Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Cursed Ray was a spell that Leon was very familiar with, but the effects of his own spell were still pretty pathetic. Using against himself, Leon could only feel his limbs growing number after using for five seconds. As for Blind, it could do exactly that as long as the caster has mana, but first, Leon had to hit the enemy's head. Coward's Curse was a spell that could decrease the target's speed. Those curses, just like all the other spells, would get weaker the more Leon is away from the target.

Congratulations! The skill Cursed Ray has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Cursed Ray has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Cursed Ray has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

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"I already know why, but the cost of mana of those things are stupid... I already have to increase my health, mana, stamina, intelligence, and control. Do I will have to increase recovery once again?"

Maybe Leon���s joke about learning how to create shadow clones was really the only way for him to solve so many problems. But he didn't find anything like it being sold at the dungeon shops.

"Mmm... I created small weapons that increased my status by twelve hundred points. Maybe I should consider creating rings again to duplicate my recovery."

Rings made of mithril could increase status a lot, but once again, he couldn't help but hesitate in creating them.

"You know... your hesitation is really annoying," Celsius said, and Leon felt shivers because she really looked upset. "What do you want to do? Reach your goals or feel good about yourself? Maybe both?"

"Both, I guess..." Leon said.

"You are really a greedy bastard," Celsius said. "So, why don't you use your time to move forward instead of questioning every single thing?"

"Well, because I made many mistakes," Leon said. "Besides, once I relied on magic items a lot, but when I faced someone immensely much more powerful. I couldn't do a thing and ended up inside of the biggest monster I have ever seen."

"Do you know why that happened?" Celsius asked.

"Because I am weak," Leon answered.

"No, it is because you overthink," Celsius said. "You can increase your power and the effectiveness of your training by many times, but you don't. Meanwhile, those who don't overthink doesn't care about the means to become powerful. They just do... instead of worrying about how you should worry, what are you going to do with the power you want. As long as you don't do what they do like sacrificing lives, you will still be better than them."

Although, in the end, what Leon truly wanted was not to feel bad about himself, Celsius was right. Leon could have become much stronger if he doesn't hesitate in every single thing. It was stupid to try to do every single thing perfectly. It wasn't like he didn't have to use his head and just charge forward. He could do all that avoiding the worst-case scenario... as long as he doesn't try stupid things. Which knowing himself as Leon knew, it wasn't easy... but achievable.

"Well, thanks for the lecture..." Leon said. "I will count on you guys to warn me if I am about to do some stupid mistake."

"Roger," Sylph said.

"You can leave it to me, "Gnome said.

"Mmm... what is it, everyone?" Undine asked. "Did something happen? I was sleeping and felt the smell of something cheesy."

"Understood," Volt said.

"I'm not good at such things," Efreet said. "But I can warn you if you are about to make some bad move during your fights."

Leon scratched the back of his head. If anything, Leon could trust on his spirits. The best people one could rely on were those who weren't greedy, and it was obvious that for the time being, the spirits' goals was to help Leon since they didn't have anything better to do. After recycling the mithril he still had, Leon analyzed the rings he created.

Mithril Ring

It grants you: Recovery + 1350

Mithril Ring

It grants you: Intelligence + 1350

Mithril Ring

It grants you: Health + 1350

Mithril Ring

It grants you: Mana + 1350

Mithril Ring

It grants you: Stamina + 1350

Mithril Ring

It grants you: Control + 1350

Leon used all the mithril he still had, but at least he managed to create sets of ten of each type of ring. Although Leon could improve them much more, Leon decided to do that later since there was a limit of how much his status could be increase by using items. Unfortunately, Lion's Pride didn't help Leon any further.

"Well, for the time being, this should be enough... I can even keep Haste activated non-stop, after all. Even while sleeping!" Leon smirked.

Now Leon just has to worry about creating mana liquid to train his other skills, and so he did it. Leon had to train his new spells, after all. The number of spells would increase since Leon was aware that spells like Coward's Curse would be much more effective instead of the ones like Cursed Ray because they affect only a single attribute.

Regardless, Leon knew that he would have to train for a few weeks in order to make his new spells reach a usable level. So, he worked for several days, only creating the mana liquid. It was less annoying that way, after all.