Chapter 31：The Pub (2/2)

The first time they tried to hunt together, Kira killed the monsters with one blow. In Arthur's rough estimates, Kira was a peak-mid-tier monster, something he couldn't even hope of defeating. Having him around was much safer than Arthur hunting on his own. However, since he was a lot stronger than these monsters, Arthur had him simply watch as he took care of these hunters. For five days, Arthur's stats changed by a lot.

[Scholar Guardian's Legacy]

[Level: 9 (35%)]

[Strength: 41]

[Agility: 45]

[Stamina: 33]

[Perception: 26]

[Mana: 30/30]

[Abilities: Beginner Runes Wordsmith (7%), Useable Runes: 7]

[Skills: Lesser-Mana Breathing Skill (F), Poison Strike (F), Camouflage (F)]

However, his luck was not that good as he didn't gain any new skills. Although he hunted some monsters with skills, they didn't give him any. Arthur thought that this could be attributed to his luck or maybe he needed to hunt more monsters of the same kind.

Now that his mana was 30, he felt that his runes were too few. He was depressed by the idea that his growth was not as fast as it used to be. Although it was a lot faster than normal people, he was still weaker than neo-rankers. He was trying to leap from being a normal person to an awakener in less than two weeks as he wanted to have the same starting line as others.

From his estimates, to be a full-fledged neo ranker would mean he would have a stat of 50 or above, with the others having a small gap from that. However, that was only what he knew. He couldn't be sure if his guess was wrong, as he has never done a power assessment.

His legacy has stopped giving him runes. He realized that each time he gained a rune was either by direct knowledge or by achieving something new. The first three runes were when he first got the legacy, the legacy rune was when he first killed a monster, the protection rune was when he first hunted in a dungeon, the force rune was learned by himself, and the final stamina rune was when he first killed a primitive monster alone.

From what he learned about Legacies that they had the wills of their owners. That means they could reward him as the owner of the legacy saw fit, and that explained the irregularity of the pattern he received runes.

Nonetheless, Arthur's strength increased tremendously. However, he was also struck with the feeling that his body was reaching its limits. His strength was increasing rapidly and he felt like his potential was getting squeezed out by force, making it more difficult for him to get used to this new sensation of power.

Today, he decided to rest and try some new things. He still had a vivid memory of when he got attacked by the monster in the underground tunnel. Although its lifeforce was similar to others, it knew how to utilize mana to strengthen itself. Arthur wanted to try just that. He took his shirt off revealing the scar that has now covered his chest, and he sat down outside the pub. Kira was just by his side sleeping on the ground. Arthur looked at his new friend with a smile before he tried sensing his mana for the first time.