[Option 1: Fortune Piou- A piou that instinctively select the best option when faced with a choice.][Option 2: Favored Piou - A piou with the ability to subtly improve the outes of its decisions.]Sora noticed that both options seemed to be influenced by Hiyoko’s special ability, Intuition—an ability she hadn’t possessed initially and that had seemingly appeared from nowhere. As he examined both options, he saw that they were cssified as A-Rank species, a signifit upgrade from her inal F-Rank race.
Yet, he hesitated. Ign the options for now, he reasohat with further training and pushing her abilities, they could unlock eveer paths for her.
Turning to Hiyoko, he said, “I’ll help you evolve into something incredible, but you o trust me. We’ll train every ce we get. For now, I want you to start with your mental power. It’s your weakest area, and that’s what we’ll focus on first. Ask your little brother to attack you with low-level mental attacks to improve your efficy.”
As he id out the three training options—[Faith], [Focus], and [Meditate]—he was surprised when Hiyoko chose [Faith] over the other two.
"Before you go back to the [Beast Space] to start training, I want to test something," Sora said, watg the little bird settle in, preparing to train her new skill.
He pulled out a [Familiar Soul Link Creation Token] and used it on Hiyoko, curious to see what might happen given the immense differeween their strengths.
After a moment, he trated, waiting for aion of ge in his mana, body, or mind, but felt nothing. He gnced up, about to pin—only to be taken aback by the sight before him.
Hiyoko was h in the air, radiating a fierergy, almost like a miniature sun. Her body seemed to tremble and twitch with the absurd power flowing into her. She fainted from the pain the process uttihrough.
Feeling that she was safe, Sora opened her stat panel and watched as her stats began to soar, her weaknesses fading as his power fueled her transformation. The numbers rose quickly before eventually slowing to a stop.
He could feel her body reag its limits, refusing to accept any more power—perhaps restricted by her species or unknown shackles.
Taking a closer look, he reviewed her updated stats.
[Primary Attributes: Strength (S), Agility (S), Stamina (S), Magic (S), Mental Power (A)]
[Mana Affinities: Fire (A) (New!), Thunder (A) (New!), Water (A) (New!), Earth (A) (New!), Wind (A) (New!) (...)]
Saped. "What the... I nning to train her gradually! And now I’ve just handed her a shortcut that makes growth challenges irrelevant. This is way too much," he muttered, shaking his head. All her attributes had skyrocketed to S-rank, and her Mental Power had miraculously hit A. On top of that, she’d ied weakened versions of his elemental affihe ones he had painstakingly trained in Kara's [Time Space].
Across from her, su stared at his big sister, awestruck. Moments ago, she’d been delicate and fragile. Now, even in her sleep, she radiated with newfound power, and he could feel her Mental Power nearly matg his own, which his master had always deemed exceptional.
Seeisu's pleading expression, Sora sighed. "This probably isn’t the most natural way, but... who cares. You’ve earhis."
Rewarding him for his performance, Sora activated a sed [Familiar Soul Link Creation Token], this time linking with su.
This time, Sora felt a ge within himself, as if he was being closer to the fire element while the link worked its miracle. At the same time, he sehe birth of a new affinity, the [Holy Element], as particles around him grew friendlier by the sed.
Oher side, su was in awe of the feedback he received from his master.
'Master really is amazing... I’m thirty levels above him, with so many more limits broke he’s still strohan me in almost everything…'
su couldn’t prehend how Sora could excel in so many areas, but instead of feeling disced, it only deepened his admiration.
Sora soon received a notification.
[You have 60 seds left before the door to the fifth floor closes and your Assion ends.]He sighed at the rule allowing only a brief 30-minute rest between floors if no one was ihe previous trial. Without wasting another sed, he sesu and Hiyoko—who was just waking up—bato the beast space. Then, turning toward the challenge, he opehe door to the fifth floor.
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Choosireme difficulty on the fifth-floor trial pushed Sora's speed, rea time, and strategiing to the limit. With the option to halt the trial whenever he chose, he was ready to give it his all. Stepping into a vast chamber with shiny markers scattered across the floor, he quickly realized that each marker provided safety from the endless mana bombardments for a short time.
At first, he had a few seds to reach the marker before beams of mana reappeared, f him to move between markers as they disappeared after use.
As the trial progressed, the challenge grew more demanding. With markers ed, the trial required him to cross longer distao reach safety. And sometimes when he was standing on a marker, he was targeted by projectiles unched from random dires, desigo end him if he failed to dodge.
With each round, the time allowed between markers shrank, and after choosing a few poorly pced markers, he had to activate [Lava in My Veins] to pensate for the shrinking windows of time and his terrible pathing choices.
Attempting the sixth-floor trial on normal difficulty, Sora faced a test of le attack skills, challenging him to destroy targets that became increasingly distant and hard. This wasn’t his stro area, as he rarely trained in accurate or powerful attacks over such range. Relying on his elemental mastery, he unched powerful attacks but soohe gap grow too vast, his projectiles weakening and being harder to trol.
To avoid miserably failing the trial, he crafted a Soul Bow in his [Prestige Fe], using his exceptional physical strength and trol to enhance his range and accuracy. This allowed him to clear a few more levels, but his ck of practi archery proved fatal. Missing the target three times in a row, his trial came to an end.
On the seventh-floor trial, Sora chose extreme difficulty. This trial focused intensely on body f, requiring him to endure waves of physical attacks without defending himself or activating skills. At first, the trial felt so easy that he barely took it seriously. But as he advahe difficulty climbed steadily, testing his body’s resilience against sshes, crushing pressure, blunt force, and even torturous methods he hadn’t imagined.
By the time he reached the 18th level of the trial, his body was damaged beynition, with every limb destroyed and his body barely holding together. It was a brutal test, pushing him to his absolute limits, with his regeive abilities being the only thing keeping him alive.
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Cheg the rankings, he smiled, 'Only the third and fourth floors had trials that were not based on levels. I would even say that my performance has been outstanding so far.'
[Floor 1: Rank 1/4320][Floor 2: Rank 122/3456][Floor 3: Rank 6/2592][Floor 4: Rank 1/400 (Group Rank)][Floor 5: Rank 3/1500][Floor 6: Rank 52/1125][Floor 7: Rank 1/843]Two pyers had mao secure higher ranks than him, meaning they were sidered faster in proportion to their levels, while he had cimed the top position in body f aance. 'So many pyers are better at le attacks, though. I o work on that,' he thought.
Taking advantage of the limited resting time between floors, Sora rexed, refleg on his performance. 'For someoh 12 million in talent, it’s shog to see others ranking higher iain fields, especially when most trials are level-adjusted.'
With two supreme skills and his innate skill enhang his base talent, he’d expected an easy climb to the top of the tower. But as each trial unfolded, it became clear that experts in specific discipliill mao keep his pride in check.
'I wonder if Kara is still in the Assion Tower... After all, the st three trials only tested physical abilities, survival potential, and le damage.' He couldn’t help but worry. Each reward iower made oronger, but passing the trials was anything but easy.
'It’s been two weeks ihe tower already... I wonder what’s happening outside. Are Mom and Dad doing well? I did not see them in years...' His thoughts turo his parents as a wave of homesiess crept in. Curious about the outside world, he felt himself starting to miss them.
Notig the notificati him to ehe rial, he took a deep breath and stepped into the 8th floor.
[Wele to the 8th floor of the Assion Tower.][Trial: [Chis - Foxes - Vipers] – Join a group and perform to the best of your abilities in a deadly game between pyers!][Pyers are randomly assigo three teams of 281 pyers. Each pyer has three "lives" before being elimihe trial will end when 281 pyers have been eliminated. Each group has an advantage or weakness against roups][Meics :
Chis eliminate Vipers but are vulnerable to Foxes.Foxes eliminate Chis but are vulnerable to Vipers.Vipers eliminate Foxes but are vulnerable to Chis.Idle pyers will be revealed for all pyers to see after 5 minutes of avoiding bat.Every 10 minutes, in each group, a pyer will be randomly eliminated among pyers who did not mao get an elimination.Find power-ups and special abilities in the field.[You have been assigo team [Vipers]. Beware of chis][You have gaihe buff Venomous][Description: When fighting Foxes, all skill effects are doubled. All stats are doubled. Energy ption is halfed.]Sora was in shock at the notifications 'What the hell is this?'
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