Chapter 25 - Successful Level-Up, Exclusive Development Ability

"Lady Hestia, can I level up now?"

As everyone knows—

To level up, just one of your [Ability Stats] needs to exceed 500.

But the trade-off is...

You're highly unlikely to gain a Development Ability.

A Development Ability refers to a learnable skill that can be added on top of your base stats.

You only get the chance to obtain one when you level up.

And when your Level increases, you can choose to add a Development Ability to your stat sheet.

Of course, it's different from basic stats.

These abilities further develop or enhance specialized or unique talents.

Whether you get one depends on the [Experience Points] you've accumulated up to now.

As for what kind of ability you might gain—

That depends on the actions taken by the person receiving the [God's Blessing].

Take the monster-specific ability [Hunter], for example.

If you encounter monsters you've fought before (and earned EXP from), your stats will rise even faster.

To qualify for [Hunter], you must defeat a large number of monsters in a short time!

For most adventurers, [Hunter] is very difficult to obtain.

It's a rare ability—adventurers love it, and even the gods appreciate it.

Besides the commonly seen [Hunter], there are others such as:

[Healer] – Earned by regularly healing others.

[Magecraft] – By killing many monsters with magic.

[Abnormal Resistance] – From surviving long periods of poison, paralysis, frostbite, burns, etc.

[Magic Defense] – From being frequently targeted by magic.

...

"Raven-kun, are you a once-in-a-generation genius or something?"

"You leveled up in just one day—if that got out, people would die from the shock!"

"You completely crushed that girl Aiz's record!"

At that moment, Hestia took a sharp breath.

Raven Eltharion scratched his head and laughed awkwardly. "Ahaha, really?"

"Alright, then let's level you up~" Hestia smiled in delight and gently tapped his back.

Holy runes and glowing symbols appeared, rotating like the gears of a clock.

As she observed the divine script, Hestia suddenly gasped, "Raven-kun!"

"You actually have five Development Abilities to choose from!"

"[Hunter], [Magecraft], [Mystic], [Mana Drain], and [Summon]!"

[Mystic] was an ultra-rare Development Ability—very few in Orario possessed it.

[Summon] and [Mana Drain] were his exclusive abilities—abilities that no one else in the world could obtain.

Raven Eltharion pondered deeply.

[Hunter] and [Magecraft]—he decided to pass on them for now. He might get them later.

As for [Mystic]...

At the moment, he felt it wasn't needed, so he ruled it out too.

Now, [Mana Drain]—

This exclusive ability was gained after he completely exhausted his Magic stat and passed out.

Raven Eltharion knew—he had to pick this one!

[Mana Drain]:

Each time you cast a spell, the skill's power is enhanced;

At the same time, you absorb a small portion of magical energy to replenish your own.

Its effect was like a "Magic Vampire Blade."

"Going with [Mana Drain], then?" Hestia asked.

Raven nodded firmly. "Yeah, that's the one."

"Okay, Raven-kun, I'll begin."

Hestia smiled sweetly, her delicate fingers moving swiftly.

A moment later—

One number rose from 1 to 2.

Raven Eltharion had leveled up.

His entire capacity evolved to a new height.

He was no longer a [Low-Level Adventurer]—he had officially become a [High-Level Adventurer].

Raven Eltharion

Lv. 2

Strength: I0

Endurance: I0

Dexterity: I0

Agility: I0

Magic: I0

Development Ability:

[Mana Drain] (exclusive)

Magic:

[Divine Plume Annihilation]

[Cycle of Summoning]

[Feather of Dreams]

Skills:

[Chaotic Celestial Arts]

[Tyrant Demon's Pressure]

[Sanctum of Holy and Demonic Power]

...

After the level-up, Raven didn't feel any physical change.

There wasn't that surge of power he had imagined.

Hestia gently smiled, then translated his [Ability Sheet] into the common language.

She printed it onto a piece of parchment.

The previous stat numbers he had accumulated weren't gone—they had been turned into Potential Values stored in the current sheet.

This was called [Hidden Stat Parameters].

A moment later...

As Hestia stood and adjusted her blue ribbon, Raven also stood—without even putting on a shirt.

"Lady Hestia, I need to level up my subordinates too."

"—Subordinates?" Hestia blinked in confusion.

Raven explained, "Yeah, the ones I revived using my summoning magic."

Then, under her astonished gaze, Raven began chanting an incantation.

Soon, Alfia slowly reappeared from a summoning circle.

Her graceful and alluring figure made Hestia's jaw drop.

The seductive curves of this "silent beauty" rivaled Hestia's own.

"Na-Nani?!"

"Y-You summoned a woman this beautiful?!"

Having been in the Lower World for years, Hestia didn't know about the "Great Rebellion" that happened seven years ago.

Naturally, she didn't recognize Alfia, one of the strongest former villains.

"You leveled up?" Alfia asked, looking at him calmly.

Raven nodded. "Yes. This is my goddess, Lady Hestia."

"Greetings, Lady Hestia," Alfia said with polite indifference. "I am Alfia."

"A-Alfia?!"

Hestia was stunned. "You're the one who's been protecting Raven-kun in the dungeon?!"

...

After a brief conversation, Hestia understood the situation.

Even the cold and proud Alfia didn't seem to dislike the infamous blue ribbon.

Raven looked pleased, his lips curling upward. "Come, I'll level you up too."

"Take off your clothes."