“bye Zale, good luck tomorrow” Aster said while waving his hand.
“you too Aster, you too...” Zale saw his friend go, while having a bit of tears on his eyes ‘please, make all the torture I received worth it’
-20:00, Aster’s room-
‘ok, this is this.....that is that.... I remember everything! Man, this skills really saved my life’ while Aster was in his room, he looked at his awakening skills.
breathing (awakening) Lv25 blood flow (awakening) Lv25
“mmmh, how can I evolve them? First of all, let’s observe how they work on use.” he sat down on the floor, legs closed and taking deep breaths.
‘in...out...in...out...’ after some time, he didn’t feel anything ‘I think I need to do something else. Let’s analyze it while breathing’ he repeated the same thing, but this time he was concentrating on the path the air took. Analyzing it... ‘I...feel...a lot of...waste? Some oxygen is not used to it’s maximum, and some dust also enters my lungs. What if I.. stop the waste and keep the air?’ as he tought about that, he tried to control his breathing and lungs to expel the waste and maintain the oxygen.
As he did that, he felt his lungs starting to burn, becoming more sensitive and his body getting full of energy.
skill breathing Lv25 has evolved into pure breathing Lv1
pure breathing will now give +0,5% more
pure breathing Lv1 energy regeneration and purification +25%
He knew that he evolved the skill, but he didn’t stop there, he continued, but now observing his blood, how it carried the oxygen through the body.
He tried to control the blood, to maximize the energy it could make.
skill blood flow Lv25 has evolved into blood manipulation Lv1
blood manipulation will now give +0,5% more
blood manipulation Lv1 vitality, dexterity and blood affinity +25%
‘what? Blood manipulation? Affinity?’ as he was thinking that, he looked at the tip of his finger...concentrating on it... and after some seconds, a drop of blood came out, transforming into a small neddle.
‘!? it works! This is my first power that truly looks like a power!!’ as he got excited, the needle broke down, becoming again a drop of blood ‘oh... it’s a bit hard mantaining it... but I can level it up, making it stronger! That way, I can have a weapon everywhere I go!’ as he was excited about his future, he looked at his finger again, looking to were the blood came out “now, what do I do with this” before going to get a band aid, he heard something.
skill natural regeneration Lv1 obtained
natural regeneration Lv1 healing regeneration +0%
‘...’ ‘...’ ‘...holy... THIS IS GREAT!!! how could I not have thought about this!!??’ before calming down, he got excited once more.
‘OK, ok calm down, let’s stop for now, tomorrow I have the exam and I don’t want to forget anything...and I’m also very tired’ after that, he took a shower, cleaned himself, changed into pajamas and went to sleep.
-at midnight-
“zzzzzzzzzzz....”
skill sleep Lv25 has evolved into deep slumber Lv1
deep slumber will now give +0,5% more
deep slumber Lv1 energy, health and mental health regeneration +25%
He evolved his sleeping skill without knowing.
“ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz........” making himself even more sleepy.
-at morning-
“w....k.......p”
‘mmmh, am I....hearing things?’
“wa........up”
‘what’s that sound’
“WAKE THE FUCK UP, YOU ARE GONNA MISS YOUR EXAM!!!”
“!!!???” Aster instantly stood up. “TIME, WHAT TIME IS IT!”
“it’s 07:50 and you enter at 08:20!! NOW GO GET YOUR THINGS!!!!” Aster didn’t need to even listen to her to start doing it. ‘fuck, fuck, FUCK, FUCK!!!’ in less than 5 minutes, he devoured his food and grabbed his things, running outside.
‘why?! why did sleep had to evolve this night!? run, RUN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!!!’ he runned 3 minutes before reaching the rift’s exit.
“PLEASE LET ME PASS, I’M GONNA BE LATE TO MY EXAM!!!” he said screaming.
“i’m sorry but you have to put your hand he-”
“OK, OK!!!”
-After another 5 minutes, 20 minutes remaining-
The people in the city were calm, living a peacefull life, that was until... *SWOOOOOOOOOSH* when they looked at the sound, they didn’t see anything.
‘RUUUUUUUUN!!!! THE TRAIN FROM RIFT D WASN’T THERE! I CAN ONLY RUN!!!’
skill adrenaline rush Lv1 has been obtained
adrenaline rush Lv1: while activated, strength, speed, and thinking +0%
‘SHUT UP! Well, actually that can help now. BUT STILL, KEEP RUNNING!!!!’ and he ran. He knew that he was going to be late if he didn’t didn’t take some shortcut, and then, he saw some buildings under construction.
‘you’ve gotta be kidding me. You know what? FUCK IT!!’ Aster without wasting any time, jumped over the construction fence. After entering the construccion area, he jumped over bricks, Iron beams and dodged some workers “SORRY, SORRY EXCUSE MEEEEEEEE!” ‘I can only thank you, skills...’
-15 minutes later, at the class entrance, 5 minutes remaining-
*BAM* as Aster entered the classroom, everyone looked at him. *pant pant* ignoring everyone else, he sat down on his seat.
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“ASTER, WHAT HAAPPENED?!” Zale said, preoccupied for his friend.
“don’t *pant* worry *pant* I just overslept, let me rest a bit..”
Zale only looked at him and went back to his seat to let him rest. Meanwhile, Aster was meditating to get all his energy back.
-5 minutes later-
Just as Aster got most of his energy back, the teacher entered the classroom. “I hope you all are prepared for the exam” as the teacher said that, he started giving all the students stacks of papers, around 30 papers In total for each classmate. *gulp* ‘t-thats a lot of paper’ he looked at Zale for a moment, he looked back, the both of them noded, and started writing things down ‘but I still got the help of my friend, so I will not let him down!’ and the hell of all classes began.
skill writing Lv1 has been obtained
‘...right, I didn’t write anything after awakening this power...’
writing Lv1 writing speed +0%
-first hour of the exam-
People were starting to get nervous, there was some questions on the starting pages that were easy, but the more they did, the harder it got. But as for Zale and Aster, they weren’t that preoccupied, because even after reaching the higher grade, they still knew the solutions.
-second hour of the exam-
Some classmates were starting to get sick because of the strees, but the two friends were now starting to get serious with the exam.
-third hour of the exam-
“I have already finished” after hearing that, everyone in class turned around simultaneously. It was Zale. ‘I knew that you were a genius, but you didn’t hold back on this one’ after he looked at Zale, he looked back at his papers to continue.
-fourth hour of the exam-
Aster was done, but still, he went to page one and revised again on everything he did. Ignoring the fact that some students had to be taken to the hospital after falling unconscious.
-fifth hour of the exam-
Aster stood up, walked towards the teacher and gave him his exam “I have finished”
The teacher was surprised “you? I tought you would also fall unconscious” the teacher said still surprised.
“...thanks...” after the small conversation Aster went outside the school, sat on a bench, and went limp. ‘ugh, the adrenaline rush went away’
As he laid there, somone came closer.
“so, how did it go?” Zale said while sitting down.
“...it....went...good...”
“??? are you ok?”
“...need...sugar...”
*sigh* “here, drink this” Zale gave him a can of a common energy drink brand.
Aster grabbed it weakly, and started drinking it all. “ahhhh, thats better, what would I do without you?”
“from what I see, not much” Zale said, while still talkin “we are friends, you can ask me anything and I’ll try to help you”
“really? Then, can you help me get a girlf-”
“impossible. Sorry, but I don’t think any girl would be interested in you” said Zale with a straight face.
“you... fucker! Of course no girl would be interested in me if I’m always at the side of mr.Handsome and Perfect”
“thank you for the praise”
“...bastard. Anyway, you really finished the exam so quickly”
“that was because I had to study all three final grades because of someone who didn’t study it”
“well, at least it helped you with it” Aster said jokingly.
*sigh* “...wanna play something at my house?” Zale said, looking at Aster.
“hell yea brother” while getting up and going to Zales house, he looked at his skills.
passive skills pure breathing Lv1>5 blood production Lv19>23 blood manipulation Lv1 understanding Lv1>5 movement (awakening Lv18>25 Hearing (awakening) Lv24>25 smell Lv11>15 taste Lv8>9 touch Lv11>15 sight (awakening Lv20>25 natural regeneration Lv2 writing Lv1>10
active skills fast thinking Lv5>8 scream Lv5>7 observation Lv5>8 deep slumber Lv3 run (awakening) Lv25 jump (awakening) Lv13>25 resting (awakening) Lv22>25 simple punch Lv12 simple kick Lv12 meditation Lv10>15 adrenaline rush Lv5
‘I will look after the awakening skills later, right now I want to relax’ And thus, the both of them could finally relax after the exam.
-the next day-
‘school ended yesterday, but we still have to go next week to see the results of the exams. So that means I can finally train this week’ after waking up, Aster got breakfast and went to the forest again.
“let’s see what awakening skills do I have?”
movement (awakening) run (awakening) jump (awakening) resting (awakening) Hearing (awakening) sight (awakening)
“ok, let’s start with jumping, let’s a gooo!” while looking at the surroundings, he started jumping while observing his legs, his muscles tensing every time he jumped, every time reaching more altitude, but also jumping forwards, reaching longer and longer. And in his last jump, he used all his strenght to jump.
jump Lv25 has evolved into charged jump Lv1
charged jump will now give +0,5% more
charged jump Lv1 jump height and length +25%
After landing on the floor, Aster started running as fast as he could, not letting his legs relax. He runned in a straight line, always moving faster and faster.
run Lv25 has evolved into bullet speed Lv1
bullet speed will now give +0,5% more
bullet speed Lv1 speed and accceleration +25%
And after evolving run, he started slowing down, but turning towards the trees. While going trough the trees, he dodged them slightly, every time dodging them better until he wasn’t hit.
movement Lv25 has evolved into evasion Lv1
evasion will now give +0,5% more
evasion Lv1 stability, speed and environment sensing +25%
Finally, after evolving all his mobility skills, he fully stopped and laid down on the grass. Taking advantage of the situation, he relaxed, he feeled the air around him. ‘how...relaxing’
resting Lv25 has evolved into relaxation Lv1
relaxation will now give +0,5% more
relaxation Lv1 while relaxed, energy and health regeneration and mental stability +25%
And on his fourth skill awakened, he went for more, he wanted to see everything from the small hill he was on. After looking at everything and observing it, he felt something.
“...”
“.......”
“.............?”
Aster was confused ‘I felt it evolving, but it didn’t continue. Let’s try with hearing’
After failing to evolve sight, he went with hearing. Hearing everything, the wind, the birds, the trees swaying, and he felt the hearing evolve.
“...”
“.......”
“.............”
...almost. ‘how weird. What if I try both at the same time?’ while trying both at the same time, he felt more the sensationg of evolving. But it stopped again ‘do I need the other senses to awaken? Well, at least that’s what I was gonna do’
After saying that, he reached into his backpack and grabbed various things.
Candys, some sour, sweet and salty.
Different kinds of air fresheners.
And all kinds of small pieces of fabric from old clothes.
On one hand he held the different flavored candies, on his other side he had the air fresheners on the floor and on his lap the small pieces of fabric.
“3 2 1 go!” as he ended the countdown, he put five different types of candy in his mouth, then he sprayed some air freshener on the air and he also started touching the fabrics.
Once the candies were dissolved he put more in his mouth.
Once he became accustomed with an air freshener, he used another one with a different smell.
And once he fully felt a piece of fabric, he grabbed another one.
And he repeated this until he awakened the three of them.
skill multi-tasking Lv1 has been obtained
multi-tasking Lv1 multiple tasks at once +0