Shadow Author

Zapped forward into the future I watched on in an astral form from the sky down onto my future self.

By now I was used to it as I had used the ability a couple of times before however I never got over the feeling of being there to watch myself and not have a physical body.

It was something I became used to but could never fully comprehend.

Anyways I floated around at the top of the elevator as I watched what happened to my future self.

Although I live out the whole hour of the ability, not even a microsecond passes in the real world during that time.

That too is something I cannot wrap my head around but it's not something I need to understand. What I need to make note of is everything that happens during that time so that I can react to it in the real world.

One thing I did notice though was that the future me is extremely capable. It was as if an AI program was showing me the best possible way to make use of that time.

I first realized this when I used it to see what would happen when I fought against Willow.

Ordinary the same me wouldn't be able to dodge even one attack let alone enough to form a counterattack and come out on top.

Yet that time when I watched from above I saw myself do things I was sure would be impossible.

I reacted in split-second scenarios and always managed to come out with the upper hand after each attempt.

Seeing myself do such a thing while in the astral form, I believed it to be an impossibility. I remember thinking to myself that my body was incapable of moving in such a way.

However, the moment the hour passed and I returned it was as if a new program had been implanted in me which allowed me to do exactly what I witnessed.

This made me realize that there were more secrets to the ability that I didn't understand.

Yet when I realized the same thing about Mana Breath with how it can energize my body I started to wonder if every skill, gift, and ability had a secret.

Unfortunately, I didn't have SP to waste on a hypothesis that I was curious about.

Therefore I accept the gift that kept gifting and incorporated everything that I learned from using the ability.

Thus I watched on for the rest of the hour and once the time was up I was left in shock about how such a dire situation turned into a huge benefit.

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A glimmer of light flashed in my eye, one would have had to pay extremely close attention to realize what happened.

Even the current me didn't know such a thing happened or that the flash happened every time that I used the ability.

Knowing how the events of the next hour would play out and that I was more than capable of fulfilling the requirements I relaxed at such an important juncture.

In the passing of a second, a went from a terrified, broken-minded weakling to a confident master that acted as if I held the world in the palm of my hand.

Doing the same thing the future me did, I first looked at the source of the red mist.

Because of the headache and the fact that the room was spinning, I originally believed it to be coming from everywhere.

In reality, the source of the monster was right in front of me.

'Evelyn.'

The creature that sustained the red mist was none other than Evelyn.

I would have realized it sooner if the most hadn't been feeding on my mind and my ability to think clearly was ruined.

However, since I used the ability the fog which covered my mind vanished along with the headache.

I wasn't entirely sure how this came to be but I wouldn't refuse such treatment.

Looking over at the unconscious girl on the floor I watched as a thick red mist started seeping out of her body, filling the room with an eerie haze.

The pressure being released by the monster intensified to over a thousand times what Miss Smith was able to produce.

However, unlike last time I didn't falter and kept my mind stronger.

I knew that I had no reason to worry because all the monster was doing was bluffing.

Although it took the astral me a long time to figure it out the future me seemed to know almost immediately that the creature wasn't a threat.

In fact, I also believed that the future me seemed disappointed by such a discovery. Which is why I was confused by some of its early actions.

The being I thought would devour me seemed insignificant to the future me. So when I started walking towards it I thought the ability broke and I was doomed.

But I was wrong, so wrong.

Therefore following in the footsteps already given to me I allowed the monster to fully power up.

When the aura it was releasing got so strong to the point I couldn't breathe I smirked before sucking in a huge breath.

Completely shattering what was supposed to happen where I pass out from the thoughts of dying I instead fought against the instinct.

Every part of my body was screaming to give up but I knew better, I knew the future!

Breathing normally as if the monster didn't exist I rose to my feet and carefully looked around the room.

With my mind clear it was easy to make out what happened.

I first pulled up my status panel to double-check that I was correct and when I saw that I was still E rank I knew that everything was now under my control.