Rabbit's eyes turned red as it glanced at Leo and dashed forward. Leo's senses heightened, breathing ragged. 'let it hit, let it hit....' Leo was reciting in his mind. He already made up his mind that he is going to end this fight as soon as possible. So he will not make any moves. Just standing still.
"W-what? He is just standing there. So he panicked? So hard that can't even move." Group of nobles started to make fun of it already.
The rabbit can see a human wanting to fight him so he is not gonna let him be dissatisfied. But the rabbit suddenly stopped, its eyes focused on Leo, little bewildered. It was a tamed beast but had little intelligence. Seeing Leo was not making any move just standing still, it made him little indignant, it was not any wild beast, so it has its own pride it will not attack a weak unarmed human. But this human was not even eyeing him like it's beneath him to fight a animal or can easily defeat him. Rabbit's eyes glowed darker, it was furiously glaring at him.
It's muscle suddenly ballooned, furrs stood and grew. Paws becoming huge claws. Lightning rumbling in its furs, in an instant it grew as big as bears. Looking menacing it's dash forward to Leo.
"It's bad!!? No...Chika stop." Instructor jason horrified, seeing the sudden change of event, he instantly made a hand sign to stop his tamed beast from going berserk.
All the bystander got stunned, they had no idea that a cute looking rabbit can instantly become a horrifying monster. They all had a fight with it, but it was just a cute looking beast not a monster.
"How can a weak rank non combat awakener, provoke a beast to this degree." Instructor jason showed a bewildered expression. He instantly dashed forward so he can stop it before a student who is non combat gets injured. 'Crap, i shouldn't have let their little game be played. I wouldn't be able to stop it before he gets injured.' instructor Jason felt sorry.
"Look, look; this Leo brat is in serious trouble." On the non combat group some charged voices can be heard. "He should have just lowered his head that's what you get for talking back to us."
On the other hand Leo was also puzzled. Never in his wildest dream, he thought that a cute rabbit can turn into a savage rabbit, and what's with this form is it possible for little things to become this big.
[Lightning Rabbit → Rumble Mode]
[Grade: Golden D → Bronze C]
Description:- a Lightning rabbit in berserk can easily destroy anything at a D Rank.
"This is bad. If it can easily crush anything at D rank then... My delicate self? Wouldn't it simply be destroyed without any resistance?" Leo once again found himself in a dilemma.
The rabbit had gone berserk after sensing the human's disdain… or perhaps something deeper. How can a weak human who recently awakened as a trash class with trash rank can provoke a well trained spritual beast, that's what all thoughts were coming through the mind of instructor jason as he dashed to stop his tamed beast.
[Weak Point Recognition ]
[Estimating.....]
[Target' rank is too high]
[No weak point detected ]
The rabbit dashed forward and in an instant it was in front of Leo. Rabbit was as big as a bear, it was showing fangs like a wolf. Claws like some lizards, Leo never seen anything like this and he was at his wits end. He can see a huge claw coming from his upper side, even though it was coming very fast but he can see every motion frame by frame as well as his death.
"Weak points can't be detected, I don't have the power to dodge this attack. Origin eye wouldn't help even if I have enough mana to activate for one time."
"Move.. damn it...just one step" Leo, first time in his life pleaded his own body. But all for nought.
A huge claw was already on his head. 'now this has come to this, I will risk it all '
"Origin eye Activate"
At this moment Leo was sure that he, if didn't dodge this claw, will die. The eye took a golden hue, and the world, as if the time slowed and his surroundings blurred and disappeared. There was only a rabbit whose huge claw was about to crush a golden eyed brat and somehow, its speed slowed down and at one point it stopped.
Leo's mana reserved emptied in an instant. But he can see, a rabbit made out of mist and some threads. Leo knew that if he tried to focus on the threads, he would instantly empty his little bit remaining mana because he will see more threads and its hidden stat Because the origin eye will try to see more threads and their secret and more mana it will drain.
"It seems I was right, draining did slow a little but at this rate mana will drain soon....''
"I need to shift my body. But would it work, No, work or not I have to move my body no matter what." At this time of crisis leo had crazy thought that he, with the help of the origin eye, can make a time blank as long as his mana holds. Within this time blank... Maybe , maybe he can move.
Even though it seems absurd to him, he has to do something or his life will be forfeited.
When he came to the arena he thought he could take one or two hits and admit defeat, it doesn't matter if his classmate mocks him for that. But not just this unreasonable rabbit made all Leo's plans void but now even his life is in danger.
Leo can feel that it wouldn't take long before his mana emptied. And in this time he needs to shift his body just slightly so he can dodge the rabbit's attack.
He tried to move his feet, but forget about moving He couldn't even feel his body in that time blank. Except for his right eye every part of his body, as if do not exist.
"I am hundred percent sure I have moved my body...when I was seeing that potion maker. No that was in the golden realm in reality my body didn't move. I can go to that golden realm if I focus on a certain thread. But this action needs huge mana. Damn it at this point; did i hit the wall." Leo felt that he lost. He can feel his mana reservoir about to be emptied.
"Uhh, so I really can't move at all.''
''And It's about time for my mana reserve to be emptied.'' He closed his eyes and just as he closed his eyes, a thought appeared, if he can move his eyelids than its definitely possible that he can move his other body parts too. But just this thought appeared his mana reserves emptied.
[You are out of mana]
Whole body felt weak. Slowly the world around him started to crack. Rabbit's claw started to slowly move towards his head.
"Damn it...'' Leo was sure that a claw that can easily crush any at D Rank will not spare his head. He was unconvinced, but at this point he can do nothing about it. If he could have just dodged one time then the instructor could have reached but it looks like this is the end.
Yet the supposed claw still didn't reach him, surprised, Leo opened his eyes. The world still didn't shatter, in his pov, only stagnant rabbit and he himself existed.
"Time blank still going on, wasn't I already out of mana." His mana core surely didn't have one ounce of mana but somewhere around his chest mana was coming inside his body without any hindrance.
"This is [Munic's Bosom]" the pandent that he got from Old Ren and later he further elevated it. He thought that it was only for someone whose mana core is somewhat destroyed, but now that he depleted his mana, that small pandent started to give mana without any command.
This is an unexpected boon. It was time to finally do something. He closed his eyes and started to sense his body. He can move his eyelid but not his head. Why is it that he can move his eyelids but not any other body parts. Opened his eyes and started to see through his eyes. From those eyes that can see.
→[Origin Eye ] (Ex- Rank)
Description:- Everything has an origin. Even that which defies existence cannot escape this gaze.
If that's the case i want to see what is stopping me from moving. Thin glowing lines stretched in every direction, forming shapes. Surfaces formed from countless tiny grids. The ground beneath him was no longer solid — it looked like a structured mesh, like a carefully crafted model.
Leo's pupils shrank.
Everything… looked like a three-dimensional construct.
Like a sculpted world.
Transparent lines filled the space around him, forming invisible boundaries.
Leo slowly realized something. System started to prompt.
[You Have Discovered the Hidden Outline Of Space ]
[You Have Seen impossible]
[Your origin grows stronger.]
[Stronger the origin harder it's to see]
[All stats +1]
He was seeing something that was out of his comprehension. It is Space, It's locking me and crazy rabbit in place no one can escape its grasp. Then it also means that today I am doomed to die, no this is not right, space is locked because it's not in motion. If I can make passageway of time in little motion maybe it's possible to escape this space grid. But the origin eye is a skill that sees origins not time related skill. So how is he supposed to use it to manipulate time passage.
Come to think of it it has always been a painful matter to deactivate the origin eye if possible I never want to experience it. But this is the only powerful skill in my arsenal.
He closed his eyes and tried to somehow take little control over time blank, he wanted to make time in motion, so space doesn't constrain him.
He tried to feel his right eye, he focused on it. He can feel tingles on his eyes he forced his eye to only use 90% of its true power. He believed that doing this will make time once again in motion. When he opened his eyes he was in a golden realm. He was standing at a golden coloured pool.
"This is.....the same space of that time." Leo was flabbergasted. He didn't expect that focusing so hard on the origin eye will transport him here.
"This space is definitely related to the origin eye"
At the center of this realm was a little altar where that vial's mysterious origin was revealed, but this time it was empty. It was also golden. On the horizon was golden haze stopping his further Gazing.
"My body is still there only my consciousness came here." Just as Leo spoke these words. The water of pool and the haze of horizon came together and met at the Central altar. Hazy scene or more like an image was made from water and mist appeared. Leo could see that it is none other than himself about to be crushed by a huge claw.
"What's the use of it all I just want to escape from it, not to see how cool this amidst stopped scene is." Just as he spoke, a huge commotion started in water, where Leo was standing. A vortex appeared in water, like a maelstrom at the ocean. He was instantly caught in it.