Chapter 31

Vivian's explanation made Shien finally understand why she said that he had high growth potential in all aspects.

"Since you were able to defeat Gorim under such conditions, you must have high growth potential in all aspects to be able to do it, right?"

Vivian thought so.

It was obvious that under the same level, a strength-type Warrior would definitely lose to a Warrior who was both strength-type and defensive-type, and could even use magic, right?

Therefore, if one's growth potential in all aspects was very high, then when one leveled up, all aspects of one's abilities would be fully improved, and the overall improvement would naturally be far greater than those who only improved one or two aspects.

However, this was under the premise that other conditions, including skills, were not taken into account.

If one learned combat skills and could also upgrade them to a certain level, the situation would naturally be different.

Level was the hardware, and skills were the software. Only with both could one become truly powerful.

Therefore, only those who had a high enough level and skill level could be considered strong. Those who only had the former were like imbeciles who only had a body but no brains, and those who only had the latter were like sickly people with brains but no physique. No matter which one it was, it wasn't a good thing.

In other words, if one wanted to calculate a person's strength, they would have to take into account their level and skills.

(Perhaps Sean is the type of person who has an advantage in terms of level growth, but is at a disadvantage in terms of skill learning.)

Vivian silently thought so in her heart.

Although, generally speaking, this should be impossible.

After all, as mentioned before, being able to upgrade to level 10 proved that one had a certain level of talent. Logically speaking, no matter how bad one was, one should still be able to learn some simple skills.

(What's going on?)

Vivian looked at Shien and fell into deep thought.

On the other hand, Shien also fell into deep thought because of Vivian's words.

That was because Shien remembered one of the effects of his unique skill — [Providence].

In addition to the extraordinary effect of acquiring and upgrading skills, Shien's [Providence] also had another effect — [When leveling up, all ability types will be increased to the maximum].

Previously, Shien didn't know what this effect meant.

Now, Shien understood.

(This effect is to allow all of my abilities to be enhanced to the greatest extent when I level up, right?)

Whether it was strength, durability, magic, or even reflexes, all aspects of abilities could be maximized when leveling up. That was the true manifestation of this effect.

In Vivian's words, Shien had the highest growth potential in all aspects.

This made Shien once again realize how overboard he was with his cheat, and he felt even worse.

(The bigger the cheat, the harder it is for me to hide.)

(The bigger the cheat, the harder it is for me to hide.)

(Shien) Sighed in his heart.

(What's the standard for the level enhancement given by the Holy Sword?)

Since the abilities that could be improved during leveling up varied from person to person, and it was related to personal talent, talents, and the direction of training, then which aspect of his abilities would be improved by the level enhancement of the Holy Sword?

Moreover, how much would the improvement be?

(It can't be like the effect of [Providence], which increases all ability types to the maximum, right?)

At least, when using the Holy Sword, Shien could feel that his magic did not increase.

As for other aspects of abilities, according to Shien's current level of improvement, when he reached level 100, it seemed that he would be stronger than the level 100 given by the Holy Sword.

Thinking of this, Shien made a rough conclusion based on his feeling of using it.

(The level enhancement of the Holy Sword should be an average increase in all other aspects of abilities, except for magic power.)

Let's make an analogy.

When Shien leveled up, his abilities in all aspects were increased by the full value of "10".

On the other hand, the level 100 bestowed by the Holy Sword was an equal distribution of "100" to various abilities other than magic power. In other words, every level gave Sean an increase of "1" in abilities other than magic power.

In this way, when Shien reached level 100, his abilities in all aspects would reach the level of "1000", which was naturally stronger than the "100" from the Holy Sword's level 100.

Of course, this was just an analogy.

However, Shien felt that when he reached level 100, he would definitely be stronger than the level 100 given by the Holy Sword alone.

Not to mention other things, in terms of magic power alone, the Holy Sword did not increase it, but Shien's own leveling up would increase his magic power. This was already a difference.

(But the Holy Sword also has other effects, so it can't be said that it is inferior to my unique skill.)

But if that was the case, Shien's unique skill also had other effects.

Both were strong in their own ways.

However, Shien had both.

(This should be the reason why the Goddess thinks that I have the best chance to defeat the Demon King, right?)

Shien muttered.

Then …

"Alright."

Vivian clapped her hands, attracting everyone's attention.

"Now, we have a general understanding of Shien's strength. Although he is still a newbie, I think his potential is much better than we thought." Vivian looked at Tierre and the others and asked, "Do you think so too?"

Tierre, Lumia, and Merica remained silent and did not answer.

"What do you think? Tierre? "

Vivian seemed to have expected this situation and turned to Tierre.

"… Let's continue on our way."

But Tierre didn't give any reply. After a moment of silence, she coldly threw down this sentence and returned to the carriage.

"Wait … Wait a minute!"

"Tierre!"

Lucia hurriedly caught up with them, and Merica hurriedly caught up as well.

The three of them seemed to be deliberately avoiding or avoiding Vivian. Vivian could not help but feel helpless.

Shien did not think too much and was about to return to the carriage as well.

However, when he passed by Vivian, Vivian said something.

"I hope you don't blame them." Vivian sighed and said, "They don't hate you. It's just that they have encountered some unpleasant things in the past, so they are a little wary of you."

Her words made Shien stop in his tracks.

Then, after thinking for a while, Shien could roughly understand what had happened.

"A team with so many extraordinarily good-looking female adventurers. It's easy to imagine how much trouble they'll encounter."

Shien could also understand this.

"I will keep my distance, don't worry."

Shien smiled at Vivian and went back to the carriage.

Vivian was stunned for a moment and then felt helpless.

"I didn't mean for you to keep your distance …"

Vivian just wanted to show that if she wanted to get closer to Tierre and the others, she would have to put in a lot of effort to gain their trust.

Who would have thought that Shien would choose to keep his distance without hesitation.

"What a strange newbie."

Vivian also muttered and went back to the driver's seat.

The carriage that had stopped for a while moved again, and with the sound of the wheels, it continued forward.