Chapter 279: Partial Awakening [ 2 ]

Morr finally left the room, and I was once again left to my own thoughts. It wasn’t bad per se, but in times like these, I really wanted to know all the details. Especially since those details involved someone I loved. But for the time being, I felt like I was in a circle of people I couldn’t trust. Even Morr... This wasn’t the first time he failed me. I would chalk it up to incompetence had I not seen just how powerful he was firsthand. He has ulterior motives. Whatever those motives were, they clashed with mine. And if I didn’t want that to happen, I needed him to not be able to read my mind. It was just that the Guardian contract made us equals. If I wanted to alter the contract, Morr would know. But at a time like this, I could chalk up my wariness to me being locked up in darkness for God knows how long. So I closed my eyes and quickly focused on the connection between the two of us. It was as stable as ever, almost like it couldn’t detect the distaste I had toward Morr. Once I infused my intent to no longer share my memories, that very same connection reacted. It tried to push me back, telling me to stop trying to meddle. But I didn’t stop as I made my intent that much clearer, until finally, the connection between the two of us seemed like it was on the verge of being severed. In reality, all I did was remove the ability for us to communicate with our minds, and by default, the ability for him to read my thoughts and memories. Maybe I was way too paranoid. Maybe this would get me killed. But whatever the case may be, I needed to find Clementine. And for starters... [Objective: Survive The Realm of Despair] [Reward: Special Ability] [Additional Reward if at least Clementine Noir and Aliyah are alive by the end of this encounter: +150 Free Stat Points] [Additional Reward if both Clementine Noir and Aliyah are alive by the end of this encounter: Gift Rank Increase.] She’s alive... I’m glad. Knowing that I can rest easy, I decided to go ahead and put my focus on myself to make the most out of this situation and reunite with Clementine. For starters, I put all 150 Free Stat Points straight into Vitality. With what I experienced earlier, my Vitality was at an abnormally high level now. Then, I went ahead and used the Gift Rank Increase on the most obvious choice. [Ding!] [Are you sure you want to increase the rank of: ★★★Telekinesis [Master]?] [Yes / No] He pressed "Yes" without a single bit of hesitation. [Ding!] [Confirmed...] [★★★Telekinesis [Master → Grandmaster] ][Your Telekinesis has reached an adequately high level for you to accept the rewards of your previous contract.] [Elise, The Divine Beast of Chaos’s Contract.] [Description: You must free her sister. In exchange, Elise, The Divine Beast of Chaos, will grant you the: Supreme Telekinesis Technique - Black Hole] [Ding!] [You have gained: Supreme Telekinesis Technique - Black Hole] My eyes widened as I didn’t expect to get something like this, especially not now. Yet as a pitch black book appeared in front of me and then traveled straight into my heart, I knew it was legit. And to make it official, I went into my Mind Realm and gave the black book a quick look. It had no cover, nor any markings to boot. Yet when I opened it, I was surprised to see a detailed description of how this Black Hole technique worked. The first page alone made my head hurt, making me realize that it’d take longer than a few minutes to comprehend this whole manual. So for now, I put it aside and focused on the last, or rather, first reward I should’ve gotten. [Pick one Special Ability] Physical Damage Resistance Steel Skin Object Morph Blood Storage A selection...? Huh. Well, at least it wasn’t hard to choose. I didn’t need the first two, since I had Atomic Stabilization. As for Blood Storage... Why would I need it aside from the Demon King of Wrath’s trait? I wasn’t a healer. Clementine was. So in the end, it all boiled down to Object Morph. If it was as it sounded, then I should be able to morph anything into whatever I wanted. That would also mean I could reforge my Clorafite weapons without any assistance. I guess I’ll go with that. [You have chosen: Object Morph] Finally, with everything checked out, the only thing left was to check all the changes I had gone through since the last time I opened my status screen. And the changes were much larger than I had expected. •—Amon Everness—• Level 558 → 614 [High-Grade 55 → Mid-Grade 61] ▷Stats [Strength 444 → 464] [Stamina 437 → 455] [Speed 513 → 532] [Perception 659 → 699] [Vitality 740 → 922] ▷Inherent Gifts (NEW) ★★★Telekinesis [Grandmaster] (Lv.15) ★★Black Lightning Manipulation [Master] (Lv.35 → Lv.49) ★Sword Saint [Master] (Lv.99) ▷Special Abilities ★★Mystic Eyes of Assimilation (Lv.1 → Lv.9) (NEW) ★Object Morph (Lv.1) ★Blood-Sight (Lv.89) ★Demonic Energy Resistance (Lv.75) ★Lightning Resistance (Lv.93) ★Sun Resistance (Lv.92) ▷General Abilities ☆Sprint (Lv.88) ☆Pain Tolerance (Lv.93) ☆First Aid (Lv.90) ☆Mental Resistance (Lv. MAX) ▷Core Traits ◆Divine Energy Manipulation [Beginner] (Lv.1 → Lv.31) ◆The Demon King of Wrath’s Blood [Expert] (Lv.3 → Lv.9) ◆Dragon Heart [Intermediate] (Lv.66 → Lv.99) •——• Even my Dragon Heart went up drastically... The biggest change though was most likely the Telekinesis. Even though it was artificially increased to the Grandmaster rank, I felt like all my control had doubled, or even tripled. My limit had increased by leaps and bounds too. Speaking of, what exactly was my limit? I remember the days where I struggled to lift boulders. What about now? Could I uproot entire cities? Haha. Welp. It’s time to finally get out of here and see just what I’m working with.