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The wave of EXP bathed my entire body, as I felt a rush of new power encompass my body.
Ding!
[Your Level has increased to Level 68!]
[Your Level has increased to Level 69!]
[Your Level has increased to Level 70!]
[You gained Stockpiled EXP, change Jobs to automatically use it]
[You gained Skill Points]
Level 70 at long last, and it seems that I have more stockpiled EXP that I can use to level up further. It seems that I might be able to reach even further…
Ding!
[You've reached the next Existence Realm after SSS-Rank+++!]
[Your Existence Realm has reached [Pseudo Demi Deity-Rank: 1/9 (Initial Stage)]!]
[All your stats have increased!]
Oh… A Pseudo Demi Deity? The same as this rat… So I am almost a Demigod? Interesting…
I quickly decided to save the entire rat inside my inventory, while everyone else gathered together once more, the Summons that "died" finally came back after recovering enough, materializing once more.
"Phew, sorry about that, Master, we didn't mean it," said Wagyu.
"Don't worry, I am glad that you can come back… I guess… But I still dislike using you guys for this type of stuff. Anyways, for now, let's go back to the Inner World," I said.
I quickly flew a bit away from the crack and then decided to enter the Inner World, where I found Javier and his group exercising in the grasslands…
Oh, and the crops seemed ready to be harvested as well!
"Ah! Gustav, you're back with your team! It has been around a day and a half…" said Javier.
"Yeah, the outside world goes slow compared to in here, so I bet there was more time that passed inside," I said.
"D-Did you managed to acquire the beast-kin power?" he asked.
"Indeed, and it brought me unexpected gains but also… We battled a giant rat that came out of a crack, let's go have a meal, for now, your people are invited," I said.
"A giant… rat?! A-Alright…" said Javier.
In the end, he ended believing me when I showed him the giant rat corpse itself, so big that he could barely see the sky above when you stood near the rat.
We decided to cook part of its plentiful meat, as I also extracted the Beast Orb it had, which had the size of the entire house.
I felt its power rushing through me the moment I touched it, as it gleamed with a golden glow. Without even thinking it twice, I absorbed it alongside a pile of the others from the monsters we hunted in massive piles.
FLASH!
The massive energies of the Beast Orbs were ridiculous, rushing through my body and reaching my own Beast Orb, they began to enhance their power to new levels.
FLASH!
[Beast Orb Rank: [Golden Flame Chimaera: Young Beast Spirit (Initial Stage)] has raised to Middle Stage!]
[Beast Orb Rank: [Golden Flame Chimaera: Young Beast Spirit (Middle Stage)] has raised to Upper Stage!]
[Beast Orb Rank: [Golden Flame Chimaera: Young Beast Spirit (Upper Stage)] has raised to Peak Stage!]
[Beast Orb Rank: [Golden Flame Chimaera: Young Beast Spirit (Peak Stage)] has Ranked Up to Adult Beast Spirit Realm (Initial Stage)]!]
I felt the flames of my beast spirit increase even more, as I gained new power… This is how you increase Beast Orb's strength, by consuming other Beast Orbs! Additionally, there is a chance for the Beast Spirit to gain the traits of the beast orbs you consume.
Although it seemed that mine didn't get anything new as it was already a massive one with too much of a mess… after all, it is a chimera of sorts.
I decided to check my stats to look for gains as the food was getting ready, there were also several dropped items I wanted to consume, such as Soul Spheres, the Ability Spheres of the giant rat, ad more.
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[Name: [Gustav]
[Race: [High Dhampir (Human)]
[Element: [Null]
[Weapon Type: [Any]
[Orbs: [49]
[Gold: [218.237]
[Hero Feathers: [55.631]
[Hero Fragments: [400]
[Job: [Infernal and Spectral Flare Sorcerer]
[Job History: [Summoner], [Sorcerer], [Magic Knight], [Black Knight], [Phantom Sorcerer], [Necrotic Sorcerer]
[Skill Points: [125.183]
[Existence Rank: [Pseudo Demi Deity: Rank 1/9 (Initial Stage)]
[Beast Orb Rank: [Golden Flame Chimaera: Adult Beast Spirit (Initial Stage)]
[System Rank: [Rank 2]
[System Functions: [Summon Gacha], [Quest Board], [Daily Dungeons], [Inner World], [Monster Hatchery], [Undead Graveyard], [Training Ground]
[Level: [70/70]
[Vitality: [126.500/126.500] [Growth Per Level: 4.500]
[Mana: [270.000/270.000] [Growth Per Level: 6.500]
[Strength: [149.500] [Growth Per Level: 4.500]
[Magic: [169.000] [Growth Per Level: 6.000]
[Dexterity: [113.000] [Growth Per Level 3.500]
…
Hm, it has increased accordingly to how much I wanted… in fact, the stat growths had increased, how wondrous.
The increase in the stage and rank of the Beast Orb seemed very important here, it seems that such a thing brought a large boost to my capabilities, yet another great way to grow even stronger in short periods. However, I was done with fighting for now and craved some relaxation and also sleeping.
Thankfully, with the Inner World, we can have some breaks from the insane outside world and whatever is going on there. Sometimes not even I know what I should do outside when everything is so chaotic…
Well, our goal is going to save a large number of people struggling outside, although the primary objective is to rush through a designed route by Gaia to grow stronger through it and then decimate the monster that waits for us the other way around.
Now that I've reached a step further before becoming a Demigod, though, it seems that I might stand a chance against stronger enemies… But can I even stand a chance those giant spaceships with advanced technology? Or the Celestials roaming the world?
Those guys mean serious business here…
As I began to ponder this, a sudden pale-white and delicate-looking hand touched my shoulder.
"Master, how about you relax for now? Let's go eat," said Kireina at my side as her soothing voice calmed down my doubtful heart.
"Alright, I was just thinking about doing that," I said.
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