The next morning Uriel returned to the path of the river, after walking for a long distance and to his surprise he did not find any monsters, everything seemed very calm, only the sound of the river and the blowing of the wind could be heard, which ran through the bushes and moved the trees in the area.
"Just when I wanted to try my new skills... Well, I guess not being in danger is good. I'm terrified that I've been getting used to feeling in danger."
Shortly after moving forward, he began to hear voices, so he hurried to where they came from, decided to maintain his manipulation of the physical body, and hid behind a bush to take a look.
"Let's see, let's see... what is it about?"
" What? They're three girls, they seem to pick plants and in their baskets they carry things that look like fruit. I know they're human, but there's something very strange about them, even though I can recognize their appearance doesn't fit something very important... They have no color.
"They're gray from head to toe."
—This is very strange, even their clothes are gray, it's as if they were taken from old black and white movies.
As he was watching from behind the bush attentively at the human girls, he heard a loud scream from his right. It was another girl with a basket who also collected herbs and fruits, this human threw her basket away in surprise at seeing Uriel.
"Méil dok sa. Mirai lei deut dok sa"
"What are you saying, I can't understand you."
" Hey, you guardian, did you scam me?" You said you gave me a skill to understand everyone, but was it just a scam?
//Notification
Reader's grace has been activated, you can now understand and speak the human language of this world. //
"Eh... What? So wasn't it a scam?... hehehe I'm sorry, I never doubted you. That's it... I never did"
While that boy seemed to talk to himself, the human girl with her hands on his dress grabbing it anxiously continued to shout:
"I asked who are you? And what are you doing here? You'd better respond immediately."
The other girls were alerted and arrived at the scene. Uriel immediately got up to talk to them and the 4 of them screamed very loudly and covered their eyes.
Uriel had overlooked all this time that he was naked.
—Wait...
He proceeded to cover what he could. But he didn't know how to explain it to them...
"What a problem... eeh. My name is Uriel, I'm not from here, I come from far away, I came through the forest following the river. Sorry to be like this but I don't have clothes."
One of the girls dared to answer me, placed herself in front of the others and pointing to a certain part asked:
"Then you're not one of those depraved ones?"
"No, no, I'm not, I just lost my clothes"
The girl who was talking turned slightly and made a sign to those who were covering behind, then they took out a cloak and in a strange movement they left it on the ground and then moved away, telling Uriel that he could cover himself with it.
"Thank you very much, really"
—Maybe I should tell them… since I ran into them.
"Can you lead me to the village?"
"To the village?"
"Yes, I want to go to the nearest one."
Then they began to walk around him, while one of them remained in front of Uriel. Apparently they were surrounding him.
"What have you come for? Let us tell you that we would never be deceived by someone like you, do you seek to destroy the village or bring others like you? We definitely won't let you."
Clearly Uriel did not understand what was happening, the expression of confusion was noticeable on his face, but the four girls seemed very determined to stop him right there.
[Boosting Magic, Strength Increase], [Boosting Magic, Agility Boosting], [Boosting Magic, Heavy Attacks] — Activated by them.
In a shout they said to each other, come on girls, immediately the one in front of him threw herself head-on with a dagger that she took out of the basket, while those behind seemed to enhance her with magic...
"She became very fast, I have to dodge her attacks. Shit, I don't want to attack them, they are my letter of introduction to society, if I attack them I will be seen as a villain, but I also don't know what to tell them to end the misunderstanding, I really don't know why they took that attitude towards me."
When they realized that the girl who was attacking could not land a single blow, the other two activated the same reinforcement magic on themselves and threw themselves with bare fists. Uriel knew that the situation had become complicated. He himself did not know what to do, the three threw themselves into time very quickly, he had no choice but to try to subdue them. The ones that had no weapons she could easily knock down, but, seeing this, the one with the knife threw herself furiously, shouting "leave them" and her knife was aimed at Uriel's neck. He had his hands full holding the three girls to the ground, so he decided to stop the knife with a bite.
The knife broke into hundreds of pieces, as if it were made of very fragile glass.
"Enough, is enough, I don't want to fight against you, or attack your people, I don't know why you think that"
//Notification
Growth Spurt Effects Are Active//
The girl with the knife, who was shocked by the image of the knife, regained her composure and again threw herself at Uriel trying to kick him. Which made Uriel retreat, that he connected that kick would have hurt her more than Uriel himself.
"You are persistent... how complicated."
The four of them threw themselves again at Uriel, attacking at the same time from different directions, all with eyes aflame with determination to defeat such a formidable and dangerous rival.
"Ok, I haven't options."
[Principle of Power]
Uriel the night before looked specifically at the Principle of Power skill [S Rank]
This is a principle-type skill, which allows the user to recover their MP from the last maximum point and increase all their stats for 30 minutes until the moment of activation up to 30% that increases according to the rank and level of the skill.
It also has the additional effect of creating an aura of terror in a certain area, which subdues beings with a lower rank than the user, making them feel terrified of the user.
It has a 12h cool-down after its last activation.
"I'm interested in the additional effects of my skill for this occasion."
As soon as he activated the ability... The four of them instantly fell to the ground kneeling and trembling as they wondered "what was that terrifying power", you could tell that the skill was effective, I could see the terror they felt.
—It's a skill to be feared, no doubt.
"I just want to talk, really, I don't want to attack your village or hurt anyone, if I wanted to hurt you I would have taken this opportunity, plus I would manage to get to your village if it were the case. But the truth is that I am only lost and I want to reach the village."
Uriel manipulated the skill to undo the effect of terror on the four of them, when they were able to rejoin one of them raised her head and said:
"It's just what, we thought you had come for us, since we're inferior."
"Inferior?"
"Yes, as you can see we are different from you, that is because the beings that God has considered "inferior" have deprived them of possessing color, so we are persecuted by "superior" species that enslave us or do horrible things to us."
"Now I understand, the color thing is really cruel. However, why did you give me the cape, if they distrust those who have color?
"It's true, you should take it off, it's poisoned."
"What? Poison?"
—It's a good thing I had some resistance in my pocket.
"by the way, how come you're still alive, that layer had enough venom to kill a giant wolf, in fact, Mila spilled the entire vial."
"Ehhh... It's just... It's just that I've spent some time in the forest, some things don't affect me anymore hehehe."
"Can we know what you are?... You look like a human, your pupils are like a Cherubim's, but I don't see your wings, I heard that there was a demonoid species that was similar to the Cherubims and they had wings that they could hide, are you one of them? Although I never heard of one without horns"
"That... Let's say I'm a somewhat special Cherubim. I would appreciate it if you don't ask more about that."
The girls were thinking that it was very strange, as they couldn't confidently identify that it was that person in front of them, however, they also knew that they couldn't inquire further into the matter. One of the girls broke the silence to ask:
"Can we know why do you want to go to the village?"
—I think they still want to get some information out of me, it seems that they don't trust me.
"Well, I wanted to see people again, I've only been seeing monsters since I entered the forest... the warmth of civilization is always good in these cases"
After that, a rumble was heard from inside the forest, it seemed to be approaching them. They hurried out of the forest, but nevertheless it appeared.
[Eye of the Sage]
For the first time in this world, a monster with a name and an individual classification superior to those he had encountered so far, even possessed a title and a guardian. As soon as Uriel activated the wise man's eye, he was very surprised. That was a total monster, all his skills were very high, besides, his skills were all A-rank and they were at level 9.
Then he addressed them all in a deep voice...
"Lesser beings who dare disturb my peace, I will destroy you."
— What? Can he speak the human dialect?" Perhaps it is due to his high intelligence. I honestly don't think I can defeat this thing. But if he can talk...
"Great Tempest Gorilla we don't want to bother you, it wasn't our intention, let us go, you don't have to waste time with inferior beings like us."
"You are inferior... yes, but I see that you're special, you don't seem affected by my Predator skill like the other humans behind your back."
When Uriel turned to the girls, the four of them were super terrified on the ground, Predator is a skill that Uriel also possesses, so I knew how it works, it generates an aura of terror and also decreases the capabilities of the targets by a certain percentage, the level of his skill is 9, it must be 25% since mine is level 7 and decreases by 15% but the effect of his skill was not applied to me. Why?
//Notification
The "Struggle" ability has been automatically activated upon detecting an attempt to sabotage the Uriel individual's skills.
Since the effect of the wrestling ability was immediate, the ability was automatically deployed to prevent the inability of a story Cherubim Uriel//
//Notification
Growth Spurt Effects Are Active//
—Ah, I see that happens.
"I can also confirm that it is from you that such an evil and intimidating aura comes... You're a Cherubim, I can smell it, but you're a little different. Well, that doesn't matter, the truth is, my instincts are screaming for me to finish you off, so I have no choice."
As soon as the Tempest Gorilla said that Uriel knew he was serious, so he told the girls to get out of that place, he tried to move nimbly, but immediately the Tempest Gorilla arrived where he was. It didn't matter when he tried, he always placed himself behind Uriel, showing his great speed... The Tempest Gorilla was playing with him.
—His speed is faster than mine, he manages to catch up with me right away."
After that, Groll threw a punch that hit him squarely, but Uriel was able to mitigate part of the impact with his own strength.
"I'm lucky that the effects of Power Principle are still active. At this moment my strength is the only thing that surpasses it (364)"
Uriel firmly grasped the horn of the Thrust fish.
[Thrust]
However, it didn't seem to make him more than a simple scratch after the blow.
—Did I really just scratch him?
[Electric Sonata] — Activated by Groll
Many lightning bolts began to fall that he had to start dodging, as they looked very powerful.
—This must be the electric sonata skill
Uriel tried to position himself better, he had to put together a strategy to be able to defeat the Tempest Gorilla, he was thinking that if he simultaneously activated some skills he could have a chance, so he began to move me in circles around Groll, but he began to launch his lightning bolts again from the sky, which he had to dodge with great precision, as he moved he looked for a blind spot, but again Groll lunged at him, and his fist grew much larger.
[Impulse]
"Was it my impression or did his fist get bigger? If it wasn't for activating the impulse skill, it would have hit me."
Again both were face to face and then Uriel placed himself in the same position in which he threw the lunge.
"That won't work against me... I recognize your value in standing up to me and even fighting me, despite being an insect, but you should give up, let it finish you off and eat you."
"It seems that you have absolute confidence in your power."
[intimidate]
Uriel then decided to activate the [Intimidate] skill and threw his lunge in addition to a couple of other skills. "Intimidate" limits the target's movement, however, it did not last more than 2s since the opponent was stronger than him. He was able to block the ability easily and again Uriel managed to scratch him. He attacked him again and again activated his combo of skills, but he got nothing but scratches, his resistance was very high, so it was to be expected.
In one of his attempts to hit him with another thrust, Groll hit him with great force, leaving him very badly injured.
"Their blows are very heavy, even though I manage to cushion them with some of my strength and defense, they still do me a lot of damage."
//Notification
The "Intermediate Regeneration" skill has been automatically activated due to severe damage to the Uriel individual.//
"It's a good thing I have this ability, however, it's very slow, I took a lot of damage, I'd better move in circles and try to look for blind spots and attack them."
Uriel began to move and attack with magic from a distance, doing some of the damage to Groll, witnessing this Groll's frustration increased and soon the gorilla became bigger.
[World Chain]
Golden chains began to come out of the ground and bound Uriel's arms. He immediately felt his strength and other skills drained, causing him an effect of weakness.
[Struggle]
The chains broke, however, he could not avoid the drain effect of the chains at the time, despite the fact that struggling acts on most occasions before the effects are activated, however, this time the effect was activated, that is what makes world chain an ultimate ability.
When the chains broke, Groll was very surprised, but he did not stop him and went straight to finish Uriel. But the girls who had been trembling behind activated support magic for him.
This is because he had secretly activated the [Struggle] ability on them, so he had removed the effects of Groll's [Predator] ability.
In the description of the skill [Struggle] it said that it could be activated on individuals outside the user, but, the ability is activated with a lower rank than the current one, for [Predator] the activation range of the skill is enough to remove the terror effect, but it is not known if it would work with more powerful skills.
Then he was able to get up quickly thanks to which they managed to increase his capabilities a little, so he decided to take advantage and attack again, his agility increased, so he took advantage of the size of the gorilla to place himself below him and attack from his blind spots. He was able to deliver a few thrusts.
Despite the buff given by the girls, Groll ejected Uriel from a blow to the ground that left a large crater. He was very exhausted and damaged to this point, the gorilla was moving towards him with its imposing body and with electric sparks. However, Uriel felt exhausted.
So he stood up and said...
"I see you're a really strong being Groll."
—Just a little more.
"You can't compare a gorilla like me to little bees that only cause scratches."
"Groll, master of the forest, I recognize that you are invincible to me under normal circumstances. But, let me tell you, even bees can be as terrifying as a large venomous viper."
Immediately Groll the Tempest Gorilla fell to the ground kneeling and very exhausted, it was as if he was short of breath, he placed a fist on the ground and his right hand touched his chest.
"What is this?"
Groll did not understand what was happening, in the midst of his confusion he returned to his normal size and his eyes, nose and mouth began to bleed.
"As I told you earlier Groll, I wouldn't beat you under normal circumstances, I had to resort to dirty tricks, what you're feeling right now is my [Poison Edge] skill when I realized I could scratch you, I came up with combining it with the thrusts, plus I activated my [stealth] ability so that you couldn't perceive my presence or perceive my skills when it came to giving you the real punch, So it would be difficult for you to avoid my close attacks, that was my powerful combo of skills, although I must say that the skill took longer than expected, because you got bigger, besides, you almost defeated me with the blows you gave me, it was very lucky that they gave me a help."
"So you decided to poison me, you damn Cherubim. You have no honor in battle."
"Honor? What is it that you are talking about? Do you think that with the life I hold so dear at stake I would fight with honor?"
"You must know that the Deity of this world will not let this insolence pass, even if you kill me here, your days are numbered, an inferior being cannot simply annihilate someone like me and get away with it."
"My name is Uriel and if necessary I will destroy that god... besides, you will help me to become stronger."
Groll made a surprised face, because he didn't understand the last thing that Cherubim had said to him.
Uriel placed himself in an attacking position... [Intimidate] [Poison Blade] [Impulse] [Thrust]" taking advantage of his increased strength capabilities, he managed to pierce Groll's hard skin and reach his heart.
He was instantly defeated.
"I made it... No, we did it, after all they helped me."
Uriel was very exhausted from the high MP usage and almost lost consciousness due to damage, even with intermediate regeneration, but he had several broken bones and was very exhausted, even so, he managed to recover a bit and placed himself in front of the Tempest Gorilla.
"So... help me to be strengthened..."
[Prince of Greed]
A spectacle of small bright but dark orbs began to emerge from the Tempest Gorilla's body in the direction of Uriel's outstretched hand.
"It's the first monster with a name that I face, without a doubt it was very strong. I was lucky to have the poison blade skill and this handy horn."
//Notification
New Skills Acquired:
Titanic [A Rank] > Level 9.
Material Assimilation [A Rank] > Level 9
Lethality [A Rank] > Level 9
Electric Sonata [A Rank] > Lvl 9
Wind Sonata [A Rank] > Lvl 9
Sonata of the Waters [A Rank] > Lvl 9//
//Notification
Adding parts of an individual's skills to the personal skills of a Cherubim Uriel story.
Checking...
Completed
[Summary]
Strength 260→ 400
Magic 205→405
Intelligence 183→283
Agility 270→450
Resistance 320→570
Luck 150→200
[Close]//
//Notification
The Predator [A Rank] skill has reached level 10.
Skill range increased to Predator [S Rank]> Level 1
Skills have been ranked and leveled up (See the list of skills for details)//
//Notification
New unique skill detected.
The analysis of the unique skill "World Chain" will begin
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"So I'm also sticking with your Unique skills, Prince of Greed is really powerful."
//Notification
You have discovered the name of the Deity of this world because of the active blessing "connection" in the individual Tempest Gorilla Groll.
"What?"
//Notification
The World Deity of Vitalium possesses the individual name...//