The text before Arthur's eyes was a set of XP notifications.
One of them, however, went beyond his expectations-
[Your presence at Malinda's title succession ceremony was perfectly reasonable, and it led more people to associate you with your change in status: XP+100] [The rumor of Malinda's "pregnancy" delighted people and began spreading at a speed far beyond imagination: XP+250] [More people have heard of you: XP+130]
Arthur: Hmm...
How should he put it?
Arthur was genuinely a little surprised by the second notification.
Both by the XP reward and by just how much people "delighted" in it.
"Sure enough, everyone loves some juicy gossip."
Arthur murmured to himself as he stroked Pendragon.
Compared with all that "unimportant" fighting and killing, salacious rumors like these were what people really loved. Arthur could even imagine how outrageous the rumors would eventually become.
Certain specialty tabloids would undoubtedly deserve much of the credit.
Just don't write me as the bottom.
Arthur grumbled inwardly, then turned his attention to his XP.
Including the 100 XP left over from before, his total had now recovered to 580.
The XP earned from the daily "more people have heard of you" notification was still steadily increasing. Clearly, for a considerable time to come, this daily notification would be a source of XP Arthur could not afford to overlook.
As for this latest batch of XP?
Arthur looked at [Wand Combat Art].
Raising it to Lv4 required 160 XP.
Raising it to Lv5 required 320 XP.
That came to 480 XP altogether, just right for his current total.
As for the possibility of the XP requirement soaring when he tried to raise it to Lv5?
That might happen with other Mystic Arts.
But it probably would not happen with [Wand Combat Art].
Because its