BXBX NOVEL Chapter 188 - Plans? What Plans?
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Noah and his main subordinates sat down around a large table as always, after seeing the news about their announcement as A-Rank Hunters, they decided to celebrate with a hearty lunch.
As they enjoyed the feast, Noah and the rest kept discussing and chatting about the progress of everyone.
"How has been the magic training?" asked Noah.
"Oh, in three days we can\'t really learn that much, but we can more or less make bigger and faster spells now… At least all of us can shape our elements as cannonball-sized projectiles… But to go even further, we would need to practice more," said Arthur.
"It is still easier to simply use our Skills, but magic alone is also interesting, and the unlocked Skill Trees we got from it are special. Such Skills fuse the power of Skills while having a bit of the effect of real spells, which exists outside the System…" said Timassa.
"Although we all have our own System now, it still works within the same "laws" of the system or whatever, so it still restricted by it to an extent… Well, more like it still part of it essentially, but now it is also ours… Well, it\'s hard to explain…" said Iris.
"No, I understand, Iris. I also am affected by it, but because I got Merlin\'s memories and also God\'s memories, magic has become incredibly swift to use for me. Nonetheless, I lack the practice as well, so I am constantly conjuring magic runes and magic circles at the side, proficiency needs to be built even if magic is not necessarily a System Skill, and the repeated use of a certain pattern is a good way to get proficiency and used to conjure them…" said Noah.
It seemed that even after making their own System Status part of their souls, their Systems were still part of some kind of "law" that dictated the System itself.
Due to this, Skills were still not as strong as spells just because their Status were now part of their souls, and Spells still needed to be trained, but training magic was exhausting, and even for Noah who got the memories of a magician expert, he still felt like he needed a ton of practice.
However, similarly to Noah, everyone acquired a Magic Class and had the power to enhance its level through Skill Points, with the addition of Magic Skill Trees that had special Skill and Magic Spell hybrid abilities.
These hybrid abilities had a bit of the power of Spells and could be even more effective against System-users.
However, they were quite expensive Skill Points-wise, and limited in their uses, compared to the strong and more specialized Skill Trees of their Blood Core Races.
The group was desperate about getting stronger at magic because Watchers were obviously not System users, and held their own unique Existence Ranks and power, which came from their amazingly advanced Souls.
To fight a Watcher, Noah and his family needed to go even further than SSS-Rank, and obtain greater levels of power while evolving their souls to their very limits, only to break those limits and evolve them even further.
However, everything had its time, and now the family decided to take a minuscule break in their busy lives of managing the other members of the Guild to grow stronger while training magic and their own Spells as well.
The new Gates where they would train and gain more Cores to break through A-Rank alongside collecting more materials and Skill Points were soon to emerge according to Noah\'s calculations, but for the meantime, they planned to deal with a few things, one of them was Clementina\'s family.
"Well, I can see that everyone is working hard. For now, let\'s discuss our plans for the Silvercrown Family," said Noah.
"Plans? Is there any other plan than going there and wrecking them over?" asked Arthur.
"Aren\'t the strongest there C-Rank?" asked Jon.
Clementina felt a bit embarrassed, but she nodded.
"I-Indeed. Everyone is rather weak at this point, so we would be able to easily deal with them…" said Clementina.
"Yeah, I don\'t think there\'s any need to overwork things…" said Iris.
"No… planning? Well, even if that\'s the case, I will prepare a few things first. Let\'s go tonight when we are stronger," said Noah, as everyone nodded.
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Joseph Silvercrown Astram was a man who had seen many things in life…
Since the Apocalypse began that he had tried to survive however he could, finding women through such a journey, as he used his powers for good and rescued many people…
However, he never got over C-Rank until now.
After finally having absorbed enough Cores, he upgraded his Status Panel to B-Rank.
The joy he felt was indescribable!
He smiled as he stood up, several metallic fragments forming around his body.
His family was named Silvercrown for a reason, as he possessed a powerful Ability which he awakened when the Apocalypse started, Silver King.
Silver King let Joseph generate Silver at will as long as he spent Mana, he was able to shape it and use it for a variety of purposes.
But because he preferred a peaceful life after suffering so much after the Apocalypse, he had not trained as much and dedicated himself to have wives and many children, expanding his family.
As the fragments of shiny silver emerged around him, Joseph suddenly recalled his daughter, the one that was exiled long ago from the guild… Clementina.
Clementina was the daughter of the first woman he fell in love with after the apocalypse started, Juliette Icespear… She was a masterful use of her Ice-related Abilities, Ice Aura, Ice Materialization, and Ice Manipulation.
Through these three abilities, she carved a path at the side of Joseph for their survival.
But one fateful day, she died bitterly by a mysterious cause, her body found dead and almost torn apart grotesquely within the depths of a dungeon she had gone inside… It was a dungeon she always explored to let some steam out, she had never come back tired, it was her playground.
It was very mysterious how she died so horribly there if she knew so well about that place.
But no culprits were ever found, and investigations ever brought any results.
Joseph was left bitter and frustrated but still kept taking care of the little princess they had together, his dear Clementina.
…But in the end, due to a series of events, Clementina lost her calm and became monstrous and aggressive, wrathful, even…
She tried to kill his other two daughters which he also loved a lot, and after a few manipulative words of his other two wives, he ended being forced to exile her… her powers, which were a powerful Ability that seemed to be an enhanced version of her mother\'s powers, were too dangerous, and she lacked the finesse of Juliette.
However, up to this day, he still thinks about her and always sends her messages through phone, even letters, and gifts…
But they never reach her, most likely because her wives gave him false numbers and directions to him, which he was completely unaware of.
This entire time he had thought that his daughter was too angered with him and that he didn\'t accept anything he sent to her… that she didn\'t answer his messages, nor letters.
Now, he had become a B-Rank, someone that was almost at the pinnacle of humans, yet he felt so empty inside…
"Clementina…" he sighed, glancing at the night sky and the shiny bright moon.
Unaware of this, several shadowy figures ran inside of his property…
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