Vile Evil Hides Under The Veil Chapter 335 - Breakthrough Into E-Rank

"You sure are full of surprises, Eren Idril."

Eren got up from his seat and looked in the direction of that voice. Layla had appeared near him out of the blue.

He had easily cleared the wraith horde last night and was waiting for the last battle with the Draconic Lizards to start.

"It's about ti, right? I'm ready for those Little Lizzies."

Eren got up and flashed a casual smile at the young-looking girl. The latter puffed her cheeks and replied in an irritated manner:

"You! Stop calling them Little Lizzies. They were supposed to give you trouble. Not make you stronger.

You already broke through into E-Rank because of them. I can't afford to let you use them as your ranking resource. It's not easy raising them in captivity, you know."

Eren raised his eyebrows and asked to confirm:

"You an…"

Layla begrudgingly nodded her head before finishing Eren's sentence.

"That's right. You don't need to fight the DRACONIC LIZARDS - that is their na by the way– to clear the first floor. We consider that you have already done that.

You are the first half-blood in a long ti to have cleared the first floor. Um… congratulations or whatever. It's ti for your main reward for clearing this test. Hehe! Are you ready?"

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Layla asked Eren while flashing a cheering smile that looked ominous. It told him that either the girl was up to sothing or that the reward this ti was going to contain sothing suspicious.

But then he was reminded of the progress he had made after entering Purgatory. He recalled his status window to self-assured himself before answering the caretaker's dubious question:

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Na- Eren Elijah Idril (Verified)

Organization- Lionhearts Adventurers' Academy

Academic Status- Class 1/C

Ranked Status:

Intra-class individual- 16th Place Holder

Intra-class team-based- 5th Place Holder

Inter-class individual- 26th Place Holder

Inter-class team-based- 14th Place Holder

Inter-year individual- 29th Place Holder

Inter-year team-based- 39th Place Holder

rit Points- 139,107

Base Stats: Affected by External Interference. Stats Are Significantly Lower Than Their Shown Values.

HP- 11.6 / 11.6

MP- 9.2 / 9.2

STR- 7.6

AGI- 10.4

INT- 7.8

BTP~ 46.6

BTP Visibility- Private

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Ranking Technique- Five-star, lightning elent, Indra's Levin (Not usable anymore)

E-Rank Spells:

Lightning Elent, Four-star (?), movent type: Blitz Steps

Lightning Elent, Four-star (?), defence type: Blitz Shield

Lightning Elent, Four-star (?), attack type: Blitz Bolt

Lightning Elent, Four-star (?), Area of Effect: Blitz Storm

Lightning Elent, Four-star (?), healing type: Blitz Heal

Lightning Elent, Four-star (?), attack-type: Solid Spark

Ti Elent, Four-star (?)(?), miscellaneous: Sedated Perception

Ti Elent, Four-star, miscellaneous: Ingredient Age Expedite

Ti Elent, Four-star, miscellaneous: Ingredient Age Reverse

Ti Elent, Four-star, movent type: Stunning Speed

Fire Elent, Four-star (?), attack type: Fire Snake

Fire Elent, Four-star (?), attack type: Fireball

Fire Elent, Four-star (?), attack type: Firebreath

Fire Elent, Four-star (?), attack type: Hatchlings of the Fla 01

Fire Elent, Four-star (?), attack type: Hatchlings of the Fla 01

Transcendent Spells:

Non-elental, miscellaneous: Beast Contract Spell (?)

Non-elental, miscellaneous: ??? (?)

Non-elental, miscellaneous: ??? (?)

Apprenticeship: Verified

Daily Training Regi: Incomplete (Tracking Paused Upon Request: No Penalty)

Run: 0 / 5KM

Pullup: 0/500

Situp: 0/500

Pushups: 0/500

Planks: 0/ 30 minutes

Stretching Position 1: 0 / 5 minutes

Stretching Position 2: 0 / 5 minutes

Stretching Position 3: 5 0/ 5 minutes

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Eren had easily broken into the E-Rank two days earlier after his newfound spell and constant supply of Draconic Lizard provided him with a shortcut. He had battled last night's wraiths effortlessly due to his increased battle potential. It was just that his stats were restricted by the tower– making him fight as an F-Rank.

Layla had told him that the towers inadvertently provide sowhat of a cheat for those who break through into their ranks while inside them. They will not be sent to the tower that corresponds to their rank. As long as the test was in progress, only the rank at the ti of entrance would be considered.

Instead, the tower would restrict the stats of the ranker and increase the number of monsters the ranker has to fight each day. This would keep things as challenging as they were supposed to be.

And yet, breaking through into rank while being in the tower was beneficial because the type of challenge didn't change for the rankers according to their newly obtained rank-up. So even with reduced stats, the rankers would have a relatively easier ti than before, thanks to their enhanced perception and senses that couldn't be restricted much.

But events like this were rare. There was only one other person besides Eren who had broken through the next rank while battling inside the tower. That person had survived their ordeal and gained the right to visit the inner sanctum of Purgatory. Or so they were led to believe.

Last night's wraith horde clean up was a safe testing environnt for Eren because of that. And he had made full use of it.

Eren looked at the BPT value shown in the spectral window and couldn't cease to be amazed by it. He had not only broken into the E-Rank but also progressed much further than he had hoped for.

This was due to the supplent of life essence and filtered mana intake provided by his Life Drain spell. Part of the credit would also be due to all the insights he had gotten after the consumption of the Potion of Serenity. This is in addition to his progress in understanding the elents. As a result of the constant battling environnt in the past few days, he imdiately progressed further in the E-Rank after his initial breakthrough.

Eren also observed that there was now a new entry in the Transcendent Spell category. He guessed that the ID stone was referring to the Life Drain.

Eren's two spells that he had obtained through the use of the potions were also listed now. Plus, he had successfully upgraded all his ti, lightning, and fire elent spells into E-Rank after getting them from Purgatory as rewards.

The lightning and fire elent spells previously had four-star ratings. But since Eren gained insight into the nature of the elents, he would tweak their execution as per his knowledge and requirent. Therefore, those spells had crossed the boundaries of being four-star spells.

Eren sent his mana sense inside his body and observed his E-Rank core spinning inside the deepest parts of his mana circuits slowly. It now had strange runes inscribed over it. Plus, the mana core gave off a peculiar feeling to Eren which wasn't present before.

Eren's F-Rank ranking technique had beco useless after his breakthrough. In the E-Rank, he lacked the required ranking technique. But he would look for it once he left Purgatory. He also needed to translate the ranking technique he had received from the underground dungeon as a reward and see if it was useful.

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"You dare to ignore , Eren Idril. You… you are doing it on purpose. I've understood your nature now…."

It seed that Layla had kept talking to Eren while he was busy taking joy in his stellar progress. He was brought back to reality when the forr started complaining in an annoyingly louder voice:

"Whaaa… what! I was just checking my stats, Layla.. Before I answer your question, please clear a doubt I have first. How many people cleared the first floor before ? And how many left the place alive?"