Published at 5th of April 2022 03:38:19 PM

559 [Holy Naga]

Slithering along the cliff wall, Lilixira closes in on me. Her speed is incomparable to anything Ive faced this far. This chill Its not rank. This womans reached as far as Legendary rank.

[Holy Naga]: L (Legendary) rank Monster

A bizarre human with half the body of a snake.

The sacred being meant to destroy the King of Monsters that heralds the worlds descent into evil, according to the legends passed down in the Holy Country.

It freely wields an array of unique skills that utilise magical power that lies dormant in nature.

My bad feeling was dead on. This is the worst. Lilixira is the first Legendary rank monster Im squaring off against thats in perfect shape.

From what Ive seen up to now, I faintly understand that, in exchange for not being able to evolve, humans level up slower than monsters, and the impact of level ups on their stats increases at higher levels. The [Metamorphosis] magic probably lets the user transform into a monster of rank befitting their level and latent potential. Having reached level 100 and acquired two divine skills, Lilixira must have reached the requirements for transforming into a Legendary rank monster.

[Lilixira Liarm]

Species: Holy Naga

Condition: Normal

Lv: 100/140

HP: 3592/3592

MP: 3956/3956

Attack: 2337

Defence: 2047

Magic: 3440

Speed: 2299

Rank: L (Legendary)

Divine Skills:

[Hungry Ghost Realm: Lv-] [Animal Realm: Lv-]

Characteristic Skills:

[Gods Voice: LvMAX] [Light Attribute: Lv-] [Grisha Language: Lv7] [Mage Talent: LvMAX] [Presence Perception: Lv8] [Soft Steps: LvMAX] [Clothes of Light: Lv-] [Eye of Truth: Lv-] [Reincarnation Moult: Lv-] [Automatic MP Recovery: Lv9] [Sacred Scales: Lv8] [Flight: Lv7] [Immortal Qigong: Lv7] [Body Alchemy: Lv7] [Chakra Awakening: Lv-]

Resistance Skills:

[Physical Resistance: Lv9] [Magic Resistance: Lv9] [Dark Attribute Resistance: Lv9] [Illusion Resistance: Lv9] [Poison Resistance: Lv8] [Curse Resistance: LvMAX] [Petrification Resistance: LvMAX] [Instant Death Resistance: LvMAX] [Paralysis Resistance: Lv8]

Normal Skills:

[Status Inspection: LvMAX] [High Rest: LvMAX] [High Cure: LvMAX] [Holy: LvMAX] [Holy Sphere: LvMAX] [Holy Spear: LvMAX] [Telepathy: Lv9] [Spirit Servant: LvMAX] [Float: Lv8] [High Quick: Lv8] [High Power: Lv8] [Mirror Counter: Lv8] [Gravity: Lv8] [Gravidon: Lv8] [Gravillion: Lv9] [Confusion: Lv8] [Mirage: Lv8] [Fire Sphere: Lv8] [Charm: Lv8] [Slow: Lv8] [Dimension: Lv8] [Stone Curse: Lv8] [Holy Wing: Lv8] [Metamorphosis: Lv2] [Poison Fang: Lv8] [Immortal Step: Lv8] [Aparajita: Lv8]

Title Skills:

[Chosen One: Lv-] [Snake Goddess: Lv-] [Saint: LvMAX] [Magic Beast King: Lv3] [White Mage: LvMAX] [Black Mage: Lv9] [Staff Combat: Lv9] [Tiny Hero: LvMAX] [Spirit Relief: LvMAX] [Cunning: LvMAX] [Liar: LvMAX] [Laplace Interference Authority: Lv5] [Final Evolution: Lv-]

My advantage in stats has finally been broken. Shes gained a whole bunch of new skills, too. What makes it worse is an extremely aggravating bonus effect that came with it.

Even though she should have been on the verge of death, her HP and MP have completely recovered. Normally, HP and MP dont recover with evolution or level ups.

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I now understand why she waited so long to use her last resort and kept up her seemingly pointless resistance. By letting me think it was a one-sided battle, she dampened my concentration, and aimed to shave away at my mana as much as she could.

I didnt intend to be careless. However, in the face of her pitiable facade of a resistance, I undoubtedly stayed my hand. Shell collapse any moment now; I allowed myself to be deluded in such a way again and again. With all that in mind, Ive been dancing in the palm of her hand until this very moment.

However for her full recovery to be entirely the power of [Metamorphosis], it would be far too overpowered of an ability.

Characteristic Skill [Reincarnation Moult]

By shedding and discarding the old body, a new one is obtained.

The mana consumption is extreme, but wounds and missing body parts can be recovered.

In addition, by just being in possession of this skill, the users status will make a full recovery upon evolution.

It was this skills fault! Normally it would just suppress the usual risks that come with evolution as a minor bonus, but because [Metamorphosis] counts as evolution, it effectively acted as a broken skill that let her make a single full recovery in the midst of battle.

Theres no way this is a coincidence She must have known she could use [Metamorphosis] to reach [Holy Naga] while fighting, and would make a complete recovery as a result of [Reincarnation Moult]. Its made exceedingly obvious the advantage shes gained by making use of Laplace.

I had believed Lilixira would challenge me by relying on hostages. I was wrong. In addition to stacking up multiple layers of insurance, she precisely planned out how to fight me. The case where it becomes a pure one-on-one fight without any hostages was entirely within her expectations.

I didnt expect her to not only evolve into a higher-ranked being, but to also fully heal with what looks like an exploit of the system. Because of [Reincarnation Moult], shes gained a huge advantage.

[Irushia]

Species: Oneiros

Condition: Normal

Lv: 109/150

HP: 2985/4397

MP: 2287/4534

From all the repeated conflicts up till now, my mana has been reduced to half. Lilixira also has plenty of skills that are unknown to me, yet she probably has already grasped how to fight me. It doesnt seem likely that shell expose many openings.