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It seemed that the increase in strength had truly made it impossible for Riezel to feel the same excitement from tense, thrilling battles with monsters as he had yesterday.

Riezel pressed onward, even descending floor after floor as he slaughtered monsters. Whether they were Kobolds or Goblins, the famously formidable lesser monsters, no matter how many gathered together or how they attacked him, Riezel dealt with them all with ease.

Not a single monster could react to Riezel's movements.

Not a single monster could block one of Riezel's strikes.

Riezel only needed to charge and swing his sword to instantly kill a monster, easily break through their encirclement, and wipe them all out.

This gradually began to dissatisfy Riezel.

"My Basic Abilities only grew by one or two stages each, yet the monsters on the upper floors are already not enough?"

Ignoring the monsters lying all around him, Riezel furrowed his brows deeply.

By then, he had already descended to the 4th Floor and reached the entrance leading to the 5th Floor.

"Looks like I need to keep going deeper."

Riezel's eyes flickered as he looked at the cave-like entrance to the 5th Floor.

"According to the records in the books and the experience compiled by the Guild and the major Familias, adventurers at my level are generally considered capable of exploring the 5th to 7th Floors, right?"

The floors that Lv.1 adventurers could conquer ranged from the 1st Floor to the 12th Floor.

Beginning from the 13th Floor, monsters classified as Lv.2 would appear, and both the Dungeon environment and the rate at which monsters spawned would undergo major changes.

Thus, the floors from the 13th Floor onward were regarded as forbidden territory for Lv.1 adventurers, floors that Lv.1 adventurers were considered absolutely incapable of conquering.

As for the floors between the 1st Floor and the 12th Floor, the Guild and the major Familias had also established rough difficulty ratings.

For example, the 1st Floor through the 4th Floor were areas that adventurers with Basic Abilities between I and H could conquer.

The 5th Floor through the 7th Floor were areas that adventurers with Basic Abilities between G and F could conquer.

The 8th Floor through the 10th Floor were for E through C, while the 11th Floor through the 12th Floor were for B through S.

According to those standards, as long as one of an adventurer's Basic Abilities met the requirement, they could use the stage of their Basic Abilities to determine the floors they could conquer relatively safely.

"My Dexterity and Agility have both reached Stage G. By those standards, I should be able to conquer the 5th Floor relatively safely."

It would not be like last night, when he had also reached the 5th Floor but had constantly skirted the edge of danger.

When Riezel had fought here for an entire day and night last time, he had encountered several life-threatening crises on the 5th Floor. Most of the wounds on his body had been sustained on this very floor.

If it were the current Riezel, he should be able to conquer this floor safely.

But—

"Conquer it safely?"

Riezel murmured before making his decision.

"Let's go deeper."

That was right.

He did not need to conquer anything safely.

If he had wanted safety, Riezel would not have entered the Dungeon alone immediately after receiving his Falna, without any armor, wielding a short sword that was more ornamental than practical.

At that time, not only had none of Riezel's abilities reached G, not even a single one had reached Stage H. The proficiency of all his Ability Values had even been zero, and his physical condition had been no different from that of an ordinary person.

Even under those circumstances, Riezel had dared to enter the Dungeon and had pushed all the way to the 5th Floor in one go. Now that he had grown stronger, how could he be content with a so-called "safe" conquest of the same floors?

Of course, doing so would inevitably be dangerous.

But so what?

"Death isn't scary."

What was scary was waiting to die.

At least, that was how Riezel saw it.

If he was destined to die, then he would rather die exhausted while pursuing freedom along a path he had chosen himself than wait for someone to murder him, as he had in the past, back in his original world.

So, he had to run.

Run toward higher places.

Sprint toward greater challenges.

"Let's go."

Without hesitation, Riezel rushed toward the entrance to the 5th Floor.

Night fell.

When darkness had completely settled in, Riezel finally left the Dungeon and returned to Twilight Manor.

This time, he had managed to restrain himself and had not stayed in the Dungeon for another full day and night.

Returning to Orario and the base after nightfall was also a strict order Loki had given Riezel.

With that in mind, though reluctant, Riezel still followed Loki's instructions and left the Dungeon after dark.

After returning to Twilight Manor, Riezel washed himself, changed into clean clothes, and once again headed to Loki's God's Chamber.

Naturally, his purpose was to update his Ability Values.

Perhaps because Riezel had obediently listened to her, Loki, who had been drinking in the God's Chamber and had filled the entire room with the smell of alcohol, seemed quite pleased and readily agreed.

As a result, Loki sobered up from her drinking remarkably quickly.

Riezel Brihaut

Lv.1

Strength: H184 → F385

Endurance: H177 → F380

Dexterity: G202 → E431

Agility: G215 → E449

Magic: I0

Looking at the growth in Riezel's Ability Values after the update had been engraved onto his back, Loki's mouth twitched repeatedly.

"The total proficiency increase across all abilities is over 800?"

Wasn't that even greater growth than yesterday?

Loki felt her head buzzing.

What was going on?

What the hell was going on?

Shouldn't Ability Values grow slower the further they progressed, the closer they got to Stage S?

Yet this brat had not slowed down at all. He had actually become even faster!

Last time, he had fought in the Dungeon for an entire day and night, and the total proficiency increase across all his abilities had only been a little over 700. This time, it had merely been one day, and he had even wasted quite a bit of time registering as an adventurer and buying weapons and armor, yet not only had his growth not slowed down—it had become even faster?

Was there any justice in this world?

"You..."

Loki really wanted to ask what exactly Riezel had done after entering the Dungeon.

But after thinking it over, she gave up.

Her divine intuition told her that if she pursued the matter, she would probably be angered to death.

This brat had definitely done something dangerous again.

And that was indeed the truth.

If Loki knew that Riezel had not only descended to the 5th Floor today, but had even reached the 7th Floor, she would definitely have been angered to death.

In order to get a good night's sleep, Loki wisely chose to change the subject.

"At this rate of growth, it probably won't be long before you can rival some veterans who have struggled at Lv.1 for several years."

There was a hint of wistfulness in Loki's voice.

Two days to walk a path that ordinary adventurers might not finish in several years?

Seriously, there were only two words for it: utterly absurd.

"Perhaps you'll break the record for the fastest promotion to Lv.2 and become the new record holder."

Loki's evaluation was exceptionally high.

"I hope so."

As Riezel put on his clothes, he looked at the copied and translated Ability Values, seemingly lost in thought.

"Why do you look so troubled?" Loki asked bluntly, as though she had no cares in the world. "Don't tell me you're dissatisfied with your growth rate. If you dare show off like that, I'm going to hit you."

"You're a God, yet you're using words like 'show off'? That's what surprised me." Riezel sounded somewhat helpless before continuing, "I'm thinking about the Magic stat."

Loki understood what Riezel meant.

"Are you bothered that your Magic stat hasn't grown at all?"

Loki voiced the thought in Riezel's heart.

"Yeah." Riezel nodded. "All my other abilities are improving, but Magic alone is still unchanged. It feels like such a waste."

"I get it, I get it." Loki deeply agreed with Riezel's thoughts and said, "With your inhuman growth rate, if you can't raise Magic alongside everything else, it really does feel like a waste of talent."

The Basic Ability known as Magic was different from the other Basic Abilities.

The other Basic Abilities, such as Strength, Endurance, Dexterity, and Agility, determined one's physical capabilities and close-combat ability. Magic alone belonged to an entirely different system.

Magic determined the power and effectiveness of spells.

For mages who relied on magic to prevail, were not skilled at close combat, and depended entirely on magic to eliminate enemies, its importance could not be compared to the other four Basic Abilities.

It could be said that even without training Strength, Endurance, Dexterity, and Agility, as long as one possessed magic, focusing solely on Magic could still produce considerable combat power and even grant a higher standing than close-combat fighters.

After all, magic was the symbol of supernatural power, the equivalent of miracles. It was extraordinary power itself, and neither its status nor its might could be compared to close-quarters combat.

In that case, anyone with the opportunity would definitely want to train their Magic stat.

Riezel was no exception.

"I couldn't use magic in my original world anymore. Now that I've gained a new possibility and another chance to use magic, if I don't find a way to get in contact with it, then that's my problem."

Riezel thought silently to himself.

The problem was—

"Riezel, your magic doesn't seem like something you can use whenever you want, does it?"

Loki raised this issue.

"Right."

Riezel sighed as he recalled his magic.

All-Rounder

· Memory Magic.

· Activates specific magic based on memories.

· Magic strength is determined by Magic.

· Only effective on magic that has been confirmed.

This was the only magic Riezel possessed. It was also magic with immense potential, incredible versatility, and an utterly overpowered effect.

"Judging by its effects, you should be able to use this magic to cast every spell you've memorized, effectively allowing you to use all magic."

As she spoke of this magic, Loki looked at Riezel more and more as though she were looking at a monster.

This magic was another utterly ridiculous thing.

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