"What if I tell you I may have a way to increase your affinity further? Are you interested?"
"You have sothing like that?" Ellia couldn’t contain her shock. It was already hard for her to believe there was a unique-elent evolution master, and it was even more shocking to find that Auric could change a battle technique into sothing that allowed people to gain energy in a never-before-seen way.
And this ti, Auric was telling her he could even improve one’s affinity.
The affinity was fixed at birth. People who were less talented would have a harder ti gaining energy. After all, they retained a lower portion of energy compared to those with higher affinities.
If Auric could really increase one’s talent, he would have an even higher value. If the people all over the world knew about this, she couldn’t imagine their reactions.
Ellia shook her head helplessly. "I am... I don’t know what to say."
"Well..." Auric shrugged. He just wanted her answer.
"Can I ask you two questions first?"
"Sure."
"Why ? There are people more desperate, especially those with lower grade affinities. Even Arina will be much more suitable."
"Not really." Auric waved his finger. "The reason I chose you is your elent. A unique elent is different from other elents, and they’re not exactly differentiated by the common rating system."
"Rating system? You an the intensity rating?"
"Yes. For other elents, the flow of energy is determined by the rating system. If you have a 1.1 rating, your energy will move differently from that of an elent with a 1.0 rating. It will change gradually as your rating goes up, and by the ti there is a difference of 0.5, the flow will beco so different that it’s better to have a different thod."
Ellia didn’t understand much about the flow of energy, so she asked, "Sorry, one follow-up question. What is the flow of energy you’re talking about?"
"Each elent has its own pattern. The thod I give you will be different from the thod I provide to soone else. The difference is in the flow. If you use a different thod, the energy will just slip away or even ss with your body."
Ellia looked down, contemplating. People could sense the flow of energy, but it looked like Auric could do more than that.
Ellia asked the second question. "I understand why you want , but isn’t it risky for ?"
"Risky? Indeed. However, I don’t think it’s that risky." Auric looked up, imagining what was going to take shape.
The artificial heart would function like an artifact. However, he based it on the Gathering Technique, which implied that the ’accumulation’ flaw would be used.
In that case, he could get rid of the accumulation if he wanted to. The only problem was how?
If he could get rid of the accumulation too easily, other people could do it too. The thod would be temporary instead of permanent.
If he couldn’t get rid of the accumulation, the risk would beco much higher. There was no telling what would happen after that.
Surprisingly, Lindwurm said, "You have to make the artificial heart permanent. It may be hard for you to get rid of it, but I can do it."
’What? You can do it?’ Auric didn’t expect Lindwurm to make such a claim. But if what he was talking about was true, the risk would decrease significantly.
Auric trusted Lindwurm. He was cooperative even though Auric tried to do everything on his own.
Therefore, Auric replied to Ellia. "I can get rid of any complications, thus reducing the risk. On the other hand, if the project is successful, you will beco the first one. More importantly, your affinity..."
"Beyond Grade S affinity." Ellia’s expression turned solemn. "Becoming the first person with a Grade SS affinity."
It was a temptation that almost no one could ever resist. Besides, becoming the world’s first was sothing that brought glory to her na.
And if Auric could really reduce the risk, it was worth a try.
"Still, to think that you would start with , simply because I have a unique elent. Normally, the unique elent is the hardest or impossible to handle, but this ti, the unique elent is the easiest and most suitable." Ellia shook her head helplessly.
Her common sense began to beco distorted because of Auric.
"Anyway, what do you say?" Auric asked. "Of course, you have to keep everything a secret. And since I’m still overwheld after seeing your energy, we will postpone the actual experint until I’m able to check your energy directly."
"I don’t think it will be that long." Ellia glanced at Auric.
"I’ll do my best." Auric nodded. He believed he could actually advance one of his elents in the next two to three months.
Normally, people would need six to nine months to advance to the juvenile-form avatar.
Arina took a year because she was waiting for Ellia.
If Ellia didn’t have problems with her unique elent, she would probably be able to evolve in less than six months.
Auric was the sa. He believed he could evolve in three to four months after awakening.
It might not be the fastest, but he had multiple elents to take care of, so the speed was actually much more unbelievable.
"What’s in it for ?" Ellia asked. "I an, I understand what you’re trying to do and the benefits, but I don’t think it matters that much because this is an experint. I have to risk everything."
Ellia wasn’t wrong. For a unique-elent user, a single mistake could be fatal to their future progress.
She didn’t want to play around.
"I will beco your personal evolution master. If you are injured or if you want to evolve, you just have to co to ."
"Can’t I do that even right now?" Ellia had enough money to spare to pay him anyway.
"I can choose my patients."
"So, you’re not going to help if I reject this offer? Don’t you think that’s kind of weak as a threat? I know a lot of things about you, including the fact that you’re a unique-elent evolution master. I can also make trouble for you by simply exposing your status."
"Don’t you think it’s not necessarily a threat? I can use the connections from being a unique-elent evolution master to cause trouble."
"That’s true, but it doesn’t change the fact that you haven’t given anything substantial to make it worthwhile for ."
"Now I know why you’re taking care of the family business." Auric smiled wryly.
"I take it as a complint."
Auric would still consider the fact that she could beco the first to possess a Grade SS affinity as a reward.
However, it was true that this was just the potential reward, not the actual compensation for taking that risk.
Auric asked, "All right. What do you want?"
"Let’s see... I haven’t thought about it yet." Ellia smiled slyly.
"Just in case, I won’t do anything that is too much for ."
"Don’t worry. I’m a reasonable person. We’re the sa. I believe right now you’re thinking that you can still consider the potential reward as a way to lessen the favor."
Auric’s eyebrows twitched. "Well, I believe you are thinking of a way to annul the potential reward from being counted."
Auric and Ellia exchanged glances, both aware that their assessnts of each other were accurate.
"In that case, I will be holding this favor for now." Ellia was more than pleased. It was difficult to make Auric owe soone.
Auric would usually try his best to get that person to do his bidding without owing anyone any favors.
"It’s a pleasure to work with you." Ellia smiled while extending her hand.
"Yeah..." Auric shook her hand, feeling a bit defeated. However, he also added inwardly, ’Next ti. I’m going to make her owe a favor to cancel out that favor.’
...
The next day.
Arina couldn’t help but notice her brighter expression.
"Miss? You look happy."
"Am I?"
"Yep."
Ellia didn’t say anything else. Auric was just quiet the whole ti. Ultimately, the group continued to the lower floor.
Even though the agreent wasn’t entirely in his favor, Auric didn’t change his fighting style. In the end, he would benefit more after the project was successful.
After all, he could develop more techniques and officially open a new store.
Besides, Ellia was indeed the perfect person for this test. Her unique elent aside, her talent was noticeably stronger. He might not have to tell her so many things, and she could probably do it quickly.
That was why Auric didn’t say anything.
They cleared the second floor quickly. Without facing any stress during the night, the group was basically dominating the battlefield.
Auric continued gaining experience and testing all kinds of battle techniques.
Of course, Auric continued to find artifacts one after another as they descended toward the lowest level.
In the end, they stopped at the third floor for the night, believing that they should take a much longer rest on the deepest floor.
Ellia predicted that they would have to face the most dangerous beast in the ruins, so they had to be at their peak.
Since there was a lot of free ti, Auric took this chance to absorb the energy from the ruins, completely filling every elent that could be filled.
Before descending to the lowest floor, Auric took another look at his current progress.
Na: Auric Elfe
Elent: (Fire 20%), Water (20%), Lightning (38%), Wind (40%), Earth (40%), Plant (26%), Light (10%), Dark (37%), Unique (74%)
Auric couldn’t help but feel satisfied. He managed to fill up all his unique elents. It was quite disappointing to know that he could only fill up a bit of his other elents, but he was quite satisfied to increase his unique elent by 44%.
If he could find just another unique elent, he might be able to advance his unique elent.
"Auric. Are you done? Let’s get going, shall we?"
"Okay! I’m coming." Auric stood up and chased after them as they went down the stairs.
Once they reached the deepest floor, they expected to be greeted by more beasts. They had taken down many beasts on the way here, so it was normal for the beasts to figure out their position and intention.
Yet, for so reason, they couldn’t find a single beast.
"This is weird..." Arina narrowed her eyes while looking around. "Usually, the lowest floor will have the most dangerous beast along with its group. Yet, I can’t see anything."
"Let’s proceed carefully." Ellia’s voice was solemn. The fact that things didn’t proceed as usual ant there was sothing wrong.
Auric was also checking every single place, making sure there was no hidden beast.
To his surprise, Lindwurm actually said, "There are no beasts in this area."
’Nothing?’ Auric frowned. ’Do you know what’s going on?’
"I don’t. You have to find the reason yourself."
Auric took a deep breath before noticing sothing unusual. "Hey, guys. Look at this. Is this another artifact?"
Auric looked at the fire hydrant attached to the wall. It was exuding energy, so there might be an artifact hiding inside.
However, the fire hydrant was a bit weird. The entire case that was embedded in the wall was actually the artifact.
"I can destroy the wall and store it." Ellia raised her sword, ready to cut it if Auric wanted. "But are my eyes playing right now? It’s really the fire hydrant, right? Not the item inside it."
"I think so, but it’s better to check."
"Okay." Ellia pulled her sword and stabbed the gap in the door, using her blade to force it open.
It turned out they were in for another surprise. The energy from within the fire hydrant was actually stored inside and gushed out the mont the door was opened.
After that, they heard a few roars coming from the opposite side of the mall, approaching them.
"!!!" Ellia widened her eyes in shock. "A trap?"
The beasts were actually using the fire hydrant to notify them if there were intruders.
In other words, the ruins had once again fooled them.
"This is bad..." Ellia’s expression turned grim. "I believe there are at least a hundred beasts coming toward us."
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