Vale looked at his friend, who was still unconscious. Philip looked a lot better now after he continuously fed him his Healing Medicine.

He even made ten more of these medicines in case Philip needed more.

About an hour ago, he took his time to level up his Blessed Healing spell from Level 4 to Level 6 to enhance the effect of the “Healing Potion” he could make.

It was a good thing he did this since Philip’s face started having some color afterward. He no longer looked pale, and his cheeks also started turning red.

They’re currently staying in a small village, and Vale made sure that this place didn’t have a single Arcanist to avoid a similar incident he had to go through when he was together with Cressida.

He would no longer make the same mistake.

‘Whew… What a long day…’ Vale silently thought as he looked outside the window of their room.

He spread out his Magic Zone once again, and this time, he fully concentrated on this task. To his surprise, he was able to reach 310 meters!

It seemed that the battle a while ago made him even better with his control over his Phantasm State.

Three hundred meters was a range that even Headmaster Jean wouldn’t reach!

It also means that his Divine Sense could scan such a vast range if he used enough energy.

After confirming that they should be safe for now, Vale finally checked his status so he could see the improvement he made thus far.

Name: Kyle Marshall

Attributes: Strength 69.35, Agility 68.25, Intelligence 100, Vitality 67.80

Dark Arts: Spell Dispersion Lv7, Ghost Hand Lv7, Incorruptible Body Lv8, Darkness Manipulation Lv7, Spirit Vision Lv4, Light Absorption Lv6, Create Shadow Soldier Lv7, Cursed Breath Lv4, Moonlight Curse Lv6, Darkness Coil Lv0, Spectral Hands Lv1, Corrupted Chains Lv0

Holy Arts: Divine Sense Lv7, Blessed Healing Lv6

Celestial Arts: Call of the Divine Lightning Lv4, Shadow Mutilation Lv6

Summoning Art: Grimoire Attraction Lv6

Transformation Art: Human Shapeshift Lv8, Beast Shapeshift Lv0, Voice Manipulation Lv0

Martial Art: Meridian Access Lv7

Mystic Arts: Arcane Armor Lv1, Soul Bind Lv2

Neutral Ability: Extrasensory Perception Spell Lv7, Traceless Shift Lv7, Lightspeed Lv7

Available Energy: 1857

Available Divinity: 2797.80 𝙡𝒊𝙖.𝙢

“Mhmm… This looks great… I could probably pass as a Shapeshifter with this set of skills.” Vale muttered with a smile.

The addition of the Voice Manipulation would really make him untraceable at this rate. He could already see himself freely roaming the world without being traced by any Factions once he got his shadow back.

‘Eh? Wait–I’m sure that my Intelligence should’ve exceeded 100 by now.’ Vale furrowed his brows as soon as he noticed that there was something wrong with his status.

He tried to recall his previous extractions as he looked at his attributes doubtfully.

‘I can’t be wrong… I extracted several Intelligence Attributes, and I should be around 107 points by now. What’s going on?’ Vale was speechless as he tried to think of a reason.

‘Is that the limit of my attributes?’ Vale thought after some time.

‘Is this the limit that a human Arcanist can reach?’

Vale couldn’t help but reach this conclusion. This was not good news to him since it meant he would waste his intelligence extractions from now on!

Vale shook his head in frustration.

Nevertheless, Vale still felt grateful since he had already learned about his Focused Extractions.

The limitation he discovered today means he could no longer use his Auto-Extraction as it would just waste his extraction attempt if he got Intelligence points instead.

‘I guess I can’t reach one thousand attributes, huh… Perhaps I have to complete something to exceed my limit?’ Vale silently thought.

Anyway, he decided not to overthink this as he shifted his attention to the cane and the sword he got.

The silver and black cane was from Charles Blackwood, the previous headmaster. After entering his Phantasm State, he saw three black flames inside.

It means that the cane has the power of darkness inside.

Vale couldn’t help but recall something from this. This is similar to the golden pocket watch that he had when he allowed Master Heinz to check it.

At that time, the Pocketwatch had a tiny black flame inside, which could bring misfortune to people possessing the item. This is what they concluded when they checked it before in their Phantasm State.

However, the Pocketwatch is completely different now.

After it was fixed and kept in his bag for so long, the Pocketwatch had already changed and seemed to have gathered enough mystical energy.

This is the reason why he had decided to always keep it beside him from now on.

He was actually starting to believe that this Pocketwatch was really an item that was previously owned by the Paragons! It may be in its recovering state right now, but Vale knows that it was only a matter of time until it gets back to its peak.

‘This Cane should have an interesting power. I should ask Headmaster Jean about this. They have a similar Cane… perhaps I should just sell this to him if he liked it?’ Vale thought to himself as he looked at the intricately designed cane.

This cane doesn’t seem to suit him, so he didn’t mind selling it if an opportunity came. The silver design on it makes it heavier.

He would rather choose a light wood material if he ever had a cane. He also wanted to make it with a simpler design instead of making it too luxurious.

After looking at this, he shifted his attention to the sword. It is currently shrouded in darkness and doesn’t look like a sword at all.

His face turned serious as he asked Yvaine.

“Can you still restrain its power? You’re not draining it, are you?”

“I can’t drain it even if I want to. Lightning works well against Spirit. I might die if I went too far.” Yvaine answered.

The power emitted by the sword was simply too much.

If he did not ask Yvaine to restrain it, there was no way he would be able to enter this village without garnering suspicions.

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