Four opponents. Four different directions.

Damon stepped into shadow the moment the lightning came, the bolt striking empty cobblestone where he’d been standing. The arrows followed a half second later, finding nothing but empty air.

He came out on the top of the fountain’s edge, directly above the staff user.

She looked up a moment too late.

He pressed the blade against her throat with enough force to make the situation clear and activated Absolute Comprehension simultaneously, his focus splitting between holding her and reading everything about her.

The familiar rush of information hit him immediately, taking quick notes of the mana signatures her class left.

[Your Comprehension of the *Lightning Mage* Class has significantly increased.]

’What the hell is he doing?!’ Ivy cursed inwardly, noticing how he deliberately chose not to end his opponent, and instead, he simply released her and stepped back into the shadows, disappearing before a new barrage of arrows came his way.

The axe wielder arrived at the fountain edge a second too late, his weapon carving through empty air.

Damon came out behind the shield carrier.

The man was already turning, either having anticipated the shadow step better than the others or knowing the threat was coming through some form of ability.

His shield came around fast, but not fast enough. Damon ducked under it and drove his elbow into the back of the man’s knee, dropping him to one leg without finishing him.

At the same time, he continued to comprehend the man’s class.

[Your Comprehension of the *Sentinel* Class has significantly increased.]

He stepped away before the axe came down.

The axe wielder was the most dangerous in open ground. He swung with rage rather than precision now, each arc wider than the last.

Damon stepped between his shadow a couple of times, avoiding three more of his swings as he studied the extent of his class.

[Your Comprehension of the *Barbarian* Class has significantly increased.]

Just as he deflected the fourth of the axe wielder’s strikes, Ivy began dealing with the archer.

Damon caught glimpses of it between his own exchanges, the way Ivy managed to cut off all angles one by one before closing in with her flames on the hooded man. He was good, his senses were otherworldly compared to the rest, but against someone with the firepower as strong as Ivy’s, he stood no chance as the flames began to reach him.

CLANG!

Suddenly, Damon stopped using his shadow step and paused in front of the axe wielder, blocking a frenzied swing of his axe with ease as a faint smile crept across his face at the notification that rang a moment later.

[Your Comprehension of the *Barbarian* Class has been completed!]

[You received a class: Barbarian]

The second the notification confirmed what he wanted to hear, he dodged another one of the man’s swings and cut him down with a strike so fast it took everyone a moment to realise what happened.

[You have slain a Level 66 Human: William]

[New Monster Index bonus: +15 Strength, +9 Dexterity, +11 Vitality]

[You have reached Level 69. You have received 1 Stat Point.]

"Noo!" the tank of the group screamed and rushed at Damon, but before he could even reach him, the lightning came faster.

BANG!

It crashed down where Damon stood with terrifying force, leaving a small crater in the cobblestones below.

[Your Comprehension of the *Lightning Mage* Class has significantly increased.]

Damon reappeared behind her a split second later, kicking her in the back and sending her hurtling through the air, unwilling to end it before receiving her class.

"What the hell are you doing?" Ivy shouted at Damon, seeing him deliberately not kill an enemy as she struggled to pierce the tank’s defences.

Damon ignored her completely and kept his gaze on the enemy mage as she landed on the cobblestone a few meters away from him.

With her hand extended toward him, she began to shoot bursts of lightning at him, something similar to how he used black ice to send ice shards, but instead, she was using lightning.

[Your Comprehension of the *Lightning Mage* Class has been completed!]

[You received a class: Lightning Mage]

The second the notification rang in Damon’s head, he was done toying with his enemy.

He stepped between the shadows once more, reappearing right in front of her and before her eyes could even fully widen, his blade came down, splitting her neck away from her head.

[You have slain a Level 62 Human: Abby]

[New Monster Index bonus: +17 Mana, +8 Dexterity]

The enemy tank, the last alive member of their group, paled as he heard the soft thud of her head hitting the ground.

His eyes turned almost red from the rage behind them as he charged blindly at Damon, who chose not to evade.

Instead, he adjusted his stance and, with a precise, vertical strike, he met the man’s shield head-on.

A terrifying sound cut through the battlefield as Damon’s blade struck the shield. The man held on well, keeping against Damon’s superior strength until–

CRACK!

The shield shattered, letting Damon’s blade run free across the man’s torso, which felt as if it was coated by some sort of protective layer.

[Your Comprehension of the *Sentinel* Class has been completed!]

[You received a class: Sentinel]

The man dropped to his knees as the notification rang in Damon’s head. The blood poured freely from his wound, but he wasn’t dead just yet.

"You... You’re smiling! You damn animal!" The man cursed, noticing a faint smile on Damon’s face, who was quite pleased to receive a third new class in a day.

But that faint smile only lasted a second before his gaze turned down to the man before him, and a cold expression settled on his face.

"Any last words?" Damon asked, his sword already rising.

The man didn’t respond, and instead, he simply spat on the ground

"Very well..."

[You have slain a Level 65 Human: Warren]

[New Monster Index bonus: +9 Strength, +21 Vitality]

[You have reached Level 70. You have received 1 Stat Point.]