Chapter 272
272 – Lv UP
The spiderlings tear apart the grafant through its wound . It doesn’t look like they enter very deep, but its blood keeps spurting out in waves . At first, it puts power into its crushed legs to shake them off in resistance, but it gradually comes to a stop . Eventually, all it can do is convulse .
With blood flowing from wounds all over its body, its HP decreases . Finally, its HP becomes zero and its eyes roll back into its head as its life ends, strength fading from its body .
【173 experience points have been acquired . 】【Due to the Title Skill [Walking Egg: Lv -], an additional 173 experience points have been acquired . 】
【The level of [Ouroboros] has risen from 71 to 72 . 】
With the awarding of experience points, I know that it has finally died . Bye then, grafant . You were a good guy, probably . No, I wouldn’t know, though .
Now then, Aro and the others should’ve gotten experience points too . As their level increases, I should be able to take them hunting more safely . I can heal them endlessly thanks to the amount of MP I have as an ouroboros, so being able to survive a single hit makes a big difference .
First of all, I shift my gaze to the eight baby araenie that are smeared with the grafant’s flesh and blood .
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Species: Baby AraenieCondition: Normal
Lv: 5/12
HP: 8/17
MP: 5/9
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They went from level 1 to 5 . For their level to rise this much just from gnawing at it, that’s not bad . They might have been attacking a downed enemy, but what finished it off was the [Bloodshed] status condition they inflicted .
Their next evolution is well in sight . The E-rank baby araenie evolve easily, after all .
Now then, the next question is the lesser treant and Aro . I shift my gaze to the lesser treant .
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Species: Lesser Treant
Condition: Cursed
Lv: 9/25
HP: 38/75
MP: 9/29
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It went from level 4 to 9 . It feels slow because I have my experience-doubling cheat, but this is a good pace . Fundamentally, it was only supporting Aro in that battle; it’s not like it directly attacked the grafant at all… It’s rather brilliant overall, but it’s not got any attack skills .
Next up, I shift my attention to Aro, who’s languidly reclining in the lesser treant’s branches .
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Name: Aro
Species: Revaana Mage
Condition: Cursed
Lv: 14/30
HP: 60/78
MP: 60/78
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Ooh, she went all the way from level 6 to 14! She’s finally reaching to the turning point . If she gets through the rest, she’ll officially be a C-rank monster . Her appearance should be a lot closer to a human next time, too .
Though, perhaps because she’s out of MP or because she’s strained herself too much, she’s looking quite weak . It might be that she needs to MP to maintain her body . In actuality, the texture of her skin’s looking pretty bad . An MP shortage is worse for her than it is for me .
Since she specialises in using magic to attack, Aro can only act within the limits of her MP . In raising her level, that’s the biggest limiting factor . If she never ran out of MP, she could attack endlessly and we could raise her level in the blink of an eye . Though there’s nothing quite so sweet . We’ll have to go at it again tomorrow… Hmm?
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Name: Aro
Species: Revaana Mage
Condition: Cursed
Lv: 14/30
HP: 60/78
MP: 60/78
Attack: 43
Defense: 37
Magic: 79
Speed: 32
Rank: D
Characteristic Skills:
[Grisha Language: Lv2] [Undead: Lv-] [Dark Attribute: Lv-] [Flesh Transformation: Lv4]
Resistance Skills:
[Status Condition Nullification: Lv-] [Physical Resistance: Lv3] [Magic Resistance: Lv2]
Normal Skills:
[Gale: Lv4] [Poor Curse: Lv3] [Life Drain: Lv2] [Clay: Lv5] [Self-Regeneration: Lv2] [Clay Doll: Lv4] [Mana Drain: Lv1]
Title Skills:
[Servant of the Evil Dragon: Lv-] [Hollow Sorcerer: Lv3]
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Her title skills have increased…? No, that’s not what’s important, her normal skills have increased . She must have gained one upon levelling up .
It’s faint, but I have a memory of the [Mana Drain] skill . I can’t be certain because the [Status Inspection] couldn’t quite get through, but I remember that the slime had skills that looked like [Life Drain] and [Mana Drain] . Their names are similar, so maybe I remember them as a set . Aro already had the [Life Drain] skill, so getting it might not be strange .
Judging by the name [Mana Drain] sucks up the target’s MP and makes it her own . In which case, if I let her suck up my MP, everything’ll be fine . After all, my MP is inexhaustible to the point that I can even use the shitty [Humanisation Technique] for a decent length of time .
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[Irushia]
Species: Ouroboros
Condition: Normal
Lv: 72/125
HP: 1808/1808
MP: 1926/1926
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By simple calculation, I can fully charge Aro 22 times . As a bonus, [Automatic MP Recovery] will restore my MP right away . The MP for the [Wind Slashes] I fired off earlier has already been recovered .
By continuously using [Mana Drain] on me, she should be able to keep firing off her high firepower magic of [Clay] and [Gale] endlessly . Her magic stat is far above the rest of her stats, so since she’s level 14, she might even be able to properly damage C-rank monsters .
I know a monster that’s a higher rank, doesn’t have much defence, and is scattered around all over the place . Right, the abysses . Even without me helping attack, she might be able to hunt an abyss now . If she can hunt an abyss, then her level should go up by the largest amount so far .
