(Freya POV)
Uar however Alex had strained his vessel much more than I had even thought possible. After disc the "limit" of stats could be surpassed and that it was actually necessary in fact to reach higher levels I had all my children try and reach what I believed to be the true limit of rank SS 1500. Ottar and two others however were the only ones capable of doing so in any reasonable amount of time. It took a very special mix of personality and ditions to reach that point however which I unfortunately learned my familias enviro was not the best at nurturing.-
To be ho most of my familia was prised of mortals that had fallen victim to my charm and wanted nothing more than to possess me for their own. This as a result led to a lot of infighting and cut throat petition to earn my favor that also stifled their talents in the process. The falna unfortunately doesn't work well uhose ditions so very rarely do any of my children ever reach above 999 S. Alex somehoushed even further than SS and his vessel was in terrible shape as a result, for now though I will watch with bated breath.-
(Normal POV)
Even with the higher quality of the smoke given by the mohe further down I went I still didn't have as much liquid as I did from that single minotaur. This alone showed just how wide the qualitative differeween a level one and two was. To be ho I khat the only reason I had even mao kill that minotaur was because of bck fsh or perhaps it would be better to call it luck. I got lucky, the exact thing I the exaent i to survive. That ractically the story of cursed energy in a nutshell.-
Ironically the falna was the perfepliment to my cursed energy as through effort and pressure it allowed oo grow which was very synergistic with cursed energy. Perhaps that was why my growth was so rapid? I was gaining improvement from two sources at once so obviously I would grow much faster than the vast majority of adventurers. I couldn't help but wonder if that would ge after I leveled up. -
Hear me out, so the falna is a representation of the path to godhood with the higher level you go the closer you got to it. At the moment my cursed energy and falna were w to allow me to grow both together and separately at different points. But after leveling up the two will more likely than not fuse even further as cursed energy is now integral part of myself. It's kinda like when a video game developer puts out a game and updates it with a patch to fix a bug. Right nore-patch but after I level up I had a gut feeling that I was going to get a hefty restri pe.-
Don't get me wrong the falna NEVER applies a debuff without some sort of big upside as well but I was rather nervous to find out what that was exactly. Still I spent my few days delving and building up more and more liquid until finally at the two and a half month mark since I became an adventurer I was ready to get my st update at level one as well as my level up to two.-
"Are you sure about this? We could just level you up and not risk it?" Hestia asked ed and very worried for my safety.
"I am afraid of what may happen if we do this but I know that if we don't I would likely regret it for the rest of my days, do it." I said steeling myself for what was undoubtedly going to be an agonizing process.
Hestia nodded seriously and as Bell watched from the side as she updated my falna for the st time at this level.
Name: Alexander Drake
Race: Human
Level:1+( level up)
Strength:927(S)-> 1500(SS)-> 2000(X)-> 3000(~)
Endurance:1036(SS)->1500(SS)-> 2000(X)->3000(~)
Agility:859(A)-> 999(S)-> 1500(SS)-> 2000(X)-> 3000(~)
Dexterity:801(A)-> 999(S)-> 1500(SS)-> 2000(X)-> 3000(~)
Magic:3000(~)
Spells: Hell's fe(Ieique): use anything from a living being and reshape or refi per ones will.(Intation: Hell's fe)(Extension: Hell fire)
Skills: Heavenly restri: In exge for the ability to wield mana and magie gains access to cursed energy and cursed teiques.
Blessing of bck: Permaly increases cursed energy efficy, amount and trol. Magic will always start at G rank after leveling up.
At first it leasant warm spreading through my body that I had e tnize was the falna updating but then came the pain. Agony like thousands of fire ants chewing on every iny flesh and my blood boiling in my veins. Speaking of blood the stuff started to seep out of my pores, eyes and nose as my body began to colpse and fail uhe pressure. Hestia panicked and immediately leveled me up causing all hell to brake loose. Remember that massive amount of passive cursed energy just floating about over the city?
It resonated with me when I leveled up and for the briefest moment became visible to everyone iy as it became active. It turned invisible almost immediately but the damage was done as all the people in Orario were after answers now. As for myself I was entirely unscious after getting leveled up as my brai into self preservation mode. I was quite thankful that I had told Hestia what I wanted as a developmental skill already so she had been able to take it for me. I was entirely out for a whole week after that as my vessel refiself based on my values at level one.-
Name: Alexander Drake
Race: Cursed Human
Level:2
Strength:0(I)
Endurance:0(I)
Agility:0(I)
Dexterity:0(I)
Magic:200(G)
Spells: Hell's fe(Ieique): use anything from a living being and reshape or refi per ones will.(Intation: Hell's fe)(Extensions: Hell fire, cursed tool creation)
Skills: Heavenly restri: In exge for the ability to wield mana and magie gains access to cursed energy and cursed teiques.
Blessing of bck: Permaly increases cursed energy efficy, amount and trol. Magic will always start at G rank after leveling up.
Vessel of Sin: Hells femaster carries the burden of all mortal sin and is tasked to purify it from the souls of the dead. Perma increase to crafting with cursed energy. Perma decrease to all stats for ea soul killed and increase for each sinful soul killed. Grants skill: Soul gaze.
Soul gaze: See the souls of all things and their sins.
Developmental Skills: Curse-smith: Cursed energy specific variant of the bcksmith skill.
Mostly positive more thaive if I do say so myself but there was certainly quite a lot that I was less than pleased about.
