Leveling up the World

Chapter 58: The Personal Arena

Chapter 58: The Personal Arena

You are Level 4

The rectangle illuminated the room. Never had Dallion been so glad to be in this small dark room. Finally, he could catch his breath without worrying that a ten-foot hand would slap him on the head along with the rest of the mountain.

No wonder the soldiers treated all the volunteers differently. Compared to the fully awakened they probably were like kittens in a tigers den. Thinking back, maybe Dallion could have been a tad overconfident in his abilities. The limiting echo created by the village chief had made him think he was incapable of anything; destroying it had created the notion that Dallion could do no wrong. The current challenge had quickly rectified his opinion of himself, displaying the adequate level of his abilities.

I cant believe I charged at a chainling, Dallion said, lying on the floor.

Dame Vesuvia was righthe had been incredibly lucky. If the chainling hadnt been wounded, if the cleric hadnt been there to protect him, or if there hadnt been a group of double digit awakened, he might very well have ended up dead and charred to a crisp.

Remaining idle for several seconds, Dallion glanced about the room. A number of changes had occurred. For one thing, it was slightly larger than before; smooth walls replaced the previous medieval look, not to mention that his ornaments had increased. In addition to the sword and buckler, there now was a dartbow placed on one section of the wall, right beneath a plaque reading ATTACK SKILLS.

That was an interesting twistit showed that Dallion had a choice of what weapon to use in his awakened state. Granted, there was no point in giving up the dartbow. HoweverFôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)

Dallion went to the attack area and took the short sword from the wall. Then he took the dartbow as well. The sword disappeared from his hand, appearing back on the wall. So much for dual wielding, although maybe when he became fully awakened he might be able to do that.

That, in itself, was unexpected. What was more unexpected was that the figure was a guardian a colossus guardian that looked remarkably like the one who was smashing mountains a moment ago. The only difference was that this one was only seven meters high.

What the heck? Dallion shot three bolts at the guardians head. Two of them were caught by the colossus' spare pair of hands, and the third bounced off its head without leaving a mark.

The creature glared at the boy, then threw the bolts back at him. They were slow enough to deflect, but proved that the colossus had both high speed and intelligence.

What are you doing here? Dallion kept his guard up. Maybe this was what Kalis had warned him about? Linking one awakened room to another allowed things to move between both. No, not things, creatures. Did you follow me?

The guardian frowned. Out in the mountain realm, it had shown nothing but smug smiles. Here, cold fury emanated from its expression.

Or maybe I brought you here?

Cool! If he could bring guardians here to fight, his chances for victory improved considerably. Of course, it also meant that he had to be careful what he brought here. In any event, he had to learn much more about what it was to be an awakened before he did this again. Before that, though, he had a guardian to defeat.

How does it feel to be a fraction of your former self? Now it was Dallions turn to smile.