Chapter 150: Impossible Task

The 58th Warrior Simulation had to do with the Two Horned in the trial surviving against the onslaught of a 1000 Varlen Dream Beasts.

The wilderness they were in contained thousands of caves with different directions to run in in order to escape the Varlen's Dream Beasts. This was one task that many of the previous Four Guardians said required a great intuition! This was something that couldn't be made over night and had to be trained. It had to do with a person's unique ability to sense Ki! There was no way Howard would be able to complete this in under a day! The record had been five days, and that was set by Founder Arista when she was a Guardian.

The Four Guardians had gotten up to their seventh set of Guardians, so that meant over 24 of the most talented people in the history of the Furnace had never completed this simulation in time! Harvard took a deep breath and remained calm. At the same time, he activated his Dream Ki to the maximum.

"I just realized. No one that took this challenge had Dream Ki before. Heh, if I use it, is it cheating?"Howard took a deep breath and smiled at Priscilla. "We only have a week. Do you think it would be a disgrace to the other Founders?"

"Some of the strongest Four Guardians had two elements like me. Do whatever you want, Howard. Just understand we're standing on the shoulders of giants! Do you really think Dream Ki will make a huge difference?"

Howard held out his hand and suddenly a line of light shot in dozens of directions that went into all the various caves. One of the things he noticed about Dream Ki that had the most benefit is the ability to take more than one path at once.

'I spent nights thinking about the most valuable thing about Dream Ki. It isn't it's overwhelming power, but it's ability to allow you to travel in more than one direction at a time!"

Howard had heard that General Lorklan had an insane ability to detect what every single one of his soldiers was doing at a time, and could use that to command them in battle. This was a skill that only truly belonged to the Jarkales, however, Howard couldn't help think he had to have a way to do that as well!

Last night, after kissing Priscilla to sleep, he stayed up all night concocting a plan to increase his strength! Dream Ki seemed to be the answer! By using his Dream Ki to appear in more than one direction, he could also keep his eye on the entire battlefield!

'I won't need to use Fire King's Last Stand if I can keep an eye on everything that's happening.' Howard pointed at a cave to the right. 

Because they were in the Dream Room, it really felt like they'd entered into a wilderness with a small pathway full of caves appearing in front of them when the room changed. The black walls had gotten replaced by trees, and even the room seemed to expand endlessly with the most majestic of skies above them.

Howard grabbed Priscillas hand and rushed down a tunnel while the footsteps of the Dream Beasts could be heard.

"The goal is to make it to the other side of the wilderness right!"

"Yes, but what are you doing? Wouldn't it make more sense to go in the jungle!"

In warrior simulation 58, Priscilla had read that most of the Guardians took the forest and defeated the Dream Beasts one by one at various key points. There was a narrow pass where the largest Dream Beasts could be trapped, and a river that certain types of Land Dream Beasts couldn't enter.

Ultimately, only one of the Guardians had dared try the network in the mountain that appeared behind them. However, Howard had confidence in his dream ki! The cavern had dozens of different pathways that branched out and twisted in several directions while the walls started to shake from the Dream Beasts attacks.

However, whenever Howard turend, he seemed to know exactly what was going to happen. Every few seconds, a flash of Dream Ki shot out of his body that shot down more tunnels.

His eyes looked extremely focused, but at the same time certain. Priscilla blushed feeling him guiding her into the supposed impossible maze.

"Did he master Ki Prediction. No way, that's an SS rank skill." Priscilla gasped in shock while Howard took her further and further into the tunnel. "Ki Prediction allows a person to chose the best direction out of several direction, or use the best move out of several moves. However, even that shouldn't allow him to know which direction to go! There's simply too many options!"

"Howard, stop!" Priscilla noticed Howard's eyes had turend sheer white. "You can't use Ki Prediction yet! Your body doesn't have Ki Hearts and won't be able to handle it!"

Priscilla had heard that Ki Prediction required a Horned to have at least 35 Ki Hearts, and also was almost impossible to sustain for more than a few minutes. Founder Arista had somewhat mastered it, but could only use it for 3 minutes! 

Swoosh!

They sprinted down another tunnel while their footsteps rang against the walls. Howard was fast, but seemed to be running out of strength. The ability he was using was incredibly taxing!

Rawr!

A large Dream Beast's massive claw seemed to possess endless strength while it slashed at Howard through the wall. He rolled to dodge, and looked at its golden eyes before a powerful flame of Dark Ki shot it down the tunnel.

"We're almost there! We're almost to the other side!" Howard smiled and turned back Priscilla refused to move! They were about to get completely surrounded and she refused to move!

"What the hell was that! How did you know it would attack!" Priscilla pushed Howard against the wall and ignored the sound of rushing footsteps. "What skill are you using? Are you secretly working with the Jarkales?! Did General Lorklan teach you that special skill of his!"

"I made it up!" Howard said and wiped off the dust from his head. "It's using Dream Ki to check out all the tunnels. It's really simple!"

"Stop messing with me! You're reminding me of those doctors that told me everything would be fine! Look at my arms!" Priscilla pulled up her sleeves and pointed at a cut on her arm. "This is from that same doctor! He told me he just wanted to make a small incision to fix my bone! He tried to rip me up becuase he thought I was special! I won't be tricked by anyone again!"

"I understand. They killed me every single day to make me weak," Howard smiled and shook his head. "Or maybe I don't understand. I-I had to be happy and sad multiple times a day. However, I promise to love you like no tomorrow! Not a single thing will get in our way!"

"Heh, you're funny. However, if you really can use Dream Ki to peer in every direction, what mark do I have on my back? If you can look around a hill, you can sense that right."

"Oh, do you give me permission? I'd never look at your body without permission," Howard laughed and hugged her. "Are you sure? You sure?��

"Yes, if you're using Dream Ki and not General Lorklan's Ki Projection skill, then you should be able to see behind my shirt!" Priscilla blushed and felt Howard grabbing her harder, putting all his warmth towards her body! "Come on, we don't have time!"

"It's a seven edged star. What does that mean?" Howard's Dream Ki traveled through her shirt and then slowly disappaered. An image appeared in his mind. "Who the hell would do that to you?"

"They are called the Seven Star Empire," Priscilla tried not to cry, but felt her entire body breaking down. "They-they killed my entire family lineage! I'll do anything to kill them! They are even worse than the Exland Empire!"

Howard smiled and turend to his right and saw at least 20 Dream Beasts rushing down the tunnel on his left and right side. They'd have to do it again, but he simply just hugged Priscilla while he waited for their death.

Of course, since it was like a dream, they really wouldn't die, however, the pain would be very similar to real life. However, it was just too important of a time for Priscilla. He tried to cherish her wholly while a Dream Beasts claw traveled straight towards his gut.

"I'll always be here for you!" Howard smiled while the claw pierced into his back. "P-Promise! I'll take care of them and make you trust me! I'll be the light in the darkness at night that guides you forward! Do you hear me!"

"Thank you, Howard. I'm sorry!" Priscilla looked down and saw a large tail had pierced into his gut. "I-I'll work on it, okay." Blood gushed out of her mouth before everything went dark. "I-I'm sorry for not trusting you. It's just I don't trust- my-myself."

"Hehe, it's okay! We can just try again!" Howard got slashed dozens of more times but refused to die until he said those words. "You're beautiful even with scars. I like you, Priscilla."

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3rd try at the 58th Warrior Simulation

Howard turned down a long cavern while he activated Ki Transformation and killed five Dream Beasts with a powerful flame. Dozens of serpents of Ki flickered in every direction and cleared out the path in front of him.

A large temple was in the forest surrounded by Dream Beasts, however, Howard wasn't scared. He'd trapped thousands in the tunnel, and there was a maximum of 50 Dream Beasts left to kill before they acheived victory.

"You got this Howard!" Priscilla created a large fire ball that seemed to transform her into a running flame. Dozens of icicle's started to grow out of her and melt from the flame. She looked like a running spiked ball about to crash into a line of Dream Beasts, but she wasn't afraid. "We can do this! We can beat the record by an entire day!"

Boom!

Howard activated all his Dream Ki and suddenly burst right up to a Dream Beast with black fur and smashed its head down into the grass beneath it. With a turn, he seemed to appear in six different directions with dozens of Ki Strands shooting at the Dream Beasts from his hands.

His Dark Ki mixed in with his regular Ki and created whips of destruction. All the Dream Beasts instantly shot in several directions. Priscilla could only gasp in awe when she saw the entrance to the temple. Howard really was impressive, and had grown so strong.

He single handedly took out 50 C rank Dream Beasts in less than a minute, and all she had to do was deal with 5 behind them with her icicles. Blood shot out the back of the Dream Beasts while they ran into the large 6 floored temple.

Boom!

A powerful voice echoed through the chamber that said "You've completed the task." Before the world seemed to shrink back into the Dream Council. Howard dropped onto the floor and wiped off blood on his mouth.

"I-I think I need to rest," Howard smiled and instanty fainted. "The world is heavy when you try to carry it by yourself. Hehe, but I love doing it!"