Chapter 194: *Energy source*
Kevin got up, motivated by this day that promised to be great. He dressed as usual in simple jogging pants and went to a corner of their room to start crafting potions before Axel woke up.
He again managed to craft 15 Healing potions (low grade) before Axel woke up, and when he called him through their telepathic link, Kevin reminded him of the deal they had made yesterday, which was no sex this morning but as much as he wanted tonight.
Kevin heard Axel’s grunt of frustration, which made him smile, and he told him that there was no way he was going to fight with a sore body.
After remembering the deal they had made last night, Axel finally smiled as he got up. He placed a light kiss on Kevin’s forehead before leaving to take his shower, and during this time, Kevin checked his Stats.
[ STATS ]
Name: KEVIN
Race: Human
Level: 39
Class: Mage
Exp: 4,265 / 12,400
Strength: 72
Agility: 72
Stamina: 73
Soul force: 394 / 394
Perception: 105
HP: 1,250 / 1,250
Points available to distribute: 0
[ EQUIPPED ITEMS ]
Chains of Restraint: divine grade
Necklace: high grade
He hoped that after that day he would have gained several levels, but now he needed a lot of experience points to be able to level up, so his progression would not be as fast as before... unless they came across a purple dungeon again.
But even so, they had all agreed to avoid doing one for the time being. Kevin knew that once they would be able to loot purple dungeons again, their levels would increase exponentially. He just had to be patient because they were still too weak to be able to loot them right now.
He took advantage of this time alone to check his crafting potions skill block as well and saw that he still had 57 potions to craft before he could pass to level 3 potions (low grade).
Kevin finally put his potions and materials away and went to prepare their breakfast.
Axel joined him shortly after, and he hugged him from behind, wrapping his arms around him. He kissed him on the cheek, and Kevin turned his head toward him so that he could kiss him tenderly on the lips. Satisfied, Axel released him and set the table.
After they finished eating, Kevin washed up and changed into comfortable clothes for fighting. Axel then told him to get fully equipped before joining the others.
As always, once he donned his complete gear, he felt an immediate difference; his body became as light as a feather, his reflexes sharpened, and his raw strength—boosted by his enhanced Stats—rose to an impressive 552 points.
He was in a hurry to go and face some monsters, and Axel, amused by the excitement he saw in his eyes, didn’t make him wait any longer, and they went together to Ian’s pavilion from where they had planned to leave.
When they arrived, Kevin immediately noticed the changes in Ian’s body that Liam had told them about. Ian was unrecognizable; he was now as tall as Liam and looked even more muscular than him. Kevin didn’t expect such a change, so he asked Ian if he could check his stats.
Ian smiled and said to him, "You can always try, but I’m afraid you’ll have to get a lot stronger to see any of my Stats with your system now."
Kevin smiled too, glad that Ian was on their side because the aura that was emanating from him was a little scary now.
He wasted no more time and activated his perception skill, and what he saw made him completely speechless.
[ STATS ]
Identification not possible when there is a level difference of more than 100 levels.
What the hell, thought Kevin. The last time he had checked Ian’s stats was right after the pillar of fire appeared, and back then he was the same level as Axel; so level 100... but now that meant Ian was level 139 minimum. It was unbelievable.
He told them what he had discovered, and Liam asked him to check if he could see his stats, and Kevin did so out of curiosity, but he got the same result.
Liam smiled before telling him, "It’s normal that you can’t see my stats; in fact, I think I would have been a little offended if you had managed to. Remember that I spent my apprenticeship years at the capital’s Academy, and that there, as soon as you manage to stand out, you can go and loot purple dungeons every week if you want."
Kevin frowned and asked him, "Are there that many purple dungeons near the capital?"
Liam nodded, but it was Ian who explained to him, "The closer you get to the border between human and demon territory, the more purple dungeons there are. The few red dungeons that appear are always near the border itself. And the capital was built in this very place because there were many purple dungeons to loot in this area, which is why the capital is so prosperous and the palace’s financial reserves are so good."
Kevin nodded and said to them, "Indeed, it was a good strategic choice... So if I understood correctly, the further we move away from the border, the more resources become limited, and the dungeons, instead of being purple, become blue."
They all nodded, and Kevin tried once again to analyze this world. If this world was as he assumed similar to a virtual reality game that would reset when the losses were too heavy, or when one side was winning but the creator of this game didn’t like it, then the energy source of this world that allowed this reset should be close to the border between human and demon territory.
And the further away from this energy source you were, the less access you had to the resources it was able to provide.
Maybe it was just a matter of getting hold of this energy source or whatever this power was to stop this seemingly endless loop of destruction. But since he had no way to prove his theory at the moment, he kept his thoughts to himself, and instead he asked them, "Could we have access to these purple dungeons using the short-distance Teleportation Talisman papers?"
Axel’s eyes widened, and he immediately said, "Babe, you know we’re not strong enough to go looting purple dungeons..."
He stopped dead in his sentence, and his smile widened as he looked at Ian and Liam and asked them with a hopeful note in his voice, "Actually, with the two of you, that shouldn’t be a problem anymore, right?"
