Hero of Darkness

Kahn and Ronin stood in the middle of the room and the former decided to carry through the actions suggested by the system. And without waiting on a ceremony, Kahn used Drake Claws skill and ripped out the semi-saint's core that shone gray.

"Ah, so that's how a semi-saint's core looks like. Mine should look the same." he said and used a cleansing spell to purify the core.

After both his hands and the core became clean, Kahn gulped it down in a single go.

Crink! Crink!

Clatter! Clatter!

Suddenly, something unexpected happened that surprised both the men present in the room.

The surroundings started shaking as Kahn's body created a strong suction force that started pulling the air and objects around him. And soon, Kahn felt a rush of newfound energy in his body. Before this'¦ he could only sense it but now, he could feel it inside of his flesh and bones.

"This.. This is world energy!" exclaimed Kahn in surprise as he noticed the changes in the mana of the surrounding.

The intangible energy his body was absorbing was the world energy that created the Saints in the first place.

Him eating this core somehow opened a pathway for his body and the world energy inside the core and the surrounding area around Kahn was getting absorbed rapidly.

In the following moments, Kahn started feeling this world energy moving inside of his veins and muscles from one side to another. Let it be his arteries or his spine.. The streams of world energy circulated through his body and almost gave him a pump of adrenaline.

"I feel like I've become a lot stronger than bef'¦" whilst his words were not even finished..

BOOM!!.

A loud burst of gray aura and an intense shockwave made of world energy was released from Kahn's body that pushed the furniture as well as Ronin and the corpse of the bearkin were pushed backward.

[Congratulations to the host for breaking through to peak grandmaster rank in battleaxe weapons.

World energy from the semi-saint's core has been completely absorbed!

Current World Energy progress : 2.5%.] revealed the system.

However, before Kahn could even react, it spoke in his mind again.

[Congratulations! The host has broken a threshold to level up.] informed the system.

Ding!

Ding!

Ding!

The leveling up sound resounded in his mind till the point Kahn stopped counting and awaited the final reports.

[The host has risen to level 175!] announced the system.

"Finally! After 3 goddamn months!" reveled Kahn in joy.

After being stuck at level 150 for more than three months, one of which went to his magic and mana training while the other two went to the Emperor's Chosen competition and officially taking command of the Verlassen fiefdom after the results.. Kahn had finally leveled up.

Soon, he felt another surge of mana as well as a black and red aura inside of the body and now, his physique became even firmer and harder. The muscles in his body became sturdier and the mental clarity he had became even crystal clear.

"Show me my new stats." commended Kahn to the system.

[Following are the Statistics of the host :

Name : Kahn (Host)

Species : Human

Job : All for One

Rank : Semi-Saint Rank

Level : 175

Strength : 12694

Agility : 11071

Dexterity : 12345

Defense : 11724

Mana : 14589]

The system reported and revealed Kahn's new stats.

Compared to the first day he arrived in this world when the God of Darkness threw him inside the Abyss Forest and he had only 5 stat points'¦ the Kahn of now had indeed come a long way.

"This is good. Now I'm sure I can fight even Kassandra as equals without needing the help from Hero of Darkness title or any other power buff skill." spoke Kahn and let out a deep sigh.

Although the Raven Sorceress was around level 165 as per his estimations'¦ She was still a monster of a different caliber. And with this rise in stats and levels.. Kahn finally felt like he could at least fight her confidently with 10 levels difference.

"Wish I could kill some more semi-saints." he said with a look of yearning for more power.

"System, how many more cores of a semi-saint person do I need to cross level 200?" asked Kahn as it was one of the main prerequisite conditions to become a Saint.

[Based on current levels and stats'¦ the host will need 2 more of such cores as well as lots of SS Rank mana cores and ores to reach level 200.] reported the system.

"Ah'¦ that requirement of world energy to break through to new realm.. Where am I going to find two more semi-saints to kill?

It's not like I can go killing another one tomorrow after I just killed this guy today." spoke Kahn in an exasperated tone.

Because Kahn needed thousands of high-grade mana cores and ores to level up and the semi-saint cores to break the restrictions on the level by making his body accept more world energy and making his physique compatible to increase more levels.

This was the main reason why he was stuck at level 150 from the past 3 months despite eating 70-80 SS Rank cores on daily basis.

Only today did the breaking through those shackles finally help him use all the stored mana in his body to level up.

[The host can also eat the cores of Legendary Rank monsters as an alternative to the cores of a semi-saint being.] suggested the system nonchalantly.

Dumbfounded!!

Kahn was dumbfounded on the spot.

"Are you an idiot? Do you want me to die that badly?

Just that magma drake alone nearly killed me. And it wasn't even a Legendary Rank monster but only a High Lord." retorted Kahn at the suggestion by the system.

"I'll have to become a saint first before even thinking about hunting a legendary monster." he said.

But suddenly, a devious idea came to his mind and he let out a wide grin.

"Ronin, keep all the covenant soldiers ready tomorrow morning." he ordered.

"For what purpose, my lord?" asked Ronin with a curious gaze.

Kahn simply replied with a happy smile on his face and spoke in a coy tone..

"Time to increase our firepower."