章節 11: Chapter 11 - Skill

Chapter 11 - Skill

Adrian trained the whole night in the game to be able to use the Energy. Due to that, his Energy supply was depleted quite a lot and he needed to restore them by eating. Adrian left the area and continued his journey to the Green Orchid Settlement.

Adrian's progress in using the Energy was astonishing. He was able to use Energy and also control it a bit around his body. One more night of training, Adrian would be able to control his Energy proficiently.

Future was a bit surprised to see Adrian's progress. He did something that he was supposed to do later earlier than plan. Not only that, he did it in a matter of one night.

Since Adrian depleted quite a lot of his Energy and his Health was not fully heal yet, he traveled carefully and stayed away from any danger. Adrian would immediately take another path if he met a Grade D and Grade C creature. As for the Grade E creature, if it was a rabbit, he would hunt them.

While he was traveling, a notification from Future appeared and it informed him that a new update was just added to Progress. It was a small update fixing the Authority Level's bug.

Authority Level had the experience and money multiplier but no one gets it due to the bug. So, after the update, Adrian got the experience and money he should get when defeating the rabbits.

For Grade C Authority Level, the experience points and money drop would be doubled. Adrian did not know about Grade D and Grade E but these two grades would obviously get lower than him.

Due to this, Adrian's total experience points was 40 out of 100 and he had 40 bronze coin. He had hunted quite a lot of rabbits on the second day.

It was night again on the second day and Adrian continued his training to control the Energy. He did not make any fire or roasted any meat or vegetable. He found a sturdy branch and sat there throughout the night to practice.

The second day passed and the third day arrived. Based on the map, Adrian would arrive at the Green Orchid Settlement in less than two days. He opened his eyes as the sunrise through the horizon.

"My control has improved considerably!" Adrian was excited. "Let's try this one last time!"

Adrian focused himself and used one Energy point and he felt the warm feeling that he had gotten used since a day ago. He started controlling the warm feeling and let it spread through his body. Since he only used one Energy point, as the energy was spread through his body, the warm feeling lessened more and more.

From Adrian's observation, the Energy was stored in his chest or somewhere around his chest. He was not able to determine the exact location but whenever he used the Energy, it would first appear around his chest.

If he let the Energy stayed at one location, it would last longer and when he moved it, it would still last the same. However, if he started spreading it, the Energy disappeared faster. So, as Adrian spread it through his body, the Energy had started to slowly dissipate.

Due to this, Adrian used another point of Energy to strengthen the current Energy. He kept doing this until he felt a warm feeling throughout his whole body. Adrian maintained this condition for a few seconds before he moved all the Energy and concentrated it at one point.

First, Adrian focused on his fist and his fist let out a blue glow. It looked beautiful and also strong at the same time. Then, Adrian moved the Energy and focused it at his feet. The same thing happened to his feet. The blue glow appeared.

Adrian tried to hop a few times and ran for a bit. He could feel that when he jumped, it was higher than normal and he was faster when running too. The Energy enhanced his body.

Adrian played around with the Energy and concentrated them on his eyes which enhanced his eyesight, his ear which enhanced his hearing, and his nose which enhanced his smell. He also took out his farming sickle and channeled the Energy to the sickle cladding it in blue light.

"Nice~" Adrian was happy with this progress.

*Ding*

A notification arrived.

[Learned Energy Control and Energy Manipulation.

Skill – Energy Control

Element – None

Level – 1

Next Level – 0/10 minutes

Effect 1 – Control Energy in the body

Effect 2 – Lower Energy consumption by 1%

Effect 3 – Lower Energy depletion by 1%

Skill – Energy Manipulation

Element – None

Level – 1

Next Level – 0/10 minutes

Effect 1 – Control Energy outside of the body

Effect 2 – Lower Energy consumption by 1%

Effect 3 – Lower Energy depletion by 1%]

[Player Adrian is the first player who managed to learn Energy Control. Moreover, Player Adrian also managed to learn the advanced version of Energy Control, Energy Manipulation. Not only that but Player Adrian learned these two skills outside of the mission and earlier than the plan.

Player Adrian is rewarded with Sickle Mastery skill, Plant Mastery skill, Animal Mastery skill, Genetic Mastery skill, and Stone Mastery skill.

Player Adrian is also rewarded with the ability to create any skill he wants basing on these five masteries obtained]

"Whoa!!" Adrian was surprised. He got two new skills and a lot of other skills as rewards.

[No need to be surprised. Other than the first two, the other skills are easy to obtain. The first two skills are essential to start learning all other skills. As for the other five skills, they are easy to obtain and you just get it early] Future spoke.

"Ok," Adrian nodded but he was still excited and happy. Adrian read the descriptions of the five masteries skill and all of them were passive skills and they were all level 1. Their effects were lowering the energy consumptions by 1% when Adrian was using skills related to the mastery.

[Mastery skill is important if you want to create the usual fantasy skill. If the Energy Manipulation and Energy Control open your path to using Energy, Mastery skill opens the path to using elemental skill] Future explained.

[For example, you need to learn Fire Mastery first before you will be able to create Fireball skills. Same with other elements. How to get the Mastery skill depends on how hard you work in real-life. You can only learn the Mastery skill in real-life]

"Then, it is not as easy as you say earlier," Adrian spoke.

[It is easy… if you work hard. You do know why this game is created] Future replied.

"Then, are the mastery skills the only skills that can be obtained in real-life?" Adrian asked.

[Nope. I think I tell you this before but you need to create the skill in real life and improved them in the game. For example, you want to learn a sword slash skill. You need to create it in real-life by training how to slash with a sword first. Once you get the sword slash skill, you can improve it in Progress]

[By improving, I mean you can add energy by making an energy sword slash or moon slash or whatever fantasy skill you want]

"Whoa! Then, we are quite free to create skill?" Adrian asked.

[Yes. If you are creative, you can create many kinds of skills. However, there is a flow to everything. You cannot create a sword slash that can damage hundreds of meters of the area from a simple sword slash. You need to develop it until it reaches that point]

Adrian understood. In Progress, Players were free to create skills but they would first need to start from below and slowly crafting the skill to reach a powerful state. Just as the game name implied, this was the progress in skill.

[Ah, I am sure I have told you this but you can only create skills related to your special stats. The special stats are your elements. You cannot learn sword skills with spear special stat. You cannot learn water skills with fire special stats] Future reminded him.

"Then, this free skill creation, can I create any skill?" Adrian asked.

[Yes, but as I said earlier, there is a flow to everything. You can only create beginner skills. Choose properly]

"Hmm… Should I create a plant element skill? I have plant mastery and in this environment, my plant skill will receive a boost," Adrian mumbled.

It was common knowledge that fantasy games implement the surroundings to enhance certain skills. For example, fighting near a river or any water bodies or rainy day would boost water element skill. Using a skill during the day or in a volcano boost fire element skill.

[Here is a tip. Create a sickle skill. Purely Energy-based skill is strong but they consume a lot of energy. In your current state, it is better to create a weapon skill. They used less Energy and are as effective as Energy-based skills. You cannot attack long range but you already see a lot of creatures in this forest. Other than the slime, you cannot find any other creatures that can attack long range]

"You are right," Adrian agreed and he made his decision on what skill he wanted to create.