D.I.O

Chapter 248

Well Rep. Kim Hyun-Dong started muttering to himself.

However, Arthur disappeared without providing Rep. Kim Hyun-Dong any further information.

Body of Light gave Arthur the ability to put his body through photonization, so it wouldnt have been strange if Arthur were already on the other side of the world at this exact moment.

Why? For what purpose?

Regardless, Rep. Kim Hyun-Dong remained troubled and continued muttering to himself. He soon fell deep in thought.

Rep. Kim Hyun-Dong didnt know why, and he would never know why. To him and the rest of the world Seyoung had become an incomprehensible beinga mysterious and baffling existence.

***

Is the investigation over?

Yes, Mr. President. As we initially expected Arthur seems to have entered Level 20.

A sigh flowed out from the U.S. Presidents mouth after he heard the results of the report from his aide.

Didnt you say that Level 20 was a state that no one would be able to reach within the next 50 years?

However, Epic Heroes are immeasurable existences.

Epic Heroes was a code name that the United States government gave to the three members of the Heaven above the Heavens.

The three were also popularly called the Outer Gods in the mainstream, but many government officials chose not to use this nickname because it sounded too excessive to be used as a nickname for mere human beings.

Did you find out more about how hes able to use his abilities without manifesting?

In fact, theres a popular hypothesis circulating around among Masters who have experience in manifesting. Mana exists on Earth, but there are no spiritual pathways, so it is impossible for us to exert supernatural powers. However, if a person becomes a transcendent being, they will be free from the restrictions of the natural environment and be able to freely use their abilities, even if they dont possess the heavenly and perfected body that is given upon manifestation

So, youre saying that Arthur can use his transcendent power unlimitedly? Is he no longer restricted by the manifestation time?

Thats right, Mr. President. In addition he is not limited by space, perhaps because he is different from the other so-called Grand Masters. According to satellite information, we observed that it took him less than 0.001 seconds to travel from Japan to Korea.

Is there any method that could be used to contend against him?

There is no confirmed method. After reviewing the information and report of his battle with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, even a national military could not contend against him. And he has unafraid to kill others as the only family member he cared about was killed by a Japanese right-wing group.

Ugh. Hahaha Those Japanese have really turned the whole world upside down.

The President frowned with a dejected expression.

He quietly muttered a racist remark about the Japanese under his breath, which would have been a big deal in the past, but no one stopped him at this time.

The problem that Arthur presented after becoming a knight of vengeance was too serious for any nation-state.

Even the United States, the most powerful nation-state on Earth, couldnt go up against or handle a single transcendent being. So Arthur could wipe out the entire United States if he were to ever get angry at them.

Get in touch with them! Arthur, Merlin, and Cruze! If we cant control them, we should at least avoid the worst situation, which is to become their enemy.

Yes, sir.

Seeing his aide lower his head, the President emphasized the last point once more, Remember. Absolute appeasement is our main stance and policy, so dont offend any of them!

Yes, Mr. President.

After politely bowing once more, the presidents personal secretary left the Oval Office.

Left alone in the Oval Office, the President buried himself deep in his chair as he fell into deep thought.

An individual that the entire human race cant handle even if everyone worked together

Reynoldsthe President of the United States of America, who was previously the most influential human being in the worldgave a bitter smile as he continued to read through his aides reports.

He is truly a modern god.

*** Contractors ***

Lancelot controlled his breathing. He focused his mind and took a step forward while maintaining a high level of concentration. Even though he was walking, his legs were firmly planted on the floor as if they were rooted to the ground, and his upper body maintained a stable posture without even a hint of shaking.

Soon after, his body turned slightly at a certain moment.

Ripple.

His muscles tightened and filled with explosive power. Simultaneously, his extremely elevated spirit and mind radiated an aura, and that emanating aura soon covered his entire body.

Then the tension in his muscles, which had been squeezed and tensed, was released, and the rotation that started from the lower half of his body was transmitted to his arms through his knees, waist, and shoulders. For an instant, the tip of the spear he was holding blurred.

Whoosh!

The surrounding air twisted into a spiral and burst forth.

His spears domineering momentum was enough to pierce through everything that stood in its way! It was a stab that could be called a spear stab with a soul, but the man who delivered the stab changed his posture without any change in his facial expression.

Hundreds thousands tens of thousands

It was a movement that he had repeatedly done an ungodly number of times, so there was no wasted movement in his spear stab strike.

Whoosh!

He stabbed again.

Whoosh!

And again.

His spear stab repeatedly cut through the air. It was a foolish way of training his skill, but there was not a single inkling of hesitation or wavering in his movements. He was determined to carry out his rote learning and training.

Looks like its almost done.

In DIO, one could acquire skills by repeating specific actions or attaining knowledge.

This was exactly how a user with a Rank 9 skilla novice who literally knew nothing about the skillcould progress in upgrading a skill. From that point on, the skill rank would increase after the user accumulated enough training points in that skills [training level], and when the skill rank rose, they could obtain various titles or special abilities.

Merlins special abilities, [Swimming] and [Water Affinity], were such skills.

However, the important thing was that training and developing a skill required more than just simple repetitive effort and action. In order to raise ones skill rank, the skill must be successfully performed, so it was impossible to raise a skills rank with failed training attempts.

However, the truth was that successful performances of a skill became increasingly difficult to do once the skills rank and a users training level exceeded a certain threshold.

The required successful performance condition increased by ten times each time the skills rank rose. So at Rank 9, a user would need to successfully perform a skill a hundred times to meet the appropriate Rank 9 level requirement to upgrade ones rank to Rank 8, but for Rank 7, 6, or 5, they would need to successfully perform the skill at the appropriate rank a thousand ten thousand and then a hundred thousand times respectively The successful performance requirement kept rising rose as the users skill rank rose.

In particular, the trial of the Ultimate rankthe UT rankwould begin once they reached a skills Grand Master rank, where the skill was perfected and became an ultimate skill. The necessary training points to succeed and rise within the UT rank was in the hundreds of trillions. This lofty requirement, which was widely known among the higher-level users, was something that often put the users off and caused many to give up on further upgrading their skills rank.

Currently, Lancelots training level was as stated.

/[Skill: Spear Art

Successful Performance of Spear Art

Nine Trillion / Ten Trillion

Succeed in performing the spear skill one rank above your current skill rank.

10%

0/10

Succeed in performing the spear skill two ranks above your current skill rank.

100%

0/1

Spear Art

S Rank

Training Level Progress: 99.9%]

As the rank of the skill increased, the skills training window became simpler.

Field training and failed training attempts had long since disappeared as requirements from the skills training window. From some point onward, the required number of successfully performed skills was no longer shown as an exact number; the skill window would only show the largest, rounded unit.

Once a user entered a skills AA Rank, the smallest accruing training unit shown in the training window was a trillion units, so it became impossible for a user to check whether or not the training values were accumulating after successfully performing a skill once or twice.