Chapter 249: Jiffy |
Just like that, Zarek’s strength had skyrocketed beyond the realms of reason. Every action he performed now was 10x more powerful, and his potential...
It was simply off the charts.
The best part? The damned roulette of Growth Potential had disappeared. He finally didn’t have to spin a rolodex of Marx and his brothers’ stats before he could figure out what was going on with his strength.
It seemed that as a reward for completing this Quest and getting rid of the Hero Candidate Title for a true Role, he had stepped into a new realm of potential entirely.
’A new Role, huh.’
There was a flicker in Zarek’s eyes.
A Role, if described simply, was like having a permanent treasure attached to your body at all times. A treasure gave boosts to stats or access to a certain Skill at no cost. A Role was exactly like this.
Depending on the Role in question, the boosts were different. But they generally gave a boost to specific Growth Potentials, gave immediate increases to Core Stats in question, and provided a unique Skill Tree of sorts that could be unlocked depending on the progression of the Role.
Usually, the progression of a Role was decided by what Class you were in. And the earlier you gained a Role, the more room you had to allow it to flourish and grow as well.
Technically, your Class was decided by the average of all of your stats. If SSS was the number 9, and his other stats were counted as 1, then he was considered to be at a 3, or D Class right now. Well, technically 2.6, which was more like an Elite E Class.
However, whatever changes Ashborn Demon should have triggered didn’t seem to actually be present. It was like nothing had happened.
[Ash Reborn] didn’t evolve, [Ashen Gate] was still at F-, and all of his stats other than Charisma were still at F- as well. .
’Unless...?’
Zarek blinked as he came to a realization. This wasn’t a normal Role—it was a so-called Hero Spirit. It had just taken up such a weird position because it was his own. But technically speaking, it should have been under the category of a Hero Role, not an Ashborn Demon Role.
Which meant...
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Zarek stumbled out, his head spinning a bit.
"Okay... maybe I should have worn some clothes first."
"What’s that supposed to mean? Where have you been? Who are you naked for?"
Zarek coughed as the bombardment of questions from his lovely girlfriend fried his eardrums.
His Atom Link communication bracelets were supposed to work from anywhere. But it seemed that that plane was quite the exception. So, he had essentially disappeared for months with no communication.
It was no wonder she was worried.
"Listen, listen, it’s an honest mistake. I just went into a... Godsfall Tear of sorts that cut off my communication from the outside world when I wasn’t expecting it."
There was silence on the other line for a long while before he heard a snort.
"Sorry, sorry," Zarek chuckled. "So what has my lovely lady been up to? Miss me?"
"You sound happy." She replied.
Zarek was standing in the middle of a snowstorm, stark naked, but yes, you could say that he was actually quite happy right now. He had already been supremely confident after he got his hands on Axiograft, but now he felt it even more so.
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[Endurance has shown great progress]
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[Endurance: F-]
[Endurance: F]
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Zarek’s lip twitched before he could respond. He was just standing here in the cold—why did his stats just randomly go up?
After he realized what happened, he started laughing instead of answering Priya’s question. Was this how broken an SSS+ Growth Potential was? Could he nap his way all the way to S Class?
"What are you laughing about?"
"Babe, how many months have passed since my promise?"
"... Four."
Zarek grinned. "Gimme a week. I’ll be there in a jiffy."
An ancient scroll appeared and Zarek began to draw furiously. One [Angel Wing Flash] after another layered themselves onto his body, comprehensions that felt vague because his Charisma and Intelligence Growth Potentials were too low suddenly seeming all too obvious to him.
It was time to go all out.
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