Chapter 123 - Attack Of The Spies (Part One)

Robert was shocked when he heard that. He was sure that breaking through battle was possible, as he was someone of the same case. But when Lucas took the meditative state, he understood why.

"He needs time to form the Storage Core. The more effort he puts into it, the better Core he could form. Anything above Silver is great", he thought as he was defending. Lucas was now in deep concentration, and the Aura around him was running wild for a few moments and became calm again.

The cores that were formed were of five grades. The most common were Bronze and Silver. Gold was formed once in every hundred people. Above those were Diamond and Platinum Grades. These were rarely found, and cultivating those Grade Cores is much harder than Gold.

One needed a lot of resources to break through from the Third Stage. Just integrating the Aura will not be enough anymore. There will always be a bottleneck one faces and when they reach it, they will need Limit Breaker potions which are made specifically for them.

Robert was a Gold grade, and hence he knew the resources one must need to improve themselves further. He was looking forward to Lucas's Core formation.

It was taking longer than he had taken, and the scrunch on his face was evidence of that. Robert was now curious as to why he was taking this long, and in the midst of it, he lost his concentration.

He was flying back when he did a flip in the air to land on the ground. He was skidding on the floor, and dust was spread all around him. He felt a hand stop him from moving any further behind, and he saw Lucas standing with a smile.

"That took longer than expected. You okay there?", he asked as he looked at Robert with concern. His Aura was much denser now, and he was still converting the Mana into Aura for the time being.

"You need to stock up as much as you can. I will monitor the inflow rate and keep it from overloading your body. Now go and show them what happens when they mess with The Heart Kingdom", said Valentine.

Lucas had a notification up and his smile widened when he saw that.

[Aura has been promoted!]

[You are now a C Class!]

[Aura: C Class]

[Capabilities: SSS Class]

[New techniques have been learned]

[Aura Tentacles- Lvl 1]

[Aura Tentacles - Create tentacles from your Aura to attack or defend against your foes]

[Aura Blades - Lvl 1]

[Aura Blades - Create Blades from your Aura and use them to attack or Defend against foes]

He then pulled up the skills he had right now under his Aura, as he was sure he would be needing them.

[Skills List]

[Aura: C Class]

[Capabilities: SSS Class]

[Aura Slash - Lvl 1][Mastery - 75%]

[Aura Jump - Lvl 1][Mastery - 89%]

[Aura Skin - Lvl 1] ][Mastery - 12%]

[Mana Vision - Lvl 1] ][Mastery - 90%]

[Aura Tentacles- Lvl 1][Mastery - 50%]

[Aura Blades - Lvl 1][Mastery - 0%]

Lucas was stunned when he saw that he had a fifty percent mastery over a skill he had just received. He then recalled that he had used this move when he was in the Portal, and it was on a larger scale. 

After he saw everything, he began to formulate a plan. And since his title 'Master Tactician' was still active, it meant that his plan was almost foolproof.

After his analysis, he was sure about one thing. He needed to take out the Golems first, and then remove the Magician from the picture. He tapped Robert on the shoulder and moved his eyes towards the woods.

Robert caught on immediately at what he was saying. He nodded his head and the both of them began their counterattacks. Robert moved to the side, and he drew the attention of the Earth Golem towards him.

The Earth Golem was the easiest to distract at the moment as the Magician above it was abusing and cursing the evading Robert. He was now using the same footsteps Lucas used before, and his feet were glowing green.

"Seems like he indeed found his way. But let's see how far he will be able to improve the step I showed him", thought Lucas as he activated [Aura Skin] and [Aura Blades]. 

A dark blue hue covered him from the head to bottom and it stuck onto him like his skin. The blades were now forming behind him, just like how he forms the icicles. The Blades were short in length, and Lucas wanted to extend them in length.

A single thought was all he needed to extend it and it was now the same length as his blade. He then took a step forward, and the Magicians felt fear inside them. 

Lucas had a wide smile, and he was jumping from side to side. He was rotating his shoulders and loosening up, as he was moving towards them.

The Lava Golems directed Lava blasts at him, and he dodged them effortlessly. The panicking tactic he thought worked.

[The Schemer has been activated]

The reason for his scary grin and the bone-chilling sensation everyone felt was due to his activation of the title. He was gleeful inside, but the glee was turning into a scary grin on the outside.

The Lava Golems began to charge towards him, and he charged straight at them. The others who were seeing this thought he was a lunatic for doing this, and this included his friend Robert.

He then slid under the Golem and ran towards the Water Golem. The Golem began to blast Water at him, and the Lava Golems that were chasing behind stepped on it.

The moment they stepped, a sizzle was heard and the leg turned into rock. There was no Lava flowing through them. The smile widened on his face when he saw it.

"This is how you fall, Magicians. My brains versus your firepower. Let us see who is superior", he muttered as he jumped towards the Lava Golem. He couldn't rum up the Golem, as he still didn't have a grasp over his Azure Flames yet.

He then began to attack the Water Golem, and when it made its attack, Lucas dodged it. He slowly began to turn one of the Golems into stone, but it was not a permanent solution. 

In a few moments, the parts that were stone became Lava again. Lucas was now huffing in his never-ending struggle against the Golems, and Robert was holding him down against the Earth Golem.

He activated [Chains Of Hades] and plunged both of the swords into the ground. The moment he did that, the chains began to wrap tight around his forearm.

"Hell's Domain: Activate!", he said and the terrain around them changed. The trees began to burn, and the heat rose significantly. Lucas was now at the center of it, and he walked confidently in it like he was walking around his place.

"Mortal, it seems like you wish to command this Domain. Clear my test, and I shall hand over a small portion of control over this particular Domain", came the voice of Hades's Soul Fragment. 

Lucas scowled as he saw the mission that was initiated by Hades's Fragment. "Do you want me to die?", was the first thing he thought the moment he saw the mission. 

[Mission Initiated]

[A fragment of Hades's soul wants to test you. Pass its test and prove that you are worthy to command a part of its Domain]

[Kill the Golems in Front of you without using [Chains Of Hades]]

Golems killed 0/4]

He was about to refute but he knew that the reward was worth it. Thus, he needed to kill, but it didn't matter who damaged the Golems. If that was the case, then Lucas was sure that he could manage to defeat them. 

Right after entering Hell's Domain, the Earth and the Water Golems lost fifty percent of their strength. They were something that Lucas couldn't deal with before, but now he could make sure to kill them.

He made his move and dashed towards the Water Golem and he jumped on top of it. He used the Flowing-Ice to manipulate the water to change to Ice the moment he stepped on it. The Magician on top was astonished when he saw the movements.

"But he doesn't have any Mana!", he thought and that was the last thought he had. The next moment, his head was in Lucas's hand as he jumped down from the top.

He dashed towards the Earth Golem and did the same thing he did for the Water Golem. Two of them were down, and the most troublesome one was now in front of them.

The both of them didn't know how to deal with them, as their strengths had increased due to all the fire was around them. Lucas recalled all the properties of Hellfire, and something struck him.

"They can never be extinguished. Now, since this is my Domain, let's see if they can handle the heat", he thought as he tried to command the Hellfire that was surrounding them.

[Error! Unable to manipulate Hellfire as Authority has not been given]