CHAPTER 113: MASTER’S ASSISTANCE

"An Aura core? What do you mean by that?" Captain Rose was confused right now.

"It’s just like how it sounds. I want you to help me with something only you can help me with."

As a matter of fact, the [Aura Core] was a concept of the higher floors.

In the Murim, where the martial artists mostly use Qi, the same concept was known as the Lower Dantian.

They stored the cultivated Qi in this core, much like how the mages stored the Mana inside the Ring that they created around their hearts, an area also known as the middle dantian, or how the priests store the Holy Power in their upper dantian or the mind.

There were various energies and using them directly from the atmosphere was a common thing for the players, but it wasn’t the best way to use these energies.

"Some energies are heavy so they are best stored in an area where the body could utilize it properly. A destructive energy like Aura that actually has a highly destructive nature, might not seem to be best when stored within the body, even looking counterin-tuitive, but listen to me."

From the look she had just now, Ziggy would very well tell just how confused or lost she was right now.

"You want to create a core... like the Mana ring of the mages?"

"Yes, it seems like you at least understand the concept."

She was perhaps the strongest among the natives on this floor but she wasn’t really aware of everything that went on the higher floors of the tower.

Some Mages might sometimes come down to this floor and interact with them, but even her knowledge about them was limited.

A Mana ring around one’s heart was something that the mage class players naturally unlocked when they got their classes.

Until one was proficient at using Mana, they wouldn’t be able to create a Mana ring on their own.

In the game, they were supported by the System but in this tower, they did not know whether they would obtain the perks that they got as the players in the Tower of Beginning.

The natives did not get such perks, the native mages had to spend weeks or months just to gather enough Mana to form a ring.

Had they needed to just obtain a ’class’ like the players, the natives would be much stronger than most of the civilizations that the tower invades.

"So, as you know, when you reach a certain level, the Aura becomes easier to control. Taking the example of your Aura, it is cold, it has a distinct fluidness to it and it is cool.

The Aura is not something simple, but you know it the best."

He explained in detail how the different natures of various things produced different effects and how the players perceived these different effects as different things.

"If I must say so myself, someone like you, for us, would be a player with a class."

===Status===

ID: Rose Blazeborn

Age: (39)

Title: The knight of Aion (C)

Class: Frost-Aura knight

Level: 39 (MAX)

IX: 1,23,999

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Strength: 39

Dexterity: 39

Stamina: 39

Aura: 39

Overclock: 2

(Stat points: 0)

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Authorities: -

Blessings: Curse of Thearc, Blessing of Guardians, Attention of (several different Gods), Attention of (several different Higher beings), Blessing of Titan Endurance.

Skills: Unbreakable mind (Lv.MAX), Swordarts (Lv.8), Flow Steps (Lv.7), Attempted counter (Lv.7), Physical enhancement (Lv.6), Eye of Ataint (Lv.2), Arbiter (Lv.1).

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The blessings that she had were pretty good if one ignored the unknown curse placed on her, but the skills were a different matter.

She had a skill that was of the Max level and considering how one needed to pay an absurdly increasing amount of IX to increase the level of their skills, seeing a Max level skills was quite a nostalgic feeling to him.

’She has been through a lot.’

One of the reasons the skill was of such a high level was also because of how it was used every single day at a great intensity.

As a matter of fact, this one Maxed skill was the only skill she had been born with. The rest were acquired skills, something she did not like on many occasions.

"Do you get it now? If I have an Aura core, it will be much easier to use the Aura. However, I won’t recommend you to do the same thing we will be doing for me.

As efficient as it may be, you have said it yourself that you do not need something like that." Looking her straight in the eyes, he said those words in a sweet tone.

He was now going to get her help to do something that she would beat him up for later on. But for the time being, he did not care about that.

"Hmmm... I see."

She did not understand why Ziggy needed that Aura even now, but she was aware there was something he needed it for.

If this Aura core was as useful as he was making it sound, she knew there would be no one else that could counter him with that power.

"Hmmm. Alright, tell me what you need me to do."

She was ready. She did not know a lot of the things he was saying right now and even though he said she wouldn’t need it, she was more interested in this than ever before.

"Can I rest a little first? We can do it after I’m rested... ok?"

Ziggy wanted to try it out as well, but he needed rest first.

He was tired and wounded after all the sparring they did since the morning so she needed to give him some time first.

"The process is a little painful as well so let me prepare myself."

He wasn’t strong enough to go through the process yet, but he was still going to do it.

She wanted to help him with something and this was most certainly the best thing he could do for her right now... besides, if he gets an Aura core right now, by the time it’s time for the Red moon, he will be ready for the big battles.

It would ultimately help them anyway so, this was for the best, he believed.