[Status]
[Na: Caelir Vayne]
[Class: Iridescent Monarch (SSS)]
[Elents: Wind (33% Mastery), Lightning (5% Mastery), Shadow (Locked)]
[Unique Elents: Moonlight (5% Mastery), Frostfla (5% Mastery), Space (Locked)]
[Rank: Silver 1]
Skills:
• Copy (SS)
• Cloning (SSS)
• Fusion (SS)
• Teleportation (S)
• Shadow Steps (B)
• Shadow Mimic (C)
• Shadow rge (A)
[Weapon Mastery: Sword (45% Mastery)]
[Techniques: Gale Weave swordsmanship]
...
Seeing the changes in his status, Cael couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.
"What the... did you copy those skills?"
The clone nodded.
"Yes. But is it normal to... how should I put it? Instead of asking it to copy the skill, it asked whether I wanted to copy it. Like it was always active in auto mode."
Cael understood what his clone ant.
Back when he copied Teleportation at the academy, it had been the sa. Instead of him activating Copy manually, the system had prompted him.
’Is my interface different from others?’
Cael shook his head.
"We might be overthinking it."
The clone nodded as his eyes paused on the kitchen knife in Cael’s hands and asked,
"Where did you get that?"
Following clone’s gaze, Cael looked at Knife in his hand and said,
"Well... I took it from the restaurant."
Cael pointed at the building behind them.
The clone was about to speak again when a loud explosion drew their attention.
-BOOM
"It seems their battle is coming to an end. You should leave for now."
Cael said this as he dispelled the clone.
The clone’s body began to lt like wax. Within seconds, it condensed into a single drop of blood.
Yes, a drop of blood, it was Cael’s blood.
To create a clone, he had to use a single drop of his blood. When dispelled, it reverted to that sa drop.
Cael stepped on the drop lightly.
"By the way... You did a good job. See you at ho."
He then turned toward the source of the explosion.
In the distance, he could see a mirror barrier filled with cracks.
Shifting his gaze back to the kidnapper’s corpse, he let out a quiet sigh.
It was his first ti killing soone.
And the other party hadn’t even intended to kill him, only trying to capture him.
Yet Cael hadn’t hesitated. He had gone straight for the kill.
’Sigh... explaining this will be annoying.’
After a brief pause, Cael raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.
Instantly, a white fla tinged with pale sky-blue ignited in his palm.
He pointed his index and middle fingers toward the corpse.
The flas shot forward and enveloped the body.
Within seconds, the corpse froze solid, turning into an ice statue.
"Sorry, buddy. You shouldn’t have ssed with . Safe travels."
With a light kick, Cael sent the frozen statue tumbling down the mountainside.
Then, without looking back, he walked away.
...
Cael watched as more and more cracks spread across the mirror barrier.
"They’re taking longer than expected."
He never once considered the possibility of the trio losing.
Then, suddenly, the mirror barrier shattered, revealing five figures inside.
Cael saw the kidnappers lying motionless on the ground.
Sitting casually on top of them was a silver-haired boy with crimson eyes, Luke.
Standing in front of Luke was a girl with her hands on her hips, looking as though she were proudly declaring that everything had been easy with her around, Mira.
And...
Through the lingering dust,
He saw a girl staring directly at him.
Her blue eyes and his violet eyes locked.
In those few seconds, within her blue eyes, Cael saw worry... joy... sadness... and sothing else.
Sothing he couldn’t na...
Sothing unfamiliar.
Suddenly...
She began running toward him.
Without realizing it, Cael also took a step forward.
In the next instant, she wrapped her arms around him.
Cael’s eyes widened. His hands hovered awkwardly in the air, unsure of what to do.
Her grip tightened.
A helpless smile ford on his lips as he slowly returned the embrace.
"You dummy," she muttered, still clinging to him, unwilling to let go.
That girl was...
"Elowyn."
Cael said her na softly as he looked into her eyes.
"Thank you... Thank you for worrying about ."
He truly ant those words.
...
That day, viral news spread across the world:
Three sixteen-year-old teenagers had captured two [Gold] rankers who wreaked havoc at Skyspire.
After the investigation, it was revealed that the three were Lucian Vayne, Mirena Virella, and Elowyn Strix. Not only had all three recently advanced to the [Gold] rank, but they had also joined Everbright Academy, securing the top three positions in the entrance exam:
Lucian Vayne: Rank 1, Elowyn Strix: Rank 2, and Mirena Virella: Rank 3.
People soon began calling them the "Everbright Stars."
...
After returning ho, Cael scrolled through the article on his mobile.
He took a quick icy bath, changed into his night pajamas, and collapsed onto his bed.
Cael closed his eyes, intending to sleep.
But...
The mont he did, Elowyn’s face surfaced in his mind.
Especially her eyes.
’Those beautiful blue gems.’
His eyes snapped open.
’What the hell am I even thinking?’
Shaking his head, Cael relaxed his body and shifted into a more comfortable position.
He was sure he would fall asleep this ti.
Or so he thought.
As soon as he closed his eyes again, a voice echoed in his mory.
"You dummy."
Cael shot upright, his face red as a tomato.
No one had called him.
He had simply rembered Elowyn saying it while he awkwardly hugged her back.
’Damn it... damn it... daaaamn it.’
’Why can’t I just sleep? Why do I keep recalling her?’
’This won’t do... I need to distract myself.’
’Right! I got a new elent.’
With that thought, he imdiately summoned his status.
...
[Elents: Wind (33% Mastery), Lightning (5% Mastery), Shadow (Locked)]
...
His eyes paused on the newly acquired elent, currently locked.
"It’s just as I thought."
Back when he copied the Teleportation skill, he had also obtained the unique elent Space.
At that ti, he had been unsure and considered two possibilities.
Had he overlooked it?
Or had copying a space-related skill granted him the Space elent?
Now, his doubts were cleared.
At the sa ti, another question surfaced in his mind.
"How do I unlock these elents?"
As soon as he muttered those words, his mind went into overdrive.
His instincts told him the answer was right in front of him.
"Skills... Elents... Mastery..."
Suddenly, Cael’s eyes widened.
"Wait... don’t tell ..."
The logic was simple.
Elental skills were rely expressions of mastery over an elent. Even without specific elental skills, with sufficient mastery, a person could still wield that elent like that skill.
’If that was true... then perhaps... it might be possible.’
With that thought in mind, Cael spoke clearly,
"Activate Fusion."
"Combine Shadow Steps, Shadow Mimic, and Shadow rge into the elent ’Shadow’."
The interface flickered.
A series of system ssages began updating rapidly.
It didn’t take long before the results appeared.
And the result was...
...
[Fusion Complete]
[Shadow Elent: locked]
[Mastery: 3%]
...
Cael’s analysis had been correct.
Even though the elent remained locked, Cael had gained sothing far more valuable...
A lead.
And that was enough.
He couldn’t help but imagine the possibilities.
While he was lost in thought, a knock sounded at his door.
"Young master, madam is calling for you. Guests have arrived."
Cael raised an eyebrow.
"Guests?"
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