Next Day;
Tyler woke up and stared at the clock.
9:00
In front of it, there were two notification boxes.
[Ding! Daily Check-in has been activated.]
[You received 50 Dollars.]
'Well, I hope it is Soul Bill Dollars.'
He thought to himself before standing up and walking to his washroom.
Twenty minutes later, he walked out with a towel around his lower body and wet hair.
He took out black pants, a grey shirt, and a navy trench coat. After wearing these clothes, he walked out of his room.
"Good Morning, Sir!"
Misaka was standing just outside his room. When he walked out, she immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Good Morning, Misaka! Is Rose busy? Why didn't she wake me up?" Tyler asked while walking towards the kitchen.
"Sir, I stopped her from waking you up. You were mentally drained from yesterday's progress. You need plenty of rest."
Misaka explained as she started serving food on the table.
Tyler sat on the chair and nodded.
"I see. I was indeed tired. By the way, did Alena leave?"
Mistake placed the food on the table. The food was simple rice, meat, vegetables, and juice.
Rose had already prepared breakfast for Tyler, but since he woke up late, she also cooked his food.
Especially knowing that he was going to leave the city today.
"No, she is training with Rose in the backyard."
"Did she already reach First Rank?" Tyler was genuinely surprised.
The Natural Fruit could only help with awakening the ability. To reach First Rank, one must create three skills and infuse them within the ability crystal.
"Sir, it seems like she was preparing herself a long time ago. Yesterday, it only took her three hours to reach First Rank."
Misaka replied.
Hearing that, Tyler was surprised, but more at Misaka. He narrowed his eyes and asked.
"You weren't awake the whole time, were you?"
Misaka shook her head.
"I only need one or two hours of sleep. My soul can recover itself faster than I get exhausted. I only slept because of the habits installed in me."
Tyler immediately understood the situation. While eating his food, he couldn't help but speak.
"Amazing! With this kind of recovery, no wonder you don't need extra sleep after expending your mental energy during a battle."
Misaka simply smiled and watched as Tyler finished his meal.
Then, he went to the backyard where Alena was facing off against Rose.
Rose wasn't using Aura. If she had used it, the battle would've ended instantly.
Just from a single look, he knew this was just a sparring match to help Alena get better at fighting.
But when he saw Alena's powers, he was quite surprised.
Her ability was quite interesting. She was holding a ball of spinning energy that was strong enough to block Rose's blood swords.
"What do you think, Sir?" Misaka stood next to him and asked.
"Her attack or her ability?" Tyler replied.
"Sir, I think she meant her ability." Ace reminded him in his ears.
Misaka instantly heard that and turned her head towards his ear. She suppressed the restlessness in her heart and asked.
"Sir, are you one hundred percent confident that this is not dangerous?"
Tyler was originally stunned by her question. So, he turned his head and saw her staring at the side of his ear and immediately noticed the situation.
She was talking about Ace.
'As expected of Sixth Rank hearing!'
Tyler only felt more satisfied with her capabilities and explained.
"Don't worry, I am completely safe with this. It is a product of my creation."
When he said that, Misaka instantly lowered her head and bowed her head.
"Sir, I apologize for my impulsive behavior."
Tyler shook his head and said.
"No, you did the right thing. I created you to protect me and follow my orders. If there is anything that can threaten me, it is your job to take care of it."
"But, I also want to remind you of something. You are no different than a living being, just like me. I don't mind you following my orders."
"I don't want you to follow them mindlessly. Remember, you are a person. Even an animal can get angry."
Misaka thought for a moment and nodded. While creating her, Tyler had thought of her as a normal person with high intelligence.
So, she knew what Tyler wanted from her.
"As for her ability.... It seems like some kind of energy. She is capable of creating a skill like that. It's quite good."
"But right now, it is lacking a lot of power. With its rotation and power, it should've been able to destroy those swords."
Tyler answered her previous question.
In the middle of the yard, Alena was constantly rubbing her spinning ball of energy against the blood sword, but at best, she could only block the attack.
Hearing that, Misaka nodded her head.
"It is to be expected. It is already amazing that she was capable of creating three skills based on an ability she just awakened."
"While her skills seem basic, they hold quite an interesting power. This blue energy seems to encompass five elements."
Tyler didn't know that. He could feel something different about the blue energy, but he didn't know it contained five elements.
According to this world, the five elements represented the five natural elemental powers awakened by the majority of humans, monsters, and even spirits.
These five elements were Fire, Water, Lightning, Wind, and Earth.
Each element could be found in nature, and it was humanity's desire to hold and control these natural forces that brought forward these elements.
Normally, people would mostly awaken one of the five elements since they were the most common desires among people.
But there were many exceptions, and even among exceptions, there were rare people who could hold multiple elemental powers through a single awakening.
These people were special because they didn't need to have extra abilities while possessing two or more powers.
From what Misaka said, Alena seemed to be one of those exceptions.
[Blood Manipulation]
[First Skill- Blood Arrow]
A long red arrow emerged above Rose's head and shot towards Alena at an extreme pace, leaving behind a red trail.
[Blue Vortex]
[Second Skill- Vortex Barrier]
A large amount of blue energy emerged from her body. She had called her ability Blue Vortex.
When it emerged, the ability took the color blue and emerged like a vortex around her.
It was also that rotation that gave inspiration for her first skill- Spiraling Sphere.
Boom!
The arrow struck the barrier with an immense force; the impact was enough to cause small cracks on the barrier that slowly turned into large cracks.
Bang!
The barrier broke into pieces, but the arrow could no longer move forward. It turned into blood and fell on the ground.
"That was amazing. But I also got a long-range attack."
[Third Skill- Spiraling Needles]
Alena shouted as she swiped her right hand towards Rose, and seven different needles emerged in the mid-air.
They were spinning extremely fast, and with the swipe of her hand, they dashed forward.
Tearing through the air, they approached Rose almost instantaneously.
Blop! Blop! Blop!
Unfortunately, the moment they got closer, some blood slowly emerged from her finger and expanded into a large amount.
This blood rose in front of her and turned into a circular shield, blocking those needles on its track.
[Second Skill- Blood Shield]
Even though those needles were spinning fast, they slowly lost their speed after being captured by the blood shield.
But at this moment, Alena dashed forward, approaching Rose at a speed that was impossible for her before.
She raised her right foot and kicked sideways.
As the needles dissolved into the shield, the blood shield slowly turned into liquid and fell down.
But because of its presence, Rose didn't see the kick coming until the very last moment.
Even so, Rose shook her head and casually blocked the kick with two fingers.
Alena's eyes widened, and suddenly, she found her body arching as the pain spread from her chest to every corner of her body.
Bang!
Rose had punched her on the chest, forcing Alena to fly back several meters before she fell to the ground.
"Ahhh!"
Alena cried in pain. She tried to get up, but she couldn't muster her strength. As if that attack from Rose had made her physically weak.
"Come on, Alena! You can do it. You can stand up."
When Tyler saw this, he immediately cheered her up.
"Lord!"
Rose also heard his voice and immediately turned around and greeted him.
Tyler smiled at her, but he kept his eyes on Alena as she struggled to get up.
Her hand was shaking as she supported her body with it. Slowly but surely, she stood on her shaking legs.
At this moment, she felt a strange refreshment throughout her body.
It felt weird. She stared at Tyler with a confused look.
"That was your Willpower overcoming your weakness. It is an important step to awakening Aura on the Second Rank."