Moby read thoroughly through every last detail of each notification, unable to control his shock and excitement as he opened his stats to see what he was currently at right now.

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Name: Moby Kane

Race: Draconic Demon Of Sin

Ability: Level 8 Ice

Level: 65

XP to next level 1,900/65,000

Dragon skill tree level: 2

Dragon skill tree XP to next level: 0/500

Power Level: 30,052

Hp: 188/188

Demon Energy: 817/817

Mana: 817/817

Demon Energy/Mana regeneration: 9.1 Energy/ minute

Strength: 766

Agility: 852

Endurance: 617

Intelligence: 817

Mind: 100

Available Points to distribute: 0

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Moby's eyes grew even wider as he witnessed the difference in his stats and that he was now firmly in the middle of the A rank in his base form with no armour at all, his smile going wider as he began to mellowly chuckle at himself.

The new ability that he gained was extremely powerful and versatile in more ways than one if it was executed properly by a competent user, not to mention everything he can do using it in tandem along with his other skills. in his opinion, this should have been the ability that he should have gotten in the first place…

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Dimensional Shift

The ability to teleport to any marked location, the farther it is the more mana it will cost. The maximum amount of marks the user can have at the start is 5 and will grow more as the ability is progressed. Once the amount of marks exceeds the maximum, the oldest mark will be removed to make room for the new one.

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The uses and possibilities of such a skill were seemingly endless in his mind and he had so many things to test out. He knew full well that it was one of the most difficult abilities to master which was part of the reason he did not pick it up the last time, but with a week inside his room in slowed time to practice and get adjusted to it, he felt like it would be no problem as he thought of such things as his forte.

Not to mention that with his current stats, if he was able to enter and complete another trial before he was out of time, then he might even be able to reach the X rank, which he assumed Abby's sister to be, considering that she was a second-year from one of the most important families in the country.

Every time Moby receives such powerups, he could not help but feel like a child who had gotten his favourite Christmas present, almost forgetting his worries. However, this time his worries were still in his head yet slightly less, since his chances of victory seemed more and more plausible the more he thought.

However, his stat sheet told a completely different story… The more he read them, the more perplexed he grew, to the point that his smile slowly faded away and his expression turned into a look of confusion with one eyebrow raised.

'Hey, Avilia, you there?'

'Yeah, I'm here…'

Moby's eyebrow raised even higher with a look of concern hearing Avilia's voice that was calm with a hint of what he could only guess was sadness or embarrassment.

'Are you alright? What happened? Did you get the answers you wanted?' Moby spoke with a hint of concern and curiosity, immediately pushing his question to the back seat.

'I don't really have time to explain right now so be prepared for a mental rush of everything that happened. But, I'll be needing that 1,000 XP you have saved to do it,'

Avilia's voice stayed the same, completely unlike the upbeat version of her that had been so confident before he had absorbed the new ability. Something must have gone wrong, either the information she received was not to her liking or she did not receive any information at all, and he needed to know what.

'Of course, 1,000 XP is nothing, take it and show me,'

They both grew silent, the atmosphere was tense before Avilia broke the ice and spoke.

'Alright, be prepared…'

As soon as Avilia spoke those words Moby's vision went instantly pitch black with many scenes being blasted into his mind all at once. Yet, for some reason, instead of him being overwhelmed by everything, the memories and information flowed smoothly into his mind like a calm river, no pain at all as he managed to fully understand everything in what only felt like a split second. He would definitely describe it as a pleasant experience.

In comparison, when he himself tried to mentally transfer information, he could clearly see the pain and anguish of the victim getting their memories over flooded with new information that was not their own. Avilia's technique did no such thing, which clearly showed how far their power and control over demon energy was, showing him that not only did he have a long way to go in terms of power, but also in mind.

Moby saw and fully understood everything from how Avilia tried her best to act but failed as the beast somehow knew about demons, how her mind skill did not work and she only received memory fragments that neither she nor he could fully understand. Yet, he kept those memories safely implanted in his head just in case they served as clues for the future as he could feel something particularly mysterious about them... sounds and images ominous and unknown with a somewhat odd connection he felt from them...

Moby was immediately snapped back into reality, his vision now back into the room as he spoke at the still silent Avilia with a bright smile.

'Trust me, I don't blame you. None of that was your fault. You did your best and there seems to be nothing that could be done, the answers will come to us eventually so don't let it bother you.'

Avilia felt a weird feeling in her heart seeing Moby's expression of concern and how he was so positive, not mad at her at all. The only times he ever got mad at her was when she refused to share information in the past and that was all that she could remember. Currently, he did not at all feel disappointed in her. If anything, what he witnessed made him far more impressed, making him now hold her in a much higher regard than before.

'Huh? Why are you talking to me like a child? I was just tired from watching your lazy ass sleep all-day! The information I got was fairly bad but it is sufficient for now, we at least know that someone is behind all of these abilities and its not just part of the mortal world itself,'

Moby could not help but inwardly chuckle, not taking any offence at Avilia's response before he replied, calming down into a more serious expression.

'I have a theory of my own… Maybe it really are the angels? The last time I gained an ability my angel blessing levelled up, what do you think? Although, I'm not sure why it didn't happen this time too if I am being honest,'

Without a moment of hesitation, Avilia responded.

'I already took that into account, I do agree that there might be a sliver of angel energy but that doesn't necessarily mean its angel powers, especially since it was in such a small amount. Demon energy and Angel/Holy energy could be found all around us and in every inch of the universe from the leakages from when we fought wars here. Anyone could harness and collect the energy and use it for whatever experimentation they want with it. And now, there is this mana thing also in the air, but in my current state, there would be no way for me to properly analyze it…'

Avilia explained, making Moby inwardly nod and understand before she continued in a completely different tone.

'Okay, well let's just drop this question for now. We have other things to worry about... You clearly had a question to ask, what is it?'

Moby's eyes immediately grew wide as he instantly remembered what he had to say.

'Indeed... It seems like I have gained a new ability but why does my stat sheet still show up as ice? And when I try to imprint something with my mana to teleport to, it also seems not to work… Why is that? Did I fail to absorb the ability but simply absorbed its essence for the stats?'

The concern in Moby's voice was clear, making Avilia smile as it was finally her time to comfort him instead of being the one to be comforted.

'You are really low on time and it's a lot to explain, so give me the remaining 900 XP you have and all will be clear. I am not 100% sure about everything but I can give you what I had analyzed,'

Desperate for answers, Moby responded with haste.

'Do it, I need as much time as possible to train so do it," Moby nodded, Avilia figuratively nodding back as she once again thrust his vision into darkness, only for a split second, all the information calmly flowing in his mind before he was snapped back into reality.

With heavy breathing and wide-open eyes, he put his hands on his mouth as he went into deep thinking… It seemed like he indeed did have 2 abilities yet with heavy restrictions put on both. What he thought was going to be an overpowered cheat now seemed far worse, bringing his ideas back to earth yet still making him fairly satisfied as it still served to make him far stronger. Despite the restrictions, he was certain that as he grew more powerful, the restrictions would become more lenient until they faded away. He should have expected as much considering his inexperience with abilities, only having been using them for a little over a day.

The restrictions put upon him did not allow him to test out his new ability in a way that he would be able to use it along with his ice ability in the middle of the fight, so he had to hold off on trying the many things that he wanted to test.

Snapping out of his thoughts, he was thrust back into reality.

'Thanks for that information, everything somewhat makes sense now more or less. And, thank you for that surprise you promised me before, I noticed it but I had no time to thank you for the extra stat points on level up,' he spoke to Avilia with a smile, yet still trying to accept all that he was informed.

'No problem,' Avilia replied proudly in an upbeat tone.

'Anyways, you said I was running low on time and that I have been asleep for days, I need a lot more time to train and try my shot at another trial since I got the new ability. So, how long have I been ass-'

Moby's words were abruptly interrupted by a loud, slow-motion beeping sound coming from his watch, a sound that he recognized all too well as the sound of Alex's morning alarm.

Moby's eyes grew wide, sweat running down his face as he took a gulp of saliva, looking at the window to his side noticing the bright light shining in.

He lifted his hands and scratched his eyes to make sure that he wasn't hallucinating only to see the bright light still there, as he looked at his watch to see the time…

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