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Leon raised his eyebrows and observed his own condition.

It was the fourth day of enduring the pain that felt like my flesh was being torn apart as my core was forcibly enlarged.

Leon was in a strange state of being conscious but feeling hazy.

When I went up a level, I didn’t feel my consciousness becoming clearer or my five senses becoming more open.

I wonder if this is a rise in level or not… … .

It was a vague, vague feeling, as if I was halfway there.

Leon only realized that he had reached a higher level when he noticed a translucent window floating before his eyes.

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[Growth Helper]

-information

▶ Name: Leon

▶ Level: Apprentice Level 5

▶ Magic Power: D-

▶ Attribute constitution: All-attribute constitution (fire, water, wind, earth, wood, electricity, light, darkness)

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In the meantime, after eating 30 elixirs, my magical power also went up by one level, changing from E+ to D-.

It seems that I never had time to feel the thrilling and pleasant sensation that comes with increasing magical power.

Leon also looked into the rewards for leveling up.

▶ The reward probability has increased as the level of land has increased.

▶ 500 hours of Space-Time Orb were provided.

▶ Please select additional level up rewards.

▶ Elixir (C+ Grade Balance Crystal) / Artifact (C+ Grade Lightning Staff)

‘hmm…….’

The grade of the additional rewards has been increasing so far, but this time it was a C+ grade reward with the same grade as before.

‘That’s not the point.’

C+ grade elixir, crystal of balance.

It is neither a pure nor a pure liquid.

Although the exact meaning could not be determined from the name alone, it was a name that caught Leon’s gaze, whose core was unstable.

Was there an elixir that could stabilize magical power?

Leon had never heard of it.

And Leon felt uneasy.

Why does such an elixir come out when Leon needs to stabilize his magical power?

Leon looked back at the additional rewards he had received so far.

Purified Essence, Guardian Golem, and Rhydra’s Lightning of Glory.

When elixirs were most needed, purified essences appeared, and when a means to protect oneself was needed, guardian golems appeared.

The magic book was in urgent need, so a glorious lightning bolt appeared.

And now.

When stability of magic power is needed, the decision of balance is made.

‘I am being given what I need… … .’

Is this reward system ‘intentional’?

Even though I don’t know about the general quest rewards, the rewards given ‘directly’ as additional rewards were blatant.

‘This is just blatantly… … helping me.’

Come to think of it… … .

‘It may not have been just my luck that I got an exclusive character as the 300th reward.’

Up until now, I’ve only received F-rank rewards, so I thought I was lucky since I had a dedicated body.

Leon chose the decision of balance, calming his complicated mind.

The rewards for regular quests that are automatically completed when a level is reached have been changed to artifacts.

It was to prepare to deal with the golem outside.

▶ You have obtained a disposable Explosion Scroll (D-).

As the reward probability increased, a D-grade reward would be a normal reward.

Leon stared at the crystal of balance resting on his palm.

It was a cubic crystal the size of a thumb joint.

The color was transparent, but inside, light blue and purple colors seemed to swirl together.

Let’s examine it with emotional magic. It was an elixir that could repair damaged cores and calm unstable magical powers.

Although Leon’s core was not seriously damaged, eating it could calm his currently unstable magical power state.

Leon put the crystal down without eating it.

Leon’s original plan was to use the jewel time he would receive once he reached the highest level to secure the time for enlightenment he lacked.

The so-called ‘pay it forward’ strategy.

Leon now has 673 hours of Orb time.

About 28 days was the time that could only be spent within the jewel.

During this time, the plan was to raise Leon’s consciousness, which had not yet caught up with the heightened level.

‘If it weren’t for the decision of balance… … .’

Leon examined the remaining essence.

14 C-class integers.

5 B-class integers.

1 A-class integer.

Leon placed eight C-class essences on his palm and fell into thought.

The grade for ‘The Balanced Decision’ is C+.

C-class also affects the secret arts class.

I thought it was a waste to eat it at the level of a 5th-grade apprentice.

‘I think it’s possible to get to the level of a secret technique.’

Leon poured the eight essences back into his mouth.

“Ugh… … .”

The water didn’t taste good, but for some reason I felt like vomiting.

And then another two days of suffering passed.

On Leon’s palm, which was sitting cross-legged, were three more B-class essences.

“Haha… … .”

For some reason, I laughed.

Unlike her smiling face, she hesitated to put the essence into her mouth.

“Haha… haa… … .”

Leon, with his eyes tightly shut, put three B-class essences into his rough mouth.

The essence melts in your mouth, transforms into magical power, and penetrates deep into your body.

The sensation was not very noticeable because the uncontrolled magical power was already running wild and making Leon’s whole body tingle.

And then suddenly I felt dizzy.

I was confused because I had to force myself through a moment that required enlightenment.

Leon tried to come to his senses in a state of uninterrupted consciousness, but it didn’t go as planned.

Just before losing consciousness, Leon instinctively swallowed the Crystal of Balance.

The moment he saw something begin to seep into the rampant magic, Leon lost consciousness.

When Leon opened his eyes, he realized in his dazed state that he had reached the realm of secret arts.

‘… … It’s the same as when I got to level 5.’

It’s unclear whether this is a secret technique or not.

A state that fits the expression ‘half-way through’.

But Leon was quite satisfied with this state of affairs.

If it weren’t for the decision to balance, I might have failed to even reach the top, let alone make it halfway.

Then I would have had to eat all the remaining essence.

‘I can’t do this anymore… … .’

Even if you are an exclusive member, if you do something like this when going from secret arts to mysticism, the imbalance between your consciousness and core will become much more severe.

‘It’s hard to get more than enough to do that.’

The surface of the core, which had grown more than twice as large as when it was in Grade 5, was covered with thin thread-like things.

And out of those threads, three were long and connected to Leon’s head.

It was a trait of the secret-level magician called the Thread of Will.

Leon realized that these three threads were an abnormal number.

In a bad way.

When a wizard with average talent reaches the level of the secret arts, two or three threads drawn from the core are connected to the head.

These threads allow for multiple slits.

If Leon had reached the level of a normal shaman with his talent, he should have had at least 9 to 10 threads connected to his head.

This means that nine-fold and ten-fold chanting was possible.

Because he has not yet attained proper enlightenment and reached a state of enlightenment, Leon’s ‘will’ has not yet caught up with the state of the secret arts.

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[Growth Helper]

-information

▶ Name: Leon

▶ Level: Beginner level of secret arts

▶ Magic Power: D-

▶ Attribute constitution: All-attribute constitution (fire, water, wind, earth, wood, electricity, light, darkness)

-General Quests

▶ Basic Magic Training (Completed)

-compensation

▶ Artifact (Changed)

-Breakthrough Quest

▶ Land Rising (Completed)

– Mileage Exchange Center

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▶ Mileage exchange center has been added.

▶ The reward probability has increased as the level of land has increased.

▶ 1000 hours of Space-Time Orb have been provided.

▶ Please select additional level up rewards.

▶ Magic Book (B+ Grade Tree Magic ‘Amoneya Series Ten Thousand Leaves’) / Artifact (B+ Grade Mirror of Truth)

In fact, the additional reward was far from what Leon had hoped for when he ate the B-class essence.

I wanted an artifact with strong power, but the Mirror of Truth… …even just looking at the name, it wasn’t an artifact with strong power.

Rather, the magic book was the reward Leon needed more now.

‘Is it not just what I want, but what I need most right now?’

Leon was troubled by the prospect of a reward.

Certainly, once you get to B-class, the rewards on both sides are so attractive that it’s hard to choose.

The Mirror of Truth seemed to be an artifact that had the ability to detect lies or see through hidden opponents.

On the other hand, B+ tree magic is a magic that can be used up to the level of mystery.

Moreover, it was an attribute magic that Leon currently did not have.

Leon eventually chose ‘Man-ip’.

A book with a green cover fell into Leon’s palm.

Before looking into this, Leon looked into the mileage exchange office.

-Mileage Exchange Center

▶ F(0/5)

▶ E(0/5)

▶ D(0/5)

▶ C(0/5)

▶ B(0/5)

▶ A(0/5)

▶ You will have the opportunity to exchange for a higher grade reward by collecting 5 rewards of the same grade. The exchange result is determined by probability.

‘Collecting 5… … .’

When I think about the meaning of mileage, it seems like a system that can exchange useless rewards.

Leon first received the general quest reward.

▶ Acquired Triple Acceleration Golden Wings (C+) (Confirm / Cancel)

Leon noticed the change right away.

Rather than simply acquiring it, you could choose whether or not to receive it.

‘If I press cancel, will I earn mileage?’

But the reward was too good to resist.

Now that the reward probability has increased, it’s not as easy to get an F-rank, but it’s nice that you can exchange it for mileage when you get one.

As Leon pressed confirm, three pairs of golden wings fell onto Leon’s palm.

It was small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but when magical power was injected into it, it grew large enough to fit on Leon’s back.

Upon examining it with emotional magic, it was found to be a floating magic auxiliary artifact.

It reduces the magical power consumption of floating magic and dramatically increases the speed three times.

After using it three times, acceleration was unavailable for a day.

‘The color is a bit… … I don’t like it.’

The gold color was so striking when Leon put it on his back.

But I was satisfied that it helped me avoid dangerous moments.

There was one more thing that changed.

-General Quests

▶ Training (0/10)

The general quest changed from basic magic training to just training.

‘… … It means that the quest will progress just by using the method of giving money.’

Now that you’ve given me some direction, does that mean I can practice however I want?

It was strange to think that the system had any intentions, but given what had happened so far, it was quite understandable.

On the surface of the space-time jewel were written the white numbers 1693.

Added 20 hours of automatically completed normal quest rewards to the 1500 hours earned as a realm breakthrough reward… … .

‘uh?’

It was ten hours more than Leon calculated.

‘Since I’ve reached the secret level, the normal quest reward has increased to 20 hours… … .’

As the level of realm increased, the time needed to devote to cultivation seemed to increase accordingly.

Leon finished his calculations and grabbed the jewel.

It had been two weeks since I entered this training room.

‘It’s time to pay back… … .’

Leon, who entered the orb, did not come out of the orb for two months.

A ceramic vessel containing nutritious fruits was brought into the treasure chest.

For the first two weeks, I spent time stabilizing my magical powers that had reached the level of a secret technique, and then for the next month, I spent time gradually practicing the 4-star and 5-star magic of Arpina’s basic magic that I had not been able to practice because I was raising my level with elixirs, and I spent time filling in the gaps in my enlightenment.

For the last two weeks, I’ve been working on the basic magic of Arpina, while also dabbling in the secret magic of the Raidra series, Lightning of Glory.

Glorious Lightning was not a magic that was systematically trained from the basics, but was a magic that was explicitly stated to start from the secret magic level.

Only basic magic was handled at the 1st star level, and high-level magic was handled from 2nd star onwards.

As soon as I reached 3 stars, I had to refine my secret magic.

Secret magic is a magic that can be used perfectly when you reach the level of beginner secret magic, and it is a magic with a powerful single attack.

As you reach advanced levels of secret arts, this becomes even more powerful.

‘I can’t use it yet… … .’

It wasn’t like I had reached a completely secret state for two months.

‘If I leave Rare, I’ll have to stay in the training room for about three months without being able to move… ‘

Although the consciousness has not yet reached the stage where magic is manifested, it is encouraging that the process of chanting has definitely been shortened.

The remaining jewel time is 250 hours.

I decided to set aside this time just in case something happens.

Leon, who came out into reality, spread his index finger.

“Brain light.”

A tiny bead of electricity formed above Leon’s index finger.

I threw it at the wall, and as soon as the marble hit the wall, it crackled and spread across the entire wall.

The wall didn’t leave much of a mark thanks to the protective magic circle.

“Get away.”

As I swiped my finger down from top to bottom, a small lightning bolt appeared and fell from the empty ceiling.

“It’s okay.”

These were all two-star magic spells of Glorious Lightning, Lightning and Lightning.

The 1st star magic of Glorious Lightning was Spark, which generated small amounts of electricity, and Lightning Bolt, which could shoot the generated electricity like an arrow, and they were all basic magic required to learn 2nd star magic.

I didn’t even cover the basic magic of other electrical properties.

Because there was no need to learn the Lightning Strike of Glory.

Leon, who had been learning 1-star magic for two weeks, was also slowly learning 2-star magic.

‘The power is still weak, but… … it is definitely stronger than apprentice magic.’

It felt that way even more because Glorious Lightning itself was an aggressive magic.

Leon learned the 2-star Lightning of Glory magic for 4 more days in reality.

I was planning to get some artifacts as regular quest rewards.

Leon, who spent four days training 20 hours in the real world and 10 hours in the orb, got up after becoming somewhat accustomed to two-star magic.