The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

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But aren’t those cheats given to me by the goddess?

Shien doesn’t get it.

“Speaking of, I don’t even know what that goddess’s name is.”

Thinking back on that beautiful goddess that doesn’t seem possible in reality, Shien couldn’t help but descend into thought.

Afterwards, Shien fell asleep without realizing it.

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The day after, Shien woke up and left the cave, continuing on his search for a way out of the forest.

For the sake of not losing his bearings, this time, Shien has fully realized the logic that some troubles are unavoidable.
For the sake of no longer getting turned around while avoiding demonic beasts, he started taking the initiative towards the location of certain demonic beasts.

Thanks to that, Shien had encountered a bunch of demonic beasts.

He’d encountered demonic boars that can emit poisonous gasses.

He’d also encountered black serpents that ca transform the nearby ground into swamps.

He’d even encountered herds of demonic beasts and ended up experiencing what it’s like to be surrounded and attacked from all sides.

Even though Shien had the Holy Sword in hand, with all these encounters, he still met with various dangerous circumstances.

However, along with those dangers, Shien also managed to gain various skills.

When he was faced with the corrosion from the poisonous gases released by the demonic boars, Shien learned [Abnormal Status Resistance].

When he was sinking into the swamp and was nearly drowned, Shien learned [Undying].

When he was surrounded by enemies, Shien’s Holy sword got knocked out of his hand due to carelessness, but he ended up learning [Limit Evolution].

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[Abnormal Status Resistance]

Passive skill.

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Increase resistance against abnormal statuses.

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[Undying]

Passive skill.

Increase recovery ability and the effects of other recovery type abilities.

Increase resistance against instant death type attacks and abilities.

When dying, can forcibly maintain life via the consumption of magic power.

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[Limit Evolution]

Active skill.

Effect acts directly upon life.

When active, all stats are increased.
Effect is based upon skill level and magic consumption.

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Each of these skills are very useful.

Especially the skills [Undying] and [Limit Evolution].
One had let Shien forcibly keep himself alive even when he was completed drowned in a quagmire, letting him live even without breathing.
It can be donsidered the ultimate life preservation skill.
The other is the first active skill Shien has acquired.
After activation, it basically gives Shien a superhuman-like body.
Even a tree ten-some meters tall can be leaped to the top in a single jump.
Truly amazing.

Accompanying the appearance of this skill is that it also allowed Shien to detect a kind of energy that he never has before.

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That energy is magic power.

It seems to be a kind of power that can be used to use skills and magic.

By consuming this energy, Shien can use active skills like [Limit Evolution] and passive skills like [Undying] that have certain magic consumption requirements.
A truly fantasy-like power.

And through the use of magic power, Shien also gained the two skills [Magecraft] and [Magic Recovery].

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[Magecraft]

Passive Skill.

Greatly increase magic power.

Greatly increase the effect of magic.

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[Magic Recovery]

Passive Skill.

Automatically recover consumed magic power.

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With the appearance of those two skills, Shien finally gained the feel that he really is no longer the same.

Only after he became able to feel and use magic power did Shien finally feel like he truly has come to a world or swords and sorcery.

This made Shien finally have something to look forward to.

“I wonder if I can use magic?”

Holding that kind of anticipation, Shien proceeded forward in a journey with surprises but no real danger, defeated many demonic beasts, completely got used to battle, and slowly became accustomed to the forest.