Chapter 67 Difficult to Level Up
Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya sat in the corridor, bathed in moonlight.
Caw caw caw!
A crow flew into the courtyard and slowly landed beside him.
Ubuyashiki Amane took the intelligence carried by the crow, read it carefully, and said, "The demon of Hisayama has been successfully dealt with."
"Mr. Aomura Kazuhiko's efficiency is truly astonishing!" Ubuyashiki Kagaya's face showed a gentle smile.
Ubuyashiki Amane hesitated for a moment, then said, "During the mission, Mr. Aomura Kazuhiko killed a human."
"Who was it?" Ubuyashiki Kagaya's expression remained unchanged.
Mrs. Amane briefly introduced Doihara, and then said, "The two members who initially accepted the investigation mission expressed their attitude in their reports, believing that the person deserved to die and supporting Mr. Aomura Kazuhiko's actions."
She read aloud what Mizunoya Yuuma and Takamoto Kei had written in their reports.
"Indeed, he deserved to die."
Ubuyashiki Kagaya nodded slightly.
He had long known that Mr. Aomura Kazuhiko's ideals were not entirely the same as the Demon Slayer Corps's.
The Demon Slayer Corps is solely dedicated to slaying demons and considers protecting humanity their duty. They rarely attack humans or interfere in human conflicts.
However, Mr. Aomura Kazuhiko is completely unfazed by evil deeds and doesn't hesitate to eliminate them personally.
In this matter,
he doesn't believe Mr. Aomura Kazuhiko did anything wrong, nor does he feel he has the right to reprimand him.
...
Mizunoya Yuuma and Takamoto Kei anxiously awaited the aftermath of "Doihara's death."
On one hand, they defended the "murderer" and thus bore some responsibility; on the other hand, they were worried about the reinforcements whose names they would never even know.
However, events unfolded completely beyond their expectations.
Days passed.
They were not held accountable, not punished, and no one even mentioned "Doihara's" death again.
The two gradually forgot about it, only bringing it up occasionally when they reunited.
...
Aoki wasn't surprised at all by Ubuyashiki Kagaya's decision.
In the days that followed, he traveled to various places, becoming a demon-slaying expert.
With information about the Demon Slayer Corps, his demon-hunting efficiency increased significantly.
However, his leveling speed wasn't optimistic.
Unfortunately, his previous guess came true.
After reaching level 13, the experience gain dropped sharply again.
[Killed one demon, gained 15 experience points.]
Aoki glanced at the system notification, sighed inwardly, and with a thought, a bright blue screen appeared in his field of vision.
[Name: Aoki]
[Strength: 19]
[Constitution: 18]
[Intelligence: 19]
[Agility: 19]
[Occupation: Hunter, White Walker, Martial Artist]
...
[White Walker]
Quality: ★★
Level: lv14 (87/1400)
Skills: Demon Blood IV, Spatial Travel, Transparent World, Devouring Demons II
Quest: The End of the Upper Moon (1/3)
Free Skill Points: 2
...
[Martial Artist]
Quality: ☆
Level: lv3 (11/300)
Skills: Martial Arts Heart, Battle Intuition, Body Control (Not yet learned), Unyielding Will (Not yet learned)
Three months have passed since he partnered with the Demon Slayer Corps and began hunting demons.
After three months of tireless effort, both the "White Walker" and the "Martial Artist" have leveled up by 1.
The "Martial Artist," after reaching level 3, finally gained 1 free attribute point, which Aoki added to Constitution.
The "White Walker," upon reaching level 14, gained 2 free attribute points, which he added to Strength and Intelligence respectively.
Over these three months, his "Devouring Demons" skill accumulation reached the required level, granting him 1 point of Agility and 1 free skill point.
Compared to three months ago, all his attributes increased by 1 point, elevating his strength to a new level.
He also accumulated 2 free skill points.
He anticipates being able to learn his next skill at level 15.
However,
"I'm still short by more than 1300 points."
Aoki stared at the system panel, speechless.
After reaching level 13, his experience points plummeted. He thought it was bad enough, but level 14 was a nightmare.
After level 14, a demon that could give double-digit experience was considered a lucky one, and many demons had even dropped to zero experience!
Objectively speaking, this was normal.
His current strength was comparable to Black Death Eyes.
Many demons couldn't even withstand a casual attack from him, so how could their experience points be high?
But subjectively, the decrease in experience gain was extremely distressing.
1300 experience points didn't seem like much, but at the current rate of experience gain, it was a despairing number.
Aoki quickly calculated in his mind.
Now, he could gain an average of about 20 experience points per demon he killed.
With the full support of the Demon Slayer Corps' intelligence, he could kill a demon about every 5 days.
Without considering rest, reaching level 15 would take about... more than 300 days.
After calculating this number, Aoki fell completely silent.
Level 1 would require a year of grinding!
Even if he calmed down and slowly grinded, reaching level 15 might not be a problem, but what about after that?
The number of demons is limited, and whether there are enough demons in the world for him to hunt is a question.
Even if there are, it would take an extremely long time.
Aoki took a breath: "There are two ways. First, focus on the Upper Moons. Second, speed up the hunting."
Gyutaro and Daki gave him 1500 experience points, and the other five would definitely provide even more.
Even if the experience points decrease as his level increases, it will still be very considerable.
The problem is, if the Upper Moons were so easy to find, he would have gone to find them already.
The Demon Slayer Corps' investigation of the "Eternal Paradise Cult" has yielded no results.
Finding the Upper Moons is purely a matter of luck.
The second option, speeding up the hunting, is to increase the hunting speed.
He spends most of his time traveling.
Even though he has long stamina and often uses "Spatial Travel" to travel regardless of the consumption, it still takes a lot of time on the road.
Is there a way to solve this?
There really is!
Aoki's gaze turned to the "White Walker" skill bar.
Level 2 "Spatial Travel" allows the creation of spatial imprints.
"Spatial Imprint Travel" ignores distance and consumes very little power.
Having this skill would make fast demon hunting possible.
However, learning Level 2 "Spatial Travel" requires 4 skill points.
He currently only has 2. He
might only have enough by level 15.
In other words, to learn Level 2 "Spatial Travel," he needs to reach level 15 first. In
any case, the experience required to reach level 15 will have to be slowly earned.
Aoki rubbed his lips: "I feel like I wasted my time learning 'Transparent World' first."
Back then, he was focused on increasing his combat power and never expected the experience gain to be reduced so drastically!
Thinking back, he even ruled out Level 2 "Spatial Travel," which doesn't directly increase combat power, as the first skill he considered.
Caw caw caw!
A crow's cawing overhead interrupted Aoki's thoughts.
"Another mission already?"
"Northwest!"
"Northwest, Mount Ootake, the Twelve Demon Moons!"
"Head there as soon as possible!"
"Head there as soon as possible!"
"The Twelve Demon Moons?" Aoki's spirits lifted.
Finally, a big fish has arrived!
He was just racking his brains trying to gather enough experience to level up to 15.
This quest couldn't have come at the perfect time.
"The Twelve Demon Moons, I wonder which one it is? Hopefully it's the Upper Moon!"
Aoki immediately embarked on his journey.
He couldn't let someone beat him to it.
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