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They just had their first stat awakening and were now stronger than before.
"Haaaa..."
A stat awakening was more than just an addition to their main strength or an increase in the quality of one's stats. They could now have ten more normal skills until their next stat awakening at level 200.
There were restrictions on how many skills one could have in this world but it didn't apply to magic, weapon techniques, innate skills, and characteristic abilities.
It was a new realm of power for them in this real world and their strength was particularly far better than before.
Even some of their skills had gotten better, like…
"Alright, shoot." Lucy was standing firmly while there was a red translucent magic barrier-like sheet before him.
It was the innate skill that protected them from the mental attacks of those spectators and strong skills all this time but now it could also be materialized into a proper defensive skill.