Chapter 140 (2/2)

And as these two talked, Chi-Woo went outside He couldn’this noon exercise, Chi-Woo went to the terowth system was pretty basic It was divided into tiers and ranks, and every time he went up a rank, the systeave hi was how the prerequisites changed every tirowth system was like a bank If he earned merits and deposited it, a God would use the deposit to invest in a hero who passed their screening And for heroes who failed, there existed other then their abilities; thesemedication But it was here that Chi-Woo faced a problem For basic attributes and skills, he kne to raise their ranks; but for abilities he gained through forin at all After all, how did one level up Golden Ratio or Core of Balance?

‘What do I need to do?’ Chi-Woo had an inkling of what he should do Like Laguel had told him once, there were many ways to use divinity, and he had someone to consult with—for instance, a God But here, there was no te La Bella, nor a relic There was only a temple where Shahnaz’s relic here heroes who made a contract with Shahnaz could visit

‘But could I go?’ Chi-Woo wondered In the end, he went to meet Shahnaz

—That’s a stupid concern Aren’t you already holding a relic?

Shahnaz said sharply

‘Sorry?’

—The heart Your heart

Hearing this, Chi-Woo recalled the white pearl he saw inside the cave’s lake

—Your heart has already assimilated with the Core of Balance In other words, you already have the relic inside you, and there’s no need for you to find a deno denomination and temple

‘Then, does thatyour time here

La Bella and Chi-Woo were one in body and soul La Bella had decided to make it such when Chi-Woo swore to follow her, and truthfully, Shahnaz had thought Chi-Woo and La Bella’s circumstance quite a special case But it was also understandable since Chi-Woo was involved After all, Chi-Woo was earning merits that far surpassed all the other heroes Shahnaz had made contracts with

—But I’ you caed, Chi-Woo told Shahaz about his other worry

—H merits So, in other words, you want et what you’re saying, but do we have to go so far?

‘But I think I will only be able to make exact calculations then’

—Yes, I understand that, but it’s dangerous

Shahnaz expressed her concern The growth system utilized a tier and rank system to show that a hero needed to display a certain level of coot what Chi-Woo was requesting now, they would learn exactly how much more merit they would need to rank up, and eventually start to wonder why they depositedthem in areas they wished to i to undertake the risks of a dangerous mission? People would choose to do only safe missions to accumulate the necessarythat could shake the very foundation of the growth system

Yet, Shahnaz could understand Chi-Woo's perspective, and she felt hesitant to just flat-out refuse his request In the end, she said:

—This doesn’t see with me

Shahnaz meant that Chi-Woo should talk to La Bella since he had made a contract with La Bella instead of her

—What you want is a very special request It’s so that can’t be done under normal circumstances…but it may be a different story for you At least a part of it could happen

Chi-Woo, who had been downcast thinking that his request would be rejected, fell into deep thought after hearing Shahnaz’s response He couldn’t keep pestering her when he was basically asking her to level only hi that hewhat he wanted compared to other heroes

‘Um…ould it be different for me?’

—What do you mean? Didn’t I just tell you?

Shahnaz sounded baffled

—It’s because you are already different from other heroes… Wait, no way Do you perhaps…

[Do you still think of yourself as a mortal or a human?]

Chi-Woo suddenly recalled what somebody had asked him once And as he walked out of the temple, Chi-Woo pondered deeply He had Core of Balance, and he was one with La Bella What were the i ever since he was able to see a particular existence’s soul light

[Your user inforot an alarm When he called up his user infor one of the sections

<User Information>

1 History

2 Stat

3 Abilities

4 Others ★

5 Fostering

‘Fostering?’ That was new Chi-Woo clicked on it

<Fostering Information>

[User Choi Chi-Woo’s Merit Count: 24,608]

1 Inherent – [Core of Balance F] (5,277 Up↑!)

2 Inherent – [Divine Blood F] (2,352 Up↑!)

3 Inherent – [Golden Ratio AAA] (2,178,675 Up↑!)

4 Inherent – [Halo F] (1,051 Up↑!)

Chi-Woo soon realized that La Bella had already fulfilled his request It wasn’t a lie when she said she would always be with him And her intention was clear in what the foster system showed: because Chi-Woo's request would shake the foundation of the system, La Bella didn’t fulfill it completely, but instead displayed only the aained froe itself cost him merits as well

‘Thank you, Goddess La Bella’ Chi-Woo placed his hand on his heart and bowed He was grateful that La Bella fulfilled his wishes and did it in a way that was easy for him to understand It was clear that the numbers before the upward arroere the nurade the ability to the next level But when he saw the nuratitude vanished

‘No Why are they so expensive?’

He thought he wouldn’t needhow the nurade would increase exponentially after that, Chi-Woo was dus cost already But it couldn’t be helped Upgrading basic abilities was akin to upgrading a common iron sword, while Core of Balance would be more like a divine sword made out of divine stones that didn’t exist in the huly, the systeredients Of course, since Chi-Woo wasn’t privy to any of the details, he was incredibly dissatisfied hat he saw

‘Did rank S come after rank triple A…?’ Chi-Woo wondered if he could raise the rank of Golden Ratio to S, but when he saw the number of merits required, his mouth dropped He knew that S rank was one that surpassed humans, but wasn’t this a bit much? He would need not 200,000 merits, but more than 2bloay and captured a deot only a bit more than 20k 2 million seemed unattainable even if he defeated all 66 demons of the Deht ‘Ms La, aren’t you going too far with your joke!?’

Slap!

Chi-Woo felt somebody smack him on top of his head

“Ah! Who was that!” Chi-Woo teared up from the sudden pain and looked around hi at me suddenly? It wasn’t me!

Philip waved his hand defensively frohed quietly She almost said, ‘You always make me worry for you…’