Free Web NovelChapter 31: The Eve of the Ranking Events
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"So it’s finally time, huh?" Theon whispered as he stared at himself in the mirror.
His golden hair had grown a little longer, and his height had increased as well. If before he was 6’3 now he was 6’5.
His shoulders had also become broader and his muscles looked more defined— even through the uniform he was wearing, one could tell he had the body of a sculpted god.
’I will say this once more— beauty like this should not exist in this world.’ He nodded his head with a soft smile.
It wasn’t as if he was being narcissistic— no, nothing like that. He was just self aware. Those were two completely different things.
"Hey, Theon!" Lucius shouted. "How long do you plan to keep adoring yourself. We have to go!"
"Give me a sec!" Theon replied, then clenched his fist— feeling the raw power flowing within him.
"At least I was able to reach D rank—" he whispered.
The two weeks he had to build himself passed by in a flash.
His guess was also correct. Immediately after he absorbed the C rank core, he was able to breakthrough to D rank. His break through caused a little commotion, but he was lucky he did it in a very secluded place.
What shocked him though, was the system— because after he broke through, the system rewarded him with other abilities.
And now, his system window looked like this—
[Status]
[Name: Theon Grey]
[Level 1]
[Mutation type: The River Styx(Divine Mutation), The Abyssal Night(Divine Mutation), King of Storms(Divine Mutation)] frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
[Resonance Core: Triple resonance core(D rank)]
[Essence Purity: Divine]
[Strength: 32]
[Speed: 45]
[Endurance: 28]
[Intellect: 37]
[Charm: 50]
[Abilities: Flash Step, Umbra Bind, Death Slash, Abyssal Eclipse, Thunder God’s Domain, Divine Judgment]
[Locked]
[Locked]
[Host is currently incapable of possessing all abilities due to his weak body]
[More abilities will be unlocked as the host evolves]
[Quests]
[Get revenge for Theon Grey]
[Theon Gray has been through much turmoil and suffering throughout his life. To repay him for taking his body, Host must find and kill the perpetrator that murdered Theon Gray]
[Time Limit: One Month]
[Rewards: The full potential of the system will be unlocked]
[Penalty: Death]
"Theon!!" Lucius shouted once more, this time walking over to drag Theon from the mirror.
But of course, Theon would never let that happen. Before Lucius could grab him, he swatted his hand away and began walking away.
"Damn it!" Lucius rubbed his hand softly. "Don’t you know that hurt?"
He exclaimed, rushing over to join Theon, who had already started walking out of the dorms with Reed and Damon.
As usual, they went to the cafeteria and took their foods to a secluded spot before eating calmly.
Once again, Adrian was nowhere to be seen in the cafeteria. In fact, Theon hadn’t seen him throughout the past two weeks.
Of course he got curious and asked Reacher about it, but even Reacher had no idea where Adrian had disappeared too.
In fact, Reacher hadn’t seen Adrian since the day he tortured Theon.
Theon didn’t push on further from there. After all, it benefited him in many ways.
It gave him the opportunity to train without constant distractions from Adrian.
After they finished eating, they left the cafeteria and Lucius and Reed left for the Ironveil hall.
"Today’s the last day of Instructor Sylvia’s training."
"Yeahh!" Theon nodded. "About that, I won’t be able to attend. I have other important matters I have to deal with."
Damon adjusted his glasses. "Fine! Stay safe!"
Theon smiled, then flexed his muscles. "Have you forgotten that i’m stronger now?"
Yes, Theon decided to tell his roommates about his abilities.
He didn’t like faking that he was a weakling, fully knowing he was strong. He had always hated when main characters from novels or anime did such.
So he mixed in a little lie on how he got stronger. He told them he had undergone a second awakening and awakened an Elemental Mutation Type along with a Gold Purity Resonance Core.
He also added that it was the awakening that resulted in his change of appearance.
They found it hard to believe at first, after all, it was nearly impossible for someone to awaken for a second time.
But Theon was able to convince them after displaying his lightning abilities.
They were all shocked, but had to agree with the fact that Theon had awakened a second time.
"I know," Damon smiled, then walked off but not before adding—
"You still have to stay safe. Not for our sakes at least, but for Amy’s."
After Damon departed, Theon headed for the training facilities.
As he walked down the paved roads of the academy, he could see multiple large screens placed above selected buildings, mostly displaying adverts on the ranking events.
"They are really taking this Ranking Event thing seriously," Theon muttered.
He stopped once he reached the large doors of the Training hall. Multiple students stepped in and out of the doors, making the place look more lively than he had ever seen during the past two weeks.
’They must all want to get a little bit of training before the D-Day tomorrow.’ he nodded his head, then walked into the hall.
As usual, all the receptionist were busy dealing with the large amount of students— well, all except Rebecca at least.
"As lazy as always," Theon sighed staring at Rebecca who was asleep, her appearance still as laid back as ever.
He walked over and tapped her on her back and she shot up immediately.
"I’m up...I’m up... What’s happening—" She said erratically, then paused the moment she laid eyes on Theon.
"Ohhh! It’s the annoying brat. Am I really the only receptionist you come too," she face-palmed. "There are many other receptionists here you know."
She pointed at the other receptionists, who didn’t even bother with her outbursts.
"No! But I’m already used to you attending to me, so let’s keep it that way." Theon shrugged.
Rebecca stared at him, then sighed tirelessly.
"What do you want? Come to train— again?"
"No," Theon smiled. "The ranking events are tomorrow, so I just came to say hi before you saw me on the big screens."
"Oho! Is that right?" Rebecca smiled mischievously.
"Yess! We both know I’m going to dominate this year’s event." Theon gave a mischievous smile as well. free𝑤ebnovel.com
"You really are a confident little brat, aren’t you?"
"What can I say." Theon shrugged, still keeping the smile on his face.
"Just don’t die on me. At this point, you’ve already become my personal little alarm clock." Rebecca patted his golden hair softly.
"Don’t worry! This year’s Ranking Event is going to be unlike anything you’ve ever witnessed." Theon smirked.
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AN: Sorry for the subpar writing. This is my first time experiencing writer’s block, but I still hope you enjoyed the Chapter.
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