Alchemist In The Apocalypse: Rise Of A Legend!

Rank up?

[Ace POV],

According to the notifications that appeared when I reached full level and couldn't level up until I got a job, if I use the primordial records I've acquired to level up and have accumulated, I can improve my body's physique to one that is close to a rank 1 specie.

In other words, I'll make something similar to false rank 1.

Obviously, this has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that I won't have to wait until I get a job to have some of a Rank 1 specie's prowess, but the disadvantage is that, aside from requiring more primordial records to level up after evolving, I'll still be inferior to a rank 1 specie because I'm a false rank 1 specie borrowing some of their powers.

I also suspect that once you get a job, the primordial records required to level up will be enormous. The primordial records needed for an unranked species to level up will almost certainly not be compared to those needed for a ranked species to level up. If I use this method, it will only add to the already massive primordial records I need to level up.

There's also the part where I'm aiming for a unique position. Only Heaven knows if this will add to the difficulty of leveling up if I get the job.

If I wait patiently to acquire a job and evolve, I will be able to use my accumulated level-ups to level up twice. This is also a viable option, but given that I need to kill rank 1 monsters, not one, not two, but several as an unranked specie, this path was ruled out from the start.

Because of the level and rank difference between me and the Goblin lord before it was killed, I was able to acquire enough primordial records to level up after level 25.

And it was pure chance that we killed the Goblin Lord. It does not imply that it will occur again. In fact, it is less likely to occur.

As I thought about these things, I kept wondering which method would be most beneficial to me at this point. To improve my physique or not, and waste primordial records that will make future leveling up more difficult, or to wait patiently and not level up, and see if I can use tricks to complete my job quest.

I deliberated for a while before deciding which option would be best for me.

I decided to level up.

Though it may or may not cause me problems in the future, improving my physique to rank one is currently the most beneficial to me.

As I was thinking about this, I called out the status in my head and was about to level up when I came to a halt and realized I was still in the midst of people. I'm not sure if leveling up now will cause a commotion or a scene, but I don't think it's a good idea to level up here.

With this in mind, I left the master bedroom in search of a quiet place to level up.

Before doing so, I double-checked in and out of the building for any hidden dangers because it would be unfortunate if something happened or attacked while I was unaware.

I decided to level up in the sitting room after a few minutes of checking in and out of the building for dangers and hidden dangers.

In this position, I will still be able to react if anything happens both within and outside the building.

With this in mind, I called out the primordial chronicle again and chose to level up.

As soon as this decision was made and the primordial chronicle confirmed it, I started to question if I should have waited to prepare myself before choosing to level up.

There was no pain or anything like that, but there was this intense feeling of suffocation that was extremely uncomfortable and I could hear my own heartbeat ringing in my ear.

Though there was no way to test it, I could feel my body's strength and mana levels rising rapidly.

This went on for a few minutes before the suffocation sensation faded slowly and ended after a while.

Repositioning myself on the sofa in the living room, I clenched my fist as I became acquainted with the sudden strength gain.

'So this is what being in Rank 1 feels like, even if it's a fake one?' I thought as I couldn't even compare the strength I felt now to the one I had a few minutes ago.

Thinking of this, I called out the primordial chronicle and checked my status.

.....

[Status],

[Name: Ace Blaze [Yet to evolve]],

[Age: 17],

[Race: Human [Homo sapiens]],

[Level: 25[25][+]],

[Job: [Alchemist lord[23.25%]],

[Store],

[Title: None],

....

My status had not changed significantly, but when I saw the section for my level, I had only one thought.

'I feel duped.'

Isn't it supposed to be level 26?

Hmm, now that I think about it, it's quite normal because if I went the normal route, I'd only have a rank one strength after I get a job and evolve. This does not necessitate me leveling up since I would naturally evolve to rank 1 after acquiring a job, but because I did not take this route, I believe the primordial records I acquired for a level up were required for me to have a physique similar to a rank 1 specie, resulting in something akin to a partial evolution to rank 1.

Since I can't change it, I'll just go with the flow.

When I considered this, I decided to level up once more.

Unlike when I 'ranked up,' the sensation I got from leveling up was the same as before, with the exception that the improvement it brought to my body was exaggerated for the current me.

At level 5, I had the strength of five people. At level 15, I had the strength of 15 people. At level 25, I had the strength of 25 people.

At this level, the strength I was capable of generating appeared inhuman.

Though in theory, I was 25 times stronger than the average human, the total strength the body can reveal will not be 100% due to the force produced when the strength of the body is outputted, but that is not the point.

The point is that even with the force produced, my strength level could still destroy a large building.

It may appear tasteless, but how much strength is required to demolish a large building in the first place?

In terms of tons and building level, the strength required to destroy a wall level is 15 Kilojoules or 0.004 Tons.

For a room level is 0.005 - 0.24 Tons. A building level is 0.25 - 1.9 Tons.

This was the level of building I could destroy with relative ease at level 25 with some effort.

I was even at the city block level, which was 11 - 99 Tons.

This amount of strength for a human body is insane, but after gaining a physique similar to a rank 1 specie, I truly realized that we were only able to kill the Goblin lord by chance.

The tons of force that even the weakest rank 1 has is approaching the end of the city block level[70 - 99 Tons].

This means that at later levels of Rank 1, a rank 1 specie's force of tons will be a multi-city block level, which is 100 - 999 Tons.

That's strong.

This stage is still a long way off for me, and the 'tons' here were a calculation of strength I made to represent unranked and ranked creatures based on my knowledge and the ones I read in forums where people discuss what would happen if humans had this level of strength.

Nobody could have predicted that it would actually happen.

I really want to put my strength to the test right now, but it would be foolish to do so here, and leaving the building is not an option, so I guess I'll have to wait until the morning.

As I considered this, I began to circulate mana in my body to keep myself busy.

It would be nice if I had good mana control.

As I thought of this, I remembered the Basic Mana Circulation technique I wanted to exchange for in the store, which cost 15 gold coins.

'Perhaps when I have enough coins, I should buy it,' I reasoned as I returned my attention to circulating the mana in my body.

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Author Note: When I read the former chapters, I realized I needed to work more on the strength level of the characters and the novel so here we are.

I would also love to hear your thoughts on this and how this was executed.

Thanks for reading!

[Please comment and tell me your current opinion of this chapter the ones leading to it],