LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 158: Significant Increase in Strength
'His abilities are getting stronger, what really happened to him?' Karen asked.
Arthur flew low and landed softly before them. He deactivated his magic armor to make them feel comfortable with him. Sara smiled, the broadest smile since Arthur's departure to the 10th floor.
"I heard the news that the city on the 10th floor has been destroyed. Is that true?" Sara asked, wanting to make sure.
"It's true."
Miki and the others gasped in surprise, then looked at each other. If they could guess, Arthur was probably the cause of the destruction of the great city, the news of the city's destruction had spread throughout the floor, people were talking about it a lot.
Arthur stepped past them and stared at the door to the floor boss room, tightly closed with another group of adventurers inside.
Sara explained the group had been in there for half an hour, no sign of them coming out yet.
"You guys don't need to help me defeat the floor boss. You're tired enough of defeating maze monsters," Arthur explained.
Sara disagreed, they would help Arthur since they were a team anyway. Karen tapped Sara lightly on the shoulder, whispering something to her.
Karen said that Arthur's abilities had increased beyond what they imagined, it must have an impact on his CP.
Helping Arthur would only burden him, it was best to leave the floor boss to him completely.
"I can defeat the floor boss easily. You girls don't need to help me," said Arthur.
Seeing the expression of sincerity that the man showed made Sara let out a long breath. In the end, she agreed to let Arthur solve the floor boss challenge by himself.
[Servant Activated]
[Race Mythological Servant]
[1. Thalenia (Nymph)]
[MP -10000]
[Name: Aaron]
[MP: 1365000/1375000] [-10000]
Arthur summoned the figure of the Nymph servant Thalenia from his body. The woman appeared beside Arthur with the vines that made up her body intact. Miki smiled, walking over to Thania while asking about the woman's condition.
"I'm fine," Thalenia explained.
Miki drew Thania close to her, she asked the woman to tell her what happened in the 10th floor city and whether the city's destruction had anything to do with Arthur's arrival.
Thalenia glanced back, Arthur was still focusing his eyes and mind forward watching the door of the floor boss room.
During the battle in the 10th city, Thalenia did not take part too much, but she clearly saw what Arthur was doing.
In a soft voice, Thania explained to Miki and the others about the truth of the news. Arthur was Aaron who was wanted by the Night Liberators. The man destroyed the city because the Night Liberators had killed his friend.
"His friend was killed?" startled by Sara, Thania raised a hand before her mouth, asking them to be quiet for fear of being heard by Arthur.
"That's right. He used terrible power to fight the Night Liberators, Gunther, the Great Elder, and hundreds of Knight Templars," Thania replied.
"Then what about Andrew?" asked Sara, worried.
"Andrew is fine, along with dozens of Sky Sword members. But, their HQ was destroyed in Arthur's battle."
Thania explained that the impact of the battle made the entire city razed to the ground, not a single building was still standing.
The total number of casualties increased drastically, more than 500,000 people. Sara and the others were stunned with shocked faces, continuing to stare at Arthur from behind.
"If the total casualties reach that number, then the EXP he gets will—"
"Yes. You're right, Karen. He's gaining an abundant amount of EXP, TP, and RL. Currently, he's at the fourth tier as a Venerable Sage," Thania replied, interrupting Karen's words.
"Venerable Sage? That's almost the same level as the Sky Sword President," Sara explained.
Thalenia continued to explain many things about the battle to Sara and the others. Sara couldn't believe Arthur could rise to the level of Venerable Sage this fast, especially since he had the SSS-R talent, Authority Flag, and mysterious abilities according to what Thania explained.
"Are we seeing the emergence of a future Dark Ruler?" Mona asked.
"He is still young but he has already reached the Venerable Sage stage. I think he's the one with the most potential to take the title."
Just as they were talking about Arthur's achievements, the door to the floor boss room opened. The group that had been challenging the floor boss came out feeling proud and relieved, they had successfully defeated the floor boss and had the right to ascend to the next floor.
Sara swallowed her saliva deeply. She stepped closer to Arthur to ask about his readiness. Arthur turned his head and smiled, he was fully prepared even before entering the Dark Pillar.
"Alright. I'd better sign up first," Sara replied, smiling down at Arthur with a blush on both cheeks.
Arthur said yes. His eyes sharply turned to the left side, precisely when the group of adventurers looked at him with a look of intimidation.
Not liking it when people underestimated his abilities, Arthur radiated his powerful magic aura that made them run away in fear and panic.
'With his power, he can kill anyone on a low floor like the 15th,' Karen said.
Ten minutes passed, Sara returned while explaining that she had registered. Now, it was just a matter of waiting for the floor boss' cooldown for the remaining 20 minutes. Arthur thanked her, saying he would split the items if he didn't use them.
Sara returned near Thalenia, the Nymph's servant was recounting the moment of the city's destruction and Arthur's powerful form of mysterious ability.
Sara and the others listened, they had indeed seen Arthur use that ability —when fighting the Night Liberators who took over one floor.
Even so, Arthur didn't let go of the spear, so Sara and the others don't know how powerful Arthur's mysterious ability really was.
Thania invites them to go to the 10th floor to see the situation there, then they can imagine how powerful Arthur's ability was.
The door opened again after 20 minutes had passed, a notification panel appeared before Arthur explaining what kind of floor boss he was about to face.
[Monster Details:]
[Monster: Blood Bough Tree Monster]
[Level: 105]
[HP: 195000/195000]
[MP: 220000/220000]
[Element: Earth]
Not only Arthur, but the others also got the same monster details panel. For Sara and the others, the Blood Bough Tree's monster abilities might be difficult for them to match, but not for Arthur.
The man holding the Venerable Sage level mage could definitely defeat it easily. Now, they might be able to see how much Arthur was capable of, if not his mysterious abilities.
"Let's go inside," Arthur explained.
Sara and the others nodded. They stepped behind Arthur by staying alert —even though there was Arthur who would protect them.
Arriving at the boss room floor, the figure of a tree monster with blood-red branches was clearly displayed before them, the boss room door was tightly closed.
ROAR!
A loud roar was heard from the tree monster, Arthur smiled as he stepped forward. The man asked Miki to guard Sara and the others from any threats, Miki and Thalenia understood.
Arthur stretched his hand forward, a manipulation of purple magic was created to shackle the tentacle-like branches of the tree.
The purple magic turned into chains sticking out of the ground, restraining the monster's body while not dealing significant damage.
[Talent Activated]
[Sub Talent Activated]
[Claws of Darkness]
[MP -28000]
[Name: Aaron]
[MP: 1337000/1375000] [-28000]
Violet magic appeared in Arthur's palm. With a slow sideways movement to the right, he brought three scythe-like attack forms on the ground forward. The Red Bough Tree Monster couldn't do much because of its shackled branches.
BOM!
[Damage +145000]
[Damage +212000]
[Damage +154000]
[Triple Combo! Great]
[Monster: Red Bough Tree Monster]
[HP:0/195000] [-511000]
With an attack from Arthur's second of five sub talents, the Red Bough Tree Monster was defeated with its body split into three parts. An explosion of magic was caused as the air blew very fast.
Sara was shocked, her mouth gaping with her eyes rounded in disbelief at Arthur's ability. Karen also showed the same expression, Arthur could defeat the floor boss in a single attack.
[EXP +245000]
[TP +122500]
[Select TP Allocation:]
[1. Dark Dimension Reality]
[2. Gravity Manipulation]
[50000 RL]
Arthur got the items from killing the 15th floor boss, none of which caught his attention at the moment. Of course, Arthur didn't want to fill his storage slot with useless items.
"Sara," called Arthur, Sara nodded and stepped closer to him.
"You can keep all these things," Arthur said.
Sara gasped, there were items such as Earth element beast servant fragments, Ruby Red Gem, MP Elixir, HP Potion, and Iron sword with The essence of wood which was quite valuable. The woman tried to confirm again whether Arthur didn't need all that, Arthur shook his head.
"You all need them more than I do."
[CONGRATULATIONS!]
[You have successfully completed the Dark Pillar's boss challenge]
[The next floor of Dark Pillar Tower has been unlocked]
[Floor Access Privilege: 16]
[Want to go to the next floor?]
[Yes] [No]
"How?" asked Arthur, curious. Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire
"Sure. We'll go straight to the next floor."