Chapter 8
Chapter 8
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 7
Chapter Title: Insane Leveling
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[System Log]
Advanced Job Confirmation Ticket has been destroyed.
[Starter Longsword (Advanced)+6] has been destroyed.
[Starter Leather Armor Top (Advanced)+4] has been destroyed...
[Starter Leather Armor Bottom (Advanced)+4] has been destroyed...
Back on Earth, checking the system logs, there were entries about the starter pack.
After a few more experiments, I figured out some key features of this ability (or whatever it is).
1. My Ardenian self is recognized as a separate [account]. So even if I delete my Revenge account on Earth, this one's safe. (Not that I'm eager to test it.)
2. As a result, guardian spirits, classes, pets, and collections (the system where gathering gear boosts stats) aren't shared.
3. However, in Ardenia, I can freely pull items from the inventories, gift boxes, and mailboxes of all my Revenge characters (up to 20 per account). The Revenge system registers it as me destroying the items myself.
4. I can't move items from Ardenia back to the inventory.
5. I can't bring items to Earth either.
6. But effects applied to the body (like jobs) carry over to Earth.
I walked through the forest. My steps descending the mountain brimmed with power.
Squeeze.
Clenching my fist, I felt a mighty strength that could crush rock. The best condition I'd ever been in, something I'd never experienced in my life.
"This is insane. No way this is real... haha."
A chuckle escaped me.
I closed my eyes briefly and opened the [Status Window].
ID: Han Jaeyeon
Class: High Swordsman (Advanced)
Title: New Adventurer (Common)
Level: 1
Strength: 45(+80) Stamina: 48(+20)
Vitality: 36(+40) Agility: 52(+20)
Mana: 1(+20) Mana Power: 1 Magic Resistance: 1
Recovery: 31 Mana Recovery: 1 Luck: 10
Free Stats: 0
Status: Normal
My strength had tripled. Mana and vitality more than doubled, and stamina and vitality rose substantially too.
Pop!
I kicked off the ground and leaped. My body soared.
3.5 meters.
Thud!
Landing, I stood still for a moment. The corners of my mouth twitched.
"Ha, haha! Hahaha! Wow, this is no joke?"
Pure physical ability yielding this kind of performance? Unbelievable. And I'm not even a body cultivator—how is this possible?
"Just from a job in a 50,000-won starter pack."
I swung the sword. The hefty longsword felt like a switch.
"With stats like this..."
Physical abilities improved, but adaptation was instant. Low stats were the issue; high ones, I could handle anytime.
I checked the status of my Starter Longsword (Advanced)+6 and the five pieces of leather armor.
"With gear like this..."
I realized.
"This is doable."
I'd planned to draw some aggro and redirect the orc pursuit squad casually, but I changed my mind.
"O~ rororo!"
"Krraaang!"
"Catch them! Kill them! Hunt them!"
Shouts and roars echoed from afar. The orc pursuit squad was clashing with the magical beasts.
"Those beasts were always so dangerous... poor things."
Humans dominated Ardenia, but not every inch. Remote territories like ours barely held ley line nodes.
'Our territory's 100 kilometers from the next one—why else would we have only 3,000 people? There's reason for it.'
The rest belonged to magical beasts.
And now they were getting plucked.
Slash!
A downward axe cleaved into a calf-sized wolf's shoulder. The beast, a one-horned wolf, bared its fangs and bit the orc warrior's right arm.
Crunch!
"No chance, beast! Those teeth can't tear my flesh!"
The burly orc bashed the hanging wolf's head wildly. Blood sprayed from his bitten arm, but that was it. As the orc said, the wolf's bite couldn't pierce the orc's arrow-proof muscle.
'Come to think of it, humans aren't the only ones getting screwed.'
Ardenia had all the fantasy staples: magic, swordsmanship, saints, witches, holy empires, mage towers, elves, dwarves, beastkin, evil spirits, undead, etc.
The problem?
'They're weak.'
That's why I called Ardenia a medieval land, not fantasy. Pre-Revenge, it was a low-power world—novels or games with minimal power scaling.
Sword Masters were legends. Handling 1st-circle magic made you a full mage with pride. 2nd-circle? Skilled mage. 3rd? High mage. What kind of fantasy world was that?
In this weak world, magical beasts were apex predators.
Until now.
"Keng!"
"Krheung!"
"Yip yip!"
The one-horned wolves that charged excitedly now barked in panic. Only 10 orcs here, but twice as many wolves were dropping like flies.
'Wolves with visible horns are ten-man beasts at least, but they can't one-on-one an orc. So even hundred-man beasts couldn't handle 10 orcs.'
Meaning, if I survived against a hundred orcs here...
'I could survive a thousand-man beast too!'
Slash!
"Enemy!"
"Human scum!"
"Reform ranks!"
Slicing one orc's neck, I charged in. Half the orcs handled the wolves; the other half turned to me.
A strange alert popped in my head.
[Critical Hit!]
[Orc Warrior defeated!]
[Orc Warrior (300)+Goddess's Blessing 700%(2100)+New User Bonus (300)=2700 EXP gained!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
...
[Recovery and Mana Recovery increased by 15 points!]
My level shot from 1 to 15 instantly. Even in the chaos, I turned off detailed alerts. Can't track EXP mid-fight.
'Job means I level up too. But critical hit?'
A fleeting question, but no time to ponder.
Clang! Kang!
[Parry Successful!]
I deflected an incoming sword; it whistled past, collapsing the orc's stance. Before, I'd avoided clashes, but no need now.
My strength no longer yielded to these orcs.
Crunch!
[Critical Hit!]
[Orc Warrior defeated!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
My thrust pierced the heart, withdrew in a spray of blood. I twisted away from the gore and assault, slashing another's neck.
[Critical Hit!]
The orc clutched its throat and crumpled. Not fully severed, but no tough orc fights on with that wound.
"Everything's a critical? Well, heart-piercing is critical, sure!"
Grinning, I kicked off and leaped.
Thud!
Gliding nearly 5 meters at an angle, I drove the longsword into a distant orc's neck.
[Critical Hit!]
[Orc Warrior defeated!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
"Hahahahaha!"
Laughter burst out. Fighting with boosted stats was worlds apart. No more tip-toeing because of weakness—no collapsing enemy centers, no opportunity hunting, no retreating to read flows in frustrating ass-play!
'Yes! This is the world ability users see!'
Wings on my back—pure liberation. All past frustration swept away!
[Reached Level 21!]
[10 Free Stats granted!]
"Free stats."
I glanced at the orcs. Three dead, one disabled—six left.
But that wasn't all.
"O~ rororo!"
"Brother attacked!"
"East! East!"
Cheers erupted from the forest. The other orcs—the remaining 90—heard the commotion and mobilized.
"See you later!"
I bolted without hesitation. Stats up or not, I had only two arms and legs. Surrounded? Done. Avoid encirclement.
"Stop there!"
"Human scum!"
Bloodshot orcs pursued.
'Fat chance!'
Orcs had stamina for 500-meter sprints, but their speed sucked—20 seconds per 100 meters. Broad shoulders and thick hips great for swinging axes or tanking hits, not running.
Even as a novice with beginner inner power and slightly better-than-average speed, I'd shaken them. With a job? No contest.
Papapap!
Full sprint east.
'Alright. Three days tops, generous estimate.'
Meanwhile, the lord's people would hustle north.
"Log out!"
After 5+ kilometers east on pure sprint—no stamina management—I returned to Earth. Lay there 30 minutes, then rose.
"Whew. Time to check."
I hit the official Revenge homepage, scanned Q&A. Searched EXP—tons of results.
Clicked one.
[Q] They said levels are infinite, but it's insanely slow! What's the EXP formula?
-I thought Revenge ads meant nonstop level-ups, but from 35, it's crawling ㅜㅜ All-day auto-farm barely gets 1 level ㅠㅠ
[A] Forget leveling.
-Focus on gear, skills, collections!
Early levels fly—stats sweet. Low levels need 10 EXP, 20 EXP—few mobs, boom, level up. 10 to 11? Just 100 EXP. From 10, it's 100, 200—still manageable.
But Revenge EXP is tutorial to 20!
From 20, formula changes: [Sum of all prior EXP needed] for next level.
1-20 totals 5,950 EXP, so 20-21 needs 5,950. 21-22? 11,900.
It snowballs—higher levels, absurd EXP!
No cap, but #1 Sword God/Magic Earth Lord at 81. Hunting anywhere stalls eventually—focus gear, skills, especially collections!
Collections are spec-up alpha and omega!
"The EXP ramp-up is nuts... but wait."
Reading Q&As, I muttered absently.
"Collections?"