“Hmm, good question. I was mad because you interrupted my attack, but the question is pretty good, so five merits to you.” Dusek said and looked at the students with a satisfied expression.

“The reason we can hide our energy or can’t show it before awakening is its density. The amount of energy you use in Grace-Rank is nothing. It is just like a drop of rain that breaks down to fog. It covers a lot of areas, but it is so thin that its utility is too low.

That is why Form-Rank is such a major level up. As soon as humans are capable of using the energy, the whole new world opens.” Dusek said with zeal and looked at everyone in the classroom.

“Alright, you all learned how to move energy in your body. You can amplify your five and other senses through energy. Now we will try something else.” Dusek said and closed his eyes for less than a second, when opened them again, there was a green area around him. The green energy was covering 2 meters around him, and his body was the center of the area. The hemisphere had a radius of 2 meters from ground to sky or any direction.

“This area technique is Zone,” Dusek said and moved. The area around him moved with him. “The zone is a plane created by your energy, and can take attributes of your element and other powers such as Ultimate.”

Miles looked at the green area but suddenly a tree formed in the center of the circle. The tree was standing behind Dusek. He looked at the tree but couldn’t match it with any he knew. It was probably a product of Sour Face Tutor’s imagination or a tree from Portal World. Miles wasn’t sure which.

There were flowers on the tree, some even sprouted fruits that hadn’t ripened yet. The flowers all had different colors and fruits also had different shapes too.

“This is my ultimate, Tree of Life,” Dusek said with a proud look. “It has the ability to produce the fruits of life. Each fruit has different abilities and effects. They are mostly elemental fruits increasing comprehension of the same elemental abilities. There are other types of fruits and they are all random, does anyone know why?” Dusek asked and pointed to a girl who had raised her hand.

“The Ultimate is a form of manifestation of energy-based structure. The more details added to said structure, the stronger it becomes. For example, a building created with energy will be dilapidated, while a building with 8 pillars made of concrete and supported by steel beams is stronger. The more details and limitations there are in the structure, the stronger it becomes.

Energy constructions, Ultimates, are the same. For example, a dagger ultimate formed from a certain type of metal that can only kill poisonous monsters is stronger than a dagger ultimate with no condition and details attached. Even if the latter’s owner is stronger. Because the first one can only kill one type of monster while the other has no limitations.

There are also other conditions that have to be met. For example, the gauntlets of the General Cross get stronger when he is winning. If he can push his enemy into losing position by psychological or physiological warfare, the power of the gauntlets increases also amplifies General Cross’s base powers.

There is also a randomness effect such as your Tree of Life. The product of the tree is random, and because you cannot choose the effect it automatically increases the strength of the tree and fruits.” The girl explained one by one and in order. Even Miles wasn’t as learned as she was.

“Very good! Ten merits!” Dusek said and showed the tree behind him. “This tree has conditions and randomness! The first condition is, I have to wait for fruits to ripen, and before that their usage is limited.

The second condition is, I have to supply energy constantly for them to grow. There are some other conditions that increase the possibility of the types of fruits I require, but those are not important.

The third condition is, to pluck the ripe fruits, there are steps I have to follow or the fruits will wither away.

There were also many details I added to the tree, such as color, inner system, origin, history, so on and so forth. Every detail increased the reality of the tree and its power.

And you already know the randomness. I cannot pick the type of fruit the tree would sprout.” Dusek said with a smile.

“Now, back to the zone. With my ultimate, my zone is just a plane of my own. When I add the tree, my strength increases. I can also use ripe fruits for an extended period of time. If let’s say, fruit lasts for an hour, I can extend it to 2 hours with less strength.

The Zone isn’t just energy covering a certain area. When built, it has many requirements, and it is a high-tier technique usually only the peak of Exalt-Rank can create. Of course, before that, you can create a quasi-zone by spreading your energy but its potency will not be even half of a real zone. It will also suck out your energy dry.

So, I want all of you to practice Zone at least a minute every day. That should be your limit. First to create a quasi-zone in a meter in radius will earn 50 merits.” As soon as he said it, the students all got excited. There were a few who even tried where they were sitting and earned Dusek’s sour face.

“Now the third thing, Veil. Like I mentioned before. Energy is the purest form of everything in the universe, as such, you can use this quintessence form to mask your presence. The world around you is created from this quintessence form, so by covering your body with energy, you can hide from others’ perceptions.” Dusek said and coated his body with green energy. Miles couldn’t see the energy without focusing energy on his eyes.

When Dusek was fully covered, his presence vanished. If Miles couldn’t see him with his own two eyes, he would think Dusek in front of him was just an illusion. Miles even checked with Coin to see if what he was seeing was real or another illusion he was feeling.

“This is, Veil. You use your energy to conceal yourself with the use of energy. You hide your power and energy deep inside your body and conceal yourself. But to do so, you have to seal your prowess to not shine like a lighthouse in the dark, you have to withdraw your powers to the deepest parts of your bodies, and it would take time to unleash them again.

Even when you are not protecting your body knowingly when you are not using energy, it still surrounds your body like a thin membrane, thus having a certain amount of protection. But when you use Veil, that protection is gone too. In a sense, when you are in Veil, you are in your weakest self and open to any attack. You cannot enter this mode lightly, especially in fights. This technique can only be used in reconnaissance or assassinations and not in a direct flight.” Dusek removed the Veil and smiled brightly.

“That will be all. Next lesson I will test all of you on these, and there are special prizes for accomplishing first and best in almost all classes. Do your best!” With it, he left the class.

“Do you have any hunting plans?” After Dusek left and Miles and others were preparing to leave too, Alex stopped Miles and asked.

“Not really, what do you have in mind?” Miles asked.

“Let’s hunt in the Portal World,” Alex said with a bright smile. Fires were burning in his eyes.

“So soon?” Miles asked. Although he too wanted to hunt, he didn’t have an edge over the monster in Frenzy-Rank now. He already used the serum Milosh had given to him and was getting stronger but he was still in the peak of Grace-Rank bodily and he didn’t have any orbs of Frenzy-Rank yet. He would be quite weak against monsters in that rank.”

“Yeah, let’s go and hunt already. We can get a pretty good Merit Point by hunting Frenzy-Rank monsters.” Alex said. Miles nodded.

“At worst, I should be able to escape.” Miles thought and agreed.

As Miles and Alex were walking out of the classroom, Number 3 walked towards them.

“Hey,” He said as he looked at Alex with an uncertain look, then he turned his eyes towards Miles and sudden hatred and anger flashed in them. “Look, I am sorry for the other day. I was tired after all those tests and wasn’t happy to lose my position as the strongest.”

“That is fine.” Miles noticed the sudden flash in Number 3’s eyes, but ignored it.

“So are we cool?”

“Yeah,”

“Alright, you are Cross right? I am Manu Wikolia. Nice to meet you two.”

“I am Miles,”

“Alex.”

“Alright, see you guys later.” With it, he left the duo alone. Alex looked at Miles and was about to say something, but gave up on it when he noticed the smirk on his face.