Chapter 43: Abilities

"Oops, I forgot! I didn't see Aakash and the skeletons this morning."

"Wait! I remembered." He facepalmed himself, saying in a helpless tone, "Neo, did you even transport him?"

[Host, you ordered to teleport every skeleton.]

Speechless, he knew there was no option left and that it was time to face scolding. Just the thought of being scolded brought a bead of sweat to his forehead.

He reached his destination while mentally preparing himself, knocked on the door, and heard the butler say, "Come in."

Entering the room, he saw Aakash silently sitting on the couch.

He joined him and raised an eyebrow in question, to which Aakash shrugged his shoulder, indicating he should spill everything.

"Traitor! My own loyal servant betrayed me without a second thought," he screamed in his heart, knowing this was his fault and realizing he was in trouble.

The butler, having finished checking the documents, placed them aside and asked with a faint smile on his face, "Young master, did I say anything to you?"

Seeing his smiling face, he knew there was a storm brewing under the smile, and he needed to calm down, or he would suffer today.

But suddenly, the butler rose and came near Rahul, patting his head, asked while brow furrowed, "Young master! Are you alright?"

Stupefied and with a blank expression, he screamed internally at the top of his lungs, "I never fear death, but I fear scolding. How can they expect me to remain calm through two or three hours of scolding?"

But calming himself, he just wished for this moment to pass quickly and decided to take matters into his own hands.

"Neo, transport me to any dungeon with the butler," he thought, smiling internally with many imaginings.

But Neo's single reply left him despairing.

[Accepted]

[Auxiliary function Link: Raj has been linked]

[Condition doesn't meet]

[Can't be transported to an E-grade Ghost dungeon]

"Hey! What the hell?"

But suddenly, a voice reached his ear. "Aakash, go outside."

"Okay," he replied, leaving the room happily while giving Rahul a look.

"See, this is what happens if you don't follow elders' advice."

With these statements, Rahul knew the moment had come to face the scolding. He prepared himself.

"Rahul, you can do this. It's just two hours."

But the butler's next action left him stupefied, and he took a cold breath of air.

"Something isn't right."

The butler sat down next to Rahul, caressing his hair.

"Young master, I know you've grown up, but I can't help but worry about you."

Lowering his head, Rahul felt helpless.

"Emotional blackmail! Don't talk, or my tears will fall from my eyes," he thought, also blaming himself. "Oh man, if you hadn't gone to the tower today, this wouldn't have happened."

"Young master, today, I won't scold you," the butler said, rising from his seat.

As Rahul rise his head, pairs of eyes met each other, but while the butler's expression was serious, Rahul's face clearly showed confusion, wondering where the conversation headed.

Ignoring Rahul's confusion, the butler continued, "Follow me," and led him to a training room.

Two minutes later, they faced each other with serious expressions.

"Young master, every decision has its own consequences, and I'll never stop you from making any decision," the butler paused, then added, "But your father and mother entrusted me with your care, so I want to know if you have the ability to handle the consequences or not."

At that moment, Rahul realized something and didn't hesitate. He unleashed all of his skeletons along with a sword.

The butler's eye constricted when he witnesses everything, was shocked to the core. He could feel that these skeletons were very different from ordinary ones. Though they had the usual skeletal structure, their essence was terrifying as if oozing out deep blackness to devour anyone.

Unable to comprehend the reason, the butler could only attribute it to his S-rank perception.

Satisfied, the butler gave a faint smile, "Young master, these are indeed qualified."

Rahul smiled, but his smile quickly faded as he watched all his skeletons crumble before his eyes, and a ton of prompts rang in his head:

"Your darkness skeleton has died."

"Preserved in Darkness Preservation."

"Want to revive?"

These three prompts bombarded him, and there was even the option to revive, but he didn't do it because that would consume his mana points.

He stares at the butler with a bitter smile, as his excellent pride couldn't even resist crumbling for a moment.

But unlike Rahul, the butler had some appreciation because he knew how much power was used, since he could gauge the skeletons' range. He also confirmed that these skeletons could barely tie with A-rank.

The butler glanced at Rahul with a smile "Young master, I can say that your skeletons indeed have some ability," then stared intently before adding, "but it also depends on whether the caster can survive against the opponent."

A bead of sweat formed on Rahul's forehead as he screamed, "You won't use that power against me, right? You're S-rank while I'm F-rank," but the butler's face wore a look that said, "I'm not a fool."

Rahul also became embarrassed, and his face grew hot, but after calming down, he asked, "What are my options?"

"Your option is to survive, and I will use..."

Before he could continue, he saw that Rahul had disappeared before his eyes. The next moment, he felt threatened and also disappeared from his place, appearing in a different position.

The butler confirmed this time, and there was some relief in his eyes.

"Okay, young master, the trial has ended."

"So soon?" Rahul's figure materialized before him.

"I wanted to know if you have ability to save yourself but now, I can relieve myself from stress."

"How was that? Isn't that cool?"

Seeing Rahul's excited as if top over the moon, the butler smiled, "Good, but it's better not to let it go to your head and always maintain distance from S-rank since they can easily kill you just releasing their mana."