Chapter 5

"So much?" Roy was dumbfounded seeing this; it has only been an hour since he started, and the rewards he receives in the last few seconds have already made him feel unreal. 

"Is it because of epiphany?" Roy said in a realization, and without further wasting time, he immediately activated his meditation.

Roy tried to remember the feeling that he had felt earlier and simulate it.

Six hours later

Roy woke up from his deep meditation and was dazed and disappointed. After hours of trying again and again, nothing seemed to be working; it was as if there was something he missed, but he didn't know what it was.

Perhaps epiphany is not as simple as he thinks, and he was just lucky to have triggered it somehow.

'It said from the description that it is a one-in-a million state where the mind is connected to the universe itself, allowing someone to temporarily access the massive database and computing power... As for why it is brief, the game system didn't explain it further, but considering its nature, he could tell that it has something to do with the human soul itself.'

'The human soul is very fragile after all; in front of a massive amount of information and computing power in the universe, the comparison is as big as heaven and earth.'

Roy came to a conclusion and then suddenly had an idea: 'Maybe I can strengthen my soul? I'm not sure if it can increase the probability of entering epiphany, but I know that with a stronger soul, the epiphany can last longer, unlike the few dozens of seconds like the one earlier.'

Roy didn't know how to strengthen the soul, as there isn't an attribute in the status window that can directly increase his soul power, but if he were to guess, it must have something to do with wisdom and meditation.

Sighing deeply, Roy made up his mind and decided to take away these thoughts.

Roy then turns his gaze to the status panel before him and smiles again, knowing that the six hours he spends there are not completely pointless.

WIS increases from 28 to 36.

Meditation Skill is still 'level 5' like it was six hours ago, but the EXP indication next to it stated that he was only 70% away from the next level.

Seeing this, Roy once again calculated and was surprised to find that he can now passively regenerate 17.4 MP per minute.

Together with meditation, which gave him 25% MP regeneration per minute, he can now regenerate 162.4 MP per minute.

That means he now has enough mana to maintain three clones simultaneously.

Roy's eyes lit up upon realizing it, and he began making preparations for his next course of action.

An hour later.

After giving instructions to the servants, for example, forbidding them from entering the library and delivering a batch of water and food every once in a while, Roy then began making clones one after another.

After conjuring all the clones, he mentally assigned tasks to each one of them.

One of the best functions of the [real clone] is memory sharing; it allows him and the clones to access each other's memories, making everyone learn skills and information like a hive mind.

(AN: Inspired by Naruto's shadow clone, Ectoplasm's quirk, and Twice's quirk from MHA.)

Of the three clones he conjures, he assigned two of them to raise his INT through reading books, while the last one is responsible for practicing 'Iron Boxing'.

Although he wanted to become a range fighter, having an extra CQC skill also means +1 in survival.

After everything was assigned, it was now Roy's turn to do the most important task, which was to turn himself into an MP generator.

The [Gamer's Body] allows his body to become a game character, and as a game character, all kinds of 'negative effects' are turned into a form of decrease in HP. 

Together with his current HP of 230 and the recovery brought by meditation, he was, in a literal sense, a genuine perpetual machine.

Time Skip: 10 Days Later

Roy woke up from his deep meditation and found himself in the library.

Looking at the messy hall with books scattered on the ground and seeing three identical copies of him, of which two are reading books and muttering something from time to time, while the last other copy is making a stance and performing a seemingly simple movement of punching and kicking, Roy couldn't help but feel marvel.

However, just as he was confused, Roy's eyes suddenly lit up in realization.

It turns out that ten days have passed since he decided to enter deep seclusion, making his mind a bit dizzy, but soon he recovered courtesy of the gamer's mind.

After recovering, he then linked himself to the memory boxes of the clones around him and confirmed that 10 days had already passed, just as he planned.

For others, ten days is a long time, and one can do a lot of things within this time span, but for him, who was in a deep state of meditation, 10 days was only a nap.

Opening the status window;

[𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙐𝙎]

𝙍𝙤𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧

𝙅𝙤𝙗: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙧 (𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧)

𝙇𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡: 4 (𝙀𝙓𝙋: 78.6%)

𝙏𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚: '𝙉𝙤𝙤𝙗'

𝙃𝙋: 450/450

𝙈𝙋: 720/720

𝙎𝙏𝙍: 10 (+35)

𝙑𝙄𝙏: 10 (+35) (+10)

𝘼𝙂𝙄: 10 (+35)

𝙄𝙉𝙏: 57(+5)

𝙒𝙄𝙎: 67 (+2)

𝙇𝙐𝘾𝙆: 16

𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨: 15

𝙎𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙎: 

𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 𝙈𝙖𝙭 

𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 𝙈𝙖𝙭

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 (𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 𝙈𝙖𝙭

𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 8

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 6

𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙝 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 8

𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 (𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 6

𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 7

𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 5

𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 5

𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 7

𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 4

𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 2

𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 3

𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 4

𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 1

Seeing this, Roy had a smile on his face and couldn't help but feel satisfied.

Ten days passed, and many things happened, but what satisfied me most were the 'WIS' stats and 'Meditation' skill.

They complement each other too much, coupled with the [Real Clone], and if things progress in this way, Roy estimated that he would soon become the strongest within a hundred or so years.

Sure enough, steady development is the correct route he should take.

He is a "gamer" and theoretically has limitless potential; why take a risk and do stupid things like becoming a pirate if he could have everything he needed with his father's wealth?

Roy let out a mocking chuckle, but just as he was about to continue his seclusion for another ten days, a knocking sound suddenly interrupted him.

"This is Alfred, young lord; something bad happened! Please allow me to speak."

Roy frowned and wondered who dared to disturb him, but after hearing it was Alfred and that something bad had happened, Roy felt wrong.

'Due to a specific action, a skill has been created.'

[Permonition (Passive) lv 1

Allow the user to feel that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant].

Seeing the new skill did not make Roy feel as excited as before but made him even more anxious; fortunately, he was forcefully calmed down thanks to his cheat.

Seeing that he can't stop his meditation, as it would interrupt the supply of mana, Roy decided to divide his thoughts into two, one for the original body to keep meditating and the other half to occupy the body of his clone to control it remotely.

But just as he did and succeeded in his first try, a new notification brought him a smile unlike the previous one.

'Due to a specific action, a new skill has been created.'

[Parallel Thoughts (Active) LV 1

Allow the user to divide his or her thoughts into two or more. The number of thoughts that can be divided depends on mental strength and skill level.

Mana cost: 100 MP per minute.]

Seeing this, Roy secretly calculated: with the current MP capacity and regeneration speed, he found that he could at most divide two 'thoughts' simultaneously without overspending mana.

Nodding his head, Roy, upon possessing the clone, exited the library and was greeted by Alfred, whose breathing and complexion showed how tired he was.

"Alfred? I know you're in a hurry, but considering how you look, i can understand how tired you are. Are you sure you wanted to talk to me right now? We can talk later if you want," Roy said in a worried tone. Well, of course it was an act; this is how the original should act.

Roy, although he trusted him (because of 'Observe' of course), did not want to arouse suspicion as that would make him explain a lot of things, which is too troublesome in his opinion.

'Due to a specific action, a new skill has been created.'

[Acting (Active) LV 1

Allow the user to act according to his or her will...]

Seeing the new skill, Roy didn't bother reading the rest, as he was more concerned with Alfred's news.

"No need, young Lord, it is my duty to serve the Conner family." Hearing Roy's words, Alfred was obviously touched and replied immediately.

"Sigh, alright, but before that, we need to find a place to talk." Roy said, and then he decided and headed towards the balcony on the second floor.

After arriving, Roy allowed Alfred to take a deep breath and organize his thoughts.

After a while, Alfred finally let out a sad sigh and then sadly said: "Young Lord, the Master is dead."

Hearing this, Roy's heart stopped momentarily, and his shoulders trembled unconsciously.

Roy doesn't know if it was a natural action of the body or if his skill [Acting] was just too good, but at this moment nothing of that matters as various emotions fill him..

After a few minutes, he finally calmed down.

Roy was confused about what happened, but just as he wondered, a message rang in his mind and made him realize it.

'A quest has been created.'

[Quest Title: Revenge]

Description: A remnant of the original's soul has been found dormant in the host body. The soul was triggered upon hearing that his father had died and was filled with anger and resentment towards the killer.

Objective 1: Investigate Alex Sanchez and all his accomplices. 

Objective 2: Eliminate Alex Sanchez.

Objective 3: Take the remaining shares of the Conner Chamber of Commerce from Alex Sanchez  hands.

Reward: 5000 EXP, a [Skill Book], freeing yourself from the original's remnant soul (+5 Luck), and +20 free status points.

Failure: +43% probability of death, a remnant of soul resentment (-10 luck).]

End.