Matthew Atkinson
Oxford, United Kingdom
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Race: Human
Constitution: 620 (↑10)
Mental: 194 (↑3)
Strength: 620 (↑10)
Agility: 620 (↑10)
Ability: Kryptonian Bloodline [Stell Body (3)]
Skills: [Fist/Galaxy Impact], [Armament Haki (Beginner)]
Attribute Points: 700
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As soon as Matthew came out of the principal's office, he immediately opened his attribute panel.
He looked pleased when he saw the skills section on the attribute panel.
It not only showed a beginner-level Armament Haki, but also the Fist Impact skill now appeared to have transformed into Fist/Galaxy Impact.
Galaxy Impact. In the One Piece anime, the marine hero Garp used this move to shatter most of a town with a single punch; its power was comparable to a small nuclear explosion!
This clearly demonstrated the immense power and wide destructive range of this move!
And Garp's strength had an upper limit, but Matthew was a supernatural with unlimited potential!
In the future, would he be able to shatter an entire planet with a single "Galaxy Impact"?
Thinking about this, Matthew felt a sense of anticipation.
He then noticed that there was a small exclamation mark after "Fist/Galaxy Impact" and "Armament Haki".
With a thought, the exclamation mark transformed into "detailed explanation," unfolding before Matthew.
Matthew skipped the description of the Fist Impact skill, which he had previously examined, and went directly to the descriptions of the Galaxy Impact and Armament Haki skills.
[Galaxy Impact: After activation, it unleashes a devastating impact with a massive destructive range.]
[Note: This skill is affected by the user's strength attribute and Armament Haki level. The Armament Haki level, in particular, has a significant impact on this skill; a fully leveled Armament Haki user, once they use this skill, can unleash unimaginable power!]
When Matthew saw this explanation, he was very satisfied!
Then, he opened the description of "Armament Haki".
[Armament Haki]
[Current Level: Beginner]
[Current Effects: After activation, defense increases by 50%, and attack power increases by 30%!]
[Note: This skill can be leveled up using Attribute Points. The amplification effect doubles with each level increase.]
Matthew's eyes lit up.
The boosts from Armament Haki were pretty good!
As far as he knew, skills that could be upgraded generally had five levels.
They were: Beginner, Proficient, Master, Legend, and Supreme!
Most of the upgradeable skills in the Supernatural were divided into these five levels.
If Armament Haki also had these five levels, and he raised it to the highest level, "Supreme," wouldn't he be able to increase his defense by 800% and his attack by 480%?
That meant an eightfold stronger defense and nearly fivefold stronger attack power.
Then, when it combined with his Steel Body, what kind of enemy could break through his defenses?
Matthew was delighted with what he had learned and also felt a good impression of the principal, whom he had only met once.
Regardless of the other party's purpose in giving him Armament Haki, Matthew was the one who benefited most.
For this reason alone, Matthew should be grateful to him.
"So? Are you satisfied with Armament Haki?"
Professor Holland's voice rang out next to Matthew.
Matthew smiled and nodded. "I am very satisfied; this skill is excellent."
"Of course! Armament Haki is considered one of the most practical skills in the supernatural world, and many people want it."
At this point, Professor Holland suddenly offered a suggestion. "However, my personal suggestion is that you raise your Armament Haki only up to master level."
"Only up to master level? Why?" Matthew asked, puzzled.
Professor Holland explained, "As far as I know, upgrading Armament Haki is very expensive. It takes 120 attribute points to go from beginner to proficient, and 300 attribute points to go from proficient to master."
"That doesn't sound like much, does it?" Matthew said.
"However, it takes 800 attribute points to advance from master to legend, and a full 2,000 attribute points to advance from legend to supreme."
"2800 attribute points! Many supernatural individuals could spend their entire lives and still not obtain that many expendable attribute points."
"Even for an ordinary person, 2800 attribute points can turn them into a third or fourth-tier powerhouse!"
"For us supernatural beings, the most important foundation is still the four basic attributes! Even if you have powerful skills, you can't unleash their full potential without a strong foundation."
"Compared to the boost from maxed-out Armament Haki, basic attributes are more important!"
"Therefore, spending 420 spirit points to raise two levels is enough; there's no need to pursue max-level Armament Haki."
"Most of the top experts living today possess Armament Haki, yet none of them have upgraded it to the maximum level!"
"Since even the top experts have made this choice, you can't go wrong by following suit."
After listening to Professor Holland's explanation, Matthew couldn't help but nod.
It was really too expensive to upgrade Armament Haki to the maximum level.
In total, 3220 attribute points were needed!
Even for him, he would have to break through at least ten layers of the Supernatural Realm to accumulate so much.
But…
Those top experts didn't raise their Armament Haki to the maximum level because they didn't have enough expendable attribute points.
Matthew's situation was different!
All Matthew needed to improve his attributes was daily exposure to sunlight.
All four of his basic attributes could be rapidly improved that way.
So, he could use the expendable attribute points he obtained from the Supernatural Layer missions to upgrade his skills.
As for whether it was worth spending 3220 attribute points to upgrade Armament Haki to the maximum level?
For Matthew, that would definitely be a good deal.
Based on his daily growth rate, his three basic attributes would exceed 10,000 in three years! And the Mental attribute would also exceed 3000.
At that time, the boost from Armament Haki would definitely far exceed the effect of attribute points.
After all, according to Matthew's current daily progress data, his three core attributes would increase by 3650 points annually, and his mental attribute would increase by 1095 points.
If, after 3 years, the Armament Haki skill were upgraded to its highest level, this would mean over 98,000 defense and over 63,000 attack power.
And these figures were calculations made without taking into account the Kryptonian Bloodline Innate skills.
"Professor, you're right!"
Although Matthew had a different opinion, there was no need to refute Professor Holland to his face.
From Professor Holland's perspective, his thinking was not wrong.
"I'm just offering a suggestion," Professor Holland said with a smile. "This suggestion is only useful for ordinary supernatural individuals. You and Natalie Russell are different. With her around, I honestly don't know how far the two of you can go in the future."
The two walked and talked, and soon arrived next to the training ground.
Professor Holland was going to instruct the Class B students.
Seeing Matthew walk towards the campus gate, he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Matthew, I think the principal's suggestion is right. Why don't you move back here to live? It's safer that way."
Regarding Matthew's accommodation, they discussed this before in the principal's office.
The principal explained that higher-ups wanted Matthew to continue living off-campus and that they would then send specialists to secure his location.
This would be done to lure the snakes out of their holes.
Once those people realize they can't assassinate Natalie, they might try to kidnap or attack Matthew.
At that point, higher-ups thought they might be able to turn the tables and catch all those treacherous people in one fell swoop!
To put it bluntly, they wanted to use Matthew as bait.
In the eyes of those above, Natalie Russell was the most important person, while Matthew... was not that important!
Of course, the principal was a kind person, and his advice was that Matthew should not be the bait but move back to live on campus.
After thinking for a moment, Matthew still volunteered to be the "bait"!
Actually, Matthew felt his safety should not be a major concern.
He could tell from the bounty on his head that those people outside valued Natalie more, too!
Matthew estimated that Miss Smith's father had offered the entire two-million-dollar reward for revenge.
And assassins would act based on self-interest, so the chances of them coming after him were really slim.
Since the higher-ups were willing to send experts to protect the area, he didn't mind cooperating and eliminating the potential threat to Natalie.
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