Novice ascendance

'What the hell are those stats?' I thought, puzzled to no end by the numbers my system provided me with. 

First off came the name of my stage.

'Novice Ascendent, huh?' I thought, unable to hold back a small sense of satisfaction. 'So I did it?' My lips quivered up into a small smile. 

No matter what, advancing to the next level always gave me a nice sense of accomplishment. After all, it meant I was now one step closer to my ultimate goal of becoming strong enough to effectively force all the potential threats to fuck away!

Yet, as great as advancing to the next stage was, there were several elements that soured this experience. 

'What about Mia...?' I thought, turning my eyes to the girl standing several feet away. 

By this moment, she has long cleaned all the filth that my accidental shockwave send all over the place. And from the look on her face and the proud nodding of Levi by her side, she already became aware of my advancement.