The Hero Who Can't Level

Chapter 20. Necromancer Soul

"Emma! Why is peasant 1 and peasant 2 here?" I asked angrily as we arrived at the family restaurant the next day for lunch.

"If the party is Ken and the Peasants and we are peasants 1 and 2, is Emma peasant 3?" China girl asked.

"Obviously, she is the head of the peasants so show your superior some respect. Why are you two here anyways? Did the fucking butler bribe you two to ruin our date?" I asked, not happy to see the peasants so soon after the exam.

"You expect to get away with my ultra rare one of a kind loot without any explanation? I did even more research and even called my dad and no one except you seems to have any idea what this soul item is." Peasant 1 aka China girl replied.

"I just want to know how you are level 0 and if all of your skills are from items or how you get skills without being able to level?" Peasant 2, blondie jr asked.

After trying my best to persuade them to leave and failing. I decided I might as well tell them the epic origin story of the eventual hero while we waited for all the food Emma ordered to be served.

"You fought only slimes for 12 whole years because of this loser? Are you crazy? No wonder you are only level 36 when you have the best leveling exponent in the world. What a waste!" China girl screamed. Did she just fucking call me a loser or am I hearing things?

"Isn't this soul skill cheating? Everyone else could only get 100 total skills. But with so many thousands of different monsters and bosses, how is it fair that you could technically have an infinite number of skills?" Blonde Jr asked.

"I want to know how it's fair that I had to fucking kill slimes for 12 years without gaining a single fucking stat. Besides, sometimes I will get a shitty skill or even no skills at all!" I replied, trying to downplay my ability.

Obviously it didn't take blondie Jr for me to realize just how fucking broken this gift I have is. The reason why Emma was so special was not because she is the daughter of an elite 50 but because of her leveling exponent. All those with a .25 exponent have quite a bit of attention placed on them.

Afterall, to go from level 50 to 51, it would take Emma just about 7 million exp while someone with a .5 exponent would take almost 64 fucking billion and an average person with a 100% exponent would need 112.5 quadrillion exp.

It's easy to see why no one except those with a 25% has ever reached level 90 or high. One thing I did just learn from talking to the peasants is that the exponent actually goes up by 5% so there are quite a lot of people who are still really lucky like those two with a .3 and needed almost 50 million exp to go from level 50 to 51. A shit ton for sure, but still very doable.

"All of the elite 50 have a .35 or lower for obvious reasons. Once your exponent gets any higher, you just can't get to a high enough level to compete no matter how much you grind because the leveling system is just not fair." Peasant 1 complained.

"So for most people, the higher level you get, the harder it's to obtain a new skill and the limited number of powerful skills is the biggest difference between a top hero and an average licensed hunter. The more I think about it, the more unfair your soul skill sounds." Peasant 2 commented, trying her best to expose my overpowered ability to seemingly gain an infinite number of skills.

"Okay peasant 2, I know my ability might seem special. But what do you expect? I am the fucking leader, the hero, the protagonist of this world. If I wasn't the special one, than I would have fucking suffered for 12 years for no reason." I replied, no need to be jealous blondie Jr. You aren't him so you won't get the special treatment that I am getting.