Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

In the end, Leon spent a week doing nothing but harvesting blue angel leaves and creating mana liquid. Things could have gotten more efficient if he had added monsters' blood to it, but there wasn't a single monster in that world aside from the ones Ilyana created. Although it was repetitive, Leon felt satisfied, thanks to the coins and status he obtained. Ilyana's army stopped coming, and Leon understood why. Her skill had already reached level three hundred.

"Well, I guess you guys can take a break now," Leon said to his spirits.

They wanted to be strong again, but working like mules wasn't the best way to do that. Regardless, Leon headed toward Ilyana's castle.

"Thanks for the help," Ilyana said when Leon approached. "Thanks to you, my new summons reached level three hundred one day faster than they would be without fighting."

Leon frowned, it looked like Ilyana was making fun of him, but he couldn't see that on her face. He studied her for a few seconds, but she only tilted her head in confusion because Leon avoided staring at her for long.

"... So, the summons can get stronger just by fighting?" Leon asked. "They kind of remind me of the spirits."

"Every creature can grow stronger by fighting against other beings that have mana," Ilyana explained.

"Why don't you make your monsters fight against each other?" Leon asked.

"That is the sole exception of that rule," Ilyana said.

It made sense, or that kind of skill would be way too overpowered. Leon recalled his grim reaper scythe, and he also recalled that he didn't see any living being so far capable of summoning other beings... except for the grim reaper he fought against. It was evident that summoning was way more advanced than basic elemental magic.historical

"Wouldn't it be easier for us if I also learn how to create monsters?" Leon asked.

"You will need to increase your control up to five hundred to create slimes," Ilyana smiled as if that had been a good joke. "I don't think slimes will help me all that much."

Now Leon felt the sarcasm on her voice. Still, he would have done worse in her position, so he didn't complain. Besides, he was shocked at that crazy fact... to learn how to create slimes. He would have to have five hundred points in control... how much would he need to create something like a golem?

"You can relax, you can create powerful things with low control," Ilyana said. "To create basic golems, you will need fifteen hundred points in control."

"I don't think someone who had fifteen hundred points in control, actually has low control..." Leon frowned. "With so much control, I would be able to use Telekinesis on dozens of plants and harvester their leaves at the same time."

"You think like that because you didn't live as much as me," Ilyana said. "You have a zombie that has millions of points of health, and that thing is only at the fifth stage of the assimilation."

"Yeah... still, that is a problem," Leon said. "Although it would be fun to create even slimes, I still want to learn teleport, but I also need to increase my mana. The spirits said that things are crowded inside of me... Even though I want to avoid using that kind of sentence."

"To learn teleportation, you will need ten thousand points in intelligence and five thousand in control," Ilyana explained. "So, are you free of one of your worries now?"

Leon now more than ever was certain that Ilyana needed to practice her conversation skills, she said something like that with a straight face, but Leon could only imagine her making fun of him... Regardless, the system was strange. Why would he needed three times more control to learn Teleport the same amount he needed to summon a simple golem.

"That kind of thing can't be solved using a tome?" Leon asked.

"I said that you need those status considering that you would learn the skill using a tome," Ilyana frowned. "You learned your skills so far using your mana forcefully. To learn Teleport that way, you will need fifty thousand points in intelligence."

Leon was starting to wonder if having someone so much knowledge was useful or just depressing. Most of the time, Ilyana was making him feel depressed and shocked by the things she knew, after all.

"So, do you already know what you are going to do next?" Ilyana asked. "Obtaining the power of the remaining three spirits won't be easy. You need to get stronger before trying that."

"I was thinking about learning how to absorb mana from the environment and from my enemies at a certain distance," Leon said. "However, considering the things, you said..."

"Yes, you will need fifteen thousand points in intelligence and five thousand in control to learn that," Ilyana said. "If you decide to accept the tome I create, that is."

Leon didn't want that. He only accepted the tome of Eyes of the Truth because he wanted to prevent many deaths. Until now, he learned every single of his best weapons alone and after countless hours of practice... and he wouldn't change his ways just for the sake of convenience.

"Nah, it is fine," Leon said. "It is not like I desperately need that skill right now. Since I will have to increase my control, my Telekinesis will improve, and the speed of creating mana liquid will also increase. So, it is fine."

"You are so prideful..." Ilyana let out a long sigh. "Well, it is your choice. However, I can still help you to obtain status points fast, and you will still be satisfied with your own efforts."

"... How?" Leon frowned.

"I just have to half-kill you with my elemental spells," Ilyana said as if it was a matter of fact.