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Chapter 68: A stumbling colossus.

Before Cerion and I could even come up with some kind of strategy, a giant stone fist came flying down, right at the both of us. We dodged out of the way on time, but only barely, because a split second after I activated aura step and Cerion used his wave movement skill, the fist landed on our previous position, digging into the tiled floor of the complex and causing a small crater to form.

Witnessing its power, I grimaced and evaluated our situation. Dealing with a monster that had mor...

Chapter 67: An opponent of epic proportions.

The next day, Cerion and I packed up and mentally prepared for the final challenge the [City of tears] had to offer. Revan had kept us safe throughout the night, not that I was particularly worried about any threats in the first place. If this dungeon had proven us anything, it was that it liked to stick to its own rules.

‘Imitation’ had been the ruling theme, especially in that last battle. The dungeon imitated our human cities, behaviors and characters in a crude manner, though it...

Chapter 66: Three more to go.

It seemed Cerion had stopped hesitating.

With a grin, I cannoned into the seating area on the other side of the arena, using aura step. I drew my sword and tore into the ghosts, which ran away like an actual crowd would when frightened.

The moment my mana touched any of them, they disappeared like a mirage. Rather than turning into a puddle after a shriek, these ghosts just disappeared as if they never existed in the first place.

“Great. More fakes…”, I murmured. Right...

Chapter 65:The time for action.

“So this is it, huh? It looks more impressive from up close.”, I commented.

Before us stood the arena we had previously seen from a distance. Now that we were actually here, its true size became apparent. It wasn’t quite as wide as the theater that had served as the previous boss’ area, but what it lacked in width it made up for in height.

Instead of the dull gray Cerion and I had come to expect from the city of tears, this arena was made out of light-brown cubes and colum...

Chapter 64: Calm before the storm.

Cerion stood across from me, staring me in the eyes with a serious expression on his face.

“I’m sorry. I did not mean what I said. I hope you’ll forgive me.”

I crossed my arms and sighed.

“Forget about it. I understand you were in some kind of trance at the time. I won’t blame you for falling under that little ghost’s spell. I hope you won’t fall for the same trick next time, though. Apart from its ability to control people, that boss was incredibly weak.”,...

Chapter 63: Turning friends against each other.

Cerion and I stood before the entrance to a large amphitheater, as my knowledgeable friend called it. We were located on the outskirts of the city, on a hill near the city walls of the city of tears. After deciphering the code on the barrier around the clocktower, Cerion and I had made it our mission to find and conquer the remaining two bosses, which had led us here.

Finding this place hadn’t been easy. Our plan consisting of ‘find strange place’ hadn’t been quite as...

Chapter 62: Time to hunt.

After defeating the duo boss, Cerion and I retreated further back into the city, to a place that we had previously explored, and set up camp for the night inside one of the empty houses. Both he and I had to recover from some wounds and exhaustion, though my wounds were healing more quickly, a fact that Cerion made sure to whine about.

“It’s not fair! Why can’t I ever get a healing skill!,” he complained half seriously, half-jokingly.

“Just get lucky in your next life, I...

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Sorry guys, but I've sat at my desk for like an hour and the inspiration isn't coming right now. Daily uploads are hurting my personal life, so I'm going to start uploading once every other day, instead of every day. My apologies. There will be a chapter up tomorrow, though. Best regards and thanks for your support.

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With the start of the new month, I've come to the decision to change the upload schedule of 'My class ...

Chapter 61: A strange pair.

After Cerion and I had rested, we decided to finally enter the core of this dungeon, the city itself. No more monsters had come out to the gate since we had killed the ghostly knight, and with some luck, he wouldn’t respawn for another week at least. Because of this, my partner and I felt confident in taking a look inside.

We gradually approached the massive gate, keeping an eye out for any movement. When we had reached the gateway itself and there still hadn’t been any interruption...

Chapter 60: A knightly stomping.

“So… how do you want to approach this fight?”, Cerion asked me.

“What do you mean? The same way we always do, of course. We just run up to the bad guy and start swinging.”

Cerion sighed and rubbed his temples.

“Can’t you at least ambush him with an apparation first?”, he said exasperatedly.

“I guess so…”, I replied.

Apparating into an attack would force me to reset the mana in my surroundings, but if I was successful, it would be a worthwhil...

Chapter 59: I’m not ready to hear the truth! Spare me!

As the ghost started shrieking in frenzy, Cerion and I prepared our skills in preparation. Right as we expected the ghosts to rush in, they did something strange, instead. Several of them flew into one of the blue fruits that lit up the cavern, disappearing inside. A few dozen flew into the trunk of a nearby tree, while the rest chose a similar variety of plants to be absorbed into.

I nearly lowered my guard in shock, but put it up again as one of the blue fruits detached itself from it...

Chapter 58: The city of tears.

The next morning, Cerion and I prepared ourselves for our dungeon run. I had been a little too excited to sleep much, but thankfully sleep became less and less of an issue as constitution rose. We were stuffing our spatial trinket chock-full of provisions, a sleeping roll, and some tents as well as some monster repellant powder that Doran had given us. Apparently, the stuff was pretty uncommon, because different monsters reacted differently to different powders, so to get your hands on powder...

Chapter 57: Great motivation.

I looked at Rashid questioningly.

“How did they find out so fast? I only intended to reveal my affinity for the tournament itself!”

“It was inevitable, wasn’t it? You started traveling with young Cerion not too long ago. Of course, they would be interested in you. The guild stalled their movements for as long as possible, but the nature of investigative classes makes it so that there are no true secrets among those of the lower tier. I recommend tiering up and getting some...

Chapter 56: The list of seeded participants.

What happened next was a half an hour-long dressing down about my mistakes. I had to calm elder Rashid down by exaggerating the critique Andross had given me. After a while, his tangent ended. We both drank some lemon tea to calm down.

“You’re lucky the skill you got from the merging crystal suits you perfectly. Andross begged me for a week to give it to you.”

I smiled.

“Did he? I’m not surprised. He’s a good guy.”

“Hah! Of course you would say that. An...

Chapter 55: [Aura step]

I increased the speed of the flow of the mana in my veins and pushed myself off the ground, jumping after that annoying man. I didn't want to apparate yet, because it would reveal my affinity to all of these other hardened witch hunters. A stranger with a dark affinity chasing after a senile old man wouldn't be a good look, unfortunately.

That meant that I had to strengthen myself to keep up with him instead, which was a slightly better look. Sadly, that also gave the old man p...

Chapter 54: Keeping up with your elders.

The gates to the capital were something else. Massive golden doors that could fit a hundred people side by side, adorned with gems of all kinds and engravings depicting historic battles. It was clear that the kingdom did not hold back when it came to making first impressions. To the citizens of Roa, this gate might have seemed like a waste of resources, but to any foreign dignitary, it would express Roa's power.

For Cerion and I, it was just an impressive gate, that we didn't have the t...

Chapter 53: To him, I was a hero.

The path to the capital required us to travel west from Reito, through several towns and trading hubs. Because we were travelling through the centre of the country, the roads were paved and monsters were rare. This made for smooth travel, though it wasn't as exciting and eventful as our travels to the border.

I tried to keep myself busy with skill progression, but the boredom was still settling in quickly, the days blending together slowly.

In the evenings, I would practice my [Ov...

Chapter 52: On the road again.

A few hours later, we were packing up our camp for the last time. Cara and Emer had arrived after finishing the clean-up, which meant that it was time to return to Reito. Cerion and I would then head straight for the capital so that we would make it on time to sign up for the tournament.

As I leaned down to roll up my bedroll, I spoke to Cerion.

"So what are we going to do to reach level 50? We still need a couple of levels, and we only have about a week to spare."

Our quest...

Chapter 51: All hail the rare classes!

We watched the spectacle from a distance. Anyone observing us from the outside would have described us as an unlikely trio. Two young men accompanied by a bloody old veteran, just watching the horizon.

It could've been a sentimental moment. Cerion and I could have talked about our affinities, families and life before our awakening, but instead, we simply sat in silence, enamoured by what a tier 4 could achieve.

Cara and Emer were giving the bandit chief Kazach hell. Gouts of flame...

Chapter 50: Sink as low as they have.

The red blast enveloped me. It was so bright that I closed my eyes out of instinct. I had no time to put up any kind of defence, and it was too late to apparate away. Was this the end? Already? I hadn't even gotten started!

I expected his suicidal blast to tear my body into pieces, but even after a few seconds, the impact didn't come. Slowly, I opened my eyes again. Instead of red lightning, a blue translucent sheen appeared in front of me. A few small red sparks were still visible in t...

Chapter 49: Arrogance means recklessness.

A sudden gust of wind and a fireball suddenly flew at the origin of the attack, slamming into the sandstone surface of the bandits' base. The rock crumbled and fell to the bottom of the clearing, though Kazach emerged from the dust unscathed. He looked similar in build to his son, Nareo, but unlike Nareo his hair was sand coloured, bordering on blond.

"I see you've finally decided to show yourselves, thieves! Don't assume you'll be able to leave this place alive!"

Neither Cara nor...

Chapter 48: The rat was caught.

Cerion was pacing the cave nervously.

"Calm down, man. Emer is not going to wake up for another few days at least, and even if it does come down to another fight, we'll have the advantage. Two tier 4s and us against a single tier 4 and two tier 3s. We have a numerical advantage.", I said to him from where I was sitting.

"That's not the issue, Arthur. I know we'll most likely win, but at what cost? You said you nearly died multiple times in your fight against that lieutenant. If it...

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Chapter 47: Little monsters like you.

"Cerion, duck!"

Both of us jumped behind a boulder, right before a red lightning strike struck our previous location.

Ueron started hurling more and more bolts at us, forcing us to stay in one position. Normally, I would be confident ins taking him on by working together with Cerion, but our current circumstances prevented this from being a viable option. We were carrying Emer to our new hideout, and his unconscious body would be vulnerable to Ueron's onslaught.

With no othe...

Chapter 46: Running away.

Cara stared back at us from her seat next to Emer.

"So, you managed to clean them up properly?"

Cerion bounced cheerfully.

"Sure did! Arthur took care of lieutenant Nareo and I took care of the weaker bandits."

She eyed him for a moment. Neither broke the stare down, though Cerion's jovial smile seemed to become a little strained.

"How did you handle it?", she asked.

"Just... fine, I guess. Arthur and I had a good talk about it."

She redirected her sc...

Chapter 45: A heart to heart.

Nareo was getting cocky because he got one lucky hit in. Idiot. I would show him who was superior between the two of us.

I turned to Cerion, who was sweating in exertion. He was attacking everyone around him wildly while clenching his teeth. To be honest, he didn't look to be all there. I shook my head. Now wasn't the time to worry about him.

"You take care of the trash, I'll kill the big fucker!"

Cerion didn't seem to hear, because he just kept fighting. Well, it didn't mat...

Chapter 44: First encounter with the bandits.

As I opened my eyes, I took note of my surroundings. I was staring up at a large, rocky cavern roof.

I blinked as the memories of the day before came back to me. We had been fighting a [Sand elemental], when Emer had created a storm of flame, which had overheated me while I had been flying through the air.

I sat up and looked over at my companions, two of which were sitting around a small fire nearby. Cerion and Cara were speaking in hushed tones. I could see Emer lying down on a ...

Chapter 43: A large wave of sand.

After some deliberation, I chose the skill [Ghost apparation]. It just had the most future potential. With my new core, the time to focus on mana efficiency had passed. On top of that, I needed a trump card to fight and escape higher-tiered opponents. [Ghost apparition] fit the bill perfectly.

I mentally commanded the skill to be chosen.

Ding! [Shadow apparation] has reached tier 4! [Shadow apparation] becomes [Ghost apparation].

After the notification ended...

Which new skill should Arthur pick? (Chapter 42)

[Dark apparation]

Use locations with sufficient dark mana in the environment as a medium instead.

[Greater Shadow apparation]

A direct upgrade of [Shadow apparation]. Use less mana and cover more distance.

[Ghost apparation]

Become intangible for 0.5 seconds after apparating. Skill uses significantly more mana and can cover less distance.

Chapter 42: Arid climate.

The next morning our travels resumed. We summoned our mounts in the morning. Revan had gotten along great with Emer's fire-breathing lizard, but Cara's bird seemed to despise him, because he avoided Revan whenever he was around. Despite being tier 3 mounts, neither the wind-summoning bird nor the fire-lizard were larger than Revan. When he reached tier 3, he would become even larger. I couldn't wait for a colossal tier 4 Revan.

We were heading to the Thalia hills, a rocky area near the ...