The Killer’s Otherworld - Chapter 58



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058. The Three Great Leaders of Enka (3)

“You, you don’t know your level?”

The old man interrupted Icarone’s words and asked out of the blue. Isn’t leveling just about catching monsters and increasing your level and improving your abilities? I didn’t understand why he asked me if I didn’t know something so simple.

Then the old man continued speaking.

“Well, that’s why I let him level down at such a young age.”

Icarone raised his head and looked up.

-Icarone Lv. 61

61… … . I don’t really pay attention to levels, so my memory is vague, but I think I was 62. Did my level really go down like he said? Why? How?

“Tsk tsk, this is basic knowledge that most nobles and hunters learn. You seem to have no idea. I’ll explain it briefly, so listen carefully. First, hunting monsters isn’t the only way to level up. Although that’s the fastest way, physical training, acquiring knowledge, and other actions that can be called labor also contribute to leveling up.”

Icarone nodded, taking a listening posture. In this world full of new things, the most important thing to live by is information. Icarone was always ready to take seriously the information he had never heard of.

“But this level doesn’t increase forever. Think about it. So the oldest people in this world are the highest level? But if you look around, you’ll realize that’s not the case. That’s because the absolute value of the level is fixed.”

“Absolute value of level…….”

“There is no level down if you don’t exceed the absolute value of the level. However, if you go higher than the absolute value of the level, the level will gradually go down. The further you get from the absolute value, the faster the level goes down, so unless you make a huge effort, the level will always hover around the absolute value. However, the important thing is that the absolute value peaks in your 10s to 30s, when your body is optimized, and as you age, the absolute value gradually goes down.”

‘The absolute value also changes according to the change in the body… …. When I see that the level has gone down, does that mean I have already reached the absolute value?’

“Don’t look so disappointed. The absolute value of the young men I’ve met usually didn’t exceed 40. If it’s that high, it’s either one of two things. Either it’s a natural body, or it’s a foreigner…….”

I felt the old man’s gaze sharp without even opening his eyes. It was so sharp that Icarone’s body flinched. They say that absolute value goes down when you get old, but what on earth is this old man? Icarone had to hide the fact that he was a foreigner, so he kept it a secret, but there was no reason to be afraid of being found out…

“What does absolute value have to do with strangers?”

The old man continued, smacking his lips as he watched Icarone’s indifference as he admitted that he was a foreigner.

“Hmm……, in this Eidos world, from the moment you’re born, you’re given a name and bound to mana. And as you level up, the amount of mana in your body increases, and after about level 15, you instinctively use mana for almost all of your daily life. Of course, some people can control their mana directly, but most can’t……. You have to constantly train your body to push your mana to the limit, or develop your body with only your own pure power to increase your absolute value. That’s one of the reasons why magicians have higher absolute values ​​than ordinary people. You can develop your body by controlling mana, but your absolute value also increases if you accumulate knowledge or train your intelligence.”

“There are a lot of muscular people, what are they?”

Icarone tilted his head and asked.

According to the old man’s theory, all the people in this world should be muscleless and flabby. However, there were far more muscular men than in the world they had lived in before.

“It’s not like your muscles won’t develop if you use mana to exert strength. If you use mana to exert great strength, your muscles will scream and follow. But the tricky thing is that half of those ignorant guys’ large muscles are muscles created using mana, so they don’t count towards increasing the absolute value. So if you train by pushing your mana to the limit, your body will be trained anyway, so it’s one way to increase the absolute value. But……”

The old man slightly sticks his face out.

“When I look at you, no matter how hard you pushed yourself to the limit and leveled up, your absolute value is too high. It means that your physical abilities were already quite high before you were given a name. There are quite a few people like that among the foreigners.”

Now I understand. In the previous world where mana did not exist, people who exercised or had jobs that used their bodies were bound to have high absolute values ​​in this world. The reason why people who originally lived in this world had to be much higher leveled was because it was hard to see someone stronger than them.

‘The absolute value of the level = the body level’, and the limit of the level that an individual can raise is determined by the body level. The absolute value of the level is the true level, even though it is called ‘absolute’ in name only.

There are people who die without ever seeing their absolute value… … but you must constantly strive to overcome the limits of your absolute value.

“But you came to appraise that cat?”

“ah…….”

The old man’s voice woke Icarone from his thoughts. He woke up Kuo, who was curled up in his arms, perhaps because he was bored, and put both hands under his armpits before holding them out to the old man.

“Quo speaks.”

“Meow!”

‘Let go of this!’

Kuo woke up from his deep sleep and started kicking his feet in frustration. Then, he slowly stopped kicking at the sight of an invisible energy flowing out from the old man.

“Hmm…… After living for a long time, I even got to see a named cat. It has abundant mana…… and its intelligence has also increased, so it has the mental age of a human of around 7 years old. First of all, you must have heard that named monsters can speak human language, even if only briefly. However, that is only possible for monsters with a similar vocal cord structure to humans, and this cat seemed to really want to talk to you. That wish was sublimated into a skill, making mental communication possible.”

“Mental…spiritual communication?”

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“Yes, there are two cases where a spiritual connection is established. If you are acknowledged as the true master, or if you are acknowledged as a faithful butler. But now that I look at it…… Hehe, I guess I should hold back on my words.”

‘Butler? Like the old Bern? I feed him, wash him, and play with him, but… ‘

Icarone paused for a moment. Thinking about it, he realized that his actions were no different from those of a butler. Icarone sighed softly as he looked at Kuo, who was still glaring at him with a serious expression. Even this appearance was cute, so what should I do? I should be a butler, after all.

The corners of the old man’s mouth slightly rose as he looked at Icarone. The colorful expressions on his face that didn’t look like anything at all were quite amusing.

“While I’m at it, I’ll write a letter of appreciation. Just put a piece of paper over there.”

The old man gestured to the papers in the small box next to the table. It was understandable why he had ordered it instead of doing it himself, but Icarone, who was distracted by Kuo, placed one of the pieces on the table without saying a word. That was when it happened.

-Tsuzuzu.

Isn’t it that the writing is being written with the sound of burning paper? The old man is clearly not doing anything, but the writing is being written on its own. The writing is faintly blue.

Name: Kuo

Level: 22

Strength: 16 Endurance: 27

Agility: 47 Mental Strength: 20

Wisdom: 9 Power: 10

Transcendence: Tracking, Mental Communication

What kind of cat has two transcendent powers? Its agility is better than what Icarone himself measured at level 28.

Tracking, mental communication… …both are transcendent powers related to Icarone. My heart ached a little at the thought that this guy was thinking of me like this. I pulled Kuo back into my arms and hugged him tightly.

“Niyaowong!”

‘I can’t breathe, man!’

Kuo pushed against her forearm with his hind legs while his claws were raised, but she continued to hug him regardless. Thinking back on how she had suffered for months while searching for him, she felt even more sorry. She had been so busy trying to survive that she had completely forgotten about his existence… … .

“The god of death treasures the smallest life… what a strange sight.”

Only then did Icarone recognize the old man, stand up from his seat, and place ten gold coins on the table.

“What about you? Would you like to test your abilities?”

Icarone stopped walking towards the door, turned his head halfway and spoke.

“No need. Come back later if you have any questions.”

The corners of Otal’s lips went up. He had expected it since he had asked few questions compared to his abilities, but he had realized that he was an old wizard. Since he didn’t come for the appraisal…

‘There’s a reason why that woman hasn’t been eaten by Caladbolg until now. She’s lucky to have a man like this around her… . . ‘

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A dark and quiet street. In that world, countless stars that are hard to experience cover the sky. I looked at the red moon floating bewitchingly in the center. It had already been nearly two years, but I felt once again that this was another world.

A world where the mysterious element of Mana is combined with the world of insufficient information. A strange place where logical things can be transformed into material things. A place where things that were only possible in imagination become reality. I still don’t know how to live in this other world, but I felt the need to set some standards.

In this world where human ‘abilities’ can become unbelievably strong due to the power of levels or names, and where unbelievable things abound, levels become the center of everything. And you yourself must not overlook it. You must classify them according to importance and prioritize them.

-Ugh.

As Icarone was walking, blankly staring at the sky, a man blocked his path. Rather than completely blocking him, he was just enough to not affect his path as much as possible, and still be conscious of him. It felt more like he was cautious than hostile.

“what?”

In response to Icarone’s question, the man carefully took something out of his bosom. It was a badge with a white wolf’s head on a copper background. It had quite a bit of the secretive sharpness characteristic of an assassin, but he was a mid-level agent who had nothing to do with the assassination request.

“K2 is looking for you.”

It was a man with a very low voice. It was a secret meeting in a remote place, not in the main office. The other party, K2, seemed to be afraid of him, and Icarone made an interesting expression and gestured for him to take the lead.

A man is sitting in a dark and shabby bar at the corner of an alley. I have never seen his face in person, but his demeanor and energy are definitely that of the K2 I saw back then. He stands up after confirming that Icarone has come in and speaks in a low voice.

“You’re here, Black Prince… no, Yeoul.”

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