Musou Max

"Level 31, huh."

Lu Qiming looked at his status panel. The quest index had reached 73,000, meaning he had wiped out roughly 70,000 monsters during today's Dungeon floor riot—a bit lower than the 100,000 he had anticipated.

Lu Qiming had expected this, however. With the field of vision crowded with monsters, a slight discrepancy in his rough estimation was only natural. Furthermore, the experience required for leveling up had become somewhat absurd; now that he was level 31, he needed a staggering 200,000 experience points to reach the next level.

Based on his observations, the experience required increased tenfold every ten levels: 100 for levels 1 to 10, 1,000 for 10 to 20, 10,000 for 20 to 30, and 100,000 per level from 30 to 40.

At this rate, the experience required would only continue to climb, effectively forcing him to head deeper into the Dungeon to hunt more powerful monsters.

This suited him just fine. As he ventured deeper into the Dungeon, the increasing number and level of monsters would keep his strength growing at a high speed, and the speed at which he completed quests would also accelerate.

Although he had nearly completed a tenth of the quest in just two days, it would be a while before he encountered another floor boss riot. After all, floor bosses were different from ordinary monsters; it took quite some time for them to respawn after death.

Lu Qiming didn't mind this much. He had already made up his mind that during this expedition with the Loki Familia, he wouldn't just aim to complete the quest—he would aim for at least 80% completion. Of course, if the opportunity arose to finish it outright, that would be even better.

"Right, I still have three skill points."

Lu Qiming was just about to close the panel when he noticed the three skill points. A bold idea crossed his mind. He tapped on [Assassin] at the bottom of the panel, and an inverted tree diagram appeared.

The five unlocked skills were glowing, as if they were hungry children waiting for Lu Qiming to feed them.

"Tap, tap, tap!"

His fair, powerful fingers tapped the panel three times without hesitation. The light from [Musou] flared brilliantly, the level display beside it blurred, and finally, [Musou] max appeared before Lu Qiming's eyes.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining your first max-level skill."

"The effects of the [Musou] skill have been updated as follows: Upon activation, all attributes increase tenfold, and you gain Musou Aura. Those with a spirit attribute less than half of the host's will die or fall unconscious instantly. Those with a spirit attribute higher than or equal to half of the host's will suffer from aura suppression, with their strength suppressed. The degree of suppression is determined by the enemy's spirit power. Those with a spirit attribute higher than the host will be immune to Musou Aura."

"Under Musou Aura, the host will be immune to mental control, hallucinations, mental attacks, and the like."

"Mana consumption is reduced from 1 point per second to 0.5 points per second, and the duration is significantly increased."

Listening to the mechanical, mature female voice in his head, Lu Qiming gained a detailed understanding of the new attributes of [Musou]. Simply put, once he activated 'Musou', not only would his strength increase tenfold, but he would also possess something akin to Conqueror's Haki.

From now on, human-wave tactics would lose all meaning against him. If he encountered a Dungeon riot like today's, he only needed to activate Musou, and everyone except the floor boss 'Goliath' would fall unconscious. Monsters with particularly weak spirit attributes might even have their souls crushed by his presence alone.

Combined with the fact that his Musou consumption had been halved, his 18.1 spirit attribute meant 181 points of mana. After the Musou boost, this would reach a staggering 1,810 mana points. With the halved consumption, he could now maintain Musou for a full hour.

Invincible!

Lu Qiming stared blankly at the panel. He no longer knew how to describe himself. Not to mention anything else, the tenfold increase from Musou alone would make his physical fitness over a hundred times that of an ordinary person.

It was a pity he didn't know magic yet; otherwise, with so much mana, he could act as a turret, pretending to be a mage. Once the enemy got close, he would transform into a berserk assassin, grab his forty-meter Divine Judgment, and hack them down in one blow.

Thinking of that scene, the corners of Lu Qiming's mouth couldn't help but curl into a wide arc.

"Hey! Qiming, what are you thinking about? Why are you grinning like an idiot? You're even drooling!"

Just then, Eina, who had finished calculating the price of the magic stones, turned around and found Lu Qiming sitting there with a silly grin.

"Nothing, nothing at all!"

Lu Qiming hurriedly wiped away his drool and looked at Eina, pretending nothing had happened.

"Eina, how many Valis are the magic stones I brought back worth?"

"Eighty million Valis. Including the ones you had that pair of adventurers send back earlier, it's a total of eighty-four million Valis."

"Only eighty million."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qiming touched his head in pain. There was a massive magic stone there—the one left behind after 'Goliath' died. He had originally intended to keep it as a snack for Divine Judgment, but it seemed he wouldn't be able to hold onto it.

"Here, Eina, help me exchange this one too."

Lu Qiming took the magic stone from his head and handed it to Eina.

In the end, Lu Qiming received a total of ninety million Valis; the 'Goliath' magic stone had fetched six million Valis.

"Thanks, Eina."

Lu Qiming tossed the large sack in his hand, which contained all the Valis he had earned this time. Eina had originally intended to give Lu Qiming a card similar to a bank card, but due to a certain preference, Lu Qiming had asked Eina to exchange it for physical Valis.

"Aili, catch."

Lu Qiming took one hundred coins, each worth 10,000 Valis, from his pocket and placed them in front of the two little girls.

"Senior, isn't this too much?"

Aili looked at the one million Valis in front of her, dazed. It was the first time she had ever seen so much money. Their familia was only a small one, and after repairing equipment and replenishing potions, there was usually very little Valis left over.

"It's fine, the extra is for you two little girls."

Lu Qiming smiled and patted Aili and Ailin on their little heads. To him, this amount of Valis was something he could earn in just a few minutes in the Dungeon. Besides, the little girls were so cute, what was wrong with giving them a little more?

"Thank you, Senior!"

Aili and Ailin smiled sweetly, gathered the Valis in front of them, and ran toward their captain.

Watching the happy little girls, Lu Qiming felt quite healed. He was fortunate that after coming to this world, he had first met Tiya, then Eina, and now he had little girls who admired him.

Otherwise, he wasn't sure if he would have lost himself in the endless slaughter.

With a smile, Lu Qiming took another 500,000 Valis from the bag and walked toward the adventurer party that was still waiting for him not far away.