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Chapter 43: Mental Fatigue

Magic Zone.

Similar to dungeons, this is an area where monsters are born.

Naturally, although monsters can "pop" out of the ground in an instant, not all places will spawn them, otherwise humans would not be able to build towns and villages.

They wouldn't be able to grow food.

The places where monsters are born are: dungeons and what are called magic zones.

Monsters born in magic zones are very different from those in dungeons and are very dangerous to humans.

Because the monsters born in magic zones, although they have territorial instincts, can come out of the magic zone at any time and attack humans.

For example, monsters defeated in territorial disputes or battles for leadership.

Moreover, if the situation is serious, such as when two powerful monsters fight for territory and all the other monsters want to escape in fear, it may even trigger a monster tide, causing an immense disaster.

Because of this, sometimes the Adventurers Guild organizes large-scale collective tasks, which is to cooperate with the army to sweep the magic zone together, preventing the monsters in the magic zone from leveling up too high.

By the way, unlike dungeons, the monsters born in magic zones start at LV.0, just like humans.

However, unlike the monsters in dungeons, the monsters born in magic zones will kill each other.

Through this killing, the level of the monsters will continue to rise, but new monsters will continue to be born in the magic zone. If left unchecked, the danger level of the magic zone will continue to rise until, in the end, a monster strong enough to rule the entire magic zone will be born in endless battles.

It will be given the title of "Demon Lord," which is different from the dungeon lord called "Maze Demon King." In historical records, any Demon Lord is an extremely dangerous monster.

Serious cases may even cause the destruction of countries or even continents.

Each one is like a natural disaster.

"Before setting off to the Level I magic zone, let's first determine our respective Attribute Values."

As for my (Yue) Attribute Values, there's no need to say much, after all, I do self-evaluations every day.

The only change is that after defeating the Slime Dungeon Lord and that assassin, my level has increased to LV.5.

The main reason for this is that the Slime Dungeon Lord gave me a considerable amount of experience points. As for the experience points from the assassin, I can only say it was barely enough. Maybe a little over 10%?—Anyway, it's completely out of line with that LV.50 prestige.

It's the experience points gained from defeating the Slime Dungeon Lord, combined with the effect of the "Child Prodigy" title—Experience gain increased—both together, allowing me to level up exactly two levels.

Well, the acquisition of experience points is not directly related to level.

As long as there is a battle, experience points can be obtained, but how many experience points can be obtained depends on the strength comparison between the two sides and the result of the battle.

It's important to remember that it's about strength, not level.

After all, if it were just about level, the Dragon race, which is strong from birth, would be invincible.

In simple terms, the higher the talent ability value, the higher the potential ability value, and the stronger the strength, the more difficult it is to increase experience points and level up. This is probably also a balance mechanism set by the rules of the world.

Although I am only LV.3, in terms of strength, I am undoubtedly much stronger than that assassin—but not without danger.

If I were to let that assassin get close, with the skills he possesses, I would definitely be killed in an instant. So, our strengths are comparable—this is why I can gain at least a thousand times more experience points than defeating a slime.

But the Slime Dungeon Lord was different. At that time, I was at a complete disadvantage, basically equivalent to being weak, like walking on a tightrope and jumping rope. If the Slime Dungeon Lord's "Sin of Gluttony" skill or "Digestion" skill were one level higher—or if the Slime Dungeon Lord could be a little smarter and not swallow and digest every attack, but instead evade, eat, and digest at the same time—I would have died without any suspense.

It was because of this that I gained such a huge amount of experience points, enough to directly raise my level by more than one.

By the way, my main source of experience points came from battles with my mother.

Well, even if I couldn't win, being beaten by my mother every day still earned me a lot of experience points.

In short, my (Yue) changes are just like this.

As for my (Yue) transformation into a Demon Slime, I am still LV.0, no different from when I first got it.

Next, let's talk about my (Night) Attribute Values.

In fact, I knew my Attribute Values hadn't changed even without an appraisal.

After all, nothing big has happened recently.

Originally, when I was in the Green Kingdom, I did increase my Attribute Values quite a bit due to Lotte, but after leaving the Green Kingdom, they returned to their original state.

So—huh?

I was suddenly stunned to see a few new items in my Attribute Values.

"Demon Transformation (0/1)"

Demon Magic LV.1 (0%)

—Can use Demon Magic, automatically gain Demon Contract skill LV.1

Demon Contract LV.1 (0%)

—Can form a demon contract with a demon, making it a familiar. Share experience points.

Huh? I can actually use Demon Magic?!!

After learning the Demon Magic through the Exclusive Skill Awakening Scroll, I never thought that I (Night) could actually use it. After all, I (Night) seem to have no talent for magic at all.

But... could it be that it's not that I have no talent, but that I haven't found the right magic for me?

Ah, in the end, the scope of magic is very wide. It seems like there is indeed a saying—everyone will have magic that suits them.

If not—then it must be because you did too many bad things in your past life and are now suffering retribution.

So, I (Night) am very suitable for Demon Magic?

Great, if I can raise a cute pet like Little Blue, I (Night) would also like that very much.

"Hold on a minute—!!!"

At this moment, seeing the Attribute Values written on the paper belonging to me (Yue) but written by me (Night), Xue'er suddenly stood up with a changed expression, looking at me (Night) with anger, pointing at one of the items on the Attribute Values and loudly questioning, "How did you get this exclusive skill?!"

"Uh..."

For a moment, I (Night) was a little slow to react.

I didn't list any of the Occupation or skills related to Lotte to avoid trouble, but I didn't expect Xue'er to suddenly question me in an area I hadn't paid much attention to.

"People who have awakened their exclusive skills are definitely specially recruited into the Royal Academy. Since you weren't specially recruited, it means you didn't awaken an exclusive skill on Appraisal Day—so where did your exclusive skill come from?! Father mentioned before that our family's 'Exclusive Skill Awakening Scroll' went missing, taken away by our elder sister, but it's unclear who she intended to use it on. Father just assumed that our elder sister must have her own thoughts, so he never asked her directly, just casually mentioned it to Mother—did my elder sister give you the 'Exclusive Skill Awakening Scroll' to use?"

Xue'er was furious, with tears in her eyes and trembling all over.

To this, I (Night) could only calmly say, "It was a gift from Yue when we first met. Don't think too much about it."

I (Yue) also nodded and said, "That's right, Xue'er, just a gift when we first met."

"A gift? Since when does a gift include an 'Exclusive Skill Awakening Scroll'?"

Xue'er gritted her teeth, eyes fixed firmly on my neck, sending a chill down my spine.

"Heh, the 'Exclusive Skill Awakening Scroll' was bought by Father at a sky-high price, costing billions in cradles, and it's priceless. It's not something you can buy with money—so if that was a gift, are you planning to give my sister an equally valuable gift when you visit our house this time?"

Faced with such questioning, I pondered and pondered, but couldn't come up with an explanation for this problem.

In the end, I decided to use the skill "Sister's Authority."

"Xue'er, stop causing trouble." I (Yue) looked at Xue'er and said calmly, "We don't have much time, we still have adventure missions to do, so you'd better spend your time getting to know other people's abilities."

"Elder sister—!"

Xue'er was really aggrieved to the point of tears.

I remained indifferent to her hardness.

Honestly, it's exhausting.

If it weren't for the feeling that explaining my situation as a twin soul would be even more troublesome, I really wanted to just confess everything.

Do you think you're the only one feeling aggrieved?!

Just because I passed something from one hand to the other, why should I be misunderstood as a woman who willingly buys houses and cars to pamper the men she fell in love with?!!

Huh?!! Why should I?!!

People really can't understand each other's hardships.