Chapter 946: Leveling And Growing Stronger
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I had already mapped the entire dungeon before even getting here when I sent my familiars to explore and scout it, every cavern section, everything was now written on my Grimoire. With it open, I easily guided my entire team through it all, making sure to stop at every place with a large concentration of these Mithril Drakes and hunting every last one of them.
Due to the size of the mountain, it still took us roughly an hour and a half to finally get to the Lower Section of the Mountain's caves, where on its last depths was the White Dragon.
We encountered no other new monster, but variants of the same Mithril Drakes, there were smaller, larger, quicker, and bulkier variants, but none were really qualified to be absorbed as different monsters, sadly.
Nonetheless, our entire group easily dealt with them. Now that my Familiars weren't dying so easily anymore due to their poor vitality and health but were instead working as active tankers that drove the mob's attention to them, we were able to easily sweep through the mountain.
After roughly three thousand Mithril Drakes slain, the EXP we earned was incredible.
Ding!
[You have defeated over three thousand powerful monsters.]
[Level Up!]
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[Your Level has increased from Level 84 to Level 97/200!]
[All your Stats have increased. You earned Bonus Stat Points and Skill Points.]
[Several Skills have Leveled Up! Some of your Skills have reached Max Level.]
[You have absorbed a large quantity of {Soul Flames}!]
[The Title Skill: [Dragon Slayer: Lv10] has evolved into [Divine Dragon Hunter: Lv1] Title Skill!]
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[Divine Dragon Hunter: Lv1]
Skill Proficiency: 0/30.000
You have hunted thousands of dragons, and you've even challenged the divine dragons themselves. Your slaying history has now made you the enemy of the Dragons that are said to be Gods themselves.
Your very being is made to kill and slay them, and even if they're Gods or not, you'll make sure that they'll pay for the evil deeds they have committed. You can easily track any Dragon-type foe and know where they are, even Divine Dragons. Additionally, you can even analyze their basic strengths and abilities once you set eyes on them.
When fighting any Dragon-type foe, your Stats increase by +100%, with an additional +25% with each Skill Level.
Increases Damage Dealt against all Dragon-type Foes by +350%, with an additional +25% with each Skill Level.
When fighting Divine Dragons, these effects double.
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It felt as if the Holy Spirits themselves made this Title Skill just for me. I suppose this is their way to help, huh? It can't be a coincidence I acquired this Skill right before going to fight that White Dragon. Well, the Skill was already max level, and this is the first time a Title Skill actually evolves too, so who knows.
"Alright, break time for now." I said, quickly stopping the advance. My friends looked slightly tired now, too much battle without breaks could end up breaking their spirits as well. A good meal and some rest always get them up to fight even more than before. "We'll rest for forty minutes and eat something good, and then we can continue. Who wants some dragon meat?" I smiled.
Everyone immediately jumped, asking me to cook it. The last time we ate Dragon Meat, mostly everyone gained extra stats due to how rich and magic-filled it was.
"Dragon meat! Dragon meat!" Erika was jumping like a little rabbit. "I've been wondering all this time how these Drakes taste like!"
"Me too, honestly, though I didn't want to say it out loud…" Elizabeth nodded. I could hear her tummy rumbling. "Shall we set up a small camp for now?"
"Sure, that would be of great help." I nodded.
"Gotcha." Elizabeth quickly gathered with everyone else, as they set up tables, chairs, and everything else, while I set up a large flame and started dismantling and quickly cutting the monster carcasses into piles after piles of steaks of meat.
As I prepared something to eat, I noticed more messages appearing over the Grimoire. I was multi-tasking right now, extending my demon hand into countless long tendrils and absorbing piles of the bones of the drakes from their carcasses I had just completely dismantled.
Through the new power of Bone Absorption, my bones were constantly reinforced by these dragon bones, until I reached the limit of how much power I could draw from them and even the queens' bones.
Ding!
[You have absorbed a tremendous quantity of incredibly tough dragon bones! All of your Bones have been reinforced tremendously.]
[The [Bone Absorption: Lv1] has gained a large quantity of skill proficiency!]
[The [Bone Absorption: Lv1] Skill has Leveled Up to Level 4!]
"Hahaha, it is getting easier and easier to Level Up my Skills nowadays." I smiled, recalling when it was so annoyingly difficult to level up skills. I had to spend weeks to gain enough skill proficiency.
However, that wasn't the end of it all…
Ding!
[Congratulations, you have completed the {Monster Hunting Quest}: {Defeat 3000 Mithril Drakes from the Mithril Mines!}
[You've a hero of great effort and power! You've managed to successfully defeat over three thousand mighty dragon type monsters with your friends!]
[Because of such hard-working efforts, you've earned your rewards rightfully so.]
[Completion Rewards]: [+2.000 Skill Points] [Magic Circle Strengthening Elixir (Mythic Grade)] x5 [Physique Enhancing Elixir (Mythic Grade)] x5 [Spirit Orb Enhancement Elixir (Mythic Grade)] x5 [Skill Proficiency Elixir (Spiritual Grade)] x5 [Skill Evolution] x2]
No EXP this time, but I did get more Skill Points. Also more of those Elixirs I have yet to drink, and then there's… Skill Evolution? When I tried to "grab" that item, I got another message.
[You have gained [Skill Evolution] Privilege x2! Two Skills will Evolve at random within your Skill List, as long as they're max level.]
[The two Skills have already been randomly chosen.]
[The Title Skill: [Challenger of the Impossible: Lv10] has Evolved into the [Paragon Of Indestructible Conviction: Lv1] Title Skill!]
[The Title Skill: [Cunning Mind: Lv10] has Evolved into the [Unparalleled Villainous Mind: Lv1] Title Skill!]
Oh, so that's what it did.
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