Chapter 557

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Steel Skin

Cost: 50 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

"Let's see... the skin increases my endurance by three points by each level," Leon said after he activated his newest skill. "It really is an upgraded version of Bronze and Stone Skin."

Much for Leon's surprise, the mechanical golems had that skill, and he soon replicated it. Although Leon was only using the frost and thunder elementals to get rid of the gremlins, he still summoned some of his monsters to see what they could do. Unfortunately, that was the only skill he didn't have.

"I wonder if there is a similar skill that increases another status..." Leon rubbed his chin. "I suppose Strong Arms and Iron Fists fit in that criteria. No... those skills only increase my status when they are used. Besides, the difference can't be seen in the status screen."

Much for Leon's surprise, he didn't find what he was looking in, Ilyana's vault. However, that didn't mean that it doesn't exist. Leon learned Strong Arms purely by chance, so he had to do something else to learn skills that would increase his status. Fortunately, thanks to his skill controlling mana, he soon obtained some results. After concentrating some mana around the muscles of some parts of his body...

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Herculean Strength.

Cost: 20 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

"At level one increases my strength by one point..." Leon furrowed his eyebrows. "I guess this is at the same rank as Stone Skin. Well now... what I have to do to learn their higher versions of this spell?"

Leon also tried to find anything related to boosting status using spells like that in Ilyana's vault. He tried for quite a while but found nothing. Ilyana heavily favored magic, even though Leon didn't find any spell that increased intelligence or control, it was clear that she focused on those most. There was also a chance that she didn't create tomes of every single skill because she wanted to make Leon learn those by himself, but that was very unlikely since she allowed Leon to learn other crazy spells like Mind Summoning.

"I don't have much for that right now, but I wonder If I can create a tome using Mind Summoning," Leon said. "According to Ilyana, she used other ways to create tomes, but I don't think her method is the only one possible."

As it turned out, Leon was right. He also could summon tomes using Mind Summoning, but it wasn't that efficient. To summon the Frost Lance tome, Leon had to spend fifty thousand points of mana. Most likely, Ilyana's method was the most efficient one. That would be helpful once Leon leaves that dimension, but he wondered if his friends would have time to train the skills Leon might give them.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Strength Augmentation.

Cost: 50 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Enhanced Strength.

Cost: 100 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

In the end, Leon just had to increase the amount of mana he concentrated in his muscles to learn the upgraded versions of Herculean Strength. Still, even though he tried to improve his status even more by focusing more mana, nothing happened. That was the limit he could do.

"It looks like there are only three buffs like this per status... even if I use all kills at the max level, in the end, the bonus won't be higher than six thousand," Leon concluded. "It isn't all that much considering how high my intelligence and mana are... but I guess it will be useful considering the other status that I'm ignoring."

Although Leon's closest goal was to create a Soul Eater, he would need to increase his mana for that. Considering the nature of those buffs, it would be relatively easy to level them up, so Leon decided to focus on them while he also trains Mind Summoning. He wouldn't learn other spells by himself aside from the ones he copies from the monsters for the time being, but that was a small price to pay.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Quick Legs.

Cost: 20 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Speed Augmentation.

Cost: 50 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Enhanced Speed.

Cost: 100 mana per second

You obtained 01 status points.

Much faster than Leon predicted, he received some other notifications and immediately put the new skills to good use. Since Leon would have to get used to his increase in speed, there was only one thing he could, and it was run.

At first, Leon's body managed to endure that speed. He was so fast that his movement alone created a shockwave capable of sending the gremlins flying if they were too close. However, soon Leon started to feel the same effects as when he uses Haste and Electric Armor. His skin began to heat and eventually burn.

"If I want to run without damaging my body due to the friction, I don't have any other choice but use Stone Skin, Bronze Skin, and Steel Skin at the same time," Leon concluded. "The increase in endurance will negate the effects of the high-speed movement."

Electric Armor could protect Leon from that, but Electric Armor itself also damages Leon, so it was useless.

"Well, I can't solve all my problems at once," Leon shrugged. "Besides, using Teleport will be much more convenient... in the worst-case scenario, I can also increase my endurance and solve the problem once and for all.