The Lord Who Levels Up by Devouring - LLD Chapter 69: Spoils of War (1) (Part 1)

His stats weren’t just high—they had exploded.

And thanks to exiting the Infinite Labyrinth, the effect of the title was also in full swing. His stats were, frankly, insane.

His Agility alone had reached a staggering 84.5.
As a result, his ‘Neural Response Speed’ had skyrocketed—

“Hey Kai, just swing your sword at me whenever. No warning.”

“Huh? What are you suddenly—”

Swiish—!

…This guy. Didn’t even hesitate.

Well, to be fair, it was Kai. He knew about my Regeneration [B+].
Even if I got hurt, I could just regenerate [B+], so there was no need for hesitation.

If anything, I guess I should be grateful he didn’t use Aura.

I twisted my body instantly—
The sword Kai swung brushed past my shoulder, just barely.

“……!”

Kai’s eyes flew wide open.
Even though he didn’t use Aura, he’d swung the blade without any warning.

And Kai wasn’t an ordinary human, either.

He had the absurd ability called Muscle Memory Adoption [A-].
In terms of pure physical ability, no human could match Kai.

On top of that, his finely honed senses had reached the level of a master.

Under normal circumstances, I should’ve been unable to react and had my shoulder sliced clean off.
But I did react—I dodged it.

And I did it with nothing but raw biological reflexes, without the aid of Mana.

“…Did you predict it?”

Of course Kai was shocked.

I didn’t fully dodge it, just barely brushed past. Meaning, I was just slightly faster than Kai without him using Aura.

‘Roughly 20 milliseconds, maybe.’

That seemed about right.
In other words, I could react to any stimulus within 0.02 seconds.

And if I added Metabolic Overdrive [U] on top of that?

Assuming I burned through 50,000 kcal, my Agility stat would spike to 126.75.

And if I gained more Agility from leveling up?

I could pass 0 ms and reach –1 ms.
In other words, enter the realm of “precognition.”

Sounds absurd, right? But I saw it with my own eyes.

‘Ian did it.’

Ian had definitely reached that domain of foresight.

He would react before the opponent even moved.
As if he already knew when and how they’d attack.

At first, I thought he really had some kind of precognitive power.
But it wasn’t that.

Back then, Ian told me:

—”It’s simple. Just observe the opponent’s minute muscle movements and figure out how they’ll act.”

And he even added that if you went further, you could reach “Lumen Pax.”

A transcendent state where your mind and senses are in perfect harmony, allowing you to perceive the opponent—and your surroundings—with absolute clarity: Lumen Pax.

But that’s easier said than done.
How the hell is that even possible?

It’s not something that superior reflexes alone can accomplish.

You’d need top-tier neural capabilities like dynamic visual acuity, and the physical strength and endurance to carry out the reactions.
Not to mention intense mental training was a must.

Even with my Predation [S+], I couldn’t achieve that.

But with Ian’s abilities—Solo Leveling [EX] and Player’s Will [EX]?
I didn’t know what his stats were back then, but—

‘I can do it.’

If Ian did it, I can too.

And my Strength and Endurance, which support Agility, were already up to 87.4 and 93.6 respectively—a well-balanced increase.
The power and stamina coursing through my body felt immense.

Compared to before I entered the Infinite Labyrinth, it wasn’t even close.

‘At this rate, I might catch up to my previous life soon.’

Just a little more growth, and I might reach the combat power I had during my Predator days.

Which is why it was honestly a bit of a shame.
If I’d spent just one more year in the Infinite Labyrinth, I might’ve surpassed my Predator-era strength.

And if I’d stayed there for ten more years?

Maybe—I might’ve even caught up to Ian.

Time didn’t flow outside anyway.
With Player’s Will [EX], my mental stamina was limitless.

If only I could’ve trained endlessly—ten years, a hundred years—

<Hee… h-heh… hehe…!>

Unfortunately, Avarus’s mind couldn’t handle it.
He looked completely out of it, as if his consciousness had utterly collapsed.

The once ominous and grotesque Rulebook was nowhere to be found.
What remained was just a piece of talking flesh—crude and meaningless.

Still, you never know.

If he snapped out of it, maybe he could activate the Infinite Labyrinth again.
I walked over and slapped his flesh, smack smack!

“Hey, get it together.”

<C-conscious… what?>

“Yeah, get it together.”

<Cherry… what?>

“Not cherry, I said ‘get it together.’”

<Cherry… tastes good.>

…Yeah, he’s totally gone.

<I’m bread. The biggest bread.>

He says he’s a piece of bread. “A big one.”

This wasn’t just mental breakdown.
This was mental annihilation after 241 straight days of pain and torture.

Unlike me, Avarus didn’t have infinite mental stamina.

And while my Regeneration [B+] could block pain, Avarus’s infinite stamina couldn’t.

In essence, Avarus was as good as dead.
His stamina and mana might’ve been infinite, but he was brain-dead.

‘So the Infinite Labyrinth vanished because of an Absolute Rule.’

Infinite Labyrinth [Absolute Rule] #2:
The Infinite Labyrinth must always have an [Administrator].

But once Avarus’s consciousness collapsed, the Labyrinth judged that he could no longer fulfill the role of [Administrator].

It no longer recognized Avarus as its admin.

The Labyrinth was fused with Avarus—not just physically, but consciously.
And with the collapse of Avarus’s ego, his identity as [Administrator] disappeared as well.

That’s why the Infinite Labyrinth, now without an admin, likely disappeared due to [Absolute Rule] #5.

<Bread is hungry.>

‘The bread is hungry,’ he says.

How can you manage anything in that state?

In short, the being known as Avarus had met a definitive ‘death.’

◆ You’ve cleared the Emergency Quest: [Ambushes Are Meant To Be Sudden!]!

The required condition for the emergency quest—‘Assassination’—was met.

◆ Kkkyyaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

And of course, the familiar hysterical message appeared again.
But this time, the intensity was on another level.

◆ Pay the price for targeting my beloved little sister!!!

This was starting to get out of hand.

◆ Not only did you smash the punk who dared to touch your precious, painlessly lovable little sister! You even wiped out his entire household!!!

…The dramatics were reaching lunatic levels.

◆ (Of course, the real House of Benneron was already wiped out ages ago.)
◆ So technically, you weren’t fooled!
◆ Oh no! It’s the fake Viscount Benneron!! Ding-ding-ding! This is another Banana Peel Incident in the making!!
◆ You exposed the true identity of the fake Viscount Benneron!
◆ You crushed Avarus to bits!
◆ You chomped through the Infinite Labyrinth!
◆ And even exposed every last secret of the Dark Merchant Group!

◆ You’re insane! Completely out of your mind!
◆ Your feat is beyond shocking—it’s ultra-mega-epic!!

◆ My eyes are spinning—boing-boing—!
◆ You did something so outrageous, even the quest system lost its mind!
◆ And for such mind-shattering actions, a mind-blowing reward awaits you!

◆ Now get ready!
◆ Your heart is pounding, thumping, flexing its biceps! Let the reward reveal begin!!

“……”

What in the actual hell…

These messages had moved beyond dramatic.
They were straight-up unhinged now.

But putting that aside—

◆ You’ve gained 3,373,800 Quest EXP!

…The reward EXP was insane.

A whopping 3.37 million experience points.
Far beyond what I got from the Lycanthropy event.

Which meant the “huge EXP reward” mentioned in the quest was no exaggeration.

◆ You have leveled up! x20

A staggering +20 levels.

‘This is insane.’

The words left his mouth without thinking. To be honest, when he first heard “a massive amount of EXP,” he didn’t expect much.

‘Guess they didn’t call it “massive” for nothing.’

And if he added the stat increases gained from training in the Infinite Labyrinth?

Just from this one quest, he had gained +133 levels. (T/N: In stats.)

His growth wasn’t just explosive—it was uncontrollably rampant.

Now, he was truly not far off from surpassing the Predator of his previous life.

And right then—

“Adrian-nim.”

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