Chapter 187: Unique Class: Sword Collector.

Jake slowly regulated his breathing and he could feel his heart beat powerfully within his chest.

His breathing was deep and steady, yet completely effortless.

His blood seemed to surge through his body with a strength he had never felt before.

And his muscles felt lighter despite being far stronger..

Right now, every movement felt smoother, more natural, and more controlled.

And his senses...

Jake slowly turned his gaze toward the darkness deeper within the cave.

His enhanced senses immediately picked up the faint sound of water dripping somewhere in the distance, while he could feel the subtle movement of air brushing against his skin.

He could even sense Aria making the slightest movements against his chest without needing to look down.

Jake’s expression slowly changed at this huge change.

Right now, the way he saw the world was completely different from before.

When only his Strength had reached Superhuman, he hadn’t noticed anything like this.

Yet, with his Vitality, Agility, and Endurance now at the same level, it felt as if something peculiar had occurred.

It wasn’t merely an improvement, nor just three individual upgrades, but something more profound.

The four attributes seemed to be connecting together, reinforcing one another and pushing his entire body toward a completely different state.

Jake couldn’t explain this feeling clearly.

It was almost like his body had finally reached a certain threshold.

A threshold where several Superhuman attributes combined and caused a reaction that none of them could produce alone.

He slowly clenched his fist.

At first, nothing seemed to happen.

Then he tightened it a little more.

His muscles moved naturally, but the strength contained within them was completely different from before.

Jake looked at his hand.

He could feel every small movement of his fingers with incredible clarity.

’This isn’t just about strength.’

Jake slowly moved his arm, and the movement was almost unnaturally smooth.

His body seemed to respond before he had even finished thinking about moving it.

He raised one finger, then lowered it, before twisting his wrist and observing the sensation.

Every movement felt precise and completely under his control, as if his body had finally become perfectly in sync with his thoughts.

Jake’s eyes narrowed.

’My body has become much easier to control.’

He suddenly understood why the system had called it Superhuman.

It wasn’t simply giving him more power.

It was pushing his physical body beyond what an ordinary human should be capable of.

He had originally thought of attributes as separate numbers.

Strength made him stronger.

Agility made him faster.

Vitality made him healthier.

Endurance made him tougher.

It was simple as that.

But perhaps that was only how the system displayed them.

In reality, they were all parts of the same body.

And when enough of those parts reached the Superhuman level... something changed.

Jake slowly sat up.

The movement was so effortless that Aria, who had been sleeping peacefully on his chest, barely noticed.

He carefully adjusted his position and lowered himself again.

He didn’t want to wake her.

But now that he was aware of his new body, Jake couldn’t help but feel excited.

He had been getting stronger ever since arriving in this world.

But this was different.

This was the first time he could clearly feel the difference between his old body and his current one.

Jake looked toward the dark entrance of the cave.

His eyes slowly sharpened.

’If my Agility is Superhuman...’

He glanced toward his Vitality and Endurance.

’And these two are Superhuman as well...’

A grin slowly appeared on his face.

’Then how fast can I actually move?’

Jake almost wanted to test it immediately... almost.

Then he looked down at Aria again.

She was sleeping peacefully against him, completely unaware of what had just happened.

Jake sighed.

’Well... later.’

There was no reason to wake her just because he was excited about his new strength.

Besides...

Jake looked toward the cave entrance again.

Something about his senses still felt strange.

He could hear the faint sound of water dripping somewhere beyond the sealed rock, and there was even something peculiar about that sound.

And as he focused on that strange sound, his expression slowly became serious.

’Wait.’

Jake stopped.

He had been so focused on his body that he hadn’t paid much attention to his surroundings.

But now that his senses had settled, he noticed something else.

Jake hurriedly turned his head and pressed his ear against the cold ground.

There was a sound... a very faint sound.

A sound that would have been almost impossible to hear before.

Tap...

Tap...

Tap...

Jake’s eyes narrowed.

It wasn’t water.

The rhythm was wrong.

And it felt more like... something was moving.

Then another sound joined it.

Tap...

Tap...

Tap...

Then another.

And another.

Jake’s expression slowly changed as he recognized the creature.

It was that fish-like monster from before.

The one he had decided to call a Naga.

But judging from the sounds...

It wasn’t just one Naga.

’...There are a lot of them.’

Jake narrowed his eyes and stared into the darkness.

There were many.

Dozens? Maybe more.

Jake couldn’t accurately guess their numbers yet, but he could hear their movements clearly now.

The sounds continued from deeper inside the cave, one after another, overlapping until they almost sounded like an army marching through the darkness.

’An entire army...?’

Jake’s eyes narrowed further.

Whatever was moving down there, there had to be a huge number of them.

And judging by the direction of the sounds...

They were all moving toward the same place.

But at least there was one good thing.

Jake listened carefully for another few seconds, paying close attention to their movements.

Then he noticed they weren’t coming toward his location.

In fact, the sounds were gradually moving farther away from them.

At this, Jake slowly relaxed his head.

’Good...’

As long as those creatures weren’t coming this way, there was no reason to confront them right now.

Jake remained silent for a while, listening to the sounds gradually fading into the distance.

The creatures were moving deeper into the cave, but they clearly knew where they were going.

That made Jake curious.

’Where are they going?’

If there were really that many creatures living inside this place, then they must have a nest, a territory, or perhaps even another passage leading somewhere else.

And if they could move around this freely...

There had to be a way out of this cursed place.

Jake’s eyes narrowed slightly.

’Maybe we should investigate tomorrow.’

He glanced toward the darkness where the sound of Naga had disappeared.

’Maybe they know a way out of here.’

If following those creatures could lead them to an exit, then it was worth investigating.

Jake could follow their tracks from a safe distance.

And with his enhanced senses now, he should be able to track them much more easily than before.

With that thought and plan, Jake relaxed against the stone floor.

His attention soon returned to Aria’s status.

There was still one thing he was extremely curious about. And that is her Unique Class.

[Unique Class: Sword Collector (Dormant)]

Jake stared at those words for a moment.

’What exactly is this class?’

He had never seen another Unique Class before besides himself.

And judging from the name alone, it sounded completely different from her previous Fail Samurai class.

More importantly, it was marked as Dormant.

That meant there was clearly something special about it.

At that moment, Jake’s curiosity got the better of him.

He opened the upgrade interface.

’Let’s see if I can upgrade it.’

He selected Sword Collector.

But to his surprise—

[Ding!]

[Awakening the Unique Class: Sword Collector failed.]

[Requirement: 50,000 Upgrade Points]

"What the fuck..."