“Kuwang…”

Boom!

A shadow wolf with a horn on its head fell to the ground. Even though it was similar to the other shadow wolves in size and temperament, it possessed the power of black lightning, giving me a hard time.

Level Up!

You have obtained 10 stat points!

Current level: 1, 1, 5

Current experience: 25%

“What the hell.”

I shook my head in disbelief as I observed the level-up message.

“Ah, what’s with the required experience? Isn’t this ridiculous?”

I had been running around the outskirts of Seoul for over 10 hours, slaughtering countless shadow wolves. But I had only reached level 5, which was absurd. I had killed hundreds of shadow wolves so far, which meant that the required experience to level-up was increased by more than 5 times every level.

You will need a lot more time to get to level 10.

“I’m basically a cheater, but it’s still this difficult. How did other people level up?”

For months, years, decades, or over their entire lifetime.

“Is that so?”

I nodded while sitting down on a nearby bench. I could see the statues of King Sejong and Yi Sunshin in the distance, and Gwanghwamun Gate beyond them. I had already arrived at my destination, but I could not enter right now. The situation was not very good.

Shii—

Steam was constantly rising from my body. My skin was dry and cracking, and my muscles were fully revealed. My current body did not even have 0.1% body fat. It was a pretty nice sight,...