Chapter 1013: Only For It to Worsen

Chapter 1013: Only For It to Worsen



Astarto Town, outside the town's walls.

"Haah."T/his chapter is updated by nov(ê(l)biin.co/m

Shaking his head with a look of slight disappointment, Tristan slowly made his way out of the town gates as he gazed out at the battlefield. "What's taking him so long?"

With the entire town more than prepared for the monster tide thanks to Valyr's help, it went without saying that the speed at which monster tide was cleared was significantly faster than before.

Of course, with Valyr taking care of the last two waves, that speed was further amplified, allowing the entire town to clean up the entire battlefield before the sun began to set.

Then again, even though the battlefield from earlier had already returned to more or less how it looked before, there was still one thing on it that hadn't been removed by the townspeople. Whoosh!

Pushing his body to its limits, Tristan soon began to dash through the vast plains surrounding the town at great speeds, eventually arriving in front of what seemed to be a small hill of sorts.

However, if one were to take a closer look at the small hill, one would soon realize that it was not a small hill.

Instead, it was the dried-up body of the Greater Tidemother that terrorized the town earlier.

"Hup." Though he was slightly surprised that the Tidemother's body had changed so drastically in a matter of hours, Tristan deftly made his way up the surface, expecting to see the young man there.

Yet, against all odds, Tristan saw no signs of Valyr whatsoever.

It was as if he hadn't visited the town in the first place.

"Hmm..." Frowning at the oddity of the situation, the man brought up the conversation he had with the young man in his mind regarding the Tidemother's parts.

Recalling how Valyr wanted the remainder of the Greater Tidemother's blood, Tristan soon made his way to the opening he'd made on its body, only to click his tongue as he found that every drop of blood the Tidemother had was siphoned clean.

"...That's weird." Scratching the back of his head as he looked at the opening in confusion, Tristan soon made his way down the Tidemother's body before making his way back to town. Then, letting out a low sigh, a few ideas came to mind as to why Valyr seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden. "Well, there's the possibility that he was urgently called back."

"After all, with how quickly he handled that Greater Tidemother, it wouldn't be surprising if he was fighting against the orcs in the frontlines."

"Then again, there are some other reasons that come to mind," murmured the man to himself, letting his mind briefly spiral down into what felt like a rabbit hole.

Though, in the end, he shook his head to remove such thoughts, instead letting out yet another sigh as a brief look of sadness appeared on his face.

"I guess this is how you planned on saying goodbye to us, then?"

"...If so, then I wish you had a better way of doing it."

...

"Mngh...!"

Oblivious to what was happening back at Astarto, Valyr writhed and wriggled in pain as the mark fully formed on his back.

Taking up a larger portion of his back while also emanating an aura that felt more sinister than before, the young man inwardly let out a disappointed sigh as he continued to endure the pain the mark was giving off.

Taking in a deep breath as the thoughts continued to fester in his mind, Valyr took the time to calm his thoughts down, eventually allowing him to look at the curse from a slightly more

positive perspective.

"Then again, the fact that the curse doesn't apply in settlements anymore is good," murmured the young man to himself with a dry chuckle, only to let out yet another sigh

because of it.

Closing his eyes for a bit to gather his thoughts, Valyr briefly glanced at the ongoing fight between the two Divine-level beings before returning his attention to the notifications he

received.

Recalling that he'd seen a few more notifications aside from the ones that talked about the upgraded curse, the young man brought up his notification screen once more and scrolled beyond the ones he'd read, only to be greeted by a pleasant surprise.

Ding!

[You have assimilated a trace of the energies of the Divine level into your energies.]

[Because of this, your mana, Void Energy, and Prime Azure Energy have begun to show a portion of their abilities normally unlocked at the Divine level.]

[Due to your feats, you have obtained the title 'Glancing at the Edge of Divinity'.]

Unsurprisingly, Valyr's mood immediately underwent a 180 degree shift after reading through these notifications, his eyes glistening with excitement as he instantly felt a greater

surge of power coursing through his body.

Exhilarated, the young man decided to continue reading through the notifications in hopes of possibly obtaining some more good news from the system.

Unfortunately, it seemed that the system was intent on letting him down one more time.

Ding!

[You have absorbed a power you should not have access to at your current level.] [The Apparatus has interpreted this as you going against the natural flow of the universe.]

[Due to your actions, the Apparatus has now deemed you a true Defier of Fate.] [Your current species 'Reforged High Human | Junior Defier of Fate (3rd Unsealing)' has been

reclassified by the system as 'Reforged High Human | True Defier of Fate (3rd Unsealing)'.]

[You have obtained the title 'True Defier of Fate'.]

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[The Apparatus has taken notice of you.]

[The Apparatus has decided to keep an eye on you.]