14 14: Status

'I wonder how many times did I already died?' Caleb opened his eyes calmly. What he saw was an unfamiliar wooden ceiling. By now, he has already seen all sorts of ceilings from hospital ceilings, rocky, wooden, to expensive ceilings every time he gets reincarnated.

Caleb gave a tired sigh and stood up from the comfort of the soft bed underneath his body. He calmly scanned the surroundings. There's no single soul around him this time. It was a fairly small room without too much stuff inside. Only wooden cabinet with a mirror in its middle. A study stable made of wood and that's it. There's not even anything on the table aside from a quill and ink. There's not even a window in the damned room. 'What kind of setting it is this time?'

Wiping his sweat, Caleb made his way in front of the mirror and looked at his own reflection. He has short dark hair that somewhat covers his forehead, an average nose, black pupils, thin eyebrows, a delicate eyelid, and some decent jaw development. Overall, Caleb gives it 7 out of 10 in terms of visuals.

Unfortunately, his skin was as pale as Orochimaru and also as slender as him. 'Is this damned guy not fond of the sun?'

After a few moments of complaint, Caleb guessed that his background didn't seem impressive because of his clothes. He just has a plain white shirt on his body, some holes could be even found, and seems to be stitched here and there. Not to mention the plain black pants. He doesn't have any accessories such as a piercing or necklace.

Although he currently looks weak due to the somewhat malnourished body, he found himself in. The Taboo energy in his body had begun to do its job after he woke up. Behind the emaciated body hides a dormant strength of two adults. After all, he had carried his grade 1 Taboo energy with him.

'Let's see, I hope it works out this time.' With a look of determination, Caleb activated his Taboo Energy Sensitivity. He gritted his teeth as he was ready to explode. However, his fear didn't happen.

Is he crazy to risk exploding? No... Caleb wasn't crazy, he was just numb to death that it became a normal occurrence to him now. Well, you can say that yeah, he's somewhat not normal in the head now. Who would be? After dying for god knows how many times...

Suddenly, a thin purple mist appeared all over the place. Thin as in thin, Caleb wouldn't even notice them if he didn't concentrate. 'Good! Hahaha! This is good! Fucking finally!'

Caleb burst out laughing. A grin appeared on his face. He finally reincarnated in a world where Taboo energy exists! In the previous hundred or so worlds the time slime carried him. Well, he's not sure he's already reached a hundred deaths. What's important is, there's no Taboo energy in those worlds.

Just like that, the purple mist gradually surrounded Caleb and started to flow to his skin. Then it began to penetrate his skin and circulate through his whole body. 'Ugh...'

Unlike the violent, persistent, and painful first-time experience that made his body explode. This one was gentle and gave him an inexplicable feeling of pleasure. He can also feel his strength grow at a snail's pace.

'This is perfect,' Caleb smirked.

The world he was in had a thin amount of Taboo energy. It was so scarce that people in this world didn't have the chance to awaken as Taboo fighters. If Gaddi was here, he wouldn't even be able to advance to grade 2.

But Caleb was different. It was better for him in such an environment with a low concentration of Taboo energy than a world with a vast amount. Because that would only overwhelm his body and kill him! Of course, as his body grows stronger, who knows if, in the future, his body will be able to absorb massive energy without exploding into pieces like a tomato?

'Status.' Caleb gave a command.

One of the time slime's main features was to retain information and process it. Just like how it retains his data. The time slime functions like Artificial Intelligence. Albeit, Caleb needs to input data or program some codes for it to reach its full potential. To realize that, he needs to study information technology to be able to create its own software.

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Name: Caleb

Race: Human

Age: ???

Rank: Taboo Energy (Grade 1) 1/1000

Physique: 10 [Strength, Stamina, Endurance, Agility, Flexibility, Power, Etc...]

Spirit: 6 [Mental Strength, Reaction Speed, Perception, Five Senses, Dynamic Vision, Mental Energy, Intelligence, Energy Recovery Rate, Etc...]

Abilities:

-Passive Skill-

-Active Skill-

Taboo Energy Sensitivity.

Tip: The basic attribute of a normal human is 5.

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The time slime converted his physique into measurable data and used five as the basis for a normal human. His physique was ten due to his grade 1 Taboo energy. Since he has the strength of two adults, he has the strength of two normal humans. If his physique reached fifteen in the future, that means his strength was equivalent to three adult humans.

Of course, if he uses his Taboo energy to cover his body. His physical strength might reach 15 or even 17! The stronger the Taboo energy becomes, the bigger the boost it would give him.

Physique corresponds to his body strength and anything that has something to do with it, such as agility, movement speed, and his ability to take hits. As for the spirit, it's more on the mind.

The two were interconnected. A strong body needs a strong spirit for him to be able to control it. For example, if he has a high digit in physique and low spirit. His speed would suffer and he would have a hard time controlling his body. To function at high speed, he doesn't only need to be able to move, but also to be able to react.

Vice versa, if his spirit was high but his physique was low. Even if he somewhat managed to react, it would be useless if his body couldn't follow.

'I'm still not strong enough. I need to at least reach grade 3 if I want to break the damned vicious cycle!'

Caleb clenched his fist. He's tired of dying and again, unable to control his fate on his own hand. He felt like a puppet being played around.