Hitting The Jackpot At The Tenth Floor

"Huh?" Hestia, probably still half asleep asked as she yawned and wiped the muck out of her eyes. After repeating my predicament as I brought her a glass of water, she froze, cleaned her ears and asked once more for me to repeat myself. Then, as I said, "Update my status please, I'm ready for Level Tw-" I didn't even get the chance to finish my thoughts before I was met with her crying as if the world was ending.

"Don't be silly, Keter. Ahah… It's been less than two weeks since you joined me, there's no way..." By this point she had already gotten on my back and was looking at my updating Status. She must have been spooked to the core of her being as she let out a ghastly wheeze before yelling at the top of her lungs, "THIS SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE."

[Alert! Level Up!!!

Status

Name: Nathanial Keter

Level: 1 → 2

Power: SSS 1111 (MAX) → I 0

Endurance: SSS 1111 (MAX) → I 0

Dexterity: SSS 1111 (MAX) → I 0

Agility: SSS 1111 (MAX) → I 0

Magic: SSS 1111 (MAX) → I 0

Main Mission 2: Earning A Nickname (Complete)

Objective: Reach Level 2 ✔

Hidden Optional Objective: Level up due to Son of Heaven's Effect ✔

Reward:

Choice of:

1) Bad Weapon Cube

2) Bad Magic Stone

Bonus:

Choice of:

1) 100 grams of any Mediocre Tier Herb or Ore

2) Any one Level 2 Monster Drop

New Mission Alert!

Main Mission 3: Transcending the Mundane

Objective: Reach Level 4

Description: Gain strength and level up.

Deadline: 1 Month]

Waiting patiently, Hestia eventually finally imprinted my Status onto a piece of parchment so that I could finally react and to keep the facade up, I said, "I can't believe those pills worked this well..." I then further elaborated, albeit through a lie, about how I felt I had reached the limits my body could handle as a Level 1 after taking the pills I had 'just so happened to luckily concoct.'

Hestia looked at me like I was some sort of taboo existence while Aisha was riled up from all the yelling. With her waking up, I happily cheered, "To the Dungeon! I've been gone for far too long!"

...

Now in the eight floor, I was humbled over the growth of my own strength. "Holy shit..." I muttered under my breath. I even without Aisha's help, it was beyond easy cutting through the hordes of enemies that spawned around me. Even new enemies which were totally foreign until this day like the Killer Ants, Needle Rabbits, Blue Papilio, and Purple Moths were but fodder to my improved strength and gear.

Descending deeper, if only until I felt a challenge, Aisha and I found ourselves in the tenth floor before I finally stopped being able to one-shot everything in sight. Additionally, as the tenth and eleventh floors were known for the perpetual mist that inhabited them, I had to be more careful; Aisha… not so much. Unlike me, she could reign supreme even without any gear, but under my request, she didn't subject to supporting me in battle.

There, in the tenth floor, I indulged in slaughter against the large monsters that had begun to spawn such as Orcs and the numerous small Imps and Bad Bats that accompanied. When large battles concluded and I was given a couple breaths worth of time to harvest herbs, Aisha walked around collecting monster drops and cores.

As I had just Leveled up, my Stats were once more quick to increase in rating as I had much potential to be unearth. But more importantly than all that, after attempting to restore my Magic reserves for the first time in the tenth floor the most beautiful notification rang through my consciousness…

[Superior Quality Magic Detected!

Magic Manipulation Level B → A

Effect: Allows the user to sense and gather Superior quality magic from his immediate surroundings. Range: 20 m (meters) away from the user's body. Grand and Aberrant Type Magics are now available.

Previously request skills now unlocking…

Space Manipulation Unlocked!

New Skill

Name: Space Manipulation

Level: Null

Description: The ability to manipulate Space magic. Evolving out of superior magic, Space is a Grand energy. A precursor to Spacetime energy and magic, Space is intrinsically connected to the fabric of reality. The greater your ability to manipulate Space, the greater the effects of your space skills, spells, and abilities.

Effect: Allows the user to convert superior Magic into Space Magic at a conversion factor of 1:15.

Spatial Contraction can be unlocked at Level 2 Magic Stat Level: D, and Space Manipulation Level: D

Temporal Manipulation Unlocked!

New Skill

Name: Temporal Manipulation

Level: Null

Description: The ability to manipulate Time magic. Evolving out of superior magic, Time is a Grand energy. A precursor to Spacetime energy and magic, Time is intrinsically connected to the fabric of reality. The greater your ability to manipulate Time, the greater the effects of your time skills, spells, and abilities.

Effect: Allows the user to convert superior Magic into Time Magic at a conversion factor of 1:15.

Sense of Time can be unlocked at Temporal Manipulation Level: H

Life Manipulation Unlocked!

New Skill

Name: Life Manipulation

Level: Null

Description: The ability to manipulate Life magic. Evolving out of superior magic, Life is a Grand energy. A precursor to Samsara energy and magic, Life is intrinsically connected to the origin of all sentient things. The greater your ability to manipulate Life, the greater the effects of your life skills, spells, and abilities.

Effect: Allows the user to convert superior Magic into Life Magic at a conversion factor of 1:15.

Life Sensing Eyes can be unlocked at Level 5 Magic Stat Level: A, Magic Manipulation Level: S and Life Manipulation Level: D

Grand Energy Deduction Unlocked!

New Skill

Name: Grand Energy Deduction

Level: A

Description: A technique that grants the user the ability to deduce an entity's talent for grand energy manipulation. The higher the proficiency of the technique the better the depth of the analysis and the greater the range for energy types.

Effect: Allows the user to accurately assess a person's talent for Grand, Elemental, and Aberrant Type Magic up to user's current Level of Magic Manipulation.

Celestial Origin Deduction can be unlocked at Magic Manipulation Level: SSS

Light Flames Unlocked!

New Skill

Name: Light Flames

Level: I

Description: Allows the user to create true flames from Superior Magic . The user's True Light Flames thought weak and small, are the bane of Darkness entities whilst also carrying properties that aid in crafting.

Effect: Creates a weak and small flame of pure light which can be shot or infused into the weapons weapons or limbs. Causes triple damage to Darkness-type entities and increases the success rate and potency of all the user's crafted items by 15% that are made with this skill.

First Iteration Incantation: Mastery 0%

Infernal Light Flames can be unlocked at Level 10 Magic Stats, Light Manipulation Level: SSS, and Light Flames Level: S]