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Whenever Asai wants to hit the next digit, 10, 20, 30, 40 etc He has to force upon himself a greater challenge. However, everyone else within the world can simply freely level up.

Think of it in this way. The Gods and Goddesses love entertainment. They are the house, the people who fight and kill their creations the monsters and other species are the players. The customers visiting their casino.

If you bet $1000 and win against the house, you will cash out much more than someone who had only bet $10.

The currency in this case wouldn't be physical cash, but the player's own life. The greater the risk to their life, the probability of death, is currency.

No, this isn't because the god who presides over Asai enjoys watching him suffer.

Thus, Asai who is forced to undergo great dangers to overcome his plateaus will gain more appropriate skills. Chloe is a good example. At first, she was receiving powerful skills for being much weaker than the enemies she was facing, but after watching her consistently play it safe by remaining at the far back firing arrow after arrow. Her latest skill which should be something more powerful than the previous skill was only

(This actually explains why there is a constant lack of archers within the armies. They generally bring less to the table, compared to their melee counter parts who experience greater risk.)

[Ghost]

Increases caster's evasion and mobility by 15%. Reduces aggro gain by 20%

Which for a level 70 skill is very lacklustre. (And although she basically died during the fight, she hardly contributed being the first to do so, and her projectiles hardly doing any damage. Even the name of the skill describes her performance.) When compared to Robin's level 70 skill

[Holy Testimony]

Manifests 10 astral swords at target. Each sword deals 35% of normal attack. Swords nullify foreign mana.

(35% attack power may appear weak, but it's per sword. So the skill itself is actually 350% attack power.)

So, in conclusion. Loha, Marea and Craut does indeed play favourites. Fortune definitely favours the bold. In case of Clam and Gary, and the ordinary soldiers without the ability to utilize mana. Rather than active skills, they have hidden passive skills. Hence why Asai can copy skills from ordinary people.

Asai, being an anomaly from another world. Has no pre-ordained destiny. His actions and choices within this world can and will change the fates of the people he interacts with. Mary is a good example of this. Clam and Gary who were destined to die from birth (From character template creation) survived.

Robin, may have joined Mary's underworld guild.

Chloe would've been kidnapped and utilized by the goblins to multiply their numbers.

Count Jenson De Lion would've perished during the war against Via Marea.

The 2nd prince Arthur Del Lagos, would've originally quietly accepted his fate, after the crowning of his sister and settling down in a village. If Asai didn't appear.

(This explains why I created Arthur so similarly during the early chapters. The rumours about a hero hunting bandits and helping villages wasn't actually referring to Asai, but Arthur. The 2nd prince, upon meeting Asai gained confidence and hope, and with that, ended up taking risks and chances he usually wouldn't have.)

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P.s

The injury on my left hand is getting better. My typing speed should be picking back up soon.

I apologise for the low output of chapters these past days.

And as always, thank you for reading!

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