I Also Leveled Up Now! (4)
Serhithran, a dungeon city that managed the Ice-Flame Forest.
Han-bin and his group were resting in the city after three days of travel.
Sitting alone in his room, Artis sighed.
“Will my origin as a Dragon always hold me back?”
He did his best, but the gap between him and Effir was widening.
They didn’t differ significantly when their levels were still low.
Since the regular amount needed was small, their levels rose at a similar pace even if the absorption efficiency was poor.
Besides, at the time, Effir’s energy digestion period wasn’t as short.
However, the difference slowly became noticeable the higher their levels became.
His energy absorption efficiency was too low, and his digestive time remained constant.
Compared to Effir’s, which ended in half a day, he still took days to digest after he absorbed the energy.
It wasn’t exactly because he was lacking in skill.
The Dragons’ lifespan was the problem.
“I can’t complain about longevity, but…”
Artis smiled bitterly.
As a Dragon, he never cared about other short-lived species becoming stronger than he was.
Time had always been an ample resource for him.
Even though he was weak at that moment, he would be stronger someday, so he worked hard every single day without any burden.
The problem was the current situation.
He tried so hard, but his level was only 75.
“I don’t think I’m going to be of any help.”
Although it was regrettable to break up with Han-bin and Effir, it was better than not looking at the reality and putting them in danger.
With a firm resolution, he got up from his seat.
He looked for Kibie in the next room.
* * *
“You don’t think you will be helpful?”
She spoke sternly.
“Never, Artis. Even now, you are a valuable power that cannot be replaced.”
She wasn’t just telling him that to make him happy.
Artis was a necessary colleague for Han-bin and his party.
“There might be many level-75 wizards in the Four Prohibited Areas, but how many of them are not related to the Sinkers?”
Archmage Genovia was the Queen of the Magical Kingdom Rune and the Mages Guild, Sinkers.
The higher the level of Mages, the deeper they became involved in the Sinkers.
Without that, they wouldn’t be able to raise their level.
Magic knowledge and wisdom weren’t easy to get.
“The only high-ranking wizards in Latna who doesn’t belong to Sinkers are the Aliens. They can get free magic knowledge and wisdom from the Guideline.”
Leveling up wasn’t a problem for them.
Thus, Han-bin couldn’t get a reliable high-ranking Mage at all.
“Is that so…?”
Artis’s expression lightened up a little.
It made sense to him.
There seemed to be no need to leave them.
“But it’s still a problem that there’s too much difference in skills with others.”
Artis’s heart felt heavy.
Kibie thought about it for a while before voicing out her thoughts softly.
“If you want to raise your level quickly, there’s a way…”
“Huh?”
“I’m the creator of the Dragon race. I am technically an incarnation of the creator, though.”
Like the person who had created the Dragon race, she also had relevant knowledge about the Dragon race.
Surprised, Artis leaned forward.
“Are you sure there’s a way?”
“Yes, it’s limited to Mana Dragons, but you’re also one of them. You can use it.”
Kibie scratched her cheek with an ambiguous expression.
“…But the side effects are so bad I can’t recommend it.”
It was the distant antiquity before Latna developed to what it was currently.
It was said that there was a forbidden secret that Mana Dragons, who wanted to grow stronger quickly, had used sometimes.
“You’ll have to seal all of your attributes but one.”
Mana’s attributes were land, water, fire, wind, light, and darkness under the six Goddesses’ control.
If only one of those were selected, the absorbed energy would be focused on empowering that property.
Since the energy, which used to be divided into six properties, was concentrated into one, their growth rate also increased six times.
“The energy digestion rate also goes up six times. You don’t have to increase all six attributes. Besides, you’re a Fire Dragon.”
Artis was born as a red Dragon with the attribute of Fire.
“If you seal the rest, leaving only the flame attribute, you’ll see a growth rate of nearly ten times, not six times. You are just developing the right skills for yourself.”
“Was there such a way?”
Artis blinked his eyes.
It was a great story.
Doesn’t that mean I can level up at speed similar to Effir’s?
“That’s not what Kybriel intended. When she created the Dragon race, she didn’t have that practice in mind.”
In other words, it was a kind of error code made during the creation of the Dragon race.
“So there are serious side effects.”
In a serious tone, Kybriel explained.
“Once you choose one attribute, you can’t grow the remaining attributes anymore. Forever.”
Artis could do the same magic below level 75.
However, higher-level magic was impossible to use.
He could level up only the flame magic.
“The side effects are so great that it’s been forgotten among Dragons. That’s why your ancestors didn’t tell you that kind of knowledge.”
Artis groaned.
“Umm…”
He fully understood why that method was lost.
At first glance, it looked plausible, but there was a fatal flaw in that method.
Can I only use fire spells?
Doesn’t that mean someone can make a complete fool out of me with just an anti-flame tool?
In other words, he would be a half-magician.
“Surely, a normal Dragon wouldn’t want to do that.”
It was useful only when pressed for time, but a Dragon had abundant of that.
“And once you choose, even Kybriel’s power can’t return you back to normal, so I don’t recommend it.”
Artis, who had been agonizing for a while, spoke with determination.
“No, teach me.”
“Are you sure?”
Kibie was surprised and asked back.
With a serious look on his face, Artis nodded.
“I have an idea.”
* * *
Since then, Leon Hart had frequently thrown Han-bin and his companions into the dungeon.
Everyone became stronger every time.
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