"Stay on the wall," I shout and propel myself far away from the others, right over the edge of the wall, and I start falling to the place in the city where we came from. Right in between ruined houses and empty streets.The deer's mana starts to swirl around me, and I feel my shadow expand more and more, and soon enough the deer steps out of it and starts falling towards the ground together with me.In quick succession, Tess's javelin filled with lightning stabs itself into its back, followed by even stronger lightning that uses the javelin as a lightning rod.The monster roars, certainly feeling the attack, and for a moment ignores me, turning its eyes towards the top of the wall. I feel its mana move and before it can jump into Tess's shadow, my mana explodes.[Disruption] boosted by [Mana Surge] hits the monster with the full power I can muster, and it cancels out its "jump", the monster once again turning to me.Then we finally reach the ground, and both of us land somehow elegant

Down below, we find the others, most of them in a terrible state and herded to one place by Hadwin who doesn't seem that hurt even after falling from such a height; his [Strengthening] is probably good enough to help him endure.Sophie and Isabella are also fine, but the last member of Hard Difficulty, the Icy guy, is really hurt. Both of his legs are broken, an arm twisted and one of his eyes is blind.Maya is in a similar state with bones poking out of both of her broken shins and sweat on her forehead as she clenches her teeth in pain while Lily heals her.“Kim went to get the twins, they connected with him,” Hadwin says, and I now see that he is missing a few of his teeth and is bruised all over, with also a broken arm and probably multiple ribs.Well, that's dumb if I have to say so myself, but it's Kim's decision.To make matters even worse, Lily heals one of Maya's legs and then passes out, her breathing short and weak and the petite girl shaking and sweating. Malnourished, deh

, what now?I move mana through my body and strengthen the pulses of my Kinetic Mana Heart. The bear tilts its head and tries to copy me. It fails, and energy continues to destroy its body while green mana continues to restore it.It's now confirmed that the bear will die on its own after its mana runs out.But we can't have that! What about my experience points? You won't take them away from me!But one thing is interesting, the bear learns, slowly but surely. So, I keep showing him how I handle the kinetic energy my heart creates, and it tries to copy me. I sit there and observe it all.It's all very interesting. The bear, maybe because it's created by the system, maybe because it's undead, or maybe because it's an animal, continues to try to handle kinetic energy in a much different way. So, I continue to watch it.Oh! This one was nice. I like the way it lets the energy vibrate its bones, then absorbs a tiny bit of that energy. It feels a bit more high frequency than the one gener

"How much do you know?" First, I need to find out how much she knows, and how much she is under the influence of the system."Little pup, I'm Absolute of my planet. Obviously, I know a lot," she answers once again. This time I observe it a bit more and find out how terrifyingly difficult what she does is. She uses the tiniest amount of mana to vibrate the air to create soundwaves; she is even skilled enough to make them mimic her original voice.Who the heck would even bother with that?"System, tutorial, second floor, floor quests, third floor, repeat that.""I do not appreciate your tone," she says before continuing, "System, tutorial, second floor, floor quests, third floor," she just repeats it all.Oh boy, this is getting fun. I move closer and sit in front of the thing that used to be my left hand. Just from a few sentences we exchanged I notice that she is a bit different from the Lissandra I knew. How to say it, her personality is a bit off?"Could you explain it to me?" I say

Did I lose consciousness?NOPE!Am I happy? Yup. That's kind of rare. Also, my left arm didn't explode. Sure, there are some massive bruises, a few cracked bones, and a missing pinkie on my leg. One missing eye. An ear that nearly tore off. Plenty of hurt inner organs. Nothing Lily wouldn't be able to handle.But! Look at this.Lvl 111Strength: 43Dexterity: 41Constitution: 112Mana: 327Strength, Dexterity went up by 10 points each, and Constitution increased by 20 points! That's like getting 13 levels worth of stats, just by trying a little bit. That sounds all too good. I'll have to get Lily to heal me and try again, maybe I can improve on the process.A few skills also leveled up.[Mana Infusion - lvl 21 > Mana Infusion - lvl 22][Mana Infusion - lvl 22 > Mana Infusion - lvl 23][Mana Infusion - lvl 23 > Mana Infusion - lvl 24][Focus - lvl 33 > Focus - lvl 34]Good, very good! My body hurts like hell and I will most likely get killed by Lily, but right now I'm happy.“How are y