2 hours and 20 grade one crystals later…..

[ 'Swift steps' has leveled up! ]

[ 'Swift steps' has reached lv.10! ]

[ 'Combat Analysis' has leveled up! ]

[ 'Combat Analysis' has reached lv.5! ]

"Krukk…."

The cries of the ogre patriarch grew quieter as the shiny tattoos covering its body has already faded, this meant that it needed at least 24 hours before it can use 'Blessing of Fire' again.

Although the ability itself deactivated half an hour ago, it took some time for the after-effects to kick in, which was already displayed by the current attacks of the ogre merely causing the surface it hit to crack, it was no longer as overpowered as to deliver 'crater creating' punches.

This was my signal to start my own attack, as I no longer needed to be afraid of receiving its deadly attacks and so I could focus more on bringing it down!

Swish!

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15 minutes later…..

[ You have absorbed the blood essence of a corrupted 'Ogre Patriarch', purification in progress….. ]

[ You have received 960,999 EP! ]

[ You have leveled up! ]

[ You have reached level 50! ]

Compared to how long I needed to evade till 'Blessing of Fire' deactivated, the actual battle with the weakened ogre patriarch was several times easier and faster as it only took me an eighth of the time taken to tire it down….

'Hah… finally'

Though I used elemental crystals to compensate for my overused stamina, it still couldn't measure to real rest. I collapsed to the floor before taking out a bottle of water and drinking it down in one gulp.

I wasn't in a hurry to leave this gate yet, as its eruption time was still a bit later and it was only in the middle of the day, so I could make use of this isolated place to take some rest before leaving for the camp directly.

Tomorrow was supposed to be the time that would be dispatched again, so I had to be there even though I already knew that our targets were all cleared by me!

I took out some of my last meat stock to eat and set some fire, to replenish my body nutrients as it was still more efficient than wasting crystals now that the battle was over…

Finally, I once again sat in cross-legged position, as I took out one of the freshly purified grade three turned two crystals as I planned to test its effects before collecting and purifying the rest of this gate's harvest.

[ An elemental crystal has been acquired, do you wish to absorb it? ]

Exactly 30 minutes later, I had already absorbed my dual elements from the crystal with the help of the system.

[ Your Dual-element has increased by 0.25! ]

[ Dual-element: 10.01 ]

[ Your Dual-element has surpassed 10 points! ]

[ Your Strength has surpassed 10 points! ]

[ Your Constitution has surpassed 10 points! ]

[ Your Agility has surpass…. ]

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[ All of your stats have surpassed 10 points! ]

[ 1st Requirement Satisfied! ]