Chapter 20 - 20- Abnormal On Abnormal

Chapter 20: Chapter 20- Abnormal On Abnormal

Acrypha's breath halted for a second as she read the information in front of her attentively. She had her predictions as to what Talon had in his status window. However, all of those predictions were crushed and destroyed completely right in front of her eyes.

No, it wasn't simply that... She had been met with something far more ridiculous than she expected. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

Talon noticed that change in her expression and could only ask in confusion. "What's wrong? Is there something off with my status window?"

"Something off?" Acrypha finally raised her eyes and stared at Talon. "This... Do you even understand what this is?"

"How would I understand?"

Acrypha rubbed her forehead as she closed her eyes. Her mind was in complete shambles at that moment. She didn't know what to think or do except for simply standing there.

'I knew that he was special... But this... This is far more than I expected... This not something that should exist!' She thought to herself.

The first abnormal thing Acrypha noticed was obviously the Aetheris stat which was standing at a ridiculous 95 points. That was almost 10 times the normal amount a new ranker should have. In her entire life, she had met many geniuses and prodigies that would shake the Core Dimension itself, and none of them had this high Aetheris at the start.

'Why... What makes his body so naturally compatible with Aetheris? No, far from being compatible. It's as if he's blended with it.' She thought to herself.

Aetheris is a natural energy that exists in every dimension that gets linked to the Core Dimension. It's the sole way someone can activate their skills and it's also a crucial part of potion-making, blacksmithing, and even enchantments at the highest level.

Someone with this high amount of Aetheris would be a treasure so enticing that every single powerhouse in the Core Dimension would be frothing their mouths wanting to take them.

Yet, it doesn't end at that.

'His main skill... What is even this?' She asked herself.

'Dimension Harvester'. She read the name again and again trying to remember if she heard it before and yet she failed. Almost 99% of all skills in existence have been documented. They were the common skills that the majority of creatures get when they are connected with the Core Dimension. They are called 'Common Skills'. The 1% left are called 'Special Skills' and they are skills that are unique and have never been seen before which makes them even more precious.

However, even the Special Skills fall under one of the categories that the common skills are found under. However, no matter how much Acrypha tried to categorize this skill, she failed. It was just too unique.

'To be able to connect with other Dimensions and take knowledge from alternate versions of himself... How absurd is that? Even at a base level, it's already monstrously strong.'

Acrypha remembered how Talon was able to beat that level 5 Dimension Walker even though he was clearly losing. Just two single moves were able to kill it, simply because he activated this skill.

'If he develops it... I don't even know what could happen...' Her eyes wandered to the confused Talon. Everything she assumed about Talon changed and even the light she looked at him through shifted.

This normal human... This average university student... He was far from average...

"Acrypha?"

"Huh? Ah." Realizing that she had been staring at him for too long, Acrypha inhaled a deep breath before she looked at him.

"Listen to me, Talon. No matter what happens now or in the future. You have to promise me one thing." She said in a very serious tone which made even Talon instinctively straighten his posture.

"What? You're scaring me with that look."

Taking a deep breath, Talon closed his eyes for a moment to calm his thoughts and his heart. His body naturally took a fighting stance. Then, suddenly, he moved. Using his arms as he saw in his head, he stepped forward with one step as he slashed down.

The veins on his arms flexed for a moment as he groaned loudly.

*Swish*

The spear made a line in the air as it stopped as it almost made contact with the ground. Looking down, he shook his head with a serious expression.

"No..."

Walking back, he took position again as he slashed forward. However, he shook his head again.

For the next 20 minutes, Talon kept repeating the same move again and again and shaking his head in disappointment as he repeated. He was certainly getting better, but the improvement was so slow and miniscule each time that it might as well be ignored.

'I know what I have to do but my body refuses to do what I want.' He thought to himself.

Acrypha watched silently as Talon continued doing the same thing. After a while, she finally spoke.

"You aren't really putting your whole body into applying what's in your head." She commented.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You're only focusing on two things, your feet and your arms. Did you take into consideration the other body parts that get into doing the perfect spear slash?" She asked.

"..." Her words struck Talon's brain as he realized what she meant. Indeed, he was making that mistake.

He focused on the main aspects of the move and forgot to actually look at everything else. Closing his eyes for a second, he imagined the slash in his head as vividly as he could, noting down every small detail he could see and making sure to memorize them.

Then, he finally stood in his position again and focused.

*Swish*

He slashed forward swiftly and the result was... a failure.

Talon's feet slipped and he ended up falling to the ground.

"Ouch." Standing up slowly, Talon fell into deep thought, ignoring the whole fall as if it were nothing. Never in his mind did it occur to him that realizing what he was doing wrong meant that he could fix it instantly. There was still the whole part of actually learning how to integrate the correct moves.

'I felt it there... I was closer to a better slash than before. I'm on the right path.'

Acrypha noticed the look in his eyes and a faint smile appeared on her face. His eyes were completely focused, not caring about anything else except for learning and perfecting the single task he had to perform.

'Yeah, that look. That's what you should have, human.' Her eyes flared with excitement.

Perhaps, at that moment, she was witnessing the birth of a monster that would take every Dimension by storm. A monster that was yet to awaken truly, but was slowly hatching from its egg.