Evolving My Undead Legion In A Game-Like World

Chapter 1070: Explosive Growth, Armed to the Teeth, First Entry [2]

Michael couldn't help but click his tongue several times.

The more he thought about Lily's stats, the stranger his expression became.

Twenty. Twenty. Twenty. Twenty.

Every single basic attribute had reached exactly twenty points. At level one.

He wasn't sure if such a ridiculous level one awakener existed anywhere else in the universe. Perhaps there were.

After all, the universe was simply too vast for him to confidently claim otherwise. But if they did exist, any level one who could match Lily in pure foundational strength was almost certainly a member of one of those terrifying pure-blood races, like Dragons, Titans, Phoenixes, and so on.

Thanks to her intelligence stat also crossing the twenty-point threshold, Lily had been lucky enough to gain a skill.

Unfortunately, it was just a messy Earth Spike skill, not a core skill. Had it been a core skill, it might have immediately boosted her strength further, since such skills also started at intermediate mastery.

In any case, the current growth was already drastic. One had to consider that, intelligence stat aside, the current Lily was almost as strong as Michael had been at level 20.

At that stage, Michael had already started handling Rank 2 monsters, so one could imagine just how ridiculous the current Lily truly was.

What was crazier still was that she could grow even stronger thanks to the trait she'd gained when her Knight profession evolved into a class.

[ Trait: Life Seed ]

[ Type: Active ]

[ Mastery Level: Beginner ]

When activated, can boost stats by 20%.

The description alone made clear the trait's effect wasn't something to underestimate. It bore some similarity to the Aura Burst skill used by Knights, but since it was a trait capable of growing stronger over time, it was definitely not a simple one.

Michael was also pleased with the trait's existence for another reason beyond its effect. Though it wasn't technically a talent, it could function as one, once again setting Lily apart from her peers.

At her current stage, as long as Lily wasn't suicidal, Michael felt she should do just fine in the Zeroth Layer of the Origin Battlefield.

However, since the day was still young, and there were still more than twenty hours left before they would be forced to enter, Michael felt there was room for more preparation.

"Cousin… could you please put me down."

Michael heard Lily say. Currently they were in the spatial world of his legendary-grade treasure, and Lily was slung over Michael's shoulder like a sack of rice.

"Can't do. With the sudden boost in strength, it's not just possible you'd hurt yourself, you'd destroy the environment for no reason."

"But we're not at home anymore! You can drop me now!"

Since Michael had never made an effort to hide the portals leading into the spatial world of his legendary-grade treasure, Lily, Jester, and even Aunt Mia during her initial curious phase were all aware of them and could enter at any time, aside from helping maintain the structure by infusing mana into the gate.

However, to prevent accidents, the area the three of them could access within the spatial world was kept far from most other entrances and maintained a higher concentration of his undead.

Michael ignored the struggling Lily on his shoulder and led her into a cave set into a hill. After walking a few steps, he emerged into a large clearing.

It was also Lily's first time here.

"Woooooowwww."

All around her she could see screen-like portals similar to the ones in her cousin's room. She couldn't help but wonder why they seemed to lead to different places across Aurora. Was that exactly what they were?

Also at the center of the cave was Jester, who had a large sheet of paper spread across the rocky ground and was studying something on it.

Upon seeing Michael, it stood to greet him, casting a curious glance toward Lily, who remained slung over its master's shoulder like a sack of rice.

At this point, Michael finally set Lily down.

"Lily successfully awakened, but she's still a bit weak, and I need her to level up a few more times, though not too many. Take her to a few low-tier dimensional cracks, but only let her kill a handful of monsters. Her control over her own strength should reach a satisfactory level before tomorrow noon. Please handle this."

"Yes, master."

Yes, after stabilizing the empire back in the Land of Origin, Jester, whose workload had significantly decreased, had taken over managing the rest of Michael's dimensional cracks.

Thanks to Michael having previously sold off his rights to the other cracks, Jester's control over the remaining ones was absolute, and he could do as he pleased with them.

Lily didn't quite understand what the two of them were discussing, but she was happy to see Jester.

After the two identical figures, one looking older, one looking younger, finished their exchange, she finally took a step forward to greet him.

Unfortunately, she had only taken a single step when, due to her immense strength and lack of control, her foot sank straight into the ground, leaving her stuck and stunned.

Michael couldn't bear to keep watching and left Jester to handle it. As for himself, he returned to the Supers Association and purchased several necessities for Lily.

Thanks to his inventory, she wouldn't lack for weapons or armor, but items like potions, guns, or bombs could only be acquired in Aurora. Potions existed in the Land of Origin as well, but Aurora's versions were simply of better quality, thanks to its technology.

Several hours passed this way.

A new day arrived, and only two hours remained until the Origin Will would force them into the Origin Battlefield.

Right now, Lily and Michael were back in the spatial world of his legendary-grade item, reviewing Lily's growth over the past day.

[ Name: Lily Cole ]

[ Race: High Human ]

[ Primary Class: Druid, Level 5 ]

[ EXP: 13/**** ]

[ Sub Class: Magic Knight, Level 3 ]

[ EXP: 36/**** ]

[ Title: Watched By The Will ]

Thanks to a strange presence surrounding you, you have attracted the gaze of the Origin Will.

Effect: Gain 1.5 times more experience points.

[ Strength: 40.3 ]

[ Agility: 50.5 ]

[ Constitution: 60.7 ]

[ Intelligence: 70.6 ]

[ Attribute Points: 10 ]

[ Skills: ... ]

[ Traits: Life Seed ]

[ Contract Slots: 2 / 5 ]

[ Gifts: Mark of Origin ]

Thanks to Michael's dimensional cracks, Lily had been able to level up a few times.

Of course, she could have reached max level in both classes given the sheer abundance of monsters, but Michael had deliberately stopped her before she advanced too far.

Too much sudden strength wasn't necessarily a good thing.

As for why her classes sat at different levels, that came down to her identity as a Dual Awakener. Although both classes accumulated experience simultaneously, they didn't necessarily gain levels at the same speed.

This was because awakeners with multiple classes could designate one class as their Primary Class and the others as Secondary Classes.

Doing so didn't weaken the secondary classes or the awakener in any way. Instead, it simply changed how experience points were distributed.

The Primary Class received the larger share. The remaining classes received proportionally less.

The designation wasn't permanent either. At any time, an awakener could freely switch which class was primary. It simply depended on the individual's circumstances.

For Lily, Michael had temporarily made the Druid class her primary class.

In any case, thanks to leveling up, Lily's attributes had received another sweeping upgrade.

Every level granted awakeners attribute points. The amount depended on their race and classes. Ordinary Humans received two points per level from their race.

High Humans received six. Rare Grade classes granted four attribute points. Though Druid was a Special Grade class, it also granted four.

As a High Human possessing both a Rare Grade and a Special Grade class, Lily received an astonishing fourteen attribute points every time she leveled up. Six from her race. Four from the Druid class.

Four from the Magic Knight class. Fourteen points, per level.

That alone had granted her one hundred and twelve attribute points across a combined level of 8.

After distributing them carefully, on top of the natural increases from leveling, Lily's foundation underwent yet another astonishing transformation.

Even Michael had to admit the number was absurd. It was only now that he truly realized Dual Awakeners weren't nearly as simple as he'd assumed.

If one thought about it properly, didn't this mean a rank 0 Dual Awakener with two maxed classes was effectively the equivalent of a level 20 human, or a level 10 undead?

Michael turned to look at Lily's appearance.

Setting aside her battle gear, she also now had two creatures by her side.

One was a familiar forest wolf, and the other was a bull-like creature.

These were the monsters Lily had decided to tame the previous day, which had also revealed her contract slots, capped at five per rank.

It wasn't a low number for a Druid at all.

As the deadline on the timer drew closer, Michael offered a few last pieces of advice and made sure they were both in top condition.

The moment the timer hit zero, the two figures vanished from where they stood.