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Chapter 94

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Chapter 94: Rapid Growth

“Grrrrr….”

A white-robed mage collapsed, his chest pierced by Yeoui, his barrier shattered.

His eyes, empty and desolate, remained frozen as his body hit the ground.

“Today was a bit easier.”

This was an A-rank dungeon summoned by Hercules.

The A-rank dungeons summoned from Eshtar were often filled with mages.

Mages who popped up, claiming to be from some ‘Magic Tower.’

Was it because this place had a magic city nearby?

But now, with the Dragon Heart and the power of Dragon Tongue magic, most spells were rendered useless.

Fighting them had become easy.

Breaking the dungeon core behind the mage, I was greeted by a familiar sight.

The summit of a mountain near the magical city of Erundal.

This was the designated location where Hercules summoned A-rank dungeons.

“This makes it the 36th run.”

My current level was 195.

Until I reached level 190, each A-rank dungeon run granted at least one level up.

After that, it took two runs to gain a level, but even so, level 200 was fast approaching.

However, today marked the Reset Day of Eshtar—its moment of destruction.

Every cleared A-rank dungeon advanced time by ten days, and Eshtar was no exception.

With 36 runs completed, nearly a full year had passed.

It was time to return to Earth.

Checking my SP, it was at 12.9 million.

Finally… I could upgrade Soul Mediation to Level 7.

He—!!

“Return.”

At Hercules’ thunderous cry, I immediately teleported back.

If things went south, I’d just have to come back again.

“You’ve been gone for quite a while this time.”

I was greeted by Valkyrie Aria upon my return.

Wasn’t she supposed to be the leader of the Valkyries?

How did she have so much free time?

“Yes. There was a good opportunity.”

“I heard from Lady Freya.”

Aria nodded knowingly.

I recalled Freya bestowing her blessing of return when I had gone to meet Hercules.

Though the Soul Barrier had prevented them from hearing the details, it must have seemed suspicious how Hercules continued to summon A-rank dungeons for me at that specific mountaintop.

Yet, Aria didn’t interrogate me about it.

Was she choosing to overlook it?

“Is Lady Freya the administrator of Eshtar?”

“Yes, she is.”

“What did she say to you?”

“She instructed me to treat you with even greater care, Kim Jiho.”

Even greater care?

Was that for real?

I stared at Aria, but she simply smiled brightly.

Her expression gave away nothing.

Well, at least she wasn’t saying, ‘How dare you conspire with Chaos? Unforgivable!’ That was a relief.

I should just focus on what I needed to do.

“Alright. I’ll rest for today and return tomorrow.”

“Understood. Rest well.”

Aria bowed at a perfect 90-degree angle.

I could see the other Valkyries gasping in shock—

“No way… Lady Aria is bowing?!”

Was I considered that important now?

I simply nodded in return before heading home.

“It’s been a while.”

The house felt vast and empty.

A bit dusty, but not as bad as I expected.

After all, while a year had passed in Eshtar, only 36 days had passed on Earth.

Now, at last…

It was time to upgrade Soul Mediation.

My SP stood at 12.9 million.

Earning it had been brutal.

But this was still considered fast.

Without Hercules, I would have had to grind for several more months.

I had gained a lot from A-rank dungeons, and with Hercules' mediation tips, my income had skyrocketed.

On Earth, I earned 15,000 SP per day, while in Eshtar, I earned 700 SP per 10 days—which translated to 7,000 SP per Earth day.

Adding 5,000 SP per day from Hercules, I had managed to gather 12.5 million SP in just 36 days.

Actually, I had earned even more, but I had spent a lot on upgrading Soul Reaper, Trait Absorption, and Energy Manifestation skills.

I had to maximize my skills during mentoring sessions.

[Soul Reaper LV.10]

[Trait Absorption LV.10]

These skills simply increased absorption efficiency without additional conditions.

I wanted to upgrade them further, but B-rank and lower capped skills at Level 10, so I had to be satisfied for now.

I needed to rank up quickly to increase my skill levels.

[Energy Manifestation LV.10]

[Consumes SP to generate energy. The energy can be infused into the user’s body and weapons in contact. Destroys 19 times the amount of SP consumed from enemies. Higher levels increase efficiency and allow long-range energy manifestation.]

At first, it had a 10x SP consumption-to-destruction ratio, but each level-up had increased it by 1.

I had asked Hercules when I’d unlock long-range energy manifestation, and he said it would likely happen after Level 20.

Maxing out my Soul Reaper skills at my current rank was incredibly satisfying.

Since Soul Mediation consumed an absurd amount of SP, I thought upgrading these skills would be impossible… but the 1% mentoring discount was incredible.

At Level 8 and beyond, Soul Reaper skills cost 10 million SP per level, but with the 1% discount, I only had to pay 100,000 SP.

Compared to Soul Mediation, this was cheap.

Then again, Soul Mediation had broken scaling, so it made sense.

I took a deep breath.

“Alright. Time for an upgrade.”

I opened the skill window and upgraded Soul Mediation.

With 12.5 million SP vanishing in an instant, I finally reached the level I had been aiming for.

[Soul Mediation LV.7]

[Mediates the absorption of souls for the gods. Generates 140% efficiency, and the user can take up to 40% as commission. Can mediate up to 16 guardian deities. Enables Soul Smuggling.]

[Soul Smuggling: Select a god for covert mediation. Souls can be brokered without their knowledge, and all resulting profits go to the broker. Requires two mediation slots. Only applicable to gods up to SSS-rank.]

[Upon reaching Level 9, multiple mediations will be possible.]

Ohhh.

Finally…!

This was huge.

At Level 7, I could generate 140% efficiency and take it all for myself.

Damn.

Now, who should I smuggle souls from?

I checked my Soul Mediation panel.

Zeus, Hermes, Athena.

The Six Gods of Asgard.

Elprian, Drakia.

Earth, Eshtar, Hercules.

All 14 slots were full.

That meant I only had room for two more gods—

And just one smuggling slot.

Who should I target?

The god with the highest SP yield was undoubtedly Odin.

Since Asgard controlled Earth, their chief deity must be raking in the most profits.

Odin provides about 6,000 per day.

But that was back when I was at level 6, so at level 7, he should give even more.

Not only does the proportion increase, but the range of transactions also expands, so I have no idea how much it will go up.

Alright… fine.

Let’s smuggle from Odin.

When I clicked the newly added "Soul Smuggling" button in the Soul Mediation window, a prompt appeared asking me to designate a god.

There was no "Earth" button, which was disappointing, but the premise was to select a god in the first place.

Still… just in case…

I tried connecting to Hercules via the system window.

[What?]

“Do you have anything hidden in soul smuggling?”

[Soul smuggling? What’s that?]

Hercules, rather than answering, questioned me back.

When I explained that it was something that unlocks at level 7 and gave a description of the skill, he responded with a disappointing answer.

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[That’s beyond my domain. Olympus only provides the basics for soul-related classes. After that, the system autonomously adjusts everything.]

“Damn… okay.”

[I’m hanging up.]

Too bad.

I had lingering curiosity, so I tapped the smuggling button repeatedly like I did with the mediation window, but nothing came up.

I decided to just go ahead and designate Odin.

[You have selected the supreme god Odin as your soul smuggling target.]

As soon as I designated Odin, two slots filled up, and the status displayed: [Smuggling in Progress: Odin].

With that, the mediation window was completely full.

Alright.

Now I just need to watch for a day to see how much I earn.

“Whoa. This is insane.”

The words came out on their own.

When I was at level 6, my daily SP income ranged between 67,000 and 70,000.

That was the total, including all planets.

But this time, it jumped by 20,000 in one go.

Odin originally provided 10,000 SP, but with smuggling, that became 25,000.

Whoa, that’s amazing.

Wait…

Hold on…

“I used up two slots for this, but the efficiency isn’t actually that crazy?”

Of course, getting 2.5 times more SP from the god that provides the most is nice…

But seeing Earth alone generating over 20,000 SP makes me think planets are the real deal.

I guess smuggling is more about secrecy.

Not sure when I’ll use it, but…

“Daily income: 150,000 SP…”

That means I can upgrade an S-rank skill every two days.

Not bad.

Should I use all the SP I’ve saved up to max out my stats?

For B-rank stats, the cap in the Order faction is 200.

For the Neutral faction, it’s A-rank at max.

But since Soul Reaping and Trait Absorption reached level 10, their efficiency improved so much that most of my stats were already near their limits.

On top of that, my Dragon Heart boosted my stats significantly.

I checked my status window.

[Name: Kim Jiho

Class: Soul Mediator

Guardian Deity: Hermes, God of Messengers

Title: Earth’s Strongest

Level: 195

Strength: 197

Agility: 194

Magic: 200

SP: 451,120

Bonus Stats: +155]

[Name: Kim Jiho

Class: Soul Reaper

Guardian Deity: Loki, God of Deception

Title: Earth’s Pioneer - Legendary Rank

Level: 195

Body: A

Magic: A

Technique: A

Luck: A

SP: 105,084

Bonus Stats: +129]

My bonus stats had piled up from being left untouched.

Hmm…

I’ll be grinding A-rank dungeons for the next five levels anyway, so I should just hold onto them.

With Trait Absorption, my stats might increase naturally.

I made up my mind to max out my stats when I hit level 199, and then I browsed through my skills.

Upgrading Soul Mediation required 25 million SP.

That’s brutal…

I have 550,000 SP—should I upgrade another skill instead?

Thunder God?

Hermes’ Acceleration?

Aegis Shield?

I looked through them all, but nothing really stood out.

Since I’ll soon reach A-rank, I’ll unlock other S-rank skills, so maybe I should save my SP for that.

I worked my ass off saving SP for the Soul Mediation upgrade, and now that I finally have some extra, I can’t even bring myself to spend it.

Still, I should at least upgrade one S-rank skill, so I invested in Aegis Shield, leaving me with 250,000 SP.

Then, while checking my inventory, I noticed Elprian’s Seal.

Oh yeah… I could invest SP into Apostle’s Garden.

How much does it cost?

[Would you like to expand Apostle’s Garden? It will cost 10,000 SP.]

10,000?

That’s nothing.

But I already have three slots.

Why expand it?

I was about to ignore it when another system message appeared.

[If Apostle’s Garden reaches seven slots, the Blessing feature will be unlocked. You will be able to bestow blessings upon your apostles.]

Blessing?

This was a thing?

If I can give blessings, I’ll really feel like a guardian deity.

Hmm.

It’s just 10,000 SP—let’s do it.

After investing twice, Elprian’s Seal in my inventory glowed, and the light enveloped my body.

[Apostle’s Garden - LV.2]

[A space where temporary apostles reside. It exists as a separate dimension, completely disconnected from the world. SP can be invested to further expand it. You can now bestow blessings upon apostles. Slots in use: 2 / 7]

[Available Blessings]

[Bestow Guardian Deity's Power]

[Allows an apostle to receive a fraction of the Guardian Deity’s abilities. The granted power cannot exceed 1% of the god’s stats.]

Simple description.

So, I can grant 1% of my stats to an apostle?

Compared to other gods who boost their apostles by 30% to 50%, this seems pretty weak…

I checked Apostle’s Garden.

Diana was still missing, and Drakina had changed into an egg form instead of showing her usual appearance.

[Name: Drakina]

Class: Red Dragon (Humanoid) (Evolving)

Guardian Deity: Kim Jiho

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