Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 560: The growth of those who overcame their trials

Allen's attack dealt the finishing blow to the ghost Ganira, and was so powerful that the floating island cracked in half and looked like it was about to break apart.

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'You defeated 1 ghost. You gained 2000'000'000 Faith Points. You gained 200'000'000 Spiritual Power. You gained 200'000'000 Divine Power. You gained 10 Talent Change Points. You reached Level 222. Strength +500, Mana +800, Attack +280, Endurance +280, Agility +520, Intelligence +800, Luck +520.'

(Oh? That's twice the Faith Points from regular Demigod Rank ghosts. Wait, I think my Levels also increased twice as much. I guess it's because it had two heads? And so…yeah, there's 2 Spirit Crystal Stones! I can pull two compasses now!!)

The more his Level increased, the less Levels he got from enemies. When he first reached the divine realm he got 10 Levels from Demigod Rank ghosts, but at Level 150 it went down to 5.

He had gotten 2 now, but after hitting Level 200 he only used to get 1 Level.

He assumed that was because this enemy was more powerful than the rest, and had 2 heads.

Allen jumped over onto Ganira's shell and looked inside, taking out the 2 Spirit Crystal Stones.

"I-I'm sorry…I got distracted."

After Allen stored the Spirit Crystal Stones and jumped back down, Luck apologized.

"Hm? Ah, that's alright. Just make sure you've actually finished your enemy next time."

Allen had gotten distracted, but he felt like that was normal. They had been fighting Ganira for 2 hours, which meant their Divine Techniques would end.

Usually they only lasted for 1 hour, but the Time Great Spirit could extend them to 2 hours.

"But…"

(You learn from trial and error, there's no need to be so depressed. Give me a hand here, Sophie.)

"Still, your timing was impeccable, Master Allen."

"I was looking for the right moment after Formar used Lighting Speed. Thankfully Luck became a decoy and it worked out."

Allen looked at Sophie and nodded, glad that she had picked up on his struggle.

Formar had used his Divine Technique [Lightning Speed], but he had not stacked [True Strong Bow] enough, so the arrow was not able to kill Ganira.

Allen had already anticipated that would happen, so he had already summoned Graham to deal the finishing blow with [Soul Saber].

"Oh! Really?! You should've told me sooner I would be a decoy!"

"Now you know. You can always try to do more next time."

"Leave it to me!"

Allen decided to tell Luck he had just been a decoy.

"But aww, does this mean my Level won't get any higher now?"

"Nope. All 3 of you are at Level 99 now. You can only get Skill Levels now."

They had met their goal of reaching Level 99 before heading to the Divine Arena.

Allen checked the stats of the 3.

-The stats and equipment of the 3

[Name] Sophiarone

[Age] 52

[Blessing] Spirit God (Large)

[Talent] Spirit Sage

[Level] 99

[Strength] 6492 + 10000 (Large Blessing) + 12000 (True Spirit)

[Mana] 9078 + 10000 + 12000

[Spiritual Power] 31078

[Attack] 5867 + 10000 + 6000

[Endurance] 5760 + 10000 + 12000

[Agility] 8506 + 10000 + 12000

[Intelligence] 9121 + 10000 + 12000

[Luck] 8727 + 10000 + 12000

[Divine Technique] Spirit God's Blessing (1), Spring of Life (1)

[Skills] Spirit Sage (7), Water (7), Thunder (7), Space (7), Light (7), True Spirit (2), Prayer Dance (3), Archery (6), Divine Technique Activation

-Equipment

[Weapon] Spirit King's Staff: Attack 10000, Strength 20000, Mana 30000

[Armor] Spirit Master Clerical Robe: Endurance 10000, Strength 5000, Mana 5000, Physical Resistance (Middle), Magic Resistance (Middle), Poison Resistance (Middle)

[Ring 1] Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Ring 2] Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Bracelet 1] Mana Regeneration 1%, Strength +5000, Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Bracelet 2] Mana Regeneration 1%, Strength +5000, Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Necklace] Mana + 3000, Mana + 3000

[Belt] Light Resistance, Strength +10000

[Earring 1] Magic Damage Dealt +10%, Mana +2000, Intelligence +2000

[Earring 2] Mana +1000, Mana +1000

[Name] Lucktod

[Age] 17

[Blessing] Spirit God (Large)

[Talent] Dark Sage

[Level] 99

[Strength] 6544 + 10000 (Large Blessing) + 12000

[Mana] 9089 + 10000 + 12000

[Spiritual Power] 21089

[Attack] 8269 + 10000 + 12000

[Endurance] 5771 + 10000 + 6000

[Agility] 8521 + 10000 + 12000

[Intelligence] 9133 + 10000 + 12000

[Luck] 6463 + 10000 + 12000

[Divine Technique] Divine Technique Activation, Spirit God's Barrier (1), Taijitu (1)

[Skills] Dark Sage (7), Fire (7), Poison (7), Time (7), Darkness (7), True Malice (2), Acid Tornado (3), Noxious Tsunami (1), Archery (5), Dagger Skill (4), Divine Technique Activation

-Equipment

[Weapon] Spirit King's Gemstone: Attack 30000, Strength 20000, Mana 30000

[Armor] Occult Vest: Endurance 12000, Strength 3000, Mana 3000

[Ring 1] Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Ring 2] Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Bracelet 1] Mana Regeneration 1%, Strength +5000, Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Bracelet 2] Mana Regeneration 1%, Strength +5000, Mana +5000, Mana +5000

[Necklace] Mana + 3000, Mana + 3000

[Earring 1] Mana +1000, Mana +1000

[Earring 2] Mana +1000, Mana +1000

[Belt] Dark Resistance, Strength +10000

[Anklet 1] Agility +5000, Dodge Chance Up 10%

[Anklet 2] Agility +5000, Dodge Chance Up 10%

[Name] Formar

[Age] 70

[Blessing] Great Spirit God (Large)

[Talent] Archer Emperor

[Level] 60

[Strength] 8868 + 10000 (Large Blessing) + 12000 (True Draw)

[Mana] 6049 + 10000 + 12000

[Spiritual Power] 18049

[Attack] 8983 + 10000 + 12000

[Endurance] 8480 + 10000 + 12000

[Agility] 8714 + 10000 + 12000

[Intelligence] 5333 + 10000 + 6000

[Luck] 5886 + 10000 + 12000

[Divine Techniques] Lightning Speed (1), Serene Stillness (1), Infinite Quiver

[Skills] Archer Emperor (7), True Thunder Shot (7), True Downpour Arrows (7), True Strong Bow (7), True Metallic Arrows (7), True Draw (2), Light Arrow (3), Barrage Attack (3), Archery (7), Divine Technique Activation

-Equipment

[Weapon] Spirit King's Bow: Attack 30000, 30% Enhanced Accuracy

[Glove] Spirit King's Archer's Glove: Endurance 30000, Strength 10000, Mana 10000

[Armor] Spirit Robe: Endurance 6000, Magic Resistance, Breath Resistance

[Ring 1] Attack +5000, Attack +5000

[Ring 2] Attack +5000, Attack +5000

[Necklace] Attack + 3000, Attack + 3000

[Earring 1] Physical Attack Damage +7%, Strength +2000

[Earring 2] Physical Attack Damage +7%, Strength +2000

[Anklet 1] Agility +5000, Dodge Chance Up

[Anklet 2] Agility +5000, Dodge Chance Up

Allen had also learned a lot about their Skills and Divine Techniques while hunting Iron Golems.

-Effects of Spirit King's Blessing

[Skill User] Sophiarone

[Skill Type] Divine Technique, Buff

[Mana Cost (Spiritual)] All Spiritual Power

[Appearance] A rain of light

[Effect] 30% boost to all stats +10000

[Range] 100 kilometers around the caster

[Level Scaling (Effect)] Unknown

[Level Scaling (Range)] Unknown

[Duration (Seconds)] Spiritual Power used / 100

[Cast Time] 30 seconds

[Cooldown] 1 day

[Skill Experience Required] 1000000 needed for Skill Level 2

[Others] Enhanced version of Spirit King's Blessing from before Extra Mode. Scaling unknown since it's still at Skill Level 1

-Effects of Spring of Life

[Skill User] Sophiarone

[Skill Type] Divine Technique, Buff, Heal

[Mana Cost (Spiritual)] 10000 (Spiritual Power)

[Appearance] A lake appears on the ground, but nothing sinks

[Effect 1] Can manifest 2 Great Spirits at once

[Effect 2] Each second recovers 1000 Spiritual Power, and 1000 Strength of manifested spirits

[Range] 100 kilometers around the caster

[Level Scaling (Effect 1)] Unknown

[Level Scaling (Effect 2)] Unknown

[Level Scaling (Range)] Unknown

[Duration (Seconds)] Spiritual Power used / 100

[Cast Time] 30 seconds

[Cooldown] 1 day

[Skill Experience Required] 1000000 needed for Skill Level 2

[Others] Scaling unknown since it's still at Skill Level 1

-Effects of Prayer Dance

[Skill User] Sophiarone

[Skill Type] Skill, Buff, Heal

[Mana Cost (Spiritual)] 10000 (Spiritual Power)

[Appearance] Sophie dances, leaves from the World Tree flutter down

[Effect] All allies recover Strength, Mana, and Spiritual Power by 1000 each second

[Range] 1 kilometer around the caster

[Level Scaling (Effect)] Each Level increases the amount recovered by 1000

[Level Scaling (Range)] Each Level increases the range by 1 kilometer

[Duration (Seconds)] Spiritual Power used / 10

[Cast Time] 10 seconds

[Cooldown] 1 day

[Skill Experience Required] 10000 needed for Skill Level 2, increases 10 times for next Levels

[Others] Works on spirits and summons too. Mana and Spiritual Power are only recovered in their respective realms

-Effects of Spirit King's Barrier

[Skill User] Lucktod

[Skill Type] Divine Technique, Debuff

[Mana Cost (Spiritual)] All Spiritual Power

[Appearance] A black swamp appears on the ground

[Effect] Lowers all stats of the enemy

[Range] 100 kilometers around the caster

[Level Scaling (Effect)] Unknown

[Level Scaling (Range)] Unknown

[Duration (Seconds)] Spiritual Power spent / 100

[Cast Time] 30 seconds

[Cooldown] 1 day

[Skill Experience Required] 1000000 needed for Skill Level 2

[Others] Enhanced version of Spirit King's Barrier from before Extra Mode. Scaling unknown since it's still at Skill Level 1

-Effects of Taijitu

[Skill User] Lucktod

[Skill Type] Divine Technique, Buff, Debuff

[Mana Cost (Spiritual)] All Spiritual Power

[Appearance] A yin yang emblem appears on the ground

[Effect] All stats of the enemy lower, all stats of allies increase, the effect scales depending on the enemy

[Range] 1 kilometer around the caster

[Level Scaling (Effect)] Unknown

[Level Scaling (Range)] Unknown

[Duration (Seconds)] Spiritual Power spent / 100

[Cast Time] 10 seconds

[Cooldown] 1 day

[Skill Experience Required] 1000000 needed for Skill Level 2

[Others] Scaling unknown since it's still at Skill Level 1

-Effects of Acid Tornado

[Skill User] Lucktod

[Skill Type] Skill, Debuff

[Mana Cost (Spiritual)] 1000

[Appearance] A yellow tornado appears in front of the caster, flings acid at the enemy

[Effect] Gradual decrease of enemy's Strength, shreds Endurance, shreds Resistances, poisons, paralyzation

[Range] 1 kilometer around the caster

[Level Scaling (Effect)] More power, debuff is stronger

[Level Scaling (Range)] None

[Duration (Seconds)] None. Accumulates as a debuff and can't be stopped

[Cast Time] 10 seconds

[Cooldown] 1 second

[Skill Experience Required] 10000 needed for Skill Level 2

[Others] None

-Description of Barrage Attack

[Skill User] Formar

[Skill Type] Skill, Attack

[Mana Cost (Spiritual)] 1000

[Appearance] An arrow shot overhead turns into multiple ones and fall down

[Effect] Everyone hit by the falling arrows takes damage

[Range] 100 meters around the spot where the arrow turned into multiple ones

[Level Scaling (Effect)] More power, debuff is stronger

[Level Scaling (Range)] Each Level increases the range by 1 kilometer

[Duration (Seconds)] None. Accumulates as a debuff and can't be stopped

[Cast Time] 10 seconds

[Cooldown] 10 minutes

[Skill Experience Required] 10000 needed for Skill Level 2, increases 10 times for next Levels

[Others] If used from nearby, it can hit allies too. Can be used as a small area of effect physical attack, but has limited usability

Allen had also learned new things while fighting the ghost Ganira.