Sora noticed the ge in her immediately. Kara wasn't just strohere was a feeling of life, immense power, and focus around her. Her eyes carried a new depth, and her posture radiated ambition and fide was clear her mental strength had soared during her exteime ihe training bubble.

  Kara stepped forward, a small smile tugging at her lips. "It feels like forever since we st spoke."

  Save her a slow nod. "It has been. Three days."

  Kara bli his words, then chuckled softly. "I guess it does feel that way for you. Time flows strangely when you're stu a bubble of your own making." She stretched her arms, feeling the weight of her rength. "It felt like I trained for a year in there."

  Sora studied her for a moment. "So, what did you unlock?"

  Kara's eyes lit up, knowily what he was referring to. "I've unlocked ooo—a Supreme Skill. This is what you were aiming fht?" she said, her voice quiet but filled with gratitude.

  Sora smiled. "A Supreme Skill? Then it was worth it."

  Without hesitation, Kara closed her eyes and summohe power withihe energy in the air ged as life force surged around her, like a pulse vibrating through the atmosphere. Sora could feel it—powerful, vibrant, and raw.

  "Here it is," Kara said, her voice steady as she activated her new Supreme Skill.

  [Supreme Skill: Life Force Mastery

  A skill created for a supreme genius who recreated a healing spell on her own.

  Description: As the supreme wielder of life force, you have unlocked an unparalleled ability to manipute the life essence of all living beings. This skill allows you to harhe full potential of life force to protect, empower, aroy, ensuring your pce as a critical for battle. Yrowth accelerates with eaemy defeated and life force absorbed, making you stronger over time. Your affinity with Life Forcreases as you use life force based abilities, and the potend trol of those skill will increase alongside it.

  Effects:

  Effect 1 : Soul Link:

  Form a perma bond with an ally, linking your life forces. Damage taken by one be shared to the other. This bond strehe weaker party, tinually boosting their life ford making them stronger over time at no cost.

  Effect 2 : Vital Surge:

  el the life force around you into a powerful healing wave or life-draining attack. Healing or damage increases with each use, amplifying your trol over life energy as the battle progresses.

  Effect 3 : Life Source:

  Create temporary duplicates of living beings, including allies, with a fra of the inal's power. These duplicates adepely and fight, heal, or support in bat, mimig the inal's abilities.

  Effect 4 : Life Recyg:

  Absorb the vitality of fallen enemies, verting it into life force that permaly increases your power. This stolen vitality also fuel your abilities, allowing you to use life-force-based skills.

  Effect 5 : Soul Preservation:

  Moments before death, trap the soul of a targeted pyer, preserving their life fortil they be fully healed. This prevents perma death and allows the ally to be revived under your care.]

  Sora's eyes sed through the description, impressed by the versatility and power of Kara's new skill. It wasn't just healing—it was an all-enpassing manipution of life force, giving her trol over both life ah in ways that could shape the battlefield.

  He was surprised. He thought that she would unlock [Mana Evolution] as it was described as being given to pyers who creating a skill without having the css for it.

  Maybe the recreated skill and the method to unlock it were important. 'It seems the Supreme skill matches the created skill, the process, and the css'

  He was surprised, but maybe this was eveer for Kara. The potential seemed infioo.

  Sora's [Mana Eyes] could barely keep up with the flow of energy as the life force Kara anded swirled around her like a protective aura. He could see the distinct quality of this energy— It was something that resonated with the core of living beings, moving as if it was life itself.

  Kara tinued, her voice more fident than before. "I have several effects, but I like this ohe most. Soul Link."

  She raised her hand, and a soft glow emanated from her fiips. She focused on Sora, and in an instant, he felt the e. A tether of life fored between them, invisible but unmistakable. It wasn't binding iraditional sense, but Sora could feel the stant flow of energy, like an unbreakable bond that allowed them to share their life force.

  "I link my life force with yours," Kara expined. "If either of us is ihe other instantly heal them. It's a perma bond that grows stronger over time, strengthening our life for unison. It's also like… sharing our HP pool. You always reject the bond... so I."

  Sora nodded, feeling the life force c between them. "Impressive," he murmured. "I feel life force beio you, without me getting any weaker"

  Kara smiled, pleased that he reized the depth of her new abilities. "Yes, i'm getting stronger already... And there's more."

  "Vital Surge" She used her sed effect

  With a flick of her wrist, Kara eled the life force around her and directed it outward. The energy shifted and surged, f a powerful wave. Sora could see the potential in it—a devastating life-draining attack or a powerful healing wave, depending on how she chose to use it.

  "This allows me to either heal everyohin my range or drain the life fory enemies," Kara expined. "The more I use it, the stro bees."

  Sora studied the surge of power carefully. He had to admit it was formidable—healing on such a scale or inflig equally devastating damage. Kara had bee stronger already.

  "Show me what else you do" Sora asked, though he already khere was more since reading the skill.

  Kara nodded again, her eyes fshing with determination.

  [Effect 4: Life Recyg]"I absorb the life force of enemies who are dead around me," she said, a small smile pying at the er of her lips. "Every time you or I take down an enemy, I grow stroheir life force accelerates my growth and strengthens my abilities."

  Sora's eyes widened slightly. "That's… useful. Especially in a prolonged battle."

  Kara shrugged, modest but clearly aware of the skill's potential. "It's like an endless fuel source. The more I fight, the stronger I bee... I guess."

  Sora sidered the implications. Kara's growth rate would skyrocket in war sarios, especially if she took down multiple enemies. She wouldn't just keep up with him—she'd bee unstoppable every time one enemy fell.

  Kara looked at him expetly, waiting for his thoughts. Sora let a small smile form. "You've bee overpowered in three days... This skill… it's powerful. More than I imagined."

  "It is thanks to you..." Kara replied, a mix of gratitude and relief in her voice.

  Sora studied her once again, then raised an eyebrow. "Now, tell me about the skill you recreated. What did it bee?"

  Kara took a deep breath, and her expression shifted to one of focus as she brought up her status window, reading to Sora the Skill she had created during her exteraining.

  As Kara began describing the skill she mao recreate, she hesitated, a small frown f on her face. "I've mao recreate the Heal skill I had as a Priest, but… it's weaker now."

  Sora raised an eyebrow. "Weaker? How so?"

  Kara looked down, feeling a little disheartened. "It's not quite the same as before. It's about 20% less effective than the inal Heal. I don't know why, but it just doesn't have the same strength. The system beled it as 'Fake Heal,' like it's a lesser copy of what I once had."

  The moment she said "Fake Heal," Sora's face tightened. His expression shifted, as if hearing that term struck a nerve deep within him. It was brief, but enough for Kara to notice.

  She tilted her head, ed. "What's wrong?"

  Sora quickly shook off his rea, his tone slightly sharp. "It's nothing. Keep going."

  Kara hesitated but pressed on, sensing Sora didn't want to dwell on whatever had affected him. "The skill is funal, but I feel... I don't know, disappointed. I worked so hard to recreate it, but it's weaker."

  Sora crossed his arms, his eyes focused. "Don't worry about it being weaker. 'Fake' skills aren't perma. If you push hard enough, that skill will evolve—just like all skills do when you push them hard enough. When you max it out, it'll probably return to full strength or surpass what it was. That's how I've perfected many of my own skills."

  Kara blinked. "Perfected? Like reag the 'Perfect' rating of a skill ? "

  Sora nodded. "Yeah. 'Fake' skills are just the beginning. They're a way for the system to test your ability to adapt. Maxing out the skill will bring it back to its inal form, maybe even strohat's how I ended up with perfected skills. Keep at it, and 'Fake Heal' will be more than what it used to be."

  Kara felt a surge of hope. "So, this isn't the end for it?"

  Sora smiled faintly. "No. It's just the beginning. Push it hard enough, and you'll unlock its true potential. The process might be frustrating, but the results are always worth it."

  Kara nodded, her determination renewed. She had been feeling disappointed, but knowing there was more to unlock gave her a new sense of purpose.