Enormous Feat, Foundational Chart
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〈System: You have killed an infant Rank 1 Spirit Beast (Early Stage Stone Violent Bear).〉
〈System: Congratulations, your actions have triggered a hidden multiplier «Enormous Feat». [Reward: +500% Kill Experience and 1 Spirit Shard].〉
〈System: 3,960 [330+330+3,300] Experience gained.〉
〈System: Congratulations, you have reached Level 37.〉
〈System: Congratulations...〉
The congratulatory messages continued to sound until silenced by Apollo's thoughts. However, within the interface, they still popped up before his eyes. At this point, his body ached tremendously while his mind was droned due to the overuse of such focus. In truth, he didn't understand what Sensitive Instincts meant. All he knew was that it was exhausting to use.
Conversely, Irauk smiled gleefully before offering praise. "Absolutely outstanding! What a beautiful scene that was. Although there were some inconsistencies, my eyes never fail me! You're a diamond in the rough. You have passed my test with flying colors. I am more than willing to accept you."
"Y-yeah…" Apollo replied breathlessly as he leaned over, using his knees as a brace while he tried to get through this period of exhaustion. Regrettably, the pendant wasn't healing him fast enough.
However, Irauk held out a milky white pill after observing Apollo's current state. "Take this. It should be a great help to you. There's no reason for me to withhold my resources."
Curious as to what was being given to him, Apollo examined it, which inevitably led to him receiving the information he wished for.
「Item Name: Natural Warrior Revitalization Pill
Rank: Rank 1 Pill
Grade: Flawless
Information: A pill useful for the cultivation of both Mortal and Zul Warrior Realm cultivators. Due to the expertise of the handler, the nature of its ingredients has been maximized, resulting in its flawless grade.
Effect: A pill that rewards you with a base experience of 6,000 and recovers Health and Stamina to the maximum within 120 seconds.
«Flawless Bonus» - Effects increased by an additional 200% 」
Frankly speaking, he was left shocked by the details given. Such a pill could be considered a godsend for him, thus didn't stand on ceremony after snatching it from Irauk's hand.
Apollo instantly swallowed the pill, causing a pleasant feeling to spread throughout his body. However, within moments, the actual pill disappeared and became pure energy that permeated all of Apollo's body.
〈System Alert: Experence source located. Extracticing experience from source.〉
〈System Alert: Large source of experience recognized! Now instilling all of it.〉
〈System: Congratulations, you have reached Level 38.〉
〈System: Congratulations, you have reached Level 39.〉
〈System:...〉
In an instant, Apollo's level increased over eight times. The Flawless effect had increased the experience gain to 18,000 while the pendant doubled it again. In other words, Apollo had gained over 36,000 experience from ingesting a single pill! If someone heard the effects the system generated, one would vomit blood. The advantage he possessed was obscene!
"Oh? It seems the pill is rather effective, even more than normal. Why is it that you're able to digest its ingredients so well? Usually, there's some type of wastage that takes place when refining a pill, however, that isn't the case with it. I detect no such instances. Interesting…" Irauk muttered while curiously rubbing his chin. Meanwhile, he gazed at Apollo as one would a treasured item.
"Did you perhaps have a damaged body when you were younger?" Irauk questioned, only to press two fingers on Apollo's wrist. But, shortly after, his expression fell once the state of his meridians was hard to determine. It was almost as if he didn't have them. At most, he could only tell they were shrouded in an overwhelmingly dark fog.
Raising his eyebrows in surprise, Apollo nodded, "Yes I was damaged until recently. I was unable to gain strength until 8 months ago."
"You mean to say you've reached the 4th Mortal Rank organically in 8 months? I don't detect the presence of pill residue in your body. Hence, I can only conclude you did so organically. One must know, a child takes 10 years to advance from Rank 1 to Rank 3 naturally. If that's the case, then your talent may be stronger than I formerly believed," Irauk remarked while also clasping his hands behind his back. Soon enough, he was lost in thought.
"Something like that," Apollo murmured, but Irauk was too wrapped up in his thoughts to hear.
[Well, isn't that reassuring? Your body is able to escape detection. I guess we are safe from any prying eyes. Well… that only rings true if this is the case for the highest existences of the world. I'm not entirely privy to their capabilities.]
'Does that mean my level will simply be perceived as this so-called talent?' Apollo wondered.
[It's a possibility, however, you seemed to have overlooked a message. Did you not notice a new feeling coursing through you?]
'A new feeling? Not that you mention it… I attributed this to the pill I ingested. But now it seems as if this sensation is originating towards me,' thought Apollo. In turn, he sifted through the sea of notifications until his eyes fell on one in particular.
〈System Alert: Mission COMPLETE!〉
〈System: Foundational Chart, External Absorption, and 3 Demonic Essence Pellets rewarded.»
'If I already completed the mission, I'm curious as to just what level I have reached,' Apollo thought.
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(Demon Monarch System) Lv.2
Name: Apollo Kaiser
Race: Demi-Demon *Unique
Title: Azridan's Successor
Age: 11
Level: 36 → 45
Experience: 4,100/4,500.
Health: 139/139 → 288/288
Stamina: 139/139 → 288/288
Strength: 14.0 → 16.9
Agility: 5.4 → 8.3
Intelligence: 13.0 → 15.9
Vitality: 5.3 → 8.2
[«Traits»]-
«External Absorption»
Stat Points: 2 → 3.0
'Hmm… the stats points seem slightly irregular. It seems to be a rather drastic increase from the expected 1.6. Perhaps the Foundational Chart will shed some light on this discrepancy.
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[«Foundational Chart»]
[«Level 1 - 40»]-
The experience required per level increases by 100.
Rewards: 0.1 Attribute increase and 0.2 Stat Points per level.
[«Level 40 - 49»]-
The experience required per level increases by 100.
Rewards: 0.1 Attribute increase and 0.3 Stat Points per level.
[«Level 50 - 59»]-
The experience required per level increases by 500.
Rewards: 0.1 Attribute increase and 0.3 Stat Points per level.
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'Hmm, the information in the chart only seems related to the leveling predicament. As for the liberation of stats… I'm guessing it has something to do with the change in my ratios.'
[That's correct, liberation means it requires less strength to translate into more power. Currently, it only takes 0.4 Strength to generate 1 Damage. As for the rest, it's pretty self-explanatory if you calculate it on your own.]
'I understand it, however, there's still 0.5 stat points and a boost to my attributes that's unaccounted for,' Apollo responded.
[Not necessarily. The liberation just possesses two effects, one the continued rewards and a one-time reward. That unexplained value is simply the one-time reward.]
'Ah, I see. Then, care to elucidate the matter of this Demonic Pellet?'
[Nope, just check them and see.]
However, Apollo's misconstrued stupor was interrupted by Irauk. "Ahem…"