Chapter 88: Unknowingly Meeting the Requirements

Ethan returned to his dormitory and went straight to his room.

After closing the door, he walked over to his bed and fell onto it. He was too tired to do anything else. It had been a long day, and the incident inside the Bat Cave had taken more out of him than he wanted to admit.

He lay there for a while before remembering something.

His level had increased again.

Ethan opened his status panel to check his current condition.

[Panel]

Name: Ethan

Race: Human

Level: 21 (7%)

HP: 3,000/3,000

Mana: 2,000/2,000

Profession: Legion Summoner (EX)

Innate Talent: One Mind, One Legion

Title: Hell Slayer

Attributes

Strength: 2,145

Agility: 2,146

Constitution: 2,145

Spirit: 4,697

Unassigned Attribute Points: 0

Profession

[Profession: Legion Summoner (EX)]

[Description: A profession that commands countless legion types. Unlock new legions as your level increases. Every legion possesses unique soldiers and its own growth path, while granting you an exclusive Divine Legion Skill.]

[Skill: Legion Formation]

[Description: Create a summoning formation to recruit legion members, deploy them from the Legion Space, or recall them at your command.]

[Innate Talent: One Mind, One Legion (Divine)]

[Description: Every member of your legion is connected as one. You can perceive through their senses, always know their location and status, and all beneficial effects gained by you are shared with your legion.]

[Legion Capacity: 40,600]

[Third Order Legion Capacity Growth: +5,000 per level]

Ethan scrolled down to check his two legions.

First Legion: Shadow Wraith Legion (Soldiers)

[Growth Path: None yet]

[Enhanced Shadow Body: Shadow Wraiths can hide and move through shadows. Their bodies can merge with shadows, making them difficult to detect.]

Legion Skills

[Spectral Claw: Forms sharp spectral claws that can directly damage the target’s life force (HP).]

[Phantom Chains: Creates spectral chains that can bind targets and restrict their movements.]

[Divine Skill: Shadow Veil]

[Description: As long as at least one Shadow Wraith remains hidden within a shadow, Ethan’s presence, location, aura, and traces cannot be detected by perception abilities.]

Second Legion: Solar Elemental Legion (Soldiers)

[Solar Body: The body is formed from solar energy and can withstand extreme heat. Solar Elementals are immune to fire and heat.]

Legion Skills

[Solar Ray: Condenses the energy within the Solar Elemental and releases it as a concentrated beam of solar energy.]

[Solar Flare: Converts the body into solar energy for a short period, greatly increasing movement speed.]

[Divine Skill: Divine Flame]

[Mana Cost: 1,000]

[Description: Creates a divine flame that burns everything it touches. The flame cannot be extinguished by ordinary means and will continue burning until its target is destroyed or it is dismissed.]

Just as Ethan was about to close the panel, another notification caught his attention.

[Third Legion Summoning Requirements Met!]

[Required Legion Capacity: 30,000 — Completed]

[Required Order: Third Order — Completed]

[Required Spirit: 4,000 or higher — Completed]

[You have met all requirements to summon your third legion.]

Ethan stared at the notification for a moment before checking it again.

He could summon his third legion already?

He hadn’t even been thinking about it. He had focused on increasing his strength and expanding his existing armies, and somehow, he had met all three requirements without realizing it.

His Legion Capacity was now 40,600, he had entered the third order, and his Spirit had reached 4,697. All three conditions had been fulfilled.

Ethan couldn’t help smiling. He had been planning to summon another legion soon, but he hadn’t expected to meet the requirements so quickly.

Still, he was exhausted. There was no need to rush it tonight. He would summon his third legion after waking up and take his time checking its abilities.

He closed the notification and returned to his status panel.

Before participating in the Swarm Challenge, he had been Level 15. Since then, he had participated in all five dungeons of the Swarm Dungeon Challenge, and each one had practically pushed him up another level. The extra 5,000 EXP he received for disrupting the Blood Monarch’s plans had been enough to push him to Level 21.

His progress had been faster than he expected.

Ethan checked his Legion Capacity again. It had increased to 40,600, which made sense now that he had entered the third order.

During the first order, his Legion Capacity doubled with every level. It had started at 50 at Level 1, then increased to 100 at Level 2, 200 at Level 3, and continued growing that way until it reached 25,600 at Level 10.

The growth changed during the second order. Instead of doubling, he gained another 1,000 capacity with every level. By Level 20, his Legion Capacity had reached 35,600.

Now that he had entered the third order, the increase had become even greater. He gained 5,000 additional capacity with every level, bringing his current total to 40,600 at Level 21.

Ethan was pleased with the change. His profession depended on building legions, so having more capacity meant he could command more soldiers as his power increased. With the third legion now available, the extra capacity would come in handy.

He also noticed that his mana capacity had increased to 2,000. Before reaching the third order, his maximum mana had been 500. After advancing to the third order, it had doubled to 1,000. Then the reward he received for disrupting the Blood Monarch’s plans had doubled it again.

Ethan was quite satisfied with the result. Divine Flame required 1,000 mana to activate, but he suspected that pouring more mana into it might increase its power. Now that his mana capacity had doubled, he couldn’t wait to test this idea and see just how strong the divine skill could become.

He looked at his attributes again. As usual, he had put all his free attribute points into Spirit. The Tear of Spirit had also helped him gain more points over time, giving him one additional Spirit every twenty minutes during the second order.

That had changed now that he had reached the third order.

The Tear of Spirit only gave him one Spirit every thirty minutes.

Ethan sighed. The difference might not seem like much, but it would add up over time. He had already noticed how slowly his Spirit was increasing, and things would only get worse as he continued to level up.

"I really need to get another Tear of Spirit," he muttered.

Luckily, he wouldn’t have to wait too long. Ethan closed his panel and settled into bed. The secret realm was less than two weeks away, and he hoped to find another Tear of Spirit there.

With that thought in mind, he closed his eyes and went to sleep.