**Chapter 24 - The number 20.**
[Divine support was not able to show up, but has lent you a weapon.]
[Mathis has temporarily acquired 'True holy sword.']
As Mathis held the new sword, the skies split apart to reveal the normal blue sky--even for just a moment, the sword glowed brightly in Mathis's hands.. almost as if saying he was worthy of wielding it.
Mathis gets into stance with the new long sword and slashes at the old man--though the old man easily dodged.
"You're too slow, although.. you might be able to hold your own against a rank 200 with this sword of yours--but against me? You're nothing, I am ranked 20th." The old man spoke mockingly.
"I don't care what you say, I made a promise to her--AND I WILL FULFIL IT!" Mathis yelled out, he was filled with determination.
[Gem of ---------, has lent Mathis its full power in support for his actions.]
The unknown man steps fourth, finally revealing the long awaited answer to the most mysterious question.
"I, Arthur--will be helping Mathis, and pledging my loyalty to his cause." The unknown man finally walks in after revealing his name after the long wait.
Arthur(previously: unknown man) walks towards the old man, every step he took was like a statement to his true power.. he was unfazed by the old man being 20th in the rankings.
"It was about time, I reveal my true name.. and stop concealing my path selected ability from my friend." Arthur said, his expression indifferent.
[Skill: [Hidden] has been unconcealed into 'Skill: unregistered lvl. MAX']
"Does this match the requirements for what you called 'aura farming' Mathis?" Arthur asked, acting like the old man was not even a threat.
"Yes, right now your aura farming very hard.. but it could use the improvements." Mathis also dismisses the old man, catching onto Arthur's intention to rile up the old man.
"Then i guess.. ill truly 'aura farm' this time." Arthur said confidently, although he was clearly not used to using the term.
Arthur then walked over to the old man, stopping only 2 feet away--they both stared into each other's eyes as their immeasurable power clashed, Mathis could tell they were equal in power.
Mathis took this chance to pull out a full restoration potion and healing Selvyn.
[Healing successful.]
As the old man and Arthur stayed in an eye staring contest type of stand-off, Mathis let out a sigh of relief and tightly hugged Selvyn.. waiting for her to wake up.
The old man struck first, the punch landing on Arthur--the punch so strong it caused an earthquake.. but the punch felt off--Arthur had caught the punch, smoke coming off his hand as for the first time Arthur smirked.
"I thought you were stronger than this, old man." Arthur said taunting the man, his voice filled with mockery.
The old man loses his smirk, before then throwing another punch--this time he was serious.. his punch causing the surrounding buildings to be destroyed and flung away like it was mere pieces of lego bricks.
Yet again, Arthur had easily caught his punch--without any difficulty, Arthur tightens his grip on the old man's fist before then throwing him flying 30 feet before he crashes into a broken building.
"Seriously? I thought you were stronger than that." Arthur said while walking towards where the old man had landed, his black coat dancing in the wind.
The old man walks back out the debris, he was unharmed.
"So you really are all talk, huh." The old man said sarcastically as he unleashes all his power.
[Skill: the weakest king's authority lvl. MAX has been activated.]
[The weakest King's authority has been automatically disabled due to 'skill: unregistered']
"How pathetic, your weaker than even that false king of darkness." Arthur said, his smirk growing as his sarcastic comments grew more and more.
The old man grew more and more frustrated as he finally pulled out his true weapon, a long spear being around 140cm long.
Before he even managed to slash at Arthur, a blinding light flickered by--Mathis had thrown Arthur the true holy sword, Arthur caught it and held it out infront of him.
The blade shined but not as hard as it did with Mathis, but it still held power surpassing the old man's spear.
Arthur slashes downwards at the old man with only one hand on the handle--the old man goes to slice Arthur with his spear at the same time, causing the two weapons to clash with each other.. causing a massive tsunami which was now closing in on them.
The old man's spear shattered at the same time as the true holy sword slices him cleanly into two.
Arthur then turns around to look at the massive tsunami coming at them, and with the slash of the true holy sword.. the tsunami blew up and turned into rain.
[Quest has been completed.]
"Now.. was this enough to be called 'peak aura' as you call it? Mathis." Arthur asks, his face returning back to it's usual indifference.
"Absolute peak aura, I can't describe how much aura that was." Mathis said, he was still in awe at the show of insane power he just witnessed.
Mathis then looks down at Selvyn who is still in his arms, she was slowly waking up.
"Mathis?" Selvyn spoke in a soft and sleepy tone.
Mathis couldn't help but smile at her waking up.
"Yes, it's me." Mathis responded, his voice soft and a far cry from the way he was acting when he fought against Theeven.
[System updated, all skills will be updated!]