Defiance of the Fall

The continuous changes in his body kept on going uncaring about Zac’s plight . Finally , his eyes rolled up into his head as he passed out into blissful darkness , and as he fainted his body slowly kept descending into the depths .

Chapter 64 - Taking Stock

With a scream Zac woke up from his head hitting a sharp rock formation . Groggily he tried to orient himself and found that he was bobbing about in the azure water in a cave . Afraid that the burning pain would start again , he quickly scrambled up on a piece of dry land .

His body felt surprisingly good after all it had gone through . The mental scar from remembering the excruciating pain was far worse compared to anything his body was actually experiencing right now . Just thinking about it caused his hands to shake and almost made him cry . That had been too harrowing , far worse than risking his life in any of the fights or the pain from getting wounded .

It took some time for him to regather his wits before he finally looked at his surroundings . He was currently in a decently large cave that was 10 by 20 meters . Almost half of it was submerged in the azure water , and the other half was crammed full of subterranean plants . It made sense , as Zac had never encountered any tunnel or cave with a density of cosmic energy that could compare to where he was .

It was as though the boost from the crystal mines below had fused with the boost of the lake and created something even more intense in the enclosed space of the cavern . Zac was unsure of how he had gotten here . After snatching the fruits he had fled the purple cloud of death and jumped into the mysterious pond . After that everything had turned fuzzy , apart from the very real memory of the pain .

He could only guess that some stream brought him down into the depths of the mountain while the Fruit of Ascension kept him alive . Even though he felt generally restored , he wasn’t ready to set out , as there were many things he needed to check out after the cataclysmic final battle .

Name

Zachary Atwood

Level

36

Class

Hatchetman (F)

Race

Human (E)

Alignment

Human (Earth)

Titles

Born for Carnage , Ultimate Reaper , Luck of the Draw , Giantsbane , Disciple of David , Overpowered , Slayer of Leviathans , Adventurer , Demon Slayer I , Full of Class , Rarified Being , Trailblazer , Child of Dao , The Big 500 , Planetary Aegis , One Against Many

Dao

Seed of Heaviness - Early

Strength

189

Dexterity

69

Endurance

130

Vitality

84

Intelligence

57

Wisdom

57

Luck

77

Free Points

3

Nexus Coins

746317

The first thing he noticed was that his strength now was at a full 189 points , having increased by 14 points since he last checked . He had actually broken past his limit of 175 points , and could only attribute it to the fact that he luckily evolved to an E-ranked Human according to his status page , whatever that meant . He did a quick check all over his body and was relieved to find there were no wings or other new appendages that suddenly grew on him . He even checked between his legs and was half disappointed and half relieved that no evolutions had taken place there as well .

He didn’t really feel any different , but he guessed that he would find out sooner or later what it meant to get a higher race class . He at least knew it helped him increase the limit of his attributes , which was one of his most important goals .

He had also gained two new titles , and he brought up the title menu to check it out .

One Against Many : Fight against 500 warriors of the same tier and survive . Endurance +10]

Planetary Aegis : First to stop an incursion in world . All stats +5 , All stats +5%]

The first one was not bad , a nifty reward for staying alive through those odds . He guessed that there were tiers to that title , and he’d have gotten a better one if he actually defeated them rather than fleeing after throwing out a bunch of poison .

The second was even better , and the fifth one he possessed that gave a percent boost to all stats . The title didn’t mention anything about solo kill like some of his other titles and he wondered if it was because he actually wasn’t the one who killed the general .

He couldn’t be bothered about that mysterious demon right now , even if he could speak human language and seemingly had helped him . Zac was sure the demon survived from how he had acted before disappearing . Since there only were so many places to go on the island Zac figured he’d find him sooner or later and get his answers then .

After having checked the title he closed the panel and did some mental calculations . He realized that he actually had missed out on another 3 points of Strength when he turned level 36 . He still received the stats from the new title though , which confused him a bit , as he should have received the title before he evolved and broke his attribute cap .