Chapter 314: Not Advanced Enough

He awoke and found himself with Drasil sitting on his chest, desperately pounding his chest with his small arms while pumping him with life mana.

[Phoenix Renewal] was slamming concentrated pulses of healing into him as it tried to keep him alive. He looked down and examined the damage.

What he saw shocked him. He lost everything from the waist down. His chest was just a single lump of flesh with only his heart and ribcage somewhat intact.

The pain was there, but [Sage of Savagery] was thankfully handling the brunt of it. Still, he winced at the dull throbbing that made it past the skill.

This was probably the most damage he had received in a long time. That collapsing spatial distortion had wreaked havoc on his body, unlike many other things could have done. Not even his fight with the Tier 5 had caused such extensive damage.

Sure, he blew up a few limbs and got blasted with an arm through the chest, but he had more trouble dealing with the leftover Authority, which prevented him from using his healing skill. His actual injuries were not that bad, at least by his standards.

For the first time in a while, he actually felt like he was quite close to kicking the bucket. What was

“Is this why people don’t use tears in space for spatial travel?” He muttered as he lay there, letting his skill and Drasil patch him up.

Luckily, Drasil’s consumption of the sapling also helped his healing abilities. Julius was already able to feel the difference. Some kind of resistance prevented his wounds from healing as easily as they normally would.

He had a feeling that this problem was due to the spatial nature of these injuries.

The only thing he could do was focus his skill on his vital areas first. It was probably a good idea if he healed his stomach sooner rather than later. His guts were all falling out at this point, it didn’t seem like a smart thing just to let be.

On the bright side, he noticed he had some notifications waiting for him.

[Sage of Savagery lvl 13 -> lvl 14]

[Phoenix Renewal lvl 9 -> lvl 10]

[Inexorable Aura of Ruin lvl 6 -> lvl 8]

His aura skill had gained a whole whopping two levels from his experimenting. Sure, it might have almost killed him, but some might consider it well worth it. Him being one of them.

After all, he had learned some interesting things about spatial magic.

It wasn’t just levels, either. He had another notification that caught his eye.

Would you like to learn the skill [Spatial Tear]?

He grinned wildly as he read the notification. He had been hoping to acquire a spatial skill for a long time, but now that he was finally being offered one, he laughed out in joy.

See? That’s some proof that some good things come from almost killing yourself.

Now, the question became whether he wanted to accept the skill. He didn’t see a reason not to, but he also didn’t know enough about it to feel confident in his choice. Unfortunately, his curiosity and impatience had him selecting yes before he could start overthinking it.

However, the flood of notifications was not what he had been expecting.

Skill acquisition in progress…

Error…

Concept of Sharpness: Severing Will not advanced enough for the new skill. Searching for replacement Concept…

Appropriate Concept not detected. Unable to acquire [Spatial Tear] (Epic).

Evaluating options…

1. Cancel skill acquisition process
2. Acquire downgraded version of skill – [Spatial Crack] (Rare)

What was that supposed to mean? Julius couldn’t help but review the messages with a worried frown on his face.

What did it mean when the Words of the World told him that his Severing Will Concept was not advanced enough?

He knew that it was his first Concept and all, but that didn’t mean the Words of the World had any right putting it down like Dante or Alice liked to do. Only he could do that.

He sighed and sat up now that he was somewhat healed. He stretched his newly grown legs and picked Drasil up, who was still doing his best to whack Julius with his tiny fists.

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The issue was that he didn’t know what to do or what to make of this.

While he had realized long ago that his Sharpness Concept was quite lacking compared to his other Concepts, he didn’t see a way to fix that.

Well, actually, that was wrong. He did know a way, but he had no clue how to proceed.

He understood that Concepts were very important to a person’s path and that you could never really get rid of them. However, he also knew that there were ways to change or evolve them.