Re-Awakening: I Ascend with a Legendary class

Chapter 99: Training In the Dungeon (3/3), Gamble’s High Returns

Almond’s group stopped roughly one kilometer up in the mountain at a good spot with a thick patch of dark clouds raining lightning above a big river’s path flowing through the mountain.

The lighting was more intense and strong in this area, perfect for his new challenge.

He summoned Forest Maid Sylvia and Dark Pope to help him since this would be a bit dangerous. These two had support skills and healing skills, so he summoned them to heal him when necessary.

Nikki and Anton could feel that Almond wanted to do something particular. They had already given their knowledge to Almond about how they practiced in lightning to acquire affinity with it, and he followed it as well.

But when they saw Almond’s fortification appearing as he got ready to take on the lightning of this area, they frowned.

"Why did he make such a thin Fortification and even layered Body Enfold on top?" Anton asked. "Do you know anything about that, Nikki?"

"No idea," Nikki muttered as she slightly shook her head. "But...why so weak?"

"We have to stop him!" Anton’s expression changed, but before he could do anything, a pale yellow lightning bolt struck him.

*Crackle!*

Almond’s thin Fortification shattered instantly as the influx of lightning struck his body.

For a brief moment, Nikki and Anton saw Almond’s whole body lighting up as if the lightning purposefully spread everywhere in his body.

And then...his breathing stopped.

The duo was horrified as they instantly dashed him.

But Dark Pope and Forest Maid had already made their move, using their skills on Almond to heal his burnt body.

Almond had also cut off his own distraction in half and other aspects of his mind using his grimblade to converge his mental capacity fully on focus intensity, adaptability, and mental clarity.

"He is breathing," Nikki bit her lips, but she trembled as she figured out what he did. "I know what he did. And why he is unconscious right now."

"So you figured it out," Anton said, his expression grave. "This bastard focused his consciousness on his Body Enfold, and heightened his connection with mana to only focus on the lightning.

"That way, he felt lightning’s pure essence striking his consciousness when it hit him with his Body Aura activated, and he made sure that the lightning would spread throughout his body..." Nikki clenched her fist. "Does he have a death wish? Will he even wake up now?"

Dark Pope and Forest Maid looked at each other, shocked.

Infernal Knight, Starlight Beast, and Crystalist also gathered together.

"Our lord died? Bullshit," Infernal Knight’s speech crossed over generations as he cursed out loud. The influence of the show he watched yesterday on TV showed up.

The scenery around him changed. He imaged a world of lightning as it crackled around him.

Colorful lightning painted the sky, humoring his thoughts. They all struck him in this dreamscape.

His body trembled under the intensity, but he was no longer afraid. He was no longer just a passive recipient of the force; he was one with it. He could feel the intricate patterns of the electrical flows around him and inside him as if his mind had tapped into the primal pulse of the world itself.

Almond lost himself in this ecstasy of turning into lighting, becoming its essence.

Fast.

Intense.

Bright.

Electrical.

Unpredictable.

Tearing and riding through the Air.

Thunderingly loud.

Attractive, Magnetic.

Almond felt it all.

The world around him was alive with lightning, pulsing in waves of vibrant colors as each bolt of lightning was like a stroke of divine power painting across the sky.

The earth itself seemed to hum in resonance with the storm he painted, as though the very fabric of reality was shaped by this force.

It wasn’t just the sensation of lightning anymore; it was a full immersion, an understanding of it as a living, breathing entity.

It was the world of lighting.

He was fully focused on this sensation, his mind now fully attuned to the lightning. No longer were the lightning strikes chaotic and uncontrollable. He could sense their paths, their timing, their essence.

He knew the moment a surge of power would crackle through the air before it happened as if he could predict the flow of energy itself. Every spark, every current, was like a voice speaking directly to him, offering its knowledge, its guidance. Almond understood. He could feel it in his bones.

The thunder roared louder, as though the sky itself was acknowledging his transformation, and in that moment, Almond’s connection to the lightning deepened even further—it was now part of his soul. He could control it, mold it as if his very thoughts shaped and applied the properties of the lightning. He commanded it, he dominated it.

[Congratulations. By using your own power to aid you in this paramount task bearing a fatal risk, you braved through it and triggered a state of mind that allowed you to acquire a deep insight into the way of Lightning.]

[Your Lightning Elemental Mastery has reached S rank.]