Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Chapter 157: Aqua Smite

For the next few hours, Adam continued meditating within the water, and he kept a large part of the ice around him so that no one, be it humans or monsters, could annoy him. After those few hours, he had finally been able to distinguish what was the Concept of Water, and isolate it from [Ice Statue].

As it turned out, the Concept of Water in itself was quite a powerful tool as Adam could attack using it, even without the use of skills. The Concept's power, if not used alongside skills, was not very powerful, much weaker than one of Adam's physical attacks, but because it drew on the power of the world, it had no consumption.

The way skills worked was simple for E and D Ranks one. All they made use of was the internal power of the user. However, from C Rank onward, the skills' power wouldn't rely on the Aura pathway used, but rather on the outside world's power.

For example, when Adam used [Ice Statue], he would first use the power from his Concept to form the attack, and then multiply that power using his own Aura. If he only used his own power, then he wouldn't be able to affect the outside world well, resulting in a lack of power.

That's why, he could also use his Concept to directly attack with the world's power, but because he only understood a small part of his Concept, the power was very weak.

Of course, it was still very good as it meant that numbers couldn't win over someone with a good grasp over a Concept, as if the opponents didn't possess at least a specific amount of power, then even if there were millions of them they wouldn't be able to do anything.

For now, with only 0.1% of understanding over his Concept of Water, Adam felt like he could only use it against Iron Ranks, which was already quite good since he could use it for as long as he wanted.

After separating and understanding what the Concept of Water was, Adam didn't start meditating on the Concept though, and instead decided to finally master his most used skill behind [Mighty Strike], [Lunar Smite], as well as [Aqua Slash].

It didn't take long for him to finish, because he had already perfected his mastery of the skills themselves, the only thing that held him back was the lack of understanding over the related Concept.

And so while bathing in the cold water in the middle of the great iceberg, Adam finally mastered his skill. However, he wasn't happy as he could be as he looked at his skill.

Lunar Smite (C): Deal 4 flying attacks simultaneously, each of the four dealing 200% of frost damage to every opponent with a small chance of reducing their Agility by 30%. Cost: 100 Aura.

Aqua Smite (B): Deal 5 flying attacks simultaneously, each dealing 200% of frost damage and reducing their agility by 30%. Cost: 8 000 Aura.

First, he had mastered Lunar Smite, and the result was to be expected. Moreover, it was a good skill with a satisfying price. However, what frustrated him was his [Aqua Smite], the upgraded version.

It was a very good skill too, but Adam knew it was lacking. If others heard him, they would feel like stomping on him in anger, but that's because they didn't understand the skill like Adam did.

As he mastered those two skills, he understood something. The cost of the skill depended not on his understanding of the Concept, but rather on his real mastery and experience with the skill. For example, Lunar Smite.

Normally, it should have costed 1000 Aura, but because he had mastered it really perfectly, it only costed half the price. It was the same with Aqua Smite, although it wasn't half the price because the skill was different, since it was inherently the same as the lower skill, he got a discount of 2000 aura, or 20%.

But here wasn't the problem. Instead, it came from the effects of the skill. He knew perfectly well that it hadn't reached it's full potential, and he wasn't talking about the boundary of A Rank skills. Even though he had only mastered a little, he knew that further improvement could be made to the skill even if he didn't master his Concept to 1%.

But his 0.1% wasn't enough either, so he concluded he needed 0.5 or even 0.9% of comprehension before he could better master his skill.

For example, for now Adam was only able to use the ice version of the skill, but he knew he could create a blade of ice, water and steam at the same time while keeping the skill within B range. And it was the same for the damage of each blade, it could be pushed to 300% while remaining in the B Rank.

That's why, Adam was not satisfied, and he wanted to better master his concept so that he would be able to make it much more powerful, and perfect it.

Once perfected, his skill would really become a powerful one, and he would be able to use it cross ranks to kill his enemies.

On another note, Adam had also made a decision. He would stick to his [Lunar Smite] for his normal fights. Although his [Aqua Smite] was more powerful, it's consumption was too great to be used casually, he would keep it for strong bosses.

Finally, when he finished dealing with his skills, Adam started meditating on his Water Concept. What he didn't realize though as he meditated was that the ice around him had risen little by little. Although the sun was hot in this part of the world, the piece of ice was too big to be quickly melted.

And as time passed, because of the weird shape of Adam's block of ice as well as it lower density, it slowly rose from the surface.

A few hours later, when the boat for Adam, Thalia and Neith was ready, the iceberg had truly become one as it had risen more than fifty meters above the water, and even though an even larger part was hidden underwater, anyone who saw it couldn't help but be filled with awe.

This was particularly the case for the players from Dragon Temple. For the weaker villagers, a strong person and a very strong person didn't make much difference, and although creating such a phenomenon didn't mean much.

However, for the players who were strong themselves and knew of their own strength, they knew that they were very far from creating such a phenomenon. For another player to be able to do this it was simply too overwhelming.

So a few players were taking pictures or even recording what was happening, as they decided to share it on online medias or simply with their friends.

Meanwhile, Adam, who was inside and in the middle of meditation, suddenly received a message from Thalia. They had added each other as friends while they were traveling. She was telling him the boat was ready.

Since that was the case, Adam stopped his meditation. As he looked around, he also knew he had to dissolve the iceberg. It would probably slow down their ship if he just left it there.

So using the power of his concept, Adam quickly turned the entire block of ice back into water. Had it been natural ice, he would have been unable to do this, or it would have taken much longer, but because he had been the one who created it, he was able to change it easily.

Meanwhile, the ones outside were astounded to see the iceberg quickly melt, except for Thalia of course since she knew this would happen already. She understood the power of Concepts, and she had been the one to warn Adam.

As the iceberg disappeared, everyone got a view of a man standing there. It was Adam, in his usual armor. But the ones watching, the players, were stunned. Adam was walking on water. For the inhabitants of this world, this was pretty common placed, but for the players, even the higher ranked ones, seeing someone walk on water

One of the players, who had recorded the entire process, including Adam walking back to the shore, then left the game and released the video online, giving it a simple name.

Jesus Christ?