Even though it had only been two days, he felt like he had been sitting at home for a very long time.
He was really glad knowing that he could finally continue leveling up.
Eren hurriedly ate his breakfast.
"I'm going…"
Since the issue regarding Gloomfang Den had been cleared yesterday, the association resumed its usual operations.
The beginner dungeons also became available for students again.
So no one from his home doubted where he was going.
With a taxi, he arrived at the association building in no time.
The first thing he did was take out the new storage ring from his account.
[Preservation Storage Ring (Tier 3)
Bound to: -None-
Storage Capacity: 300 Cubic Meters
Additional Effect: Slows down the decay process of all organic materials such as monster corpses, herbs, food, and alchemy ingredients.
Items can be switched between personal inventory and the space inside the storage ring.]
The ring was crafted from a dark silver alloy.
Numerous runic engravings were etched all over it.
A square-cut crystal gem with a blue color gave it an expensive appearance.
Eren smiled in approval and immediately put it on the ring finger of his left hand.
When he channeled his spiritual energy into it, the
Other skill-up materials were also immediately stored inside the ring in no time.
"But the appearance of the ring seems to stand out too much… Wait a sec!"
Eren tried to use his unique skill Eternal Masquerade to change the appearance and description of the ring.
Five points of his spiritual energy spread into the ring and covered it like layers upon layers.
The dark silver alloy ring lost its exquisite appearance and looked more like a cheap basic ring.
The information that was displayed also changed into:
[Common Spirit Ring (Tier 1 – Common)
Type: Accessory
Bound to: Eren Morrow
Increases the Spirit status by +1.]
'It really worked!'
This was the first time Eren had used this particular ability.
"With this, no one is going to think it's expensive and waste their attention on me…"
Satisfied, he excitedly went to the registration counter.
There was a man sitting at the desk, not the girl he remembered.
"How may I help you?"
"I want to register the Awakening Chamber for skill up."
The man maintained a professional smile as he took Eren's awakener ID and registered his use of the Awakening Chamber.
It cost him 10,000 Alliance Coins, which were directly deducted from Eren's account.
Once the registration was done, Eren was led to the first floor of the association building.
The staff opened a room about the size of Eren's own bedroom at home.
Inside, he could see a huge magic circle glowing brightly.
The structure of the circle was very similar to the one Eren and his friends had used during their awakening.
"You have booked this chamber for half an hour. Please notify us once you are done."
With that, the staff member went out.
Eren didn't waste any time and directly took out all the materials needed for his skill upgrade and poured them into the middle of the circle.
Moonlit Core Fragment ×3
Abyssal Essence Crystal ×10
Crescent Moon Grass ×20
Low Grade Spirit Stone ×1000
The magic circle immediately activated with a slight vibration.
All the items glowed intensely.
[Detected Host#88388195371 has completed the quest of clearing an abyssal dungeon level 10 in 22 hours 50 minutes and 49 seconds.]
[Detected all additional required items…]
[Would you like to spend 10,000 Life Points to upgrade your skill? Yes / No]
"Yes!"
The next moment, all the materials turned into tiny dust particles and hovered in the air before finally settling into Eren's body.
Just like when he had first awakened, he felt the strong pulsing sensation of another heart in his body.
Thump Thump
Each pulsation echoed in the empty room like the sound of a drum.
Eren closed his eyes and immersed himself in the transformation.
Newfound vitality poured directly into his body.
His body temperature rose, and sweat began to form.
A mesmerizing illusion of a silver moon appeared above his head, accompanied by the majestic howling of a wolf.
"Auuuuuuuuuuuu—WOOOOOO—Awooooo…"
A mixture of warm and chilling sensations spread across his body.
All the limits of his current physical body were broken and reconstructed again and again.
The whole process took more than 10 minutes.
Eren felt as if he was losing all his energy, tired and drained but at the end of the tenth minute, with the sound of Boom, newfound energy penetrated his body, sending a blissful shivering sensation through him.
[Congratulations! Your active skill Divine Beast Transformation (Moonborn Silver Wolf) has evolved into Divine Beast Transformation (Crescent Fang Wolf)!]
[You have gained +12.0 Strength]
[You have gained +12.0 Agility]
[You have gained +24.0 Spirit]
[You have gained +16.0 Constitution]
[It has been detected that you have enough Life Essence to level up the active skill Beast Transformation (Crescent Fang Wolf)!]
[Would you like to proceed with leveling up using 20,000 Life Essence?
Yes / No]
Opening his eyes, he gasped heavily before saying, "Yes."
Nine level-ups followed one after another.
The newly merged energy was devoured greedily by every cell in his body.
The first three level-ups of the active skill gave the same additional status bonuses as the skill evolution.
Each time he leveled up, 10,000 additional Life Essence was spent.
At the fourth level-up, the attribute bonus was doubled.
[You have gained +24.0 Strength]
[You have gained +24.0 Agility]
[You have gained +48.0 Spirit]
[You have gained +32.0 Constitution]
At the seventh level-up, the attribute bonus increased by 50% once again.
[You have gained +36.0 Strength]
[You have gained +36.0 Agility]
[You have gained +72.0 Spirit]
[You have gained +48.0 Constitution]
[Active Skill Beast Transformation (Crescent Fang Wolf) has reached the maximum level…]
[Cannot be upgraded further…]
[Need to complete Transformation Quest for further leveling of this skill…]
Within the span of 20 minutes since entering the room, his active skill once again leveled up to the maximum.
Every fiber of his muscles was screaming with intense power.
Eren felt that if he had to fight the dungeon boss of Gloomfang Den now, he could kill the monster with a single casual punch, even without transforming.
"This is…!"
When he looked at his status, it gave him another huge surprise.
[Name: Eren Morrow]
[Job: Shapeshifter]
[Tier: I]
[Level: 5 (0.00%)]
[Type: Combat Profession]
[Strength: 295.0]
[Agility: 295.0]
[Spirit: 1786.0]
[Constitution: 382.0]
[Skills: Beast Transformation (Crescent Fang Wolf) (Active Skill Lv.10
[Divine Beast Transformation (Crescent Fang Wolf): Allows the user to fully transform into a Mid-Level Divine Blood: Crescent Fang Wolf Alpha Form. Upon full transformation, all attributes are increased by two times except Spirit. The transformation continuously consumes 5 Spirit per minute and will automatically end if Spirit is depleted. Partial transformation is possible, consuming less Spirit depending on the extent of the change, with proportionally reduced attribute enhancement.]
All of his attributes had crossed into the hundreds.
Even the lowest stat was almost 300 points.
Gulp.
"I can even fight Tier 2… no… even Tier 3 with these attributes!"
"And my active skill can still be upgraded further through evolving!"
It took him another five minutes to get used to the massive improvement and the increased senses of his new body.
The details of his active skill had not changed much, but it showed that the grade of transformation had been leveled up to Mid-Level Divine Blood, and the Spirit consumption for transformation had increased from 0.5 to 5.
A tenfold increase, but it was practically nothing compared to Eren's current spirit regeneration capabilities.
Further details can only be seen once he transforms.
His clothes were completely soaked in sweat when he came out of the Awakening Chamber and informed the staff that he was done.
"I would like to apply for a skill level-up."
Once again, he went to the registration counter and applied for another skill-up quest.
The man gave him a stunned look when he saw that Eren had already applied for a skill upgrade even though he just finished one.
Leveling up skills was way more difficult than leveling up the body itself.
"You have already received your first free Evolution Crystal. To apply for another, you will have to pay 20,000 Alliance Coins."
Eren handed over his Awakener ID and received the same crystal orb he had previously obtained.
When he held the crystal orb in his hand, just like before, it brightened with a pale blue glow before shattering into countless tiny fragments and disappearing into nothingness.
[System Gaya analyzing host…]
[Level of Host#88388195371 has not exceeded Level 10…]
[Active Skill: Crescent Fang Wolf Transformation has reached MAX level…]
[Impossible Achievement!]
[Cannot assign quest befitting for host… Information has been transferred to the main system…]
The system screen in front of him turned dark red with a blurring motion.
'Gaya system again?!'
[Gaya System has taken more interest in Host#88388195371…]
[Host#88388195371 has been added into the Top 1000 Proteges of Humanity…]
[All information about Host#88388195371 has been made even more confidential…]
[Determining the unique quest befitting the host…]
[Detected Host#88388195371 has a unique skill
[Found possibility to enter higher-level dungeons…]
[Quest: Clear any twenty Level 25 dungeons solo on Nightmare or higher difficulty within 20 days.]
[Reward: Crescent Fang Wolf Transformation (Mid-Level Divine Blood) → Two-Tailed Dusk Wolf (High-Level Divine Blood)]
[Additional Requirements for Evolution:]
Dusk Sovereign Core ×1
Crescent Moon Essence ×30
Twin-Tail Mutation Crystal ×2
Mid Grade Spirit Stone ×1000
Blood of an Abyssal Predator ×5 Vials
200,000 Life Essence
[Time Limit: 19:23:59:59]
"…!"