CHAPTER 195: NEW FREAKING GAINS!

After settling in, Seraphine curled up against him in quiet contentment, her eyes occasionally drifting to the scoreboard to see who her Leon would face next.

Meanwhile, Leon was enjoying the peaceful embrace of her body. At the same time, he decided to check his status screen and the messages he had ignored earlier due to time constraints.

The first unread message that popped up in front of his eyes made him feel upset and dissatisfied.

Leon gritted his teeth as his pulse thumped behind his ears. His fingers twitched involuntarily, jaw clenched hard enough to creak.

What the actual hell is this! How the fuck did this even happen?

[Backlash Effect]

[Natural Affinity of all the Elements has regressed to Rank 5 from Rank 4 for a month]

Which meant from his Rank 7 affinity, he now had only Rank 6—for a whole month.

Leon couldn’t wrap his head around how this even happened. He never even had the chance to push his elemental affinity to the limit. Even then, he wasn’t sure if this would have occurred, since he wasn’t using some forbidden technique—just his natural control over elements.

He took a deep breath and decided to continue with the rest of the messages. He really hoped there wouldn’t be any more bad news. He was expecting rewards, not getting nerfed.

Leon would be furious if he saw any more disappointing messages. Only the knowledge that his Race had changed gave him the strength to look further.

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[New Title Earned: Anomaly (Divine)]

Seeing the rank of the title he had earned, Leon was thrilled, and he quickly decided to check the effect of the title.

[Effects: You exist outside all known systems.

You are no longer bound by the universal rules that govern Race, class, fate, or elemental compatibility. All restrictions related to standard cultivation paths, skill affinity limitations, bloodline compatibilities, or divine classifications are nullified when applied to you.

You were never meant to be here—yet you are. And the world will never be the same for it.]

Leon’s breath caught in his throat. Goosebumps spread across his arms despite the warmth of Seraphine’s embrace.

Seeing the effect, he didn’t quite comprehend the actual advantages of this title. However, just reading the info that said he existed outside all systems and that no restrictions would apply to him made him tremble.

He was already unrestricted in elemental affinity—or so he believed—and he knew how overpowered that alone was. So he was sure this title was far greater than he could ever imagine.

Only the future would tell how great this divine-ranked title actually was.

—

Now Leon felt much better as he continued to the next golden screen behind it.

Another title. A small smile appeared on his face. He loved titles. They didn’t need any mana to be used; they were like permanent buffs, and he could never get enough of them.

[New Title Earned: Myth Breaker (Mythical)]

Another higher-ranked title. Knowing the overpowered effect of the previous one, Leon had high expectations for this one too, so he quickly opened the detail window for the title.

[Effects: You do not defy legends—you rewrite them. You have shattered a myth once believed to be absolute. Beings of legend, divine prophecy, and ancient doctrine now see you as an unstable variable capable of undoing fate itself. You gain strength not by following myths, but by breaking them. Legacy Disruption: Whenever you defeat a being tied to prophecy, divine legacy, or a legendary title, you may absorb a fragmented version of their myth (ability, trait, or knowledge). Every age builds its gods. Every era writes its myths. And now—someone has come to tear them all down.]

Leon’s breathing halted after he read the effect of this title.

For a moment, the world felt utterly still. It felt less like reading a title and more like being chosen.

He had only one word for it.

Absolutely amazing.

He couldn’t fully understand the divine-ranked title.

Still, after reading the effect of this mythical one, just a rank below divine, it looked much more appealing because the ability was directly mentioned.

If I defeat someone legendary, I can directly absorb their ability, traits, and knowledge... this is just phenomenal!

Just this title alone felt worth all the suffering I had endured before. But he knew it wasn’t done yet—there was still something left.

Let’s see what my new Race gives me. I don’t feel much different, other than absurd physical strength and the feeling of divine energy ready to follow my will like a loyal dog. Unlike before, when it was trying to tear me apart.

Closing the current window with just a thought, the one he was most excited about appeared, since he was no longer human.

[Race transformed from Human (Common) → Divinordial (Could not be measured)]

Leon’s eyes shook. He didn’t dare say the name out loud. He had learned that just calling the names of some things could be dangerous.

But the rank of his new Race Could not be measured. He didn’t know what kind of Race this was, one that couldn’t even be measured.

Leon’s whole body trembled in excitement.

He couldn’t tell if he was shaking from power or fear—or both. Even the divine energy inside him seemed to hum in response, resonating with his thoughts.

He couldn’t keep his excitement in check and quickly opened the information focused on his Race.

——

[Race: Divinordial]

"They are the breath before existence, the word before thought. Forged from divine aether and the stone of creation, the Divinordials are the Race from which all laws flowed. Their words shape truth, their strength bends fate. To oppose them is to oppose reality itself."

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Just by reading the description of his new Race, Leon’s whole body trembled in excitement. The words seemed exaggerated, yet this was what he had become.

Seraphine, feeling the tremble in his body, adjusted herself more cutly on his lap, thinking he was too excited to be with her.

He moved on to the next thing, as his mind buzzed with excitement.

——

[Unique Traits]

# Leximancy – Law of the Spoken Word

Divinordials can speak short phrases that act as absolute commands over reality, bound only by their Willpower, Divine Core, and Causal Authority.

# Primordial Might

Their physical strength surpasses any mortal creature, capable of warping gravity with a punch or cracking dimensional rifts by walking unshackled.

Base physical strength is 10,000x higher than that of a peak human.

# Divine Energy Mastery

They control divine energy as easily as breathing. While mortals must convert mana into divine forms, Divinordials are born from it.

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Leon’s breath hitched. His tongue tingled—as if speaking the wrong word now might split the air itself.

The absurd, unique traits he had just read made him fully realize why that trial from before had been so unfair—it was almost a death sentence.

It all makes sense now... no wonder I almost died countless times.

Without even knowing what he was getting into, all in the hope of storing his divine energy, Leon had achieved something unbelievable.

Out of curiosity, he opened his whole status screen as he remembered how the numbers had turned into question marks even before he obtained his new Race. He wanted to see how it looked now.

But the very first thing he read made his eyes widen in shock.

A chill bloomed in his gut. The high from before shattered like glass.

How did this happen?