"Level ten at twenty years old and human? And not a single skill?"
The guild staff spoke up in surprise.
Seeing this rather unexpected reaction from the guild staff, Shane's heart sank.
"What's the matter? Did something strange happen?"
Shane, feigning calmness, asked the guild staff, his tone seeming very puzzled, as if he hadn't realized anything unusual had occurred.
"No, there's nothing strange."
The guild staff said that with a smile still on his face, but naturally, Shane didn't believe him.
Thus, Shane tried various ways to inquire from the guild staff, striving to gather intelligence without revealing his lack of knowledge about this world.
It certainly wasn't easy, but it was the only thing Shane could do.
For now, Shane didn't want to expose his extraordinary side.
Especially not his ignorance on common sense matters, as displaying too much could earn not just ridicule, but suspicion.
So, after some laborious probing, Shane finally understood the situation.
According to the guild staff, in this world, all life had levels, even gods were not exempt.
The higher the level, the stronger the power and abilities in all aspects. Starting from level one, with growth and practice, the level would gradually increase, maxing out at level 100.
However, not everyone could reach the limits.
Depending on one's potential and qualities, some people upgraded slowly, some quickly, some could reach higher levels, while others unknowingly halted their growth, and their level would rise no more.
In light of this, in Omni Potanssen, those who could achieve higher levels at a younger age enjoyed higher status.
And battle was the main means for leveling up; leveling up occurred through gaining growth, so only after ample battle and practice could one level up. Defeating opponents too easily would greatly slow the upgrade speed, so the best way to level up was to fight opponents of similar strength or more powerful ones, especially deadly battles with demons, which most benefited leveling.
Additionally, training could achieve the purpose of upgrading, as long as there was growth, leveling up was possible.
Thanks to this, members of various races could reach a certain level after maturing, and as long as their qualities and potential were not problematic, no matter what race, they could reach level ten upon adulthood.
In other words, from a human standard, one should be able to reach level ten at around fifteen years old. Reaching level ten by the age of twenty would indicate a situation of comparatively underwhelming potential.
Of course, this was not shocking yet.
Among adventurers, there were some who refused to be ordinary. Even with low aptitude and potential, they still wanted to become adventurers, fight demons, and strive to elevate their level. Therefore, even meeting human adventurers who only reached level ten by thirty was not uncommon.
But, being level ten and possessing not a single skill was somewhat startling.
You see, a skill was an ability with various effects. As long as one had a certain gift and met the learning conditions, one could master skills and could use the skill points gained from leveling up to enhance the skill level.
In this world, the only skills that couldn't be mastered through learning were unique skills and special skills.
A unique skill was a one-of-a-kind skill owned by an individual, and there was no second skill with the same effect. Besides being innately possessed, some people suddenly awakened them during growth. The effects varied, and even utterly useless unique skills existed.
Special skills were acquired under special circumstances, with varied effects, and what was known as blessings fell under this category.
Both types of skills belonged to non-upgradable types, and they wielded their maximum effect when owned.
Upgradable skills, akin to personal levels, depended on potential and quality to determine learnability.
Some people easily mastered skills they were good at, while some people went their entire lives unable to learn certain skills, hence the emergence of individuals in various fields.
Especially skills with powerful effects, which severely tested personal qualities and potential. To learn them, usually quite harsh conditions needed to be met, and a considerable number of skill points were required, indicating a high learning difficulty.
Fortunately, the number of skill points one could acquire upon leveling also varied, determined by individual potential and quality.
The higher the individual's potential and quality, the more skill points gained upon leveling up, and the reverse for lower potential.
Therefore, when nearing the depletion of potential, skill point gains would diminish. Yet, after intense training and deadly battles, upgrading could earn significantly more skill points, with a maximum of one hundred points.
This meant that neither levels nor skills could be upgraded equally by everyone like in a game; they both depended on individual potential and quality, which was reality.
Still, where there are difficult-to-learn skills, there are also easy-to-learn skills.
Generally speaking, even a person with the most ordinary talent could acquire some weapon skills by practicing weapons for several years.
Like Shane's "Two-Handed Sword" skill, generally, people practicing sword skills with two-handed sword-type weapons for several years could learn, and exceptionally gifted people might even learn in mere months or days.
In such conditions, logically speaking, even if their standards were poor, they could practice up to level ten and should master one or two skills.
But Shane?
Not a single skill.
That's why the guild staff felt surprised.
Only Shane knew, the reason his level was relatively low was because he had only come to this world ten days ago.
As for the skills, the reason for none was simply because the magic tester failed to detect them.
Not only did Shane have skills, but he possessed an entire seventeen. One was a unique skill, another a special skill, and the remaining fifteen were all level ten skills.
In other words, if following the guild staff's statement that the magic tester could only detect skills below level seven and couldn't detect unique or special skills, then it certainly couldn't detect any of Shane's skills.
Due to this, the magic tester showed Shane as having no skills, creating the appearance of having no skills at all.
This began to gradually catch the attention of the surrounding adventurers, causing them to look over.
And Shane, having understood the whole cause and effect, couldn't help falling silent.
It wasn't until this moment that Shane realized how abnormal his situation truly was.
A low level was understandable, since Shane had only just arrived in this world ten days ago.
Rather, achieving level ten in ten days was already an incredible feat. If not for killing so many demons in the forest, he certainly wouldn't have leveled up so fast, would he?
But in terms of skills, Shane's situation was quite unusual.