LRAB Chapter 51 Breaking The Limit
Chapter 51 Breaking The Limit
There are few certainties in life; one instance states, as the saying goes, death and taxes; yet another is increasing one's potential without the aid of unique materials or fateful encounters.
Never before, in the history of Travelers, or for what it's worth, Genovia, has there been a case where someone naturally has the tools in hand to break through system-imposed limits, that is, until the day a certain Ash-Blond Lad, nearly face planted into a pair of newly sharpened Hook Swords.
For someone who had an original limit of One-Star as his potential when it came to his Progression, of course, it was never going to be easy on Aoni if he wished to increase his grade.
Considering what he experienced whenever he upgraded his Stats, it was a given that the moment his Attribute filled its star and formed a new one, something would happen to his body; I mean, just look at what transpired when he tried boosting up his Attack, Defense and even Speed.
It was as if the world itself was attempting to snub him with intense pressure and suffering, yet he was able to continue progressing and, as such, grow stronger.
Why would it be any different this time around, especially since it was a proven fact that Aoni's Attribute was special?
Yet, no matter how much info he had gathered in the past few days and all the theories he had come up with, nothing could have prepared Aoni for the moment his second star manifested.
I wish I could tell you the consequences of his growth amounted to a simple nosebleed, but it was never going to be that underwhelming.
In fact, after falling backward and passing out, the Lad was only unconscious for a few minutes at most before releasing the most bloodcurdling scream to have ever left his lips.
"Wh...at....AHHH!! ARGGG !!!!!" Barely spitting out a single word, the Lad was unaware that his very essence, his SOUL, cracked and began shattering.
For Nearly an hour, she could only tremble in terror after evacuating her bowels. Mind you, Aoni wasn't much better, he had long since pissed himself and soiled his boxers, but all things considered, it wasn't like he would have been mad at Glacia in the first place due to her being a baby and whatnot.
For well over an hour, Aoni lay inert, screaming his head off until his voice cracked, and all he could do to try and alleviate the pain was whimper, which, in turn, caused Glacia to do the same.
Meanwhile, as all of this was going on, the temperature in the Cave had spiked immensely, easily climbing to well over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit before spilling out like a furnace and melting the nearby snow.
It was as if the sun had descended on the Cave, momentarily turning the frozen tundra in its immediate area into a desert climate.
And with each minute that the strangely dense aura bombarded Aoni's body, the distance of the heat expanded outward until reaching its peak distance and covered the entire platform outside of the Cave.
Even so, it was contained not only at a certain distance but also by the Barrier surrounding Aoni's territory without leaking a single ounce of Energia into the world.
After a second hour, the contained phenomenon began waining, and inch by inch, the intense heat retracted until finally...the process was completed; the Lad's Soul was perfectly reassembled, appearing brand new, and the pair of Glacia and Aoni were given a sweet release of darkness which overtook them as they fell unconscious.
| The Attribute: Progression has been Increased by One Star |
| Host's Soul has been strengthened and expanded by a factor of two |
| New Abilities for Attribute: Progression have been Generated |
| All Progress Points have been deducted |