NOVEL NEXT Chapter 708: Limit Breaker
Originally, in the state of having the [Self-redemption] skill, whether it's physical interference or spiritual interference, Reiger simply ignores it.
His body only accepts forces that benefit him. Although this was once exploited by Morgan to plant the "Stake" contract on him, from another perspective, unless the enemy offers a benefit to Reiger, they cannot do anything to his body, which is a positive aspect in some ways.
Moreover, the developmental ability of "abnormal resistance" brought by the [Endless] skill is also the highest level, so there are truly few situations that can limit Reiger's performance.
Unfortunately, whether it is Morgan's Sole Court or the [Light of the Celestial Pillar] in the palace of the Jinas Kingdom, both do not limit the individual but rather the space within the entire area of effect.
This means that the strength of those who enter remains unrestricted, but they are unable to release it to the outside world.
This form of enforced confinement caused Reiger to lose his magical abilities when facing official forces like the Fairy Country and Jinas Kingdom.
Reiger's magical prowess had become extremely formidable after acquiring over a thousand tiered spells. Having now mastered the remodeling magic [Lost Truth], and wielded rule-breaking tier spells like [Arcane Hammer], his magical abilities have grown even more terrifying, comprising a significant portion of his current strength.
Forcing him to lose this ability at times was indeed quite a considerable weakening for Reiger.
However, the emergence of the developmental ability "Unbound" compensated for this very rare weakness of Reiger.
It only activates when Reiger is restricted by external factors, allowing him to break free from constraints. Not only does it prevent him from being weakened, but it significantly enhances his ability values and the effects of magic and skills, making his strength increase instead of decrease.
With this developmental ability, should Reiger find himself in a situation like the Sole Court or [Light of the Celestial Pillar] again, he would deliver a huge surprise to his enemies.
In fact, even at this very moment, Reiger could feel that the effect of "Unbound" was on the verge of triggering.
Because he bore the "Stake" planted by Morgan.
The "Stake" planted by Morgan imposes certain restrictions: in the face of Morgan and when opposing him, Reiger will lose his power.
This, without a doubt, is also a kind of limitation.
However, Morgan's "Stake" had already manifested as a skill within Reiger's own Divine Blessings, benefiting him rather than merely restricting him.
Thus, as Loki had said, the only one who could limit Reiger was himself. The negative effects brought by his own skills cannot be counted entirely as a limitation, but as a cost for using skills, just as using magic consumes spiritual power, sword techniques consume physical strength, and using rule-breaking spells like [Wind Spirit Swift Walk] places a certain burden on the body.
Therefore, even though the developmental ability "Unbound" was on the brink of being triggered, it ultimately wasn't activated.
But even so, Reiger was already quite satisfied.
"With this, my weaknesses have been further reduced, and situations where I cannot use magic will almost never occur again in the future."
Reiger could already envision how much help this developmental ability would provide him once he returned to the Akasha continent.
After all, various major forces in Akasha Continent are guarding against the proliferating magic of magicians, deploying various means to counter magical powers in their bases of operations.
This is also the main reason why powerful magicians are not feared by the high ranks, but rather, they dread Sword Saints capable of assassination more.
Even Shin-Yale, a Neutral City without a national background, had set up barriers to limit magical powers within the City Lord's Hall. Those in the strongholds of major countries are even more so, undoubtedly possessing strategies that rival the [Light of the Celestial Pillar] in the palace, or even surpass it, with strategic-level defensive magic barriers.
Encountering such places, no matter how powerful a magician is, they will lose their effectiveness.
But in the future, Reiger will no longer have to worry about this issue.
With the presence of "Unbound," those places originally meant to confine others will not only become ineffective against him but will instead amplify his abilities. It is as if turning a perilous land into a treasure trove, converting spots taboo to everyone into his own Buff supply zone.
From now on, Reiger won't need to avoid these places. Instead, he can look forward to fighting in more such settings.
"Although this developmental ability has little effect on a daily basis, I don't need more combat-type developmental abilities right now."
Reiger clenched his fist, feeling the power coursing through his body, and a general idea formed in his mind.
"Even in my normal state now, my ability values should rival those of entities a level higher than myself."
That's right.
Now, having reached Lv. 8, the substantial potential abilities Reiger had been accumulating all along finally bore fruit.
Every level-up enhanced all his abilities to SSS phase. With seven levels stacked up, Reiger's potential abilities have accumulated to a quite exaggerated degree.
Despite his various developmental abilities, such as "Lightweight," "Swordsman," "Skilled in Combat," etc., all capable of boosting his ability values, when these enhanced values are combined with the exaggerated scale of his accumulated potential, one can imagine how high Reiger's ability values have become now.