Chapter 419 Upgrades And Trouble

[Chestplate of Hyel Strength and Endurance] <Platinum Tier-2> treasure

[+30 Strength], [+70 Health]

[Power-Up] The host can increase his Strength and Health by 20% for 75 seconds. 10 uses a day!

Upgrading the Chestplate of Hyel Strength and Endurance cost him more than half of the Poison Points that he procured from the sacrifices he made in the Temple of Scorpio.

However, the final result was quite satisfying. Thus, Dilan accepted the costs without any qualms.

As long as the other four pieces of the Hyel Destructo Armor set would cost the same, he would only need a few more days to gather enough Essence crystals from the Temple of Scorpio to upgrade them!

Other than the Chestplate of the Armor-Set, Dilan improved his Level and stats as well.

[3085 Essence crystals of Tier-2 and Tier-3 monsters have been absorbed→ +7.1 Strength, +5.9 Health, +3.5 Mana]

[Essence pool has been filled. Host reached Level 26(Tier-2)! +1.0 Status points can be allocated!]

Dilan received a lot fewer status points by absorbing so many Essence Crystals but he had to accept everything regardless. It was not as if the system would provide him with more stats if he were to start voicing out complaints.

Instead of complaining, he should keep improving his stats, level, equipment, and abilities to make sure that he would be able to advance to Tier-3 soon.

And upon looking at his abilities, Dilan quickly realized that it was only a matter of time before they would become even more powerful.

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-Active abilities (3/4)-

[Thunder Step] Tier-1 ★★★✭✭

[Second Acceleration] Tier-1 ★★✭✭

[Switch] Tier-1 ★✭✭

-Passive abilities (2/7)-

[Language comprehension] Tier-2 ★★✭✭

[Mantle of Elements] Tier-1 ★✭✭

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While the effect of [Thunder Step], [Second Acceleration], and [Language comprehension] didn't change a lot, both [Mantle of Elements] and [Switch] advanced in rank.

[Mantle of Elements] showed the most improvements but that was only obvious.

[[Mantle of Elements] Tier-1 ★✭✭

[+8 Strength], [+8 Mana]

The host can augment his weapons by seeking the help of Elemental Spirits.

Stronger Elemental Spirits can be summoned the higher the ability's rank.

The stronger the summoned Spirit, the higher the Mana consumption.

The augmentation of the weapon differentiates with each Elemental Mantle

Spirits that can be summoned at once: Three

The highest rank of the summoned Spirits: Basic]

The most important change in the semi-passive ability was the fact that he could summon up to three Basic Spirits now. As long as he made use of this, it was only a matter of time before the ability would upgrade even further.

It might look like the changes of the semi-passive ability were too little considering that it advanced from an Ungraded ability to Tier-1, but Dilan was quite satisfied because he was certain that the Mantle of Elements ability would finally reveal its true strength upon advancing further! He was sure that the ability was a late-bloomer!

By making use of summoning three Spirits, Dilan was ready to summon and de-summon them within seconds before he repeated the same procedure on a loop.

As for [Switch], it improved a lot, yet a little less than Dilan had expected.

[[Switch] Tier-1 ★✭✭|Growth| (0%)

The Host can reallocate 150 stats points once per use.

Ability can be activated once every 10 minutes.

Duration: 3 Minutes]

The duration of Switch improved by 50% and so did the amount of stats points he could reallocate at once.

Dilan was quite satisfied with all the enhancements he had achieved in a little more than three days. Others may be able to enhance their stats more than Dilan by simply killing weaker monsters, but he was fine with that.

Enhancing his stats the closer he came to reaching the limit of his stats as Tier-2 existence was more difficult, either way. That was basic knowledge!

Thus, Dilan was more than fine with everything he received right now.

"Dilan? Where are you?? Dilan!!" A loud and hoarse voice resounded through the Temple of Scorpio. The voice sounded restless and a trace of fear could be clearly heard in Sven's voice.

Dilan frowned lightly when he heard the worry and fear in Sven's voice, especially since there shouldn't really be something to be afraid of…not right now.

'Could it be the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction? They shouldn't have reached the Shikan plains yet…weren't they far away?' Dilan immediately thought about the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction and he began to worry a bit. It was not as if he was afraid to die, but fighting the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction with his strength would turn it into a pretty annoying fight.

Three days were not even enough for him to finish his preparations. He may be far from weak but fighting millions of somewhat powerful Chaos monsters was not something Dilan liked to do, if he were to be honest!

"What's wrong Sven?" Dilan asked after he had used the [Short-distance traveling] ability of the Boots of Hyel Space to appear right in front of Sven.

The young man was startled for a moment but he calmed down in an instant.

"We have a big problem, Dilan!!" Sven exclaimed, attracting the attention of the Scorpionmen around. They may not be able to understand the human tongue yet but they were not stupid to notice the way his voice faltered.

Reading the emotions within someone's voice and the way one behaved was not a new concept to them as they used this to hunt for preys.

"Alright, Sven. Calm down and tell me what's going on!" Dilan grasped Sven's shoulders tightly, forcing him to stay put in his place. Sven took a few deep breaths before he began to bombard Dilan with the news that had reached them just now.

"Apparently, the Undying Group in Shiron stirred trouble with the neighboring military camps and groups they encountered during the last few days. Of course, this was not initiated by the whole group or any of your subordinates but some newcomers, who believed that they could do whatever they wanted.

They're amongst the strongest people in the Undying Group in Shiron and Williams said that they could be trusted…unfortunately that didn't seem to be the case…you never know when you meet certain people.

Either way, they were good at creating a completely different picture than who they truly are and are expert at hiding their malicious true selves and…they raped the wife and daughter of one of the Leaders of the other groups they encountered…." Sven spoke hurriedly and he swallowed a few words entirely but Dilan could understand everything his strategist told hm.

"So basically you're telling me that some idiots with the IQ of a banana are currently the strongest force in Shiron's Undying Group and they raped at least two women?" Dilan asked, his expression eerily calm, just for his sky blue eyes to look as if they would turn into blocks of ice.

"There were more women…" Sven answered, his eyes burning in anger before he added, "But the biggest problem stems from the fact that they raped one woman belonging to the Leader's family…"

Dilan could already fathom what was about to happen and he hated it to the core.

"They declared war and are currently on their way to destroy Shiron!"