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5.15% The Strongest Assassin Reincarnates in Another World / Chapter 23: Training Ground

Capítulo 23: Training Ground

Interrupting his thoughts about joining the Everheart Family, Maelis was going down the stairs that were right in front of Aiden, welcoming him.

"Aiden, you're here!" Maelis exclaimed, happy that he was finally here after she had prepared all night for his arrival.

She took care of everything, and it was all part of her plan; the two maids in front of the manor were her plan to show him that he could have one of those maids just by joining her family. She also asked for the highest-ranked members to come to the lobby at around 10 in the morning to impress him and to show him their equipment and wealth.

"Hey, now that I'm here what should are we doing? What did you want to show me?" Aiden asked, wanting to know more about what she had prepared for him.

"Well, what do you say that we start with a tour of this place? I'll show you our training grounds, storage room, sparring grounds, and many other things."

"Alright then, I'll follow you," Aiden said, as he indicated to her that he was going to follow right behind her.

The maids from the entrance also followed right behind them, making sure that Aiden had everything he needed.

As they were walking, Maelis started talking about the history of her family and how it formed.

"Well, I don't know if you have noticed, but most of the people that live here are actually elves. That's because the person who founded the family at the start was an elf, and he only recruited elves into the family, which caused a large number of elves to be part of this family."

"Are you a descendant of the one who created this family?" Aiden asked, curious about what she would say.

"Yes, I am. That's why I'm currently the matriarch of the family. But that's not the only reason. I'm also the strongest if we take into account all the members of the family," Maelis said, making sure that he knew she was the best in her family.

"Then, does your family have any type of specialty for techniques like the founding families?"

"Well, the technique we use is one for archers and long-ranges classes, which probably doesn't correspond to you since you bought a dagger for assassins yesterday. But don't worry about the technique we use, as it is not even a high-tier one and won't have much impact if you decide to join this family."

This was actually a lie. Practicing even the lowest-tier technique given to you is important and helps you develop yourself and get stronger faster.

Because a technique is stronger than a skill since it doesn't require any mana points to activate. Also, a technique has a wide range of abilities, so it is basically a combination of many skills which is why it makes it so strong, it also doesn't count in the limited skill slots.

"Are techniques not important? Because when you were talking about medium-level families and higher ranked ones, the main point you pointed out was the techniques they possessed and the difference in strength they had," Aiden said, doubting the information Maelis had just told him.

Hearing this question, Maelis knew she couldn't lie, but she still tried to hide some elements from him.

"I mean, they are important, but you would still be able to be strong even without one."

"Hmm... Sure, I guess." He responded.

He knew that she answered his question to make it seem like he didn't need a technique, but what she just said meant that not having one would decelerate his growth. Basically, having good techniques was better than having good skills.

After walking for some time, they finally arrived at the training grounds.

"Alright, here we are. This is the training ground. As you can see, members of the guild practice here every day to improve their skills," Maelis said as she showed the training ground to Aiden.

The training ground was quite big, and it wasn't anything like Aiden had expected. There seemed to be small challenges that focused on certain stats like agility, strength, dexterity, and other stats all around the training ground with a ranking written right beside it, which indicated who was the best at those challenges.

Seeing those challenges, Aiden decided to ask Maelis if he could try one.

"Can I try one of the challenges?"

"Of course, you can even try them all," Maelis answered, pleased that she was finally going to see the strength of Aiden, she was starting to get excited.

As he obtained the right to do the challenges, Aiden decided to do the trial that seemed to be a little parkour which interested him. The parkour seemed to be composed of five platforms that were each different from one another separated from each other which would force Aiden to jump from one another, also the ground under the platforms was riddled with little spikes that would surely hurt if he did fall.

Before doing it, he checked the rankings right beside it, and some names and times were written on it.

[Rankings - Parkour]

[1st: Emma Everheart (1:32)]

[2nd: Benjamin Everheart (1:43)]

[3rd: Matthew Walker (2:01)]

Looking at it, he noticed that the person who was first had quite the advantage over the second, and the second had an even bigger gap with the third.

He found it weird that Maelis wasn't on the rankings.

"Why are you not on here?"

"Well, the rankings for the challenges in the training grounds are reserved for awakeners that have not completed their fifth trial yet, which means I can't put my name up there," Maelis explained to Aiden.

"Oh, and I almost forgot, but when doing the challenges, all of your stats are limited to one; it was decided like this because we train our basics in those challenges."

Learning that his stats would be limited to one didn't affect much Aiden since he knew that his movement techniques were already much better than what others would use.

He was sure that would absolutely destroy the rankings placing first. If he didn't, it would be disappointing for Aiden since he takes pride in his movement.

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

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


Capítulo 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.


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