Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse novel Chapter 33

Chapter 33 - An Approaching Disaster

The Vice Admiral dispersed the gathering of soldiers and took me back to his office to continue discussing the matter. Andrei Nikolaev was the son of one of The Empire’s Admirals. He was following his father’s footsteps and neared rank A in power, having 2 rank A skills and needing just one more to be qualified and listed as rank A

So the ticket he was expecting to receive to become one of the peak powers of the world was given to someone else and now he was using his connections to get it back.

I had no qualms fighting and even taking the guy out, as this would even mean I get to receive one of his rank A skills when he goes down, but I couldn’t stop thinking of the consequences thereafter. I looked to the frowning general that seemed to be using every last brain cell to think and asked "What are the possible fallouts in the case that Andrei Nikolaev dies tomorrow"

His head shot up as he heard this question from me and said "The full rage of Admiral Chekhov who has thousands of soldiers under him, and he himself is a rank A Hunter"

I listened to this and asked again "Or?"

"As we need to be conserving our strength and increase our battle power with the threat of beasts coming down on us, the strength of rank A hunters is important and there cannot be a confrontation between them"

I nodded my head as I heard this and replied with a smile "Then it isn’t a problem, as long as I have power rivaling rank A, I can take care of anything that comes my way"

I looked to the Vice Admiral in front of me as his eyes glowed when he heard this. He seemed to think before replying "If that’s the case, then there’s another call I can make that can handle the fall out happening tomorrow"

With the discussion being over, I left the office holding a folder that held more information on Andrei Nikolaev as I made my way to the living quarters. There was only food for me to enjoy this time around as I had to focus on understanding the skills I just gained today and prepare for something momentous tomorrow

I wasn’t fearful of what would happen when the son of an Admiral died. This thought passed in my mind, making me realize just how far I had grown in such a short span of time. Admirals were at the top of the food chain in the Empire, and now I was in a position where I could be facing one sometime soon

I was eating the exemplary food on the table as I ran simulations in my head for the battle to come. Because of keeping skills that drained a huge amount of energy but gave a great momentary boost in power active all the time, my attributes already met those in the A rank category

That wasn’t to mention all the skills that increased my overall defense, speed, casting and attack speed, evasion, and overall damage by huge percentages. These skills layered on top of active defense skills like [Arcanist’s Sphere of Protection] and the recently acquired [Golden Halo] made me realize just how strong I currently was

Even though nothing was tested, I doubt a single rank B could get through my defenses, and maybe I would be injured from the attacks of a rank A hunter. The classification of having three rank A skills before being coined a genuine rank A hunter was to satisfy the high pedestal that rank signified

Only those that were truly strong could be considered in that rank, and having the versatility of using 3 rank A skills affirmed that.

Possible plans continued forming in my head as to how this whole thing would end and soon I felt confident enough to face whatever came at me these next few days. I wouldn’t sacrifice my sleep because of it though and wrapped myself up in the silk bed sheets and fell asleep