In this Second Chance at Life, where I can see skills as clear as day, everything feels like a breeze. And to make it even better, I’m spending my days joyfully with my First Love. - Chapter 54

Standing before me was an enormous being with the lower body of a blue whale, already massive in size, and an upper body sculpted with muscles that could only be achieved through immense dedication and effort. This muscular merman, identified by my analysis as the upper-class god “Pose???”, grinned smugly.

“Hoho! Foolish boy, it is audacious of you to attempt to peer into the depths of a god’s power,” he mocked.

“Apologies,” I replied, keeping my tone sincere. “I was simply curious about the stats of a god with such finely honed muscles.”

Hearing my response, Pose???—or let’s just call him Poseidon for now—curled his lips upward in an amused smirk.

“Oh? Boy, even with your mortal body, you recognize the beauty of my muscle craft? Hmm… I see. You, too, seem impressively trained for a mere human. At a glance, you appear slender, but each of your muscle fibers is harder and more flexible than Arachne’s finest silk threads.”

Truthfully, I’ve never received many compliments on my physique. Since I’ve trained with an emphasis on both speed and strength, my build isn’t particularly bulky, and most people don’t even recognize me as muscular.

But Poseidon… as expected from an upper-class god (or so I assume), his discerning eye was no joke.

I couldn’t afford to let my guard down. Keeping my gaze locked firmly on Poseidon, I discreetly checked my own stats.

Name: Yasushi Sashima
HP: 91,871 quadrillion 1429 trillion 580 billion / 91,871 quadrillion 1429 trillion 580 billion
Strength: 80,934 quadrillion 354 trillion 630 billion
Mana: 9 quintillion 6375 quadrillion 21331 trillion 1328 billion
Agility: 48,295 quadrillion 576 trillion 800 billion
Level: 999
Job: Beastmaster (Max Level)

Blessing of the Sub-God Dragon: +10,000 to all stats, +30,000 Strength
Slaughter Machine Dolls’ Loyalty: +100 million to all stats, Magic Enhancement [Ally Summon]

Base Stats:

• • HP: 840 million

• • Strength: 740 million

• • Mana: 2.03 billion

• • Agility: 740 million

Tamed Beast: Sub-God Dragon

Skills

Physical Enhancement:

• • Agility Boost Lv MAX ×3

• • Agility Boost Lv 22

• • Agility Strengthen Lv MAX ×2

• • Agility Strengthen Lv 82

• • HP Boost Lv MAX ×3

• • HP Boost Lv 32

• • HP Strengthen Lv MAX ×2

• • HP Strengthen Lv 97

• • Strength Boost Lv MAX ×3

• • Strength Boost Lv 27

• • Strength Strengthen Lv MAX ×2

• • Strength Strengthen Lv 88

• • Mana Boost Lv MAX ×6

• • Mana Boost Lv 84

• • Mana Strengthen Lv MAX ×2

• • Mana Strengthen Lv 32

Skill-Related Abilities:

• • Appraisal Lv 80, Super Regeneration Lv MAX, Parallel Thinking Lv MAX, Stealth Lv MAX, Cooking Lv 39, Sewing Lv 22, Language Comprehension Lv 37, Item Box Lv MAX, Martial Arts Lv 92, Hand-to-Hand Combat Lv 74

Defensive & Passive Skills:

• • Complete Resistance (Physical, Magical, Mental)

• • Auto HP Recovery Lv MAX, Skill Duplication, Enhanced Reflexes, Accelerated Movement, Flexible Joints, Enhanced Bone Structure

Unique Skills:

• • Repeated Trial

Titles:

• • “The Ravager,” “Numerical Violence,” “Mana Over powerer,” “Ease of the Strong,” “Dungeon Master,” “Tamer of the Wicked.”

Poseidon stood there, watching me with a confident grin, while I inwardly analyzed the absurd disparity between our stats.

His sheer power was leagues above mine. Even with my overpowered stats and skills, I knew there was an unbridgeable gap between us. This wasn’t just a monster—it was a god.

And now, I would face that god in battle.

Even now, the massive influx of experience points flooding in from my clones and slaughter dolls fighting across Japan—and the world—pushed my level to 999 in an instant.

Thanks to this, my stats have skyrocketed. My mana, for instance, is at least 100 times that of Poseidon. If anything, it might even be close to 1,000 times greater.

As for agility, Poseidon’s weakest stat, the difference is staggering—tens of thousands of times in my favor.

But strength is a different story. At best, I’m only 10 times stronger than Poseidon. At worst, the difference is just under 100 times. When it comes to endurance, Poseidon surpasses me by at least 100 times, possibly even close to 1,000 times.

A tenfold gap in strength—this is akin to the difference in muscle power between a two-year-old child and a fully grown adult.

There’s no doubt that my raw physical attacks won’t be able to damage Poseidon. Worse, if he gets a hold of me and drags me into close combat… I’m dead.

I’ve never faced an opponent with stats this much higher than mine.

A shiver ran through my body—not just from tension and fear, but also from a faint, thrilling excitement.

“It seems I can’t match up to you in raw strength training, god… But let’s see how far I can go. ‘Strength Release.’ ‘Mana Release.’”

Breaking through my body’s natural limiters, I unleashed both my strength and mana to their utmost potential.

This power boost multiplied my stats by tenfold beyond their already astronomical levels.

“Hrmph… Are you truly a mere mortal? That amount of mana… even a Supreme God wouldn’t possess such reserves! ‘Strength Release.’ ‘Fusion of Strength and Mana.’… I’ll crush you to pieces with the power of the seas that forged my strength!”

Poseidon’s presence grew even more intense. Did he just fuse his mana and strength?

Does Poseidon have some ability that bypasses resistance—similar to how I brute-force my way with mana?

The oppressive pressure from his strength, dozens of times greater than my own, made my heart tremble with fear. For a moment, my consciousness almost wavered under the crushing weight of it.

But I retaliated. Expanding my own mana into a field of sheer dominance, I struck Poseidon with a full-force Mana Press, slamming him into the sea with an earth-shattering thud.

True to his name, the sea itself acted as his ally, cushioning his immense body.

The ocean sided with Poseidon. As if the enormous stat gap wasn’t enough, I was fighting in his domain—an away game for me. Yet, inexplicably, I felt the corners of my lips curl upward in a grin.

“You managed to pierce through my magic resistance!? …You, a mere human, how is it possible for you to wield such power? This is no joke. I had intended to crush you as an afterthought, but I’ve changed my mind. Human, state your name!”

“Yasushi Sashima.”

“I see! Yasushi Sashima, I am Poseidon—the god who rules over all the seas of this planet. In the name of my divine title, I swear to annihilate you with my full might!”

As Poseidon bellowed, an overwhelming mass of seawater surged around me—no, in mere seconds, I was plunged into the deep ocean.

The light faded, swallowed by the depths of this dark, murky world. In this abyss, Poseidon summoned a trident forged from the ocean’s currents, his sluggish agility from earlier replaced by a terrifying speed. He charged at me with a swiftness that belied his supposed weaknesses.

The battle against the god of the seas had begun.

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