Chapter 5: Chapter 5
Darius tapped his lip calmly. He then called out to Caesar: "Could you explain to me the mechanics of this character sheet? How are stats calculated? How do I increase them?"
{Hello, Darius Stone!}
{To answer your first question, the character sheet is the quantization of your very being. Everything about you calculated and reduced to numbers to give yourself a chance to grasp your qualities as well as faults, so that you may improve on them throughout your journey in the world of Faust!}
{However, they are not just numbers that can be shifted about or played with as you please! They represent your realized potential put in numerical form and will play a vital role in your journey!}
{Strength denotes your physical power in all direct applications, including the ability to lift heavy items, striking power with a blade, or the maximum pulling power when nocking an arrow.}
{Agility denotes your physical speed when moving, attacking, or taking similar actions. It also has the added function of stabilizing your coordination and control. For example, if you reach a value of 500 points in Agility, you will always adapt perfectly to your increased speed.}
{Endurance denotes your physical resilience and vitality. This encompasses your resistance to curses, diseases, or to put it simpler all forms of bodily harm direct or indirect. It determines your general physical stamina, as well as how virile/fertile you are.}
{Intellect denotes your mental power and resilience. This includes defense against psychic manipulation, hypnosis, or special debilitating effects affecting the mind. At the same time, it decides how strong your own psychic, magical, or divinatory powers are. Naturally, it also denotes how intelligent you are as well as your perception of the world around you!}
{Charisma denotes your physical attraction and verbal prowess. This includes matters of the seduction of the opposite or same sex, infatuation, and the general emotional reaction you will receive from those around you. It influences your ability to persuade, negotiate, swindle, and deceive.}
{Luck corresponds to the wheel of fortune. The higher your Luck, the greater the chances of you ending up with exceptionally good results when performing any tasks. Among other things, it might influence your chances of finding good loot from treasure chests, the quality of your loot drops, and fortuitous encounters in your daily life.}
{Each stat is important, and no one stat can claim to be the best! Allocate your stats carefully and do not mistake this reality for a game!}
{To answer your second question, you should know that the average stat points for an adult in this world are 10 in each field!}
{Your Health is calculated by Strength x Endurance, whereas your Mana is calculated by Intellect x Level.}
{In the world of Faust your progress gets measured in levels, with levels 1-20 denoting the Amateur stage, level 21-40 denoting the Journeyman stage, 41-60 denoting the Adept stage, 61-80 denoting the Master stage, and lastly, 81-100 denoting the Grandmaster stage!}
{As you've been told, beyond that lies the Supreme stage, but reaching there will be quite the herculean task. Your suffering in reaching the Adept stage alone is sure to provide the great mistress Vena immense amusement, so we look forward to it!}
{As for your final question, you will be granted 5 Ability Points (AP) and 3 Skill Points (SP) after every level up at the Amateur stage. You will be able to add AP to any of your stats at any time. Similarly, SP can be added whenever you desire to strengthen any one of your skills.}
{You might find methods to increase your AP or SP outside of leveling up through special means, with SP being even harder to acquire for obvious reasons.}
{Due to your Supreme System, there are only 3 ways for you to learn a new skill. The first is through teaching others, or by being taught by a knowledgeable party. The second is through self-creation/training, essentially by developing a new field of your own or practicing an established one satisfactorily.}
{The final method is through skillbooks.}
{As for skillbooks, I will not elaborate on it for now because it is a special feature of the Supreme System. Do note, that skills can only be leveled up with Skill Points and nothing else, no matter how skilled or knowledgeable you might be in that regard.}
{Is there anything else, you don't understand?}
"Could you furnish me with details of the class system?"
{The Class system is split into main classes and subclasses. Your main class will grant you new abilities once you enter a new stage, from Amateur to Journeyman, Journeyman to Adept, and so on.}
{On the other hand, your subclass won't be affected. Additionally, skills are harder to learn by default.}
"You've spoken about leveling up frequently, but have yet to tell me how exactly one acquires experience points?"
{Most classes acquire experience points through killing any living - or unliving - being based on their level. The received amount is fixed, regardless of whether you kill someone or something with ease or through ingenuity and suffering.}
[The value of experience points will solely be based on the difference between your current level compared to the level of your target. Experiment on your own to find the difference in value!]
{Experience points can also be received through special means later on.}
{And this concludes the complete tutorial on the Character menu of the Supreme System. Is there anything you don't understand?}
Darius shook his head. Caesar had been suitably detailed in his explanations, where even the densest of fools should be able to understand and remember the details.
{Then I shall take my leave!}
Darius focused on the Character menu before him. So, if the standard was 10 points in each stat, then Darius was slower and weaker than every living adult … which was kinda obvious since he was still an early teen.
However, his Intellect was monstrous at 21 points, more than double the standard amount for an adult. Then again, he felt it was appropriate given his intelligence and special mental acuity that had been deemed heaven-defying on Earth.
He had always known he was smart, but before today he had never had a specific number or standard to quantify it or contrast it against that of others.
His Charisma was 1.5x that of the average man, which was also understandable given his prowess as a businessman. Not only that, but Darius was averagely handsome as well, so it was fine.
The most surprising thing to him was his Luck which was higher than the average man's. He smirked and thought that it was actually quite natural.
How else could it be that he had lived the life of a villain and got a chance to reincarnate?
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Kotario
Kotario This chapter had some details retconned.
Initially, Caesar gave Darius a 24-hour period to ask any questions but he never used it in the upcoming chapters because he wanted to find things out for himself.
Of course, that is the in-story logic. The meta-logic was that starting a story with 10+ chapters of non-stop exposition would be unwise.
However, this is the internet and there are all sorts of characters online. Many found offense here and labelled Darius as a fool for not using this chance.
Instead of arguing endlessly, I just removed it.
Also, pay attention to the details concerning stats calculations and the like, they're important.
Chapter 6: Chapter 6
Darius closed this screen and switched back to his Inventory. He was now ready to activate the contents of the Beginner's Giftpack.
Darius started by selecting the Map Interface Upgrade.
[The map function has been added successfully! Access the main map of the world through the system menu and customize the mini-map in the Settings menu!]
Darius took the advice and immediately did just that. He discovered that he could either set the mini-map to appear in the corner of his vision or at the back of his mind. He naturally chose to have it at the back of his mind, as he did not wish to be distracted by it.
He also checked the main map and found that, unsurprisingly, everything but the little glade he was in was pitch black. So this was the 'exploration' type of map, where it only recorded places he had been to while the rest was left in a 'Fog of War'.
Darius smiled bitterly and chose the Small Database Infopack. He felt a sudden headache that went as quickly as it had appeared, and suddenly he had access to a wealth of knowledge that was as if it had always been there and he had just briefly forgotten it.
For example, he now knew that the glade was situated in the Andrato Kingdom, a relatively small country on the frontier. Not only was the country considered young, being created only 300 years ago, having had 5 rulers since its establishment, but it was also quite weak compared to the others nearer to the central mainland.
In other words, the perfect 'Starter Zone'. The datapack had taught him the customs of the Andrato Kingdom, the locations of all its cities, their specialties, and their culture.
Darius checked the main map and as expected, it had been updated. It now covered the entire territory of the Andrato Kingdom. All 300+ farming villages and hamlets, 20 towns, and 5 big cities, the capital included.
He was shocked to realize just how small the unlocked portion of the map was compared to the ever-expansive blackness. With this Darius could easily infer that the entire world of Faust was quite huge, larger than Earth at least.
He closed the map and rubbed his forehead. It seemed like he would have to plan his steps forward carefully, as what he had learned from the Infopack troubled him greatly.
But such considerations could be handled before he set out for the nearest city. Right now, Darius looked forward to what choices his Class Initiator would offer him.
[Welcome to the Class Initiator sub-system! A random draw of 6 Supreme classes will be drawn based on your Luck. Would you like to initiate the procedure?]
"I do." Darius answered firmly.
He saw the screen before him transform into a dartboard with six sectors. Each sector was blank initially, but Darius noticed that the board began to brighten up like LED lights, with each sector shuffling between a slew of terms until they all settled down slowly.
He inspected each one of them.
[Broker - Class
Description: A class suitable for merchants that allows for the easy acquisition of goods and services as well as lucrative trade in all sectors the user partakes in.]
[Spellblade - Class
Description: A class suitable for swordsmen trying to branch out in their abilities, allowing them to use magic as perfectly as a mage while still maintaining their prowess with a blade.]
[Craftsman - Class
Description: A class suitable for vocationists who prefer to create special tools and items to assist the lifestyle of the general populace. Encompasses all known crafting trades.]
[Magus - Class
Description: A class suitable for magic users. This class allows the user to learn any type and field of magic without penalty to specialization and capitalizes on the Intellect of the user.]
[Pugilist - Class
Description: A class suitable for brawlers and fighters who prefer to fight unarmed. This class allows the user to learn all forms of martial arts with ease and capitalizes on the Strength of the user.]
[Itemancer - Class
Description: A class suitable for appraisers and valuers. This class allows the user to identify all types of items and quantify them. It can also assist the user in quantifying all living beings.]
Presented with such a selection, the classes Darius was most interested in were the Broker and the Craftsman. Either of them seemed custom-made for him, playing to his strengths and allowing him to rise quickly in the field of business.
[Begin the draw for the main class?]
Ah… it seemed as if his main class and subclass would both be drawn from this single lot? That was truly useful, no wonder this item had been graded as Supreme quality.
"Please do." Darius assented with a gentle wave.
The board began to spin rapidly to the point where Darius was unable to follow it with his eyes. Fortunately, a special chromium dart manifested from nothingness in front of Darius.
Darius reached out to grasp it, but his hand only passed through it.
[Please do not interfere with the Dart of Chance. It is formed from the quantization of your Luck and will automatically select your class based on the quality of the stats of the user.]
Reading this, Darius settled down and watched the proceedings leisurely. Luck was an intangible thing that was truly fickle, but Darius had enough confidence now that his had been quantified fully.
Soon, the dart struck out and hit the board. Once it connected, the board slowed to a stop, and Darius could finally see what class he had gotten.
[Congratulations! You have acquired the Itemancer class!]
Darius frowned deeply. He had no real interest in that class. After all, he had reasoned that it shouldn't be too hard to acquire an 'Inspect' skill that would allow him to appraise items.
Still, since what it had been was based on his high Luck, Darius considered that there might be something special about the class he had yet to figure out.
[Begin the draw for the sub-class?]
Darius pondered for a bit before nodding. "Please do."
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
6 Power
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