Chapter 235 - Megaloptera 2 (1/2)

Chapter 235 - Megaloptera 2

Aldrich watched the fight unfold He did not want to fight directly because he wanted to keep up his facade of being a separate entity fro his powers to basically just his physical strength

By having two separate identities, Aldrich had more leeway to trick or manipulate others It also increased the 'netizing about aof power that Aldrich wanted to capitalize on

For how long Aldrich wanted to keep this separation of identity, he did not know Whenever he got a s to think about later

Right now, Aldrich observed howbastard!" Stella yelled as she pointed her palonfly froe before a shower of sparks crackled out froy

"Impressive," said Aldrich as he put a hand to his chin

Stella had improved dra her blood flow and h her skin in the foras then violently detonated with the air, creating a highly reactive explosion

This e because her blood could not travel far before it blew up, grounding her strictly as a short or hter

But now, she had found a way to prevent her gas for immediately She could thus create projectiles that detonated only when they hit a target

The ball of orange energy hit the dragonfly's black carapace and then wobbled chaotically before exploding in a burst of white light re The air rippled as a loud explosion rocked through it

"darimaced Stella as she noted that the explosive ball had not h the carapace It left a nasty, cracked crater oozing with cauterizing yellow blood, but it did not have enough power to punch coonfly started to shi+ver Countless sharp black spines across its back stood up like the quills on a porcupine Several rotated towards Stella and then fired and speeds that easily surpassed sound

Stella reacted before the spines fired, dodging preeh One of the spines had passed through her belly, gouging out a sizable hole

In response, she just smiled

Aldrich noted her incredible pain tolerance Undeath prevented vital organs froate pain At least, not with creatures that had functioning nervous systerin at a hole in her stonore the pain And it was no wonder, either Fro herself consistent heart attacks with her powers

That was how she trained herself

The further an Alter pushed themselves, pushed their powers and its weaknesses to the absolute er they reached their potential

The downside was that overtraining was a very real issue with significant drawbacks In Stella's case, literal heart attacks These costs made it difficult for Alters to consistently really push themselves

Only in life or death scenarios could they exert themselves to the extent that Stella did routinely

It was a known pheno Alters that in situations of extreed their power beyond lier when they recovered

Stella had repeated that process countless ti herself heart failure after heart failure

Now, Stella was leagues beyond how she was back when Aldrich first raised her He appraised her level

[Unit Stella's Level: 33]

An incredibly i Stella had not even cracked level 20 at first

Watching Stella grow, Aldrich began to also get a better assessment of how levels determined power It followed Elden World convention with a soft and hard cap system

Early levels from 1-40 provided considerable amounts of power After 40, there seeranted less overall strength than before

There was another soft cap at level 60, and then a 'hard cap' at level 80 where power differences came mostly from equipment and unique spells and skills rather than stat differences