I looked at the giant monkey's status and was shocked. All of his skills were still corrupted, but his stats were higher than mine! All of my stats are at 15,000, but that isn't enough!
Anogratch (Anomaly) LV8
Stats
HP: 17,598
MP: 14,045
SP: 16,001 / 16,409
Offense: 17,489
Defense: 16,459
Magic: 14,445
Resistance: 16,599
Speed: 12,498
The only stat that is higher than his is my speed! If this guy hits me, I'll die or be seriously injured. I have above-average regeneration because of the "Ultimate Life" skill, but it won't be enough to help me if I get hit directly.
'But if I think about it, I still haven't reached my limit. I can edit my stats up to 20,000 now that the Editing skill reached level 4.' However, whenever I edit my stats to their limit, my SP drains much faster.
I get tired quickly.
'For now, let's deal with this.'
I looked at the twenty small monkeys that were left. All of them had stats above 4,000 because they had turned into anomalies. A strange berserker state. If I killed them, I would probably gain enough EXP to level up a few times.
In other words, I can take advantage of them to recover my SP, just like what happened during my first battle against the Finjicotes.
I only managed to kill them because I leveled up several times during the battle.
'Alright.'
I ran away and hid against the wall. After thinking for a moment, I edited all my stats (except magic) to 20,000.
After that, I decided to attack.
I began releasing my web while jumping from side to side, spreading it everywhere—from one wall to another. The monkey couldn't keep up with my speed. It started beating its chest like a gorilla, losing its patience.
I smiled after covering the entire area with my special spider web.
The monkeys began destroying my webs, but they stuck to their bodies and their stats started to decrease.
They didn't notice that the webs were draining their energy, so they didn't even bother removing them from their bodies.
'That's right, idiots. Keep doing that.'
The same thing happened to the giant monkey. My webs were wrapped around its legs and arms.
However, it didn't care and was paying attention only to me.
'Idiot.' I mocked him and smiled.
As if realizing that I was mocking him, the giant monkey ran toward the wall and slammed into it, creating several cracks. The wall started collapsing and I quickly escaped.
I noticed that my SP was being drained quickly, so I decided to launch my attack.
I ran toward the ground. I dashed between the monkeys, who couldn't follow my movements, and cut off both legs of the giant monkey in a single motion. They were deep cuts that, this time, did not regenerate.
'Fortunately, he won't keep regenerating.' I felt enormous relief.
They say fighting an enemy with regeneration is extremely unpleasant.
After his legs were cut off, the monkey still tried to rush toward me, but I escaped again. This time, while fleeing, I ripped the heads off several smaller monkeys with my blade-like legs.
It was so easy that I even laughed.
'I didn't level up even after killing three of them. Now there are seventeen left.'
Still on the wall, several meters high, I looked down with a smile and then jumped, throwing myself toward the gorilla.
'Come on, try to catch me!'
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I flew through the air toward the gorilla while using my Appraisal skill on him. His stats had dropped significantly, and my "Abyss Thread" skill had leveled up, increasing its effect even more.
Anogratch (Anomaly) LV8
Stats
HP: 10,598
MP: 12,045
SP: 11,411 / 14,109
Offense: 15,489
Defense: 14,259
Magic: 12,288
Resistance: 14,492
Speed: 9,198
The most drastic change was his speed, which was now far lower than mine, which was at 20,000.
He tried to hit me, but his attack looked like it was moving in slow motion. His hand moved toward me, trying to strike me, but the "Space Step" skill saved me once again.
I teleported forward, landing on his face.
He opened his mouth to try to bite me, but I used the skill again and teleported behind his head. Then I used my legs to try to pierce his skull.
But when I did, I couldn't pierce his head.
'Your skull is hard as hell!' I shouted mentally while the gorilla brought his hands to his head.
I easily avoided his hands and moved to his back, using my legs to cut deeply into it.
A monster like this without skills is nothing.
Cuts appeared all over his body as I moved across it, jumping from place to place.
During this process, I killed three more smaller monkeys, enough to reach level 3 and recover all my SP, which was now at 2,400.
I smiled with satisfaction and continued cutting all over the gorilla's body, which was starting to succumb to its injuries.
My "System Corruption" skill is truly terrifying.
He can't do anything against me except use his raw physical strength.
This gorilla was full of magical and offensive skills before I corrupted them.
In fact, he had the Intimidation skill at level 9. If he had used it, I would definitely have felt fear when I first encountered him.
I moved away and watched the gorilla panting while staring at me with bloodlust in his eyes.
That look reminded me of the look my mother had before she killed me.
A look of pure hatred and contempt.
'If I had a second chance, what would I have done back then? Would I have taken the weapon from her hand? Would I have killed her?'
Even after everything that happened, I still can't imagine myself killing my mother.
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