Kara watched in surprise as mana fluctuated and trated in a single spot before her. Soon, Hiyoko and Sora’s figures emerged in front of her, and she sighed in relief. He could actually e bad reset his level—such a strange ability.

  [You have acquired a Soul Pearl]As soon as he appeared, Sora felt his [Eternal Body Craft] activate, rapidly fortifying his body. In mere seds, he broke through one body level, then another, and another, regaining his lost strength with surprising speed. 'It’s like it’s telling my Prestige skill to leave its work untouched,' he thought, feeling his power flood bato his muscles and bones.

  Sora could feel his power level s as his body underwent rapid refi. Within a minute, his physical strength had returo its peak. His energy level, however, gged behind, capped by his current low level.

  'My [Mana Evolution] doesn’t work like this,' he thought. 'I still have my trol and affinity, but the mana amount... it's almost nothing.' He flexed his hand, feeling the familiar power in his body. 'Even so, having my body level restored makes all the difference from the previous reset.'

  Curious to see the progress in numbers, he opened his status panel, eager for a detailed view of his current state.

  [Status Update]Profile: Ralph Eden (Sora Hashino)Status: Alive (Prestige 3)Css: None (Level 1)Power Level: 55 TrillionBody Level: SSSEnergy Level: ETalent Level: 8Growth Factor: 8Skills: (...in progress...)Supreme Skills:? [Mana Evolution] (Click to see effects)? [Eternal Body Craft] (Click to see effects)

  Innate Skill:? [Prestige] (Click to see effects)

  Cssless once more, it was o have the ce to choose a new css again. He could also see his prestige having increased by one. His stats however, were abnormal.

  'Might be fun to roam around as a level 1 and scare people senseless.' He shook off the thought and checked his growth level and factor—his favorite part of resetting.

  He ched his fist, then leaped a few kilometers into the sky, his movements a blur against the clouds. Stopping mid-air, he tested his abilities, summoning small traces of each element in his hand. Sparks of lightning crackled at his fiips, a few drops of water appeared, a tiny fme flickered, and a faint yellow aura glowed around his fingers.

  His elemental affinity was clearly intact, though his mana reserves felt limited—far from enough for the mana hungry elemental skills he had mastered.

  He unleashed his abilities one by oesting each element and sensing the subtle differences in power and trol. There wasn’t a single skill he did not try.Kara, him from a distance, uzzled by his dispy. “Are you showing off to me by any ce? Are you serious ?” she asked when he finally paused to rest.

  Shed out loud. “I need a css with unique, powerful skills. If I showcase everything I do before reag level 10, I’m hoping the system will suggest something unique or amazing. I ’t spend my journey just copying sed-rate skills.”

  Kara nodded, uanding his pn. Css suggestions often depended on what a pyer demonstrated before they reached level 10, so his approach made sense.

  Most people preferred relying on bat Trainiers, but good pyers would unlock their own csses.

  Sora then opened his iory and noticed a [Soul Pearl]. He pulled it out, curious, ahe description with focus.

  [Soul Pearl]Description: be refined and absorbed.Sora shook his head, still fused. The [Soul Pearl] was too vague in its description. 'Maybe it had too many uses, or maybe its effects were meant to be a mystery?'

  He showed the description to Kara, who looked just as puzzled.

  “Why don’t you feed it to Hiyoko?” she suggested with a mischievous grin. “At least we’ll know if there are any side effects.”

  Hearing this, Hiyoko quickly flew to hide behind him; her master’s partner could get quite scary when she wao…

  Sora chuckled at the sight. “I don’t think it’s harmful. I’ll figure out what it does a you know"

  Sitting cross-legged, he focused on the pearl. He’d entered many items with simir descriptions, and refining and abs usually meant iing mana into the item, then drawing it back out to absorb.

  He directed mana into the pearl, and when he pulled it back, he felt something unusual—a dense, aremely heavy sensation mixed within the mana. It was a tiny trace, barely detectable but incredibly trated. He guided this thread through his body, allowing it to settle into his heart. He could se making subtle ges inside him, though he couldn’t pinpoily what.

  He tinued abs the mysterious energy, and gradually, a subtle shift in his heart became noticeable, like a seed had been pnted and was waiting for more energy to help it grow. After spending two hours drawing in a portion of the [Soul Pearl], he finally received a notification:

  [gratutions, you have unlocked Soul Power][gratutions, you have opened a Soul Pace (seed)]He clicked on [Soul Power] to read the description.

  [Soul Power]Description: A primal energy that is the in of all life ah. Requires a powerful body and immense energy to ma and trol.[Soul Pace]Description: Home of Soul Power, it guides and preserves Soul power. use Soul Power to grow.Sora felt a surge of excitement, like doors to new powers had just opened, and he couldn’t wait to explore them. But being at level 1, he knew he couldn’t refine or absorb the Soul Pearl fully yet. Turning to Kara, he said, “I o level up.”

  Kara thought for a moment and nodded. “We should find some quests and a good spot to level up to get you bato a det level range.”

  He stretched, anticipation building. “Absolutely. I’m itg for a fight already. But first, I o hit the bank to grab my badge. Let's head to Paris for quests?”

  They set off immediately, dashing north toaris. Ohere, they made a quick stop at the bank, then tiraight to the Adventurer’s Guild headquarters.

  Ihey sed through the avaible quests aed a few monster-hunting tasks that wouldn’t require returning to the Guild to get the reward—mainly dungeon challenges and Wanted Wild bosses.

  The quests ranged from level 80 to 99. When Sora submitted the quests he had chosen, the clerk raised an eyebrow, clearly doubting the idea of a level 1 pyer attempting such high-level challenges.

  After verifying his identity a few times, the clerk handed over the quests with a resigned look. Rules were rules, after all, and Sora's badge granted him the right to take any quest below his badge.

  Sora couldn't help but feel a surge of satisfa—upgrading his badge had definitely been worth it.

  They quickly headed to a remote leveling area, not far from Paris, where a level 88 Wild Boss was expected to appear within the 3 to 15 minutes. While waiting, Sora warmed up by taking down a few level 80 monsters, adjusting to his renewed power step-by-step.

  [Level Up!] x35His level soared as he tinued killing monsters while waiting for the boss to spawn.

  [Level Up!] x15[Level Up!] x8[Level Up!] x5[Level Up!] x2 Each monster granted Sora impressive experience gains, and his level quickly rose with each kill.

  They had e to the mountains specifically to hunt the level 88 Wild Boss, [Big White Grizzly]. Wild Bosses like these offered a high experience despite being weaker than dungeon bosses. And, unlike dungeon bosses, they didn’t require a group to defeat, making them perfect for rapid leveling.

  As soon as the Big White Grizzly appeared, Sora didn’t hesitate. eling his refined mana through the Monkey King's staff, he struck with overwhelming force, each swing carryireme power. The massive beast staggered, uo withstand the barrage of blows, and fell shortly after appearing.

  [Level Up!] x2[You have pleted the mission 'The Big Bear Was Too Scary'][Level Up!] x3Defeating Wild Bosses along with pleting the corresponding quest granted him more than double the usual experience, boosting him all the way to level 71.

  Now eligible for ara Soul Pearl, Sora quickly checked a notification he’d been watg closely. Since reag level 10, it had been updating periodically.

  [Css Options Avaible.][Css Options: Swordsman, Brawler, Elite Swordsman(Rare), (...), Great Swordsman (Epic), Great Mana Amplifier (Epic), The Titan King (Epic), Fire King (Epic)(...), Mana Thief (Unique), Peerless Elementalist (Legendary), Soul King (Legendary), and True Mage (Legendary).]Sora leased with the wide range of csses. This was far better than his options in previous resets but he wasn’t in a rush to choose. Turning to Kara, he said, “Let’s stop doing quests for today. Thank you for your help, Kara.”

  He had two new Css options, sihe st time he checked: [Mana Thief (Unique)] and [True Mage (Legendary)].

  He clicked on each css to get an idea of what each tier rarity represented, and how to differentiate them.

  [Legendary] csses appeared to be the pinnacle of what Sora could select, followed by [Unique], [Epic], and [Rare] csses. The higher the css, the more it was described as "effitly" using mana, wasting less and less energy in the filtering and refining steps.

  [Great Mana Amplifier (Epic)] and [The Titan King (Epic)] were advanced versions of csses he had tried in the past.

  Sora felt these two csses were useless for him. He had already perfected most of the skills he needed, and if he cked any, he could always stea- learn them from others.

  [Peerless Elementalist (Legendary)] came from his use of the five elements. This css provided increased effects when w with these elements, guiding him toward true mastery over them. He even had a few other alternative csses fog on one element or even two.

  [Soul King (Legendary)] had the vaguest skill description, though it was actually quite straightforward: it allowed him to sense and trol souls. His soul would o bloom before he could fully wield his [Soul Spells]. He had no idea what it meant, so he read the introdus to the csses.

  [Mana Thief (Unique)] was a css that focused on trolling the enemy's mana. It could steal his enemy's mana, even copying his enemy's abilities with the borrowed mana.

  [True Mage (Legendary)] was a Mage css focused on making mana more effit. It would make one unit of mana as strong as several units.

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