Deadline Is Raining in the Status Window - Chapter 138

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

“Reina, stop the spell!”
“Yes, sir!”
So Reina was still channeling Inferno. Yet I felt neither cold nor heat anymore. My surroundings were warm, and strangely, my senses had become acute. It was as though my nerves extended to the very tips of my fingernails. If I concentrated, I felt I could even accelerate the growth of my nails and hair. Was this how Gerth deployed his claws in combat? Just a matter of will, and they’d extend at command.
“Gasp, huff!”
Drawing mana felt infinitely better. With Gerth’s reserves coursing through me, fatigue dissolved like a recovery potion being absorbed, and the tension in my muscles eased. This was practically a cure-all.
“Reina looks exhausted, so I’ll escort her to the guest room and return.”
“Hey, I’m completely fine!”
“Your legs are trembling.”
Drop the tough act and go rest properly. According to the Department Head Professor, Reina had been pouring full power into Inferno for twenty straight minutes to keep me from freezing to death. It’s a miracle she didn’t suffer mana burnout—what a monster.
“Hey, are you and I even in the same league? Your older sister here possesses an Ultra Rare spell—Inferno.”
“I know, so go sleep, sis.”
Though I’d just acquired an Ultra Rare spell myself, I didn’t mention it. If I did, she’d refuse to leave no matter what.
Once I graciously conceded, Gorilla Reina ceased her tantrum and was hoisted by Eugene, whisked away to the bedroom. As Eugene and Reina departed, Gerth and the Department Head Professor, who had been watching the young people nervously, began clapping and offered me their congratulations.
“Congratulations, Evan.”
“Congratulations on abandoning your humanity, Evan.”
Wait—both the title I just received and this comment about abandoning humanity feel off. Surely not…

The scenario has changed. Awarding 100,000 experience points.

Damn it, this is exactly what I feared! I’m no longer human! That’s it! Savoring both wonder and despair, I snapped my fingers together and opened my status window.

Evan Laef
Title: Demon, Mana User
Status: Blessing of Ursh, Wrath of the Machine King
Experience: 120,100
SR) Hands of a Magnificent Worker Lv.1 – 10,000 EXP to next level
SR) Sprout of the Blade That Pierces All Lv.3 – 30,000 EXP to next level
SR) Heavenly Poison, Impenetrable Lv.1 – 10,000 EXP to next level
R) Beast’s Charisma Lv.10
R) Professional Instrumental Performance Lv.1 – 1,000 EXP to next level
R) Mana Manipulation Lv.1 – 1,000 EXP to next level
N) Horsemanship Lv.10
N) Cold Resistance Lv.10
L) Trick Breathing
EX) Will Do Anything to Survive

Mitchell Neftis
Title: Demon Race, Mana User
Status: Blessing of Ursh
Experience: 111,610
UR) Guided Freezing Magic Lv.9 – 900,000 EXP to next level
SR) Superhuman Lv.1 – 10,000 EXP to next level
R) Accuracy Lv.2 – 2,000 EXP to next level
R) Inspiration Lv.1 – 1,000 EXP to next level
R) Mana Manipulation Lv.1 – 1,000 EXP to next level
UR) Fusion

I’m losing my mind! I’m actually a demon race?! This isn’t a joke, is it?! Could you really become a demon race through acquired means?!
“Is it really possible to become a demon race through acquired means?”
Thinking the Department Head Professor would explain better than Gerth, I posed the question to him instead, and the man casually revealed the world’s secrets as if it were nothing.
“All those who use mana are collectively called the demon race. The Bruno Family, for instance, has been using mana to cast magic for generations.”
I’m absolutely losing it. From what the Department Head was saying, it seemed I wasn’t the only human who’d become a demon race.
“Wait….”
Now that I thought about it, there was something else strange.
Both Gerth and the Department Head Professor seemed to have come knowing I’d become a demon race today. Gerth had even brought the Mitasung Fruit specifically so I’d eat it and become a mana user, and he’d made some meaningful remarks last year after I ate the Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng, saying it would be coming soon.
“Gerth. I have a question.”
“Speak.”
“About those elixirs that boost skills dramatically. Does everyone who consumes them become a mana user?”
“Not necessarily all of them.”
“What about those who consumed the Ten-Thousand-Year Flame Lily or the Human-Faced Tree Root?”
“They absolutely do.”
What am I going to do? It looks like my friends and I are all going to become demon races together.
As I squeezed my face tight in distress, the Department Head Professor made a generous suggestion—that I had a senior in this field, and if I was curious, I could go meet them directly. But since I had a feeling I knew who that senior was, I decided to refuse.
“Evan. Your life has changed, so it’s worth meeting them.”
“I hate that guy.”
“Do you know whom Professor Ha is referring to?”
“It’s probably Zibenstein. I hate him.”
That lunatic who proposed a marriage contract on first meeting—I didn’t want to see him. I threw a tantrum, but the Department Head Professor just laughed and lifted me up with gravity magic, beginning to move. It seemed he was determined to see us talk, so I had no way to resist. Gerth was also following along cheerfully, saying there was nothing wrong with meeting a life senior.
Common Professor announced to Eugene that he was heading straight to the Zibenstein Townhouse and leaped onto the roof. I’d been to that place yesterday, and now I was going again today. I wished the Zibenstein Townhouse would collapse.
Common Professor told Eugene that he would go to the Zibenstein Townhouse as things were, then jumped up onto the roof. He had been to that house yesterday, and now he was going again today. He wished the Zibenstein Townhouse would collapse.

◇ ◆ ◇

“Oh my, oh my goodness, what a windfall is this!”
“Absolute Freezing!”
“Ahahaha, ahahaha! This is the first time I’ve seen someone awaken mana at such a young age!”
His words implied that people with awakened mana appeared fairly often at older ages than mine. I had plenty of questions, but the moment I saw Bruno’s face, I wanted to throw a punch—so I cast magic first instead.
This was my first time using magic by expending mana, and it felt exhilarating. The burden on my mental strength decreased, replaced instead by mana consumption. If I raised my Mana Control skill, would I eventually be able to cast magic using only mana?
“Wait, timeout!”
I’d been so scattered listening to the Professor that I hadn’t organized my status window yet. I called timeout to check the description of Absolute Freezing and raise my Mana Control skill. Gerth, who stood as if he were a referee here, asked me.
“Evan. What’s the timeout for?”
“A tactical timeout to organize my status window so I can kill Zibenstein effectively.”
“Understood. I’ll exchange greetings in the meantime.”
Gerth had apparently brought a gift on behalf of Professor Ha as well. He opened his bundle and handed over high-purity mana stones. Bruno Siebenstein showed courtesy he hadn’t even extended to the Third Princess, bowing repeatedly.
“My, what a long journey you’ve made, and yet you bring such gifts.”
“I’ve heard quite a bit about you from Professor Ha. Thank you for being friends with someone like that.”
“No, no, playing with Common Professor has been even more fun for me. I’ve also heard much about what the Serpent King says.”
“What have you heard?”
“That you’re the inspiration behind an incompetent uncle with terrible naming sense who ruined other people’s lives.”
I was checking the Absolute Freezing magic skill with my eyes on the status window, but their conversation was so fascinating that every word stuck in my ears.

Details: You can freely cast lower-tier elemental magic below Ultra Rare rarity using freezing. Limited to magic you’ve cast directly or witnessed.

So I can now use all the simple freezing, throwing, guiding, and leg-strike-like freezing I’ve done so far? And if it’s elemental magic I’ve witnessed, I could create ice walls like Reina does with flame magic, radiate it, or generate small crackling ice formations.
Wow, the applications for this are truly limitless. There’s a reason Ultra Rare is attached to it. If metal counts as an element, maybe I could learn something from the Dragon King too. I’m weak at making things delicately, but the Dragon King crafted pretty boxes smoothly from metal.
“My naming sense is not terrible.”
Gerth, who had been lost in thought, suddenly realized the implication was an insult and insisted his naming sense wasn’t terrible. Then Common Professor clenched his fist and protested. This was the first time I’d seen the Professor this upset.
“No. The old man’s naming sense is terrible.”
“But. Ilryong, Iyong, and Samryong are good names.”
“That was Gerth’s mistake.”
I chimed in while raising my Mana Control skill steadily. From the flow of conversation, it seemed Gerth had named Common Professor as Ilryong, Iyong, or Samryong, and this was so indefensible that it was entirely Gerth’s fault.
When I criticized Gerth, he widened his eyes in surprise and looked at me. From his expression, he seemed to be reconsidering whether he’d made a mistake.
The Professor finally seemed to realize the old man understood his error, and he patted me, showed affection, and praised me.

SR) Mana Control Lv.1 skill has been created.

SR) Mana Control Lv.1 skill has been created.

Title: Mana Expert has been granted.

The Mana Control skill appeared in both Evan’s window and Mitchell’s window, so I raised both, but what’s the difference? Is it the degree of mana control when using each skill that differs?

R) Accuracy skill has been mastered.

R) There is no higher-tier skill above Accuracy.

I tried raising Accuracy with my remaining points, but nothing changed. I wasn’t particularly disappointed. Through my experience with the Insight skill, I’d already learned that a lower-tier skill with a frozen count was far more useful than a non-functional higher-tier skill.
“Professor,”
“Why are you calling me, beautiful Evan?”
“If I’m so beautiful, would you help me punch that bastard Bruno just once?”
“Of course.”
Perfect. Today I’m definitely going to land a solid hit on that bastard.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————