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" Haaaah"

*Huff* *huff*

Fatty sprang back up while looking around in panic. After he looked at August, who was standing a few meters away from him, he sighed in relief.

" Bro… you saved me again. Or else, I would've been roasted… no, probably turned into dust." Fatty slowed down his rapid breathing. He placed his hand over his chest and sighed again.

" By the way, where is Daisy?" He looked around and saw that she wasn't there.

" She is unconscious right now and resting inside her tent. As she exhausted all of her aura, she needs some time to regenerate her aura."

" And about saving you, I didn't do anything except bringing you here. At least you could say that I saved you from drowning." August replied in a plain voice.

"Then what about the beast? Did it blew itself up or something?" fatty tried to remember what happened before he lost consciousness. But he couldn't remember anything after he saw the bright light coming from the beast's mouth.

" It was really interesting when you were in that state. And you don't even remember what happened afterward. It was like an unconscious reflex." August stroked his chin as he looked at fatty.

" What happened to me? What unconscious reflex? Bro, tell me what happened?" Fatty was eager to know what had happened.

" To put it simply, you killed the beast on your own, and how you did it, I am still trying to figure that out. For now, it seems, you have a dormant S rank skill that activates when certain conditions are met. As to what these conditions are, only time will tell. We will have to wait and observe."

August replied in a thoughtful manner.

Fatty slowly got up from the floor and looked at his hammer. It was in a weird shape, as the head was curved by the resulting impact. The hilt was bent into an arc, and the whole thing looked like a melting candle.

He picked his hammer that was oddly shaped and poured a small amount of aura into it. The nanobots slowly reshaped themselves into the original shape that resembled his hammer. He put the hammer aside and walked towards the edge of the bubble.

He looked outside the barrier and saw that the S rank beast was floating outside, with its head split in two. There was no other beast corpse aside from that. He couldn't believe that he did this. The power to defeat an S rank beast in one strike, he really wanted to figure out how to use his dormant skill.

" You really impressed me, Nile. I thought August would have to interfere, but you handled it on your own." Lilith said from behind.

" Oh, Miss. Octave. I was just trying my best. And besides, I don't know how I defeated that monster anyway, so…" Fatty scratched his head.

" It was a wonderful sight to behold. You were moving like a war god and smashed the head of the beast's head in a swing. BAM.'' Lilith smiled as she swung her hand.

" Is that so? I'm glad. Hehe," Fatty smiled in response.

" By the way, why didn't you join the fight? Or big bro is keeping something better for you?" Fatty asked carefully.

" No... It's nothing like that. I just entered the guild, so he gave me some time to adjust. I will mostly be hunting with him, so you don't have to worry about me slacking off." Lilith replied.

" Oh… that's good then. But to hunt with him, you won't get any opportunity to kill beasts. Collecting beast corpses will be the only job for you. " Fatty said while nodding his head.

" Well, that is something I'm good at. I don't fight that much anyway." Lilith said with a smile.

" If you like this kind of job, then it's fine I guess. We also need someone to manage our guild materials." Fatty replied.

As they talked about the guild, and how they intended to expand it, Lilith and Fatty got to know each other more. At the same time, August was calculating the loot and scanning the lake for any leftover beasts.

There were many S rank beasts left in different parts of the lake. He calculated how much time it would take for the duo to finish all the beasts.

' System, can you calculate their growth rate? '

[ Understood ]

[ I recorded their performance and your healing effects on them.]

[ Initiating growth measurement]

[ Progress 1% ]

[ Progress 2% ]

…

…

[ Measurement complete]

[ Growth Rate ratio :

[ Daisy : 2.9 ]

[ Nile : 3.3 ]

[ That is the average level increase for the past week or so. ]

' Hmm… then this intense training is really good. But without my unlimited healing skill, they couldn't achieve this level of efficiency.'

August's quantum force field boosted the skill levels and that was why he didn't use up the aura for the healings. This was more effective as his revitalize skill worked way better with his force field. Plus, it also increased its efficiency at the same time, so it was a win-win for him.

He looked at the respective levels of Fatty and Daisy.

[ System Control ]

[ User : Daisy Kertyn]

[ Level : 99 ]

[ Species : Human ]

[ Resonance : None ]

[ Strength : 103 ]

[ Agility : 106 ]

[ Vitality : 77 ]

[ Dexterity : 91 ]

[ Intelligence : 23 ]

[ Wisdom : 12 ]

[ Skills : Aura Manipulation(A), Focus(A), Intuition(A), Enhanced vision(A), Quickdraw(B), Aim(B),....]

[ Status : Healthy, Recuperating ]

[ Advanced options » ]

Daisy almost reached S rank. Her stats also increased a lot. Looking at her progress, he was satisfied.

After that, he looked at Fatty's status.

[ Name : Nile Brooks ]

[ Level : 79 ]

[ Species : Human ]

[ Resonance : None ]

[ Strength : 97 ]

[ Agility : 88 ]

[ Vitality : 96 ]

[ Dexterity : 73 ]

[ Intelligence : 24 ]

[ Wisdom : 18 ]

[ Skills : Aura(A), Swing(B), Strike(B), Management(C),Eating(E), Determination(E), Guard(E)...]

[ Dormant skill : Absolute domain(S) ]

[ Status : Healthy, Happy ]

[ Advanced options » ]

[ System Functions » ]

[ Edit System ]

[ Configure System ]

' Fatty also increased his level tremendously. He will enter the S rank soon enough.'

But August had something else in mind. This level of growth was too vague. It was also not quantifiable if he didn't get accurate data. He wanted to do something about it. To easily measure level-ups, and also see the accurate growth rates.

One way was to configure the system and add a level attribute. But the users didn't gain levels uniformly. They didn't receive any kind of experience points like in games. So only their natural talent and external factors helped them increase their levels.

If he created a level attribute bar, that will help the users look at their progress easily and also help him gather data.