Weakest

Zen looked at his teacher and said, "Yes, I am."

"Even in your home world?"

"Yes."

"Do you have any kind of special bloodline or physique?"

"No. I'm 100% pure human."

Arthur looked at Zen in the eyes for a moment before sighing. "Hmmm… then I won't probe any further."

Feeling that Zen really did not have any reason to lie to him, Arthur felt that he could trust his words.

However, this outcome was really just too shocking even for him.

'Is he really a human?'

'But this kind of potential is simply monstrous!'

He felt that Zen was really saying the truth, but he could not bring himself to believe it.

'Or maybe… it's something that he himself doesn't know about?'

'It's possible…'

As thoughts kept coming in Arthur's mind, he asked, "May I ask what did you do in the past two weeks?"

Zen thought for a moment and said, "I just trained."

"Nothing more?"

"Nothing more."

Arthur racked his brains in order to find the most possible explanation regarding Zen's condition.

In the beginning of Zen's training, he supervised him in order to help him train in the most efficient way and become stronger quickly.

Even though he did not supervise him as much in the following days, he still checked on Zen from time to time.

That was why he knew that Zen really did not do anything in the past two weeks besides training.

After a long time of thinking, Arthur gave up and said, "Do you know why I asked if you are a human?"

Although he had an inkling, Zen still asked, "Why?"

Arthur turned to Zen and said, "I have told you before about the fact that most creatures can only gain 2 stat points that they can freely distribute every level up, right?"

Seeing Zen's nod, Arthur continued to ask, "I've also told you about the Hero level previously, right?"

"The peak of a human's limit?"

"That's right. Originally, I planned on explaining this at a later date because it's a bit complicated. However, as I witnessed your intelligence in the past two weeks and what happened right now, I've decided to go into details regarding those topics since I felt that it's necessary."

Arthur was not lying. He could not even count the times he was surprised by Zen's progress. No matter if it was body training or gaining proficiency in his skills.

One had to know that gaining proficiency was really hard. It depends on one's talent, potential and comprehension.

It was only because it's Zen that it seemed so easy.

Zen nodded and prepared himself, afraid of missing a word.

"I'll first talk about the free stat points that you can distribute freely every level up."

"The amount of free stat points that you gain every level up is affected by one's innate, physique and bloodline potential. Strong species like the dragons can normally gain 10 free stat points on top of gaining bonus stat points in their Constitution, Strength and Intelligence. I must inform you that this is only for those average dragons. The more talented dragons are even more ridiculous."

"It means that even if a normal level 50 human and a level 50 dragon faced off, the dragon can still trample the level 50 human without breaking a sweat. Unlike those privileged dragons and other powerful races, us humans are only given 2 stat points that can be freely distributed without any kind of bonuses at all."

Arthur's words shocked Zen. He knew that although the difference between 2 and 10 seemed small, as one's level increased, the gap between the two would widen until it became a chasm. Moreover, this does not include the fact that other races still have bonus stat points given to them.

However, he only kept his shock to himself since he did not want to interrupt his teacher.

Arthur did not notice the changes in Zen's expression and kept talking.

"Now, let's talk about the Hero level. Unlike the other power levels, humans are the only one that uses this term. The reason for that is because, as I said earlier, it represents the peak of a human's limit. Breaking the racial limit is something that even the gods acknowledge. As such, this term came to be. However, even though it sounds good, it cannot change the fact that it was still the limit."

"The reason why the human race can become what it is today is because of the few outstanding humans that were able to break past the Hero level. And the God of Fire is one of them. Not only did he break past the limit, he also reached and became one of the most powerful gods in the world."

As Arthur spoke, Zen noticed that there seemed to be a trace of pride in his expression.

"As you can see, humans can be called the underdog in this world."

He turned his head towards Zen, his expression becoming a bit uneasy and the trace of pride slowly vanished from his face.

"The reason why I've told you about all this is because just like levels, humans also have a limit for their stats."

As soon as Zen heard Arthur's words, a frown appeared on his forehead.

'What the fuck… are humans really this weak?'