Chapter 61 -61-Leveled Up - Then Goodbye!

Caelan immediately stopped in his tracks, then let go of the female assassin’s arm.

"Since you’ve leveled up, I won’t keep you any longer," he said calmly. "If fate allows, we’ll meet again next time."

After saying that, his figure flickered—and vanished.

Only the female assassin was left standing there, utterly stunned, the wind blowing past her like a joke.

Wait—what? Didn’t you promise to take me to the camp ahead? Why did you suddenly change your mind?!

"B-big boss! Wait for me! I haven’t reached the camp yet!" she shouted anxiously, looking up.

But she couldn’t even see his back anymore—let alone his "taillights."

She stomped the ground in frustration.

"Big boss is way too much! How can he do that?! But... I really didn’t expect he’d still be alive. That’s great... really great."

...

Meanwhile, Caelan kept moving while checking his various status panels.

[Class Mutation Quest: 3-Star] completed. Level cap unlocked.

But what Caelan was truly looking forward to right now was the newly unlocked skill tree—and the Awakening Skill he’d been dreaming about.

Last time, in the [Endless Abyss], Caelan had earned a full 2.3 billion gold coins.

Now it was finally time to spend big.

With that thought, he immediately opened his skill panel.

What surprised him, though, was that the skill tree he unlocked this time wasn’t any of the common classes he recognized.

Instead, it was a skill tree called [Apocalypse].

And within Apocalypse, there was currently only a single skill displayed—and it was a passive.

[Precognition]

[Effect: You can foresee one incoming attack within the next 0.5 seconds.]

The effect didn’t look weak, but for Caelan right now, it wasn’t an ideal pick.

After all, he was already equipped with [Sacred Armor]. He wasn’t particularly worried about being hit by anything he couldn’t tank.

And since he’d already reached 3-star, Caelan wanted to learn an Awakening Skill and enjoy himself.

So he shifted his focus to his other three skill trees.

For the White Swordsman path, the Awakening Skill was [Gale Severing Slash].

Its effect, put simply: a powerful slash infused with wind-element power, with added control effects on the target.

But at the moment, Caelan wasn’t lacking offensive skills.

So he looked next at the Archer path. The Awakening Skill available there was [Celestial Star Net].

In simple terms, it combined a fired volley of arrows into a massive net, dealing heavy damage to enemies within its area.

It was strong too—but Caelan still felt like something was missing.

Then his eyes moved to the Summoner path—

And this time, his gaze froze slightly.

Because what he saw there... was a purely passive Awakening Skill.

[Mirror Summon]

[Effect: Create a mirrored copy of your summon, possessing 50% of your summon’s HP and attribute points. If your summon dies but Mirror Summon is still alive, you may choose to sacrifice Mirror Summon to revive your summon and restore 50% of its health. Additionally, you may choose to directly sacrifice Mirror Summon to trigger an extremely powerful explosion.]

Caelan only needed one glance to know how broken [Mirror Summon] was.

No wonder it was an Awakening Skill. Just this effect alone could practically rival the damage of an ordinary skill leveled all the way to Lv. 99,999.

But if he pushed [Mirror Summon] to Lv. 99,999...

What kind of effect would that become?

The moment that thought appeared, Caelan couldn’t wait anymore.

He didn’t hesitate—he chose "Max Out."

In the next instant, the gold coins in his storage space vanished at an unimaginable speed.

[Mirror Summon] has been upgraded to Lv. 128

[Mirror Summon] has been upgraded to Lv. 827

[Mirror Summon] has been upgraded to Lv. 1,281

[Mirror Summon] has been upgraded to Lv. 38,912

...

[Mirror Summon] has been upgraded to Lv. 99,999

The skill ascended to a higher dimension—[Mirror Summon] evolved into [Divine Summon]!

[Divine Summon]

[Effect: Create 10 divine avatars of your summon, each possessing 200% of your summon’s HP and attribute points. You may choose to merge all avatars with the original body to create an even more powerful summon. Friendly reminder: while the newly created summon will possess terrifying attributes, it is constantly at risk of collapse and can only be maintained for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, you will witness a magnificent work of art you will never forget.]

After reading the description, Caelan was completely stunned.

Wait—ten avatars at once, and each one has double the stats of a [Divine Mirror Dragonlord]?

Doesn’t that mean... I can start a full-scale group battle by myself?!

And don’t forget—the [Divine Mirror Dragonlord] can use every skill Caelan has!

Which means ten [Divine Mirror Dragonlord] could, in an instant, release ten casts of [Infinite Lightblade], or [Thousandblade Rend]...

If that was the case...

This could get very interesting.

In Caelan’s mind, a scene had already formed: ten miniature suns erupting at the same time—an overwhelmingly spectacular sight.

At that point, the entire sky would probably become blindingly bright.

Caelan shook his head, forcefully pushing down those chaotic fantasies.

At the same time, he began thinking about what kind of terrifying existence would be created if he merged the avatars with the original body.

Only thirty minutes of stability, and then... a "once-in-a-lifetime work of art."

For a moment, Caelan almost looked forward to seeing it—what it would actually look like in reality.

After all, if eleven [Divine Mirror Dragonlord]—the original plus ten avatars—were fused together...

What kind of monster would be born?

For a while, Caelan was genuinely dazed.

His imagination was too poor to fully picture how shocking that scene would be.

If he got the chance...

He had to see it with his own eyes.

Caelan took a deep breath, then slowly let it out.

Now everything was ready—

All that was left was to deal with those brain-dead idiots from the Supreme Staff Legion.

His figure flickered, and he quickly appeared inside the Supreme Staff Legion’s base.

This was the Supreme Staff Legion’s old nest in the [Arena of Races]—a stronghold they’d been operating for centuries.

To put it simply—

Under normal circumstances, more than half of the Supreme Staff Legion’s top experts would stay here to guard the home base.

But today, it seemed they had ulterior motives.

The number of people in the base was less than one-third of normal.

Caelan rubbed his eyes.

"Eye of Insight!"

In the next moment, the Supreme Staff Legion’s information was laid bare before him!

But very quickly, Caelan sensed something was off.

Because this D7 area... wasn’t as massive as he’d imagined.

Could it be... that this was only one part of the Supreme Staff Legion’s base?