~Stuck on the seventh floor-I~

A humming sound was heard as the green light enveloped Eden's body and his right leg regenerated itself. All of his attention was focused on what was going on within him and he was so immersed in the feeling that he completely forgot about the women who were standing right in front of him and watching the abnormal scene unfold.

In the world, there did exist potions and such that could perform something as complex as regenerating an organ. Heck, some people even possessed this ability albeit extremely rare and there were also some of the more powerful karmic beasts that could also do this. The potions that were capable of regrowing lost limbs were quite rare and were treated as divine medicine as they were sold at extravagant prices, normally. And due to their rarity, horders can secretly hide these goods until demand reaches its breaking point before they begin selling them at inflated prices and this makes it almost impossible for people in the the lower, middle and even normal high level classes to obtain. Such commodities were reserved for the elite of the elite, the true financial powers in the cosmos. The only disadvantage it had was it's speed, regeneration potions can't heal nearly as fast as natural abilities would and they required a lot of time to fully complete it's effect. The most potent ones would be able to complete it's job within a few 3-4 hours while the worst of the worst would take almost a week. Nevertheless, they still sold in the market.

The two women watched as the mysterious man's leg regenerated at tremendous speeds, this took about fifteen more seconds before the green light disappeared and the man's leg was back in its rightful place. They exchanged horror filled glances with each other before taking a few steps back, they were probably suspicious of the man's identity since he was able to regenerate a lost limb within seconds, such things were only possible if it was a natural ability being used here.

'It actually.....worked?' Eden thought. Although he didn't show it, he was almost as surprised as the two girls. He used his hands to feel the newly regrown leg, just to confirm whether it wasn't just another illusion and when his sense of touch interpreted the sensation, he became elated.

'it worked! It actually worked. My legs are back to normal. And what's more, I feel like my body got stronger too'. And just then, a system message appeared.

*Ding*

[

You have successfully used the skill, Omnipotent restoration. All physical stats have increased by ten!

]

'woah!' he thought.

He decided to check the system to confirm whether or not the message was genuine. At first, he didn't know how to, but as he thought about it the system suddenly responded.

[

Name: Eden.

Age: 17(9,000+)

Potential Output: 16.69%/100%

Karmic pool: 952/952

No of sovereigns killed: 0/9

Quests completed: 1

-System activation.

Skills:

-Blue tempest energy skin.

-Blue tempest basic swordsmanship

•One point dragon stab

-Omnipotent restoration(locked)

Stats:

Strength: 34~39

Agility: 38~43

Stamina: 32~37

Physique: 32~37

Health: 100/100

]

Eden's health and karma pool had completely recovered, his stats had gone up as well and he could feel the strength bustling within him as he clenched and unclenched his fists, his physical stats had increased by ten fold and that much increment was evident to him.

'so the system responds using my thoughts as a prompt, huh. Good to know'. He thought as a smile had unknowingly formed on his face and he didn't even know, he was just so immersed in his thoughts that he had completely forgot what was going on around him.

"Ahem". The blonde girl coughed and drew Eden back from his thoughts. Eden whipped his head up and saw the two ladies. He recognized one but the other one, not so much and he still didn't know who they were.

'who?' he thought and No.2, picking up on where he was going replied.

'the brown haired girl is a healer, she administered all the healing potions as well as the bandaging'.

He stood up and shot the two women suspicious glares. He knew that they were the ones who saved him from certain death, but his encounter with the monarchs had thought him not to trust people so easily so instead of feeling gratitude. He thought even more suspiciously of them.

'why did they help me? Do they have an ulterior motive or was it out of pure goodwill. The second is unlikely'. He quickly deduced as he still focused his icy glare on the two unfortunate women in front of him. His presence was so dominating that the two girls couldn't say anything to stop him.

"Who are you?" Eden asked the two women confidently, by now he had already determined their power levels by sensing the karmic energy within them and he determined that he could easily take down the two females at once in his current state.

There was a long silence as the two women didn't reply, mostly due to fear. The brown haired one was hiding behind the back of the blonde and shivering quite noticeably, while the blonde was already sweating, Eden's aura was just too suppressive.

"....."

"Well, am waiting". Eden said in a cold tone. He had grown tired of waiting for an answer for such a long time and had started increasing his aura to get an answer out of the girls.

"C-calm down. My name is Heather and this is my sister Ada, we're both from house Desmond". Heather said after sensing Eden's impatience and irritation.

'house Desmond. Is that the name of some noble family or....' he inwardly thought, he sensed a bit of confidence from Heather after she said her family name, but that confidence disappeared almost as quickly as it came when the poor girl saw that Eden didn't even flinch at the mention of her family's name. He just continued looking at her with his cold expression and the sweat that had temporarily ceased, started dropping again but this time, it was dropping at twice it's original speed.

"Where are we right now?" He asked as a way to test the credibility of the girl's words.

"W-we are exactly on the seventh floor of the ascension tower and this place is our group's camp". Heather replied, this time more promptly than previously.

"Go on....." Eden said.

"Huh? Oh um....well, this place is our groups campsite. We are a team of five including myself and Ada here". She said while pointing at the girl hiding behind her back, then she continued.

"The group is just like any other consisting of two dealers, one tank and one casters and a healer".

Eden recalled the types of karmic warriors, there were the damage dealers: they fought in close range with opponents and posses a stigmata inclined to this class. The were also called 'Strikers'. The tanks: they were the shields which provided protection for their team, they possessed good combat skills but far greater defensive abilities. And there were also the Casters: they were long ranged attackers who fired karmic techniques from a safe distance and still dealt considerable damage but they were in a disadvantage against strikers. And then the healers, they were self explanatory.

"I see....." Eden said, and just when he was about to open his mouth and ask yet another question, someone barged into the tent.

"What's going on here?!" The intruder asked with a worried expression on his face.

~END~