Chương 4: Chapter 4 - Rewards And Dungeon Exploration (1)
Today is the 1st of July. On 30 July I must arrive at the dawn academy as the college starts on 1st August. So it means I have a total of less than a month to complete my quest of unlocking my talents and bloodline and remove that curse.
I sensed my current rank and found out that in 1 to 2 days max I can become a < F + > ranker.
After going into my novel memories I find out some places where I can get high-level skills or manual skills but these places are too dangerous for my current self.
So after burning lots of my brain cells, I fixed one place. That place is the closest and safest option for me.
But to arrive at the place I need the key and it is in the place where I can see it but can not have it.
As I ran my brain at high speed a sudden event got my attention. I opened my watch and confirmed my thoughts.
A smile appeared on my face as I got the way to get the key surely.
But first I must do some preparation.
After I break through to the next rank I must find a way to get some combat experience.
The best place for it is the dungeon where lots of danger and opportunity exist at the same time.
After some more searching, I found a place that could be used for both combat training and some extra benefits.
As I made some brief plans I opened my smartwatch and started to read some books.
I will try my best to complete the other quest in the least amount of time as that special skill may become very useful to me.
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A week later.
For a week I maintained a constant but busy lifestyle which brought me very good results.
'status' ( David )
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Name - David Adam (lv 0 )
Title - the soul of another world
Age - 16
Rank - F +
Potential - C
Affinity - shadow ( 65%)
Talent - shadow domain ( locked ), < not selected yet >
Bloodline - ???? ( sealed )
Stats
Strength - F +
Agility - F +
Stamina - F +
Mana - F
Mana recovery - F
------ > Special state
Forbidden curse ( ???? ) - a strong curse born to slowly consume the holder's life force and give them a painful end. ( sealed for 23 days )
------ > Manual skills
intermediate swordsmanship technique ( beginner )
A set of intermediate sword moves and styles.
Basic footwork technique ( perfect )
A set of basic movement patterns and sets.
Basic martial arts ( perfect )
A set of basic hand-to-hand combat moves and styles.
Intermediate herb gathering ( elite )
Gather medium-leveled herbs while preserving their properties.
------ > Skills ( 0/2)
None
Skill points - 0
Quests - breaking the ban ( in progress ), info gathering ( completed )
Status - cursed
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First of all my rank increased and reached the peak of my current realm.
Second, I have learned intermediate swordsmanship on my own.
I buy it from the UNION or I say " UNION OF MERCHANTS". It is an organization made by many families and private companies to run the business all over the human territory.
They have 5 floors just for the manual skills and skill books in their Spring City branch. Crazy right?
I bought other intermediate skills just in case I hit perfection in them sooner or later.
Did I mention that David is rich? Rich means millionaire-level rich. David has millions of mana coins in his bank account. How did he get that much money?
Well, long story short David found a rare herb in the wild which he sold for 10 million mana coins. Mana coins are the digital currency used in this world. 1 mana coin can be said as 1 US dollar back in my world. After spending some money on the orphanage and buying himself a good 3 BHK house in a good place I still have lots of money left.
Back to the topic This week due to my constant efforts I completed the info-gathering quest. It was really hard to read that many books in such a short amount of time.
Heck, I used an audio version of them most of the time. Even in my sleep, I continued to listen to those plain words. I almost had a nightmare that a book was going to eat me. I never knew reading books could cause nightmares.
Thankfully system does not want me to understand the book but just read it once. If it was about understanding the book then it may take me months to get it done.
Now it is time to draw the reward.
'I choose to receive the reward for the quest.' ( David )
[ Ding ]
[ drawing the reward... reward is selected]
[ 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.]
[ do you wish to learn this skill? Yes or no?]
I read the description of the skill and labelled this skill as a bug.
With this thing no treasure can escape my eye and it saves me lots of trouble in many situations.
Some weapons or objects are found in a sealed state in the dungeon. To unlock them some special conditions need to be done or fulfil some sort of demand.
Sometimes it is very hard to find the unlocking conditions so having this skill can save me tons of money and time.
Some dungeons have hidden traps or cursed items so knowing them without touching them can be life-saving.
A brand new skill gets added to my skill section. My first skill.
But why does the rank of skill show ( EX ) and why is there no other information like active/passive, fixed or growth like other skills out there?
I asked my doubt to the system which it replied and said ( EX ) means special rank or it is a thing outside the ranking system.
It does not mean that all special items or skills are stronger than the normal ranked items or skills but it's just they are rare and have some special purpose or use.
I used the skill a couple of times to get a hang of it and honestly, this skill crossed the boundaries of the normal skill.
After doing some trial stuff of couple of times I focused my attention back to the current situation.
Now I have a very useful skill I need to speed up things a bit or more than a bit.
I need to get stronger and get some combat experience to complete my plan of getting a high-level manual skill or skill book.
So I decided to do a dungeon exploration which fulfils both of my requirements.
I can get combat experience in the dungeon while getting some useful stuff in the dungeon which can increase my strength in a short amount of time.
I have a place in mind where I can get both. I booked my ticket and decided to hit the iron while it was hot.
There is one more thing I need to get before I set off.
I took a quick shower and changed into some simple clothes.
I entered my bedroom and opened the cupboard. There are many clothes but they all have one thing in common is that they are simple and durable. No stylish or bright clothes.
I like this thing about David. He liked being simple even after getting so much money.
I slid all my clothes aside and revealed the most overlooked area of the cupboard. The inner backside.
I put my palm at the specific location on the backside of the cupboard according to my memories.
Even after some minutes passed by nothing happened but I still kept my hand in the same position. Someone else would have given up if he did not know the mystery about this thing.
Suddenly I felt like something sharp poked my palm and retreated. I was not surprised by to sudden attack but still kept my hand firmly on the surface.
Seconds later a light scanned my palm and then the inner side like a window curtain got pulled aside and revealed the contents inside.
What appeared in front of me was the full-body equipment set put on a dummy to showcase its beauty. I touched this equipment and a screen popped in front of me.
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Name- Shadow Hunter Coat
Rank - D rank ( excellent)
Element - shadow
Description- the part of the shadow hunter set. It has the power of shadow which protects the one wearing it from harm.
Buff- increase defense by 75% against the skills and attacks of <D> rank or below Rankers.
Skills-
Shadow armor (D) - make the armor of shadow around the body to protect against attack. Increase the defense by 60% for <D> rank or below Rankers.
Shadow throne (E) - fire the throne made by shadow energy in all directions to attack or defend from the enemy. An additional 40% damage increase when using this skill for <D> rank or below Rankers.
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Name - Shadow Hunter Pants
Rank - D rank ( excellent)
Element - shadow
Description- the part of the shadow hunter set. It has the power of shadow which helps the user to overcome all troubles.
Buff- increase the leg strength by 60% for <D> rankers or below Rankers.
Skills-
Shadow enchantment (D) - increase the defense by 70% by using shadow energy for some time for <D> rank or below Rankers.
Shadow enforce(E)- enforce shadow energy into legs to run, kick or jump faster. Increase leg strength by 30% for <D> rank or below Rankers.
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Name - shadow boots
Rank - D rank (Excellent)
Element - shadow
Description- the part of the shadow hunter set. It has the power of shadows to assist the user.
Buff - increase the agility by 70% for <D> or below rankers.
Skills -
Shadow kick (D)- infuse shadow energy into the foot to kick. Increase the attacking power by 70% for <D> rank or below Rankers.
Shadow escape(E)- increase agility by 40% for some time using shadow energy for <D> rank or below Rankers.
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Name - Shadow Hunter Mask
Rank - D rank (Excellent)
Element - shadow
Description - the part of the shadow hunter set. It has the power to assist the user in overcoming all troubles.
Buff - Resistance increases for the <D> rank or below mind skills by 70%.
Skills -
Shadow mind (D)- increase the metal skills resistance by 80% for some time. Only against D rank or below skills for <D> rank or below Rankers.
Disguise (E)- change the eye and hair colors. Change voice too. If the opponent has higher-level skills or power it is possible to see through the disguise. Only against D rank or below skills for <D> rank or below Rankers.
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Set effect (3/4) - increase all functions by 10% for <D> rank or below Rankers.
Set effect (4/4) - skill - shadow boost (D) - increase all stats for some time by 60% for <D> or below Rankers.
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This is the set of excellent quality <D> rank equipment. This set cost 2 million mana coins and there is another baby.
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Name - Nightfury
Rank - D rank (Rare)
Description - made by using the fangs of the nightowl monster. It has the power to cut anything in <D> rank or below. Can also cause damage to < C> rankers.
Buff - increase strength by 85% for <D> rankers or below Rankers.
Skills -
Shadow slash (D) - reinforce the sword with shadow energy to slash at the enemy to cause high damage. Increase the attacking power by 80% for <D> rankers or below.
Shadow block (D) - completely block <D> or below rank skill or attack without taking any damage for <D> rank or below level skills or attacks.
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Just this sword cost about 1 million mana coins. So this all cost a total of 3 million mana coins.
Just looking at the number sends shivers on my body. Just these few things cost millions and it is not the best set in the market.
There is more advanced and powerful equipment on the market but the price may be ten times more than this set.
The more money rankers earn faster they spend on items like skills, weapons, other equipment, potions and many more other things being a ranker is a money-burning profession so be prepared.
Luckily for me, David has left me enough money to carry out my plan more easily and confidently.
After making sure everything is good I put the set into the space and also put a special bag filled with some life-saving things and necessary supplies into space too.
This bag has an internal space of 10 meters but has a time limit of 5 years so it is a trash product only poor rankers have.
Still, this bag has its convenience. I took another dummy bag to hide my wealth and changed into a shabby set of basic low-rank pieces of equipment.
After making sure I closed all windows and doors I left my apartment.
If it was my world wandering around the street in such a getup I am 100% sure I would be arrested or worse get many weird looks from everybody on the street.
But in this world, it is a common site of people openly carrying weapons so nobody paid any attention to me.
I also covered my face with a normal white mouth mask and wore big sunglasses. I also put a hat on my head.
It is just the cautious nature of both myself and David.
I stopped the taxi and went inside. Getting the location driver started the car and soon we reached our destination. No matter how many times I ride these flying cars I still feel the joy I felt during the first ride.
A train station in Spring City. One of the most busiest and guarded places in the city.
Sometimes mana gets berserk in some places so the airway has long been abandoned as public transport for lots of reasons and in the sea, there are massive monsters so seaway is also out of option so the groundway is the safest place to travel now.
There is a much quicker and faster method than train and it uses gates or space gates to be specific.
Humans learned how to use space for their convenience so they made space gates to travel from one place to another in seconds or faster than it.
Let's look at the gate later now we have serious business to do.
I used my watch to see the arrival time and platform number on my train and go there.
As I reached the platform I found many people were waiting for the train to arrive. After using the scan I found the majority of them were rankers and to my surprise, I found some fallen humans too.
If the federation found out that I can tell who is fallen then I can bet they will do anything to protect me while fallens will do anything to kill me. So keep this thing between us.
Whatever the place I selected is popular due to its safe environment so no wonder many rankers are going to try their luck in low-level areas to earn some money.
Truthfully the area I am going to is called the Beginners area which consists of some low-level safe dungeons suitable for new rankers to try.
After some time the train arrived. A massive steel giant floats above the track and has no wheels. Electromagnetism or pure mana? Who knows.
I got on the train and after some minutes the train started to run. I comfortably sat on the chair and continued to listen to other rankers talk.
Sometimes random information may have unexpected effects.
In some minutes the train arrived at my destination. I got off the train and headed toward the dungeon registration area.
I registered myself and took a ticket to enter the dungeon. Entry fee is not high or not low just moderate.
Soon I arrived at the dungeon location. The staff checked my ticket to see if it was right. Confirming the ticket is okay he leads me to the dungeon entry location.
A shiny whirlpool fixed vertically above the ground. It is not the first time I have seen a space gate as David has seen them before but having a memory of it and seeing a real thing is two different things.
As instructed I placed my hand on the dungeon gate and it sucked me in.
Like a roller coaster ride, I get tossed from here to there and before I even process anything I suddenly arrive at the other side.
Thanks to my ranker body I did not have any problem but mentally it was not a good experience. Maybe after a couple of tries, I will get used to it.
Gate randomly transports people to a safe location. If you want to return you have to find the gate location and enter it.
Fortunately, the staff has given me a compass that shows the location of the gate so there is nothing to worry about not able to find the gate.
I looked at my surroundings with care and tried to find if anything dangerous was nearby using Scan. Finding nothing wrong I observed the place.
The view in front of me is simply marvelous.
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