Chapter 67: Difficulty in Leveling Up

Chapter 67: Difficulty in Leveling Up

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### Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters

Ubuyashiki kagaya sat in the corridor, bathed in the moonlight.

Caw! A crow flew into the yard and slowly landed beside him.

Ubuyashiki Amane took the information carried by the crow, read it carefully, and said, "The demon in Hisayama has been successfully dealt with."

"Mr. Aomura's efficiency is amazing!" Kagaya had a gentle smile on his face.

Amane hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Aomura killed a human during the mission."

"Who was it?" Kagaya's expression remained unchanged.

Mrs. Amane briefly described Doihara and then said, "The two team members who initially took over the investigation mission expressed their attitudes in the report, believing the man deserved the punishment and supporting Mr. Aomura's approach."

She read the words written by Mizuno and Takamoto in the report.

"Indeed, he was a damned person," Kagaya nodded slightly.

He had long known that Mr. Aomura's philosophy was not exactly the same as that of the Demon Slayer Corps.

The Demon Slayer Corps is dedicated to killing demons and regards protecting humans as its duty. They do not easily attack humans or interfere in human conflicts.

However, Mr. Aomura does not mind personally destroying evil.

Regarding this matter, he does not think that Mr. Aomura did anything wrong, nor does he think he has the right to reprimand Mr. Aomura.

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Mizuno and Takamoto waited anxiously for the follow-up on "Doihara's death."

On the one hand, they defended the "murderer" and had to take some responsibility. On the other hand, they were also a little worried about the reinforcement whose name they did not even know in the end.

However, the development of events was completely beyond their expectations.

Time passed day by day.

They were not held accountable, not punished, and no one even mentioned "Doihara" again.

The two gradually forgot about this matter, only mentioning it occasionally when they reunited.

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Aoki was not surprised at all by Ubuyashiki Kagaya's decision.

In the following days, he traveled around, becoming a Demon Slayer.

With the information from the Demon Slayer Corps, his demon-hunting efficiency increased significantly.

However, the upgrade speed was not optimistic.

Unfortunately, his previous guess came true.

After reaching level 13, the experience gain dropped again.

[Kill a demon and gain 15 experience points.]

Aoki glanced at the system prompt, sighed secretly, and with a thought, the azure blue screen appeared in his field of vision.

[Name: Aoki]

[Strength: 19]

[Constitution: 18]

[Intelligence: 19]

[Agility: 19]

[Occupation: Hunter, White Walker, Martial Artist]

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[White Walker]

Quality: ★★

Level: lv14 (87/1400)

Skills: Demon Blood IV, Space Shuttle, Transparent World, Devourer II

Mission: The Last Days of Upper Moon (1/3)

Free Skill Points: 2

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[Martial Artist]

Quality: ☆

Level: lv3 (11/300)

Skills: Heart of Martial Arts, Combat Instinct, Body Control (Not Learned Yet), Indomitable Will (Not Learned Yet)

At this time, three months had passed since he reached a cooperation with the Demon Slayer Corps and started hunting demons.

After three months of sleepless efforts, "White Walker" and "Martial Artist" each upgraded by one level.

After "Martial Artist" was upgraded to level 3, he finally obtained one free attribute point, which Aoki added to his constitution.

"White Walker" reached level 14 and gained two free attribute points, which he added to strength and intelligence respectively.

In these three months, the accumulation of "Demon Devourer" also reached the requirements, and he gained one point of agility and one free skill point.

Compared with three months ago, all his attributes have increased by one point, and his strength has risen to a new level.

The free skill points have also accumulated to two. It is expected that at level 15, he can learn the next skill.

However, "There are still more than 1,300 points left," Aoki looked at the system panel and was silent.

After reaching level 13, the experience gain plummeted. He thought it was already bad, but he didn't expect level 14 to be a nightmare.

After level 14, Demons with double-digit experience were considered valuable, and many Demons' experience even became zero!

Objectively speaking, this is normal.

Currently, his strength is enough to rival kokushibo. Many demon s can't withstand his casual attack, so the experience can't be high.

But subjectively, the reduction in experience gain is very uncomfortable.

1,300 experience points may not seem like much, but at the current speed of gaining experience, it is a despairing number.

Aoki quickly calculated in his mind.

Now he can get about 20 experience points on average for killing a demon. With the full support of the Demon Slayer Corps' intelligence, he can kill a demon every five days.

Without taking a break, it will take more than 300 days to reach level 15.

After calculating this number, Aoki was completely silent.

It takes one year to level up!

Even if he calmed down and slowly grinded, he might not have any problem reaching level 15, but what about the rest?

The number of demons is limited, and it's questionable whether there are so many demons in the world for him to grind.

Even if there are, it will take an extremely long time.

Aoki took a breath, "There are two ways. First, target the Upper Moons, and second, speed up the hunting."

Gyutaro and Daki gave him 1,500 experience points, and the other five would definitely yield higher benefits.

Even if his experience decreases as his level increases, it is still very impressive.

The problem is, if finding Upper Moons was easy, he would have gone looking for them long ago.

The Demon Slayer Squad's investigation into the "Eternal Paradise Sect" has yielded no results.

To find the Upper Moons, just try your luck.

The second option is to speed up the hunt.

He spent most of his time on the road. Even though he used his physical strength for a long time and often used "space shuttle" to travel regardless of consumption, he still spent a lot of time on the road.

Is there a way to solve this? There really is!

Aoki looked at the "White Walker" skill bar.

Level 2 "Space Shuttle" can create space marks.

"Space Mark Shuttle" ignores distance and consumes very little.

If he learns this skill, hunting demons quickly will become possible.

However, learning level 2 "Space Shuttle" requires four skill points.

He only has two now.

He won't have enough until he reaches level 15.

In other words, if he wants to learn level 2 "Space Shuttle," he needs to reach level 15 first.

No matter what, the experience to level up to level 15 must be gained slowly.

Aoki rubbed the corner of his mouth, "I feel like it was a mistake to learn Transparent world first."

At that time, he was only thinking about improving his combat effectiveness, but he didn't expect that his experience gains would be cut so drastically!

Looking back, he should have prioritized learning the level 2 "Space Shuttle" that could not directly improve combat effectiveness.

Caw Caw! A crow's call sounded overhead, interrupting Aoki's thoughts.

"Is there another mission so soon?"

"Northwest!"

"Northwest, OtakeMountain, Twelve Kizuki!"

"Go as soon as possible!"

"Go as soon as possible!"

"Twelve Kizuki?" Aoki perked up.

Finally, the big fish came. He was having a headache about how to get the experience to level up to level 15.

This mission came just in time.

"Twelve Kizuki, I don't know who it is? I hope it's an Upper Moon!"

Aoki immediately embarked on the journey, He won't let anyone beat him to it.

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