This was the power scale of this world.
In Shien’s view, everyone in this world could basically be divided into three tiers.
The first tier consisted of only two people—the Supreme God and the Demon King.
These two were exceptional existences, the origin and beginning of everything, beyond human reach, truly invincible. If it weren’t for their mutual restraint and the appearance of the Hero, a major variable, no one could defeat these two, even if their enemy was all life in the world.
Fortunately, the Demon King had been defeated by the combined forces of the Hero and the Supreme God, and the Supreme God had fallen into an eternal slumber. This exceptional tier could be ignored for now, and there was no need to consider them.
The second tier consisted of a group of people—the Three Goddesses, the Six Demon Lords, and existences at their level.
These beings had already surpassed the limits of life, and in Shien’s view, they no longer had the concept of levels, having broken free from the rules of “Logic” and the constraints of the world.
In other words, they had all surpassed the limit of level one hundred, reaching another realm, completely incomparable to other lifeforms still limited by that level.
The proof was that even now, Shien couldn’t see through the level and abilities of beings in this tier with his [Appraisal] skill.
Whether it was Airi, Sara, Lilith, or Anima, Shien couldn’t see their levels or skills. They also possessed power far surpassing ordinary people. Legendary existences like Aldia, who was about to reach the level limit, were probably just “slightly stronger ants” in their eyes.
Even Shien, after using the Holy Sword, couldn’t defeat Lilith, an evil god who had lost her mind and was recklessly unleashing her power. This showed how strong the beings in this tier were.
The third tier consisted of everyone else—all life in this world.
They were still growing within the boundaries of “Logic,” beings with limits, unable to transcend or break through, their limit being level one hundred.
In the final battle a thousand years ago, the human race needed to gather thirteen heroes above level ninety-five to barely fight against one Beast Demon. This showed that even the strongest in this tier were still limited.
Shien believed that these thirteen heroes were all powerful figures in the human race, none of them weaker than Aldia.
In other words, it took thirteen people stronger than Aldia for a third-tier existence to contend with a second-tier existence.
But it was only contending.
It was said that of those thirteen heroes, more than half were killed by the Beast Demon in the end, and the rest only survived because the Demon King was defeated and the war ended.
Otherwise, in the end, none of them might have survived.
This showed the huge gap between those who hadn’t transcended and those who had.
Shien felt that his current strength was somewhere in between.
“Without using the Holy Sword, I’m probably at the top of the third tier, about the same level as Aldia.”
“Using the Holy Sword, I can reach above the third tier, but not the second tier. At most, I can pose a threat to them with the Holy Sword’s power, but my raw strength isn’t enough.”
“This is because my level is still too low, I haven’t learned many skills, and my Unique Skill isn’t combat-oriented. Although my growth rate is fast, I still lack accumulation.”
For example, the Holy Sword, although it could enhance Shien’s power by a hundred levels, not only hadn’t that power reached its maximum growth potential, but it could only enhance Shien’s strength, speed, defense, and so on.
But the Holy Sword also had the effect of increasing all skill levels by ten. This effect was determined by the number and strength of his skills.
The more skills Shien learned, the greater the enhancement from this effect.
Conversely, it was far from reaching its limit.
Besides that, the Holy Sword also had the effect of countering demons and evil powers, as well as immunity to negative effects and a protective ability to greatly reduce damage.
The latter gave Shien the ability to survive and targeted strength, allowing him to survive against second-tier existences, but it couldn’t directly increase his raw power.
Since that was the case…
“I need to find a way to train myself further.”
Last time, Shien put in a lot of effort to learn Celestial Magic and Bestowal Magic.
This time, Shien was prepared to make the most of his Unique Skill, which had a broken growth rate, and seriously develop himself.
“Alright.”
Shien clapped his hands, making up his mind.
“I’ll find some time to visit the temple.”