EX-Grade Ability Card: Tower Ascension with My Absolute Restoration-Chapter 105: No Excuses
Chapter 105: No Excuses
As for the last item that he checked, Azrael thought even more so that he needs defensive equipment more and more, this material probably going to be something that will yield a great equipment once it is crafted into one.
[Hardened Battle Scale]
Checking the last item he received from the main quest, Azrael then realized that this is the only thing that can be said to be comparable to the greatest loot that he ever acquired in a monster before, said monster being the Eternal Flower, the first epic monster that he had fought against, introducing him to the power of the monsters that goes beyond the normal limit of the floor they are living on.
[A scale that is often hit whenever the monster it was once on was still alive, always teetering on the brink of total destruction before starting to regenerate once again, this vicious cycle of construction and destruction making its resilience explode to a degree never seen before.
This material can only take form as an equipment in the hands of a master craftsman with the strength of a hundredth-floor ascender at the very least, this also means that whatever equipment it is that will be created, it is guaranteed to be SS-Rank at the very least.]
After realizing the usefulness of this material he picked up, Azrael couldn’t help but have his lips twitching in a twisted smile as he starts to wonder just when in the hell is he going to attain such height in terms of ascending the tower, when just before all this happen, he is but a mere person struggling on the first floor of the tower.
’Maybe there’s someone I know who can help me with that...’ recalling the face of the ethereal beauty once again, the young man thought to himself with a wry smile on his face as he realizes that should he continue acting like this, he might end up developing a total reliance towards Xue Qingyue, which in fact, he doesn’t think of as something bad but would rather avoid doing so as much as possible.
Shaking his head to shrug those thoughts off his mind, the young man then finally decided to leave this place, the short, yet intense battle between himself and the boss of the second floor a stark contrast from the time when he, along with six other extremely talented people challenges the greatest blockade on the path to Earth’s ascension to the tower, the first conquest exclusive boss of the first floor.
"Man, those were hard times, really..." recalling the hellish suffering everyone, especially he himself had gone through just to exploit a weakness that this near invincible monster has, Azrael smiles in reminiscence before he starts shivering, remembering just how painful those times were for him especially since he’s practically being turned into blood pool consistently to prevent any of his companions from dying from the brunt of their enemy’s attacks.
"I should be able to meet them soon..." feeling like the wait for his reunion with these people is not going to take long, he assured himself as he wills his murderous intent to form a great sword once again, nodding to himself with satisfaction as he leaps and rode the weapon far larger than his own frame, before his visage zooms into the distance in a speed impossible to follow with the naked eye.
"Now... time for the greatest challenge in this floor..." looking at a floating azure screen in front of him, revealing information about the only remaining agenda he has for ascending the tower, Azrael mutters to himself in quite the hesitation as he recalls just how much he struggles in the first floor just to barely defeat the monster guarding the greatest treasure there.
And not to mention this is a higher floor, meaning more difficult opponent than previously, he still couldn’t help but feel quite insecure fighting against such monstrosity, despite all the growth he had after reaching the second floor and achieving a lot of things here.
As he concerns himself with those problems though, he continues utilizing what he thought would be the most crucial skill he would use against the upcoming fight with the treasure guardian of the second floor.
Due to the skill, or rather, energy he is using, his hair is turning white as his eyes turns into one similar to a goat’s, with his pupil golden marked with a vertical slit, either side of his forehead growing a healthy, large shiny horn with his back having a muscular, scaled wings that resembles a dragon’s rather than a demon’s, completing his appearance the tail that grows out from his lower back.
While maintaining this form, the Demonic Energy he just acquired from merging his Murderous Aura skill along with the Demonic Transformation skill makes it so that the speed in which he travels increase as well, that being due to his stats rising up consistently as he continues compressing the use of Demonic Energy to smaller and smaller time frame.
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"What do you mean you lost him all of a sudden?" looking at the group of people kneeling in front of him, a young-looking man cleaning a saber on his hand asked with a trace of anger apparent on his low voice, making the people kneeling in front of him to take a large gulp of nothing out of concern for their own life being taken away by this man.
"T-that... he suddenly disappeared into the ocean... leader... a-and h-he soared and stepped through air s-so we can’t do anything to follow him..." gathering enough guts to answer the question knowing that they would die anyways should they not answer, one of the kneeling people said with nervousness and fear obvious on their voice, their words being interrupted as they start feeling murderous intent pressing down on the air around them, making them unable to breathe.
"There are no excuses for failed missions, you lot might be better assigned to things other than this."
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