SSS Rank Talent

Third POV

On the field where the awakening ceremony took place.

"H-Hey, don't you think it's getting really cold? It wasn't this cold before, was it?" a student said to his friend, rubbing his hands.

"You feel it too? I think I have a cold," he replied.

Betrix and Bella, on the other hand, also felt it.

"Betrix, do you feel the temperature dropping rapidly?" Bella asked.

"It's true I feel a little cold, but not as bad as you said. Could it be because my talent is fire-type?"

"That's possible. No wait, I'm serious. It's getting really cold," Bella said, shivering.

At the same time, a commotion erupted throughout the classroom, even the teachers felt it.

"Mr. Vice Principal, do you feel it too? The temperature in the field is dropping rapidly "

" Should we evacuate the students?" asked a male teacher over 2 meters tall.

"Teacher Mora, create a special cold barrier around the students "

" Teacher Rena, create an anti-cold formation around the students," said Vice Principal Dandelf to the two female teachers.

Mora is a teacher with a B-Rank Protection talent, meaning she can create a barrier for any situation, while Rena is a teacher with a B-Rank Formation talent who specializes in creating formations.

After ordering the teachers to protect the students, Dandelf flew toward one of the altars where the cold energy was concentrated.

When he arrived, he saw the examiner frozen.

"Thank God he's still alive," he said, after examining the teacher using his energy.

Then, Dandelf removed a pile of rocks from beneath the teacher, which he had taken from the altar, and flew her toward the barrier.

"Slowly melt the ice using medium-strength fire, and have a healer beside her just in case," Dandelf instructed the tall teacher.

"Yes, Mr. Vice Principal."

Dandelf turned his gaze toward the energy center.

There, he saw a woman with her eyes closed, her white hair flowing beautifully.

"This girl is the principal's choice "

" Now I understand why he cares for her so much, to the point of pampering her."

"Hehe, isn't that amazing? As expected of my chosen girl?"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him, startling Dandelf.

"Principal, why are you here?"

"Of course iam here, Demetria is conducting an awakening test "

" I won't rest until I know this girl's results, and of course, the results are very satisfying," he said, looking at Demetria proudly.

"Well, we'll leave the small talk later, We have to contain this cold energy "

" If this continues, everyone on the field will freeze."

With the help of the remaining teachers, they used their core energy to block the cold energy released by Demetria from directly hitting the students behind them.

Suddenly, a burst of cold energy exploded, accompanied by the silhouette of a white woman with icy blue eyes surrounded by icy blue energy.

The blast of cold energy was so powerful, but fortunately, it was directed upwards, causing the sky to turn cloudy and rain with icy energy in every droplet.

The white shadow's gaze focused on Demetria, as if to protect her.

When the shadow appeared, everyone, including the principal, froze and stopped moving.

It felt like a death god's scythe was at their necks.

Fortunately, even though they stopped channeling their energy, Demetria's cold energy no longer harmed anyone around her, leaving only a chill.

Everyone in the building could only swallow hard at the sight.

No one dared to make a sound, waiting for Demetria to finish her awakening.

After a few moments, Demetria opened her eyes.

Demetria's POV.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that I was surrounded by many teachers, and they seemed to be shivering from the cold.

"Wait, why does this place look frozen?" I asked subconsciously.

I looked at the teachers, but their gazes were focused on me as if they were seeing a monster.

Even Rudolf looked tense.

"What's wrong, Principal?" I asked.

Although he didn't mind me calling him by his name when we were alone, I still had to respect him in front of others.

"Demetria, look," he said, pointing to the screen above me.

"Demetria, SSS-Rank Absolute Ice Sovereign!" a voice sounded like a broken record from the frozen screen, but it was still clear.

"..." Everyone in the room fell silent.

Even the vice-principal, who had a cold and stern expression, had his mouth wide open.

So it was above S-rank huh, but I didn't expect it to be above SS-rank.

Third POV

"H-hey, isn't the strongest person in our empire an SS-rank? And in our entire empire, there are only five people with SS-rank talent? And now an SSS-rank has appeared, the first in history?" a teacher said to the teacher next to him.

A moment later, a commotion erupted as the previously chilled students suddenly became excited at the sight before them.

"Amazing! I'm witnessing the rise of an SSS-rank in the history of the human empire, no, the history of planet Earth!"

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

Demetria POV.

"Principal, I need a secluded place "

" I feel like the energy inside my body is going berserk," I said to Rudolf.

"What? That's not good "

" Come with me, I know a good place, You need to stabilize your energy, or you'll explode."

After saying that, Rudolf immediately grabbed my hand and teleported me.

When I opened my eyes, I was in a beautiful place, a house in the middle of a small island in the middle of a large lake surrounded by high mountains.

"This is my usual place for cultivation or relaxation when I encounter obstacles "

" This entire area, from the mountains as the boundary, is part of a formation I created myself "

" It's a protection formation, a stealth formation, and most importantly, an energy gathering formation "

" This formation exists to gather the pure energy in the surroundings so that it's easier for us to absorb," he explained.

"And this is my gift to you, Demetria," he said.

"With your talents, you're more suited to this place "

" If I used it while you were here, it would just be a waste of resource " he continued.

"Huh? But?"

"Please don't refuse. Consider this my investment in you for my safety." he said.

Seeing as Rudolf seemed determined to give me this place, and I also needed a quiet place like this, I accepted.

"Thank you, Principal."

Rudolf also explained several things about how to use some of the formations in this place.

"Oh, one more thing, if you want to leave this place, use this teleportation stone "

" It works by simply remembering where you want to go and injecting energy into it "

" After that, you'll be instantly teleported there "

" You can also go here using the same method."

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore, call me on your smartphone if you have any questions," he explained, then disappeared.

I looked around.

"What an extraordinary place, very beautiful and comfortable, perfect for cultivation."

I immediately sat on the large jade stone, which, according to Rudolf, was the center of the energy gathering formation.

[Ding

Host, before absorbing all this energy, the system suggests taking the core from the gift box.]

"Core?" I asked.

[Ding

Yes, Host, the core is an important foundation for practitioners.]

[Ding

Practitioner information is closed, host level detected as too low.]

I was just about to ask about practitioners, but at least I know what awakeners are called on Earth, while elsewhere they're called practitioners.

It seems there are other places besides Earth, I'm very curious.

Since the first monster attack 100 years ago, humans have never left the lands they control.

They're too afraid to explore the unknown.

With my talent and the system's help, I want to explore those places, but first I have to become stronger.

"System, please explain about cores."

[Ding

The core is the foundation of a living creature's body, especially a powerful creature.

The stronger the core, the more stable its cultivation level, and the stronger the creature is compared to others of the same level.]

"So that's it, System, open the core selection chest."

[Ding

[ Blazing of Fire Lord Core ]

[ Tempest of Destruction Core ]

[ Azure Vortex Core ]

[ Earth Dominator Core ]]

Just like the previous talent selection, this core truly has a name that would shake the world if the world knew, and its description is equally terrifying.

But since my talent is ice, I had to find one with the same element to accommodate my cold energy.

After searching for a while, I found two ice-type cores that I thought were the most suitable for me.

[ Ice Lord Core (Upgradable):

Can store cold energy.

Can shorten the cooldown time of all user skills.

Can absorb surrounding energy and convert it into a large amount of cold energy.

This skill is continuously active and will not burden the host during the absorption process.

100% cold resistance.

This core has a passive skill: Every time an enemy attacks, there is a 50% chance of a counterattack.

This counterattack directly attacks the enemy.

The power of the counterattack is 100% of the user's total damage. ]

Lastly.

[ Monarch of the Frost Core (Upgradable):

Can store unlimited cold energy.

Can accelerate energy absorption.

Can convert any energy into cold energy.

The core owner will have 100% cold resistance.

Increases damage from ice-based skills by up to 1000% of their original damage.

This core has the passive skill Frost Aegis, which creates a barrier around the user.

Any attack hit by this barrier will instantly freeze the attack and the enemy who launched the attack (has a 100% chance if the opponent is of the same level as the user, but the chance decreases with the opponent's strength level) immediately active when it detects an attack. ]

This is difficult.

Both have what I need.

Reducing skill cooldowns is a huge plus.

After some deliberation, I chose 'Monarch of the Frost'.

The reason I chose these two was the 'Upgradable' mark.

Of the ice-type cores, only these two have this mark.

I think I can upgrade this core in the future.

Can store unlimited energy is big plus too.

Plus, it would be safer if I had a life-saving skill.

"System, I choose [Monarch of the Frost Core]"

[Ding

Detected: Host has selected core.

Assimilation is underway.

Host is advised to focus.]

I immediately sat cross-legged, closed my eyes, and focused on my body.

I could feel a massive amount of cold energy swirling crazily within my body.

I could feel sweat pouring down my face, but I remained focused, controlling this energy so it wouldn't go berserk and be absorbed by my core.

At the same time, I saw a dark silver ball with a dark blue line appear within my abdomen. A chilling aura emanated from my core.

The blue line seemed to be beating slowly and quickly, quickly increasing in speed.

At the same time, the cold energy within my body, created by my talent awakening, was being absorbed crazily by my core.

And all the energy gathered by the energy gathering formation was also being absorbed crazily by my core.

Slowly a blue star filled with cold energy was formed, the star orbited my core like the moon orbits the earth.

" So that's it, this is the reason why the name for the power level is ' Star ' "

I remained focused, not daring to let my guard down for the slightest bit, because I knew if I did, I would surely die before all this energy was absorbed.

I don't know how much time passed, and I finally managed to absorb it all.