After deciding to get stronger, it took a while, but I finally found my next prey.
『Elrodebegiardo LV4 Status HP: 103/103 (Green) MP: 41/41 (Blue) SP: 76/76 (Yellow) : 69/69 (Red) Average Attack: 56 Average Defense: 48 Average Magic: 21 Average Resistance: 18 Average Speed: 41 Skills "Swimming LV2", "Heat Immunity"』
It was a weird-looking Monster with four legs, shaped like a round sphere.
I call them round bugs, and honestly, they're even more of a pushover than seahorses.
The annoying thing is, when these guys sense danger, they immediately flee into the magma.
So I have to take them out quickly while they're still on land.
Right now, it's on land. One-hit kill, or hit it with a paralytic poison to lock it down.
Let me use the spider's deadly poison—it covers both bases.
I leaped out from the shadow of the rocks and closed the distance fast.
Before it could detect me, I activated Poison Synthesis.
I have no idea where the round bug's mouth is, but whatever—I'll just splash it.
The instant I did, its HP dropped to zero.
Fast!?
Weak!?
《Experience Points have reached a certain level. Individual Zoa Ele has risen from LV1 to LV2》 《All basic ability values have increased》 《Skill Proficiency Level-Up Bonus acquired》 《Proficiency has reached a certain level. Skill "Slashing Enhancement LV2" has become "Slashing Enhancement LV3"》 《Proficiency has reached a certain level. Skill "SP Consumption Reduction LV3" has become "SP Consumption Reduction LV4"》 《Skill Points acquired》 W-Well, leveled up as planned, so no issues, no issues.
I was just surprised at how weak it was.
Let me calm down and check my Status.
『Zoa Ele LV2 Name: None Status HP: 215/215 (Green) (+20) MP: 311/311 (Blue) (+20) SP: 215/215 (Yellow) (+20) : 215/215 (Red) +399 (+20) Average Attack: 269 (+18) Average Defense: 369 (+18) Average Magic: 255 (+10) Average Resistance: 390 (+10) Average Speed: 1342 (+70) Skills "HP Auto Recovery LV6", "MP Recovery Speed LV4", "MP Consumption Reduction LV3", "SP Recovery Speed LV3", "SP Consumption Reduction LV4", "Destruction Enhancement LV2", "Slashing Enhancement LV3", "Poison Enhancement LV4", "Ki Combat LV2", "Ki Infusion LV2", "Deadly Poison Attack LV3", "Corrosion Attack LV1", "Poison Synthesis LV8", "Thread Talent LV3", "Universal Thread LV1", "Thread Manipulation LV8", "Throwing LV7", "Three-Dimensional Maneuver LV5", "Concentration LV10", "Thought Acceleration LV4", "Foresight LV4", "Parallel Thinking LV9", "High-Speed Calculation LV1", "Accuracy LV8", "Evasion LV7", "Appraisal LV9", "Detection LV10", "Stealth LV8", "Silence LV2", "Judgment", "Naraku", "Heterodox Magic LV3", "Shadow Magic LV3", "Poison Magic LV3", "Abyss Magic LV10", "Perseverance", "Pride", "Overeating LV9", "Dark Vision LV10", "Visual Range Expansion LV2", "Destruction Resistance LV2", "Blunt Resistance LV2", "Slashing Resistance LV3", "Fire Resistance LV2", "Deadly Poison Resistance LV2", "Paralysis Resistance LV4", "Petrification Resistance LV3", "Acid Resistance LV4", "Corrosion Resistance LV3", "Stun Resistance LV3", "Fear Resistance LV8", "Heterodox Immunity", "Pain Immunity", "Pain Reduction LV7", "Vision Enhancement LV9", "Hearing Enhancement LV8", "Smell Enhancement LV7", "Taste Enhancement LV7", "Touch Enhancement LV7", "Divinity Range Expansion LV2", "Life LV9", "Magic Power LV8", "Burst LV9", "Endurance LV9", "Brute Force LV4", "Toughness LV4", "Guardian LV4", "Idaten LV3", "Taboo LV7", "n%I=W"
Skill Points: 50 Titles "Evil Eater", "Blood Kin Eater", "Assassin", "Monster Slayer", "Poison Master", "Thread Weaver", "Merciless", "Monster Slaughterer", "Lord of Pride", "Lord of Perseverance"』
Hm?
Hm hm?
Wait?
My Status—isn't this way higher than before?
I'm pretty sure without Pride's growth bonus or anything, it was only going up by 1 each time.
It's going up way more now, right?
Could it be that my growth values changed because I evolved?
O-Oh!
So this is what they mean by a high-combat-power species!
I can't believe the growth values from leveling up evolve too!
This is bad.
This is really bad.
And I got 50 Skill Points!
It used to be 20 points, so that's 2.5 times!
I might be able to get Evil Eye by the next level-up!
Woo!
This is great.
This is really great.
With this, maybe I don't even need to practice Magic Power Operation.
Ah, but still, if I can acquire it on my own, that'd be even better.
Evil Eye might cost 100 points for all I know, so it's too early to count on it.
Yeah, I shouldn't get ahead of myself.
Whenever I get cocky, things tend to go sideways.
But still, looking at my Status again, it seems pretty unbalanced at first glance, but it's actually surprisingly stable.
I'm still speed-specialized, but on top of that, Perseverance boosts my defense and resistance, so my overall defense is high.
My attack looks low compared to my defense, but what really matters is the poison's strength, so that's high too.
I'm evasion-specialized so attacks rarely hit, and even if they do, I'm tanky.
On top of that, I have a one-hit-kill-tier Poison Attack.
Huh?
When I put it like that, aren't I basically the strongest?
No, no.
I must not get cocky here.
I need to stay humble.
I went ahead and filled in the increased Status values. What do you think?