Power Levels

No matter how talented one was, it will still take at least a few days for them to be able to reach the next level of a skill.

Even the dragons who were one of the most powerful races in this world still took a bit of time in improving a skill compared to Zen.

As such, Arthur was stunned at his student's words.

However, he was also proud to have found someone this monstrous. With Zen's potential, he was sure that the Temple of Fire would be able to rise again.

"Teacher, are you constipated?"

Zen curiously asked as he stared at Arthur's face who looked as if he was preventing a fart from coming out.

Arthur, who just came to his senses, angrily said, "I'm just happy you ungrateful brat! Now hurry up and eat."

'Well, what a strange way to be happy…'

"Eat up, you'll need to eat your fill and regain energy for our training later."

Zen was speechless at Arthur's words.

'Is he taking revenge on me?! He had clearly stated earlier that I should rest… that's it, he's definitely taking revenge!'

While cursing his petty teacher in his heart, he took a bottle of milk and chugged it before glancing at the slowly setting sun and asking.

"Training!? Do you want me to die of exhaustion?"

Arthur chuckled lightly and bit down on the bread in his hand before replying.

"Well, you said that you wanna be strong as fast as possible, right?"

"Yeah…"

"Then just obey my orders, I'll make sure to have you on the level of hero in a year!"

Zen was confused and asked, "Hero?"

Seeing Zen's confused expression, Arthur drank a mouthful of milk and said, "Oh right, terms are used for levels before a certain threshold. Also, we can't just say our level to someone right? So the thing called power levels were used to... well, define one's power."

"The Hero level that I said earlier is used to call a person whose level is exactly level 99. The level 99 is also said to be the peak of a human's limit."

Zen carefully listened and focused all his attention on Arthur while gulping a mouthful of milk from time to time.

After a slight pause, Arthur continued, "The gap between level 99 and level 100 was like a huge chasm. The barrier that one needs to break in order to increase their level becomes thicker as they level up. As for those who have broken the limit, they are called Legends."

"Legends…"

Zen muttered dazedly.

Arthur smiled, amused at Zen's expression and continued, "The title of Legend includes level 100 to level 499, then one will have to face another bigger, thicker and tougher barrier in order to reach the level of a Myth, they are also called Mythicals. Then if one successfully managed to level up to 999, they would be at the step where they could possibly become a God."

"Damn…"

Zen was surprised at how long of a way he would have to come in order to become a God, much less kill one.

Before he could think any further, Arthur continued, "They aren't as simple as what I said. I've only glossed over the power levels of this world."

After a pause, Zen curiously asked, "Then teacher, what is your power level?"

Arthur smiled mysteriously and said, "Me? Hehe, all you need to know is that I'm powerful."

"Hmmm… then if you don't mind, may I ask how old you are?"

Arthur had an angry expression on his face as he reprimanded Zen, "Why are you so full of questions? I look like I'm in the middle of my 20s and that's all you need to know!"

Zen had a wronged expression on his face.

"Why are you so sensitive over this? You're not even a woman."

Hearing these words from his student, Arthur proudly replied, "Well, I believe in gender equality!"

Zen just remained silent, tired of arguing with his teacher.

After a moment of silence, Arthur finished his bread with a bite and said, "Oh right, there must've been some improvement with your attributes. Have you checked it yet?"

Zen, who was also close to finishing his food, replied, "Wait, let me check."

He opened his status panel and stared at it for a while before closing it after.

[…

Stats:

Strength = 21

Agility = 24

Dexterity = 12

Constitution = 30

Intelligence = 11

…]

Zen continued eating his food before speaking with a nonchalant expression.

"My Strength is now at 21, Agility is at 24, Dexterity at 12, Constitution at 30 while my Intelligence didn't have any increase."

Pffft!!!!

Zen, who was covered in milk again, was stunned as he stared at Arthur.

"Ehem, ehem. Pardon me, I seem to have choked on some bread."

Zen just stared silently at him in reply, using the powers of awkwardness to take revenge on his teacher.

"Okay, okay, stop now. I'm sorry, okay!"

Arthur pleaded as he was about to get devoured by shame.

It was only at this moment that Zen stopped staring at Arthur, making him sigh in relief.

'Yup, this confirms it. My student is a monster.'

Thought Arthur in shock as he remembered Zen's attributes increase.