Chapter 6

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Shocked and curious, Aiden reached out his hand. The moment his fingertip touched the light, a pile of information surged into his mind.

[Welcome, Awakened. Congratulations on surviving the attack of the beasts and obtaining an Awakening Ability.]

Aiden rolled his eyes at the words. What was there to congratulate? He had almost been crushed by the monster. He didn’t even want to recall the pain.

[Awakened: Aiden Thomas]

[ Awakened Ability: Priest. Sequence Number: 93. Ability Pathway: Support.]

[Awakening Ability Level: D, Skill Level: 1.]

[Awakened Skills: Strength Amplification, Healing Aura.]

[Level 1 Strength Amplification. It can increase the target’s strength by three times for three minutes.]

[Level 1 Healing Halo. It can help wounds heal quickly. Photoshop, unable to detoxify, unable to repair broken bones, treat illnesses, and so on.]

[Passive Skill: The Awakener’s vitality increases. The wound can heal by itself.]

…

Aiden was dumbfounded. At this point, no matter how stupid he was, he understood that he seemed to have an ability similar to the healer in the game. Could this be the true meaning of the Awakened that the monster had mentioned?

After carefully studying the information in his mind, Aiden had a basic understanding of his abilities. To put it simply, he was a support character. However, because his level was only Level 1, his current skills were only Strength Amplification and Healing Aura. As for what his subsequent skills were, he still did not know.

“Do I have superpowers?”

Although it was only a support ability, it was still a superpower!

At the thought of this, Aiden was a little excited. His previous fear had dissipated a lot, and he couldn’t help but study his skill.

“Let me see… how should I use the healing halo…”

Aiden muttered under his breath. He had thought that there would be some cool action or domineering incantation when he released his skill, but as soon as he said the words ‘Healing Halo’, a strange change occurred. A ring-shaped green light lit up on each of his hands, making them look like two fireflies in the dark room.

“Is, is this the healing aura?”

Aiden couldn’t care less about the casualness with which he unleashed the power. He stared at the light in his hand. From the lustrous green color, he once again felt the warm feeling that emerged from his body when he was tortured by the monster.

“I wonder how effective it is…”

Aiden muttered to himself as he healed himself. He then lifted his clothes and used the light to approach the wound on his waist. Under the cover of the green light, the wound felt warm. Then, he saw that the originally ferocious wound was slowly healing. Even the red mark left by the monster’s tentacles was slowly healing.

It was too magical!

Aiden looked at this scene excitedly. Although it was only a support ability, it was only a Level 1 skill. When the skill level increased in the future, wouldn’t it be able to instantly heal wounds?

However, before he could get excited, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, as if he was being pricked by needles. Then, intense dizziness surged up. He felt the world spinning in front of him. His body tilted back uncontrollably and he fell heavily onto the bed, breathing heavily.

“Phew… Phew… W-what’s going on?”

The green light on his hand dissipated, and a sense of weakness that he had never experienced before spread throughout his body. Aiden felt like a person who had just drowned. Not only was his head dizzy, but his body was also extremely exhausted. Even raising his hand was very difficult.

Just as he was feeling puzzled, another notification popped up in his mind.

[The healing aura will consume the user’s physical strength and mental strength. The degree of consumption depends on the skill level and the severity of the wound being treated.]

F*ck! Are you kidding me?

Looking at the notification in his mind, Aiden almost cursed out loud. Wasn’t expending stamina and mental strength equivalent to expending his own healing? He was already exhausted to death just from treating a superficial wound. If his injuries were more serious in the future, he might die of exhaustion before his wounds completely healed.

“What kind of bullshit skill is this!”

If that was the case with the Healing Aura, then the other skill would probably not have much of an increase in Strength. To put it bluntly, it was just two scamming skills.

Although he was complaining, the skill level mentioned in the information in his mind still caught Aiden’s attention.

What if his level increased and he didn’t have to consume his stamina? That would be equivalent to having an important life-saving method!

Thinking of this, he asked impatiently in his mind.

“How should I level up?”

Could it be that he had to fight those monsters? What a joke!

A line of small words quickly appeared in his mind.

[As you have successfully survived for six hours after Awakening, you are rewarded with three Skill Points.]

Skill Points?

Aiden was stunned. Was this a way to level up his skills?

Then, the words that appeared in his mind confirmed his guess.

[Skill Points can be used to upgrade skills. Each level requires 1,000 Skill Points.]

“1,000?!” Aiden suddenly sat up and exclaimed. He had survived for six hours and only received three Skill Points. 1,000 Skill Points? Didn’t that mean that he had to persist for nearly three months before he could level up his skills?

“Thomas, what are you doing?”

Just as Aiden was complaining, his mother’s voice sounded outside the door.

“I just saw light seeping out of your room. Are you playing with the laser pointer again? I’m warning you, you can’t play with that thing in your room. It’ll cause a fire!”

“Got it, Mom. I’ll go to sleep now.” Aiden quickly followed his mother’s words. Fortunately, the latter did not pursue the matter. After a few more words of advice, the footsteps gradually faded away. Aiden heaved a sigh of relief. The weakness in his body made him unable to hold on anymore and he fell asleep.