“Seven hundred Spirits to take the Level 3 test and 1,500 Spirits to take the Level 4 test?!”

Merlin frowned, remembering that the previous requirements for these two tests were 70 Spirits and 150 Spirits, respectively. Although the announcement said the experience needed was increased, he didn’t expect it to be ten times higher!

“A Dire Wolf gives ten Spirits, so to reach 700 Spirits….”

In addition, considering that more experience points were required each time a user leveled up, it would take an astronomical amount to take the upper-level tests. 

“Due to the time spent gathering experience points, I guess users won’t be able to level up as quickly as before. Also, if they fail any of their tests, that’d be quite a loss.”

Now that Merlin thought about it, he did think it was weird that users could retake a Joint Warfare test with the experience gained from their failed attempt. These tests were needed to level up, so it was a bit contradictory that they’d cost so little; they were so cheap, in fact, that most beta testers didn’t even consider them to be roadblocks.

Due to this low barrier of entry, many users reset their characters after dying multiple times to avoid the penalties, as it was relatively easy to level up and become stronger. It was likely that DIO’s administrators and developers had reduced the experience point requirement during the beta test because of its short timeframe.

/You have attained Level 4!/

/You are now capable of using higher-tiered items!/

/Your ability stat capacity has risen to 200 points!/

It didn’t take Merlin too long to reach Level 4, and it also wasn’t hard to find others for the...