Chapter 211
By fighting Stella Hoka, Luke could finally reach a conclusion about the true weakness of the .
This impressive Legendary Skill, analyzed all the information contained in Luke’s brain and on the battlefield, and could thus draw a behavioral profile of the half-wolf’s enemies. In turn, this profile was transferred to the enemy clone created by Luke within the world of the ability, which he called the Horus Dimension. In this way, Luke could find the best way to defeat any opponent by simulating the same fight dozens of times within the Dimension of Horus.
However, the is not an omniscient ability, and its limitation begins exactly where Luke’s perception ends.
In other words, if Luke doesn’t know his opponent’s Gene Abilities or Rune Spells, there is no way for the to guess that they exist.
Luke realized this briefly when simulating fights against The Legion, but it seems that the same concept does not apply to monsters, because they frequently have their abilities given away by their appearances. The chance of a monster or animal of the amphibian type using poisons is much greater than the chance of it spewing fire from its mouth, and in that instance, the couldn’t have foreseen it.
A clear example was that of the Son of Winter, one of the members of The Legion, who had an icy appearance, so the Legendary Skill could predict that his abilities were related to this. Foreseeing thus the possibility of the Son of Winter having a variety of glacial powers, like throwing ice stakes through his fingertips, and others.
But with Humans and Mages, things differ, as their appearance most often does not denote the Abilities they can use. Luke couldn’t test this against Alexis, because he already knew most of her abilities, but when he fought Stella, he activated the , and since he only knew her movement abilities, he couldn’t predict what attacks she might use with her staff.
Still, Luke didn’t conform to the limitations of Gene’s Skill and used hypothetical spells to train for 20 minutes inside the Dimension of Horus.
Therefore, the half-wolf trained to dodge fast spells, slow spells, bigger spells, and even spells that could destroy the gym. Since Luke couldn’t more than imagining what spells a mage might use, he just let his imagination guide him.
So, when Luke dragged Stella to the wall, he was amazed at how easy it was.
Luke looked down at his hand where Stella’s head was, and realized that armor was wrapping around his opponent’s entire body. That armor was golden and translucent.
“Phew…” Luke sighed in relief because, for a second, he feared he had hurt her, and then immediately let go.
After recovering from the shock of the collision, Stella’s armor crumbled into luminous dust that shattered in the air. She looked at him with great anger, and shouted:
“Are you crazy!? You could have killed me if I was a normal person!” Stella pointed her finger in Luke’s face.
Luke smiled debauchedly. “You asked me to go with everything I had, and now you’re complaining? Fu~” He hissed to tease her.
Stella opened her mouth to reply, but since she couldn’t find a response, she inflated her cheeks and walked away, tapping her foot firmly on the floor in frustration. When Stella left the gym, it immediately began to rain, which made her even more irritated, as she had to get wet until she reached her room at the back of the property.
While she felt the raindrops falling on her hair, she wondered:
‘How did he get so much stronger in less than a year? That’s not normal… Not to mention the burst of speed. Could it have been a Gene Skill with signs? It doesn’t seem to have been that… Damn, I need to ask him sometime.’
After defeating Stella, Luke walked back to the amassing of Strogueher, who was watching the practice battle. Everyone was very ecstatic, and even Nathalia, Jilly, and Livia were amazed by the half-wolf.
While walking home in the light rain, Nathalia spoke up:
“It’s been almost six months since you left home to go find your friends… you’ve gotten so much stronger during that time… It’s just that my mother and I don’t understand why it took you so long to come home after you found them.”
Luke even opened his mouth to explain to Nathalia the reason for the delay, but ended up saying something different. “First, I’ll introduce you to each of my friends, then we’ll talk about the unfinished business. After all, there are strange things happening in Oukiwa too, right?”
“So, you already know? Oh, come on, you’re more attuned, Luke.” Nathalia scoffed and hid her laughter with her right hand.
Without hesitation, Luke rubbed the palm of his right hand on the top of the elf’s head, making her hairy crown even wetter.
After they arrived at Ayumi’s residence, Nathalia was introduced to all of Luke’s friends. John, Ynosuke, and Zack were charmed by her beauty, so Luke had to cast warning glances at them. The half-wolf loved his friends, but he would never let them get romantically close to a sweet and innocent girl like Nathalia.
However, Luke soon realized that the mood among the women was different than when he left.
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— Five minutes after Luke left to go get Nathalia. —
After the half-wolf left the dinner table and everyone finished eating, Shiro and the other boys started the subject about how the long trip was.
John, with his self-esteem higher than ever, because he was learning to fight with the instruction of the Champion of the Tournament of Legends and also of an S-Class, started explaining his merits, adding to all the facts to boost himself.
When Alexis realized that no one would start any important topic without Luke being present, she looked at Ayumi and, with a glance, silently indicated for them to go to the next room to talk alone. The first to get up was the Matriarch, who noticed that the half-dragon wanted discretion, and told everyone that she would go to the kitchen to talk to Martha.
Then Alexis left the room, saying that she would change clothes, since everyone was wearing the same clothes they had arrived from their trip.
So, the two women met in the small nearby library. Alexis almost closed the library door, but left it open to be able to listen in case someone approached.
“Do you need anything?” Ayumi inquired to start the topic. The group had just arrived back from a six-month trip, but Ayumi could tell that what was bothering Alexis wasn’t just tiredness.
Alexis looked down for a few moments, and when she built up courage, she looked into Ayumi’s green eyes. “I need to talk about Luke.”