Chapter 168: Evolving Wind Monarch Skill (Part 2)

"I can finally evolve my Wind Monarch Skill..." Evan muttered with a look of joy on his face as he looked at the requirements for his skill evolution.

[You can evolve the Wind Monarch skill to the next rank if the following requirements are fulfilled...

1.Kill 1,000 unranked creatures using the Wind Monarch skill: 1,000/1,000] (Completed)

2.Kill 50 Rank One Creatures using the Wind Monarch skill: 50/50] (Completed)

3.Mana Core of a Rank Two flying-type magic beast: 1/1] (Completed)

[All requirements have been fulfilled. Do you want to evolve the Wind Monarch skill to Rank Two?]

[Yes/No]

It had been three days since Evan returned from Planet Elvador, and he had been continuously traveling toward the academy while hunting unranked monsters so that he could evolve his Wind Monarch skill to the next rank.

Evan held the Rank Two Mana Core of the Wyvern in his hand and took a deep breath.

He once again looked at his status window and, without hesitation, chose Yes.

As soon as he chose Yes, the Mana Core in his hand turned into dust, and a burst of pure energy erupted from it.

The energy contained within the Mana Core surged toward Evan’s body and was absorbed by him.

Just as Evan absorbed the energy of the Mana Core, the wind that had been flowing in his surroundings suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

But not even a second later, the halted wind from every single direction rushed toward him.

Evan was shocked when he saw this, as he could feel that the wind from an area spanning over ten kilometers was flowing toward him as if something was attracting it.

Not only that, but he also noticed a vortex of wind was slowly forming high in the sky, right above his head. All the wind that was rushing in his direction was absorbed by that wind vortex.

The size of the vortex continued to grow, and in just a few minutes, its diameter reached fifteen meters.

Once it reached fifteen meters, the wind that was flowing from every direction finally stopped rushing in Evan’s direction.

Evan looked at the giant vortex above his head with a dumbfounded expression, his eyes wide open.

"What the hell is going on? I am just evolving a skill. Why does it look like something big is happening here?"

Just as Evan was feeling bewildered, the wind vortex above him released a light green aura.

The light green aura hovered at the mouth of the vortex for a second before it shot toward him like a bullet.

Seeing such a strange thing, Evan’s first instinct was to dodge. But when he remembered what he was currently doing, he calmed down and allowed the green aura to approach him.

The green aura touched Evan’s body and seeped inside him.

Evan sensed his own condition, but he didn’t feel anything.

Frowning, he could only wait and stare at the vortex.

More and more green aura emerged from the vortex, and Evan’s body greedily absorbed all of it.

He also noticed that as the vortex produced the green aura, its size was shrinking.

When the vortex became half of its original size, a notification suddenly appeared before Evan.

[Your familiarity with the wind element has increased greatly. You will have an easier time forming a contract with a high-level Wind Spirit.]

’Forming a contract with a Wind Spirit...’ Evan immediately remembered what Queen Eleanor had told him about spirits, and his eyes lit up.

But he did not think too much about it for now, as the evolution of his Wind Monarch skill was really strange.

Normally, when a skill evolved, the evolution would be completed quickly, just like how his Fear skill had evolved on Planet Elvador.

But for some reason, his Wind Monarch skill did not evolve immediately like his other skills. Instead, it created this strange phenomenon.

Even after the notification about the Wind Spirit appeared, the green aura continued to emerge from the wind vortex, and Evan’s body continued to absorb it without showing any signs of stopping.

After two minutes, the wind vortex in the sky finally disappeared.

Just as Evan was wondering what he should do now, he sensed that his connection with the wind seemed to have reached a higher level.

At the same time, a notification flashed before him.

[Your Wind Monarch skill has evolved to Rank Two.]

[Wind Monarch (Rank One) Level 5 → Wind Monarch (Rank Two) Level 1]

---) Wind Monarch (Rank Two) Level 1: The power of the Rank One Level Five Wind Monarch skill has doubled. Mana consumption is reduced by 30%. Your familiarity with the wind element has increased greatly. You can now use the Blessing of Wind.

---) Blessing of Wind: Upon activation, increases the user’s attack and movement speed by 20%. While the Blessing of Wind is activated, all of the user’s attacks have a 10% chance of inflicting critical damage. Costs 2 Mana Points every five seconds.

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Evan read the details of his evolved skill, and his eyes widened.

"Isn’t this too much?" He gulped and muttered in a low voice.

After reaching Rank Two, the power of the Wind Monarch skill had directly doubled compared to when it was a Rank One Level Five skill. On top of that, the Mana required to use the skill had been reduced by thirty percent.

As Evan thought about how powerful his attacks would become if he used the Wind Monarch skill at its full power, a look of excitement appeared on his face.

Not to mention, his skill had also gained another effect—the Blessing of Wind.

Using it, he could greatly increase his attack and movement speed, completely catching his enemies off guard.

Not to mention, it also had a critical hit effect.

"Now, I’ll have a twenty percent chance of inflicting critical damage whenever I use the Blessing of Wind."

Evan already had a ten percent chance of inflicting critical damage because of his title, Exterminator, and now he had gained an additional ten percent chance from his new skill.

Calming himself down, Evan was about to test his skill when he suddenly sensed two people rapidly approaching his location.

Evan frowned slightly, and his eyes narrowed because he sensed that both of those people were not weak.

’Are they coming here because of the phenomenon caused by the evolution of my skill?’ He thought and soon saw two people walked out from behind a cluster of trees, stopping a few meters away from him.