Even though Shane no longer had memories of his past life, he was still clear that before reincarnation, he was an ordinary person completely unrelated to the act of "combat."
At least, based on the remaining memories in his mind, Shane could deduce that in his past life he likely lived in a very peaceful era, was born in a very peaceful country, and had probably never even experienced fights, let alone battles.
To make such a Shane fight against fierce demons of the otherworld?
No matter what, there was no chance of victory in sight.
However, from the moment Shane raised the Holy Sword in his hand and began learning each skill, everything was destined to change.
The screech of a vicious bird still echoed in his ear.
The Holy Sword in his hand continued to glow brilliantly.
Feeling the overwhelming power coursing into his body from the Holy Sword, Shane inexplicably calmed down.
Time around seemed to start slowing down.
The speed of the diving, vicious bird that carried a ferocious aura also seemed to slow.
The Enemy Detection skill sent out clearer and sharper alarms, allowing Shane to grasp the speed and position of the demon descending from above.
The Evasion skill seemed to stimulate Shane's instincts, making his body seem naturally aware of the optimal speed, movement, timing, and direction for dodging.
And the newly learned Two-Handed Sword skill caused countless methods and techniques for using the Holy Sword to flood Shane's mind, giving him a feeling.
That was, a sense that he could use the Holy Sword in his hand perfectly to slay the enemy before him.
Just as the diving vicious bird was about to crash into Shane, he moved as if blessed by gods, following the prompts of the Evasion skill. With a faint whooshing sound, he instantly dashed to the left, creating a distance.
The vicious bird barely grazed the position Shane had been a second earlier, its wing almost slicing past Shane's face as he dashed to the left, stirring up a gust.
However, in the instant the vicious bird's assault missed, Shane moved again before it could flee.
This time, it was the Holy Sword in his tightly clenched hand that moved.
The Holy Sword emitted a clear hum as it sliced through the air, like a dazzling arc of light, slicing toward the vicious bird that couldn't react in time at incredible speed.
In the next moment, a crisp and decisive cutting sound rang out, and large splatters of blood sprayed forth.
The vicious bird didn't even have time to scream before being decapitated, its human-like head flying into the air while its huge body crashed into the ground with inertia, dragging along, stirring dust, and dyeing the ground a horrifying blood-red.
Shane, standing at close range, was drenched in blood, maintaining his slashing posture, breathing heavily, and his body trembling.
"Skill acquired—'Military God'—do you wish to learn it?"
In Shane's mind, new information emerged again.
But, this time, Shane couldn't bring himself to learn it immediately.
Feeling the lingering warmth from the copious blood on his body, smelling the overwhelming stench of blood, Shane couldn't help but bend over and vomit violently.
This bout of vomiting left Shane pale, weak all over, his heart racing like never before, ultimately leading him to collapse on the ground, unable to even grip the Holy Sword, appearing utterly disgraced and weak.
Shane could only struggle to strip off his blood-soaked clothes and throw them aside until the overwhelming stench of blood faded away, and his complexion improved slightly.
"This is definitely not something humans should do!"
Shane couldn't help but curse again.
If possible, Shane really wanted to ask those protagonists in online novels who could slay humans and demons in other worlds without a change in expression how they managed to do it.
Not to mention other things, just this burning hot blood staining his body, the overwhelming stench of blood, Shane just couldn't believe anyone could endure it without flinching on their first experience.
"Maybe I'm not the protagonist."
Shane could only smile wryly, but he dared not lie here any longer.
The appearance of the vicious bird told Shane that this forest was not safe at all; various dangers could appear at any time.
Especially when using the Holy Sword earlier, perhaps it was due to the effect of the sword enhancing skill levels, Shane's Enemy Detection skill's range expanded significantly, making him sense many other fierce presences similar to the vicious bird.
Now, because he released the Holy Sword, the range and effect of Shane's Enemy Detection skill diminished, no longer sensing any other threats, but that seemed only to apply within a hundred meters radius.
Earlier, when the Enemy Detection skill was enhanced by the Holy Sword, Shane sensed more than a kilometer radius and noticed many presences similar to the vicious bird, some even more dangerous.
Thus, this place was truly not suitable to linger.
"Might as well leave this forest quickly."
Shane got up and picked up the Holy Sword that had fallen to the ground.
As soon as the Holy Sword was picked up, the effect of Shane's Enemy Detection skill expanded again, making him feel the demons existing within a kilometer radius once more.
This confirmed Shane's previous thought that his skills were all upgraded due to the Holy Sword's effect.
After briefly checking his status, Shane noticed some changes.
Firstly, after that battle, Shane's level advanced from the initial Level 1 to Level 2.
Besides that, Shane's Skill Points also increased from an initial hundred points to one hundred ninety-five.
Seeing this, Shane thought for a moment, then immediately learned the newly acquired Military God skill.
Instantly, Shane's Skill Points decreased by one point.
"Do you have to spend a Skill Point every time you learn a skill?"
Before killing the vicious bird, Shane learned a total of five skills, thus consuming five Skill Points.
Then, the level-up granted Shane an additional hundred Skill Points, so his total became one hundred ninety-five.
Now, having learned a new skill, Shane's Skill Points decreased to one hundred ninety-four.
Moreover, Shane also discovered that every skill he learned could be leveled up, all currently at Level 1.
No, more accurately, all except the initial Heaven's Grace and Supreme God Blessing skills could be leveled up.
"No wonder the Holy Sword can enhance skill levels."
Thinking of this, Shane upgraded his Two-Handed Sword skill.
As a result, after upgrading to Level 10, this skill apparently maxed out, changing its display from Two-Handed Sword (Lv.1) to Two-Handed Sword (Lv.Max), and could no longer be enhanced.
In other words, each skill that can be leveled up had a max level of ten.
Furthermore, leveling up a skill required one Skill Point per level.
If not mistaken, leveling up his personal level should grant Shane an additional hundred Skill Points each time.
"So, every time I level up, I can max out ten skills?"
Shane was momentarily speechless.
It was evident that this was not a normal situation.
Shane couldn't help but turn his gaze toward a certain skill.