Marvin's eyes widened in suspenseful glee as he intently gazed at the Stats screen.
"Is it real?" Marvin was surprised by the sudden gain of attributes and the increase in his Magical Power.
A person's Attribute is determined at the time of awakening, but there have been some cases of reawakening. But Marvin was sure that he wasn't one of them, as he had obtained a system!
He turned to focus on his magical power. It was only 0.1 before, but now it has increased to 5 points. He has reached the peak of rank-1.
Now, he wasn't the weakest Ability user!
Anyways, Higher Magic Power suggests a greater Power level. There was only one other way to increase Magic Power, and that was to slay Magical beasts to get their Magic Power core.
Magic Power Cores are valuable stones that are found inside the bodies of Magic Beasts.
An awakened can increase his Magic Power by absorbing Magic Power cores. But it's hard to kill magical beasts. Furthermore, it's one of the main reasons why hunter hunts magical beasts. Magic Power core is very valuable and can make Hunter's life easier.
The Core of a Rank 3 Magical beast is worth around 5000$. Even the core of Rank 2 Magical beasts is worth around 1000$ in the markets.
'Killing even a single Rank 2 magical beast has been a big challenge for me, and I have never managed to hunt one down even by putting in all of my efforts. Maybe I can now. Let's look at my abilities!'
Marvin's gaze traveled to the Ability Menu of the stats screens. There he saw Skill Development Point, Time Halt, and Gamers body.
'What do they do?' He thought, almost suddenly, a notification popped up in his vision.
There he saw the description of the Skill Development point and the two Abilities.
‹Skill Development point: Can be used to learn Ability. Can be used to Advance existing Ability›
‹Active Ability: Martial Arts: Combine mana with the body to increase body power›
‹Magic Ability: Time halt (Level:1): The power to stop the time of a singular being or thing while still being able to move around normally. Time halt can be activated with a single thought. The Gamer can stop the time of any living or non-living thing in his vision or perception!
Consumes 1 Magic Power Per Second›
‹Passive Ability: Gamers body: The User has become a game type character in the world. To further understand it press 0›
"Press 0?" Marvin exclaimed. There were no buttons on the status screens. His eyes blinked in rapid thoughts, 'Maybe I can use my smartphone and press 0 to fulfill system requirement?'
He pulled out his smartphone, the screen was broken, yet it was still somehow working. Marvin raged, "I really wanna beat those bastards!"
The smartphone screen has certainly cracked under the vicious beating of the school bullies. He shook his head in distress. Without any further adieu, he opened the phone call app and pressed the numerical number 0 on it.
‹Message received! Commencing explanation about the Gamer Ability
‹1. The Gamer is blessed with a unique body that can become powerful through increasing Stats.
Strength (STR) ‹ Increase physical strength and muscle power ›
Vitality (VIT) ‹ Increase health point and health regeneration ›
1 point in vitality=1 Hp
1 Point in Vitality= 0.01 Hp regeneration per second
Dexterity (DEX) ‹ Increase the speed of the body ›
Intelligence (INT) ‹ Increase Magic Power ›
1 INT= 1 Magic Power
Wisdom (WIS) ‹ Increase Mana Regeneration ›
Mana Regeneration increases by one point every 10 points in Wisdom
Resistance (R) ‹ Decrease Physical and Magic damage ›
Magic and Physical Resistance Increase by 1 % every ten points in Resistance
‹2. Certain interactions in the life of the Gamer can start "Quest". The Gamer will be awarded for quest completion. The Gamer can gain experience points by defeating enemies and completing quests›
‹3. After sleeping in a dustbin the gamer HP and MP are restored and any abnormal status effect will be removed›
‹4: With vocal commands, the gamer can open and close the following:
Status Screen: This is a voice command that brings up a window that shows the status window.
Inventory: This is a voice command that brings up a window that shows all the items the gamer has obtained and stored in the inventory. The Gamer can put items in the inventory and take out items.
Ability Screen: A window that shows a list of all the ability the gamer has learned will pop ... When the Gamer gazes at the Ability icon a notification showing all the current information about that skill will pop up›
"Status Screen, Ability Screen!" Marvin shouted, and the semitransparent screens in his vision vanished without leaving a single trace behind.
'Let's check Time halt, I need a target, hmm, what should I use. Yeah, a bottle will be the best choice to check out the effect of time halt!' Marvin searched through the garbage for a bottle.
Soon after, his hand clenched a plastic bottle with weird pungent liquid, probably vinegar, and picked it up.
According to the system, a time halt can be applied to anything, living or non-living, as long as it was in its vision or perception.
Marvin was gonna check out how real it is. The alleyway didn't have any CCTV camera and no person passes through here, so Marvin was sure that no one will witness his actions, hence he didn't care about his surroundings and did what he wants to willfully.
Before he could do that, a system notification popped up.
‹Quest Activated: Proficient Ability User›
Description: Train Time Halt until Magic Power is exhausted.
Quest Completion Reward: 1 Magic Power, 10 Experience points!
Quest Rewards will vary according to Grade›
Marvin's eyes opened in surprise. He understood what the system meant by, "Certain interactions in the life of the Gamer can start "Quest". The Gamer will be awarded for quest completion."
And from the looks it, the better his performance during the quest, the higher the reward will be. That's means if he completes this quest with the best of his abilities, the reward will increase or even double.
He was excited to see what will happen after he levels up and what is the outcome of using time halt.
Without any further adieu, he extended his arm, positioning the bottle right in front of his eyes, intently gazing at the bottle, one by one, he opened all four fingers, and the bottle dropped.
But before it could hit the ground, Marvin willed to activate ‹Time Halt!›
The bottle stopped in the midst of its descend almost as if an omnipotent potent power has stopped it in its tracks.
"Holy Fuck!" Marvin swore, unable to believe that he possesses an ability, and his ability seems to be overpowered.
His father had said, "Life and death are decided by a difference of single second. In a fight between two experts of equal strength and wisdom, the one who is even a fraction of a second faster than the others will win."
'A fraction of a second can decide life and death, yet I can halt time of someone else for seconds! Does that make me the God of life and death? Hahahahahaha'
Suppressed for years, Marvin finds peace and happiness in these newfound powers!
Time was time, and every second, one Magic power was decreasing.
A few seconds had already gone by, and four seconds later all his magic power will be depleted. Four seconds later, the quest reward will also be obtained and he would be able to level up.
Marvin believed that the system is 100% real as his newfound ability has worked! He has become a 100% gamer, and by completing a quest and killing a monster he will become a legend!
Marvin wasn't gonna waste the rest of the three seconds. He wanted to check the limitation of his ability, Time Halt!
He touched the bottle and tried to pull it left and right, it moved!
With a hideous grin on his face that made him look devilishly handsome yet wretched at the same time, he thought, 'This means I can impale my dagger into the brain of any magical beasts or my enemies after stopping their tracks. Would those fools curse their fate for pissing me off, or curse the Gods or their luck? As long as I use Time Halt, who will be able to win against me?' He immediately shook his head left and right and declined these thoughts.
There were many types of Ability Users, some had beasts as companions while the others had thick skin as if made out of metals. Some could use deadly traps that will kill him before he makes a move.
'Overconfident and arrogance will bring me doom. Step by step, I will move forward!'
Lastly, Marvin wanted to check what happens to the things connected with the thing that is affected by the time halt.
Marvin opened the cap of the bottle and turned it face down. All along he was intently scrutinizing everything about the bottle. The pungent liquid inside the bottle didn't move even though according to the law of gravity, all the yellowish-white pungent liquid should have poured out of the bottle opening and splashed on the ground, it didn't.
The liquid inside the bottle was also halted by time!
Almost immediately, he positioned the cap at the sides of the bottle. The cap also didn't drop, even though it should have slipped down the sides of the plastic bottle.
Marvin confirmed that Time Halt will not only halt the existence he targeted but everything inside or in contact with it.
Right then, the liquid splashed on the ground dirtying the edges of his worn-out shoes, the plastic bottle and its cap also plunged on the ground. The effect of Time Halt has ended, and his Magic Power is exhausted.
Marvin suffered a mild headache. This was the consequence of exhausting Magic Power.
Marvin rubbed his head in distress when the system notification popped up to make him smile!
‹Quest Completed: Proficient Ability User›
Grade: SS+
‹Quest Completion Reward obtained: 5 Magic Power, 100 Experience points!›
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