If sma Bullet was much smaller but consumed one-third of the mana Magma Spear consumed, then the potential of the skill was there. However, since that was the case, Leon couldn''t afford to learn other forms of attacks bybining elements. To maximize the potential of that skill, Leon had to learn different spells that consumed less mana and level up them to obtain status points, and he felt quite satisfied after doing that for a month.


    Congrattions! You have learned the skill: Steel Bullet.


    Cost: 20 mana


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! You have learned the skill: Steel Arrow.


    Cost: 30 mana


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! You have learned the skill: Steel Lance.


    Cost: 30 mana


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! You have learned the skill: Steel Wall.


    Cost: 30 mana


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! You have learned the skill: Ice Needle.


    Cost: 03 mana


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! You have learned the skill: Magma Wall.


    Cost: 40 mana


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! You have learned the skill: Thunder Wall.


    Cost: 40 mana


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! You have learned the skill: Thunder Lance.


    Cost: 30 mana


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Although some spells, he learned with more ease thanks to Pyromancy and Geomancy, Leon leveled them up until the level twenty just for the status points. He wasn''t in a world where such skills could be useful, after all.


    "Well, not bad considering that I also leveled up other skills while I was fighting against the hellhounds... but seriously, not a single tome? Again? I''m wearing a ring that increases my luck, damn it! I can''t believe even that is useless on my hands..."


    Putting such thoughts andining aside, even though he wasining, Leon didn''t feel the need to obtain tomes. Learning new spells was bing easier the more points he put in his intelligence, after all. Besides, he also leveled up sma Bullet to the point where the hellhounds couldn''t escape, and only five bullets were enough to kill them. So, all in all, Leon was progressing much more than he expected.


    Congrattions! The skill Mind Armor has leveled up.


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! The skill Mind Armor has leveled up.


    You obtained 01 status points.


    "...Again, huh."


    Such a thing happened a few times in thest month. It was clear that one of the harvesters was trying to use Appraisal on Leon from a ce he couldn''t see. It was so evident that it was stupid. Still, Leon had to act as if nothing had happened. He couldn''t reveal that countering Appraisal required quite a lot of mana.


    "Well, for the time being, I don''t need to hurry... unless they are truly stupid, they won''t try to get rid of me before thest battle against the angels. It is a bit clichéd, but the best moments to backstab someone is soon after the big victory or a few moments before... although in their case, they won''t backstab me, they will crush me with their weapons..."


    Considering that they spent twenty years creating a magic circle on that, it was hard to be sure when the angels would prepare the method to lock Leon and the harvesters on that world. In Leon''s head, one month was more than enough. But it was hard to be sure of that... angels were sentient beings that were even older than the harvesters, after all. However, even if they know the method, they couldn''t prepare suchrge scale spell so fast.


    "I guess my current arsenal can handle most of the enemies I will face... the problem is how to keep myself alive. I''m, without a doubt, the easiest target of this group. So, the angels will try to get rid of me first... to increase my chances of survival; I will have to keep Haste active at all times. So, I guess from now on, I will only practice Haste and sma Bullet."


    It was apparent that Soul Eater wouldn''t stay on his hands on the battle against the angels, so Leon would have to use Haste to save some mana and keep himself alive. Transfer was useful, but it wasn''t something Leon could use for an undetermined amount of time against six enemies that could move faster than his eyes can see.


    "Some points in speed will help me with that, and since Haste will multiply those by two hundred percent, then I don''t have to put so many. It will also beplicated if my speed suddenly increased, but I''m not used to it."


    Leon had several sets of mithril rings that he could increase his status ording to the situation, but since they could only duplicate his current status, he had no choice but to do that.


    Congrattions! The skill Haste has leveled up.


    You obtained 01 status points.


    Congrattions! The skill sma Bullet has leveled up.


    You obtained 01 status points.


    In the blink of an eye, another month passed. Haste reached level two hundred, and sma Bullet reached level one hundred. That was good, and all, but Leon was getting impatient again. Getting stronger was good, but that wasn''t his goal. Besides, waiting for such a tant attack was wearing his nerves.


    "Why are they taking their sweet time? Don''t those idiots understand that they are giving us time to get stronger?"


    It was insane to give time to the enemy to get stronger and prepare themselves, Leon knew that they were making a spell or relic that would prevent them from leaving the world, but that was insane. They were that were most likely one thousand years old, perhaps even more... and they even had the numbers. While Leon was waiting anxiously... several months passed and before he could notice, he was thirty years old.