"Kh." Jay gritted his teeth as he felt his body burning. He had just consumed the last bit of essence required to push all the remaining evolution attributes to one hundred percent. "I have heard about this before.
"When evolving to a Tier 1 Explorer, the human body will be torn down and made anew. After all, the only difference between Tier 0 and Tier 1 is physical strength. If I want to surpass a normal human’s limit, I have to endure this."
Jay’s body was covered in sweat. The pain was much more durable than the one he experienced in the essence bank. At the same time, the excitement he got from a Tier 1 prospect made him ignore a little bit of the pain.
*Crackle!*
*Crackle!*
Jay felt like he was hallucinating because he actually heard his bones cracking earlier.
Kanaria was experiencing the same thing. But unlike Jay, she was moving around on her bed while clutching her body. "Kh. Come on. Just evolve already."
Both Jay and Kanaria suddenly noticed something. When they evolved to Tier 1, their eyes went blurry for a minute. During that time, they could actually see a few lines in the air, swimming around like an eel.
They didn’t know anything about these lines and soon forgot about them due to the fact that this was the last part. After that one minute, the pain gradually subsided.
Their bodies were releasing a lot of sweat, to the point that it looked like someone poured the bed or the floor with a bucket of water. Yet, to their surprise, they didn’t feel thirsty. Instead, they felt refreshed as if they had just gotten a good night’s sleep.
"Huh?" Jay looked down, specifically at his sword. "Have I become a Tier 1 human?"
Curious, Jay picked up his sword, which, surprisingly, became extremely light. Even when he added the usual weight, he realized that it was nowhere near his limit.
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It might be because of the super injections as well, but it felt like his strength had increased by at least three times.
"This is…" Jay understood why a Tier 1 Explorer still had the ability to fight against a Tier 2 beast. Not only his strength, but also his speed, had been enhanced. If he had this strength previously, he didn’t need to fear a Tier 2 snake. In fact, he could slice the snake after several hits.
"I wonder how high Ivan’s evolution attributes were. Was he close to Tier 1? No, I shouldn’t think like this. Everything I should know is that Ivan was stronger than me back then, so I shouldn’t find any reasons to think otherwise. It would just dampen my mood to get stronger."
Jay let out a long sigh.
On the other hand, after finishing her transformation, Kanaria noticed something different in her senses.
"What is this?" Kanaria frowned. Her eyesight became much better, to the point that she could easily find the individual threads that made her bed sheet. Her nose, her hearing, and all her other senses had been enhanced.
Although she felt the increase in her strength, she didn’t think the difference was bigger than what she was experiencing with her senses.
"This is weird. I think I need a bit more time to adjust to this sense…" Kanaria frowned. "From what my mom said, it seemed that a powerful explorer didn’t need binoculars anymore since they could simply see their enemies from afar.
"At the same time, I heard that everyone has a different kind of upgrade whenever they evolve to a higher tier. It seems that I have more affinity for my Brain Evolution Attributes compared to the other four. I wonder what Jay has."
Kanaria tried to get up from her bed, but she suddenly felt a sharp pain.
"Hmm?" Kanaria instinctively fell to her bed while clutching her foot. "Ouch. What the hell?"
She noticed that there was a wood splinter sticking to her foot. It wasn’t supposed to be that painful, but because of the enhanced senses, the pain increased severalfold.
"I guess there’s no way that everything only has benefits. They definitely have a flaw." Kanaria clicked her tongue. "Well, this is fine. I can get used to this pain after a while."
While Jay and Kanaria had become Tier 1 humans, Clovis couldn’t follow them right away. If he wanted, it would be a simple matter for him to become a Tier 1. However, he had to introduce the Another World Mall first.
At the very least, he had to make up this story until he could finally reveal the truth about the Another World Mall.
Both Jay and Kanaria spent the rest of the day getting accustomed to their new strength.
Meanwhile, Clovis was buying everything he needed to upgrade to Tier 1 immediately. At the same time, he absorbed the remaining essence so that the items from the Another World Mall would be enough.
…
The next day.
Clovis was walking down the street to meet Kanaria and Jay. He took this time to check his status again to confirm his evolution attributes.
Name: Clovis Hacfield
Tier: 0
Evolution Rate: 15%
Brain: 92.1%
Heart: 89.5%
Blood: 88.6%
Muscle: 100.0%
Bones: 88.8%
’I should have enough food to boost everything to one hundred percent. So, I can definitely attempt my evolution once I go back to my house. The problem is that… Do those people ransack my house when I’m gone?’
Clovis couldn’t help but feel a bit troubled. He could only wait until they arrived at his house to know the answer.
Jay and Kanaria had been waiting for him next to the elevator. Clovis could faintly notice the difference that Jay and Kanaria had, albeit he couldn’t describe it.
"Congratulations, both of you." Clovis smiled.
"Thank you." Kanaria smiled while Jay teased Clovis, "I will be challenging you once you become Tier 1."
"Hahaha. I’m looking forward to it." Clovis smiled. "Anyway, let’s go."
"Sure." Kanaria extended her hand, asking for their IDs so that she could register them together.
It had been a while since there was another person in his house. After the beast wave that destroyed his city, he never had anyone’s company anymore. Even his living condition grew worse every single day.
So, it was kind of exciting to have his friends come home with him. Still, he was kind of curious what they would think when they saw his empty house. He had sold most of its furniture after all.
"Alright. Let’s go, boys." Kanaria returned in just a minute before asking them to follow her.