Chapter 40: 039 ’That settles it.

Chapter 40: 039 ‘That settles it. Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation At this moment, Laischa truly wavered. “I couldn’t believe he nullified the annihilation of space?” No, that’s not right. It wasn’t nullification, but resistance. If it were nullification, the opponent should have unleashed a powerful magic, at least as strong as her own, to possibly achieve that. However, the opponent did no such thing; he merely resisted Laischa’s magic.@@@@ Could it be... “He... has learned Resistance Skills?” ———— “Resistance Skills.” These were considered the highest echelon of skills within the defense series. Typically, defense skills aimed to enhance defensive power, allowing the user to endure damage, thereby preventing it from reaching the user at all. For instance, if a person could only withstand attacks of Level 10, acquiring a defense skill would boost this defensive power, making it possible to withstand attacks up to Level 20 or even Level 30. But resistance skills differed. Resistance skills didn’t increase defensive power nor allow the user to endure damage by defense, but directly weakened the damage inflicted upon the user. This was entirely different in meaning from the former. If it were the former, no matter how much defensive power was stacked, eventually, an attack with greater power would get through, being described as “breaking defense.” However, resistance skills were different. No matter how strong the opponent’s attack power was, resistance skills could directly weaken the damage itself. And the higher the skill level, the more the damage could be weakened. In other words, the former had a so-called limit of endurance, while the latter had none; whether the damage was Level 1 or Level 100, it could be reduced equally. The catch was that to learn resistance skills, one must continually endure damage and develop “resistance” and “immunity” to certain types of damage, which was extremely challenging. Therefore, resistance skills were the toughest to acquire among defense skills, but also the most potent defensive skill. Since Shane could resist the magic of space annihilation, unless he used some rare Unique Skill or Special Skill, or a Legendary Grade magic tool, the only possibility was that he had acquired resistance skills that could weaken magic damage. The problem is... “But that’s upper-level magic cast using Level 7 [Magic·Space] skill!” Even with resistance skills, resisting some damage was understandable, but rendering it completely ineffective, what level of skill must Shane have reached to achieve that? It would at least have to match the leveled [Magic·Space] skill, which was at Level 7. And Laischa had the aid of a unique skill, not only eliminating the chanting requirement but also augmenting the effects of magic. Thus, unless the opponent had Level 8 or even Level 9 resistance skills, it was absolutely impossible to do this. But this man was just Level 10! Shane watched this scene. Then... let the envelope fall to the ground. “Why not catch it?” Laischa couldn’t help but complain again. And Shane’s response was strong. “Seeing the enemy who just tried to kill me toss something over and then catch it, isn’t that foolish?” Shane retorted like that. Given the atmosphere, perhaps naturally catching it might be the most suave, as is often depicted in novels, but Shane often thought when reading novels before. “What if the thing tossed was a bomb?” Thus, Shane subconsciously resisted. “You...!” Laischa was infuriated by the retort, her chest heaved, which instead somewhat captured Shane’s attention. Have to say, this girl’s figure was quite good. “Forget it!” Laischa gritted her teeth, “I’ll return to Lamijion. If you wish to meet me, come directly to the address written above!” After saying this, as if worried Shane would act out of line again, Laischa shouted repeatedly. “Remember to come! Or you’ll regret it!” Leaving such words, Laischa turned, seemingly merging into space, and vanished without a trace. Shane steadfastly watched the spot where his opponent disappeared until he finally relaxed his shoulders, shifted his gaze, and looked at the invitation letter that had fallen on the ground. “Regret...?” Felt like if he simply went to find the other party, he would be the one regretting it. “That seemed like a rhythm leading into a new troublesome matter.” Shane didn’t forget that Laischa mentioned when she first appeared that she had “escaped” to Lamijion. “Consorting with a fugitive?” Troublesome. Quite troublesome. So... “Sand!” A handful of dirt flew over, burying that conspicuous invitation letter. “This way, there’s nothing to worry about.” Shane, as if nothing had happened, stretched his body, turned around, and left the place. However, after Shane had left, a figure appeared silently and dug that invitation letter out from the dirt. The girl in the black robe simply watched Shane leave, remaining silent for a long, long time.