[Name: Daniel]
[Agility: 510,000]
...
Looking at his stats, Daniel did a quick mental calculation.
If he activated his God Rank Skill — [Judgment of the God of Thieves], he estimated, conservatively, that the damage he could deal would exceed 5.1 billion.
And if it was a backstab?
Then the multiplier would increase even further.
In a theoretical scenario with maximum amplification, the damage could skyrocket by a factor of 1000.
In other words, 5.1 billion multiplied by 1000 equals 5.1 trillion!
What kind of concept was that?
That meant with just a single skill, Daniel could potentially one-shot Karsas.
Even if that guy had absurdly high resistances and skills that boosted his defenses, he’d still be obliterated.
After all, Karsas only had a bit more than 600 billion HP.
Daniel’s maximum damage could potentially reach nine times his total health pool.
No matter how tanky a boss might be, nothing could survive a hit like that.
Daniel felt an uncontrollable excitement rise within him — like switching from a musket to heavy artillery.
Without hesitation, he chose to activate the skill.
[Judgment of the God of Thieves] was an extremely unique God Rank Skill.
After activation, it didn’t launch an attack directly.
Instead, a jet-black, blood-stained dagger appeared in the palm of his hand.
"...Huh?" Daniel muttered. "So this skill wants me to fight with this dagger?"
Before he could think further, a notification box popped up in front of him.
[Detected: Skill is not yet fully leveled. Do you want to max it out now?]
"...Crap, I completely forgot about that part!"
Delighted, Daniel instantly selected ’Yes’.
But unexpectedly, even after maxing out the skill, the name [Judgment of the God of Thieves] didn’t change.
The main effect remained identical as well.
The real change... was the addition of a new ability:
[Effect 4: True Judgment – When wielding the Dagger of the God of Thieves, you can choose to either directly kill (destroy) a target, or cut the target into multiple independent parts (up to 20). You may also use this ability on yourself, splitting into multiple clones, all under your full control.]
Reading this new effect, Daniel raised an eyebrow, his expression filling with curiosity.
"So... this skill is way more complicated than I thought."
Effect 4 was something he didn’t fully understand at first glance.
After pondering it for a moment, he decided there was only one way to find out — field test.
With that in mind, he casually picked out a nearby foreign awakener, walked up quietly behind him, and went for a backstab with the dagger.
At that moment, another prompt appeared before his eyes.
[Do you choose to kill the target, or to cut the target?]
Not quite grasping the full implications of "cut", Daniel instinctively selected it.
In the next moment, the large orc in front of him was sliced cleanly into two pieces by the dagger — as easily as if his body were made of paper.
"Wh-What the hell is going on?!"
"Why is my body in two pieces?!"
"It’s murder! Someone’s murdered me!!"
The orc’s face twisted in terror. He stared down at his own lower half, now separated from his torso.
From the waist down — he had been split into two.
A nearby companion, realizing something was wrong, immediately rushed over, his face full of concern.
"Brugga! What’s going on, Brugga?!"
The terrified Brugga shook his head violently, eyes wide in panic.
"I don’t know! I really don’t know what happened!"
"Someone killed me — I’m already dead!"
"But... why can I still talk? Why don’t I feel any pain?"
He seemed to spiral into madness, failing to notice the changes occurring in his body.
In just a blink, the lower half he had lost began to regenerate.
Simultaneously, the severed lower torso began to grow a new head.
Within seconds, two identical versions of Brugga were standing there in full view of everyone.
The original Brugga stood paralyzed in shock.
"Y-You... Who the hell are you?!"
"Someone tell me — what the hell is happening to me?!"
Before him, the other Brugga was equally stunned.
"I am Brugga! Who are you?! Why are you impersonating me?!"
"Nonsense! You’re the fake! I’m the real Brugga!!"
The two identical Bruggas immediately began trading blows, brawling like mad beasts.
Watching this unfold from the side, Daniel couldn’t help but laugh.
Then, calmly, he raised the dagger again — and slashed down at Brugga several more times.
In just a few breaths, the number of Bruggas standing in the Star Upgrade Hall had increased to twenty.
Twenty perfectly identical Bruggas.
Each one shouting that they were the real one.
Each one convinced that the others were fakes.
They all dove into a chaotic melee.
Everyone in the hall was stunned.
Cold sweat rolled down the backs of the awakeners present.
Even in ancient legends, they had never heard of anything this... disturbing.
As panic spread, Daniel was busy observing the twenty Bruggas closely.
With the [Eye of Insight], no detail could escape his gaze.
And what he saw stunned even him.
From the perspective of Eye of Insight, all twenty Bruggas were identical in attributes.
The only difference was one — the real body was labeled as such.
The rest were clearly marked as clones.
Not only that, the clones’ HP values were only half that of the original.
But even so... this effect was terrifying.
And if this could be done to others — could it also be done to himself?
Daniel’s heart started racing.
If he split himself into 19 additional clones, all fully under his control...
Wouldn’t that mean his total damage output could multiply by twentyfold?
Just imagining it made Daniel suck in a cold breath.
No wonder this skill ranked ninth on the God Rank Skill Compendium.
It wasn’t just powerful — it was downright terrifying.
Not only did it deal immense damage, it also possessed unique utility effects that exceeded anything he had previously envisioned.
But...
Something else caught his attention.
Effect 4 mentioned that for living beings, the dagger could kill or cut.
But for objects, it used the word destroy.
Which meant...
Could he use the Dagger of the God of Thieves to cut material objects and create duplicated versions?
Daniel’s expression turned serious.
If this were true —
Then wouldn’t that mean he never needed to farm resources ever again?
He took another sharp breath, overwhelmed by the implications.
This wasn’t just a skill.
It was a complete game-changer.