บท 8: Chapter 8 - Sorting The Gains And Power Ups

The next day I woke up from a good rest and checked the time. It's 6 AM sharp. Damn, this body and its habit. I sleep at 1 am and still wake up at 6 am despite how much I was tired all night I feel energetic and refreshed with just 5 hours of sleep.

Is this due to a ranker's body or is my body a little special? Anyway, let's get started. After a quick wash-up, I leave the house for my morning run and meditation.

After my morning exercise, I returned home and went straight into the training room. This house has a separate training room with all the necessary equipment.

I wish there was a gravity chamber but it's too expensive for current me so forget about it.

I sat down in the center of the training room and mediated to calm myself down. After some minutes of meditation, I get into my best state.

I take out the upgrade potion from the space. This space is more convenient to use than bag storage space. I can take or put things in space from anywhere if any part of my body touches the thing.

For some personal things that I own I can take them out or put them inside without even touching them but this function has some limitations like size, distance between it and me, etc.

I can even disguise the space by taking or putting things in the bag or my pockets. This Is How I tricked that monster into believing that I did not have a storage device on my body and came completely open in front of me.

Put these things aside and focus on this potion.

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Name – Rank upgrade potion

Rank – E

Sub rank – perfect

Type – potion ( consumable )

Note – if a F ranker drinks it they advance directly to the E rank.

Use – 0/1

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I wanted to use this potion inside the dungeon but then thought about it. After thinking I decided to use it at home to be safer side.

This potion is a special case as it can only be found in Dungeons and can not be mass-produced. It's very hard to get this thing, especially those high-level ones.

It may cause war between rankers to get this type of potion as it directly raises the combat level of the ranker.

Take the example of this potion. This potion is a low-level E-rank potion but its purity Is perfect means even if a ranker who just entered the F-rank takes it they will reach E–rank after taking this potion without going through the long process of slowly raising their rank.

The cons of this potion is that the ranker builds up resistance to it after using the potion 2 to 3 times. After that, there will be a high chance to fail in raising the rank despite using the upgrade potion.

Another thing is that after taking this potion natural promotion speed will be greatly affected. It is possible that after taking multiple upgrade potions a person will struck in their current rank forever even after taking the upgrade potion.

Talented people will not use this potion but for me, there is no other option. I have to get stronger as soon as possible. I can not afford to wait and take things slowly like others.

To get the thing I need to complete the quest I need to get stronger than my current self. The E rank Is just a minimum qualification.

I opened the cap and drank the content in one go. As soon as the potion entered inside of my body it started to spread in all directions.

My whole body feels like a burning oven. A fiery aura filled my body. Just like the time I take the berserk potion. I meditated and tried to stay calm and observe the situation of my body.

Every ranker has a thing called an inner view where they can roughly see their mana core and mana veins in their bodies. The higher the rank more clear the view and structure of mana vessels in the body.

I saw my core filling with the mana and distributing it to the whole body. Soon the whole process ended and my core returned to its normal condition. This mana core is not easy to mess with.

Only by awaking the mana core can a person use the mana. The best age to awaken the mana is the time when they turn 16. After 16.6 years the probability of someone awakening is very difficult and after 17 it is almost zero.

Luckily I awakened my core before reaching 17. I checked my changes to my body after my rank upgrade.

After some quick check-ups, I took another thing out of the storage space.

It is the skill book dropped after killing that skeleton scholar.

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Name – parallel thinking

Rank – E

Type – skill book ( Growth )

Description – use this book to learn the skill called parallel thinking. It helps the user to use its mind to think different things at the same time. It is a growable skill with almost infinite potential.

Use – 0/1

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Skill books are hard to find and growable skill books are even rare as they can accompany the ranker till the end as long as they are properly practised and upgraded.

This skill book is even rare to find as it is an assistance type book while the combat skill books are more in number.

After reading the description I decided to learn this skill. Anyway, I have more slots than the ordinary ranker so learning this will not hurt and this is a very useful skill book that can be used in any situation.

I used the skill book and it turned into mana particles. Those particles entered my body and merged with my mana core.

The main reason that there is the limitation of skill number is due to the limited capacity of the mana core to store the skills.

After finishing this thing I tried to use the skill I just learned. Suddenly I felt like my mind had turned into two parts. I can think of two different things at the same time without any issues.

It is more advanced than making a circle with the right hand and a square with the left hand at the same time.

With this, my training speed will get considered boost and not only that.

I picked 2 swords and stood in front of the practice dummy.

I took a stance and attacked the dummy with both swords. Swords left a beautiful but deadly shadow as they attacked the dummy from all sides.

Two swords in different directions at the same time imagine the horror the enemy will face while dealing with the attack from two sides.

After a quick sparing, I put down the swords and looked at the practice dummy. The whole body is covered with sword marks. Some at a very tricky angle.

The new skill not only gives me the dual thinking ability it also boosts my thinking ability. With this skill, I can wield two weapons at the same time.

Lots of new combos and tricks appeared in my mind by using this skill. I turned off the skill. Using this skill in an active state will burn lots of mana and put pressure on the mind.

I sat down and looked at the last part.

The system had some old messages while I was unconscious in the dungeon.

I checked the messages.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden quest. ]

[ name – Kill the Boss

Condition – kill the boss monster for the first time. The boss monster's rank must be the same or higher than the host.

Reward – random

Penalty – none

Status – completed ]

So I completed the hidden quest. Looks like it is my lucky day.

I choose to receive the reward. A lottery wheel appeared in front of me. It is divided into many slots and the things on the slots are covered in fog. It looks mysterious and beautiful.

The wheel started to spin rapidly. After some spinning, it slowed down and finally came to a stop. The pointer in the middle pointed at the specific area which started to glow. Soon the content on the slot revealed themselves.

It is a photo of the coins with some symbols on them. Anyway, I received my reward.

[Congratulations to the host for receiving 10 skill points as the reward.]

The first time I got the skill points. They can be used to learn new skills instantly and raise the proficiency of the existing skills. Pity that they only work on manual skills.

After making sure nothing was missing I started to get familiar with my new rank and skills.

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A weak later

In the training room. I completed the last set of today's training. I put down the weights and wiped my sweat with the towel.

This week has been very rewarding for me as I achieved some new things thanks to my new skills. Let's check it out.

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Name - David Adam (lv 0 )

Title - the soul of another world

Age - 16

Rank – E -

Potential - C

Affinity - shadow ( 65%)

Talent - shadow domain ( locked ), < not selected yet >

Bloodline - ???? ( sealed )

Stats

Strength - E

Agility - E

Stamina - E

Mana - E -

Mana recovery - E -

------ > Special state

Forbidden curse ( ???? ) - a strong curse born to slowly consume the holder's life force and give them a painful end. ( sealed for 13 days )

------ > Manual skills

Intermediate swordsmanship technique ( Elite )

A set of intermediate sword moves and styles.

Intermediate footwork ( beginner )

A set of basic movement patterns and sets.

Intermediate martial arts (beginner )

A set of basic hand-to-hand combat moves and styles.

Intermediate herb gathering ( elite )

Gather medium-leveled herbs while preserving their properties.

------ > Skills ( 2/4)

scan ( EX ) - scan the surroundings or a certain area or a specific thing or any living being to know its information. Only some special level things or skills can counter this skill.

Parallel thinking ( E ) ( Gro.) ( Active / Passive ) ( beginner )

Allow users to dual think ability. Can increase the thinking speed.

Skill points - 10

Quests - breaking the ban ( in progress )

Status - cursed

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Using the new skill I learned the intermediate skills for my remaining basic skills. Dual thinking can be a bug as the training efficiency is double compared to before.

After a quick wash-up, I went into the living room and turned on the television. I selected the local news channel.

Since coming to this world I look at the local and international news regularly to ensure that there is no major change to the world due to my arrival. Who knows how many and at what level things have changed due to my arrival or my actions?

The butterfly effect can be quite dangerous.

The show just started as the beautiful host started to read the news.

[ hello to everyone. This is your friendly host XXX. I hope you are having a great day and I have some news which may make your next day fun day.]

[ our first news is that tomorrow the city museum is organizing a free exhibition for the public. There will be lots of historical things and artworks that are newly collected or some transported from different locations.]

[ the main attraction is that our city leader put some of his personal art collection on the public display including a new painting found in the relic. We heard this painting Is quite expensive and rare.]

[ city leader has burnt his pockets to get this painting. Having a big heart the city leader has decided to put this rare painting on the public display tomorrow. So do not miss this golden opportunity to see this painting in person as this type of opportunity is rare.]

[ now on to the second news a dungeon is ...…]

I ignored other news and focused my thoughts on the first news. So the time has come when fate will decide whether is my decision correct or not.