Chapter 82: Noble Knight Realm

Like all the times before, the moment Ben made his decision known to the system, instantly, a million sex points were deducted from his balance, and the same painful process of realm advancement ensued....

Only this time, it was almost twice as bad.

"Arrrrghhhh!!.....gaddammit...."

"I always forget about this!!!"

Ben wailed as he collapsed to his mattress, wincing and rolling around as it felt like a thousand ten-inch needles were poking into every part of him....

Literal steam came pouring from his pores, and then bails of shivering cold took form, alternating rapidly as he was cooked and chilled from the inside out.

Literal cracks began to spiral through his entire body in shimmering glow, his blood boiling as he felt he was on the verge of dying.

"Why is this time so baaaaad?!"

Ben wailed in pain as the crack worsened, the pain growing more excruciating, like his soul was being ripped out of his body, until a bright light took his entire form before slowly dousing, revealing Ben passed out cold on his mattress, unable to remain conscious any longer.

"Aargh!... I gotta stop passing out, man!"

Ben muttered as he struggled to bring himself up after passing out from the powerful transformation of advancing another realm.

It was the most significant one he’s done yet, and luckily, as he checked his life timer to the corner of his eyesight, he noticed not much time had passed, just upwards of two hours, looking out his window and seeing the sun was beginning to give way to the twin moon in the sky.

Ben couldn’t afford to pass out for long spans of time anymore, since his time was very valuable, and his life timer was always ticking down. Fortunately, it appeared the stronger he became, the more resilient he was to passing out for long stretches of time.

As expected, the moment Ben sat up on his mattress, he was feeling extremely refreshed, like a brand new person, light as a feather, almost like him taking a leap would send him shooting through the roof of his room, but he wasn’t keen on testing that.

The amount of vitality coursing through him had at least quadrupled, if not more. He felt a single punch of his could level a small mountain. Whether it was just a phantom sensation accompanied by his sudden jump in strength, Ben wasn’t certain....

But one thing he was certain of was that he had been transformed fundamentally., his natural power almost overflowing and way more refined and dense.

He stretched out his arms, looking at how toned his physique had become, how flawless and glistening his skin had turned.

It wasn’t just his appearance; his skin felt even tougher than reinforced Kevlar, yet strangely supple and tender as before, but even better. Most modern weapons like guns would at most cause him light bruises as he is now, except for the really powerful modern world weaponry.

And cold weapons, not reinforced with natural power, would probably simply bounce off him without him even trying.

That is, of course, if those weapons aren’t the special kinds, since there are different grades of weapons in this world, and the realm of the individual handling said weapon also matters a lot.

Still, Ben’s strength had taken a huge leap; he found a certain sense of assurance within him. He knew this was the hubris of the strong, as even in this estate alone, there are those just as strong as him, and if their skills were taken into account, could even subdue or kill him.

But Ben Dover wasn’t the frail and weak young man he once was; if he was to get in a battle with someone also at the peak noble knight realm, just as him, he knew he wouldn’t be as powerless as a chicken being brought to slaughter like he once was.

Even in the entire human kingdom, the realm of the noble knights was rare and special, and those who had achieved it, even though previously of commoner birth, could claim quasi-unofficial nobility in their own right.

It is a gateway to the realm of power that lies beyond; even Ben’s perception, senses, reaction, everything had transformed as if his eyes had just been opened to a new world.

"What.....is this ?"

As Ben focused in front of him, he began to perceive waves of incorporeal matter swirling around everywhere.

"Is this...unrefined natural power ?"

That was a rhetorical question because as soon as Ben saw this, he already knew what it was, yet no matter how hard he tried to channel and call on this readily abundant natural power, he couldn’t actively do it himself, but he could see his body was automatically doing the work.

"Hmm....how peculiar."

The words of the goddess came to mind, granting him understanding as to why he was unable to channel this power himself. Though still curious as to the basis of this, he removed his mind from it, leaving that for future Ben, as he called up his system status to check where he was at.....

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[Name: Hardwood Ben Dover]

[Realm: Noble Knight (Peak)]

[Penis Size: 6inch Hard]

[Unique Abilities: Realm Concealment(Noble)]

[SP: 1750823 ]

[Shop]

[Inventory]

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Looking at his realm concealment skill, which was still at the noble Knight level, he thought he should perhaps raise it to the next level so even those at the next realm won’t be able to sense his realm.

This is a very useful skill, since even those in the noble realm can sense each other’s realms, unless someone has mastered a concealment technique or is a special type of mahji; it becomes impossible to hide this, not that most people in this world really cared.

The storing wanted it to be known that they are strong to those who are also strong, unless they are individuals with shadowy professions such as assassins or the like.

Either way, being a mahji with a concealment ability, or mastering a technique that allows this, are very unlikely, with very low probability of someone accomplishing either without immense luck or specialized focused training that would take years upon years.

The last time, Ben had been shown options that were relatively close to his level or budget, as he assumed, so this time, he hoped to get something on the next level...

"System..... Search for abilities that can help mask my realm."

Ben navigated to the shop menu and made a similar request as the last time, and this time, unlike the first time, only one option had come out....

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[Available Options:- ]

Realm Concealment Ability (Black): 500000SP

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"Sheeesh!"

"Nah!.....that’s too expensive."

Ben uttered in dejection; he decided he wouldn’t be spending so many points just to hide his realm. He could do that later when he had more points.

Besides, Ben believed that no one else in the estate could have reached a high realm like the Black Knight realm, so what he had at the moment would do just fine.

Just as Ben was about to look into techniques, he heard a familiar knock pattern on his door, and he smiled....

"Guess it’s time for a bath."