At present, whether it was the Traveler twins in their "Starfire's Flowing Light" state, or the many clones summoned through the "Genshin Descent" magic, the Genshin System provided Renjiro with detailed information about their levels and combat stats.
Broadly speaking, the strength of a Genshin level corresponded to the blessing levels granted by the gods in this world, in a ratio of roughly ten to one.
For example:
Genshin Lv.1–10 corresponded to a blessed adventurer at Lv.1.
Genshin Lv.11–20 corresponded to Lv.2.
And so on, until Lv.81–90 corresponded to Lv.9.
Of course, in reality, forget Lv.9, there wasn't a single Lv.8 adventurer in the entire world. Only two had ever reached Lv.7.
One was Ottar. The other lived outside Orario… and, for now, had no ties to Renjiro.
In Genshin's original design, each character's level cap could only be raised through repeated Ascensions. But now that the Genshin System had fused with this world's power structure, ascension no longer required "materials and mora that don't even exist here."
Instead, it was tied directly to Renjiro's own blessing level.
At this stage, newly registered as an adventurer with only Lv.1 Blessing, Renjiro could raise the Twins and his current Genshin clones up to Lv.20, a strength equivalent to the very peak of a Lv.2 adventurer.
And if you factored in weapons, artifacts, constellations, and talents, well, even "punching above your level" wasn't impossible.
Still, all of this was only in the realm of, A Promising Future.
"Leveling a Genshin from Lv.1 to Lv.2 takes a full 1,000 EXP."
"And from Lv.1 to Lv.20? … 120,175 EXP."
Renjiro (Aether) looked skyward in disbelief.
Beside him, Lumine added:
"I just checked. Killing a Kobold grants about 18 EXP."
"Since Paimon doesn't use EXP at all, the rest splits evenly between us. So we only get 6 EXP each."
She paused, then calculated aloud:
"To hit Lv.20 on just Kobolds, we'd need…"
120,175 ÷ 6 =
"Over twenty thousand kills…"
Renjiro (Aether) groaned, scratching his head.
This leveling speed wasn't much different from normal adventurers with good talent. Most people's blessing levels didn't rise easily. Some never reached Lv.2 their whole lives. Others stayed stuck for decades.
Those rare few who managed to level in just a year were treated as core assets by their familias.
Like the Sword Princess, who went from Lv.1 to Lv.2 in a single year, and still held the city's Fastest Level-Up Record.
By that standard, Renjiro's pace was already on par. He had no right to complain.
But Orario wasn't just numbers and levels. It was a city full of hidden currents.
Here, if you lack strength, then bluntly put, "Everything you say is wrong."
In a world ruled by supernatural power, the only truth might makes right.
If he followed only the "ordinary path," he could forget about catching up to that red-eyed rabbit boy.
Where others measured level-ups in years, Bell Cranel measured his in months, reaching Lv.5 in under a year. It was absurd.
Renjiro muttered under his breath:
"Why don't I get a cheat skill like Argonaut?"
Then he sighed.
"…Not that it would help. That thing needs emotions like 'pure admiration' to activate. And I'm not exactly the type with a simple heart."
Which only made his head ache more.
Because…
"When my Blessing finally hits Lv.2, the Genshin level cap jumps to Lv.40."
"And from Lv.20 to Lv.40? … Nearly 580,000 EXP."
Renjiro finally understood. There was no chance of a leisurely grind.
If he tried to level purely by farming common monsters, by the time he had an army of Lv.9 Genshin clones, the Promised Day would already be at his doorstep.
"If only I'd arrived a few years earlier… No, that wouldn't have worked either."
A few years ago, after the fall of the Zeus and Hera familias, the Dark Faction had run rampant. Back then, even the surface wasn't safe, people died regularly.
Seven years ago came the Seven Days of Death, an event that nearly destroyed Orario. Tens of thousands of adventurers perished. Countless civilians died or were maimed.
That's why you didn't see many veteran adventurers today. The old guard had sacrificed themselves to buy time for the next generation. They picked up their weapons one last time… and almost all fell.
That era was chaos. Nothing like the relative peace of now, where you could calmly explore the Dungeon.
One stray AoE, and you'd be gone.
The promising talents of that era were assassinated by the Dark Faction before they could even rise.
It was during those days that heroes were forged:
Finn Deimne, the Braver.
Riveria Ljos Alf, the Nine Hells.
Gareth Landrock, the Heavy Champion (Elgram)
Ottar, the Strongest.
Allen Fromel, the Goddess's Chariot (Vana Freya).
Each had ascended through that crucible.
Lv.6s became Lv.7s.
Lv.5s became Lv.6s.
And since then, for seven whole years, no one has broken through. Only their stats had grown, not their levels.
That was how rare a level-up truly was.
Even Ais Wallenstein, the Sword Princess herself, had been stuck at Lv.5 for years.
Above Lv.5, from Lv.6 onward, was called the Hero's Domain.
And reaching that wasn't a matter of mere recklessness. It required grand feats.
Like in the original timeline, when Ais reached Lv.6 only after single-handedly challenging a Deep Floor Juggernaut, a monster normally requiring an entire familia army.
That was the kind of "suicidal feat" it took.
Renjiro mused bitterly:
"If only resurrection wasn't locked behind a full constellation Qiqi and a full constellation Barbara… Otherwise, even Zhongli might've had to wait his turn."
Because just before dawn, during his very first gacha pull, he had set the weapon banner pathing for none other than the retired Archon himself, the so-called "Professional Caretaker of Deadweight Travelers," Zhongli.
The good news: his first pull was a five-star. No small pity required, his pathing was already locked in.
Meaning within three months, he could start living like a salted fish, chanting the sacred words:
"Lord Zhongli, pain pain, shield shield."
The bad news…
"But really? No healer, no shield, no cooking pot, no Statues of the Seven, and no lifesteal weapons, and you give me Xiao to start with?"
"So the Demon Conqueror gets demoted to the Great Apple Monkey, huh?"
"I'm hopeless with high-skill, one-HP playstyles."
"And he's Anemo, too…"
Renjiro grimaced.
He knew Xiao was strong, ridiculously strong. One of Liyue's famed "Triple Cs."
But his limitations were brutal. His burst literally burned his own HP.
At least Hu Tao had healing baked into her ultimate. Xiao was nothing but:
"DPS at the cost of your life."
Renjiro sighed again.
"Fine. For now, he can just sit in the back and soak EXP."
"It's not like we've got any real battles coming up."
"Once I get a healer or Zhongli, he'll shine sooner or later."
For now…
It was all just,
A Promising Future.
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