BIOLOGICAL SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEM-Chapter 1233 : The Clearing of Beasts (2)

Erik crouched behind a tree trunk, watching the herd of Kraevyx graze while thinking about the situation.

Before engaging with the creatures, Erik needed to be certain he could handle them.

<System, show me my status.>

—[Erik's Status]—

[Host Information]

NAME: Erik Romano

AGE: 22

POWER LEVEL: 1,648

SYSTEM LEVEL: 464

EXPERIENCE: 5,244,251,007 89,387,484,151

DNA POINTS: 17,856,500,412.35

HEALTH: 51,010 / 51,010

MANA: 50,940 / 50,940

{Attributes}

STRENGTH: 622

INTELLIGENCE: 554

DEXTERITY: 602

ENERGY: 1697

Available attribute points: 560

{Powers}

[Biological Supercomputer Powers]

Brain Crystal Manipulation

Brain Crystal Power Extraction

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Brain Crystal power merging

Brain Crystal Power Analysis

Brain Crystal Power Editing

Brain Crystal Power Strengthening

Brain Crystal Power Sharing

DNA Manipulation

-DNA Extraction

-DNA Merging

-DNA Analysis

-DNA Editing

-DNA Strengthening

-DNA Sharing

Analysis

Brain Information Injector

Device Manipulation

[Host's Powers]

Chimaeric Demon: Aα3X-RANKED

Instability: Aθ3B-RANKED

Phantom Veil: Aε3A-RANKED

Beastwalker: Aθ1B-RANKED

Telekinesis: Aο2A-RANKED

Will of the Hydra: Aο2X-RANKED

Verdant Architect: Aο2X-RANKED

Rejuvenating Touch: Aο2A-RANKED

Elemental Lord: Aο2X-RANKED

Absolute Wall: Aσ1A-RANKED

(This power allows the user to create barriers whose durability scales with mana input. The mana amplification effect makes these barriers far more powerful than other defensive abilities. While highly durable, the barriers can be destroyed by mana-based attacks. The user can create barriers of different sizes based on mana investment, though the power consumes significant mana reserves.)

Absolute Castle: Aσ1X-RANKED

(This power generates adaptive armor that reacts to threats and creates force fields with similar dynamics. Its defensive capabilities surpass comparable powers while consuming the same amount of mana. The armor enhances the user's physical abilities, and its defensive power exceeds that of a Barrier Master.)

Essence Flow: Aσ1A-RANKED

(It increases the regeneration of mana and stamina. The more mana is used, the more the regeneration increases. This power cannot be used on the caster.)

{Skills}

Kyokar hand-to-hand style (MASTER)

Etrium's sword style (ADVANCED)

Crypt of the Desert Style (MASTER)

Alchemy (Intermediate)

Architecture (Beginner)

Thaid Expertise Proficiency (Advanced)

Flora Expertise (Master)

Tactical Expertise (Advanced)

Management Proficiency (Intermediate)

Stealth Proficiency (Intermediate)

—[END]—

Erik observed his status carefully. His strength still hovered around 600 points—high for humans, but not that big here on Mur, where the equivalent of an Erendu had 545 strength points.

However, his recent battles and escapes gave him so many level-ups that not only did Erik get a lot of energy points, which were 1697, but he still had 560 attribute points to allocate.

Erik didn't use them yet for many reasons. The first was that he had been knocked out for three days, meaning he couldn't even use them if he wanted. The second was that since he didn't know how the situation on the monster-filled continent was going to be, he wanted to keep the points at the ready.

Yet before leaving, Erik kept just a few attribute points. They would have never been enough to stop the three-headed void ravagers, especially considering most of them came from the level-ups he got when he killed the creatures.

Besides, Erik didn't really know what to do with them. The most logical and best thing to do would have been to use them on energy so that he would have more mana, and his attacks would have been stronger. But at the same time, putting them into strength would have made him fast and physically overpowering enough so that even the high-leveled thaids would have problems killing him.

As for all the other ones, he would have just needed to conjure a mana sword, and with his speed, he would have been able to kill almost everything.

Of course, there might have been monsters much stronger than the level he would have reached if he put all his points into strength, and he didn't even know how strong the strongest monster on the continent was.

The problem was that strength alone wouldn't solve everything. Energy, on the other hand, would enhance not just one aspect of his overall might but all of them, since it would power up all his brain crystal powers.

<Yet maybe if I put the points I had in something, we wouldn't have been in this situation.>

[Don't be too harsh with yourself,] the system said. [Even if you had those attribute points invested into energy, you would not have been enough to destroy alone the flock of three-headed void ravagers. That was simply impossible. The same can be said for strength. They would have just drained you until you would have been useless, like all the clones.]

<Thanks for the consolation, but I still think I should have used them sooner. Even if a bit, the situation might have been different. I might have reached Mur with more clones…>

Erik sighed. In the end, Erik still thought that, while the points might have helped, he still did the right thing in waiting to use them, especially considering that now he got so many points that he could bring his brain crystal to the next level.

<Anyway, I would be able to partially fix the problem if I get along with a power that increases my strength.>

Erik faced a crucial decision. This choice would affect not just his immediate battle with the Kraevyx but all his future challenges on Mur.

The creatures had around 545 strength points each. It was not insurmountable, but enough to make close combat dangerous, and there were a lot of these creatures in the clearing.

However, Erik saw the creatures for what they were, an estimation of the strongest creatures' powers. They were his benchmark, and while there were creatures with less power than them, he couldn't know what was the exception and what wasn't.

Besides, now the Three-headed void ravagers weren't here anymore, so Erik had to choose. Should he pump his attribute points into strength, widening that gap not only with the Kraevyx but with basically most of the creatures on Mur, and reach the same strength of the Leviathan Serpent? Or should he pump energy?

[The first has more demerits than merits,] the system said.

[While investing in strength would significantly boost your speed—allowing you to dodge incoming attacks more effectively and throw off monsters that try to grab you—and would increase your raw physical power for melee combat, this choice would mean missing out on the utility that comes with stronger brain crystal powers. Your powers would remain at their current level instead of becoming more powerful.]

Higher energy meant more mana, which made his attacks more powerful. In a scenario where Erik had only 30 minutes' worth of mana to defeat an opponent, his enhanced attacks would pack a much greater punch within that same time window.

[There's another advantage to investing in energy,] the system said. [It enhances your ability to penetrate enemy defenses. While increased strength would improve your mobility and evasion capabilities, higher energy levels allow your attacks to break through virtually any defensive measure—whether it's natural armor, protective equipment, or even defenses generated by brain crystal powers.]

Erik's healing powers would get better; his barriers would be able to sustain much more damage.

<I know this,> Erik said. <I always pump energy, instead of raising strength or other statistics, but the problem is the situation here on Mur. While I would get long-term benefits if I increase energy, I would get short-term ones that would bust my survivability here on Mur, if I raise strength.>

The Kraevyx before him had less than a 100-point strength difference from him. So, not only did he not have an overwhelming advantage, but the thaids were also many.

<It's a tough decision,> Erik said.

[It really isn't.]

<Easy for you to talk; boosting energy would make you stronger too.>

[Making me stronger means nothing if you die, but anyway, I told you what I think the optimal path is. Energy is still the way to go. ] the system said.

[Moreover, neural links naturally enhance your physical attributes over time. While more training could have increased your strength, you didn't have the same time as Mira and the others. Consider your current situation temporary—energy should remain your focus, since attribute points are the only way to expand your mana pool. It's true that increasing strength would make it much harder for the thaids here to kill you, but you still have many ways to get out of harm's way. You might simply fly to face thaids that can't, but not so much as to get spotted by flying thaids; you can use invisibility and sneak attack; you can do a lot of things you wouldn't have been otherwise able to without energy.]

The more the system talked, the more Erik convinced himself that it was right. He nodded. The system was right, especially considering that Erik shouldn't have problems killing this herd if he attacked from a distance with his Elemental Lord brain crystal power.

<Then put everything into energy,> Erik said, sighing.

[Keep in mind that crossing the 1900 attribute point threshold will trigger a qualitative change in your brain crystal. Your brain crystal will end up on the X-rank. Are you sure you want to do it now? I never had a host, and I don't know what will happen.]

Erik's pulse quickened. <Do it.>

[Processing attribute allocation...]