Loki drew some more blood and began scribbling on Eijii's back, causing ripples like water to appear. The old falna gradually faded, and the new one was updated.
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[Eiji Nangou]
[LV·1]
[Strength: B·732 → A·896]
[Endurance: D·557 → C·663]
[Dexterity: A·822 → S·967]
[Agility: S·909 → SS·1051]
[Magic: F·339 → E·411]
[Skills: Ten Years of Sharpening a Sword]
[Magic: None]
[Development Abilities: None]
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"Hey, what the hell is SS?"
"You're asking me?"
Eiji took the parchment, ignoring Loki's look of disbelief, and examined his refreshed status.
All his abilities, except for Magic, had reached the upper tiers of proficiency.
Compared to when he first arrived in Orario, his physical abilities had improved about threefold. Although Magic had improved the least, it had still doubled, showing significant progress.
Because he spent every day training in the middle floors, facing monsters far stronger than himself, each battle felt like walking a tightrope. A single misstep could mean disaster. Eiji's levelling speed was more than twenty times faster than an average person's.
And his skill, [Ten Years of Sharpening a Sword], played a crucial role in this.
This was an abnormal situation only he could achieve, with no possibility of replication.
Even more astonishingly, his Agility had broken through the 999 barrier, reaching an unprecedented SS rank.
Eiji understood why.
This was likely due to his [Absolute Godspeed] ability. By constantly using his causation manipulation ability, his Agility had surpassed common sense, reaching a level where conventional logic no longer applied.
"However, my Strength and Endurance improvements are always small."
"You call this small?"
"Compared to the other stats, it is."
"Such ingratitude."
Loki rolled her eyes. "Any ordinary adventurer would be laughing in their dreams if they could make progress like yours."
"However, as a container, a person always has tendencies. Think of yourself as a wooden barrel, and you'll understand. The staves of the barrel are uneven, right?"
In other words, everyone has strengths and weaknesses.
For Eiji, he was clearly more adept at speed. His talent in Agility could be described as extraordinary. Next was Dexterity, as his intuition made him exceptionally skilled at dodging. His talent in Strength was also decent, while his Endurance was just average.
"One more thing."
Loki shook her head. "You're almost reaching your limit."
"Limit?"
"Right, every container has its own limit."
Loki sucked on her finger while explaining. "There's a rapid growth period during the early stages of levelling because it's easy to pour water into an empty bottle. But a container ultimately has its limits. The closer you get to the limit, the harder it is to improve proficiency. You're still gaining hundreds of points now, but when you're close to the limit, you might only gain a few dozen points over several days."
"Once you reach the limit, you can start preparing to level up. Although you could level up now, I suggest you keep training to polish your container to its limit first."
"I remember there are conditions for levelling up, right?"
"Correct. You need enough ordinary experience points plus a certain amount of advanced experience points. Combining the two allows you to undergo the level-up ritual."
Even among experience points, there are differences.
Simply put, the experience points gained from daily monster hunting and training are considered ordinary experience points. Levelling up requires not only accumulating enough ordinary experience points but also a certain amount of advanced experience points.
The so-called "advanced experience points" refer to "great feats."
The accumulation of great feats is related to the strength of the opponent and the difficulty of the situation. The stronger the opponent defeated or the greater the difficulty overcome, the more great feats—advanced experience points—are accumulated.
When an adventurer accumulates enough of both types of experience points, they can level up.
Loki looked at Eiji's back.
As the god who granted him the blessing, Loki could clearly see what experience points Eiji had accumulated.
"Hmm, the great feats are already completed. In fact, they've been completed hundreds of times!"
Loki looked unsurprised.
The amount of advanced experience points Eiji had accumulated was overwhelmingly high, even several times more than his ordinary experience points.
After all, as a Level 1 adventurer, he had been venturing into the middle floors every day, facing monsters far stronger than himself. In the eyes of the blessing, Eiji had already completed great feats hundreds of times.
He was now fully capable of levelling up.
However, according to Loki, it was clear that she wanted him to train himself to his current limit first. Only by expanding his container to its limit could the benefits of levelling up be maximized.
"I understand."
Eiji nodded in acknowledgement.
"By the way, about the expedition..."
"You'll have to ask Finn about that. He's in full charge of the expedition."
"Got it."
***
After leaving Loki's room, Eiji walked onto the aerial corridor.
The spires of Twilight Manor were not only connected on the ground but also linked in the air by stone corridors.
Every two adjacent spires were connected by a corridor, and each spire had a corridor leading to the central tower. The fourteen aerial corridors combined looked like a heptagon evenly divided.
Finn's office was in the northernmost spire.
With the expedition approaching, he had become very busy recently. The light from the magic stone lamps could still be seen shining brightly through the window.
"Come in."
After knocking on the office door, Finn's calm voice soon came from inside.
"It's you? What brings you here so late?"
Seeing Eiji enter, Finn showed a surprised expression.
The room was very spacious, with a large bookshelf placed against the wall. A warm fireplace was burning slowly, and the magic stone chandelier emitted light as bright as daylight. The red carpet was soft, making the entire room look extraordinarily luxurious.
Finn sat behind his specially made long desk, with a flag bearing a jester pattern hanging behind him.
"I want to join the expedition in five days."
Eiji walked into the room and spoke directly to Finn.
That's right.
Eiji wanted to join the expedition.
The Loki Familia's expedition would definitely go to the deep floors below the 50th floor. So far, the Loki Familia's exploration record was reaching the 58th floor, where a large number of Level 4 and above monsters existed.
As long as he could join the expedition, even just as a tagalong, his strength would undoubtedly improve significantly.
"...Although others have come to request this, I never expected a Level 1 like you to say the same."
Finn sighed, showing a troubled expression.
"Give me a reason. Simply wanting to go isn't enough to change my mind."
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