Chapter 208 Ridiculous Standards And Compiled Boosts

[The goddess 'Artemisia' says that you should not listen to the ramblings of a being with standards that even gods like herself find ridiculous.

The fact that you can achieve master level in less than a year is a feat worth commending and you should keep up the good work.]

"...thank you for the consolation."

Evan shook his head, as if trying to get the ridiculous things he just heard out of his mind before looking at the blessing of destruction skill and analysing it once more.

"If I use this with my limit break, the power I'd gain would be astronomical."

"As would the drawbacks you would receive."

Pride responded to Evan as she knocked him on the head and warned him not to even think about trying it, before going on to pose a question.

"Can't this skill be effective against that 'Eight Finger' guy you keep talking about?"

Hearing this, Evan's eyes widened in surprise as he hadn't even considered the 'Eighth Finger' at all. A skill with the ability to deal soul damage was sure to be effective in permanently killing the 'Eighth Finger, or any of the other 'Fingers'.

Even if it wasn't, it was sure to make reviving them harder as their souls would not be complete for the revival process.

[The goddess 'Artemisia' says that this is the reason why she agreed to leave the skill and did not seal its effects or directly remove it, as it would be useful in the coming days.

Nevertheless, she says that it would only be truly useful, provided your attacks can reach your target in the first place.]

"True that. Even if he is one of the weaker members of the 'Right Hand', it doesn't change the fact that he's a grandmaster-level existence."

"Right hand?"

"Hmm? Oh. The ten fingers are separated into left and right hands. Well, it was something that we used in the game.

The right-hand guys were the ones on the alpha continent, and the left-hand guys were the ones on the Beta continent. They were five on each side, including their leader.

The left-hand guys were really troublesome to deal with, I recall having to grind my level like crazy before fighting them."

"Huh?"

"Hm?... huh??"

It was only after he heard Pride's surprise voice, that Evan realised that he had inadvertently told her about the 'game' without even realising.

"Wait...how was I able to do that?"

After asking himself that question, he immediately found the answer. One of the messages in the system updates changelog.

[Law Restrictions slightly reduced.]

[The goddess 'Artemisia' states that you have a bit more leeway in talking about things from the game and the other restricted information you were previously unable to speak about.]

"...!"

Evan was nonplussed!

He was thinking that he'd always have to deal with the silly restrictions that prevent him from talking about some of the important information concerning the incoming invasion, just like the other members of the even heroes, but the fact that the system updates reduced these restrictions, came as a shock to him.

"When is the next update?"

[Level 300]

"...fuck."

The young hero cursed as he realised that the next time he'd see an update, he would be on a whole new existence level. By then, his mystic eyes would also reach stage 3.

"I'd leave this issue for future me."

He then looked at the last thing the updates brought, a compilation of all the Boosts and Bonuses he gained from his various skills along with the effects of his titles.

|Boosts, Bonuses and Title Effects; (Expanded)

Hero Title Bonuses;

200% Leveling Efficiency.

10% Damage Bonus against 'Invaders' and 'Enemies of Aidos'.

Hero Leader Title Bonuses;

10% Damage Bonus against 'Invaders' and 'Enemies of Aidos'.

Reincarnated Hero System Benefits;

20% Stat Boost.

Boosted Life Force.

200% Leveling Efficiency.

130% Stat Effectiveness.

5% Damage Bonus against 'Invaders' and 'Enemies of Aidos'.

Mystic Eye of Mimicry (2) Effects and Boosts;

Enhanced Visual Prowess.

Ability to see Incorporeal Entities.

Ability to see the flow of energy.

10% Mimicked Skill Effectiveness/Damage.

Reduced Strain on Using Mimicked Skills.

Blessing of Destruction (1) Bonuses;

10% Stat Boost.

? 10% Increase in Skill Effectiveness.

30% Increase in Destructive Skill Strength/Damage.

30% Increase in Destructive Magic Strength/Damage.

300% Overall Power Boost. (1st Activation State Only).

Destructive Energy Circuit Bonuses;

10% Increase in Energy Manipulation Speed.

10% Increase in Destructive Energy Based Attack Strength/Damage. |

It neatly arranged everything for him, and then gave him a total result, allowing him to see the cumulative boosts.

|Boosts, Bonuses and Title Effects;

30% Stat Boost.

Boosted Life Force.

130% Stat Effectiveness.

400% Leveling Efficiency.

10% Increase in Skill Effectiveness.

10% Mimicked Skill Effectiveness/Damage.

10% Increase in Energy Manipulation Speed.

30% Increase in Destructive Skill Strength/Damage.

30% Increase in Destructive Magic Strength/Damage.

300% Overall Power Boost. (Blessing of Destruction 1st Activation State Only).

25% Damage Bonus against 'Invaders' and 'Enemies of Aidos'.

10% Increase in Destructive Energy Based Attack Strength/Damage. |

(Author Note: Not gonna lie, I probably need this compilation more than you readers do.)

"Yeah...this is a lot."

"No kidding."

Pride was also going through the boosts with him as the two of them sat atop the corpse of the Frost boar king and went through all the effects one by one.

"Extra damage towards Invaders and Enemies of Aidos?

Have you always had this?"

"Yeah. It's something that's been there from the start."

The existence of the hidden bonus damage dealt by all heroes towards Enemies of Aidos was finally revealed, showing another one of the reasons why Evan was able to eventually defeat Xakon a few months ago.

"Wait up! My levelling efficiency didn't increase!"

[This idiot! Do you think that the extra experience you get comes out of thin air?! Reality-altering effects aren't that easy to add, you know?!]

Evan's incoming complaint about no new experience multiplier was shot down before he could even make it by a very pissed-off goddess.

She didn't even bother to use the indirect messaging and spoke directly into his head.

[Oy! Behave yourself and stop switching off the indirect messaging!]

The second line, however, didn't seem to be for Evan, but for whoever the goddess was currently with and hopefully, the source of her anger.

|Connections Terminated. |

It seemed that in order to deal with whoever was disturbing her, the goddess directly terminated the connections to Evan so as not to give the poor boy a migraine every time she spoke with her 'true' voice.