Overwhelming Firepower Chapter 69: System Upgrade

Novel: Overwhelming Firepower Author: Lynerparel Updated: Jun 05, 2026

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Now reading: Chapter 69: System Upgrade from Overwhelming Firepower, a Fantasy novel by Lynerparel.

The following day, Lucen woke up with a weird feeling. Normally, he would feel more than energized when he woke up. In fact, every now and then, so of his stats would increase even while sleeping, back in his room in Ironhold, but now there was none of that.

He didn’t mind much when he was sleeping outside during a mission or when travelling, since he thought it was because of the bad bed, but now it seems like it was sothing entirely different.

He had always assud it was the system rewarding good rest. But now, in a luxurious room in Caelhart, on a better bed, even. There was nothing, just silence.

’What’s different? What don’t I have here that I have in Ironhold?’ It didn’t take long for Lucen to realize what was missing. It was the heart of embers, the young fire dragon’s heart.

’Did it have such a function?...’

Lucen had so many questions, but like always, no one was there to answer him. Robert would probably leap at the theory, but Lucen didn’t dare tell him. Not unless he wanted a dozen questions about how he knew what effects his body had during sleep. And that ant talking about the system, and that was never going to happen.

Lucen didn’t want to explain things concerning his system, as that was his most important trump card he had in this world.

’Should I have brought it here?’ He thought to himself. Then yesterday’s events ca flooding back—troll ambushes, poisoned arrows, whispers in shadows. ’No... It’s much safer in Ironhold.’

With a sigh, Lucen pushed the thought aside. There were other things to do today. Plans to make. Leads to-

BANG.

The door slamd open. And of course, it was Robert, grinning ear to ear, holding a frozen slab of giant troll at like it was a prized relic.

"It’s ti to eat!"

Lucen looked at the always manic alchemist, and his lips curled up into a smile. The ssy thoughts he had seed to clear up because of Robert.

"Have you already figured out how to remove the poisonous substances from the monster at?"

"I have not," Robert answered without hesitation. "But that shouldn’t stop us from exploring the possibilities. What is a little poison in the face of ever-expanding knowledge!"

Robert tossed the giant troll’s frozen at onto the nearby table. "Now let us feast upon the knowledge that we will gain from taking a bite."

"I see that you didn’t even bother cooking it," Lucen said as he stared at the frozen at.

"Of course not," Robert replied, matter-of-fact. "Who knows if the properties of the at change once heat is applied? First, we eat it raw. Then we cook it. Seeking the truth like alchemy demands thoroughness."

Lucen dragged a hand down his face. "How can we continue to seek the truth if we die from monster poisoning?"

Robert waved dismissively. "I’ve already prepared a few antidotes, I’m an alchemist after all. Besides, based on our earlier experints on monster at, the poison isn’t that lethal for people with mana or aura. Which, by the way, I already know you have both."

Lucen blinked. "... So you finally caught on to that, since when?" The only other person who knew the truth was his father.

"I noticed it when you were fighting those bandits during the journey here. It’s faint, but I know you have gained an aura."

"Well, that’s surprising. You knew about it for that long, and you didn’t ask so many questions about it?"

"Well, it’s not like you’re the first one to have gained both mana and aura. There have been many cases in history of such people. Many of whom were true geniuses that either had both since birth, or gained the other once they reached the pinnacle of one."

He paused, brow furrowing in thought.

"Now that I ntion it... You are neither of the two, who gained both since birth, nor gained the other after mastering the one he has. Still, I did hear that the first Duke of Stellhart had also gained both aura and mana, but he was soone who had reached the near pinnacle of aura and forcefully ford a mana circle."

Robert was once again in his own world, muttering to himself. Lucen knew that once Robert was like this, soone needed to intervene to make him stop.

’Should I just leave him here?’

The second Lucen thought about it, and was about to leave, Robert’s hand suddenly clutched onto Lucen’s shoulder, stopping him.

"Where do you think you’re going?"

"I thought you were going to continue mumbling to yourself, so I decided to give you privacy."

"Nope, we won’t leave this room until we take a bite of the giant troll’s at." Robert snapped his fingers, and there was no visual cue, but Lucen knew a spell was activated.

"I used a barrier spell on the door. To be able to break it, you need power equivalent to a third-circle spell. I won’t deactivate the spell until we eat the at."

Lucen looked at the crazed eyes of Robert and sighed. The truth is, if Lucen wanted to escape, he could simply jump out of the window, since there’s no barrier spell there. He could also break down the wall if he used the explosive properties of his mana.

Still, he decided not to do any of that, since he was quite curious as to what kind of buff he could get from a giant troll. Since he already had a regeneration skill he gained from the dragon blood, maybe he could stack up other regeneration skills.

"Fine, let’s eat the at," Lucen answered while shrugging his shoulders.

"Now that’s the Lucen I know, co let’s eat." Robert deactivated the spell that was keeping the at frozen.

The second the ice lted, the two could sll a pungent scent coming from the giant troll’s at, which just made it less desirable.

’If I hesitate now, I won’t be able to take a bite.’

While Lucen was hesitating, Robert had already taken a bite of the at. Seeing that Lucen stopped hesitating, and also took a bite of the at.

[You have gained: Minor Troll Vitality (Temporary)]

Small health regeneration

Resistance to blunt trauma

- Hunger

- Poisoned (Temporary)

Lucen was surprised by the screen that appeared in front of him. Normally, the system would only make a notification sound and tell him with those robotic words what he gained, but now it was clearly in front of him on a transparent screen.

Not only that, but there was an actual explanation of what Minor Troll Vitality was. He didn’t need to guess what the skill would be. If that wasn’t enough of a surprise, the duration of the minor troll vitality was only stated as temporary.

It didn’t give him a definite ti fra like before, where each ti he ate monster at, the duration of the gained buffs only lasted a few seconds.

’Did the system upgrade at so point? Now that I think about it, it has been a while since I last checked my status window... There was no sound or notification. Is the system upgrading as I get stronger?’

The questions, when did it upgrade, or how did it upgrade, ca to his mind, but he knew that, like all other questions he had about the system, no one would answer him.

So, as usual, he put those questions in the back of his mind for now and would try to figure out what was happening now.

When Lucen decided to check his status window, he was stopped because of the poison, which was finally taking effect on him. Robert, by his side, was already drinking a few antidotes, trying to see which one would work.

As Lucen was about to do the sa as Robert and drink a few antidotes, he received another system ssage via the transparent screen.

[You have gained: Poison Resistance - Passive (Novice)]

The pain from the poison had lessened greatly, and in fact, it no longer felt like a problem for him, just to wait for the poison to disappear on its own. Lucen then took this chance, while Robert was busy trying to remove the poison, to open his status window.

[STATUS WINDOW]

Na: Lucen Thornehart

Age: 13

Class: Gun Mage

Level: 8

Health: 940 / 940

Mana: 273 / 273

Aura: Awakened (No Mantle)

Mana Core: First Circle

SKILLS

Bullet Creation – Active (Interdiate)

Gun Creation – Active (Interdiate)