“Such… such a clear hand imprint… you wouldn’t by any chance be a practitioner of the Potala Palace school of martial arts study, would you?”

Clear!

While the middle-aged man was still speaking, Merlin vanished and returned to the main testing room. He then realized that some text messages had previously popped up.

/Your hand skill has gone up one rank!/

/You have acquired the title, ‘Vajra Hand!’/

/You have acquired the special skill, ‘Piercing!’/

“Oho, it went up. What exactly are the requirements for skill rankings to increase? Will it go up if I just use the skill successfully?”

As he mumbled, Merlin checked the title effects. The title increased his muscular strength, stamina, and spiritual power.

“Not bad, but… it’s definitely not as good as what was given for being a Divine Swimmer.”

Divine Swimmer. It was a Master title that he’d gained after leveling his swimming skill to the A rank. Compared to that title, anything else was a lesser achievement. While rank one and rank A were only separated by one step, the difference in effects between those two ranks was vast.  

Merlin sat on the floor. Although he wanted to progress to the next test immediately, nearly all of his internal energy had been used up while fighting the...