4 Lunar Academy[1]
Sitting on the ground while leaning my back on a tree, I looked around. There's blood everywhere, the King Wolf's head was smashed so badly that it was hideous.
I looked at myself, I was covered with my and King Wolf's blood.
My stomach churned at that sight, luckily I stopped myself from puking...
"I'm dirty."
The fight lasted for about 30 minutes.
'The longest and worst 30 minutes of my life.'
I thought as I recalled my battle with the King Wolf...
"I only took one direct attack from it and I'm already dying. What's more, that attack is just a normal one..."
I muttered.
I just won because I was lucky, if I was bitten again and again, then I would've already died from excessive blood loss.
That's why I locked it in its position by stabbing it with the dagger, to avoid that situation...
"This sucks, I need some plot armor here or I might really die you bitches."
I cursed while looking up at the sky...
And not long after that, the system appeared with a message.
[The Transcend Beings are satisfied watching you struggle to survive, so they decided to give you some rewards!]
'Transcend Beings? Oh, it must be referring to the Higher Beings, well, I don't really care.'
What got my attention was...
"Rewards?"
[Yes, 'rewards'.]
Right after that, the system displayed my so-called rewards.
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[REWARDS]
-[System Shop]
-2500 CP
-Intermediate life potion x3
-Item Upgrade scroll x3
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Then 3 bottles of potions and 3 scrolls appeared in front of me...
Not minding that they came out of nowhere, I immediately chugged one of the life potions...
It immediately took effect as my wounds started to heal and my complexion got better!
Though, I feel a bit sleepy and I can still feel some lingering pain...
[You'll be fine in half an hour.]
The system said.
"Oh, nice."
And I replied.
Anyway...
I didn't mindlessly jump from tree to tree, I deliberately jumped towards the base of the mountain while escaping from the King Wolf.
I did this for 2 reasons...
First, is that I might coincidentally meet someone who can help me with the King Wolf, which didn't happen...
And second, is to save time going down the mountain...
The sun is already rising, now I only have less than 3 days to go back and attend the academy.
"And I'm not even halfway down the mountain..."
Snapping out of my thoughts...
I faced the system.
"What's [System Shop] by the way? I have a rough idea, but still, explain it."
Then I asked that.
[Well, it's like a plug-in to me, which gives you access to a shop. The shop has a lot of products that might help you.]
The system explained.
"Hmm, come to think of it, you're pretty much useless until now."
I said to the system in a mocking tone.
[Um! Rude! I appraise things for you and help you utilize mana and skills!]
Then it argued back.
"Calm down, I'm just joking... Anyway, open the shop."
[Tsk, fine.]
Then, the so-called '[System Shop]' appeared, and like usual, it was in a transparent window...
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[SYSTEM SHOP]
[Permanent shop]
-Low-100 CP
-Intermediate-250 CP
-High-500 CP
[Collected]
-10 CP
-50 CP
[Timed shop]
-1000 CP
-1000 CP
[Request]
(Input Request)
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After that, the system explained the shop properly...
***
[Permanent shop] sells things that can be bought infinitely as long as I have enough Character Points(CP).
[Collected] sells things that I got from beasts and monsters, their parts will be recorded to the shop so I can buy them anytime, the price depends on the rarity and usefulness of the product.
[Timed shop]'s content changes every month.
The [Request] is for me requesting anything from the transcend beings, they can decline my requests if it's too unreasonable, also if my request gets accepted, I need to pay CP, and the cost is based on my request.
Well, that's the summary of it...
I have 2500 CP as a reward.
CP can be earned from the transcend beings sponsoring me.
The other method is by gaining attention in this world, it will also earn me CP...
"So they're basically saying that I should entertain them and they will pay me."
I hate that idea, but I can't do anything about it so I just brushed it off...
With my current CP, I bought , x1, x1, and [Cat's Earring].
Why [Cat's Earring]? Well...
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[Cat's Earring]
-Have a unique skill .
-Can make the wearer transform into a cat.
-When in cat form, mana and stamina recovery speeds up.
-increase charm by a rank when equipped.
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It's a single circular earring with a cat paw as its design, and it's as small as a button, I chose the color black to match my eye and hair color, the setting is cool and useful, and it can help me move stealthily too.
The best is it increases my charm stat!
"Why a cat though?"
I asked the system.
'Maybe there's a bat so I can fly and shit...'
[The Higher Being like cats.]
Then it gave me the most stupid answer I can think of.
"Talk about unreasonable..."
Well, it's not that I don't like it.
Anyway, I wore the earring immediately.
I don't have a hole for earrings, so I made one in my right ear.
It doesn't hurt much, maybe because I got bitten by a huge wolf for a minute and now my pain resistance increased...
"Ah, System, can you connect the spatial storage to the [Ring of Gluttony]?"
[Yes, it's possible because of the ring's absorption skill.]
"Then please do."
[Sure thing, wait a moment.]
I think the system is getting kinder, which is kinda weird...
"Anyway, I'm gonna check my status first."
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[STATUS]
Name:Raven Obadiah
Rank:F+
Mana Control:F
Strength:F
Agility:F+
Stamina:F
Intelligence:E-
Luck:E-
Charm:F+
[SKILLS]
[TRAITS]
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I stared at my stat for a minute, making sure that my eyes weren't playing games with me.
Then after a while...
"I ranked up!"
I exclaimed after confirming that what I was seeing was not a hallucination.
Not just my rank, but my skills leveled up too!
"My charm!"
My charm increased by 2 ranks, one of the reasons is the , but who cares?
"Though, I don't have a mirror with me. How can I check the changes?"
I asked, feeling my face with my hands.
Then as I was excited about my ranking up...
The system reappeared in front of me.
[The spatial storage has been applied to the 'Ring of Gluttony'.]
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[Ring of Gluttony]
-Spatial storage(Added)
-Have a unique skill called 'Devour'
-Absorb mana from anything.
-50% of the mana absorbed will be transferred to the wearer.
-When the absorbed mana surpasses your capacity, pain will be felt all over your body.
-The skill has 60 seconds cooldown.
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It showed me the new features of the ring.
"Oh, thanks."
[No problem.]
The system really did become kinder, well, who cares...?
I approached the corpse of the King Wolf...
I stood in front of it and aimed my right hand at it...
Then I imagined its corpse being stored in my spatial storage.
Immediately after that, a shadow vortex appeared from the ring and swallowed the King Wolf's corpse!
It didn't take mana from the corpse, instead, it disappeared without a trace...
It was stored in my spatial storage.
"Good."
'I can use this if someone annoyed me and I accidentally killed them.'
I thought.
[Dark]
Then the system suddenly spoke.
'This bastard is reading my mind.'
I thought before shrugging.
"It's gonna happen as long as I'm here in this world."
I replied to the system.
It's true, sooner or later, I will kill a human too, and knowing that made me frown a little.
I also don't want to kill a human.
Anyway...
I stored my baggage and books that I got earlier in the spatial storage too.
Then satisfied with the results, I picked up my gun and stored it in the holster on my waist.
"I have no bullet left anyway."
I used it all up fighting the King Wolf.
I held the dagger to my right hand and drank a low mana and stamina potion.
"Now, let's go back."
Then I started to head to the base of the mountain...
There are less than 3 days before the academy starts.
...
***
...
Going down the mountain is way faster than climbing up...
I'm jumping from branch to branch of trees to avoid unnecessary fights and complicated paths, I'm used to it by now...
And because of that, I got to the base of the mountain in just 36 hours...
'I still have about a day and a half till the academy starts.'
Anyways...
I morphed into a black cat and affected by my charm stat, my cat form looks cool...
I'm pretty fond of its black fur as you can't see me if I stood in the shadows.
'Like Batman.'
And guess what, I just snuck in on a rapid train...
And I didn't even need to pay for the ticket!
***
After about 10 minutes...
I got back to the apartment room that I'm currently staying at.
Because of how advanced the technologies are, travelling is now easier and faster, by a lot...
Anyway, after coming back, I quickly took a bath...
Not taking a proper bath for days is uncomfortable.
After that, I packed the things that I'll need to bring to the academy and then put them in my spatial storage...
I took out the books I got from the skeleton's room, laid down on the bed, and started to read them...
With , it was pretty easy to understand their contents.
My reading pace was not fast or slow...
But while reading, I frowned...
'I almost died.'
I thought as I recalled what happened in the Red Wolves' Mountain...
"Looks like they can interfere in the story if they want to, for their entertainment."
I'm talking about the Transcend Beings.
The system said that they can't change a lot at once, but it's still a problem as some things I don't know can and will happen...
I already know that not everything in the novel is gonna happen exactly as they are, but this is still something...
"I'm lucky that the King Wolf is stupid, it also looked down at me at first..."
I mumbled in a weak voice.
"Being looked down..."
I closed my eyes, remembering the King Wolf looking down at my whole existence with a wolfish grin.
"...I don't like it."
I got frustrated and annoyed, but I felt bitter about the fact that it looked down on me because I was weak.
I'm pretty prideful myself, and if I'm being honest, I have an ego, but I don't have the skill to hold that ego high...
"Argh! Fuck it!"
I exclaimed and just continued on reading...
***
I read about a quarter of the contents of the book and before stopping...
I got up and opened a hologram window from my watch, then I visited my site after a while.
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[Exodus]
[Comments]:
:When are you gonna update?
:Author any new update?
:KSI is a fatneek.
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A lot of comments greeted me, and looking at them asking for a new update made me feel happy...
As I said, I'm just recreating my novels in my past life, so I have the whole story already written.
With that, I published some new chapters, and not long after that, it was flooded with comments...
"This feels nice."
My work being appreciated feels good, then forgetting the events that happened alongside my frustration...
I fell asleep...
***
When I woke up, it was already afternoon...
"I must have been more exhausted than I thought."
It was then, I noticed that I was in my cat form...!
"What?! Why?"
I was surprised because I didn't activate the earring's skill last night.
[Calm down, I activated it because you're very exhausted, resting in that form is better.]
The system then appeared and explained.
"You can do that?!"
[Yes, we share consciousness so I can activate your skills and items.]
"What? I didn't know that, so when my skills activated on their own sometimes..."
[Yep, that was my doing.]
My head is a mess right now...
Then I suddenly calmed down, looks like the system activated to help me think and prove that it can activate my skills and items.
"So you can mess with me while fighting."
[Technically, yes, but I will not do so, If you die, I disappear. On the other hand, I can also help you in fighting.]
"Fair enough."
So that's why it can read my thoughts.
"Wait, if our consciousness is connected, how come I can't feel yours?"
[I'm not a living being, I don't even have a physical body, I was created solely just to help you, that's why...]
"Shit, that's kinda sad."
I honestly feel kinda bad about it.
[It's fine, at least because of you I exist.]
Chills ran through my back as soon as I heard that in my head.
"Stop being creepy, I can imagine you as an old man. Stop saying things like that, it grosses me out."
[You're weird.]
"You're weirder."
I changed back to my human form.
And that's when I saw myself in the mirror for the first time after coming back from the mountain.
With my charm stat being rank...
I'm now fairly handsome if you ask me, my sharp black eyes boosted my looks, pale white skin, deep-black hair, and a pointed nose.
My thin body got some muscles now from the training that I did for almost a month.
"I was exhausted yesterday and forgot to check, but this is better than I expected..."
I did poses in front of the mirror while admiring myself.
"I may not be as handsome as the main characters, but I'm sure I'm on the handsome side."
I proudly declared.
[You're being creepy.]
The system then appeared.
"Shut up... Maybe you're so ugly that the Transcend Beings didn't give you a body."
[...You know what? Fuck you.]
"Fuck you too."
I shrugged and ignored the system.
"Well then, tomorrow is the day, let's get ready."
I wouldn't do physical training today to be ready tomorrow, so I just tested some spells that I learned from the books I brought with me...
And with the help of and the system, everything went smoothly.
Then I posted new chapters of my novel. But as I was doing so, a question suddenly appeared in my mind.
"How much money do I have right now anyway?"
I got curious, so I checked my credit account.
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[131,598] Zeals
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"...Huh?"
I stared at the balance for 10 more seconds...
"Shit!"
Then I cursed in shock!
I got more money than I predicted, I thought it would be just around 15,000 Zeals!
"What happened?!"
I looked at my site and went to the donation page.
And there, I saw someone donated 100,000 [Zeals] with a message:
[If you have advanced chapters, please send it
to me, I'll just read it myself.]
...
'If you donated that much, I wouldn't care even if you let everyone read the advance chapters I'll send you!'
I exclaimed inwardly.
The donation amount and message attached to it were publicly displayed on the donation page, and it caused an uproar among the people on the donation page.
[Zeal] is the currency humans use, in the past while creating the novel, I thought that my country's currency was not known, so I created one for my novel because learning about the currencies of other countries is too bothersome.
The donator is anonymous, but there's a link to where I should send the advanced chapters if I have some.
"Haha..."
A laugh broke out of my mouth as I couldn't contain my joy.
'I originally had 10,000 Zeals, and this one gave me 10 times that amount casually...'
This is not a small amount, it is equivalent to the lowest price of a rank monster core.
It means that I'll need to kill 20 rank monsters to earn that amount.
Or 20 King Wolf...
"Huuu..."
I breathe out to calm down.
'Let's calm down, I'll make this money grow, let's buy stocks or invest. With my knowledge of what will happen in the future and the help of the system, I'm gonna make tons of money.'
"But let's send them some advanced chapters first."
I said and sent some advance chapters to the donator happily.
