Two days later

{Ding! A Higher level Intermediate Novice Awakener has been killed}

{Tabulating rewards....}

{Ding!.. 10000 Exp acquired plus additional stat's points.}

{Agility+5, Defense+5, Strength+10, Stamina+10, and Mana+ 10}

As he continued to hear the beeps of prompt messages ringing in his head, a faint smile surfaced on Dante's face.

[Master, here is your current status.] Nemesis immediately offered him an update on his status.

『Name: Dante Orion White

Race: Human?

Status: Novice Awakener

Level: 1 {Exp: 31500/100k}

Class: Spearman

Title: None

Magic Power: C (20)

Strength: D (50)

Defense: E (86)

Agility: D (87)

Stamina: D (10)

Elements: Lightning/Fire???

Skills: {Superman's Reflex} {Basic Poison Immunity} {Basic Combat} {Super Regeneration} {Spearmanship of***** Level 3} {Blue Lightning Lv1} {Lightning Escape Level 2}

Unique skills: {Black Heaven} {Mind's Eye} ??? 』

''Not bad, let's head back.'' Dante decided and soon left the alley.

°°°°°

Two days passed in a flash after he returned from the manhunt in the slum.

Dante hadn't entered any dungeon but only stayed inside his room during this time.

There were two reasons.

One was because he was taking care of a few things.

And the other was—

"Fuuu."

—to become used to his body and mana that had grown explosively after his stamina and other stats increased.

Swoosh!

On the rooftop of an abandoned house.

Hot sweat splattered over the shabby space filled with dark grime and mold.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Spearmanship flowed at a dazzling speed.

Movements in a series of stabs, cuts, and strikes naturally coursed through the air like flowing water.

"Hmpf!!"

After lightly stamping his feet, he jumped nearly 12 meters into the air and grabbed his ankles with both hands to conduct a back somersault.

It was an acrobatic movement a normal person wouldn't dare to attempt.

No, jumping in place close to 12 meters into the air was something difficult even for most Awakeners.

Naturally.

It was nothing but a simple warmup for Dante, whose body had advanced another step higher after killing and swallowing that terrorist Alluin.

"Ah!."

Thud!

Dante landed on the ground with an elegant posture and looked down at his body drenched in sweat.

"Without a doubt… this body is incredible."

He had been overworking his body for 4 hours without rest from early morning until then, but although he was sweating, he didn't feel all that tired.

Even from Awakener standards, unless one has a physical skill that made you a physical type of Awakener, a Level 1 Awakener that could compare to him in simple physical ability most likely didn't exist.

''Have you done what I asked you?" Dante asked as he placed his spear against the wall.

[Yes! master I have put everything into Lightning Art]

Now that he had thoroughly trained his body, it was time to train the skills that came with his Lightning Art.

"Skill board."

Boop—

Reacting to the low-pitched voice, a blue window appeared in front of his eyes.

[Lightning Art Level 2]

•Possessed skills

✻"Thunder & Lightning Lv2"

✻"Blue Lightning Lv2"

✻"Thunder Fall Lv1"

✻''Lightning Escape Lv2''

He currently possessed four skills in his lightning art.

'I need to prioritize training Thunder & Lightning.'

It was the conclusion he came up with after training each skill over the past two days.

In the end, Blue Lightning and Thunder Fall were just skills derived from Thunder & Lightning.

'If I level Thunder & Lightning, the other skills will naturally rise with it. As for the Lightning Escape, its level will naturally rise the more I use it.'

Gently closing his eyes, he focused mana into his left chest.

Crack! Crackle!!—

Blue lightning blazed as a powerful spark erupted.

The amount of lightning increased distinctly compared to when his Magic power hadn't increased.

Controlling the lightning, he compressed it into the shape of a ball.

The lightning shrank to the size of a volleyball and flashed violently.

Controlling the lightning, he compressed it into the shape of a ball.

The lightning shrank to the size of a handball and flashed violently.

"Looking at it like this, there certainly is a big difference,'' Dante remarked and Nemesis affirmed.

[Affirmative.]

There was the influence of his total amount of mana increasing once his magic power rose, but more than that, the large difference came from the fact that he could use more mana at once.

'My mana was overflowing since my awakening. Whatever my body is made of, it's simply incredible. I will make good use of it.'

Simply taking only the total amount of mana into account, he wasn't inferior compared to advanced level 2 Awakener; no, maybe he had as much as level 3 Awakeners at least.

''Let's keep up with the training.''

Focusing the lightning flowing over his body to his fists, he performed light martial arts.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

"Hah!"

Even if you called it martial arts, it was extremely clumsy, as he had never learned it professionally nor possessed a skill.

'Still, it's better than nothing.'

He was doing nothing but swinging his arms and legs in the air for now, but his skill would increase with time.

Crack! Crackle!!

In any case, the point of the training was not for martial arts, but to get used to focusing lightning around his body.

Compared to his clumsy martial arts, he could feel his proficiency in handling lightning increase day by day.

"Ch-hat!"

For the finale, he retrieved the spear he had left by the wall and used lightning.

With blue lightning forming at its edge, the spear's blade cut sharply through the air.

"…Hm."

After he had continued training for around 20 minutes he stopped.

''Fuh! I'm spent. It's time to go back.'' Dante declared before Nemesis didn't respond. He said nothing and started jogging back.