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Frank woke up in the middle of the night on his bed, with Kamei sleeping soundly at his side. ​​

Deciding to check his progression through his stats, he glanced at his status.

[Name: Frank James

[Race: Undead Progenitor (Human), (???)

[Titles: World Traveler, Legendary Farmer, Merciless Murderer, Assassin, Undead Progenitor, Hades Successor, Necromancer, Dungeon Conqueror, Gray Wizard.

[Gender: Male.

[App Points: 2930

[Clan Contribution Points (Monk Clan of Tokyo): 1.200

[Coins (Terra): [Bronze Coins: 165], [Silver Coins: 36], [Gold Coins: 3]

[Mana Core Cultivation: Rank 2 (Initial Stage)

[World's Source Energy (Terra): 0440/1600

[Soul Cultivation: Soul Core Creation Realm.

[Job: Hades Necromancer.

[Job History: Farmer, Gray Magician.

[Level: 20/30

[Health Points: 340/340 (+164)

[Mana Points: 607/607 (+19)

[Strength: 216 (+50)

[Defense: 196 (+62)

[Magic: 612 (+40)

[Resistance: 398 (+92)

[Agility: 233 (+83)

"Oh damn, that's a good increase in my stats… My Magic finally reached 600 alongside my Mana… If I recall correctly, Gwendolyn's stats were around 500 in Magic and 400 in Mana, with a few more numbers of difference. But that is because she had been a Rank 2 Magus for years, and had improved her foundation through all of this time… I guess it could be said that I am stronger than her magically as well. Although Matsuo was in a completely different Level, I think his Magic stat might have been over one thousand if not more… Although I couldn't see his stats, so all of that is just conjecture. Perhaps he's even more of a monster… And Wasp… That bastard must be even more ridiculous," sighed Frank.

By comparing himself with others, Frank realized how weak he still was, and how much he needed to aim to grow stronger.

Although he might be comparable to Gwendolyn and had surpassed her a bit, he still remembers when he saw Vheslia's stats.

Although her HP, Strength, and Defense were very low, she had around 700 Mana, and over 700 Magic and Resistance, with around 200 Speed, making her a ridiculously strong Magus, as she is nearing Rank 3.

Based on her stats, Frank could expect those at Rank 3 to have even higher magical potential…

Or perhaps it was Vheslia who was so talented?

Or maybe because she had lived so long trying to make her magic stronger, that her stats were naturally higher?

There were a lot of variables about stats, so Frank could not get a clear idea of his future enemies in detail other than "they would be very strong".

This thought just made him worry more, and made him regret having come back to sleep if he could be grinding for more EXP and power.

But then he realized that he might be obsessing with things way too much, he was already training arduously every single day, a little break would not really hurt his progress, and he might thank such a decision in the future.

"I will just get to it eventually… At least I made Yurei, and there is Zero, Nezhit, Ruby, Zhulong, and Ginseng outside looking up for anything suspicious and watching over, I should just… sleep for now…" sighed Frank, getting to finally sleep.

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The next day finally came, as Frank and Kamei woke up and went to have breakfast with the rest of the family, Amelia and Okita greeted them as well, as they often rest inside of Frank's Shadow,

"Good morning, Frank, Kamei. Gwendolyn-san prepared a nice meal for you two, so you better thank her when you eat it everything, you hear me?" said Amelia rather gently, whispering around her children's ears.

"We always say thanks, mother," said Frank with a mild smile.

"Geh… I think I've forgotten…" said Kamei.

"Kamei… I didn't teach… you… to be so… unpolite…!" said Okita.

"Okay sorry… I will make sure to thank you for every meal…" apologized Kamei.

"That's… my… girl," said Okita.

Okita and Amelia had been recovering quite steadily by Frank's constant supply of Mana, they took most of the previous day resting inside of his soul, which was capable of harboring and healing other souls through Frank's Dead Spirit Nest Spell, although the limit of how many he could get inside was quite little for now until he could get more used to it.

Their minds were getting more clearer and could now hold actual conversations with their children, sometimes even joining conversations with Gwendolyn and the others, although Vheslia has not seen them yet.

As the family went downstairs to join breakfast, they spotted Vheslia who had a very grimacing expression on her face.

"Uuuggeh…" she cried.

"Good morning everyone… What's with Vheslia-san?" wondered Frank.

"Ah, good morning Frank… And about Vheslia… She has a hangover," sighed Gwendolyn.

"My head… Give me some herbs…" cried Vheslia.

"I've never tried it on hangovers, but it might work…" thought Frank, as he approached Vheslia's head and used Gift of Life on her.

Flash!

A golden glow flew towards her head, as she slowly felt her head clearer and the sharp migraines disappearing.

"Hm? Ah! Eh? You did this, Frank-kun?! What a wonderful Skill that's it!!!" said Vheslia, as she stretched her head and noticed that Frank has healed her hangover somehow.

"It's nothing, really. I was actually experimenting with you," said Frank.

"Eh? That makes it sound so weird despite having been such a nice gesture!" said Vheslia.

"I see that Vheslia-san is as energetic as yesterday," chuckled Kamei.

"Anyways, Gwendolyn, where's the eggs? You know I like to eat ten eggs at breakfast!" said Vheslia.

"You better pay for them in the dungeon, you hear me?" said Gwendolyn rather annoyed, as she finally served breakfast for everyone and the whole family enjoyed them.

Frank used this opportunity to share what he did yesterday, surprising literally everyone.

"Y-You made a Hunting Domain inside the Divine Realm of our GODS?!" asked Gwendolyn.

"Yeah, they were pretty okay with it, I managed to grind a bunch of EXP and got to Level 20. I changed Jobs to Hades Necromancer by the way," said Frank while sipping some tea.

"Amazing, nii-sama, you're so strong now!" said Kamei.

"It really does feels like he's exuding an absurd amount of Mana now… He might have finally surpassed me… Boy…" muttered Gwendolyn in both admiration and surprise.

"Hehe, he still has yet to reach my power level!" said Vheslia.

"I am surpassing you soon enough," said Frank quite boldly.

"Huh?! Not going to let you! I am going to level up like crazy! I will reach Level 10!" said Vheslia.

"Good luck with that," said Frank.

"Heh, don't get so cocky, you're my student!" said Vheslia.

"Oh right! We'll study magic today, right?" asked Cathyl while waving her tail.

"Oh yeah, I'm so excited… Making Spells is rather hard, maybe with Vheslia's teachings we will get to learn more about magic formula and the creation and formation of those things… magic circles, right?" asked Hilvera.

"That's right, Magic Circles is part of learning Spells! The better and more efficient the runes on it are, the better the spell will be. You have to reach a perfect balance between power and also inscription speed," said Vheslia.

"Uwah, that sounds like a pain… I don't think I am fitting to learn complicated spells…" said Asterion.

"Huh? You are learning, young man! You better master magic as if your life depends on it!" said Cathyl, she didn't want her son to lose such an opportunity over his laziness.

"O-Okay, mom, sorry!" said Asterion, he did not want to get on the bad side of the gentle and goofy Cathyl, who would often become a very strict mother.

"Hehe, maybe I could finally get to use something more than Fireball and Fire Whip…" said Annabelle.

"Hm… Well, talking about Spells, through the System, we also got Skills, and I farmed a bunch of Skill Books at Abraddon's Divine Realm, do you want to learn some?" asked Frank gently, as he opened his Inventory and revealed around ten Skill Books, they were of Skills he had already learned himself, so he considered it fine to teach it to others.

"Oooh, Skills! Right! I guess if you don't want to learn Magic, there are always Skills. Although the combination of both brings the best of both worlds, so you still should get to learn magic, Asterion-kun," said Vheslia.

"I-I see…" said Asterion.

"Blazin Claw? This Skill… It can cover my hands with claws of fire to attack with strong force and speed? Wow…" muttered Gwendolyn.

"Wait, is this Shadow Manipulation?! That's a very strong spell, and you can just learn it as a spell?!" asked Vheslia in surprise.

"Yeah, I already got that one," said Frank.

"Fire Breath… If I learn this I will be able to breathe fire? Umm, I don't think I would like to… do that," said Gwendolyn.

"Fiery Steps, it enhances by movement by covering my feet in the fire?! Isn't that dangerous though?!" asked Asterion.

"No, the fire will not affect you, I have tested it before," said Frank.

"Oh, then it sounds pretty good," said Asterion.

"There are also Gusts Skill Books I guess," said Hilvera, who already had Gust at a high level, it was one of her favorite Skills to use with her Knife Technique.

"Sonar Wave? What is this? What bats do?" asked Vheslia.

"That one can let you generate waves from your sound, which can travel far away and let you detect things. I reached level 10 on that Skill and it awakened into Telepathy for whatever reason," said Frank.

"Oh wow, I want this then!" said Vheslia, taking one for herself.

"We might grind more of these if I create a Hunting Domain somewhere else. Maybe in the Dungeon? If it worked inside the Divine Realm, there is no reason it cannot in a Dungeon…" said Frank while rubbing his chin, as the family picked the Skills they wanted.

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