Skills Part 2

"Yikes, yikes! Yikes! My head! My head! My gash! Head you're still intact to neck! Wahhh!!!" I touched my head and neck multiple times.

"They are really still together! Just stay there together forever, I support your relationship fully, head and neck!" Thank goodness. I knew I'm spouting nonsense but just give me this. That madman! He really intended to kill me! I really almost died and be reunited with Zash that idiot or maybe not.

"I still don't know whether she will be in heaven or hell. Me of course, I will be in heaven."

"I'm such a good person you know hahaha."

[...]

The system popped out again with these three dots. "An error?" Yes, maybe that's it. From the novel, Rey also has some system errors.

Astral really works just like how it is described!

*smack*

I smacked my head really hard. What suddenly came to me and said those words to provoke that psycho! 

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"Via, you know sometimes I want to strangle you to death," Zash said as she glared at me after she got fooled on my empty eggshell prank hehehe.

"Do it if you can shorty. Who told you to be a glutton?" I said provoking her more and then ran away.

"You! Arghh! Don't call me shorty! My height still enters the 5 ft. mark compares to Gina who is only 4'9! If I catch you, you are really become a lump of dead meat!"

"Hahaha! Why do you even know the height of Gina? She's in the other class!"

"I-I just saw it by chance when Ms. Lena make me put their class physical fitness records on P.E to her table in the faculty."

I stop running and so is she. Then I gave her the most "you are pathetic" look, I could give.

"What's with that look?" Zash asked.

"It's my look when I'm looking to someone lamentable."

"You! You're a goner now!" Zash finally snaps and acts like a raging bull then charges in!

The chase begins once again.

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I chuckled recalling those memories. This night, you kept appearing to my mind multiple times now, Zash.

I stood up. I'm currently on the top of the bus. In my Astral body. I can jump high and do things my normal body couldn't do. Though, I can really only spectate everything that was happening around me. My clothes were also getting spirited, along with my bag.

It seemed things that were in contact with my body when the astrality took place would be spirited too. That's a good thing, I guess.

Now, I wam watching exactly the events that happened in the novel.

|||"I can help you achieve what you want Argaux." Rey said with a smug smile.

"And what it is that I want?"

"I know your intentions. You seek to avenge your world and save someone. But you failed multiple times now. This is already your sixth attempt now right?" Rey said.

Argaux eyes turned deathly to Rey.

"Who are you?" Argaux used the fairy's eye to read Rey's mind and status but he was blocked by Rey's Eye of truth. Argaux looks surprised when his Fairy eyes didn't work.

"I am Rey Walden. I have a precognition ability, that's why I know. I'll help you if you accept me as your equal and make me your comrade." Rey answered.

"My equal? Hah. For that to happen, you should survive this first!"

Then the Monster hunt turned into their battlefield. Though in the end, Rey is the one who collapsed first, he was still smiling after all that.

Argaux didn't kill Rey. Because he thought that he might have some use later since he wielded that sword and said he had a precognition ability. Although he can't ascertain that yet.

"If you have really the precognition ability, on the third mission, if you survive from that, I'll accept you." Then Argaux finally walked away.

"Hahaha! Indeed you're strong! You should keep your words because finishing the third mission is just a trivial matter to me. -J.O.E|||

Cough! Cough!" Rey coughed a handful of blood which he wipes with his hands.

Yikes! It seemed Rey looked more butchered than what was described in the novel for him to cough a lot of that blood. Argaux seemed really much was super annoyed too. Hmmm. I wonder why is that?

I tried reading their minds too, "Hmm. it seems Insight didn't work when I'm in astral form."

[Beginners First Quest: Monster Hunt Defeat the incoming monsters.

Monster Defeated: 6/5

Reward: 1 small silver coin for each monster.

Failure: Death]

[Quest Count down 00:15:18]

I finished my task too.

Only 15 minutes left before the Monster Hunt ended.

[Astral Time: 00:46:27]

"*Kuya! Let's go now." The girl from earlier tugged the hem of Rey's black sleeves to get his attention. Jess and Celene, help carried the wounded Rey.

Now, I remembered why Jess also looked familiar. She was that Jessica Fay, a supporting character of the novel.

I didn't notice it before because from the novel it only said she had blond hair and was a cop. But she had black hair now? I didn't really know pretty much the real appearances of the characters and just base my knowledge on most of the descriptions given to them.

And Jess died early, on the end of the fourth mission. Soon her story was over piled by other chapters.

"Jessica Fay, I'll pay my debt to you when that time comes."

I wanted to defeat more monsters to earn more coins. But I guess this should be fine for the time being. I should look for a place to stay, since, I'd seen and done everything for now. We would still see each other in the next missions after all.

I found a luxurious hotel and went to its 20th floor. With a mini-map I bought from the shop, I can see what rooms were empty. I entered one, with just passing through its door. Heh. I felt like I become a real ghost now.

Then I was momentarily stunned.

Woah, this room looked so luxurious. It was like a full house was already here.

[Astral Time: 00:35:46] I entered the bedroom and sat on the huge bed there.

[Congratulations! You've finished the quest!

Rewards Received:

Defeated 6 Goblins: 6 small silver coins have been given.

Additional Quest Reward: You received 2 big silver coins for completing the quest.

You received 10 small silver coins for one additional defeated monster.]

[Congratulations! You also level up!]

[Congratulations! You also level up!]

[Congratulations! You also level up!]

[Congratulations! You also level up!]

"Woah." Multiple screen messages popped out in front of me.

"Status," I said.

Not bad, I level up multiple times.

"System, open up the FairyTale shop"

[FairyTale shop has been activated:

Total Coin Balance: 2 bsc (big silver coin) and 16 ssc (small silver-coin).

List of available items that are available for your level:

Fairy Tears...]

I scrolled up and down. I bought anything that was useful and spend all of my coins on it.

If what I remember was right, the world's currency would now be useless and instead, coins from the system would be prominent for the new currency use.

You can earn coins by either defeating monsters, finishing the event missions, or exchange them with this world treasured of time items or simply antiques. The older it was and the greater its historical story, the higher coins you can get.

[Astral Time: 00:19:28]

I immediately grabbed something out of my bag. It was a small wooden box. Inside it was a silver bracelet of almost 150 years old.

You see, my father was an archaeologist who traveled the world and collected antiques. Luckily, I just brought it this day for our history report.

"System, I want to exchange this for coins."

A light covered the bracelet.

[The last monarch of Egypt heirloom, 2056 years of age.]

"Woah. It was not just 150 years old but 2056!"

[Equivalent coins to be received 2500 gold coins]

"Hell yeah. Now I'm filthy rich! If I got home, I could sell more antiques. And get richer."

This information was also known by Rey and Argaux that's why they were not afraid of wasting coins from the start.

"I accept the exchange."

Why do I accept it immediately? Don't worry, there was one thing that the fairy shop upholds and that was fairness and honesty.

[Coin Balance: 2500 gold coins]

Ah, The range value for coins is like this:

10 copper coins = 1 bronze coin

20 bronze coins = 1 small silver coin

100 small silver = 1 big silver coin

500 big silver coins = 1 gold coin

1000 gold coins = 1 Diamond coin

The system had its own storage room but it was only applicable to the items bought from the shop. I purchased more other items.

[Astral Time: 00:07:54]

I put my bag above the table beside the bed and laid down.

Hah. I didn't felt tired physically. Maybe, because, I'm on this form but my mind was hella exhausted. It's been only a night, but so many things had happened already.

If you were wondering, if I'll be safe in this place, I'll be just fine. Since the quest had ended, the goblins also went to hiding, well aside from that static dragon.

Also, I really chose a high place because I knew goblins like to hide in underground tunnels where the sun wouldn't reach them much.

And there were mostly humans that were still hunting them down since they can continue leveling up after defeating them.

I closed my eyes now to sleep.

But when I opened my eyes again...

I was surrounded by multiple blinking eyes of creatures I said that should be hiding underground.