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5.38% The Strongest Assassin Reincarnates in Another World / Chapter 24: Parkour Challenge

Chapter 24: Parkour Challenge

As he stepped toward the parkour challenge, two messages from the system appeared in front of him.

[You are entering a zone with a stat restriction.]

[All of your stats are being limited to one.]

Instantly after receiving those two messages, strength seemed to leave Aiden's body; he was back to how he had first started, which was a weird feeling.

All the power he had accumulated didn't seem like much, but when it left his body, he could feel the difference pretty well, so he started moving his arms and feet to get used to that feeling.

"How does it feel?" Maelis asked, seeing Aiden move his arms and legs.

She knew it was quite weird to experience having your stats restricted the first time since she, too, acted similarly the first time her stats were suppressed.

"It's strange. How did you limit my stats? Is that some type of item from the Otherworld?"

"Yes, it's an item that can be obtained in the rewards of the 10th trial, but you have to be quite lucky to get it. It's rare and costs a fortune to buy. I think we bought this stat limiter for 350 000 credits, but even then, it's on the lower end, and this one can be considered cheap."

"350 000 Credits?" Aiden repeated, not believing what he had just heard if he continued completing his trials in the same fashion as the first one, then it wouldn't take long for him to have a fortune.

"Yes, it's quite expensive, but it's great for training, which is why most families use it. So, are you used to having your stats restricted now?" Maelis asked, wanting to see Aiden perform.

"I think so," Aiden answered as he was doing quick jumps, trying to make sure he was used to it before starting the challenge.

After confirming that he was ready, Aiden advanced toward the starting line. Close to it, a big chronometer was on his right and would show the time he would take to complete the challenge in real time.

The system also had its own chronometer that only appeared for Aiden, which indicated at the moment 00:00.

Now that Aiden was close to the platforms, he could see all sorts of obstacles in his way that would make it difficult for him. And just like he had seen from far away, little spikes could be seen under the platforms, which was probably used to motivate the members to give them all so they didn't fall on them and hurt themselves.

Five platforms were there too, but on them were different types of obstacles. He could see bullets being shot consistently on a platform, on the other one, there was lava in some spots, another had two big walls and no ground, the other was plain with nothing on it, which was weird.

The parkour he would have to do looked a bit like what he did in his previous life. But the one with his mentor was even more dangerous, which technically gave Aiden the advantage of finishing first because he already had a bit of experience.

It was now time for Aiden to beat the fastest time that the members of the Everheart family had achieved and show Maelis just how strong he actually was when giving his all.

He had adjusted himself to the stats he now had and was ready to do the impossible and beat the record on his first try without any practice whatsoever.

In an instant, he started running on the first platform, which didn't contain any traps, and quickly approached the second one.

The second looked exactly like the first one. There was nothing on it, which Aiden found weird.

'Is this a running challenge or what?' thought Aiden, but he knew the other platforms had traps as he had seen them even before starting the challenge.

But suddenly, as he was running on the second platform, he felt something under his feet open wide, and sensing it, he quickly jumped up to dodge whatever was happening.

As he was in the air because of his jump, he saw that right under him was a hole in the platform, but Aiden was sure that there wasn't one before. It seemed like the trap on this platform was the ground, which could open and make him fall toward the little spikes.

But this trap wasn't really dangerous for Aiden, and he quickly jumped whenever he felt a platform open.

'All I need to do is jump when I feel the ground is going to open. This is way too easy," thought Aiden, not knowing that what he was doing was actually really hard or even impossible for others.

On the other hand, Maelis was shocked to see Aiden jumping around.

'How the hell is he able to jump in reaction to the ground opening? Emma learned the pattern and where they would open, but she's not able to do whatever he is doing right now. Just who are you, Aiden?' She thought, watching him continue to dodge the trap as if it were nothing.

He quickly arrived at the end of the second platform by executing the same jumps over and over again. To reach the next platform, which was the one with rock and lava surrounding it, he only needed to make one last jump.

And his jump landed. He was now on the third platform, with little rocks in front of him. Not wasting any time, he jumped on the rocks without even doubting that he would lose his balance and fall into the lava.

The heart of Aiden was calm while doing those actions because he had performed far worse with his past mentor. He knew that he was able to jump from one rock to another without any problem, and the most important thing to note was that while jumping, he wasn't making any noises. He was completely silent. If someone was close to him, he would not even be able to hear him move.

The fact that he was silent while doing all of this was unknown to Maelis, but that was already enough to impress her. Imagine if she knew about this ability of his. She had already noticed how silent he was while walking, but that was only while walking normally. How could she know that he was able to do so in every situation possible?

After crossing the third platform, only two of them were left, which were the two hardest, and even Aiden would have to be careful with them.

The time on the chronometer shown by the system was 00:47, if he wanted to beat Emma Everheart, he would need to complete the rest of the challenge in under 45 seconds, it would be a close one.


Chapter 25: First?

After jumping on the rocks surrounded by lava, Aiden jumped onto the fourth platform, which was a bit different from the others he had faced before.

On the fourth platform, there was no ground, only two walls, one on each side. To reach the other side, Aiden would have to jump between the two walls at a speed that would prevent him from falling to the ground.

Meanwhile, Maelis had her sight locked onto Aiden, impressed with what she had seen so far.

'He arrived at the fourth platform. It's the place where most people stop, unable to complete it. Let's see if he will be able to pull it off in a single try,' thought Maelis, kind of expecting him to succeed.

Maelis had no doubt in her mind that Aiden wouldn't be able to do such a thing when she saw the fashion in which he passed the second platform with the jumps he was performing there.

Aiden, seeing those two walls, didn't even question what he would have to do and immediately jumped onto one of the walls, knowing he only had 42 seconds left to beat the record of this challenge.

He wasn't typically that competitive, normally getting first place wouldn't have much importance to him but it seemed that this challenge had awakened something in him: the sense of competition.

He wanted to beat the person who was in the first place, to prove to himself that he was good at this and that even the best in this place couldn't rival him in terms of movement and agility.

He activated his skill [Mind of an Assassin] to calm his mind and focus on the task ahead. He also wanted to be able to see the best way to complete the challenge, and a red aura started emitting from him, which was noticed immediately by Maelis.

'He already has an aura, but how? He only completed the first trial; just what did he accomplish on the first trial for him to have one?' thought Maelis, shock in her eyes as she saw some sort of power coming out of Aiden.

With his skill, Aiden saw an image of himself running in front of him, not even jumping to the other wall. It seemed like the most efficient way to pass this trial was to run on the wall and not jump, but would it really work?

Not questioning the image he was seeing, he followed it just like he did when he killed the boss monster. He knew he was going to succeed if he did everything that his image showed him.

'Why isn't he jumping from one wall to another? Wait, is he actually running on the wall?' thought Maelis, once again shocked by the actions of Aiden.

"Come see this!"

"How is he doing this?"

This action of Aiden attracted people who were training in the training grounds. The fact that the matriarch was even watching made them realize that the person who was doing this was important or would become important.

The people watching were even more shocked when they saw the time on the chronometer, which indicated that only 57 seconds had passed since he started the challenge.

"Is he really going to beat Emma?"

"Don't be ridiculous. She's the most talented awakened in the history of the Everheart family."

"Right, she even has a special class. Someone like him probably won't be able to beat her time."

"But why is the matriarch watching him?"

"Are you dumb? She obviously wants to recruit him into the family."

Discussion about the identity of the young man doing the challenge and why the matriarch was also there watching started happening all around the training grounds.

But Aiden, in his current situation, didn't hear a thing and was completely focused on finishing this challenge.

His mind was completely void of distractions because of the skill he had activated; the only thing he could feel was the beating of his heart, which was steady.

He ran on the wall without falling down and reached the other side. He quickly jumped onto the last platform, and he now had 25 seconds to finish the last platform, which was considered by many to be the hardest, with deadly projectiles being thrown at him that he needed to dodge.

The thing was that the projectiles thrown were almost impossible to see with the naked eye, especially when the stats were limited to one.

But with his skill, it wouldn't be much of a problem. He simply followed the trail shown by his clone and saw bullets passing on his right and left, never being close to hitting him.

"How is he able to see the bullets? Does he have some power that allows him to see into the future?" One of the people watching him exclaimed.

'Is his class related to seeing the future, agility, or maybe even sight? I can't even tell because he is good at too many things. It's like the system gave him the opportunity to do anything he wanted,' thought Maelis.

Aiden continued advancing forward, once again not even hearing the reactions from the public that had gathered to watch him finish the challenge.

All of them were amazed by how he advanced from each platform. It wasn't anything like what the others did.

Usually, when arriving at the last part of the challenge, the participants would have memorized the pattern of the bullets to be able to dodge them, but that wasn't even the case with Aiden, who seemed to be doing it purely on instinct.

Arriving at the finish line, Aiden gave a quick glance at the chronometer that his system was showing him and saw the number [01:22].

He had done it; he got first place on his first try.

"1 minute and 22 seconds in a single try. Imagine if he does it again?" said one of the people watching him.

'He was able to beat Emma, and without any practice at that. How the hell are you this talented?' Maelis thought, unsure as to how Aiden had pulled this off.


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