Inside a bedroom that was a blend of luxury and a laid-back atmosphere, arranged according to Christian's preferences, but ultimately still falling under the taste of his sister and Eva.
Half-laying on the king-sized bed, draped in crisp white linens and a charcoal gray duvet, Christian was alone, still looking at the message window in front of him.
The same mesage window informing him that the Human Biology skill had reached the Expert tier.
He stared at it again before finally willing his system to change the subject, yet he couldn't help but think—he had arrived at the Expert tier, but nothing had changed.
His expectation, that something would change the moment he achieved an Expert-tier skill, was shattered.
No matter how many times he looked at the notification in front of him, browsed through the new information he had gained, or even examined how his body felt.
He knew. Nothing had changed.
There was no sudden reward of a million unassigned points. Neither were there a surprise passive skills granted out of nowhere.
In the end, shaking his head in feigned disappointment, Christian couldn't help the small anticipation welling up inside him as he moved to confirm the theory regarding the Kintetix Body Building skill.
He willed his system to change the Human Biology skill in the fifth slot of Idle Practice into Perfect Body once more.
[The Idle Practice in the Fifth Slot, Perfect Body, has started.]
[The skill Intermediate Kinetix Body Building has been deleted.]
[The skill Mortal Flawless Body has been created.]
[Currently, the skill Mortal Flawless Body is Lv.0 (90%).]
A big smile naturally formed on Christian's face as he read the system windows appearing one after another.
His hypothesis turning out to be correct was just that pleasant of an occurrence for him.
Christian couldn't help but think that even the name had a nice ring to it.
He didn't dwell on the Mortal prefix that had started appearing after the system upgrade. Instead, his focus was on the word Flawless.
Previously, with Kinetix Body Building, he had learned, through the information granted by the skill the meaning behind the word Kinetix.
How it referred to the balance of muscles and flexibility, how it delved into knowledge regarding muscle mass, density, and various other aspects involving the body.
But that alone was far from the perfect body he envisioned.
So, he had been slightly let down.
Now, reading the name of his new skill, he was filled with joy.
Flaw… If he were to attribute things like imbalance, inflexibility, or other muscular imperfections to the word, then he might conclude that nothing much had changed from the previous skill.
But was that really the case?
Christian didn't think so.
Not to mention that the word flaw had a much broader definition, but more importantly, he felt that this skill involved essence from the very start.
And that was the most important thing.
Because, if he were to point out what he believed to be the greatest flaw in the human body, it would be the inability to interact with essence—to train in essence.
Humans who either lacked the affinity or the attunement to it.
So, was there any flaw greater than that?
So, this skill couldn't have come at a more appropriate time, especially now, when he was seriously considering his options for Eva and his sister.
After the initial excitement faded and he calmed down, Christian began thinking more carefully about his plans, reviewing them once again… and he felt that maybe, just maybe, he needed to make a few changes.
But before doing that, he decided to summon his status window and take a look.
Host: Christian White
Level: 39 (EXP: 108.000/1.250.000)
Advanced Trading Lv.2 (56%)
Advanced Program Hacking Lv.4 (90%)
High School Knowledge Lv.10 (Max)
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Lv.10 (Max)
Advanced AI Creation Lv.9 (90%)
Expert Human Biology Lv.1 (0%)
Intermediate Hand to hand combat Lv.5 (14%)
Danger Awareness Lv.-
Breath of the Shadow Blade Lv.10 (Max) (50%)
Advanced Programming Lv.9 (50%)
Mortal Concealment Technique is Lv.2 (32%)
Mortal Talent Detecting Technique Lv.3 (80%)
Mortal Flawless Body Lv.0 (90%)
[Idle practicing slots:(0/5)]
'Colorful' was the first word that came to Christian's mind when he looked at his status window now.
Whether it was the increase in his level and attributes or the advancement of his skills- there was just so much.
His level-ups, instead of slowing down over time, had actually accelerated during the past two months. And that was something he was quite happy about…
…even if he still hadn't received another Idle practicing slot.
And when levels were mentioned, experience couldn't be left out of the equation.
Christian, who was looking at his current level—thirty-nine—couldn't help but recall how much experience he had just received after Human Biology advanced to the Expert tier.
Was it the highest amount he had received so far?
The answer was no, he had still earned more from the Breath of the Shadow Blade technique.
But he knew he couldn't compare them fairly based on just this one instance.
After all, the Human Biology skill had only just reached the Expert tier. So how long had it actually spent being Idle Practiced at that tier?
It couldn't be more than a full day.
And the other nearly three days of Idle Practice were done before the advancement- while the skill was still at the Advanced tier.
So, what was he trying to say?
That even a knowledge-based skill, one that could be said to be far removed from essence techniques, was now giving him more experience than a technique directly tied to essence.
Just like his previous theory.
Was it really that important?
That could be arguable.
But when compared to the time when he had just started Idle Practicing the Breath of the Shadow Blade technique, the difference in experience gains was just that huge.