[You have received 325,000 Experience]
[The skill Breath of the Shadow Blade +1 has become Lv.5 (94%)]
[You have advanced into the Mortal Rank, First Stage.]
[You have received 5,000,000 Experience]
[Your Level has increased]
[You have received 4 Unassigned Points]
[The Idle Practicing Slots have become 6]
Despite catching a glimpse of something amazing in the system notifications, Christian couldn't focus on any of it.
Because right now, something far greater was happening.
A massive surge of energy erupted within him.
An earth-shattering changes were happening to his body.
He could feel it. He had hit a barrier… and shattered through it.
And with that came strength… overwhelming strength!
The changes passed quickly, but they left behind a stunned Christian.
He knew that someone at the First Mastery Stage was not the same as someone who hadn't reached it.
But it seemed, even then, he had underestimated just how great the difference truly was.
The difference between someone who had finally entered the path of Essence…
And someone who had only touched it.
Calming himself, Christian slowly took a moment… just to feel his body.
And what he felt was undeniable. He could defeat five of his old self, easily.
He felt an unprecedented strength flowing through him. And for the first time in his life, Christian wondered if there was some enemy out there… someone, he could test his strength on.
A flicker of desire ran through him. A fight. A clash. Just to see how far he'd come.
But after a moment, he calmed down. He knew that even if he had become stronger, there were still many out there who were even more strong.
Most importantly, he was probably inflated right now, high on the sudden, overwhelming surge of power he'd just received. But in the end, he was still just at the first stage!
He was someone who had trained with a shabby essence technique, not something refined like the one Olivia was practicing.
So, with the heat of excitement fading, and the image of that pair, the man and woman from before, reappearing in his mind, he couldn't help but sober up. He was still pretty far from their level…
He still needed to work hard, and polish his technique more.
So, Christian finally decided to open his status window, to the changes.
Host: Christian White
Rank: Mortal, First Stage
Level: 50 (EXP: 250,000 / 7,500,000)
Looking at the massive increase in his attributes, at his rank that had finally changed, Christian's smile deepened once again.
His Essence had more than doubled. It had surged past his Comprehension and now stood above everything else. And honestly… he had a complicated feeling about that.
… Naturally, he was still happy. After all, even if everything had been accomplished through his Idle System… it was his system.
Not to mention, he was the one who had gone out of his way to secure the essence technique.
So maybe, just maybe, he could say… he had personally contributed too?
Deciding not to dwell on it, Christian simply allowed himself to enjoy the joy of the moment, without overthinking it, without pulling it apart.
His gaze still landed on his Constitution, though, which remained in the double digits.
And Christian couldn't help but wonder: this number was after his Flawless Body skill had raised it by around ten points.
So then… for those other people, the ones who trained solely through their essence techniques, after reaching a certain stage, just how far would the gap stretch between Constitution and Essence?
Christian's imagination ran wild. But then, with a small smile and a quiet shake of his head, he pulled his attention back.
There was still something left for him to look at, after all.
Christian finally returned to the earlier system notifications that had appeared when he received his Idle accumulation, and upon reading them, he couldn't help but clench his hands.
The sixth Idle slot, was finally acquired!
He had hoped for it. Especially when the experience needed for level fifty suddenly spiraled, nearly doubling the amount required for forty-nine. At that moment, he couldn't help but wonder if perhaps… at level fifty, he would truly gain another Idle slot.
He had entertained the thought briefly, but forced himself not to dwell on it, he didn't want to end up disappointed later.
Now, actually receiving it, Christian felt like he couldn't ask for anything more.
It was a day where he felt many things had happened. And many of them… were simply delightful.
Were these his early rewards for his upcoming birthday?
Grinning at the thought, he lingered for a moment, before finally shifting his focus to the sixth Idle slot.
What should he assign to it?
There were many things on Christian's mind, after all.
Starting from message techniques, ones that might help his sister or Eva in their training… or perhaps for their pleasure.
There were also the all-weapon masteryhe wanted to acquire… or, if not those, then maybe continue walking the path of hand-to-hand combat.
He could also use this slot to double down on something he was already working on, like accelerating his plans for the Combat Android.
Or he could shift completely and assign this slot to researching material knowledge, metal types, rare minerals, shaping techniques. It was an eternal topic, one deeply tied to crafting androids, and an incredibly valuable avenue of research.
He could even take it a step further. Instead of just raw knowledge, he could assign a new profession… like the mechanic, but this time, blacksmith.
A skill that synergized perfectly with his mechanical one.
Not to mention, it could also allow him to forge weapons not just for himself… but for those around him.
His ideas were countless, but these were the main ones currently swirling in his head.
And with the unexpected timing that this Idle slot had arrived, he couldn't help but hesitate, if only slightly.
In the end, after reviewing his priorities and assessing the current situation around him, Christian finally made his decision.
He would go further down the path of pure martial arts… of hand-to-hand combat.
His sister's technique, the one she had in mind, was also a bare-handed one. So in a way, this was preparing for that in advance.
Not to mention, if a fight broke out with the tension currently surrounding the area… this skill might come in help.
It was a decision that made sense for him. And with it made, Christian didn't hesitate. He acted.
[The Idle Practice at the Sixth Slot, Perfect Hand-to-Hand Combat has started]
[Sixth Slot – Perfect Hand-to-Hand Combat – 00:00:00 / 96:00:00]