Chapter 6
After finally deciding to get out from the ID, I decided to reappear on one of the corners of the room, which made me able to look at the whole room and be sure that no one was there, apart from a cat resting on off the corners lit by the moon.
Ignoring the cat I started my mission to get stronger, by doing squats.
'If I could raise my perception, intelligence, and wisdom by studying or doing something related to them, the same could be said for my physical stats, let's try to get as many skills as I can related to them.'
When I had started the sun had set for about 2 hours, by the time I had finished, I was forced to eat two plates of pasta to help recover my stamina, but at least I had been able to raise my stats and gain several skills, some not related to physical aspects due to my experimentation on Mana Manipulation.
The first and obvious thing I did was to use Obverse on the knife and gun I had stolen from Donny, making it level up once more.
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Italian Stiletto
Quite an old knife used by Donny Devito to defend himself, most times though he used it to scare others
Durability: 132/200
Damage:(20+(Dex))+(Dagger Mastery)
Colt M1991
A trusty gun used by Donny Devito to kill whoever stands in his way
Durability: 300/300
Damage:200
Bullets:5/7
Special Effects:
Reload: Only The Gamer can use 50 MP to fully reload the magazine once all the bullets are used
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The knife seemed pretty normal, nothing special about it, but the gun? If all guns are like it then I have infinite ammo at my disposal, the 50 MP is a big hit to my Mana pool but I just need to not miss.
Next, I started training my body, something I previously hated because under my eyes physical exercise led to losing energy and thus requiring the consumption of more food, but now? I have all the food I want whenever I want.
I trained for 3 consecutive hours, I am aware of how much time has passed thanks to my stamina regen activating every minute.
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Physical Form Lv.1(Improves the actual boosts you receive from each status point of Str, End, Dex, and Vit)(Doesn't increase the HP and SP)
Physical Form Lv.1=>2
+1 Str, Vit, End, and Dex
Exercising Lv.1(Imporves the reward you receive after the excessive, while also increasing SP regen while resting after an exercise, End-based)
Exercising Lv.1=>4
Dagger Mastery Lv.1(Imporves your ability to use knives and daggers, and your ability to hit weak spots, Dex-based)
Dagger Mastery Lv.1=>4
+1 Dex, End
Focus Lv.4=>5
LFM Lv.2=>5
+1 Dex
Physical Form Lv.2=>3
+2 Str, Vit, Dex, End
Running Lv.11=>13
+1 End
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I felt like a new being, my strength and vitality were still under the 10, but my Dex and End had already surpassed it, and I felt like I could fight Donny and have a chance to win against him if he didn't have his gun of course, I am sure he is better at using it then I am.
The rest of my first-ever training session was spent letting SP regen and using Mana Manipulation for the first time.
Closing my eyes I focused on the feeling that had appeared in my stomach and I had been ignoring it till now when I had unlocked the skill, I knew something was there and now I was going to use it.
Mana felt like a warm fluid coursing through my veins, filling with energy and internal motivation, to study it and control it.
After we knew how long my eyes finally reopened and what looked like a ball shaped like a golf ball was in my hand, standing there, floating a few millimetres above it.
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You have unlocked Meditation Lv.1(Improves MP and SP regen while meditating, every level makes it easier to maintain meditation, Wis-based)
Mana Manipulation Lv.1=>2
You have shaped mana for the first time: +5 Int, and Wis
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Using the already formed ball in my shape, I started playing with it and shaping it in various shapes, first a stick, then I tried a bigger ball, my maximum was a tennis-sized one, and lastly, I tried to reduce its size while compacting the mana thus making it denser, if mana had a weight I was increasing it.
After 30 seconds of pure focus what looked like a bullet formed in my hand, and just at that moment my MP was drained completely and the bullet flew off my hand hitting the wall and making a small hole.
'It doesn't have the actual strength of a bullet, is it because I don't have enough mana? No, a skill would have formed even though I don't have enough mana, something is missing.'
So I started meditating to recuperate enough Mana to try once again while thinking about what makes bullets so lethal in guns.
After I felt like I had enough mana my mind finally clicked on what was the missing piece.
I once again formed the bullet in my hand, this time making less time than before, but before launching it I started to make it spin, this was different from actually just shaping it, I had to use my will to make with spin around itself while maintain it's current shape.
After forcing my mind, the bullet slowly began spinning, at first it was just a spin every 10 seconds, but then it began speeding up, and after I felt like it at reached its maximum speed, I let it fly.
The bullet this time pierced right through the wall and dissipated a few seconds later, no sound came from firing it though.
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Mana Manipulation Lv.1=>4
New Skills:
Mana Shaping Lv.1(Improves your ability to shape mana to whatever shape you prefer, Int-based)
Mana Shaping Lv.1=>6
+1 Int
Focus Lv.4=>5
+1 Per
You have created your first spell: Spinning Mana Bullet(SMB) Lv.1
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I smiled, my progress through one singular night was something impossible, my body had grown without even giving it time to rest, something theoretically impossible but happening right in front of my eyes.
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Considering you haven't slept in 16 hours, it is suggested host sleep for at least 8 hours to prevent the status effect of Exhaustion from appearing.
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But apparently, I am still not a machine, so without much choice, I push my back against one of the darker angles of the room and close my eyes to try to sleep, the cat that had until this moment just looking at me approaches me and sits on my legs to rest.
I look at it for a few seconds, and my hand hovers over it for the time, but then I simply go to sleep, letting it where it is.