All Chapters of Healing Skills: Chapter 101
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C99: Elira (5) "Happy birthday." Elira’s eyes fell upon the small, delicate cake that sat atop the polished desk, the number seventeen etched into its sugary surface like a quiet declaration of time passed. Seventeen years of life she had survived in this world of shadows, seventeen years in which she had carried out the precision and cruelty of an assassin’s work without faltering. The weight of her experience pressed against her chest like a stone she had grown accustomed to, though somehow, this birthday carried a different weight entirely. For seven long years she had resided in this mansion, absorbing its whispers, its dangers, its secreted corners where light rarely dared to tread. And yet, for reasons that twisted her stomach with unease, this morning did not feel like celebration. Unlike her birthdays past, the only person present was Seris. No bustling maids, no quiet nods from Jared, no ceremonial tokens of feigned warmth; just Seris, seated across from her with a carefu
C100 Frost Giants
C100 Frost Giants "And after that, I simply wandered, aimlessly chasing strength, seeking something I could barely define, until our paths collided," Elira concluded, her finger tracing the air as if it could map the chaotic trajectory of Kael’s life back to this exact moment. Kael had absorbed every word of her tale, the depth and rawness cutting through him sharper than any blade he had ever faced, leaving him unsettled in ways he hadn’t anticipated. The weight of it pressed down upon him, a crushing realization that the veneer of normality he had assumed people like them might possess was nothing but a mirage, an illusion cracked by the jagged truths of existence. He chuckled bitterly to himself, a sound that carried both self-pity and reluctant amusement: 'That was far more harrowing than I expected, and somehow, I still had the audacity to think people like us could ever have an ordinary life.' Elira’s expression softened, her eyes reflecting a fragment of memory pieced tog
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Chapter 101: Frost Giants’ JudgmentCalm down.Kael’s mind screamed at the absurdity of the statement as he faced the hulking silhouettes before him, their sheer presence distorting reality like a storm bending light. What do you mean calm down, he shot back in thought, every instinct taut with tension, veins humming with mana and the irresistible urge to summon a Sword of Light so massive that its radiance would blind the sun itself, if only to carve a fraction of time for Astraea to react, for them both to escape the incomprehensible scale of Tier Six power manifesting before them.Maybe, just maybe, this display of force could buy them time, he reasoned, though the chasm between their own mortal limitations and the raw power of the giants yawned like an abyss beneath his feet. He had glimpsed the boundaries of Tier Six once, fleetingly, in a fragment of memory from another life, and the difference had seemed negligible at first glance, yet the reality now pressed upon him with oppr
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Chapter 102: Frost Giants, Fragments, and Flying Fists"You fucker! You were alive!" The roar tore through the icy wind like jagged steel as the old giant lunged at Kael, his massive hand driving into Kael’s abdomen with a force that would have crushed a lesser man. The blow was weak by the giant’s own standards, a casual jab meant more to provoke than to harm, yet it punctured Kael’s inner organs with surgical precision, a sharp reminder that even minor offenses from a giant could leave scars."Oh, whoops, you can heal that, can’t you?" The old giant laughed, a deep, hearty sound that reverberated through the frozen plains, his amusement unrestrained as he watched Kael’s composure remain unnervingly intact.Kael, unfazed, channeled mana into a healing spell, knitting flesh and tissue back into place with meticulous care, his gaze leveling on the giant before him. "Do I know you?" His tone was flat, calculated, seeking a foothold in a memory he could not summon. Eight trials remained,
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C103: Frost Giants (4)Kael braced himself as the final confrontation began, the air around him vibrating with anticipation, the snow crunching faintly beneath his boots, and the frigid wind slicing at his skin like an impatient blade. He knew the truth, that he was nowhere near the level of Thrym, not even in the same hemisphere of power, and yet, he held onto the slender hope that when he claimed he would give his all, it would be enough to survive the storm about to descend.‘How strong is he?’ Kael asked The System, his eyes narrowing, surveying the hulking form of the Frost Giant before him, every breath forming mist in the freezing air. His shields shimmered faintly, a pale promise of protection against the coming onslaught.The System replied, detached but precise: “He looks like a newly appointed king. Tier 10 is a fair estimate, though he may be stronger; perception is skewed when you are still so weak.”Kael scoffed under his breath. ‘And what does my weakness have to do wit
Chapter 104
C104: Heavenly JudgementDing.A crystalline chime echoed in Kael’s mind, resonating with a weight that seemed to vibrate through the very marrow of his bones.[New Skill Generated]Heavenly Judgement [Advanced] [Active]Summon a Sword from the heavens that absorbs all of the mana it encounters, delivering a deadly attack capable of wiping out an entire army. Radius is determined by the mana absorbed.Cost: 75% MPCooldown: 1 DayKael’s eyes widened, staring blankly at the system notification while the Sword of Light, a gleaming column of divine energy, still descended in the distance behind him.System… capable of wiping out an entire army? His voice was a whisper of disbelief, echoing his own incredulity, the thought of accidentally crafting a weapon of such cataclysmic potential staggering him into silence.It is exactly as I said, the System replied, tinged with restrained amusement, like a teacher scolding a student for not understanding the obvious. Comparable to the most destru
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C105: Dragon’s RespiteThe mountains loomed under a muted sky, jagged peaks piercing the drifting clouds like the spines of some ancient beast, and from that solemn expanse, a massive green dragon with black horns descended, landing before Thrym with the kind of presence that bent the air and shook the very stone beneath their feet. The dragon’s scales shimmered like molten emerald under the wan light, each movement rippling across its enormous frame as if the world itself had been tasked with honoring its descent."Hello, little guy, I would like Kael back, so do step aside now," the dragon’s voice rumbled, vibrating through bone and sinew with a power that seemed almost physical. Without warning, it began to transform, muscles reshaping, scales vanishing, until the form of a man stood before them: long white hair cascaded down his back, black goat-shaped horns marking him as an entity of both majesty and danger, familiar yet uncomfortably alien.Kael froze, the name Fafnir echoing t
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C105: Dragon’s RespiteThe mountains loomed under a muted sky, jagged peaks piercing the drifting clouds like the spines of some ancient beast, and from that solemn expanse, a massive green dragon with black horns descended, landing before Thrym with the kind of presence that bent the air and shook the very stone beneath their feet. The dragon’s scales shimmered like molten emerald under the wan light, each movement rippling across its enormous frame as if the world itself had been tasked with honoring its descent."Hello, little guy, I would like Kael back, so do step aside now," the dragon’s voice rumbled, vibrating through bone and sinew with a power that seemed almost physical. Without warning, it began to transform, muscles reshaping, scales vanishing, until the form of a man stood before them: long white hair cascaded down his back, black goat-shaped horns marking him as an entity of both majesty and danger, familiar yet uncomfortably alien.Kael froze, the name Fafnir echoing t
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C106 Training RoomDo you not see the door handle? I am sure I healed your eyes again though.Are you… Kael exhaled slowly, restraining the torrent of frustration that threatened to spill over, his mind already rehearsing the tirade he could deliver toward the System for the tenth time in a single day. The sheer audacity of the entities that had constructed this place was staggering, and the thought that giants, beings of mountain-crushing proportions, could likely manipulate the entrance without breaking a sweat did nothing to soothe his ego. His own height, modest for a hero of legend at one hundred eighty-five centimeters, rendered him almost laughably diminutive before the monolithic door that towered like a sentinel from some forgotten age. Even standing fully erect, his form barely constituted one tenth of the threshold’s magnitude, a mere ant confronting a colossal edifice that demanded reverence and awe.The giants, without doubt, must ha
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C107 Training Room (2) See? Progress. Progress my ass, Kael muttered under his breath, rising to his feet with a groan, every fiber of his body protesting from the merciless trial he had just endured, his muscles screaming, his joints creaking as if mocking him for believing that such pain could ever equate to advancement, while his mind tried to reason with itself against the absurdity of suffering for growth. The System had, mercifully, refrained from turning the room into a tundra of frost, mainly because Kael’s mana reserves were not yet sufficient to survive the extremes, yet the cold it imposed was enough to gnaw at his stamina, a reminder that the environment itself was a silent adversary waiting to exploit his weakness. Despite the relative restraint, the hour-long ordeal had increased his progress by two percent, a number that, on paper, seemed insignificant but in reality was a testament t