When the first gaze appeared, Arthur already felt as though needles were digging into his back.
When the second gaze appeared, Arthur's blood seemed to freeze.
When the third gaze appeared, Arthur's soul could barely keep from trembling.
And when the fourth gaze appeared, Arthur...
Remained perfectly at ease!
He was a snake now.
He had no idea what was happening.
He was simply hungry.
No!
A snake!
A hungry snake!
At that moment, the skill [Bluff] flashed faster than the naked eye could perceive, becoming a steady glow.
Like a lamp.
An undying lamp.
Moreover, leveling up [Bluff] no longer required any XP. In the display only Arthur could see, its progress began increasing by +1+1+1+1.
[Bluff Lv8] [Bluff Lv9] [Bluff Lv10]
The skill [Bluff], which had stagnated for so long, began leveling up.
With each level gained, Arthur acted more naturally.
After lingering briefly on Arthur, the fourth gaze joined the first three in looking toward the place shrouded in radiance.
Then came the fifth gaze, and the sixth.
More and more gazes descended.
Whenever a gaze arrived, it instinctively glanced at Arthur first.
But Arthur was far too inconspicuous.
Or rather...
Arthur was far too much like a "snake."
Even these beings believed Arthur was a "snake."
And that perception sent Arthur's [Bluff] soaring.
By the time the eleventh gaze arrived, the increments that had originally been just +1 had already become +99!
+99+99+99...
Layer upon layer of densely packed numbers increased wildly.
The level of [Bluff], which had merely been rising steadily, now seemed to have boarded a rocket-
[Bluff Lv11] [Bluff Lv12]
[Bluff Lv99]
When [Bluff] reached Lv99, the experience values constantly appearing before him suddenly paused.
They had not disappeared, nor had they decreased at