499 Chapter 497 (1/2)
Congratulations! The skill Spearmanship has leveled up.
You obtained 01 status points.
Congratulations! The skill Swordsmanship has leveled up.
You obtained 01 status points.
Congratulations! The skill Spearmanship has leveled up.
You obtained 01 status points.
Congratulations! The skill Swordsmanship has leveled up.
You obtained 01 status points.
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Crik was right. Even though those were mithril weapons, they were far too weak. Still, he didn't notice that Leon was slowly making his attacks stronger by leveling up his weapon masteries. Besides, he also didn't notice that Leon decided to stop the attack at a single point.
”If I had some room to drain his mana, this would end a lot quicker... but he will probably snap my whole body in a single moment if I deactivate Mana Barrier.”
There some advantages in changing his body like that, but in Leon's eyes, there were more demerits in doing that. One of them was the mithril itself. If Crik or his underlings face someone who can absorb mana like Leon, they would be in dire straits. Even if someone powerful like Crik is powerful enough not to give any chances to the enemy to absorb the mithril, there was still a way to defeat him a little faster... one just has to keep attacking from all sides. Even if Crik's defense were powerful, his mithril would only work as long as it has mana. Crik had durability, or so to say, he could ignore most damage at the price of the mana stored in his mithril parts.
It took a few hours, but Crik eventually noticed that his body was getting sluggish. Even Leon was surprised by that... eventually, both of them noticed that Crik strength also decreased even though his status was normal. Crik also looked pretty shocked when he saw that his body had lost some color.
”I see now... it isn't the mithril that boosts your strength, is the mana itself that does that,” Leon declared. ”By the look in your face, you didn't face an opponent who could make your body lose so much mana until now. It can't be helped, since you probably are the leader of the mithril people...”
It was kind of surprising that they didn't notice that their strength and durability would decrease the less mana they have inside their mithril parts. But considering that they have been crossing the space in a spaceship, the number of enemies they could have faced was minimal.