Novel Full Chapter 87: All Basic Elements Acquired, Elemental Altar
Chapter 87: Chapter 87: All Basic Elements Acquired, Elemental Altar
[All Basic Elements have been detected on the player.]
[The “Elemental Temple” reacts to your presence.]
Leon stared at the panel in front of him, momentarily confused.
He hadn’t expected anything like this to appear, not now, and certainly not inside an S-Rank assessment that was supposed to end the moment he stepped into the altar’s portal.
But the reason quickly became obvious. Leon had acquired all four basic elemental sub-talents.
[Fire Integration], [Deep Water Affinity], [Wind Dominion], and [Earth Affinity].
Each of them represented one of the four fundamental elements: fire, water, wind, and earth.
And it seemed the assessment itself had acknowledged that fact.
’The [Elemental Temple]…’ Leon’s eyes narrowed slightly as he reread the words. ’I never heard of this in my past life.’
That alone was enough to make his heart beat a little faster.
Leon knew the system well. He knew the major assessments, the well-known rewards, and the common hidden mechanics.
Anything he had never encountered before usually meant one of two things.
Either no one had ever fulfilled the conditions to trigger it.
Or the people who had… never lived long enough to talk about it.
It didn’t take much thought to realize that this panel only appeared when someone possessed all four basic elements at the same time.
And within the context of the [Elemental Lands], that fact alone carried weight.
This wasn’t just a reward for clearing the assessment. It was something more.
Something far bigger than simply reaching the altar and leaving.
And as if to confirm that suspicion—
Rumble!
The entire [Elemental Lands] shook violently.
Leon instinctively lifted his head and looked forward just in time to see the exit portal, the one floating calmly at the center of the altar, flicker… and then vanish completely.
“Oh.”
Leon let out a quiet breath. His only way out had just disappeared.
The realization made him tense slightly. No portal meant no easy escape. Whatever he had triggered, the assessment was no longer proceeding as intended.
Still, instead of panic, something else rose in his chest. Excitement.
Leon had thought this assessment felt too easy. Compared to the first S-Rank assessment: the divine hall, the pressure of the gods, the statues that could erase you with a single mistake, this one had felt almost straightforward.
Now he understood why. This wasn’t the real trial.
Leon fixed his gaze on the altar ahead. The small monument began to change.
The four pedestals positioned at each corner of the structure started to glow faintly.
One by one, symbols appeared on their surfaces, clear and unmistakable.
A flame. A gust of wind. A droplet of water. A jagged piece of stone.
Leon didn’t need a system message to tell him what this meant.
’I’m supposed to interact with these.’
For a few seconds, the rumbling continued, the elemental energy in the air surging wildly.
Then, slowly, the [Elemental Lands] calmed down. The ground stopped shaking, and the atmosphere returned to its previous state, heavy with power, but no longer unstable.
Leon exhaled and decided not to rush. Before doing anything else, he opened his sub-talent panel.
He wanted to confirm exactly what he had gained.
[Earth Affinity (C-Level): Your mana has begun to resonate with earth. You are able to control earth-based abilities more steadily than before, improving their stability and efficiency. Earth-related attacks will deal slightly less damage to you, and your balance and physical sturdiness are mildly enhanced.]
“Nice.”
As expected, it followed the same pattern as the other elemental affinities. It wasn’t flashy, but it was solid.
Leon closed the panel, satisfied. Then he started walking toward the altar.
With each step, he could feel the concentration of elemental power increase. This place was clearly the core of the [Elemental Lands], where all four elements converged.
As he walked, Leon opened his [Storage Space], navigating directly to the section containing his sub-talent scrolls.
He hadn’t checked it in a while.
Given how many monsters he had killed without stopping, he knew there had to be quite a few scrolls piled up by now.
The panel appeared.
[Sub-Talent Scrolls: x14 “Wind Affinity (C-Level)”, x18 “Fire Affinity (D-Level)”, x3 “Fire Integration (C-Level)”, x11 “Lightning Affinity (C-Level)”, x1 “Pure Lightning Affinity (B-Level)”]
Leon’s lips curved upward.
“Nice,” he muttered. “With this… I should be able to push a few of them higher.”
He didn’t hesitate.
Leon immediately began fusing the scrolls together, prioritizing the ones that could directly strengthen his current sub-talents.
His goal was simple: raise everything as high as possible before stepping fully into whatever awaited him.
The process wasn’t smooth.
Ding!
[Fusion failed.]
Several scrolls shattered into motes of light.
Leon barely reacted. He continued.
Ding!
[Fusion failed.]
More losses.
Then—
Ding!
[Fusion successful!]
A faint glow spread through his panel. Leon’s eyes sharpened, and he kept going.
The process repeated over and over again. Failures outnumbered successes, as expected. Fusion past C-Level always carried a high risk, and attempting multiple evolutions in sequence was even worse.
Still, Leon pushed through. Minutes passed.
Finally—
Ding!
[You have evolved “Fire Integration (C-Level)” to “Fire Control (B-Level)” to “Absolute Flame Control (A-Level)”]
Ding!
[You have evolved “Pure Lightning Affinity (B-Level)” to “Supreme Lightning Affinity (A-Level)”]
Leon let out a low breath.
“That worked.”
Unfortunately, luck wasn’t infinite.
He attempted to evolve [Wind Dominion (A-Level)] as well, but that required three consecutive successful fusions, an almost impossible condition.
As expected, the attempt failed. All the related scrolls shattered at once.
In the end, the only scroll left unused was a single [Lightning Affinity (C-Level)] scroll, which Leon deliberately kept aside.
’That one’s for later,’ he thought. For Emilia, or for future companions.
He hadn’t even included some of the scrolls he planned to give away in his fusion attempts.
After organizing his inventory, Leon opened his sub-talent panel again to check the new descriptions.
[Absolute Flame Control (A-Level): Your mastery over fire has reached a superior level. You are able to manipulate flames with extreme precision and efficiency, greatly enhancing the power and stability of fire-based abilities. Fire-related attacks will deal significantly less damage to you.]
[Supreme Lightning Affinity (A-Level): Your body and mana are now perfectly synchronized with lightning. Your control over lightning-based abilities has reached an exceptional level, allowing near-instant activation and flawless precision. Lightning-related attacks will deal significantly less damage to you, and your reaction speed is greatly enhanced.]
Leon studied them carefully.
“Hm.”
The wording wasn’t dramatically different from before, but the implications were clear.
Satisfied, Leon closed the panels and continued forward. He soon reached the altar itself.
The structure was quiet now, the four pedestals glowing faintly as if waiting.
’I wonder if Emilia already left,’ Leon thought briefly.
If she had, she was probably waiting for him by now. He had no idea how much longer this would take, or if he would even leave through the same exit.
Still, there was no turning back. Leon stepped fully onto the monument and looked around.
The moment he did—
Ding!
[Player “Celestial” detected with all basic elements on the “Elemental Altar”]
[Do you wish to open the “Elemental Temple” or leave the assessment?]
[Do note that it is extremely dangerous.]
Leon stared at the panel. Then he smiled.
He didn’t hesitate even for a fraction of a second.
“Open it,” he said calmly. “I knew there had to be something.”
The first S-Rank assessment had led him to a divine temple and rewarded him with the [Celestial] title. There was no way the second S-Rank assessment would end without something similar.
Fwoosh! Ding!
[Confirmed.]
Instantly, four glowing orbs burst out from Leon’s chest.
Each one shone with a different color related to their respective element.
The orbs hovered for a brief moment before shooting forward, each one flying toward a different pedestal and settling perfectly into place.
And then—
RUMBLE!
The [Elemental Lands] shook once more, far more violently than before.
[Unlocking the “Elemental Temple” from its ancient seal.]
Leon turned his head. In the distance, beyond the altar, the ground began to split.
Stone cracked. Earth rose. A massive structure slowly emerged from beneath the surface, towering higher with each passing second.