The moment he was sure of Metafel Rerdan's death, Lee Shin-Woo was swarmed by lines of text that he should be familiar with by now, but wasn't.

[You have defeated one of the twelve Generals, the Eater Metafel Rerdan! All heroes who contributed gain 50,000,000 Perium, and all stats are increased by 100. You have acquired 15 permits to the Goddess’s Secret Shop. Proficiency in all combat-related skills have increased significantly!]

[High Rank Combat Sense is now Lv3. Agility has increased by 20.]

[High Rank Fire Resistance is now Lv2. Magic has increased by 10.]

[Mana Acceleration is now Lv2. Magic has increased by 10.]

[High Rank Command is now Lv3. All stats have increased by 5.]

Killing one of the twelve generals meant removing a portion of the curse that covered the Empire. Not only was Metafel one of the generals, he had also reached level 8, and would’ve been a huge threat to the other heroes, so Lee Shin-Woo was given an unprecedented sum of rewards.

While the amount of stat points he had gotten were about the same, he'd been given at least 50% more Perium and permits than usual. From what he'd been told, permits to the Secret Shops were fragments of the goddess’s power, so he knew that the goddess had sacrificed much of her power to give him these, if nothing else.

[Through your fight against one of...