Chapter 20: Testing the limits
MC POV:
Now then, I guess it's time to properly check out my status.
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///Status///
Name: Arthur Yuki
Race: Human
Title: Little Genius, Boss
Mental Age: ~35
Physical Age: ~25
Potential: Lvl: 3, Grade: EX
Existential Level: Lvl: 3, Grade: E
Affinity: All
State: Normal, Excited
///Attributes///
Vitality: Lvl: 3, Grade: S
Toughness: Lvl: 3, Grade: F
Endurance: Lvl: 3, Grade: E
Strength: Lvl: 3, Grade: E
Agility: Lvl: 3, Grade: D
Dexterity: Lvl: 3, Grade: E+
Energy Reserves: Lvl: 3, Grade: B
Energy Quality: EX
Luck: Lvl: 1, Grade: D
///Skills///
//Passive//
[Perfect Memory: Lvl: 7, Grade: EX], [Negative Status Effect Immunity: Lvl: 7, Grade: EX], [Drawing: Lvl: 2, Grade: S], [Information Processing: Lvl: 3, Grade: S], [Cooking: Lvl: 2, Grade: S], [Body Control: Lvl: 3, Grade: E], [Energy Perception: Lvl: 3, Grade: A], [Inner Energy Flow: Lvl: 3, Grade: SSS], [Outer Energy Flow: Lvl: 2, Grade: B], [Swordsmanship: Lvl: 2, Grade: EX], [CQC: Lvl: 2, Grade: EX], [Pain Tolerance: Lvl: 3, Grade: E], [Instinct: Lvl: 2, Grade: EX], [Healing Magic: Lvl: 2, Grade: B], [Curse Arts: Lvl: 2, Grade: A], [Craftsmenship: Lvl: 1, Grade: A], [Desire Perception: Lvl: 2, Grade: E], [Embodiment of Nature: Lvl: 3, Grade: C]
//Active//
[Even Further Beyond: Lvl 3, Grade: B], [Domination: Lvl 3, Grade: S], [Telekinesis: Lvl 3, Grade: B], [Clean: Lvl: 1, Grade: S]
//Special//
[Breath of Heaven and Hell: Lvl 3, Grade: E], [Acedia; Lvl: 3, Grade: C]
///Innates///
Name: [Orb of Desires], Type: Gift, Lvl: 7, Grade: EX
Name: [Indomitable Will], Type: Spirit, Lvl: 3, Grade: A
Name: [Body of Seven Sins], Type: Body, Lvl: 3, Grade: C
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First, as expected, my potential and existential level entered level 3. My other stats, excluding Energy reserves, didn't change, but I am not surprised since they reached level 3 before I awakened my second innate ability.
In contrast to my stats, the level of [Indomitable Will], and the active skills originating from it, have increased. It's either a result of my existential level increasing or because I was able to endure the pain during the challenge with the innate sealed.
I also acquired four new skills, [Craftsmenship], [Desire Perception], [Embodiment of Nature], and [Acedia]. The first one originates from all the furniture and other things I made in the forest. As for the other three, my best guess is that acquired them in the process of awakening the [Body of Seven Sins].
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Name: [Body of Seven Sins]
Type: Body
Lvl: 3, Grade: C
Passive: The user's body gets more attuned to the attributes of the unlocked transformation.
Passive: [Desire Perception] - Allows the user to feel the desires of other creatures and related energy.
Active: The user can transform into a demon corresponding to one of the seven sins. Each sin increases specific stats and unlocks racial abilities.
Current forms: [Sloth]
-WARNING-
This description is based only on the analysis of user feats until now. Skill can improve and change freely based on the user's perspective and mentality.
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It seems I was right. In addition, it passively increases my attunement with some attributes, but which ones exactly?
Let's just check the information about [Sloth].
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[Sloth]
Race: Behemoth, Primordial Sin of Sloth
Attributes: Earth, Life, Nature, Adaptation
Abilities: [Acedia], [Size Enlargment],[Embodiment of Nature]
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Behemoth? Shouldn't it be Baphomet? Also, since when adaptation is an attribute? I can understand the other ones, but this?
Sigh, let's not question it too much. It's most likely my lacking knowledge. I will just add demons to my reading list and research it later. Now, the abilities.
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[Acedia]
Lvl: 3, Grade: C
The essence of sloth. Nothing in the world will stop you from taking a nap.
Passive: The body adapts to the environment and attacks over time, developing resistance.
Active: The body rapidly adapts to the environment and attacks at the cost of your stamina and/or energy, developing resistance.
Acquired resistance: [Fire: Level: 2, Grade: D], [Lightning: Level: 2, Grade: D],...+
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[Size Enlargment]
Lvl: 1, Grade: A
Behemoths are well known for their gigantic size.
Active: Allows you to increase your size and defense at the cost of stamina and/or energy while decreasing your speed.
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[Embodiment of Nature]
Lvl: 3, Grade: C
Your body gives an aura as if you were a walking forest.
Passive: Beasts and plants are drawn to you and won't attack unless provoked.
Passive: Beasts and plants around you grow faster and more powerful.
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Jackpot!!!
Just the first transformation already provides me with three new abilities. If this trend continues, I should be able to acquire at least twenty-one abilities in total, three for each transformation.
The only problem is finding enough time to awaken and train all of them...
Well, I will worry about how to unlock the other forms once I am done with what I have. The Challenge Room should be able to help me with that since it also allows me to train the mastery over innates, not just regular skills.
Anyway, time to test out how strong that transformation makes me without the restrictions of the Challenge Room.
With that thought in mind, I started circulating the energy of a sloth and instantly realized the difference. Now that I could use [Indomitable Will] again, the urge of lying down and falling asleep nearly completely disappeared, or rather got suppressed.
I started performing some stretches and simple exercises, and in the process discovered a dramatic increase in my body's flexibility. Not just that. I could tell that my Strength, Speed, and Toughness got doubled. It didn't appear in the status, but I could estimate that much based on the results of the exercises. All my senses also seemed sharper, like a predator ready to hunt.
I changed the Training Room into a forest of three-hundred-meter-tall trees and started jumping around.
It was fun, to say the least, as my current body made it a lot easier than usual. Since I had claws, I could use them to stick to the trees, while my increased flexibility and the addition of the tail allowed me to perform actions that would throw me off balance in normal circumstances.
After having enough playing around it was time to test the [Size Enlargment] skill. Its level and grade were low compared to my other skills, but that could be attributed to the fact that I have never used it before.
First, I tried to use it on my whole body. In a matter of seconds, my body increased from 190 cm to 570 cm, tripling my height and multiplying my weight by 27 times.
The energy consumption wasn't that bad compared to the decrease in speed. Every move made me feel like I was enveloped in some viscous substance, while the force behind them carried my hands and legs further than intended.
On the positive side, my body became even sturdier, and with a bit of practice, I will get used to the weight difference.
Now, let's test partial enlargement.
I returned my body to its base size and started enlarging my right hand. Soon, it became three times bigger, but to my surprise, I could feel that wasn't the limit. It kept growing until it became nearly as big as my whole enlarged body, making me feel completely off balance. The only reason I could keep it above the ground was my superhuman strength, otherwise, it would be completely useless.
I focused on a nearby tree and slammed my enlarged hand against it, pulverizing it in the process. The moment my hand and the surface of the tree met, a loud sound resounded throughout the forest. In a manner, not that dissimilar to an explosion, splinters got sent everywhere, and a cloud of dust arose.
"*Whistle* If I can decrease the time it takes to enlarge my body this will become a valid option for attack," I muttered to myself in amazement.
"Just don't waste it by increasing the size of your dick," Selen commented with a smirk while entering the Training Room.
"That's..." I tried to defend myself but couldn't refute such thoughts flashing in my head after confirming the possibility of partial enlargement.
"These ears suit you," she said after coming closer and giving me a once-over. "You should keep them," she added, her tail swaying behind.
"I didn't expect the [Embodiment of Nature] to affect you as well," I said.
"Only to some extent, but a normal beast person would have likely fall for you," Selen replied. "I am simply happy that we now have more in common," she added.
"That makes the two of us," I said.
After that, we exited the Training Room and spent some time playing games (still transformed). Then, I went to the Challenge Room and started another skill-grinding session.