[You have reached level 10.]
A week had passed, and many things had happened during this ti. Moon and Selene had continued their expedition through the frozen wasteland, constantly battling the brutal cold and the increasingly dangerous beasts that inhabited the hidden realm.
They had been checking the cave every day at different ti intervals, observing from their hidden vantage point. But only one person ever left that cave. Gareth. Always alone. Always returning before nightfall. Never any sign of the other "survivors" he’d claid would return each evening.
At this point, both Moon and Selene were thankful to have escaped when they did, even if guilt still gnawed at them for leaving Derek, John, Elara, and the others behind.
Still, in this world, only the strongest survive. That was the harsh truth they’d learned.
[ Na: Moon ]
[ Race: Human ]
[ Class: Classless]
[ Level: 10 ][ 6% ]
[ Lives: 1055 ]
[ Strength: 19 ] [ Agility: 21 ] [ Constitution: 24 ] [ Mana: 26 ]
[ Attribute Points: 5 ]
[ Skills: Elental Attack, Four Elent Affinity ]
[ Talent: Grim Reaper ]
[ Class Skill: Class Slot {0/1} ]
With all the beasts they’d killed over the week, Moon and Selene had both reached level ten. The progression had been brutal but steady—hunting during the day, retreating to shelter before dark, avoiding the thing that prowled at night.
Finally, both skills are mine, Moon thought with satisfaction as he stared at the two skills that were now permanently his.
It had taken several days of constant combat for his proficiency to reach maximum in both skills, resulting in his complete acquisition of them. He no longer needed to copy Selene’s class to use the abilities. They were his now, independent of any borrowed power.
The hard work had been worth it. For the first ti, Moon was finally able to use his accumulated lives more efficiently.
[Four Elent Affinity]
[Rank: Rare]
[Level: 1] [Evolve]
[Details: You have low affinity to the four elents. Water, Earth, Wind, Fire. 100% Extra Control]
[Elental Attack]
[Rank: Common] [Level: 1]
[Evolve]
[Details: You are able to conjure an elental attack using mana and your affinity towards the elent. 100% Extra Damage]
Staring at his status screen, a subtle smile ford on Moon’s face. Unlike other awakeners, for the past week, he’d been unable to evolve his skills because he’d never truly possessed them until now.
Selene and other awakeners had the ability to use the lives they’d accumulated to evolve their skills, making them stronger, more efficient, more deadly. Of course, as new awakeners, it was generally considered wise to keep lives as a safety reserve and only evolve skills once you had a comfortable buffer. But for Moon, who had an abundance of lives thanks to his Grim Reaper talent, the calculation was different.
He pulled up the evolution interface for Elental Attack.
[Elental Attack]
[Rank: Common]
[Level: 1 → 2]
[Cost: 2 Lives]
With over a thousand lives in his reserves, he had more than enough to push this skill to its limits.
So he did.
[Confirm evolution? Cost: 2 Lives]
Moon selected yes without hesitation.
Moon watched as the notifications cascaded across his vision, each evolution costing exponentially more lives than the last:
[Level 1 → 2: 2 Lives consud]
[Level 2 → 3: 4 Lives consud]
...
[Level 8 → 9: 256 Lives consud]
[Level 9 → 10: 512 Lives consud]
[Total Lives Consud: 1,022]
[Lives Remaining: 33/1055]
[Skill evolution complete. Elental Attack has reached Level 10 and evolved to Uncommon Rank.]
At the end, he’d reached level ten with the skill and spent a total of 1,022 lives.
The result? It was more than satisfying.
[Elental Attack]
[Rank: Uncommon]
[Level: 1] [MAX]
[Details: You are able to conjure interdiate elental attacks using mana and your affinity toward the elents. Attacks deal significantly increased damage and possess enhanced elental properties. 200% Damage.]
Reading through the upgraded description, Moon felt power surge through his mana pathways. The skill had evolved from Common to Uncommon rank, the next tier in the progression system. But he also realized sothing—after this evolution, the [Evolve] option had disappeared entirely.
The skill had reached its maximum potential. Uncommon rank was as far as this particular ability could grow.
Moon frowned slightly. He’d expected to be able to push it further, perhaps to Rare or even Epic rank later on. But skills had natural limits based on their fundantal nature. Elental Attack, despite being useful, was apparently capped at Uncommon.
Still, the improvents were substantial. Double damage, faster casting, better efficiency. For 1,022 lives, it was an investnt that would pay off imdiately.
Now he had a decision to make about Four Elent Affinity.
[Four Elent Affinity]
[Rank: Rare]
[Level: 1 -> 2]
[Cost: 8 Lives]
Looking at the skill, Moon’s happiness faded. Starting at 8 lives for the first level up, it would cost in the five digits for him to evolve the skill to epic rank.
"Are you ready?" Selene looked at Moon with a hardened expression on her face.
"Let’s go." Moon nodded, making his way out of the cave.
He hadn’t powered up without reason; they were going to Gareth’s cave to confront him, then they were going to head to the temple. They had been slowly accumulating strength for the past week, and it was finally ti to confront him without simply providing themselves for slaughtering.
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