-Seal-

[A change has been discovered in the host’s body. Requesting permission to remove it]

“Show it.”

[The foreign object is recognized to be a seal made by the contract partner. This seal is recognized to have the ability to restrict the attributes of the host.]

[Do you want to proceed with the rejection process?]

“No, allow the seal,” Kenshin mumbled under his breath so that Tar’el couldn’t hear it. As soon as he said that, suddenly a light flashed as a formless pressure weighed upon him. It was as if a mountain weighing upon him. at the same time, he felt his body, legs, hands becoming as heavy as lead.

[The following changes have been observed.]

ATK reduced to 400[86% of the total] DEF reduced to 300[86% of the total] AGI reduced to 200[86% of the total] MP reduced to 2000[86% of the total]

[WARNING]

[The reduced stats may put the host’s life in danger. Please exercise enough caution.]

“Wow, I feel weak already. This is the effect of this seal?” Kenshin mumbled and pulled out his system to observe. As shown in the notification, all his physical stats are reduced to the number mentioned.

“Done. But Kenshin, don’t you have a way too defensive body? I almost couldn’t put the seal you know!?” Tar’el floated to his eye level and complained. One thing Kenshin observed after her transformation was her changed voice. Now it no longer contained that baritone hint it had before. However, it was still far from the pleasant voice a woman should have. She continues to float around him and said, “you will probably get used to this seal in a few hours at most. After that, you should open the seal bit by bit so that you will get used to every grain of your strength. This way, not only you can use your 100%, with skills you can even give your 200% or more.”

“Yeah got it.” Kenshin nodded his head before looking at his three-digit stats which would be the real stat of a hunter of his level. In other words, he was more than ten times stronger than a hunter of his level. Looking at the three-digit stats, Kenshin couldn’t help but grimace. With these stats, if had challenged that god or even that grotesque monster that came after, he would have died without ever knowing how it happened.

Letting out a sigh, he exchanged a few words with her before retiring for the night. He was mentally tired earlier, now with the seal, he was getting physically tired as well. After reaching his home, he jumped to his bed and slept like a log.

The following morning, Kenshin woke up to discover that he had already gotten used to the stats he had at the moment. Therefore, using the key given by Tar’el, he unsealed a few of his attributes, bringing all of them to 400, forming asymmetry. After that, he took some time and adjusted to the reduced speed that he used to.

Meanwhile, Joy and Chiba arrived to spend time with him, which gave him an idea of how to get used to the stats. And thus, on the park close to their homes, Joy, and Kenshin stood opposite each other with a serious look on their faces. Chiba stood in the middle, acting as the referee. Behind her, Enna, Axel, and the little devil Ellie stood, wearing cute tracksuits each.

“Go! Go! Brother Kenshin, defeat that evil baldy!!” Ellie shouted while jumping up and down, pulling Axel with her.

“Defeat the pervert baldy,” Ena said with her monotone voice while cupping her palms before her mouth.

“You damn runts, who are calling evil and pervert?” Joy snapped with veins showing on his forehead. He was angry at these kids dissing her, which was the last thing he wanted in the morning.

Chiba smiled secretly before clearing her throat loudly to gain everyone’s attention. Her watery eyes shown with brilliance as she stared at Joy and Kenshin before asking, “Are the fighters ready?” She was also excited to see this fight. She always wondered how great a fight between Joy and Kenshin would be, despite knowing who the stronger one is, she still wanted to see them fight sometimes. Although was with them for a while, she was yet to see a true fight between level 100 hunters.

Every fight that these two fought until now, either would end too soon, or it would happen somewhere far for her to see.

Seeing Kenshin and Joy nodding, she raised her hand and shouted, “then, start!”

As soon as she said that, both the fighters vanished and reappeared in the middle with Kenshin aiming a high kick and Joy blocking it with his left hand. Normally, if Kenshin had his full stats, even if he didn’t have broken his hand, Joy would still have been thrown back.

Narrowing his eyes, Kenshin leaned down and used his hands as a pivot to aim another kick to his chin. Joy bent backward to avoid the high kick again, which made his body imbalanced. Seeing the opportunity, Kenshin rotated once and gave another kick to his abdomen.

The kick connected, throwing Joy back a few steps. However, he stabilized himself soon enough and swiped his legs at Kenshin who was still yet to regain his bearing. Having no other way left, Kenshin could only land on his ass and roll away. Not one to give opportunity, Joy followed behind with a stomp that nearly made a dent on the grassy ground.

Since it’s purely a physical spar without the use of skills, after a long bout of fifteen minutes, the fight ended with a draw in Joy’s favor. Throughout the fight, Joy was on the offensive while Kenshin could only go defensive. After all, he was still getting used to the stats. On the other hand, Joy’s natural defense was just too hard to break. His body was strong enough to shrug off most of his blows.

On the other hand, due to the presence of the kids, they had to avoid aiming for places like the nose, cheek, or other places that could draw blood.

“Hmph, if it’s not for brother trying to hold back, you would have a broken nose.” Ellie snorted as she made a face. After the draw Joy triggered her by smirking in her direction while pointing at Kenshin who was sitting and observing his stat growth.

“You are just a sore loser.” To Joy’s taunt, the little lady gnashed her teeth in anger, “brother didn’t lose. It’s a draw!”

“Hoho, is it?”

“Grr” Ellie snarled at him and then looked Kenshin, “Brother, make this baldy shut up. He is laughing at you.”

“He isn’t laughing at me, he is laughing at you.” How could Kenshin not know her intention? She wanted to incite him against Joy.

“Hmph!” having being caught, Ellie blushed and looked away with a humph before dragging Axel with her, “Come on Axel, we will run around the park. These adults are too cruel.”

Chiba and Joy couldn’t help but laugh out loud at this. After they were out of hearing range, Kenshin adopted a serious face and said, “Joy, Chiba, we should go to a level 10 dungeon today. I want to fight with my suppressed stats as much as possible.”

“Okay”

“Alright.”