Victor reconsidered his decision to explore and hunt, but he couldn't see any other way out. He was aware of the risks of this decision, but he also understood that he couldn't become a powerful warrior with ordinary food.
Suddenly, he remembered the rain spell that Uncle Mukhtar used. He began researching this spell concept in his mind. Perhaps he could find a useful spell for hunting and use it to hunt. If he could find and learn a truly useful spell, he could reduce the level of danger. He could feel more confident about going outside. It didn't take long for him to find what he was looking for in the common sense information section, but the information here disappointed him.
According to the information, when people brought their blood to a 10% energy concentration level, that is, when they stepped into the primitive body area, human blood reached a certain limit, and the body began to metamorphose. This life level breakthrough slowly revealed human potential, causing different fluctuations, and each person's body reacted differently to these fluctuations.
Some of these different reactions could be that the body's extra power and speed increased much more than other people, while in some people, they manifested as special abilities. However, there were also many people who didn't manifest anything in this way. The ratio of this situation was that about 95% of people didn't experience any change. 4% experienced physical bonuses like faster and stronger, while only 1% of people manifested these special abilities.
Almost all of these emerging abilities manifested as applications of the 5 elements. And the useful abilities for combat were in an even smaller portion of this ratio.
The rain spell used by the Berta village headman was an application of the water element, and it would be more accurate to call it a skill rather than a spell. This skill had no offensive capabilities, but it was considered a sacred skill for agriculture. In fact, his ability to remain the headman of this village for years was probably due to this skill.
Victor didn't hesitate much before deciding to disregard the skill issue. First of all, he hadn't even formed the seed yet, and there was a long time before the primitive body. Besides, this skill thing seemed completely random, completely unreliable. It was completely impossible to rely on something so unreliable with so much randomness.
Compared to skills, martial arts and abilities were considered a more reasonable goal, but they were also not things open to trade. The source of these abilities was the hunted creatures. Some creatures also awakened skills. These skills, like human blood seeds, were stored in their special organs called magic cores. The information on how they were stored was unclear. However, it was written that animal skills could be acquired from this core. However, these skills also had limitations.
They were used at a much lower level than the animals' own skills and human skills. For example, if a power development skill provided 10 tons of power development for the animal itself, it barely provided 1 ton of development for the human who acquired this skill from the magic core. This was also very normal.
After all, these skills, whether human or animal, were adjusted to their bodies, and it was normal for them to have 1/10th of the effect on someone else's body. In addition to being less powerful, the skills absorbed from these magic cores couldn't be used continuously like skills. These skills put more strain on the body because they weren't something completely adjusted to them. For this reason, they couldn't be used frequently.
When Victor saw this information, he wondered if skilled people would also leave their skills in their magic seeds when they died. However, after searching a bit, he saw another piece of information explaining that humans were different from these creatures. The seed formed in the human heart was not a completely real organ; it was half real and half virtual, and it quickly disintegrated after death. It didn't solidify like the magic cores of creatures.
The remaining thing besides these two was martial arts. Perhaps the easiest thing for Victor to obtain was martial arts, but even that was easier compared to the other two. Normally, it wasn't exchanged with contribution points. However, it wasn't entirely hopeless either.
Martial arts were arts that increased the use of human power, increased speed and reaction, and consumed energy in return. However, the difference between these and skills and abilities was that humans had created these martial arts themselves. That is, once it was created, it could be learned by everyone and passed down as a legacy.
Also, since it was created by humans, the range of diversity was quite wide. There were arts that increased the power and speed of a sword used with a sword, arts used with a bow, arts used with an ax, and even arts that increased the power of a fist, as well as martial arts in many areas such as increasing escape, hiding, breath holding, playing dead, defense, and body strengthening. However, these arts were mostly things passed down as a legacy.
The easy part was that Victor was just thinking. The information here said that most martial arts were created by being inspired by the movements of animals seen outside. If you were lucky and smart enough, maybe you could create one yourself. The information here said that if the created martial art was useful enough, the city lord could sell it or trade it with other arts. It was like an incentive. Victor even felt a little strange. Before joining him, the city lord was almost cutting off people's paths.
The only way for these people, who had no hope of getting stronger, to make themselves stronger was to create martial arts. And the city lord was also eyeing those created arts, encouraging trade. Victor felt it was ridiculous. The only purpose of the weak's life was to serve the stronger to become even stronger, and he felt this to the end in every area.
Also, there were people looking for new ways to develop, but these were not things that didn't cause many problems when they were wrong, like martial arts. The consequences of people experimenting with an organ in their own hearts were obvious. For this reason, there was no event like the legend of a man who paved his own way.
Regardless of skills, abilities, or martial arts, it was necessary to consume energy to activate them all. This energy was stored in the seed in the heart. Therefore, the internal area capacity of the seed was also very important. The capacity of this seed depended much more on people's will than on the resources they used.
The reason for this was that when the seed was initially formed, the first piece of energy's interaction with the blood began to lay the foundation for the seed. However, at this moment, the seed was not yet fixed. It was just starting to form its internal area. Therefore, the first moment was very important. This moment was the only known moment to encourage the growth of the seed's internal area. To encourage the growth of the seed's internal area, it was necessary to constantly absorb dark energy from the outside. This energy absorption could be actively encountered from things like extraordinary fruits and herbs, as well as from the free energy in the air.
The difference between the two was obvious. The seed formed in the human heart was a new organ, and the body had a reaction to this organ. This reaction created a burden on the body and also caused the person to suffer pain in this state. Continuously providing energy to this new organ constantly maintained this tense state and also created an effect that constantly increased the burden on the body. Of course, the pain the person suffered during this time also increased.
External resources could reduce the body's burden, shorten this period, and create various effects. That is, resources could help people in many areas. The number one factor behind the city people's constant effort to expand outward was this. The constant struggle for resources, grab the resources, and develop yourself. Then continue to grab better resources. It seems like an endless loop, but when you encounter a creature with a bigger fist than you, the loop ends suddenly. This is how nature works.
Another thing that determines the size of the seed's internal area is, of course, skill. Skill continues to emerge in every area of life. If you are more skilled, you can adapt to energy better. If you are more skilled, your body reacts less to the seed, and you can absorb more energy into the internal area with less pain. Many people don't want to say much about skill, but they know that it is also an indispensable thing.
One of the other factors is the age at which people form the seed. It is easier for the bodies of young adolescents to accept the new organ, and they react less. This reaction increases geometrically with age. This makes seed formation difficult.
If you are an ordinary person and don't trust your skill and resources, then you have nothing but will and diligence. There is nothing to do but clench your teeth and try to continue.
Victor couldn't help but dwell on the age issue in the information for a moment. The information here said that the best age for people to form a seed was around 16. At this age, the body was in very good condition in every sense, and the ability to adapt was considered to be at its peak. Victor had already missed this optimal age. He felt the deep evil of the city administration once again.
It was the same in the feudal period. There always had to be a channel of advancement for ordinary people, because if they didn't see hope, they wouldn't want to work either. A people who didn't work would either rebel or be lazy and destroy the market. History is full of countless examples of this. It was also one of the things that never changed. Therefore, that hope must always be preserved. But not to the point of going too far.
There was a channel of advancement, but countless obstacles were also thrown into every part of that channel. The end of the channel was also blocked with a big rock.
When Victor thought about the situation of the people on this planet, he felt even more helpless. Even the strongest of people were technically shaky and lived under the threat of annihilation at any moment. Despite this situation, they didn't give up on continuing to suppress ordinary people. He really didn't understand this situation.
Even if this path was open to everyone, he was as sure as his name that not everyone would reach the 3rd level. The skill gap was no joke. However, much more cities could be built than 8 cities, and more people could live. However, these people continued to suppress ordinary people in the name of authority. Victor felt that humans were the most contradictory creatures in nature.
Returning to the age issue, around the age of 16, people's blood also began to enter its highest state of vitality. The state of increased vitality in the blood continued until around the age of 30. This situation continued until 30 and peaked at 30. Between 30 and 40, although blood vitality didn't continue to increase, it remained constant. However, it started to decrease after the age of 40. Therefore, the age range of 16-30 was very important and was seen as the period where the fastest development would be recorded.
This blood vitality here was valid for ordinary people. Ordinary people's lifespan was around 60 years, but if they entered the primitive body realm, people's lifespan increased to around 120. The mysterious body had a lifespan of about 250 years, and the extreme body had a lifespan of about 500 years. Therefore, it was unreasonable to treat these people as ordinary people and expect their blood vitality to decrease around 40. However, if this ratio was made, it would be almost the same.
For example, in the primitive blood realm, a warrior's blood reached its peak around the age of 60 and remained almost at those levels until 80. After 80, it continued to decrease. Therefore, it was much easier to train in the years when blood vitality was active than in the years when it started to decrease. Of course, these rates described the lifespan and blood vitality of healthy people. It would not give correct results to judge a warrior who had suffered injuries that would affect his foundation according to this ratio.
Victor's body should be around twenty-one right now. The predecessor's birthday was not known, so he did not know his exact age, but the approximate number should be 21. He had wasted almost 5 years of his best period. He sighed deeply, but there was nothing he could do. He just had to make the most of the remaining time and spend every moment as efficiently as possible.
Compared to the heirs of the extraordinary people in the city, he was starting quite far behind in terms of both resources and time. However, starting ahead on the extraordinary path alone was not enough. The determination to walk this path continuously was also indispensable. Victor believed that he was patient enough in this regard.