Chapter 224: Level 6
When Reiger opened his eyes, he had awakened from his sleep.
At this moment, he was in a room at an inn.
Last night, he had rented this place with a gold leaf and had exchanged it for quite a few travel expenses.
He had only planned to rest here for the night and set off at dawn, but he did not expect to be dragged into a dream by Tsukiguni Yoriichi, where he fought with him for several hours.
Now, several hours had passed, the sky outside was already bright, and it was even midday, which let Reiger hear the intermittent sounds of a crowd outside.
"Hiss..."
Reiger was about to get up, but was stopped by a burst of intense pain.
The pain throughout his body told Reiger, although everything had just occurred in a dream, the side effects of using the "Secret Technique: Blossom" seemed not to be limited to the dream.
Then the question arose.
"Was that really a dream?"
This point was indeed thought-provoking.
However, this might not be a bad thing.
At the very least, Reiger did not have to worry that the fact he battled Tsukiguni Yoriichi for several hours in the dream would be invalid.
Such a realistic experience, a real opponent, a true fierce battle, would definitely transform into valuable experience points, allowing him to take that most crucial step.
"Let’s try."
Reiger then painfully took out Loki’s Divine Blood from his storage space and dripped it on his forehead to update his abilities.
Soon, the new abilities were revealed.
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Reiger Brillhaut
Lv.5
Strength: SSS1303 → SSS1313
Endurance: SSS1300 → SSS1305
Agility: SSS1385 → SSS1399
Dexterity: SSS1393 → SSS1407
Magic Power: SSS1399 → SSS1401
Light Armor: F → E
Swordsman: F → E
Wizardry: G
Combat Prowess: I → H
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This update in abilities, with the minimal improvement in basic capabilities, was the lowest ever.
At the Level 5 tier, Reiger had already reached the end, and any slight increase in proficiency was quite an accomplishment.
Thus, for each basic ability only increasing by less than ten points, Reiger did not feel surprised; instead, he found it quite normal.
However, the proficiency parameters of "Agility" and "Magic Power" did surprise him a bit.
"Proficiency reached 1400, and it’s still SSS?"
Because SS is for proficiency 1000-1199, Reiger had thought SSS was for proficiency 1200-1399.
Now it seems, the SSS range of proficiency should actually be 1200-1499.
"Before SS, every tier of proficiency, whether the highest S tier or the lowest I tier, had only 100 points of proficiency, until the SS tier, where it became 200, possibly because of an extra symbol (letter) which made this tier have an additional 100."
If that’s the case, then SSS, having an extra symbol (letter) compared to SS, this tier’s proficiency would increase by another 100 to become 300, which seems understandable.
Of course, even so, Reiger’s overall abilities remain at the SSS level, with no change, this basic ability improvement could only be considered barely noticeable.
However, the developmental abilities, apart from ’Wizardry’ which remained unchanged, had all advanced by one tier, and that was not a waste of the time Reiger spent recently helping the Demon Slayer Corps’ pillars with partner practice, and thoroughly contemplating the sword techniques.
Yet, this growth, in the face of "Sublimation," was nothing much.
Reiger then closed his eyes, reconfirming his grace repeatedly.
Ultimately, he confirmed it.
He had achieved a great feat.
He could level up now.
At that moment, the grace on Reiger’s back emerged, with the Holy Text twinkling on it.
This was exactly the manifestation of having accumulated enough great deeds, allowing him to level up.
Suddenly, Reiger smiled.
"This Dimensional Travel has been fulfilled."
Having gained new power and stepped into a new realm, this Dimensional Travel for Reiger had indeed been fulfilled.
Right then, Reiger immediately entered the stage of enhancing himself.
First was the confirmation of developmental abilities.
This level-up had satisfied several learning conditions for developmental abilities for Reiger.
Aside from ’Healing Power’ and ’Advanced Healing,’ which already came with their own skills, Reiger was able to learn three new developmental abilities.
The first developmental ability — ’Healing.’
This was a developmental ability to enhance the effects of healing, recovery, and curative magic.
Because Reiger frequently used high-level healing magic like ’Diya Flatel,’ this developmental ability had been triggered, and once learned, Reiger’s healing magic effects would improve further.
The second developmental ability — ’Fire Resistance.’
As the name suggests, this was a developmental ability to enhance resistance against fire.
Perhaps because Reiger had evolved the Sun Breathing and awakened a new skill such as ’Pioneer of the Solar Cycle,’ which endowed him with spirituality, this developmental ability was triggered.
The third developmental ability — ’Rapid Attack.’
This appeared to be a rare ability like Reiger’s ’Light Armor’ and ’Combat Prowess,’ which had not appeared until now.
Reiger didn’t know anyone in the original story who possessed this developmental ability, as there was no record of it in his memory.
As for its effect, judging from the literal description, it might be related to attack speed?
Reiger furrowed his brows.
Out of these three developmental abilities, he definitely had to rule out "Fire Resistance" first.
Having the "Pioneer of the Solar Wheel," Reiger already possessed resistance to photothermal forces, so it was unnecessary to waste a slot and opportunity for this developmental ability.
Between "Healing" and "Quick Attack," Reiger was more inclined to choose "Quick Attack."
The reason was simple.
"Although I’m still uncertain about the specific effects of ’Quick Attack,’ it’s clearly a combat-oriented developmental ability."
"And while ’Healing’ is useful, I’m not a professional healer. The effects of ’Diya Flatel’ are enough for me, so there’s no need to specifically enhance it."
"Considering this, ’Quick Attack’ is indeed more suitable for me."
After careful consideration, Reiger made his decision.
"Let’s go with ’Quick Attack.’
Having made up his mind, Reiger immediately moved his mind, and in an instant, the upgrade was complete.
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Reiger Brillhaut
Lv.6
Strength: I0
Stamina: I0
Dexterity: I0
Agility: I0
Magic Power: I0
Light Armor: E
Swordsman: E
Magic Guide: G
Skilled in Combat: H
Quick Attack: I
...
With that, Reiger had entered a whole new realm.
At Lv.6, he was one of less than a dozen in Maze City Orario, and one of only three top adventurers in the entire Loki Familia.
From today on, Reiger had reached Lv.6.
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Due to the side effects of the Secret Technique, Reiger decided to rest for an additional day at the inn instead of leaving immediately.
It wasn’t until the next day that Reiger’s body recovered enough for him to move around, though there was still some residual muscle soreness.
"I should find a way to refine this form in the future to mitigate the side effects."
Reiger had this thought.
"’Blossom’ is indeed powerful, but its side effects are even scarier than those of ’Wind Spirit Swift Walk.’ It practically turns me into a one-hit wonder—either the opponent dies or I die."
These side effects were too severe, and perhaps could be suitably modified.
For example, instead of instantly squeezing out all of the body’s strength, only about half could be squeezed out, leaving some leeway and reserve.
That way, the power of ’Blossom’ might decrease, but the side effects wouldn’t be so severe.
If faced with an opponent whose strength was limited and didn’t put him in desperate straits, half the power of ’Blossom’ should be enough to defeat them.
Indeed, even using about a tenth of that power would be sufficient for Reiger to handle most enemies who were only slightly stronger than himself."
"Hmm, I can try to manage this later."
Reiger noted this idea for future research while he began to test the abilities he gained from the upgrade.
As always, after upgrading, Reiger’s body was unable to keep up with the sudden increase in strength and became uncoordinated.
Now that no one was able to serve as Reiger’s sparring partner to help him adjust his power, he could only choose to adapt slowly.
Luckily, he still had half a month to stay in this world. Using this time to adapt slowly, he should be well-adjusted before leaving.
Then, Reiger tested the effects of the "Quick Attack" developmental ability.
As he had previously guessed, it was an ability related to attack speed.
However, what it truly enhanced was not the attack speed itself, but Reiger’s neural reflex ability.
Once the neural reflex ability was enhanced, both the response time and physical agility of a person would improve.
If others could only perform one action per second, a person with superior reflexes and reaction time could perform two to three actions in that second, even being able to modify an action mid-execution into another one.
What this resulted in was an increase in attack speed, as well as enhanced cognitive, responsive, and evasive capabilities against attacks.
"It really is a combat-oriented developmental ability."
Reiger was quite pleased with gaining such an ability.
If he could enhance this developmental ability further, perhaps, one day, no one would be able to dodge Reiger’s attacks, nor would anyone be able to hit and injure him.
Having understood the effects of ’Quick Attack’ and after several trials, Reiger confirmed his current strength.
"Even in a normal state, without entering the aggressive mode or quick attack mode, I won’t lose to anyone at Lv.6."
And so it was.
Just as when Reiger had just advanced to Lv.5 and was able to defeat Ais, who was at the top of Lv.5, now that he had just reached Lv.6, coupled with the high latent skills and several combat-oriented developmental abilities accumulated from breaking limits at earlier levels, his strength, even in a normal state, would definitely match any Lv.6.
Even those who had reached the limits of Lv.6 were no different.
This was still without entering aggressive mode or quick attack mode.
If he entered these two modes, Reiger’s strength would increase significantly once again.