Limits Chapter 195

My reason behind asking the King of Avians for someone to pick me up, when I gave a sign, was very simple . 'I want to test my strength, against those creatures first . If I can kill them without the Yellow Dust, then that will be great' I thought . I wouldn't attempt it unprepared, although I would test my strength, ultimately, I was after something else .

I arrived at the pond, and rolled my sleeve up . "Frosty, come out, I need to do something first" I said . Frosty changed to its corporeal form, and waited in front of me . I took out the Water Stone from my Storage Feather, and placed it in my right hand . "Let's see what type of effects, will one stone have" I said to myself . My hand started absorbing the stone, without me thinking about it .

I could feel more coldness emanating from my arm, until it basically froze . I was a bit alarmed but didn't feel any pain or discomfort . The Water Stone was absorbed rather quickly, but my arm stayed frozen . 'Do I wait now or something? I can't really do much, with my arm in that state' I thought . I decided to wait it out, maybe the absorption process was not completed yet . I looked at Frosty, but it didn't seemed worried .

'If Frosty isn't worried, then I shouldn't be either . After all, Frosty can somehow enter my arm and become a tattoo, it probably knows more than me at this stage' I thought and waited . The time passed, even though I couldn't see the weather change, in the North . Some time later, the ice on my arm started to melt . 'Finally!' I thought . A short while later, the ice completely disappeared . My arm appeared to be more white-ish, now that the ice was gone .

Frosty seemed happy for some reason, and started motioning . I had no clue what it tried to say, maybe it was happy due to the improvement of my right arm . I stood up and decided to test it . I walked in front of a tree, and focused . The freezing abilities of my right arm awakened . With the improved freezing effect, even I could feel strong coldness coming from it . I threw a punch at a tree, using only about 40% of my strength .

"Boom"

The tree shook, while I punched through it . What happened next, shocked me . The tree started to freeze, it wasn't only the area around my right arm, it was much larger . It took a short while, but eventually, the whole tree froze . "WOW!" I exclaimed . 'I can probably freeze those Tentacle Creatures to death now! With this, I have another weapon, especially against creatures, that are resistant or immune to physical attacks' I thought .

I called out to Frosty "It's time to go . You can change back now . I will go alone, it will be less complicated that way" . Frosty nodded and jumped onto my shoulder, then changed back to the tattoo quite eagerly . 'With my right arm improved, I can now dive into the depths of the pond' I thought, and jumped in .

At the mid point, inside the pond . I closed my eyes and started awaking my Darkness Perception . About 20 seconds later, I was ready . I quickly dived towards the bottom, then took the tunnel to the left . This time, I was much faster, it was because I wanted to attract attention . When I reached the underwater cave, the Tentacle Creatures were still there, but in greater number . There were 20 of them now . 'Good, I can kill more of them at once' I thought and swam a bit closer .

When the Tentacle Creatures finally noticed me, they gave chase . There was one Creature, that chased me with an exceptional anger . It was the Elite Creature, that I damaged previously . 'It has a grudge with me, there is no doubt about that' I thought, and swam towards the surface of the pond .

This time, I didn't struggle as much . I was much stronger, but more importantly, I was more experienced now . I knew how to increase my swimming speed, and I could last much longer underwater . The Creatures were chasing me relentlessly, which was the exact thing I wanted .

I swam like this for a while, then exited the tunnel . I could see the pond's surface, high above me . I didn't stop swimming, although I still looked down . I needed to check on the Tentacle Creatures . The Creatures were still after me, another added bonus was that, there were another 2 Elites, trailing close behind the raging Tentacle Creature, I damaged before .

I soon reach the surface . "Splash!" . I shot out of the water and landed outside . The Creatures were close behind me . "SPLASH! . . . SPLASH! SPLASH!" the 3 Elites arrived . "Right guys . It's time to fight!" I said, and released all the energy from my legs . "BOOOM!" . I ran towards the Tentacle Creature that arrived first .

With my left fist tightly clenched, I punched . "BOOOM!" The strength of my attack was so strong, that the Tentacle Creature flew through the air, and shattered couple of trees in the process . I also received some recoil from the impact, and was pushed backwards . "SCHEECH!" . The Tentacle Creature screamed . Although it didn't die, the force behind my punch was not something, it could've expected . The Creature screeched for a while and tried to pick itself up, but it was unable to .

The other Tentacle Creatures, didn't stay still and attacked me . I was already backing up, so I easily avoided those tentacles . 'With my maximum power output tested, I should now freeze them to death!' I thought, and stopped backing away . I pressed my foot hard into the ground and launched forwards again, leaving a booming sound behind me . Utilising the Natural Path Skill, I quickly arrived in front of the Tentacle Creature . I punched with my right hand this time . "BOOOM!" the creature flew back, just like the 1st one, but this time, the screeching was even louder . It was due to the freezing ability of my arm . I aimed at the main body of that Tentacle Creature, so that was the area affected first . The screeches stopped all of a sudden, and the whole creature became an ice sculpture .

When the other Tentacle Creature saw this, it started to instantly back away, but I didn't give it that chance . As it was trying to run away, I quickly chased . 'These Creatures might be faster than me in water, but on land, they have no way of reaching my speed!' I thought, and arrived behind the creature . With another punch, the Creature flew forwards at an even increased speed, and smashed whatever was in it's way . Before it could stop, it froze to the point, where tentacles shattered into small pieces of ice .

Silence filled the area for a while . Before another round of splashes sounded from the pond . 'The rest of them have arrived!' I thought and gave the sign, for one of the Avians to pick me up . While I was at it, I shouted "Give me the Yellow Dust!" . The creatures saw the carnage and immediately went back to the pond . 'Ah, shit . They escaped' I thought . I looked up and saw no Avian arriving . 'What the hell is going on? Why none of them moved?' I thought . 2 Creatures died, while rest of them escaped . There was only one more left . The one that didn't die, the one I punched in the beginning .

It was struggling to stand up and run away . I said, while walking slowly towards it "I don't know where you came from, but this is the end of your road" . I could finally see fear in its small beady eyes . I extended my right arm and punched . "STOP!", "BOOM!" "SCREECH!" . The Creature started to freeze and died .

Soon after, the King of Avians arrived and said "You shouldn't have done this!" . I was confused and asked "Why, You asked me to exterminate them . Did you change your mind?" . She said "I was checking the ancestral records, and only now I arrive back . I know what this creature is called" . I looked at her and asked "What is it then?" . When I finished speaking that sentence, I noticed fear on her face, a fear much greater than the prospects of the Yellow Dust exploding or Corpse Dogs invasion . She said "These things are called Yagaroths . This is not something we should've killed . We are in deep trouble now" .

I was confused but also worried, I asked "Why? Why do you fear them so much?" . She said "It's their High One, that I fear . My entire flock, would not be able to kill it . You would die as well, nothing would escape it . That creature has by default, broken through its Inner Limits, who knows how strong it would be, after a long time . Maybe even approach the Primal Limit" .

I asked again "How do you know, that the High One of Yagaroths still exists?" . She shook her head and said "I'm certain, otherwise, these Yagaroths wouldn't exist! If they decide to come here, we are done . I should've checked the ancestral records before… I just hope they don't come for revenge" .

I asked "What if they do?" . I could see a sharp glint in her eyes . 'This is bad' I thought and started running . She shouted "CATCH HIM!" . 'Fuck, I knew it!' I thought, as I tried to get away from the Vulture Cliffs .

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