CHAPTER 64: SKILLFUL IN WAR

Loki’s Divine Room was as chaotic as ever, with furniture and various collected items strewn about haphazardly, void of any order.

Loki sat on a chair with another chair in front of her, laughing playfully at Reiger as he walked in.

"You’re a step late, aren’t you?"

Loki’s words made Reiger stiffen for a moment before he realized something.

"Has Ais already been here?"

Reiger sat down in front of Loki.

"She just left not long ago." Loki shrugged and said, "If you had come a minute earlier, you might have seen a downcast Ais."

Reiger furrowed his brows and muttered to himself, "It seems she’s not satisfied with her growth."

"Well, that’s common." Loki tapped the back of the chair with her finger and said, "That girl pushes herself too hard. Who knows when she’ll settle down and stop doing things that make us worry."

Loki’s tone sounded casual, but Reiger could sense a hint of concern.

"You really do spoil Ais, don’t you?"

Reiger remarked.

"Isn’t that obvious?" Loki huffed, "Ais is our treasure. If she died, I might not even want to stay in the lower realm anymore. I’d chase her soul all the way to Heaven to get it back."

Reiger didn’t believe Loki’s words.

"Would you really?"

Despite her lack of seriousness, this head god doted on her family equally. Reiger really didn’t believe she would abandon so many children for Ais’s sake.

"When did you learn to spoil my fun?" Loki said irritably, "Enough of that, let’s talk about you."

Loki sat upright, looking at Reiger with her eyes slightly wider.

"I’ve heard everything from Finn. Tsk tsk, facing a new breed of monster with enhanced species traits. You really took a heavy loss this time." Loki pursed her lips, "But you seem to have performed quite well. Finn and the others can’t stop singing your praises. They’re even suggesting we should give you a new title next time."

What she meant was, Finn and the others believed Reiger might level up this time.

After all, the Conference of Gods met every three months, and those discussed during the conference were adventurers who had leveled up in that time frame.

As long as one leveled up, their name would appear at the next Conference of Gods, giving them the right to be awarded a title by the gods.

Even those who already had a title could be mentioned again at the Conference after leveling up and have the right to reselect their title.

Like Bert, who originally held the title of "Gray Wolf," didn’t receive the new title of "Fierce Wolf" until he leveled up.

If Reiger successfully leveled up this time, he might be able to change his title at the next Conference of Gods.

Of course, keeping the current one was also an option.

However, it seemed as though Loki, Finn, and the others were planning to change Reiger’s title.

Loki, for one, was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Is ’Deceptive Swordsman’ not good enough? I think it’s a great title!"

Reiger offered no comment.

He couldn’t see what was so great about it. From the title, he could only discern Loki’s desire to brand him as her possession and declare ownership to the whole world, which he found distasteful.

"Let’s update your ability values."

Reiger changed the subject and removed his upper garment, turning his back to Loki.

"All right then." Loki said somewhat petulantly, "Let’s see if your first expedition brought about as much growth as they say."

Loki picked up a needle, pricked her fingertip, and began working on Reiger’s back.

Soon, Reiger’s ability values were freshly updated.

...

Reiger Brillhaut

Lv.4

Strength: A847 → SSS1277

Endurance: A825 → SSS1258

Agility: S971 → SSS1385

Magic Power: S933 → SSS1392

Light Armor: H → G

Swordsman: H → G

Magic Conductor: I → H

...

"As expected, you’ve reached the end of level 4." Loki said as she looked at Reiger, who was examining the ability values that she’d translated.

"Another round of full SSS rankings in abilities, and all developmental abilities have improved too. Your damned growth rate, I just don’t know when it will slow down."

If Loki hadn’t already been accustomed, numbed, even, she might have jumped up in shock.

Because Reiger’s growth was truly inhuman.

The increase in his basic abilities was one thing; after all, Reiger had always been like this, never having a comprehensive increase in all abilities below 500, and with more time, certainly not below 1000.

But the growth of developmental abilities really made one roll their eyes.

Look at Ais. From her first level up at eight years old to now, her first developmental ability ’Hunter’ took her eight years to reach only G, advancing just two ranks.

Reiger, on the other hand, had just about three months of training in his first developmental ability ’Light Armor’ and had already caught up with Ais’s eight years of effort.

"It’s a good thing Ais isn’t here. Otherwise, she might have been hit so hard she’d be battered to a pulp, right?"

Loki sighed.

Reiger ignored Loki, who was shaking her head, and after confirming his current ability values, he finally spoke.

"How’s the accumulation of the high-level experience points going?"

This was what really mattered.

And the final result did not disappoint Reiger.

"As you wished, it’s been fully accumulated."

Loki grinned.

"Congratulations, you can level up now."

These words made the corners of Reiger’s mouth curl upwards involuntarily.

As expected, he could level up now.

Reiger was about to become a Level 5, Rank 1 adventurer.

"It took 7 days to reach Level 2."

"It took 15 days to reach Level 3."

"It took 30 days to reach Level 4."

"Now, 45 days have passed since you became Level 4."

Loki, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, twisted his face to an extent it could be a performance art.

"Just a month and a half, and you’ve leveled up again; you’re really a beast."

Loki could no longer find any other adjectives to describe Reiger’s demonic growth speed.

What was most ridiculous was that it wasn’t just about the speed of leveling up for Reiger; before each level up, all his abilities were SSS, the accumulation of his potential was astonishing, coupled with several combat development abilities and skills with magic, his true strength was definitely far beyond that of his peers.

In the report Finn gave to Loki, it was mentioned that this kid could match a Level 5 when he was Level 4.

What about after he truly reached Level 5?

Could he possibly match Level 6?

Loki didn’t dare think any further.

"Come on, let’s level you up."

Since the accumulation of his basic abilities had already reached the limit, there was no reason for Reiger to stay at the current stage.

Therefore, Loki promptly leveled up Reiger and reset his ability values.

...

Reiger Brillhaut

Level 5

Strength: I0

Endurance: I0

Dexterity: I0

Agility: I0

Magic Power: I0

Light Armor: G

Swordsman: G

Magic Guide: H

Warlike: I

...

From this moment, Reiger officially became a Level 5, Rank 1 adventurer.

In just over three months, he had risen from an ordinary person without any superhuman powers to a Rank 1 adventurer with a growth speed that shocked the gods.

"Tomorrow’s Orario’s going to be lively again," Loki said, finding delight in the chaos.

Reiger was in a good mood, too.

Level 5 might not be the top in this world, but it was certainly a pivotal strength.

You must know, in the current Orario, the highest-level adventurer was just Level 7, and there was only one, with fewer than ten individuals at Level 6.

If you excluded these less than ten top warriors, then the strongest among the rest were the ones at Level 5.

Thus, by becoming a Rank 1, Level 5 adventurer, Reiger had truly entered the ranks of the strong, and no one would think of him as merely a newcomer with astonishing growth speed anymore.

"With my current strength, I should be able to keep myself safe if I were to go back to the original world, right?" Reiger thought to himself.

However, soon his attention was captured by something else.

"’Warlike’?"

This new development ability made Reiger murmur.

Loki’s voice came just at the right moment.

"This time you’ve triggered quite a few development abilities, but like before, they’re types you don’t need."

Abilities like ’Heal,’ ’Regeneration,’ ’Abnormal Resistance,’ etc., Reiger’s skills already included and at the highest level, there was no reason to choose them before and naturally no reason now.

"Other than these development abilities, the only one worth learning for you is this one." Loki said, "That’s why I chose it for you directly this time."

"What’s the effect?" Reiger nodded and asked, "I don’t think I’ve heard of this development ability before."

"Let alone you, even I haven’t heard of it. I guess it’s, like your ’Light Armor,’ a rare ability that only you have triggered the learning condition for?"

Loki struggled not to look at Reiger with eyes that saw him as a monster.

"As for the effect, if our instincts are not wrong, this ability might be an advanced version of ’Hunter.’

’Hunter’ is a development ability that enhances one’s own ability values when encountering monsters that one has previously defeated.

Since ’Warlike’ is an advanced version of ’Hunter,’ naturally, the effects are similar.

"If all goes well, after obtaining this development ability, when you encounter an enemy you’ve defeated before, your ability values will be enhanced," Loki explained, holding up a finger.

"Not only is this enhancement greater than that of ’Hunter,’ but it might also extend beyond just monsters."

In a word, from now on, no matter what type of enemy Reiger faced, as long as it was an existence he had once defeated, the effect of ’Warlike’ would be triggered, thereby enhancing his ability values.

Reiger almost immediately understood the benefit of this development ability.

As it turned out, the condition to trigger the ’Warlike’ effect was not calculated per individual.

For an ability like ’Hunter,’ its effect was triggered based on the type of the monster.

Defeat one goblin, and the next time you encounter another goblin, the effect of ’Hunter’ is triggered.

Defeat one killer ant, and the next time you encounter another killer ant, the development ability’s effect is triggered the same.

Following this logic, if ’Warlike’ is an advanced version of ’Hunter,’ that means that once Reiger defeats a human, the next time he encounters another human, the effect of this development ability will also be triggered.

It’s essentially a universal enhancement ability.