RE:BORN Zombie

“Exercise patience. From how it is looking, you will, breakthrough soon now.” Said a voice to Victor. Of course, this voice belonged to the man who had been guiding him ever since he came to that chamber in the mysterious cave.

‘I can feel it now, soon enough.’ Said Victor, in his mind.

Since he had to constantly push through the wall blocking him from progressing, it was a rigorous and straining process. His only saving grace was that he had no issue with tiredness, as it did not apply to him, if not-

It had been more than two weeks as far as Victor was concerned. He had lost track of time trying to achieve positive results in what he was doing that he had no idea what the time was, and at some point his system became none responsive. Not even the system panel would open when he willed it.

Though it was weird and actually gave Victor cause to worry, nothing happened afterwards, and as if sensing that something wasn’t right with him, the man assured him that everything was fine and for him not to be worried.

Hearing this was suspicious, but Victor wouldn’t be surprised if the man before him knew of him having the system, though nothing was said.

Through continuous guidance, Victor was finally able to achieve his goal, he got an authority, but the authority he had just gotten was surely weird and unexpected, even for the man guiding him.

The way it worked was that some skills would end up being sacrificed to get an authority in the end. So, when Victor noticed the skills that were disappearing, he was surely concerned as to what kind of authority he would get.

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“Hmm, this is surely something I have never seen before. Not in my years of existence.” Said the man, still seated in the same position and place, not a single motion from him showing surprise as he relayed.

“I felt it was a bit strange too, but if even you are surprised…” Victor said, as he stood from his sitting position, probably to test his new power. ‘Not to talk about the number of skills was sacrificed… So painful. This better be some god level authority, if not…’

“Test it out, I am also curious to see how it is. But be careful, as this is the first time for you to use such power. I tell you, it is not like what you are used to.” Said the man.

Victor nodded and took some steps away from the man towards a more spacious part of the room. Using just his thoughts, Victor chose a random spot on the ground and used his authority, and immediately, just like thousands of boulders were placed on that single spot, a serious dent appeared on it.

Victor looked at it a bit, and could see the effect of his skill. It certainly was something. Now, of his entire force, he didn’t use up to fifty percent, from what he felt he could do. That said, he wasn’t too impressed. Even he could crumble that entire floor if he placed a nice punch with some power behind it. The authority didn’t seem to be so authoritative. Also, seeing that the man was still calm, he could tell that it wasn’t really impressive, though it was rare.

‘And to think I had to sacrifice so many skills… more like it ate up..’ Thought Victor, as he walked back to the man. Surely, disappointed at the end result.

“They say rare artefacts are the most brilliant in luster.” Said, the man, in an unusual tone Victor had never heard before from him. If Victor wasn’t mistaken, the man seemed to sound a bit more elated, excited.

“What are you talking about?” Asked Victor, unsure of what the man was getting at.

The man simply laughed it off seeing that Victor was yet to get it. “Try punching the floor as training first before you get the answer to that question. Do just five.” Said, the man.

Victor was feeling a bit reluctant to follow this one, as he knew quite well that he did not get this strong by doing physical training. But then again…

*DOOOMMM

The sound travelled through the room, as Victor’s fist met the hard ground. Victor was very much surprised to see the ground intact and unharmed.

Seeing such a thing was quite rare for him, so this time he actually tried and put in more force and power in his punch, but then-

The same result. Nothing. The room floor was still intact and neat like nothing had happened.

Victor couldn’t understand how something could be so tough, and was now starting to realize it himself. For the last time, he put everything he could give into the final punch in attempt to leave a mark on the floor, but nothing. It was simply insane.

“I think you realize what this means?” Said, the man, as Victor walked back towards him.

For the single fact that he had not even used up to fifty percent of what he could dish out, Victor completely retracted his previous statements.

“Yeah..”

“The Authority over Force.” Said the man.

They continued to converse, and both of them had thought it would be more like gravity, and in truth, it was more like gravity that anyother. This bore another question.

“How does this work? Most of the skills taken were not gravity related or even close.” Asked, Victor, trying to get an answer from the man.

“As long as the main ingredient is present, the rest are spices and side ingredients to make up the dish.” Said the man in response. Victor of course understood this easily, who wouldn’t.

‘Hmm, I was trying to see if there was a way I could guide the process to get what result I want. Though I was lucky this time and got something so powerful, what are the chances that it’s happen so the second time?’

“Is there a way to direct the result of the authority one receives?” Asked, Victor, to which the man responded with a simple no, and explained pretty much what he had already said to Victor countless times at that point about letting it flow, blah blah blah.

“What is the guarantee exactly that the authority one gets will be a formidable one?” Asked, Victor. He was really trying to figure something out, as that could go better for him.

“Well…”