The months went by with a visible change.
Now with Catharina being Lv2, on top of that with a hypnosis ability, it became easier to hunt the Brugnar.
After two months, he became a little desperate, after all, he had killed many Brugnar, but still hadn't leveled up.
In the third month, he accepted that it wouldn't be that easy. Maybe because he wasn't really killing alone, but instead, depending on Catharina's ability.
In the fourth month, Luan came to terms with being Lv1, but kept trying.
"Catharina, you don't need to hypnotize the Brugnar for me anymore." He said: "I think I need to do this on my own."
He blinked, thinking he had seen wrong. For an instant, she seemed to be sad upon hearing what he said.
In a gentle tone, she agreed: "Alright, but if you change your mind, I can always do it for you."
"I know, and I appreciate that." He smiled.
...
A shocking revelation.
Even without Catharina's help, his killing pace not only didn't decrease, it increased!
'Why?' He even asked himself.
The answer came almost instantly.
While Catharina hypnotized them, he tried various ways to kill the Brugnar, trying to find the easiest method.
And, he no longer feared that the Brugnar would explode.
Catharina brought him this level of safety, since she is capable of preventing a Brugnar from exploding by hypnotizing them.
He began to move as if in a game of tag. A mere touch from him would bring down a Brugnar.
Of course, it wasn't weak, otherwise it would be too magical.
He simply struck the weak points of the Brugnar, killing them instantly.
Catharina did the work of collecting the Brugnar's eyes.
...
One week before Luan's 25th birthday.
Like any other hunting day, Luan was killing Brugnar when suddenly, something happened.
He froze.
Catharina, who noticed this, stepped forward and killed the remaining Brugnar.
"Did you level up?" Catharina looks at him with expectation in her eyes.
It took a few seconds for Luan to get used to the evolution.
The sensation of leveling up was strange.
If he were to use a metaphor, it would be something like having a terrible stomachache, and finally relieving himself.
His body became lighter, and looking around, he could see things in much greater detail.
Another thing was the strange sensation of his muscles being swollen. He felt like he could easily lift three times the weight he could before, or even more.
Looking back at Catharina, he answered her previous question: "Yes, it seems so..."
"That's great! I'm so happy~!" She gave him a tight hug.
'It seems I wasn't the only one who was anxious about my progress.' He thought with an ironic smile.
Laughing, he patted her on the back: "Yes, now we can finally advance to the dungeon floors."
After they broke the hug, no matter how much he tried, it was hard to hide the happiness of finally reaching Lv2.
Now, he felt that he would be able to do much more with the wool.
For example, wool threads much more resistant than before. Or even clothes in the blink of an eye that would take hours, even days.
'I could get rich this way...'
The clothing business, as long as he manages to get the right supplier, and sells at a fair price, will hardly go wrong.
Now that he could create an even greater variety of wool... He could hardly wait to experiment later.
'Before I avoided using a bow and arrow because I need to create the wool at the tip of the arrow at the moment, otherwise, I won't gain EXP.'
That was the problem with creation abilities. One could not use something created days ago to gain EXP.
Even a weapon creator was the same.
Those who were luckier were people who had the talent like Sword Body. With a talent like that, they only needed to have a sword in hand and kill monsters.
Leaving that aside for now... Luan begins to notice some more visible changes.
One of them was the sensation of becoming younger.
It was a sensation even better than when he was only 18 years old.
He reflected: 'Is it because of my increased lifespan to 200 years, right?'
In Catharina's case, there wasn't such a clear change. After all, essentially she was different from him from the beginning.
It is said that some Demi-humans had even double, sometimes triple or even more of the lifespan compared to humans.
...
About to arrive home, he heard a voice in the background saying, "Luan, Luan, wake up..."
The consciousness in the simulation world is disconnected.
Upon opening his eyes, he saw himself sitting on the sofa in front of the television.
Rubbing his eyes, he murmured: "Mom..."
"Yes, just me." She replied: "How was it at the hospital."
"At the hospital?"
He repeated, soon his mind woke up, and he replied: "Ah yes, hospital! Everything went well, I paid the medical bills. I also saw Moly."
"How is she?" She asked softly, almost a whisper.
"Well... There wasn't any change out of the ordinary." He stood up and hugged his mother: "Don't worry, Mom, the same thing that happened to that boy from the news will not happen to Moly."
He tried to speak with confidence, but deep down, he didn't know.
A few days ago, news spread.
It was about a 16-year-old young man who ended up falling asleep the instant he awakened his talent.
A situation similar to Moly. And, three years later, now that the young man turned 19 years old... The young man died of aspiration pneumonia.
When Amélia saw this news, she was worried to death.
As a mother, the last thing she wanted was to bury her own daughter.
In the case of the 19-year-old who died, there are rumors that it was due to medical negligence. It seemed that he was not receiving proper treatment, even though the young man's family paid the bills on time.
Honestly, this news was worrying.