Chapter 277

[Total rewards for defeating Advanced-rank beasts: Carapace Spiders....]

[Total spiders defeated: 15]

[Total rewards: +6000XP; +1000 bonus XP first time defeating Carapace Spiders; +10 free stat points; +1 bloodline skill]

Ray blinked at the blue panel hovering in front of him, a completely bewildered expression plastered across his face.

Then, slowly, a wide smile stretched across his features.

"Woah. What a huge haul. Hahaha!"

Looking at the system in sheer disbelief, he smirked and immediately moved on to check the next set of notifications.

[Congratulations on defeating King-rank beast "Earth Shaker" all alone. Though it was weakened and injured and host decided to take advantage....]

"No one cares, you fool. Get straight to the rewards now, you annoying system," Ray interjected.

The system paused for a brief moment, as if reconsidering its words or perhaps feeling insulted by Ray’s blunt interruption, but regardless of its internal processes, the text continued to generate.

[... Rewards: +2000XP; +500XP first time defeating Earth Shaker type beast; +5 to all stats; +15 free stat points.]

Ray was about to squeal out loud in pure excitement but quickly managed to catch himself, exercising restraint lest he accidentally attracted a new wave of danger directly toward his current location.

There was a bubbly, euphoric feeling running through his stomach that he simply couldn’t suppress, no matter how hard he tried.

But then again, why should he even try to hide it?

Suddenly, the excruciating pain he had endured and the intense thirst he was suffering through felt entirely worth it at the end of the day.

"Show me my status tab."

======[Status]======

[Name: Ray Dawson]

[Age: 15]

[Race: Tribrid Adept]

[Level: 13]

[Exp: 4750 / 5000]

[HP: 60 / 90]

[MF: 0 / 130]

[Energy: 0 / 170]

{Attributes:}

[STR: 70 >>> 76]

[AGI: 70 >>> 76]

[INT: 45 >>> 50]

[PER: 50 >>> 55]

[END: 60 >>> 65]

[Stat points: 25]

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"Oh. I leveled up twice? And I got an additional point to strength and agility with each level up, huh? Looks good. And I’m just a few hundred points away from the next tier, too."

Then, his gaze dropped down to the free stat points he had accumulated.

Suddenly, his eyes shone greedily as he surveyed the unallocated points again and again.

"Let’s do this...."

[STR: 76 >>> 80]

[AGI: 76 >>> 80]

[INT: 50 >>> 60]

[END: 65 >>> 72]

[Stat points: 0]

The exact moment the command went through and the points were distributed, his muscles, tendons, and even his internal organs twitched and spasmed in response to the sudden influx of energy.

He could actively sense every individual fiber of his body tightening, solidifying, and filling with a brand-new, unfamiliar power.

The raw physical transition almost completely overloaded his senses for a split second before the temperature cooled back down, leaving him with a wide smile of utter satisfaction.

Squeezing his hands open and closed for a brief moment to test his new grip, the joyous expression immediately froze on his face when a fresh system warning materialized directly in his line of sight.

[Warning, fool; The following attributes: Str and Agi have hit their current cap. Evolve to continue growing your strength and agility. All attributes will hit their cap for now at eighty points. Evolve to uncork the caps.]

’E—E—Evolve? I just went through a whole evolution a few weeks ago! The fuck is wrong with this system? Why am I always getting capped at the most crucial times? How am I supposed to defeat stronger foes with the way my attributes are restricted?’

Most importantly...

"How the fuck am I going to defeat the unknown threats this alien world throws at me now? I could barely defeat an injured King-rank beast the other time. What is the meaning of this?!"

Then, he paused for a second, his brow furrowing deeply as he stared absolute daggers at the hovering blue screen.

"Hang on. Are you pissed about my earlier tone? Is that why you did this?!"

Of course, the system didn’t bother to reply and offered nothing but absolute silence to the young boy, who was still fuming.

’It’s like this system wants me to always suffer or something. I just went through an evolution a few weeks ago, and now it’s telling me I have another one when I reach... uh... when is the evolution?’

Glaring at the panel, he waited for a response.

"Didn’t you hear me? When is my next evolution?"

[....]

[Host’s next evolution is scheduled for when he reaches level 30.]

".....!!!"

"Wait, what?! Level 30?! That’s so fucking far. Like, very far!" Ray almost cried out as he switched the tab to look at his status metrics again.

[Level: 13]

"Level 30? The hell is wrong with this system? How am I proud to reach that level in time, especially since the required XP bar keeps increasing with each level up? This is totally unfair."

It seemed like the Aspirant was on the verge of crying at any moment as he looked at the translucent screen with pleading eyes.

"Pl—Please, is there something you can do about this, my beautiful, wonderfully loving system? You know I love you, right? So tell me, is there some sort of deal we can strike?"

[....]

[Thought you didn’t want an evolution very early, especially since you go through hell each time?]

"Well, I wouldn’t want one so early if my stats weren’t capped, you damned...!"

Realizing his mistake mid-sentence, Ray took a deep breath before calming back down, smiling sheepishly at the interface.

"I meant, I’m forced to want one so quickly because I want to continue growing stronger and not be stopped. I hope you can understand my plight, my favorite system."

Ray’s smile widened as his sharpened teeth were put on full display, making him look like a predatory monster waiting to bait its victim.

[...]

[Hm... let me see if there’s something I can do about.... You know what? Nope! There’s nothing I can do, so suffer, sucker.]

A vein could be seen twitching violently at the side of Ray’s head as he grabbed a loose rock beside him and tossed it toward the hovering screen in front of him with all his might.

The stone passed cleanly through the translucent system as if it never existed, causing the Aspirant to growl angrily at the result.

"Damn, damn, damn it! Fuck it all, man!"

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A/N: Come on Guys! We are just fifteen tickets away from having a Hundred Golden tickets!

Help us hit such a milestone and I promise a three Chapters release for 2 days. (June 1st and June 2nd)