Skill Upgrade?

Ul ultimately succeeded in abandoning Jelka.

Because the "anomaly" above Moya City had vanished, which meant the battle between the two guild masters of "Angel Wings" and "Devil's Fang" had reached its conclusion!

Though the food tempted Jelka greatly, by comparison, the safety of her guild members worried her more.

After leaving Jelka.

Ul found a nearby city, rented a room at an inn, and slept soundly.

After this mission, Ul felt like he'd shed a few pounds of weight.

He'd only taken a job to catch a thief—who knew why it had ended up like this?

How long he'd slept, Ul wasn't sure either.

Because he woke up in the middle of the night...

Once awake.

Ul first got some food from the innkeeper, then took a bath!

After his spirit had fully recovered.

Ul finally returned to his room and summoned a certain system.

Listening to the familiar chime in his ears and the line of "realistic text" appearing on the system panel, Ul's expression was very calm.

After spending so much time together, Ul had come to understand the system's shamelessness to a certain degree, so even if the system pulled something even more brazen now, he felt he could accept it.

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Invincible Passive System

Host: Wei Yi

Passive Abilities: Void Stomach, Lava Body, Evil Equilibrium

Health: 17

Magic Power: 161

Mental Power: 19

Magic Resistance: 0%

Armor: 1%

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But despite the unexpected twists of this trip, the gains were equally enormous.

By looting corpses on the battlefield and finally killing Sheris, Ul's internal Magic Power had surged several times over, jumping straight from barely entering C-rank to the advanced level of a B-rank Mage.

The magic of this world was very mysterious, especially certain special magics—once a Mage successfully learned them, it was hard to judge their combat power by ordinary ranks alone.

Though he couldn't analyze combat power, through so many finishing blows, Ul had roughly figured out the Magic Power levels of Mages at each rank.

According to the system's data division.

A C-rank Mage's Magic Power cap was around 50.

A B-rank Mage's Magic Power cap was around 150–200.

An A-rank Mage's Magic Power cap was around 500–600.

These were rough results Ul had deduced from the Magic Power of the people he'd "looted." They might not be perfectly accurate, but the general range shouldn't be wrong.

As a Mage's strength increased, the gap between ranks grew wider and wider...

Especially after S-rank, it became even more exaggerated.

The Magic Power an S-rank Mage possessed was something Ul couldn't even estimate at his current level.

Because the range of S-rank Mages was too broad. In this world, the highest rank for Mages was S-rank—whether it was Erza now, or the Ten Wizard Saints' Makarov, or even the Spriggan 12!

All of these could be collectively called "S-rank Mages."

"By the way, system, you mentioned before that gold coins have a bigger use besides drawing lots—what is it?" The surge in strength left Ul feeling satisfied, but he hadn't summoned the system just to look at this.

[Gold coins have two main uses. First, they can be exchanged for "Money" at the current exchange rate for draws. Second, they can be used directly to upgrade passive skills the host already possesses.]

[The unified price for the first upgrade of each skill is one hundred gold coins.]

[Does the host choose to exchange or proceed with skill upgrades?]

[Friendly reminder: "Money" is a circulating currency, while gold coins are a limited currency.]

Looking at the long string of text that popped up on the system panel, Ul fell silent for a moment.

The system explained it very clearly to Ul.

Although this system could occasionally be a bit tricky, when it came to "recharging," it was quite dutiful...

Though he still didn't know how strong the "skill upgrade" effect would be, if it was based on the exchange rate between this world's gold coins and money, it probably wouldn't disappoint Ul.

He thought for a while!

A moment later.

Ul slowly spoke: "System, convert twenty gold coins into 'money,' then start the lottery for me."

[Understood.]

[Host has exchanged twenty gold coins, obtaining 6,000,000J.]

[Host has recharged 1,000,000J, membership level increased... Host has recharged 5,000,000J, current membership level is 5!]

[Host has obtained two lottery chances. Initiate lottery now?]

"Yes!"

Watching his wealth drain away like a waterfall, the corners of Ul's eyes couldn't help but twitch violently, but in the end, he forcibly suppressed the heartache and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

As his voice fell!

The system panel quickly transformed into a black hole image and began to slowly rotate...

A few seconds later!

The black hole's rotation suddenly stopped.

Then two beams of white light flew out from within, instantly merging into Ul's body.

[Congratulations, Host, for drawing the passive ability of the Hero Garen: Tough Body.]

[Tough Body: The Host's physical body has been slightly transformed by the Power of Demacia, breaking through the first layer of the human limit, enhancing physical potential, increasing self-healing ability by one hundred percent, and slightly strengthening magic resistance...]

[Congratulations, Host, for drawing the passive ability of the Hero Yasuo: Sword Heart.]

[Sword Heart: The Host's mind and will have been strengthened, gaining talent in swordsmanship training...]

Ul: "..."

Looking at the two passive abilities he had drawn, Ul's feelings suddenly became a bit complicated.

How should he put it?

If he could curse right now, Ul felt he could go at that system for three days and three straight nights without repeating a single word.

MMP!

This is a magic world, a magic world, a magic world!

Bastard.

What the hell do you mean by making me draw two passives that strengthen physical combat in a row?

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Invincible Passive System

Host: Wei Yi

Passive Abilities: Void Stomach, Lava Body, Evil Equilibrium, Tough Body, Sword Heart

Health: 19

Magic Power: 161

Mental Power: 20

Magic Resistance: 1%

Armor: 1%

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Looking at his attribute panel and feeling the slightly enhanced power within his body, Ul felt he should be happy.

But for some reason, He couldn't muster any joy right now. Not only that, he even felt a lump in his chest, an unbearable tightness, and his breathing involuntarily grew heavier.

After finally managing to suppress the urge to curse, Ul gritted his teeth and said: "System, next, upgrade for me..."