ALL NOVEL
Chapter 109: Teaching Ophis and A Flag?
--- Chapter 109 ---
Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched in disbelief, looking at Ophis's potential page with a complicated expression. Even though he believed the Dragon Nest Management System wouldn't judge someone's potential wrongly, still the recommended paths look awfully suspicious.
'Evo, is there an error with the management system?' He couldn't help but ask Evo.
[No error detected, host] Evo answered with a monotonous tone.
[Even the God Slayer, Scathach, has the same recommendation path as Ophis. You haven't checked them all up before]
[Do you want me to show you?]
Huo Yuhao sighed and replied, 'sure.'
[Name: Scathach]
[Age: 13/Immortal(Mentally older)]
[Potential: SSS+]
[Recommended Paths: Spear User(Lancer), True Blood Master, Asura, Great Pugilist, Grand Lancer, Vampire Queen, Martial Queen, Great Caster, Primordial Rune Grandmaster, Battle Mage, Unorthodox Vampire Dragon Queen, Blood Dragon Warrior, True God Slayer, Heaven Piercer Lancer, The Queen of Underworld, Huo Yuhao's Wife]
Huo Yuhao scanned the recommended paths with a wry smile because Shishou sure has vast potential to become all of these classes. The first four classes were mastered by her already, leaving the other 12 in question. Well, the last one is pretty self-explanatory.
"Wife, huh?" Even though Huo Yuhao considered Scathach his life partner when giving her the engagement ring. Still, making her his wife is a big commitment.
Of course, he would marry her gladly when everything is under control, but everything isn't at the level where he could be comfortable and fool around all day.
Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered Huo Yun'er and mumbled, "Marry... I wonder what Mom is doing right now?"
"Wife? Marry?" Ophis's voice suddenly entered his ears.
"Yuhao wanted to marry me?"
Huo Yuhao looked down, blinking a few times because Ophis somehow concluded something on her own with just two words in his mouth. She has the usual flat expression and is probably clueless about her statement.
"Why do you think so, Ophis?" He asked naturally.
Ophis tilted her head and looked around, silently searching for someone else on the training ground. "Because I'm the only one around here." She replied while looking at him.
"I don't mind marrying you, but you have to kick Baka Red away from the dimensional gap." She added, which left Huo Yuhao speechless for a moment.
Huo Yuhao chuckled in defeat because someone like Ophis is beyond fixing, but he didn't mind her because the ouroboros dragon looked adorable with that "I had no idea." expression.
"I'll keep those words in mind, Ophis." He patted her head again.
Ophis enjoyed the patting and remembered her goals here. She lifted the small pouch tied by a chain around her neck, showing the artifact storage was empty of candies.
Huo Yuhao smiled and commented, "So you are coming here because you ran out of candy?"
She nodded and responded, "No candy, no fun..."
"It ran out too quickly... The precious candy."
Huo Yuhao shook his head because the pouch had at least 100.000 pills with different effects (mainly to increase spiritual energy) and flavors. And Ophis gobble them up in just a month, which should be enough to make people under Spirit Saint Realm overdose and lose their minds.
'Being an infinity dragon sure is convenient.' He thought while trying to check Ophis's spiritual sea. After a brief examination, he discovered that Ophis had developed a small spiritual sea and liking to pills or anything sweet.
In Huo Yuhao's eyes, Ophis's innocence is no different than Gabriel's because they possess a similar degree of ignorance. Yet, While Gabriel's ignorance comes from her getting sheltered by other archangels, Ophis "simply." doesn't put her mind on anything else besides the dimensional gap.
He filled Ophis's pouch with another batch of sweet pills and told her to watch him training on the side. Like a squirrel, Ophis sat on the rock and chewed her favorite delight with glowing eyes.
Huo Yuhao summoned his 6th-class magic circle and cast Chaos God Slayer Magic on himself, pressuring himself with extreme gravity without affecting the surroundings.
He circulated his spirit energy with the Universal Breathing Technique and started to do 100 sets of push-ups, sit-ups, and squats. It was enough warm-up because his body hadn't pushed to the limit after reaching this world.
After an hour, he breathed heavily because of the restriction runes on his seals. When adding two more seals, Huo Yuhao squished his strength and energy into someone at Spirit Sage's level. His overall realms appeared to be lower, and his physical strength might be weaker than usual, but after he adapted everything, he'll be able to reach his original realm easily.
Huo Yuhao's seal doesn't just work as power sealing but also as energy storage because every time he adds a new seal, his energy core will get drained and expanded, adding another deep to it.
"Hmm?" Ophis felt threatened for some reason. She enjoyed the pill in her mouth and saw Huo Yuhao pulling a plain-looking stone staff from thin air.
"That weapon felt so ominous..."
"What's this sensation? It feels like another dragon god is living here."
"Is the staff?"
'Yeoui.' Huo Yuhao looked at the staff in his hand, feeling the roughness from the weapon made of Ogre's hip bones.
Even though he hadn't completed the God of Highschool's Manhwa, he knew enough about this world. Well, Huo Yuhao died before knowing the ending. He also doesn't have free time because many annoying stalkers from different countries want his life.
"Let's stop thinking about that and focus on something else first."
Huo Yuhao gripped the staff and closed his eyes, taking a step forward gently. He thrust the air and tried to control his strength from creating a shockwave.
What makes Yeoui deadly is the extreme weight, size alteration, and the amount of force he could generate with it, making this staff the most dangerous blunt weapon.
Huo Yuhao has several ideas to abuse Yeoui with spin he learned from Eluxia. If he could generate enough centrifugal force with spin, breaking someone's defense would be easy. Unless his enemy has an impact negation/nullification, he would always be the winner in physical strength.
Ophis watched Huo Yuhao swing Yeoui around, adjusting an error, and controlling the weapon's weight from destroying the training ground. One tiny blunder was enough to create a massive earthquake and destroy the compound.
"Amazing... He tamed the wild staff." Ophis's eyes widened for a moment.
"Do you want to try?" Huo Yuhao stopped and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his shirt. He created a copy of Yeoui with a simple thought because this was part of the staff's ability.
Despite not having the durability and heaviness of the original, the "copy." has a similar ability. It should be enough to teach Ophis to control her power after getting restricted by the seal.
Ophis ran toward Huo Yuhao and glanced at the copy meticulously. She grabbed the staff and felt the heaviness, frowning because a mere stone-looking thing is so hard to lift.
"Heavy... I like it." She commented while waving it around.
The amount of shockwaves Ophis generates makes Huo Yuhao's mouth gape in awe. "I've created a monster." He commented while stopping the staff from destroying this place.
BAM!
He grabbed the staff and said, "Ophis, you need to promise something first. Don't randomly use the staff, okay? It's a dangerous weapon that could flatten this planet easily."
"Especially when you are waving it around like that."
"Okay." Ophis nodded while turning the staff into a stick to match her size.
"Then, Teach me how to use this properly?"
"Copy my movement and listen to my instructions." Huo Yuhao said while stepping a few meters away.
Huo Yuhao taught Ophis how to handle staff and explained several styles, usage, and combinations she could use against the enemy in different scenarios.
Oddly, Ophis learned faster than Huo Yuhao expected and absorbed the knowledge he imparted to her in a flash. A being that is born strong finally learns how to fight appropriately.
[You have taught Ophis how to fight]
[You have accepted a disciple]
[You have gained the title "Young Teacher." from this achievement]
[Effect: Disciple's Learning speed +25%]
"That's convenient." Huo Yuhao commented while observing Ophis's movements.
"Hmm..." Ophis smiled because swinging this bo staff was more fun than she assumed because the heaviness helped her to feel something odd.
She had never felt pressure in her entire life, and even when fighting Baka Red, she only wanted her home back. Of course, she doesn't detect noticeable changes in her overall strength, but something is changing.
And that change happened because of Huo Yuhao.
[Ophis's Loyalty has increased]
[Ding! You have triggered a hidden quest]
[Name: Ophis's True Strength]
[Objective: Find a reason why Ophis lost her power(0/1)]
[Reward: 15 Silver Upgrading Tickets]
[Penalty: None]
[Do you want to accept the quest?]
[Yes/No]
"Yes." Huo Yuhao accepted the quest immediately.
"Ophis, come here."
Ophis stopped waving her staff around and responded, "Why did you call me?"
"I won't give your candy back."
Huo Yuhao felt the defensive tone coming from her and chuckled, "Don't worry, I won't take the candy back."
"I just want to ask something."
"Someone stole your power, right? Do you remember the person who did it?"
"Oh yeah... Rivezim asked for a portion of my power, so I gave him a little over 1/4 of my full power because he told me Baka Red would get defeated with it." Ophis answered casually.
[You have finished the quest]
[Rewarding 15 Silver Upgrading Tickets]
[You triggered a chain quest]
[Name: Restore Loli Dragon's Power]
[Objective: Return Ophis's original power(0/1)]
[Reward: 1 Gold Upgrading Ticket and World Travelling Ticket's Pieces(1/4)]
[Do you want to accept the quest?]
[Yes/No]
"..." Huo Yuhao was too stunned to speak.
"Is this a fucking flag??"