Legendary Traveler: By Earning Progress Points I will Become Supreme!

** Once again, HUGE THANKS TO AsmodeusKOD FOR GIFTING A CASTLE, as promised. Bonus Chapter **

Each second was filled with uncertainty and pain, and as the seconds ticked by, it took everything in Aoni's willpower to keep himself from screaming after his initial outburst.

The last thing he wanted was two worried Summons arriving only to find him cutting a sorry image while thrashing about on the floor; sure, Glacia had seen it before, but he had no idea what it would do to the already poor mental state of Nyria.

Luckily for him, because he had yet to actually control his Aura, not a single decibel of noise could escape the thin membrane of Energia coating him, yet that wasn't what he was most concerned about.

Instead, it was the LoS between himself and the two summons that would give away Aoni's state, so with that in mind, the lad adjusted himself mentally and did what he could to think happy thoughts.

'Food, a warm cozy bed, money, ahhh fuck it hurts, snowballs, think about all the cool things you'll be able to do once you reign in your Energia control,' His mind was in complete disarray. Still, by flooding his thoughts with random things, Aoni somehow made it through the worst part of the upgrade, and when his body began to stabilize, the first thing he noticed was the submission of the counterforce acting on him.

| 60 PP earned |

| 60 PP earned |

| 20 PP earned |@@novelbin@@

'Damn it, note to self, do NOT, EVER, IN YOUR LIFE, bypass your stats with a passive again Aoni, stupid, STUPID,' Completely ignoring the influx of notifications due to his eyes being shut tightly and berating himself, Aoni crawled forward and felt around left and right for some clean snow before plunging face first into it and allowing the cool sensation to work its magic on his injuries.

Sure, some stroke of luck had repaired the damage, but his body was still extremely overheated, so much so that the instant his exposed skin came in contact with the snow, there was a puff of steam and a hissing sound as hot flesh met the icy chill.

With a soft thud, the lad's face smacked into the rocky terrain of the mountainside, causing him to kick forward and dive down the peak a bit until he was fully immersed in the snow, uncaring about anything apart from cooling down.

For the next 20 minutes, the scene of a sunburnt young man rolling around in the snow, like a dog in freshly cut grass, could be observed, but by the end of it, he had accomplished his goal, and Aoni's skin color had returned to its normal Alabaster hue.

Sitting, he noticed that not only had he traversed several tens of feet away from the platform, but his clothing was, for the most part, free of any gore accumulated during the spam of upgrades, which was a blessing in disguise.

Especially since he could already hear the sound of Gao's and Chees heading back up the mountain from who knows how far his two summons had ventured.

'For now, I need to head back up to the camp and play it off like nothing happened.' Jumping to his feet and clearing off the bits of snow clinging to his body, Aoni suddenly paused and realized that for the first time since coming to Genovia, he…didn't feel cold.

In fact, he felt quite comfortable.

If it were to be put in simpler terms, it was like being exposed to a cool breeze on a hot summer day or drinking a fresh glass of lemonade. The change was more than enough to shock Aoni to the point that he quickly opened his Traveler's Display because there was no doubt in the lad's mind that more than just his Energia Manipulation had changed thanks to his recklessness.

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Aoni Thurston

Age: 16

Potential: Two Star/F+ Rank (►)

Rank: -F

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Attribute Grade: ★☆

Attribute: Progression

Progress Points: 791.5

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Statistics

Attack: F- (►)

Defense: F- (►)

Speed: F- (►)

Energia: D-

Elementalized Energia: 10 % Ice

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Passives

Cold Resistance: F+ **

Pain Resistance: F+ **

Swordsmanship: G+ (►)

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Dual Swordsmanship: G- (►)

Ice Manipulation: G **

Energia Manipulation: F (►) **

Pocket Dimension (Inventory): G-

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Of course, the very first thing that caught Aoni's attention was his points, having increased his Energia Manipulation a stage plus one step; so the cost was naturally going to be high, but with four upgrades in the bag, he was surprised to find himself with 791.5 points, an extremely unexpected boone, that confused him to the point he felt forced to ask what had happened.

With a quick check by way of his AN, the lad found out he had, in fact, originally gained 135 bonus points and lost an astonishing 275 progress points, going from G- to F in his Energia Manipulation. However, due to several other Passives increasing in tandem, he had actually earned an additional 140 points on top of that.

'This makes no sense… spending 275 points to earn back 275 points…hold up, why have I never gotten bonus points from my non-targeted upgrades until now? Is there some kind of catch to it?' thinking back to all the times he had increased multiple items at once, Aoni could only scratch his head in confusion.

| Until now, the maximum amount of Passives that had gone up in a single moment was two; however, this time, Three: Pain Resistance, Cold Resistance, and Ice Manipulation, all increased in their Rank alongside the User's Energia Manipulation |

| With this being the case, bonus points were awarded because of a qualitative leap in the User's power |

'So basically what you are saying…is by being extremely reckless, I was able to raise four passives at once, and that is something worthy of getting free stuff?'

| User was lucky |

'Fuck you, LUCKY MY ASS! I ALMOST DIED FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.'

| Lucky to have not Died |

'…got me on that one,' pinching the bridge of his nose, Aoni successfully made it back onto the platform and walked over to one of the logs he'd set up around the campfire before plopping down and thinking hard about what he had just been subjected to.