Before the Battle Announcement

"You're not doing so well, Riezel."

In the God's Chamber, Loki giggled as she sucked on the finger she had just pricked and drawn blood from.

"It's been two months since you Level Up. In those two months, your total proficiency across all your abilities hasn't even increased by 2,000. That growth rate hardly lives up to your name as a Limit Breaker, you know?"

Hearing that, Riezel burned the parchment he had translated into the common tongue and pulled on his shirt, then shot Loki a glare.

"What do you think the reason for that is?" Riezel said irritably. "Isn't it because the familia has been dealing with the Man-made Labyrinth Conquest Battle? I've been too busy to properly accumulate Experience Points."

Ever since reaching Lv.8, Riezel had participated in the exploration of Artificial Labyrinth Knossos with the familia. After that, following the familia's operational policy, he had continuously searched the Dungeon for entrances leading to the Man-made Labyrinth.

During that time, Riezel had experienced several major battles, such as the confrontation with the Gale Familia outside the city gate and the incident in the Pleasure District. Yet while those events might have seemed extraordinary, they were not truly difficult trials for Riezel, who had already reached Lv.8.

In other words, none of those events had brought Riezel much Experience Points.

That was why, after two months, his total ability proficiency had increased by less than 2,000.

Of course, that was already incredibly fast.

For any other Lv.8, such remarkable growth would have been impossible in only two months.

At Lv.8, ordinary training and combat could no longer provide much Experience Points.

The battles and incidents Riezel had gone through could only produce growth of that scale for him. If they had happened to Ottar, who was also Lv.8