OUTSIDE THE RUINS]
James and Ein made it outside the ruins after fighting countless monsters on a plethora of floors, before making it to the boss room, where no true boss was to be found.
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After escaping the ruins and making it back to the outside world, when James looked around the area he was in, he had flashbacks of how Fae slit Clover's throat before throwing her into a different hole that also leads to some area of the ruins.
When James snapped back to reality, he began to think of ways he could get stronger than he was, and of how he was going to exact his revenge on those who betrayed him, and how he was going to deal with Fae.
James had pondered on what to do for a few minutes before deciding to ask Ein for help regarding how he was going to become stronger.
Ein told James that he had many options when it came to how he was going to increase his strength. Of the options Ein told James, the omes he liked the most and took the least time, was using his Gluttony skill to absorb a bunch of old peoples dead bodies, so he could use their strength and powers as his own (After death in this world, if one had accumulated enough power, their excess energy can stay in their bodies for hundreds, even thousands of years, so long as their bodies had not been destroyed, and with the energy in the bodies, many things can happen, but most people use this as a means to try and revive people using demonic dark magic with ancient magic tools.)
After confirming with Ein that using the method he spoke of would be one of the fastest ways to get stronger, Ein also told James to remember that his system could be upgraded, which would, in turn, also make him stronger.
James asked Ein how he could upgrade his system and was told that it should have said how to when he chose which he wanted, but Ein also said that the method given wasn't the only way for him to upgrade the system, and that he could use and do a plethora of different things to upgrade it.
Amongst the things that Ein mentioned that could be done and used to upgrade his '??? Demi-path' system, James noticed that the easiest way to upgrade the system was to use the skills that had been given to him as part of the system when he got it. Among the skills James had acquired when he got the system were 'Light' and 'Gluttony'.
When James opened his system menu to look at how he could use his skills to upgrade his system, as he was searching through it to find a way, he saw a tab that would allow him to use his skill residue (Gluttony skill) to upgrade the system, so long as he had enough. As James further looked into it, he discovered that because the residue of his gluttony skill was so magically dense, it would be the perfect substance to use to upgrade his system, as it requires a lot of mana and magic energy to upgrade.
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James took a look at his Gluttony skill to see how much residue he had stored up, since he had been absorbing a lot of things. When James opened the tab to look at the amount, he was astonished at the fact that he had multiple tons worth of residue stored up.
After confirming that he had an abundance of residue, James went to the tab that would allow him to upgrade his system using the residue. When he opened the tab, he saw that the system only needed a few kilos to upgrade from level 1 to level 2 of 100 levels.
James quickly clicked on the upgrade system button, and a pop-up appeared in front of him asking if he wanted to upgrade his system to the highest level he could in one go, or only upgrade a level of the system. James clicked the option that would allow him to upgrade his system to the highest level he could, without it taking a lot of time. After clicking the option to upgrade his system, a timer appeared in front of James and read that it was going to take 48 hours until the system upgrades; however, the current system would still be usable, even though it was leveling up.
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James told Ein that the system was leveling up and asked if he knew of a place where they could go to hide and set up base, since James couldn't go to his old shared house, as he would have to confront his former comrades immediately, and he isn't strong enough to defeat them, as of yet.
Ein told James that he knew of a place where they could venture, so that they could become stronger.
James Belfork: "Ein, so where is this place you speak of?"
Ein Felheart: "It's not too far from here; it was one of my old secret studies, which I used back when I was an aspiring adventurer. It should have most of what you need to become stronger; however, since it has been a great many years, it may have been found."
James Belfork: "If it isn't that far, then we should probably leave to find it as soon as possible. Since it's about midday right now, what time do you think we'd end up getting there if we left right now?"
Ein Felheart: "If we left right now, we'd get there just around nightfall, but if you can find a monster that can fly and absorb it, you should be able to attain the ability to fly, and it we could get there in about an hour or two."
James Belfork: "Actually, I do have a skill that allows me to fly, but I hadn't tested it out yet, as the wasn't much space to do so when we were trapped in the ruins."
Ein Felheart: "Well, it's better to test it out sooner rather than later."
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