking for a day or two, I felt the mana around us getting denser and concluded that the middle areas were approaching. Suddenly, my danger sense activated and I immediately ducked down to avoid a spear flying right above my head. This sixth sense I had evolved along with my mind and had become such that I could perceive any attacks coming from any being below Z Rank, whole I was still SS Rank. I then rolled forward, narrowly avoiding the dagger behind me. Then, I flicke my fingers and used mana bombardment all around me, throwing my attackers into a state of confusion, and then used my mana beneath my beath to boost me towards the deeper areas like a rocket launcher. I had used my innate skill for this very purpose as I knew about this ambush from my first life.

I knew about all the traps they had set to catch me, and which organization they were from. They were from the organisation "Chaos", and were sent to exterminate me so that I would not be able to develop into an extremely powerful being who could even kill their monster god.

Even the guards my parents had sent with me were traitors. But, I had devised a plan to deal with them. I would lead them all into a certain place, which also contained the skill I wanted.

While I was not strong enough to fight against them, the being there would easily kill them.

I then headed towards that place with full speed, and with the worshippers on my tail, only lightly injured as my mana bombardment was practically ineffective against them.

After travelling for an hour or so at full speed, I finally arrived there and stopped with a crash. When I got up, I saw a sight that I had not expected to see. In the place of a broken, ravaged place filled with ruins, there were bright and shiny walls that seemed to radiate life. This was actually a legacy tomb, which contained the powers of an old powerhouse that used to be this planet's sole protector against the monster invasion.

In my first life, someone had already raided the tomb, and left it in a dreary state. The reason I seeked haven here was that there was a guardian monster that we had to defeat in order to gain the skill. But it would only allow one person to challenge it at a time, and kill all those who interfered. This monster was a Z Rank monster, but for guardian purposes, could surpress its strength to the limit of its opponent. If the opponent won, they would be able to gain access to the legacy tomb.

I hurriedly stepped inside the tomb and proclaimed "I, Adrian Goldstein challenge the guardian of the tomb!". Immediately the walls around me rumbled and then emerging from beneath the ground was a Minotaur, with head of a bull, but walking on two legs. It said, "I accept your challenge, brave warrior.", and then, without warning, charge towards me at full speed. I deftly dodged it and calculated a strategy for defeating it. I could not use mana bombardment inside the closed room as it would affect me too, but I had two other offensive skills to use. I immediately channeled my mana to create a never-ending stream of mana arrows, each of them supercharged with mana. The minotaur simply tanked and defended them, not sble to dodge them because of their homing nature. I had it locked in place, and then let loose a hundred mana slashes, crosing my arms and slicing them downwards. It was now severely injured. But, for my finishing attack I had to charge up for a minute before using it. And I also could not dual-cast, so my mana arrows also had to be stopped. The minotaur barreled towards me, but I sidestepped it, causing it to crash into a wall. I then suddenly used a skill, and was covered in a dark green aura. It took a step forward, causing the ground to shake. Then, it started punching into the air. From its fists were released beams of energy which I could not risk getting hit by. I somehow dodged them, and finally got ready to release the attack I was charging.

The Minotaur sensed danger coming from the attack I was going to release, and immediately rushed towards me to stop me from releasing it. But, it was too late. I released my attack in the form of a beam of pure mana, that hit it head-on, and seemingly erased it from existence. This was an attack I devised by compressing Mana Bombardment to the point that it became a beam of strong energy.

When the dust cleared, I saw the Minotaur standing, good as new, and applauding. It said "Brave warrior, you have truly exceeded my expectations. Your mana control and power level are truly impressive for your age." Suddenly, a big boom sounded outside the legacy tomb. The Minotaur frowned and said, "Hmmm, it seems that some annoying insects are disturbing our conversation. I will take care of them, give me a minute." Then, it suddenly dissapeared, and with it, came the sounds of screaming and pain as the Minotaur utterly destroyed the worshippers, leaving no trace of any of them.

Status Screen Update:

Rank: SS (51.69%)

Stats:

Strength: 5,000

Agility: 5,000

Constitution: 5,000

Intelligence: 8,000

Wisdom: 1000/1000

Mana: Infinite

Luck: (Same as potential)

Charm: Cannot be calculated as host is still a baby.

Potential: Existence or Ex rank

Skills: Ultimate Inspect, Homing Mana Arrows, Hundred Mana Slashes, Mana Bombardment

Arts:None

Talents: Calculating…(Estimated time - 1 year)

Innate Gift: Regression Level 2

1st Effect: Can be used to reverse time two times.

Uses left: 0/2

2nd Effect: Able to stop time in a radius of 10 km for 1 minute.

Cooldown: 1 hour