[ Congratulations. You are granted 24 hours in the Limitless Dimension. ]

'Let's go.' Ainen didn't want to wait. Upon arriving back in the hall, he saw a colorful portal with geometric warpings around it with the words [ Limitless Dimension ] above it.

Ainen stepped in. 'I will cook limitlessly for the next 24 hours.'

…

24 hours passed by, and Ainen emerged more powerful than ever.

In that dimension where everything he imagined could come true, all elements he desired would be present, and any magic he envisioned came into existence, he made abundant progress.

Wind Manipulation and Sand Manipulation both reached S-rank, and Ainen also reached 100% proficiency in them. And this was just a byproduct of Ainen wielding Fire, Wind, and Sand together in that dimension to explore them and create exotic applications with their characteristic by combining them.

He also accidentally awakened Earth Manipulation at A-rank because Sand was a part of Earth. In essence, Sand was actually a product of Wind and Earth.

Sand would form when Earth is eroded into fine grains by Wind, transforming its essential structure.

Ainen had Wind and Sand, so he rapidly gained understanding of Earth in the Limitless Dimension, where Earth elements danced with him. In the end, he even reached S-rank in Earth Manipulation when he still had four hours left.

But that wasn't all.

He went in that dimension to cook skills and learn Arcane Paths, which he did.

And after emerging, Ainen had full confidence in defeating Tathan in the duel under one minute.

But instead of exiting the Limitless Skill Tower right away, what he did was to challenge the 2nd floor of the tower.

[ Clearing the 2nd floor of the tower will grant you 24 hours in Limitless Dimension, as well as one Limitless Skill Tower ticket so you may enter again. Every two floors cleared will give you a Limitless Skill Tower ticket. ]

'Nice. Then I must clear the 2nd floor in three tries before exiting.'

'Indeed. You are utterly strong now purely because the realm of your skills is higher. Every skill is an SS-rank skill with Arcane Paths. I don't think you will have a problem with the 2nd floor, unless the difference in stats is too much, while the difference in combat arsenal is not much.'

'Yeah. If my opponent also has high-ranking skills while having way higher stats, I would just get overpowered.' Ainen wryly smiled as he headed towards the crystal at the center of the hall.

It had [ 2 ] on it this time, indiciating the 2nd floor.

'Well, let's see how it goes.'

Ainen touched it and vanished.

But this 2nd floor turned out to be a different type of challenge than the 1st floor.

In this floor challenge, he had to kill waves of Monsters while surviving.

He was free to fly and move anywhere, but monsters poured out endlessly and out of nowhere from thin air, forcing him to stay on alert every moment.

And the condition to clear the tower?

Surviving for one hour and also having a kill count of 100,000 Monsters within the hour.

Even if he survived for one hour, but didn't kill 100,000 Monsters, it would be considered a failure.

Ainen cleared the 2nd floor in the first try.

And he still had nine whole days to spend in this Tower.

Naturally, he was going to spend every second of it cooking.

'Do you really want to create a skill like that?'

'It should be possible.'

'…I don't know. But you have the Taste mystic attribute, and you made the logical structure of that skill, but the obstacles to creating the skill are not easy to overcome.'

'I have nine days.' Ainen grinned. 'And I really want to create that skill. Even if I fail this time, I'll succeed eventually.'

'Well then, let's start doing it. I want to give you skills, but I am now ashamed to even tell you what I found for you because you are all covered now.' Lord Black said with a wry smile. 'But I can still teach you about the variety of Arcane paths, give you some meanings I already know, broaden your horizon during breaks.'

'I would appreciate that, haha.' Ainen chuckled. 'Now then, let's start the project: Spell Kitchen!'

'Perfect name.' Lord Black chuckled. 'For starters, you will need to create the basic structure of Spell Kitchen with the Taste attribute as its core. And given what you envisioned for this skill, you will need to actualize another Mystic Attribute.'

'You have nine days to come up with a Mystic Attribute that can complete this skill according to your idea and actualize it to create the skill.'

Ainen sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. 'I'll start brainstorming to come up with that Mystic Attribute.'

Lord Black felt nine days were too short to actualize a desired Mystic Attribute, but there was a small possibility Ainen could succeed because Ainen had based this entire skill on how a kitchen and a cook work, and Ainen had this experience, so there was a possibility that Ainen could succeed in creating his visionary skill—Spell Kitchen.

And Ainen didn't want to use the second 24-hour stay in Limitless Dimension so soon, as it would be considered a waste.

The best way to enter would be after he got more arsenal of powers and broke through his lifeform to a higher rank, which would give him increased overall parameters, especially his mind.

…

Two hours later, Ron and Syl woke up after several hours' sleep, and Ainen also took them out since the Tower's Hall was safe.

Both of them had nothing to do; they also trained alongside Ainen.

Training, eating, sleeping.

The trio continued this for nine whole days before it was finally time to leave.

And yet, only 10 seconds had passed in reality since Ainen entered the Limitless Skill Tower.

Ainen, unfortunately, failed in the creation of the Spell Kitchen skill, but it wasn't a total failure. The time he spent wasn't a waste because Ainen knew he was closer to his vision and would succeed given a bit more time.

'Let's go, brother Aine!'

'You are already here while we were sleeping. I can't wait to see the boss of this floor.'

Ainen chuckled. 'You should have seen your brother getting his ass whooped before to see the power of the boss.'

'Because now, he won't get the chance to show off before me.'

Wind swirled around Ainen silently in a hazy dome before a faint flash of orange sparked, and Ainen vanished.

No sound, no nothing.

Ainen simply vanished at a speed far surpassing his previous record, though the Mana consumption was also higher as he was going at his full power.

It wasn't Mach 15 or 16 or 17.

Ainen was moving silently, not tearing through the wind, but drifting through the atmosphere at a speed of almost 7000 meters per second, and that too without feeling any resistance or force on himself.

'This is true Flight.'

SS-rank Skill—Blazing Wind Rider.

Ainen paused after a few seconds as he roamed around the island swiftly and found Tathan standing in a dark forest with crimson web-threads and slithering darkness. An area with high Darkness and Wood attributes.

Tathan's entire theme had also changed, as usual, matching the area.

Ainen sensed the barrier and touched it, initiating the duel.

Soon, he saw the Tathan in a dark wooden scales with gloomy purple patterns, wearing a wooden helmet and armor.

The only aspects that were constant in Tathan were the rings at his wrist and the fact that he was always bare-handed, not wielding any weapon.

[ Duel — Ainen vs Tathan ]

"Get ready to lose, Tathan."

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.