Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

"Awaken..." Azure winds swirled around Ais, her eyes burning with fierce fighting spirit.

Ciel was right when he said that if you are afraid to challenge the strong and afraid to face despair, then you can't become the strongest.

She lowered her center of gravity, pulled her calves back, and stomped down hard.

"Didn't I tell you... to... open your eyes wide and look carefully?!"

thump.

Ais stopped sprinting and fell to the ground.

Charles was covered in slime, but a battle blazed in his eyes: "So-called magic and skills are just part of an adventurer's 'aptitude.' But... how many people truly understand themselves? How many understand these so-called skills?!"

"This is your first lesson, Fiora! Never underestimate the potential of any being in the lower realms! No matter how insignificant they may seem, the power hidden within them is enough to shake the heavens and the earth!"

The swarm of bees arrived.

Ais lay on the ground, her head tilted back. Through the gap in the reversed veil, she clearly witnessed Ciel's actions.

Even though he was trapped, he still yelled at the giant beehive.

"My life has no rehearsals, every moment is a live broadcast! Come on! Rotate, Ring of Miracles!"

Mysterious spirits surged in the air, like countless enigmatic symbols, swirling and changing before forming an even more mysterious script.

The moment the words took shape, Charles felt an uncontrollable sound about to burst forth from his throat, and he did not resist this force.

"Aaaaaahhhhh, you... come here!!"

A crimson orc phantom wielding a giant axe appeared around Shire. It pounded its chest like a wild beast and let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth.

"Roar------"

The red sound waves spread outwards from the center of the Charles.

Immediately afterwards, all the killer bees, as if their ancestors for eighteen generations had been overturned, uncontrollably used their stingers to stab at Shire.

Jingle bells, jingle all the way.

After countless metal frictions, there was the sound of each piece penetrating flesh.

The killer bees behind, out of control, used their stingers to stab the individuals attacking them in front, while those that followed were pierced by the ones that came later.

All the killer bees inside the hive, like skewers of candied hawthorn, were hanging on Xia Er's body. Half of them exploded into black ash, and the other half formed 'mounds' that twitched and struggled violently.

Immediately afterwards, the Bloody Beehive also spewed out slime at Sharl, binding the monsters together to form a larger aggregate.

Chapter 32 Charles is a very special person

Berserker's Roar.

Commonly known as: Come here!

This is a battle cry spell that Sharl extracted using the Ring of Miracles.

From DOTA, Axe's skill. The effect is simple: it taunts, forcing nearby enemy units to attack the user, and grants a significant increase in armor.

The strength of this skill lies in its terrifyingly wide-range control and the fixed increase in armor value.

This armor value might seem weak in battles against first-level adventurers, but in the initial stages after just leaving the beginner phase, it's like having an invincible buff.

The large-scale control also differs from that in games. The existence of collision volumes makes the resulting damage difficult to estimate.

In just a few seconds, the swarm of insects, which resembled a dark cloud, vanished, leaving only an iron mountain made of insect exoskeletons and slime.

Ais stared blankly at the spectacular scene before her: "What...is that?"

However, she quickly realized what was happening, riding the wind to destroy the hollow swarm of insects. She also checked to see if there was any honey inside, and finding nothing, she gave up and returned.

Then, she stared blankly at Tieshan, looking left and right, unsure how to pull Xia Er out.

The slime expelled by the Bloody Beehive acts like cement, welding the iron shell shut.

She could only imitate Xia Er's daily routine, slowly digging out the magic stone from the [Giant Bee]. As the corpse exploded into black ash, a hole appeared in the location of the Iron Mountain.

Trouble has struck; the monster won't wait for you to finish your work before it comes looking for trouble.

Ais could only clear away the surrounding monsters while quickly dissecting the magic stone.

It took a full half hour for Charles to finally break free from the monster's corpse. He grinned, revealing his big white teeth, and showed off to Ais with a silly grin.

"See? This one time is equivalent to at least a week's worth of skill improvement for you. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger!"

"He's so badly injured, yet he can still laugh..." Ais said noncommittally, "Ciel, you're strange."

She stared at the dozen or so piercing wounds on Charles's body, which were emitting white smoke and gradually healing, and thought:

He's a strange guy. I initially thought he was just a boastful person with no respect for the dungeons. I thought he was doomed, but he actually succeeded.

This kind of reckless fighting can indeed rapidly increase durability.

According to the experience given by Riveria, the main way for normal adventurers to increase their durability is by consuming stamina.

Being attacked, even just once, will increase your magic power by about 2-3 points. It can be said that among the five attributes, magic power and durability are the easiest to improve, but also the most difficult, if you find the right method.

The kind of growth path that Ciel takes is not something that most people would easily try.

“It’s not really suitable for me,” Ais said frankly.

As Sharl picked up the alchemical potion and three killer bee stingers that had dropped from his 'Mundo passive', he explained:

"That was an accident. However, as you can see, I was only level 1, but I completed a level 2 raid that was close to three digits high. The experience gained here is enough to increase my stats by nearly 300."

"300 ability points! That was fast!" Ais exclaimed in astonishment.

Don't underestimate these 70 points of attribute on average. In the current era where there is no line of aspiration, a normal adventurer can only improve their overall ability value by 10 points a day, which is considered a huge improvement.

Now it's time to complain about Yixing Wangjing. This thing only got hit by a kobold, and its durability increased by more than 100 points! Its growth rate is more than 20 times that of an ordinary person!

"Don't be surprised. To achieve something like this, magic and skills are essential. Ordinary adventurers would have died long ago, let alone made any progress."

After collecting the spoils, Ciel explained his understanding of how the Grace system worked to Ais in a simple way:

"Simply put, both grace and magic require combat power far exceeding the level of monsters. Under this premise, one still needs to find opponents who can give one a tough fight."

"In this way, you can not only gain the advanced experience reward of 'Great Achievement' from challenging stronger opponents, but also fully hone your body and increase your basic experience."

Humanity's ultimate goal is to defeat monsters and save the world. All acts of defeating monsters are seen as part of "saving the world" and are therefore blessed with the title of "great achievement".

However, when it comes to favors, the process is valued more than the result.

It will record every bit of your hard work and amplify that effort with "Great Achievements," ultimately reflecting it on the panel.

Ais seemed to understand, but not quite: "So, high-level monsters... 'Great Achievements' are like 'Multiple Experience Cards,' while my own 'training' is the real 'experience points'?"

Then I'll... tie a powerful monster to my body and train with it.

Wow, a perpetual motion machine!

Although it's a simple principle that you get an experience bonus when fighting monsters above your level, and you can only make money by stomping on weaker monsters, it's really not easy to explain it clearly to the people of this world.

The teachable Charles nodded: "Overflowing great achievements will manifest as 'skills' upon leveling up, stemming from inner desires. You come from a large clan; you must have seen many who develop skills upon leveling up."

Ais thought for a moment and shook her head: "I don't know. But you're amazing."

Charles put his hands behind his back, looked up, and sighed: "If I didn't have this cheat code, I might have been able to become a master through my theory of grace. Look, didn't I just fool this 'saint'?"

"This is precious experience that I've gained through countless hardships, so I can't tell Loki. Be careful or you'll get locked in the secret chamber."

Ais gently touched her chin and extended her little finger: "It's a secret."

Charles also extended his little finger: "Pinky promise! I'll be a dog if I lie!"

Complete the stamping process.

Ais immediately grabbed Ciel's hand and raised her eyebrows: "My turn! My turn!"

"Ok?"

"I want to become stronger too! Can you unleash that powerful magic again?" Ais asked expectantly.

"That...I can't do it!" Ciel sighed helplessly. He had originally intended to conjure a large fireball to burn away the slime, but who knew he would end up with this?

Charles coughed and changed the subject: "Ahem, my upgrade plan still has many imperfections, so it's temporarily out of the question. As you can see, replicating my operation requires a very demanding panel..."

"Hmph, I have one too!" Ais said defiantly, hands on her hips. "Actually, I can already fight against level 3 seniors in the Familia. As for monsters, I think even stronger ones are fine!"

Ais rarely spoke so much.

Is this considered revealing all their secrets?

"Can you tell me the specific information about my abilities?" Xia Er asked tentatively.

Clearly, Ais hadn't gone all out with Ciel, especially since her skills were closely tied to her past.

She shook her head: "I can only say that I have a strong destructive power over dragons."

I see… Ciel was a little disappointed. He already knew about Ais’s stats, but he just wanted to hear the girl say it to him.

Okay, if the relationship has faded, then...

Charles stood up, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and put on his shrewd smile again: "Forget about replicating my method. Since you're going for a dragon-centric strategy, let's execute Plan B. Target the tree dragon on the 24th floor. I can take some gem tree fruits back with me."

Seemingly sensing a subtle change in Ciel's attitude, Ais stared at him for a few seconds, but was still preoccupied with the matter of becoming stronger, and urged:

"Quick elbow!"

Chapter 33 Chanis: Who's causing me trouble this time?

As the sun sets, night falls like a curtain sweeping across the sky, and late-returning adventurers tread on the last rays of the setting sun back to their familiar homes.

The streets were lit up only sporadically, and the once bustling taverns were now deserted of adventurers.

The dark, labyrinthine city was occasionally illuminated by raging flames, followed by deafening roars, with noise and sounds of fighting echoing in the silent night.

The streets and alleys were filled with chasing and fighting.

Due east of the city.

Located within the Twilight Mansion, the residence of the Loki Familia, one of the two largest factions in the city.

A number of adventurers were frequently entering and leaving a certain room.