“Take it easy, Commander. He's a valuable sample,” I said.0

86. This was the bastard’s Internal Energy stat. Surprisingly, it exceeded most mages. Of course, swordsmen who reached a certain level could sometimes attain stats like that as well, but it was by no means a common sight. What was especially encouraging was the fact that he reached that level without the aid of any items. 0

Considering that Ito Sota's Magic stat had only been 75 when I first met him, it was an extremely high number. And on top of that…0

'Advanced Energy Manipulation Knowledge?'0

He even had Advanced Energy Manipulation Knowledge as a class effect. It was probably equivalent to our side's Advanced Mana Manipulation Knowledge. It was precisely the factor that separated upper-tier adventurers from mid-tier adventurers. It was a class effect that had to be upgraded if one wished to climb any higher.0

Seeing him possess it with my own eyes naturally left me astonished. Nowadays, quite a few adventurers had Advanced Mana Manipulation Knowledge, and this was all thanks to the fact that the overall level of adventurers across the continent had risen. 0

Even so, when one considered that only around twenty percent of all adventurers had access to it, anyone would understand just how rare it was. He even had Advanced Swordsmanship Knowledge on top of that.0

The rest of his...0