Chapter 58: Chapter 58 – Experimentation

Her father and mother left to deal with the aftermath of the robed murderers. Leena and Freya left soon after so that Astrid could rest up and recuperate her strength. After taking a long nap, Astrid had mostly recovered her strength, at least, the weariness within her arms had vanished.

She climbed out of bed and her bare, dainty feet touched against the cool, hard-wood floor. Astrid moved over to the shut window, and opened it. The ocean’s breeze tickled her nose, the smokey haze within the sky had mostly been stopped. Even from the Noble District, she could hear the shouting of the many Class users as they desperately repaired what had been destroyed. Just like with the Leviathan, it wouldn’t take long for the damage to be repaired back to what it used to be. The crops would continue to grow, using the ash as fertiliser. People would place the bricks back to the houses one-by-one. Just like that, just like always, Rebirth continued to survive for millenia.

It didn’t cross her mind before, but now that she had time to think, it was a good thing that the Spawn didn’t make use of Rebirth’s confusion to attack. Had most of them retreated alongside the Leviathan, crawling back to wherever it came from? Or were they waiting for a more opportune time to try another assault? A sense of danger that was always there resurfaced from Astrid’s heart. It felt like she was in a race against time with a dagger constantly at her back.

I guess everyone else feels the same… Astrid sighed, instead of thinking on what could happen, she turned her thoughts back to the fight at the auction. She was aware she had no right in being able to fight them, but thanks to her Overload ability, she was able to fight well above her level bracket. But, it couldn’t be controlled. What if she could? What if she could direct her emotions to different effects?

She shook her head at the thought, if there was someone who could do that it was most likely Freya. Astrid had no idea on how to control her emotions, or where to begin. The Overload skill wasn’t just useful in combat however, as the feeling of controlling her body through matter from the borrowed skill was still fresh in her mind. Just like how she controlled the matter within her body to levitate, she instead used it to strengthen her body to an extreme degree.

Astrid attempted to replicate it, but an intense pain throbbed within her veins. She immediately stopped in fear of blowing up her body. She wasn’t sure if her body still hadn’t fully recovered yet, her body simply couldn't handle it, or she lacked the level and control.

Would it be better to level up constitution for a less skilled method, or rely on higher intelligence to improve my matter control? Astrid pinched her chin in thought. Any more constitution, and it would be unnecessary, but then she would be gambling on whether or not she could replicate the skill with higher control. She finally decided to just increase her intelligence. The next milestone was five-hundred, and it was a big power boost.

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