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Bab 5: Chapter 4-What Am I Cultivating?

[Congratulations! You have unlocked the Class Cultivator!]

Zach opened his eyes with a smile on his face and uttered, "It worked!

He stood up and shouted in excitement: "I can't believe it actually worked!"

"I was unable to cultivate in the real world, but I can cultivate in this game!"

Zach couldn't stop smiling. However, his smile vanished when a thought crossed his mind: 'What exactly am I cultivating?'

He opened his stats menu to see if anything had changed, but everything was the same.

"Hmm~" he hummed as he looked through his stats.

"My EXP points didn't increase, and my stats definitely won't increase. So what am I cultivating?"

'My soul strength and defense haven't increased either… or rather, they are zero. Nonexistent.'

Zach suddenly gasped in realization as though he had figured out what he was cultivating. He immediately opened his inventory and glanced at the coins, but they were still the same.

"Not money either."

Without giving any deep thought to the matter, Zach focused on his main priority, which was the clear first five floors.

He entered the blue portal and proceeded to the 4th floor.

"30 goblins… sigh!"

Thirty goblins spawned in front of Zach, and not only were they different colors, but their size was big compared to the level 10 rogue goblins.

They were red-colored goblins, and their size was the same as a normal adult human.

They were carrying swords in their hands.

[Level 15. High Goblins! HP- 500/500.]

Zach thought there was no point in planning his attack if he was going to attack them anyway. Instead, he improvised.

Now, his plan was to cut everything he saw. However, there was something else he wanted to try.

'Let's see if this works,' he thought to himself.

He looked into the eyes of one goblin and uttered, "Die."

"... It's not working," he muttered with a disappointed look on his face.

"Father told me that I would be able to use it if I can cultivate, but I guess… I truly am a failure."

'Failure, you say? There is nothing like a failure in this world. You are our greatest success.' Zach recalled what his father used to tell him whenever Zach was feeling down.

"That's right. Father told me never to give up and keep trying," Zach uttered to himself.

He gripped his sword tightly and dashed at the goblins.

He swung his sword and cleaved the heads of the first two goblins. Then, he ran past a few goblins without attacking them. After that, he turned around and stabbed three goblins at once by piercing his sword right through their bodies.

He kicked the goblins in front of him and stabbed one in the head, one in the eye, one in the mouth, one in the chest, and one in the sacred spot.

The remaining 20 goblins attacked him at once from all sides. However, Zach simply spun around and slashed the eight goblins who were in the front.

'Is it just me, or is this getting really boring? Like, this game isn't challenging at all.' Zach wondered as he cut and killed six goblins.

Zach had no idea that he was going to eat those words in the near future.

'And they even die in one hit, like come on!'

Zach was indeed killing the goblins in one hit, but it wasn't as though the goblins were weak. He hadn't realized that each and every attack of his was a critical hit that instantly killed the goblins; it was the benefits of his celestial physique. 

Zach jumped to the higher ground to catch his breath.

"If this game had something like 'Stamina', I would be forked up."

There was indeed stamina in the game, but as this game was using real-life skills and talents to let players play more freely and realistically, the players had the stamina they had in the real world.

Of course, as they trained harder and powered up in the game, their body was growing stronger in the real world. But unfortunately, Zach wasn't an athletic person, or at least, that's what he always thought. He was the type of person who avoided and ignored things that either didn't matter to him or he didn't find it worth it enough.

He wasn't a social person either. Not an introvert nor an extrovert. He was neutral.

He wouldn't do things that he did not want to, but he would do it if he had to.

Because of his troublesome childhood, Zach's mentality was different from the other kids with the same age as him, in a good way.

That was one of the reasons why he was such a miser whenever it came to spending money.

Zach killed all the goblins but left one. He severed the goblin's hands and placed his hand on its head.

He looked into the goblin's eyes and uttered, "Die."

He waited for a while, but nothing happened. He frowned his face and crushed the goblin's head with his bare hands.

"Why is it not working?" He muttered with a hint of frustration and annoyance in his voice.

[Received 300 EXP]

[Leveled Up!]

[Congratulations! You have received 25 accessible points!]

[Floor 4 has been cleared!]

"Accessible points?" Zach muttered. "I am guessing I can use this to increase my stats?"

Zach opened his stats menu and noticed some changes.

Level-2

HP- 200.

ATK- 100.

Physical Strength- 100.

Mental Strength- 333

Soul Strength- 0

Physical DEF- 100.

Mental DEF- 696

Soul DEF- 0

AGILITY- 10.

MP- Locked (can be unlocked after reaching level 5.)

EXP- 150/1500 (to level up.)

Physique- Celestial- Maxed.

Class- Cultivator. (Maxed.)

Accessible points- 25

"My health capacity automatically increased. That's good."

Zach glanced down at his stats and read further.

"Everything else is the same. No change— the level up EXP capacity also increased!" He exclaimed. "But that's given."

He then looked at the 25 accessible points and thought of using them.

"What should I use them on?" He wondered.

His gaze fell on his stats showing his soul strength and defense, and he smirked widely.

"If I don't get them, so what? I can simply use the accessible points on them to increase it."

Feeling victorious, Zach used ten accessible points on 'Soul Strength'. However, a prompt appeared on his screen saying, [No Soul power detected. Unable to use accessible points.]

Zach sighed and murmured, "I should have guessed it wouldn't be that easy."

He used 8 points on ATK, 8 points on Physical strength, and 9 points on AGILITY.

"I don't need to increase my defense," he asserted in a solemn voice.

Zach was normal and ordinary in everything except his dodging skills.

After training with his father ever since he was only two years old, he had realized that if he didn't get a chance to attack or couldn't block the attack, then all he needed to do was dodge and keep dodging.

However, that was when he was against his father. The skills he considered 'normal' were extraordinary for the rest of the world.

"Now that my agility has been increased, I should be able to clear the 5th floor with ease."

Zach entered the blue portal and proceeded to the 5th floor.

****

Total players in the game 46399

15 new players logged in.

6 players died.

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Author's note- You might have noticed the EXP gain is broken. But it's not. It's all part of the gods' plan and it will be explained in the following chapters.

Thanks for reading.


Bab 6: Chapter 5- Fifth Floor

Until now, the goblins spawned after Zach stepped into the floor, but on floor 5, the goblins had already spawned.

"There goes my time to catch some breath."

[Level 20. Royal goblins! HP- 750/750.]

"Even the names are getting crazier," Zach muttered.

The goblins were similar to how they were on the fourth floor— red skin and the size of normal adult humans with swords in their hands.

Among the horde of goblins, there was one goblin who was standing out more than others. It was the goblin king.

[Level 50. Goblin Monarch!]

The goblin king was wearing armor and holding a sword in one hand and a spear in another.

Zach furrowed his brows and commented, "Not what I expected but… not bad."

Without wasting his time, Zach dashed at the goblins and started swinging his sword at them. His each and every strike was a precise and critical hit as he either aimed for the head or the chest.

[12 goblins killed!]

Zach swung his sword, hoping for the goblins to die— just like they did so far. However, these goblins didn't die after one hit, even after receiving a critical hit.

[4 goblins killed!]

'Their skin is hard around the area of the neck and nape.'

Zach ignored striking the goblins on the neck and aimed for their bodies.

[4 goblins killed!]

Zach had increased his ATK and Physical strength that gave him a minor boost in slashing down the goblins. However, he had also increased his AGILITY, and Zach had the advantage of being fast.

He was almost double the speed than before, and he could jump much higher because of his high speed.

[11 goblins killed!]

Zach jumped as high as he could and landed on the goblin's head, crushing it on impact and killing five more goblins after slashing them down.

He was originally aiming for the goblin king, but the other goblins came in between. After fighting for a few more seconds, Zach realized that the goblins were trying to protect the king.

[3 goblins killed!]

Whenever Zach tried to attack the goblin king, the goblins attacked Zach or sacrificed themselves to protect the king.

[5 goblins killed!]

"So a leader can even control mindless monsters, eh?" Zach scoffed as he cleaved three more goblins.

Zach jumped twice to get away from the goblins and caught his breath.

Now, only two goblins and the king were left.

"I will simply kill the remaining two and deal with the king later," he decided.

He took a deep breath and exhaled sharply before dashing at the remaining two goblins. However, he had something else in his mind. He knew that if he went to attack the goblins directly, they would try to fight back, but if he pretended to attack the goblin king, the goblins would try to protect the king. Hence, Zach chose the easy way.

He ran straight for the king, and as expected, the remaining two goblins came in between to protect the king.

Zach slashed the goblins in one hit and jumped in the air. He landed behind the king and stabbed the tip of the sword in the king's nape, where the armor had a little gap for the neck movement.

The goblin king was caught by surprise and it had no chance to react, let alone attack.

'It's harder than the rest of the goblins!' Zach struggled to stab his sword further into the king's nape.

The goblin king swung his hand with the sword backward and attacked Zach. But Zach dodged it by jumping to the side. However, his sword was still stuck in the king's nape.

Zack looked at the King's HP, and it was 2350/5000.

"No wonder he didn't die," Zach uttered. "He has a huge HP bar."

Zach was standing without a weapon, but he wasn't worried in the least because he happened to be worse in sword fighting and best in martial arts. However, the martial arts he knew weren't ordinary martial arts. They needed the energy to use.

After rendering the attack pattern and standing in the correct stance, Zach swiftly ran past the goblin and punched it on the side, then landed a kick on the other side. He was so fast that the goblin king didn't even get a chance to react, let alone attack.

Zach failed to use the move correctly as he had never used this attack before because he couldn't cultivate any form of power in the real world.

"Heh!" He smirked. "Just kidding."

He grabbed the sword and cleaved the goblin king's body into two. The goblin king's head bounced in the air by the impact of Zach's strike and landed beside its headless body.

[Congratulations! You Have Received A Skill— Martial Warrior!]

[Received 1000 EXP!]

[Quest- 'Clear five floors of the dungeon' has been completed!]

[Congratulations! You have received the reward of completing the Quest. Reward- 2500 EXP.]

[Leveled Up!]

[Leveled Up!]

[Congratulations! You have received 50 accessible points!]

[Floor 5 has been cleared!]

"So many notifications at once… imagine a loud annoying voice spamming and shouting every time I receive a notification…" Zach regretted imagining that.

Zach opened his menu to see the new changes, but first, he wanted to check out his newly obtained skill.

«Skill- Martial Warrior. This skill is given to the ultimate champions in martial arts. (Skill can be upgraded upon reaching a certain threshold.)»

"...Ultimate champions? But my move failed."

«Use- Boost the ATK by +500 if the player is not holding any weapons during the battle. Active time- Last during the battle. Cooldown- No Cooldown.»

"Now this is tempting me to not use my weapon," Zach uttered in a low voice.

Zach then opened his stats to see the changes.

Level-4

HP- 400.

ATK- 108.

Physical Strength- 108.

Mental Strength- 333

Soul Strength- 0

Physical DEF- 100.

Mental DEF- 696

Soul DEF- 0

AGILITY- 19.

MP- Locked (can be unlocked after reaching level 5.)

EXP- 150/2500 (to level up.)

Physique- Celestial- Max.

Class- Cultivator. (Maxed)

Accessible points- 50

"Why are my mental stats not increasing?" Zach tried to his accessible points on Mental strength, but it failed.

He looked at the EXP points and uttered, "150 might be my next unlucky number…"

Zach sighed as he thought about where he should use his accessible points. Although, his choices were limited in the first place. He used 15 points on ATK, 15 points on Physical strength, and 20 points on AGILITY. His agility was once again double what it was before.

"Now then, what should I do now?" Zach looked at the timer and saw only 30 minutes had passed.

'I still have thirty minutes left. Should I enter the 6th floor? But Shay said it would be out of our league.' Zach pondered on what he should do next. Then, he remembered the quests.

He opened his quest board and saw he had received two new quests upon completing the first two.

[«Quest- Reach level 5.»

‹Time- ∞.›

«Reward- 5000 coins.»]

[«Quest- Clear ten floors of the dungeon.»

‹Time- ∞.›

«Reward- 5000 EXP.»]

[«Quest- Equip a Gold Rank Weapon.»

‹Time- ∞.›

«Reward- 500 Epic grade material powder. (Can be used while crafting new equipment to boost its stats. 1 powder = 10 points.)»

"5000 coins… to reach level 5…" Zach stuttered as he remembered that making money in the game also gives the money in the real-life bank account.

'I am currently level 4, and I only need 2350 EXP to level up.'

Zach wasn't informed about the EXP gain on the floors after the fifth, and he had no idea what type of monsters were awaiting him.

After pondering for a while, Zach decided to go against Shay's warning and entered the blue portal to proceed to floor 6.

****

Total players in the game 46411.

21 new players logged in.

9 players died.

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Author's Note- I would like to make it clear that his physique has been limited by his stats. No, he is not weak, but not strong either. Once he starts leveling up, he will be boosted because of his physique. 

Think about this as a bottle and an empty glass. Even though the bottle is filled with water, it can only fill the glass up to its capacity. You will need a bigger glass to fill more water. 

Here, the bottle is Zach's reserved powers, and his body/stats is the glass. Every once in a while, the bottle might leak or the water might spill from the glass.


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