《Another Reincarnation》 Chapter 1 Unknown Island Arc -- Chapter 1 The beach, a place where people of all ages enjoys going. It is seen as a place of relaxation because it is normally quiet and peaceful there. To look around you and see the beauty of mother nature at it''s finest. The majority of people you ask will say that it is one of their favorite vacation destinations. But on this peaceful and quiet beach, a young man madly running for his life was being chased by a meter tall crab. "Damn it! Sys, you told me it was an easy target, that''s not an easy target!" The young man howled to the System or "Sys" in short that got him in his current predicament.
Quest 1st Tutorial Quest: 1st Kill, Kill a Crab
Difficulty Very Easy
Reward/s (Experience Points, Gear Points, Life Points, Skill, Points, Item Points) X10
[Host, the current quest target is considered an easy prey for a level 1 warrior. Besides, the weaker ones are at the other side of the island.] Answered Sys with a robotic female voice as a matter of factly. Hearing her, he wentmad and roared at her. "Easy prey for level 1 my ass! I''m a level 0 you hear?! A LEVEL ZERO! Quick, changethe quest! Give me a bug for a target. No, give me a gathering quest instead!" This level 0 guy is Arren Cyne by the way. [Request denied. Work hard host. Do not use your being a level 0 as an excuse. As for gathering quest as 1st quest, it will only give host the normal reward. The current reward is x10, please work hard host.] Arguing with someone on his current situation was not a good idea, so after he heardher, he could only give up for now and give all his focus on escaping. Looking back, he could see the crab still chasing at him, with reddened eyes and bubbles coming out of its mouth. Arren knew he would not last long so he decided to climb the nearest coconut tree.And YES, they have coconut tree in this world. Dashing hard towards the nearest coconut tree, Arren leapthugging onto the trunk.The size of the tree is at least 3-5X that of Earth''s coconut tree , and to his surprise,there were half foot deep wide holes which made it for him easier to grab. As fastas he could, he climbed up out of reach. Getting 7 meters off the ground, the crab below rammed the tree making a loud bang. Although it sounded powerful , it only shook the tree a little. Arren who was panting stopped climbing after checking that he was already safe.Looking down, he could see the crab madly hitting the tree with both pincers. Left jab,right jab, left jab and right jab again, making a lot of shasha noice coming from itsmouth, it seemed it wont stop anytime soon. He knew this was definitely not normal so he asked her. "Sys, why did this crab not stop chasing me? There should be an aggro range right?" [Host, for giving you a X10 reward,hostneeds to face a little challenge.] After hearing her answer, Arrens face turned red from extreme anger. He felt his entirebody burn, you could even see some steam coming out from his head. No wonder thatguy madly chased him, so it was the System. Since he could do nothing about it, Arren inhaled deeply calming himself down. Looking at the distance, he could not help but admire the place. Crystal clear water,white sand beach, and rocks all over as black as ink and some colorful ones. If there were no dangerous things around, it would be perfect. Although there was alot of banging noices below him and a little shaking, it still did notstop him from enjoying the beautiful scenery. After admiring fora few moremoments, Arren looked at the steriod enhanced crab and damn, still not stopping afterhitting the tree for quite some time. Arren knew that the tree would not last long after seeing splinters flying about, so hepondered on how to solve his problem. While thinking, he remembered that heclimbed a coconut tree so hepeeked up, and there they were, the answer to his currentproblem. With glowing eyes, Arren made his way up, way way, way way, way up the tall tree.A few minutes later, reaching the top, he hugged some of it, rub his face on it, and kissit like its his lover. "My precious ahh, mwah mwah mwah. I love you my precious." Hanging if front of him were coconut fruits that were at least 5X bigger than the oneshe knew. Counting its number, he knew his plan has a high chance of succeeding withthis many. Taking out the so called beginner sword given to him by Sys when he started the quest from its sheath, he placed it on the branch holding the fruit, taking a good aimand eyed onthat spot.Justbefore he started hacking, he remembered something, so he asked Sys. "Uhm Sys, if this big balls kills that guy down there, will I still get the X10 reward thatyou told me about?" A few seconds of silence, Sys gave Arren an answer which made him laugh happily. [Host will receive the X10 reward.] Arren then placed himself on a good position and hacked that group of coconut which wasdirectlyon top of the crab. 1st hack, 2nd hack, 3rd hack, after hacking who know how many times, that bunch wentshoosh down below at a fast speed. *Bang* *Crunch* *Shwaaak**Shwaaak**Shwaaak* Hitting right in the middle of the crab,its carapace made a cracking noice andafter that,it shrieked loudly from thetaken damage. Seeing this, Arren could not helpbut smirk, now he has a chance to kill that bastard below. "Heh, I guess I''ll have crab for dinner then." Instead of running away aftertaking a big hit, the crab instead continued madlyhitting the tree from below. Seeing this, Arren went to drop another group of coconut. Calculating thatit was a little off to the right side and will not hit the crab as before,Arren sawed slowly to leave a little hold and thenswing it a little to force it to drop right on top. Taking a few minutes of sawing, Arren went above thatcluster to take a better aim. Getting himself into position, he swung it with his left foot, directing itto its targetwhen it falls. Moments later, another bunch of coconutmade a swoosh from up above. Seeing that it was going to hit dead center where it had taken damage before, Arrencould not help but howl. "Die!" *Bang* *Crunch* This time the crunching sound was much louder, instead of the crab making anoisy comeback, Sys made an appearance instead. [Congratulations. Host, for killing a target with increased difficulty, you will receiveX10 the normal reward. Additionally, for killing a level 1target while being alevel 0,host will receive an additional X10 reward a total of X20 the normal reward and an additional 1 Event Point.Congratulations to you host.] [Host received 200 Experience Points] [Host received 1 Event Point] [Host received 20 Gear Points] [Host received 20 Skill Points] [Host received 200 Life Points] [Host received 200 Item Points] [Congratulations to host for leveling up] [Congratulations to host for leveling up] [Host, for raising your level to 1, additional Systemfunctions are now available.] [Inventory function has been activated] [Skills function has been activated] [System Store functionhas been activated] After hearing her announce a bunch of stuff, Arren checked his Status to see what changes his levelingmade. Clicking on a tattoo depicting a fully armored warrior standing, holding a swordpointed towards the ground with dripping blood, eyes burned with blue flame, awindow appeared in front of him. This tattoo icon represented his Status window. Spoiler:Tattoo Icon for Status window
Name Arren Cyne Title None
Gender Male
Age 21 Event Points 1
Level 2 Gear Points 20
Experience 200 / 350 Skill Points 20
Combat Power 300 Kg. of Force LifePoints 200
Lifespan 75-90 Years Item Points 200
Condition Normal Currency 0
Seeing the change in combat power, Arren flexed his right arm and kissed his biceps. An increase of 270 points in combat power was definitely a welcomed change for him. Hislifespan had increased as well by 10 years, helet out an ohh sound. Now thatthe danger was gone, Arren slowly made his way down. Getting back on the ground, he went and check the crab. Poking it here and there, though he knew that it was already dead, he could not help himself from poking it for fun. Afterhaving contented from poking it a couple of times, Arren sat himself down the ground beside the tree and went to check the other activatedfunctions. On his left forearm, the once lonely status icon has now 3 others with it namely from left to right, Status a warrior tattoo, Skills a book tattoo, Inventory a bag tattoo, System Store a house shape withSTORE label tattoo. Looking at the default icons for the other functions, Arren went to act cute like a little girl, swinging both hishand in front. "Hey Sys, can you give me another freebie please. Like this one Sys, the cool looking life-like tattoo, PLEASE." Blinking his eyes, smiling cutely, almost, and making his voicehigh-pitched, anyone who would see this would definitely vomit. [Host has already used up all the free points from the last arrangement.] "What? Hey, hey Sys, you did not tell me that points were involved. Wait a minute, youdid that on purpose didnt you? You only showed me thecool ones and f*ck, that was a trap right, right? You, you..." Hearing her, hewent mad and pointed his finger at the opened window since he got no one to point at. After throwing a few more curses at her, he calmed himself down and went to check the other functions. As he had expected, both Inventory and Skills were empty so Arrenclickedthe System Store icon to look whats being sold inside. Appearing in front of him was a simple looking category list, Weapons, Armors, Potions, Skills, Food, Drinks, Tools, Clothes, Sundry, Exchanger, etc. Seeing that theres food being sold in the store as well, he took a glance at the dead crab. "I guess I''ll keep it for now."If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. He made his way to the crab, touched it and then he realized that he didnt know how to store things into his inventory, so he asked Sys. "Uhm Sys, how do I storething intothe inventory?" [Host only needs a thoughtto store items into the inventory. Pick a target, and think about storing it. Another way isphysical contact with an item and say "store" out loudor in your mind. Note to host, storing items remotely has a 10 meter range limit.Warning to host, do not store living beings inside the inventory oritwilldie.] After hearing her explanation, Arren touched the dead crabs pincer and said "store". Instantly, the dead crab vanished in front of him and a notification from Sys appeared. [Detected, 1 dead Giant Red Crab, would host like to sell it? Buying price: 1 item point or 1,000,000 Zirin Currency.] Seeing the many 000000''s, Arrens eyes widened. "Haha, I''m rich, im rich." He laughed and danced here and there. Who knows where he learned his too unbearable dance moves but since he was happy, lets just forget about it. But his happiness did not last for long, he suddenly thought thatthere should be a catch to it. Its was just too good to be truefor him to earn thatmuch money justlike that. With that thought, he checked the shop again, browsingall category available and indeed, hisspeculation was right. No item were sold in the store for Zirin. He might earn one million now but he would have towait until he get to a human populated place toenjoy it. All items sold inside the store mainly uses system points.Gear Points for example, Gear Points were used to buy weapons, armors,accessories etc. Although there is an Exchanger, currency could be bought withsystem points but not the other way around. Meaning, the 1,000,000 Zirin is totally useless for him now. Since it was like that, he decided not to sell. Going back to what he was doing before, he went to check the weapons list. "Weapons, weapons, weapons." He muttered while looking for asuitable weapon for him. Seeing that there were too many and he, who had no experience with any kind of weaponry, asked Sys for professional advice. "Um Sys, could you help me pick a good weapon for me please." [What type of weapon does the host like.] "I dont know, thats why I''m asking you. Well, a range one I suppose. I''m still weak remember and I dont really know how to use any of them." After 10 seconds of silence, he heard Sys robotic voice again. "Range weapon selected. List elimination complete. Displaying recommedation." After that, a single weapon was shown before him.
Item Name Gillver Light Crossbow
Rarity Tier 1 - Magic Item
Effect/s Lightweight, 50% weight reduced
Requirement/s 250 Combat Power
Note Varras Gillver, a crossbow maker known for hisingenuity, created this lightweight yet deadlyweapon when he was still young. A masterpiece that many wanted to get their hands on.
Price 3Gear Points
Seeing that it was only 3 Gear Points, he could not help but frown and think that there should be better ones in there. "Sys, Dont you think that this is a little too weak? There should be better and stronger ones than this one right? Come on now, dont hold back. I have points to spend." Looking like a smug tycoon with lots of money, Arren held his head high, crossed his arms and legs. But his smugness didnt last for long when Sys shothim down hard. [Host does not meet the desired requirements. Host does nothave the required Gear Points. Host, the Gear Points you obtained were from a special case. Normally, host would only receive 1 Gear Point from the 1st Tutorial Quest.] [Host, the recommended weapon shown is one of the most suitable for the current you host. When host gets scared and forgets to storethe weapon into theinventory, host can still run as fast as without any problem. Whenhostwanted to run faster, throwing it anywhere will notdamage itsince its a wellmade product. You should thank me formy considerationhost.] After hearing her sermon,Arren felt his face getting hot. Yup, hewas bitch slapped by Sys for being a smug. Indeed, it was a special casemeaning, heonly got lucky for getting many points. Coughing twice,Arrensaid. "Um, ok I''ll take it.Sys, could you recommendthe ammunitionfor it as well." After saying that, he heard a notification. [3 Gear Points deducted] [Gillver Light Crossbow has been received] [Thank you for your purchase host.] [Ammunitionselected. List elimination complete. Displaying recommedation.]
Item Name Drill Bolt
Rarity Common
Effect/s Armor Piercing
Requirement/s None
Note A quiver full of high penetration bolts. Quantity: 100
Price 1 Gear Points or 100 Item Points
"Ok I''ll take it for 1 Gear Point Sys." [1 Gear Point deducted] [Drill Bolt(Quiver) has been received] [Thank you for your purchase host.] After hearing the notification, Arren checked his inventory. The once empty window now had 2 tab, weapons tab and the other, ammunition tab. Taking out the crossbow from the inventory, Arren was surprised at itssize and shape. What appeared or rather what hes holding on to was a T shaped crossbow with an equal length of its arm and leg. A bulky half meter long body from the stockto its muzzle, although it looked big, it was in no way heavy. 50% reduction weight, obviously. The limb or the bow was at least a meter inlengthand bentonly a little, verydifferent from the arched ones, an inch in width and 4 inch in height. Giving the string a light tug, Arren was surprised and his eyes widened. From that tug, its stiffness was like an immovable mountain. Using more force the second time, although he wasdoing his best but still, not even a small budge came from the string. "F*ck, was I robbed by Sys? Why wontit budge even a tiny bit. I''ll try its lever then. I hope you move this time or Im going to use youas a hammer." After he murmured to himself, Arren placed the stock on his right shoulder and held the foregrip with his right hand, placed his left hand on the lever, took a deep breath and pulled as hard as he can. Clink. " "Holy f*ck that easy?" Arren was surprised as to how easy it was. From the test he did, he knew the string was very hard to move and yet, with the help of the lever, he easily pulled it into its latch. It did not even take him a second tolatch it intoplace. "Damn, this thing is too f*cking awesome. No wonder Sys recommended it. With how toughthe string is, it should pack a punch right? Hey Sys,you there? Thank you for this, hehe." [You are welcome host.] After thanking Sys, Arren took out the quiver eager to test his new toy. Loading the half meter long bolt, Arren aimed at the coconut not faraway from him. *Twang* *Swish* *Tak**Tak**Tak**Tak* Arren heard the ringingsound of the stringanda quick whistle from thebolt that flew. Whathappened next made him surprised.The coconutin front of him was cleanly penetrated. Judging from the sound ealier, he was able to discern4 impact sound. Going to take a look, hewentto check thecoconut. "Holy f*ck!" What appeared before him was not just the other side of the targetedcoconut leaking, but also the one behind it similarly having a hole with itswater leaking out from it as well. Seeing this, he could not help but bedumbfounded. But then he remembered something, if 1 soundcame from 1 hole and 2 sound would be from both sides of the 1stcoconut, then 4 sound would mean. Stopping his thoughts there, Arrenwent around the 2nd one. Seeinganother hole, he shouted at Sys asking. "Mamma mia, Sys! Sys, is this crossbow really 3 Gear Points only?Youre not gonnasay I have like I.O.U later right, right? This is now mine right? Youre not gonna take it back right?" [It belongs to host.] "You sure about that?" [Yes host.] "How sure?" [100% sure host.] Hearing Sys saying that it now belonged to him, Arren went ecstatic. "With this, I should be able to fend off most of the dangerous things here. Hmph, letssee which beast will be the 1st victim to my awesome new toy." After harrumphing, Arren sat back beside the tree, placed his newtoy beside him and went back checking for other items which willaide him to survive on this island. After a few minutes of browsing, Arren made a cough and then he asked Sys as politely as possible for another help. "Sys, youre the expert between the both of us, so could you recommend for me again some stuff please." [What would host like?] Hearing Sys, he then quickly answered. "Armors for protection, tools and stuff for daily use I guess, a skill which will helpme survive, clothes oh wait, nevermind clothing I''ll do that myself. Lets see, what else. Hmm, Sys, I''m gonna need a melee weapon tooright?" [Armor selected. Tools selected. Sundry selected. Melee weapon selected. Please wait a moment host.] "Thanks Sys." After he thanked her, he held the crossbow with both hands and aimedit around. "Do I need a scope for this? I guess I should start practiceshooting tofamiliarize myself with it. Damn, why did I not do any of these when I wasstill there. Right, not my fault. I told them I wanted to livea normal life andthen they went and decided to throw me out. Hmph, just you people wait, nowthat I can get stronger, I''ll make you all kneel, well maybe not." A little background of Arren Cyne, well, back on Earth his name wasdifferent but lets just go with his name now, just forget his name before. Reincarnated into one of theprominent clanin Sky Viewing City of the Sacred Mountain Empire, the Cyne clan, he was thrownout after his 20th birthday. Bringing with him the little money that his motherofthis world gave him,who weptand begged the clan to let him stay,Arren made his way to Camor, the City of Waves totry his luck. When he got there, he was already out of money luckily, the folks atCamor were the good kind so he was able to find a job as soon as hegot there. Doing manual labor at an Arkship Docks, Arren was able to earn a steady income and live a normal life. Then one day, while working on the docks just like any other day, an official from the Capitals docks came and disguised himself as a new hire to scout people to replace the ones retiring. Well, lets make it short. The guy sawthe hard working Arren, he added him to the transfer list. Arren was called and was told he would be transfering into the Capital. Arren was ecstatic to go. The Arkship thats taking him along with others came, they boardedthe Arkship. It was all fine until halfway through the journey they met a storm and the storm was really a picky jerk. From all of the people on board the ship, guesswho was the only one that was thrown out into the sea. Did you say Arren? Ding ding ding, we have a winner. Winnerwinner, chicken soup. Although he was unlucky to be thrown out, he was still lucky as well. The sea is a very dangerous place. Theres more danger lurking in the deep sea than there is onland. Not only that, he got the Systemout of it. Arren shouldthank that picky jerk storm instead. Oh and Sys is already done doing her thing so lets go back now. [List elimination completeD. Displaying recommendations.]
Item Name Besieged Longspear
Rarity Tier 1 - Magic Item
Effect/s When Bracing, extends an additional 1 meter.
Requirement/s 220 Combat Power
Note A simple looking 3 meter longspear effective against charging enemies.
Price 2 Gear Points
Item Name Breeze Wolf Leather Armor
Rarity Tier 1 - Magic Item
Effect/s Reduces air resistance.
Requirement/s 10Combat Power
Note Made from Breeze Wolf Leather.
Price 3 Gear Points
Item Name Breeze Wolf Leather Helm
Rarity Tier 1 - Magic Item
Effect/s Reduces air resistance
Requirement/s 2 Combat Power
Note Made from Breeze Wolf Leather.
Price 2 Gear Points
Item Name Breeze Wolf Leather Pants
Rarity Tier 1 - Magic Item
Effect/s Reduces air resistance.
Requirement/s 7 Combat Power
Note Made from Breeze Wolf Leather.
Price 2 Gear Points
Item Name Breeze Wolf Leather Boots
Rarity Tier 1 - Magic Item
Effect/s Reduces air resistance
Requirement/s 3 Combat Power
Note Made from Breeze Wolf Leather.
Price 2 Gear Points
Item Name Iron Beetle Armguard
Rarity Tier 1 - Magic Item
Effect/s None
Requirement/s 10 Combat Power
Note Made from Iron Beetles foreleg, the toughest part of its body which it uses as a weapon, a shield, for digging, an item decent for protection.
Price 2 Gear Points
Item Name Tight Grip Gloves
Rarity Common
Effect/s Gives wearer a tighter grip.
Requirement/s None
Note A pair of glove coated with the Chameleon Kings mucus. Popular to all warriors.
Price 1 Gear Point
Skill Name Gods Observers Eyes (1/10) (Incomplete)
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Gods Observers are people chosen by the Gods to become their eyes in the Mortal Realm.
Price 20 Skill Points
Item Name Heating Stone Dial
Rarity Common
Effect/s Heating, 10 - 110 degrees dial
Requirement/s 1 Mana Stone
Note A disk like device the size of a plate used for heating a room or an open area. Has a 5m X 5m heating range.
Price 10 Item Points
Item Name Cooling Stone Dial
Rarity Common
Effect/s Cooling, 10 - 110 degrees dial
Requirement/s 1 Mana Stone
Note A disk like device the size of a plate used for cooling a room or an open area. Has a 5m X 5m cooling range.
Price 10 Item Points
Item Name Mana Stone
Rarity Common
Effect/s Battery, energy
Requirement/s None
Note A sphere 1cm in diameter used to power common tools.
Price 1 Item Point
Item Name Wanderers Sleeping Bag
Rarity Common
Effect/s None
Requirement/s None
Note A comfortable sleeping bag.
Price 1 Item Point
Item Name Iron Shovel
Rarity Common
Effect/s None
Requirement/s None
Note A commonly used shovel.
Price 1 Item Point
After looking at the recommended list, Arren, who could not help but get confusedas to why someitems were being recommended asked. "Sys may I know more about this eyes thing. What does it do?" [Host, Gods Observers Eyes enables host to see information fromboth the livingand the non-living things.] "Information? What kind of information?" [Host, information like name, age, gender, combat power, etc.] After hearing what Sys said, Arrens eyes lit up. "Its incomplete right now, so what would happen if I complete it then?" [Host will be able to see amore detailed information. For example, having 3/10, host will be able to seethe girlsmeasurements. At 4/10, host will be able to see the relationship parameter listof girls. At 5/10, host will be able to see if a girl is still vir] "STOP!!! STOP,STOP,STOP,STOP!" He knew that if she continued itll be dangerous to reach that line so he immediately stopped her. Wiping the non-existent sweat from his forehead, taking a deep breath he continued. "I''ll just figure it out in the future so lets moveto the next one. Tell me about the mana stone. If I remembered correctly 1 Item Point is 1,000,000 Zirin at the Exchanger and a mana stone, the cheapest one is around 1,000 Zirin, donttell me that this one is 1000X better or more mana inside it." [Host is correct. The mana stone sold at the store has at least 1000X more mana than the ones people used in this world.] "Thats cool, thats cool. The ones I used before I was kicked out lasts up to 2 weeks at full level heating or cooling with the stone dial. This ones definitely gonna last me very long. Thats good." Nodding over and over, Arren then got to the last item. "Then could you tell me whats the shovel for Sys?" [Host, a shovel is used for digging.] "I know its for digging. What Im asking is why do I need one." [Host, you need to dig a hole.] Irritated by Sys answer, his lips and brows twitching, he asked her again. "Dig a hole for what?" [Host, the hole is for you to sleep into host.] After hearing that, Arren snapped at her. "F*ck! Hey you were cursing me arent you? You want me to die no? Sys, I thought we were friends. Huhuhu" Making a sobbing noice, wipingthe non-existent tears. [Host, youre misunderstanting something host. Host should know that during night time, creatures will roam the beach. The current you will be eaten alive by any one of those creatures. Staying underground at that timewill be safer. The deeper you are down there, the better it is for you host.] Hearing what Sys said, Arren turned to look at the sun and he knew hes f*cked. "F*ck! The sun is wait, I should have enough time to dig deep. With my strength now, I should be able to dig deep enough to be safe. Sys, hurry! I want to buy all items in the list, two of the mana stone please." [Host, a total of 14 Gear Points, 20 Skill Points,24 Item Points. Confirm?] "Yes confirm, hurry!" Seeing the setting sun in the horizon, he shouted back wanting to start his digging assoon as possible. [14 Gear Points deducted] [20Skill Points deducted] [24 ItemPoints deducted] [Besieged Longspearhas been received] [Breeze Wolf Leather Armorhas been received] [Breeze Wolf Leather Helmhas been received] [Breeze Wolf Leather Pants has been received] [Breeze Wolf Leather Boots has been received] [Iron Beetle Armguard has been received] [Tight Grip Gloves has been received] [Gods Observer Eyeshas been received] [Heating Stone Dial has been received] [Cooling Stone Dial has been received] [X2 Mana Stone has been received] [Wanderers Sleeping Bag has been received] [Iron Shovelhas been received] [Thank you for your purchase host.] Hearing the many notifications, Arren did not even bother to look at those. Directly taking out the shovel ,he dug on the spot not bothering to look for a better area to dug into. And so, his heroic journey towards the core of the world has now officially started.Just kidding. His madly digging to save his life. Chapter 2 Unknown Island Arc -- Chapter 2 The world of Il''Rithe, a beautiful world with endless blue sky, majestic mountains with peaks that pierced the heavens,verdantand vibrant rainforests home to the many different creatures of the world,the vast and boundless plains where giants roam, and lastly the deep blue sea, the bottomless abyss wherewho knows what creatures lurks within. In this beautiful and enchanting world, on an unknown island located at who knows where, 8-10 meters below the surface, a young man was sleepingsoundly. Tucked in comfortably in his sleeping bag, Arrenmade no signs of waking up. Yesterday, aftergetting his hands on the shovel, Arrenexerted all his strength digging histemporary housing tunnel. Using the inventory tostore away the dug up soil, he then used it to block the path starting from the outside forming a meter tall mound up untilhalfway through the tunnel. What about air? How was he supposed to breath underground you ask? Well look no further, Sys got him covered.
Item Name Inarri Dwarfed Tree
Rarity Tier 2 - Unique
Effect/s Air, oxygen creation
Requirement/s 1 Mana Stone
Note A walking smalltree from Inarri Forest that creates breathable air. Lives in dark places and comes out for sunlight once a week.
Price 20 Life Points
With the Inarri Dwarfed Tree creating breathable air, Arrens need foroxygenunderground was easily solved. With it, the need to create air passageways was eliminated making it more safe and secure for him to sleep at night.Going back to the sleeping beauty, Arren moved. Twisting and turning himselfinsidethe sleeping bag, Arren slowly openedhis eyes and surveyed his surrounding. Seeing that it was dark, he propped himself up into sitting position. With a stilldroopyeyes, he yawned. "Sys, what time is it?" [Its already 5:41 in the morning host.] Hearing Sys, Arren made an ohsound and opened the inventory window. Taking outthe lamp that he had bought together with the Inarri Dwarfed Tree yesterday, he flippedon the switch and instantly it illuminated the place brightly. Because of the sudden brightness, Arren could not help but look away and squint his eyes. After some time, Arren who had adjusted to the light, looked around and sighed emotionally.Yesterday, he went all out digging completely forgetting everything else. Though the space was small, it was after all big enough for him. Shaking his head awake, he suddenly heard his stomach growl and thenfeltintense hunger that came along with it. Rubbing his empty stomach, Arren opened thesystem store window to check what foodbeing sold. "Are you f*cking kiddin me? WTF is this? 1 Life Point for a set meal? Is this likesome super secret recipe that could make one become stronger? Sys, hey Sys, what the hell is this? Whats with the food price?" Roared Arren. It was only natural that he flipped out since 1 Life Point is equal to 1,000,000 Zirin. [Host, the system set the prices justly.Host should remember that being able to buy food in the middle of nowherewhere noedible things exist is totallythe advantage the host have for survival.] After hearing Sys, Arren rolled his eyes. "Oh please, in the middle of nowhere? No edible things? Didnt I kill a crab just yesterday? Dont tell me thats not edible." After saying that, Arren closed the window and got up. Crawling on all fours to one side, he keptthe sleeping bag,the stone dials and thesmall tree. Afterwards, he hung the lamp around his neck, took out the shovel and started digging his way out. You were wondering about the small tree right? You remembered that living thingswill die if stored inside the inventory right? Wellguess what, its dead as f*ck. Thatswhy it now has a hole where mana stone is inserted in. Since the soil was already loosened, it only took him about 15-20 minutes to make his way out above ground. Oh, and by the way, if you were wondering about the tunnel as well, itwas dug angled downwards and not straight down. Getting himself out of the hole, Arren looked around. From where he was standing he could see footprints all over the place. Going close to some not far from him, hebegan checking it to see if he could identify what creature left it. "Damn, this thing is big. Small ones and larger ones? Is it a pack roaming at night? Hey Sys,what kind of creature left this? This is the first time Ive seen these prints or maybe I forgot." Asked Arren as he hadread some books about magic beasts, demonic beasts, Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. divine beastsand other creatures thatcould not be classified on any of the categories back when he was still at the Cyne Clan. [Host will know in the future when host have enough strength.] "Come on, dont be petty. Just tell me already." [Host will know in the future when host have enough strength.] "Damn it Sys. Fine, a clue, a little clue should be enough." [Host will know in the future when host have enough strength.] "Fine, just forget it. Dont tell, like I care." Annoyed with the repeated answer, Arren decided to stop asking.Rubbing his stomach with one hand, he looked aroundto find things he could use for cooking. Seeing the forest not far from him, he decided to go and take a look. Making his way into the forest, slowly moving about while looking left and right to make sure there were no danger, just a few feet away beforeentering the forest, awindow suddenly popped upright in front of him.
Quest 2nd Tutorial Quest: 1st Gathering, Gather Clover Leaf Mushrooms (0/10)
Difficulty Very Easy
Reward/s 10 Experience Points, 5 Life Point, 5 Item Point
Frightenedby the sudden appearance of a quest window, Arren could not help but curse. "F*ck, could you not do that? Are you trying to kill me Sys! Could you please tell me first before you pop something up right in front of me." But hisangerwas met with silence, annoyed, he cursed and cursed while walking in. After entering the forest, Arren felt the airaround him changed. Sniffing around, he could tell that the smellcoming from the sea was gone and what replaced it was the smell of trees, the fallen leaves and some flowery scent that drifted around him. Taking indeep breaths, Arren felt himself calming down, he felt relax and free. Going back to what he was doing, Arren now had a smile hanging on his lips while humming a tune, hopped around like a little bunny in search of firewood. Going deeper inside the forest, Arren was able to pile up a lot of fallen leaves and branches. Content after seeing the pile, he decided to put all of it inside the inventory and with a thought, everything in front of him disappeared.With his initial goal done, he checked his left forearm to see if theres a tattoo for the quest. After checking both arms, not seeing anything new or different,Arren was puzzled. "Hey Sys, I just remembered. How do Icheck the quests? Wheres the tattoo for it?" [Host needs to be at least level5 to access the quest function.] "What do you mean needs level 5? Then where did the 1st and 2nd quest came from then? How am I going to check my progress then?" [Host needs to be at least level5 to take quests directly from thesystem andnot from me.The host can freely choose what quests to take and not take as well. The 2 quests that had been given to the host directly came from me as yoursystem support.Host can ask me for the current progress of the quests.] "Arent you the system Sys?" [Host, I was created by the system with the sole purpose of giving the host support. Thissystem support is only but a small part of the system.] Feeling himself getting more and more confused, Arren asked Sys to show the quest. "Clover Leaf Mushrooms? Is it a clover or a mushroom? Which one is it bro." After mumbling, he walked forward to look for it. Taking a step, he halted remembering that he didnt know what it would look like and how to find it. Scratching his head while looking around, he asked. "Hey Sys, um how do I find this mushrooms and what does it look like by the way?" [Host, the skill Gods Obeservers Eyes will help host on the problem.] "OMG, how stupid! Hey Sys why didnt you remind me earlier?" Hearing what Sys said, Arren slapped both his cheeks making them red. Indeed, he hadbought askill andsome other cool items. Not only he had armor for protection, theres weapons as well. Being reminded, Arren opened the inventory and took out all the items that he had bought.Seeing it in front of him, hecould not hide hisexcitementand hurriedly donned the armors. Body armor, pants, boots, helm,armguard and thegloves, Arren checked himself wearing the armor. "Hot damn, I look good. Damn, it perfectly fits as well. If only there was a mirror this bro definitely looks awesomein this." After admiring himself for a few more moments, Arren loaded the crossbow deciding onit to take whilestoringthe spear. Picking up a book on his side, he could see the words "Gods Observers Eyes" on the cover. Turning to the first page, he saw the book glowing then suddenly, hundreds of specks of white light flowed out from it and went into his head. Feeling the sudden forceful imprenting of knowledge into his head, Arren could not help but moanweirdly and closed his eyes. "Ohhhhh, ohhh..... This feelso f*cking weird. Ohhh..." A minute later, opening his eyes, the first thing he did wasto slam thebook on the ground. But before he could slam it down, the book suddenly becametiny specks of light and then vanished. "F*ck! Hey book, come back here, you hear! You brain r*ped me, let me f*cking destroy you!" After howling he went to check the inventory to see if the book was there but after doing a close check, he could not find it anywhere. "Hey Sys, what happened to that book?" [Host has already gained the content of the book, the book already disolved.] "Fine, tsk. Then how do I use the skill then?" [Host, go to the skill function and activate it. Skill is currently turned off.] "Turned off? Its a passive skill right?" Murmuring to himself, Arren opened the skill window.
Skill Name Gods Observers Eyes (1/10) (Incomplete)
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Gods Observers are people chosen by the Gods to become their eyes in the Mortal Realm.
Status Off
Scratching his head, puzzled to why theres an "On and Off" on a passive skill, he asked. "Hey Sys, this is a passive skill right? Whats the On/Off for?" [Host, Passive and Active skills are different. Active skills requires energy from the host to use while Passive skills requires only the level or none at all. Host, I will give you a scenario on which host will definitely want the On/Off option. Gods Observers Eyes at level 7, host would be able to use X-ray vision. Although it is good for peeking at the ladies, would host like to see naked men running around in front while there D*] "STOP!!!!!! STOP STOP STOP, STOP!!! I get it, I get it now! Please stop already!" Panting like he had ran a marathon, Arren wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead. Thinking about again, definitely, no, "absolutely" the option is needed. "Damn, I hope I dont have nightmares tonight. And what energy are you talking about anyway? How come I dont see it on my status?" [Host needs to be at least level 10 to use energy.] Making an oh sound, he turned the skill on andhis vision blurred for a couple of seconds, after that,everything around him had a small window display. Looking around, henoticed that informations displayed by thingsaround 5 meters ahead of himwereclear whileeverywhere else around were blurred. Moving forward, new displaysclears up and backingaway, those blurred again. Doing a few more experiments, he figured out that, 5 meters in front of him, all displayed informations will be clear. In order to see informations far away clearly, he had to focus his eyes on a targetfor about 5 seconds but at the same time, other windows around blurs. Also theres a limit of 15-20 meters focusing on a far off window displayed. Finished with his little experiment, Arren went to look for the said mushrooms. Though he was very hungry, he thought that sincehe was already there, he might as well do it. Walking a few tens of meters, under a gigantic tree, he sawa few fist sizemushrooms, and just likethe name implied, its a mushroom at the same time a clover, well maybe. A four leaf clover shaped mushroom the size of an adults fist drooping down formingan umbrella.Squatting down,instead of picking it up, he readthe displayed information firstmaking sure that itwas safe to pick.
Name Clover Leaf Mushrooms
Rarity Common
Effect/s Nourishment,Antioxidant, Iron, Protein
Note A fungi with health benefits. Edible enough to eat raw.
Arren blinked a few times, surprised. "Ohhh.... Its good for the body, might as well find more to keep some for ." Picking it all up and storing it inside the inventory, Arren managed to gather 7pieces in one go. A smile hung on his lips as he felt that he was very lucky. Looking around, he walked towards another direction to try his luck. Walking tens of meters towards that direction, having a feeling that he would find something good behind the tree in front of him, Arrenpranced his way around. Aftergetting around the tree, he who was prancing about came to a sudden halt. Chapter 3 Unknown Island Arc -- Chapter 3 At the heart of the Cyne clans residence, a 50 meter tall pyramid-shaped mountain stooderect. At the foot of the mountain, a pair of5 meter tall majestic lookingstone statues that looks like a lion,stood on both sides of the stairs leading towards the top. Reaching the summit, another pair of5 meter tall stone statues that looks like a bird stood, spreading its wings. On theflat open area of about 400 square meters at the top of the mountain, at the center area, a100 square meter plainly decorated pavilion rests. At the center of the pavilion, a chair lieon a meter tall elevation overlooking those that sat below, fit for a leader, a middle-agedman sat erect. This man is the current Patriarch of the Cyne clan, Gillan Cyne, Arrens 2nd uncle. In front of him, 2rows of 10 chairs to the left and to the right side which will be occupied byelders of the clan, 3 elders could be seen seated to the left. On the stonewalk at thecenter,3 men could be seen kneeling.Looking at thekneeling menmeters away in front of him,Patriarch Gillan asked. "Have you investigated it thoroughly?" Hearingtheir Patriarch,the one in the lead of the3 men swiftly replied. "Reporting to the Patriarch, we have investigated fullyyoung master Arrens accident and there were no foul play involved. The young masters transfer to the capital was an official one.With the knowledge theyoung mastershared tothem makingwork more efficient in the docks, he was unanimouslyrecommended by many high officials from the capital to work with them as a trainee officer. The recommendation was then approved by the Imperial family." Hearing him, the Patriarch Gillan frowned. "What about others being jealous of him or perhaps an enemy of his?" "That is highly unlikely Patriarch. The young master, from what information wehave gathered, was well liked by all especially by Camor city Arkship docks Chief and other workers. They treated the young master like their own sons and brothers and some, even introduced their own daughters or a young female relatives to the young master wanting him to become theirson-in-law or be related with him." Looking down on a fist size crystal clear ball, thinking of something for a moment, Patriarch Gillan looked back up atthose kneeling men and asked. "What about eldest brothers enemies, wont they take thatchance to kidnap my nephew and threaten my brother with him?" "High unlikely Patriarch. The Arkship docks in every city is under the Imperial family''s directcontrol. There''s no wayanyone would plot against someonefrom there especially someone whom they would be training as anofficer,unless they are already tired of living." Being silent for a moment, Patriarch Gillan said. "Tellus what happened on the Arkship." This time it was not the man leading the group but the person on his left that replied. "Reporting to Patriarch, the said events were rather weird as everyone onboard had recounted. They said that all doors and windows were firmly shut because of the sudden storm that they had encountered, butone of the door was forcefully openedby sea water and rushed in.From all peoplewho were inside, only the young mastergot draggedaway by thesea water and no one else. It seems like the sea wanted to take the young master away Patriarch.Not only that,2guards at Beginner Stage of the Warrior Realm that grab hold of theyoung master to savehim at that time,got attacked by columnsof sea water. It formed columns reaching the ceiling and smashed at them.Both menarenowresting at the capitals medical facilities asthey were both injured from theevent." Hearing this, Patriarch Gillan looked at the old men with closed eyes sitting on the left rowseats, he asked. "Great Elders, what do you make of this event?" After a minute of silence,theThirdGreat Elder opened his eyes, took a peek at the crystal ball resting on a cushion beside Patriarch Gillan and asked. "Is that his Fate Bound Life Crystal?" "Yes Third Great Elder, it is Arrens life crystal." "Are there any cracks on it?" "None, it''s completely fine Third Great Elder, only, the light inside stopped glowing." Answered Patriarch Gillan respectfully. Looking at it for a moment, theThird Great Elder closed his eyes and said. "Dont worryabout it having no light, as long as it remains intact, he shouldsomehow be fine, somewhere. Hah." Sighed the elder as he finished. Seeing the elder closing his eyes again, Patriarch Gillan turned to look and commanded to the kneeling men. "Make sure that eldest sister-in-law does not know about this while she''s back at herclan. You may go now." "Yes Patriarch." Seeing them leave, Patriarch Gillan looked down at the crystal ball, murmured. "Good thing eldest sister-in-law went back home when yougot kicked out. You bettercome back home in one piece kid or else I''m dead meat when eldest brother, your father returns. Hah." Sighing, Patriarch Gillan looked up at the sky, reminiscing of the past. While he, the patriarch of the Cyne clan was reminiscing, Arren whom they worriedabout, is presentlystuffing his mouth with fried eggs and boiled crabs. Where did he get the eggs from you ask? Behind that tree obviously and not only that,surrounding the eggs,dozensof mushrooms were growing, patiently waiting there forsomeone to gather them. Harvesting all the mushrooms and putting it all inside theinventory together withthe human-head-sized eggs, Arren swiftly escaped thecrime scene. Reaching the beach, Arren then bought a PUBG-graded frying pan, yes people, this frying pan is bullet proof, not that it matters in this world. He also bought a large pot to boil the crab, astove, anda set package of seasonings and condiments which would last him for a long time judging from its volume,a set package ofkitchen utensils, and for 1 Life Point, 1,000 Liters of spring water. Placing the frying fan and the pot on the stove, Arrenfried an egg with mushrooms on a low flame while on the side,he boiled portions of the craband voila, a filling feast.Didnt I say that he went into the forest tolook for things he could use for cooking you ask? Well unfortunately, he forgotthat he could buy almost everything from thestore.Hunger, you know, it makes one forget sometimes.The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. While feeling stuffed, Arren sat under a tree. With the quest completed and his hunger sated, he began thinking of what to do next specially that he now has the chance to become one of the strong of this world and whats more, its outrightcheating since he could level-up just by killing creatures and doing quests. "Now that I could get strong, I should definitely start training. Hey Sys, do you have a training routine, plan, guide or whatever its called for beginners on how to use weapons properly?" [Host, which weapons beginnermanual do you wish to learn?] "Well you gave me a spear, might as well learn how to use it." [Spearmanship Beginner Manual, 10 Skill Points.] Hearing Sys, Arren pondered for awhile, then he noticed something so he asked. "Hey Sys, tell me, you could open any system functions for me right? If I ask you to like open the status for me, you could do that right? I dont have to do press or click the tattoo right?" [Host is correct, I can remotely open any function with the hosts request.] Hearing Sys, Arrens face twiched a few times before he asked again. "Then whats the use for these tattoos if you could do that?" [Host, it makes you more manly and cool looking.] "So youre saying im not cool looking nor manly?" [Yes host, that is correct.] "F*ck, f*ck you! This bro is not f*cking manly? Look at this muscles, oh wait, I stopped physical training since I had no chance of becoming a warrior at that time. F*ck, this bro is still cool even if this bro not muscular!" Hearing Sys, Arren went into a cursing frenzy for awhile. After calming down, looking at the tattoos,he murmured. "Good thing this bro wanted to have a tattoo for a very long time now. Well they do look cool." Getting up, Arrenstored all the things he used for cooking and some leftovers. After that, he streched his body for a few minutes picked the crossbow leaning on the tree and walked on the sandy beach. "Sys, which way the crabs are at?" [5,000 meters to the north, a group of10 crabs. 5,100 meters to the north, a group of 15 crabs.] "Good, you could locate them, thanks Sys." Arren turned around and walked to north. While walking towards his destination, he looked around and saw several meters high rocks with different colors pointing towardsthe sky on the shore. Going up to a nearby bluish one, hethen checked its information.
Name AzuriteSoothing Coral
Rarity Tier 2 - Unique
Effect/s Soothing, calms the mind, focus
Note Used by many for calming ones mind after a busy day. While trying to breakthrough to the next realm,meditate while sitting onthe Azurite Soothing Coral during the process will keep the person calm and collected, making ones breakthrough much more easier.
Reading the its information, Arren could not help but blink many times. After being silence for quite some time, covering his mouth with the back of his hand while the other hand on his waist,he suddenly errupted into anexaggerated laugh. "Nyahahaha, nyahaha hahaha, oh wait, I thinkonly female villain laughs like this. Yup, both hands should be on the waist, nyahahahah, nyahaha, nyaha." Having satisfied with laughing, Arren stopped and touched the stone or rather, the coral. "Im rich hahaha, this time Im really rich. Hmph, those old fools kicked me out just because I cant cultivate? Well guess what you old f*cks, I have here what you all wanted for a very long time, in front of me. Lets see if you wont kneel and beg me to getyour hands on it so you could breakthrough. Sys, store this for me please." [Detected Azurite Soothing Coral. Target could not be stored. Please separate the target from its mineral vein.] "Mineral vein? Is it like a root of a plant?" [Host is correct.] "So how do I separate it then?" [Host needs to mine it using a pickaxe.] "Oh, give me one then." [Host does not have enough Item Points to buy one.] Confused as how he does not have enough points, he openedthe statuswindow to check how much he still have. After seeing that he have almost 200 Item Points, he wondered how much the item so he asked. "Hey, I still have a lot of points Sys. How much is the pickaxe anyway?" [Tier 2 - Unique Pickaxe, 10,000 Item Points.] After hearing the price, Arren could not help but shout. "What?! 10,000 points? Wait, why is it a tier 2 item? Cant you just give me a the common one like the shovel." [Host, common pickaxe could only used to mine common minerals, a tier 1 pickaxe could only mine tier 1 minerals. This applies to tier 2 minerals and up, they needed the corresponding tiered item.] After hearing Sys, Arren could not help but want to cry. They werewithin his reach yet at the same time, far from him, well technically not that far since he have the system. Looking around again, he was sure that those other protruding pillars of rocks or maybe yet again corals, some of them are definitely useful and could be sold at a high price making him rich. Knowing that hed only feel more down if he went to check the other ones and then can''t have them, he might as wellignore them for now. Continuing his march towards the crabs location, Arren walked along the shore. Along the shoreline, he could see colorful fishes swam about here and there. Taking out some crab meat, Arren threw it to the fishes. After hitting the water and before it could even sink deeper, it was instantly swarmed by that school of fish and instantly vanished. "Damn, these little guys are hungry. Hmm, hey fishies, follow me and I''ll feed you more crab meat later. Oh what was that, I''m awesome? Hahahah of course I am, this bros the awesomest of all awesome guys around, hahaha." While walking, he was talking to the fishes of how awesome he was, as if they could understand him, the school of fishfollowed him. Devouring a piece of crab meat if he threw one at them, then afterwards, followed him patiently on the side. Because they no longer swim as fast as before, looking at one of them, Arren was able to identify whatfish they were.
Name Rainbow Dream Fish
Gender Male
Age 9months
Level 0
Condition Slightly happy
Note Rainbow Dream Fish can make a small area they swim turn into rainbow-colored when they are happy. The happier they are, the bigger the size of the area that turns into rainbow-colored. The rainbow-colored area will last for 1 whole day and during night-time, will lit up and shine brightly and beautifully.
Reading the information displayed, Arren nodded and was satisfied with his newfound friends. "Not bad, you guys are like this bro, very cool. Damn you could even create a rainbowy area. Hey fishies, when the time comes, let this big bro of yours see it ok? Hahaha" Hearing him, the school of Rainbow Dream Fish swam in circles as if saying yes to his request.Seeing that they stopped and swam still, Arren continued onwards and the school of fish slowly followed beside him.Ignorance truly is a bliss. Good thing there''s no record of the Rainbow Dream Fish onthe books that he had read before or else he''d be out cold right now. Rainbow Dream Fish, one of the many beast that could evolve into a Divine Beast. But unlike others which needed to reach a certain level, or neededa certain item, or a high enough level of purity of its bloodline to evolve, the Rainbow Dream Fishwith the purest bloodline of all beast, canevolve even at level 0. Although after evolving into a Divine Beast, the Rainbow Dream Fish would still be level 0 with no combat power, but, itdoes makes it up with its bloodline skill. A healing skill which could regrow a part of your body, as long as one is still alive, being cut in half from waist down, with the heal of the Rainbow Dream Fish, a few seconds later and you''re back in top shape. Creating abond or making a contract with one is already very hard, and is impossible to many. Even the most powerful peoplewhom are good innature, their chance is still slim andyet herehe is, followed by a school of them. What do you think would happen if thosepeople learn about it? They''d definitely vomit blood all over, rush out,seek him out and beat him up. Even dragons are envious of the Rainbow Dream Fish. While dragon are a true powerhouse in this world, they still, could be killed. And what about the Rainbow Dream Fish? Even when it''s still a common beast and not a Divine Beast, killing it would almost be impossible even for a dragon, and don''t even talk about killing it when it evolves. It''s notcalledthe Immortal God Fish by many powerhouses for nothing. Going back to Arren who was ignorant that he was being followed by a school of mighty fishies, looking at the horizon, he could see the crabs moving aroundand somefighting each other. "Sys, how far am I right now from those crabs?" [Host is 288 meters away from the target.] "Oh. Sys when I''m only 100 meters away from them, please tell me, thanks." After he said that, Arren walked slowly towards his target and hid behind the towering rocks on his way towards them. A few minutes of walking slowly, Sys notified him. [Host is 100 meters away from the target.] "Thanks Sys." After thanking Sys, Arren climbed up a towering rock. Getting up, although his strength was now way higher than before, he was still easily exhausted. Taking a few deep breaths, he then murmured to himself. "Damn, although I''m strong, yet my overall physicalfitnessis that of an untrained person. After this, I definitely have to exercise. Hah, I thought this is gonna be an easy road with the system." After sighing, Arren placed the quiver on his side, sat himself comfortably on the rock and aimed the crossbow at the crabs. Aiming at the ones that were fighting, he elevated the sight a little higher, seeing that both crabs stopped, he pulled the trigger and out came a loud twang. Together with the vibrating sound of the string, a whistle loud enough could be heard travelling at a long distance. After the whistle stopped, he could hear the low screech from the crab he just hit. Hitting it on the left side of its body, the bolt destroyed a portion of it. "Holy f*ck, this far and yet it could do such insane damage? Hey Sys, whats the effective range of this crossbow by the way?" [Host, Gillver Light Crossbow has an effective rangeof about 500 meters.] "Hot damn, Sys, I think you sold me a ballista instead of a crossbow." Seeing the crab thrashing, Arren loaded another bolt to finish it off. Unfortunately for it though, the one it fought took its chance and attacked it.Clawing it here and there, ittore offthe limbs and pincers of the wounded crab. After that, it raised its pincers making like a victory dance and thensmashed the defeated crabs body and ate it. Awhile later, the surrounding crabs joined the feast. "Holy sh*t, it ate its own. Damn, what about my points?!" [Host received1 Experience Points] [Host received 0.1 Gear Points] [Host received 0.1 Skill Points] [Host received 1 Life Points] [Host received 1 Item Points] Before he could cry, he was surprised bythe notifications he heard from Sys. "Damn that works too? Fine, I''ll take it." But after seeing how much it gave, he already wanted to cry. Arren needed 10 Skill Points for the Spearmanship Beginner Manual, and each kill gives him only 0.1 points. "Hah, 100 of these f*cks huh? Fine, more food for later to me. Right, my fishy friends will have a lot to eat later as well." Aiming again the crossbow but this time, he adjusted it towards the right side now that he knew that the wind blowing was strong enough to change its course. Pulling the trigger, the bolt flew and this time around, he luckily hit it right dead center onits mouth destroying that part and killing it in 1 shot. Just like before, the surrounding live ones swarmed and dismantled it and then, eating it. Hearing the notification from Sys again, Arren loading another and murmured. "Well this is quite fun, a shooting practice, just what I needed. Good thing these things are hungry as f*ck, they don''t even bother looking where the danger came from or trying to figure out how their companion died. Hmm, I guess its intelligence isvery low." After the 10th bolt flew from the crossbow, Arren was able to kill his 1st group of crabs without a problem. Going down, he walked towards the carcasses and stored them. Looking around, he was confusedabout where the bolts went. "Sys, did the bolts magically evaporated? How come I don''t see a single one? I was hoping I might be able to use it again." [Host, each bolts could only be used 1 time.] "Ahh perfect, you gave me a money burner." After saying that, instead of asking Sys, he pressed the tattoo on his arm and the status window appeared.
Name Arren Cyne Title none
Gender Male
Age 21 Years Old Event Points 1
Level 2 Gear Points 3
Experience 220 / 350 Skill Points 1
Combat power 300 Kg. of Force Life Points 195
Lifespan 75-90 Years Item Points 184
Energy Available atLevel 10
Condition Normal Currency 0
Energy had been added and well, nothing much really changed. "Sure, now you added energy. Hah, 9 Skill Points more to go. Work hard me! Woooooo...." Cheering himself up to work hardand boost his morale, Arren headed to the next group of target. Chapter 4 Unknown Island Arc -- Chapter 4 Early the next morning, the sun had risen in the sky and it shone on the beach. The crystal clear water and the crystal-liketoweringpillars around, sparkled as thesunshine hits them. It would have been perfect if not for ascreaming youth, running for his life. "AHHHHHH!! Hey! I apologized to you, stop chasing me!" Arren screamed while being chased by a much bigger crab,yes, muchbigger, well, only double the size of the ones he killed yesterday. Yesterday, after Arrens one-sided massacre of the groups of crabs from a far distance, he then decided tocall it a day seeing that he already had enough to buy the skill. Afterhaving a meal together withhis fishiefriends,he dug on the soiloutside the forest and borrowed himself deep. Waking up fully refreshed the next morning, he did some warm-ups and thought of a regular workout routine toenhance his fitness. "If I remembered correctly, someone became strong by doing 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and 10 KM running. Yup, I''ll double it, that way I''ll be 2x stronger than that guy, hahahaha." After having breakfast with the fishies that is now staying at a rocky area where hemade a small pond-like circle enclosed with the rocks around, Arren went back tothe shore and bought the skill. Holding the skillbook, his face scrunched remembering the 1st time he used one. "Damn, I hope it''s not like the 1st time." Opening it, he then like the 1st time,felt the forceful invasion of knowledge being imprinted into his brain. Moments later, Arren opened his eyes and threw the book away as hard as he could. "F*ck! Damn, this bro felt so violated. My innocence, my innocence is gone. I hope this thing won''t turn this bro gay." Having learned the Spearmanship Beginner Manual, Arren practiced for a few minutes. After the practice, he decided to test outthe spearmoves imprinted in his mind on a live target so he went back to where he killed manycrabs before hoping to find 1 or few wandering around. As he got to the said location, Arren did not find a single one from before which were all red carapace, instead,he found one that is with a single darker red stripe in the middle of its carapace,buried itself in the sands tens of meters away from him. Thinking that it was the same one, not bothering to check its name, Arren dashed at it and with all his might,swungdown as hard as he could aiming for a 1 hit kill. Bang! A loud boomsounded out and sands flew up in the airwhich quickly went back down. Having used all his strength behind the attack, his hand went numb after the spear and the shell clashed. "F*ck my hand." Afterthe dust settled, the crab which he hit hard slowlystood up and made an eye contact with him. Onthe carapace between itsantenna, one could see a dent being made from the impact. When he saw the crab which was much bigger from before and that his attack only made asmall dent after using all his strength,inching slowly back whenthe crab got up, not bothering again to check its name, Arren said. "Oh, um, hey neighbor, sorry about that, ahaha. Imistook you for someone else so, um ahaha. Don''tworry about my hand, it''s not your fault big bro, goodbye." Arren, turned tail and bolted towards the opposite direction of thecrab. And that is how hegot inhispresent situation. Although the crab madly chased after him, it did not lastlong. Seeing the human that attacked it was very fast and was very far from it already, it raised both its pincers, and snapped it many times while screeching. After running almost 100 meters away from the crab, Arren sat his butt on the sand and panted. While panting for air, he did not forget to complain. "Hey Sys, you sold me a fake skill right?" [Host, it''s a weaponskill, not an attack skill.] " What do you mean by attack skill? So the spearmanship does not count?" [Host, the Spearmanship Beginner Manual teaches the host the proper way to handle spears, techniques on how to fight using it and the correct stance. And as for attack skills, host will be able to use one at level 10.] Hearing Sys, Arren rolled his eyes while he took more deep breaths. Getting himself some rest,he stood up and walked back to where to crab was. "Damn, this bros hands are numb. You better hide crabby." While mumbling to himself, Arren took out the crossbow and kept the spear. He wanted to test how tough that crab was and at the same time, test out the real strength of the crossbow. Getting back at the site where the crab buried itself in the sands, Arren, from the distance could see that it buried itself again. Arriving at a 5 meter tall boulder, he climbed up using the other smaller ones around it.Positioning himself at the top, he kneeled on a good spot,aiming at the crab in the distance. Aiming slightly above the its eyes, taking a deep breath to stabilize his aim, Arren, after a few moments of aiming, pulled the trigger. Twang! The vibratingsound of the string came accompanied by the whistling sound of the bolt flying at a high-speed. While the ringing sound of the string wasslowly decreasing and the whistle stopped, a new sound came after from afar. Being hit, the crab screeched loudly and dug itself out of it hole.Seeing this scene, Arren was surprised by its defence. "Damn, its tougher than the ones yesterday.The bolt could only manage to wound it deep andnot destroy a part of its body or make a big hole on it." Since it did not go down from a single shot, Arren pulled the lever of the crossbow to latch its string and then, he loaded another bolt for the nextshot. After reloading another bolt, he aimed at the crab again. While Arren was reloading another bolt, the crab that got wounded from an unknown source, looked around trying to spot where the attack that hurt it cane from. When it saw Arren at the distance aiming at it, the crab dashed towards Arren at a fast speed. Seeing this scene, Arrens eyes widened at the speed of the crab. "Holy f*ck, it''s fast!" As the crabs speed was very fast, Arren panicked as he could not get a clear shot. Although it chased him before, since he did not know how fast he could run now, he was totally scared seeingthecrab running so fast. In justa few seconds,the crab was able to reach where he was and jumped up. "F*ck!" Seeing itflying towards himafter it jumped andswinging downward its claw at him, Arren kicked hard to theleft to dodge the incoming attack. While being airborne, he aimed the crossbow at the crabs body and pulled the trigger not This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. caring if it would hit or not. Letting go of thecrossbow, he turned around tolook where he was going to fall. Luckily, there were no rocks on where he would be landing.Using both hands bracing for impact, Arren was able to cutthe force whenhis face hit the sands. Face planted on the ground, not minding the little dizzinesshe felt after falling from such height, Arren quickly stood upand shouted. "Sys give me the spear." A spear instantly appeared in front, Arren quickly held it with both hand taking a fighting stance. Looking back, he could see the flipped over crab squirming that fell meters away from him, probably hurt from getting hit bythe shot he took. Seeing this he quickly turned around, shouted againand dashed away. "Sys store the crossbow." But before he could get far, a quest window suddenly popped-up in front of him and at the same time, he heard Sys telling him about it.
Quest 1st System Enforced Quest: Kill the Giant Red Crab(Elite) in a melee combat
Difficulty Average
Reward/s (Experience Points, Gear Points, Life Points, Skill Points, Item Points) X10 Healing Potion X10, Strength Potion X10, Agility Potion X10
Penalty 1 month denied access to all System functions upon failure.
Closing the quest window while keeping an eye on the crab, after he listened to Sys notice, Arren could not help but howl. "What do you mean by failure? Sys, I would be dead! Do you think your so calledfailure stillhave a meaning?" Not giving a care about the penalty that he would receive, Arren ran away as fast as he could. Stopping tens of meters away from where he and the crabfell, Arren who hid behind a large rock, took out the crossbow from the inventory intending to finishthe crab. [Access denied. Only melee weapons are available for the hostto use.] Hearing Sys, Arrens face turned red and he howled at her again. "What? Sys, are you trying to kill me?! You do know that it''s stronger than me right? Forget it! I''ll just leave." But before he could get far, just like the first time, another quest window suddenly popped-up in front of himand at the same time, he heard Sys telling him about it.
Quest 1st System Enforced Quest: Kill the Giant Red Crab(Elite) in a melee combat
Difficulty Average
Reward/s (Experience Points, Gear Points, Life Points, Skill Points, Item Points) X10 Healing Potion X10, Strength Potion X10, Agility Potion X10 Swordsmanship Beginner Manual, Tier 1 - Magic Sword Archery Beginner Manual, Tier 1 - Magic Bow randomAttack Manual, randomDefenseManual random Movement Manual, random Support Manual
Penalty 1 month denied access to all System functions upon failure. Abandoning the quest will result to System removal from the host.
Hearing that he would lose the System if he abandoned the quest, Arrens entire body shook from anger. He gritted his teeth, held the spear tightly and just stood there in place. "If I lose the system I''m good as dead here in who knows where island. If I go back and fight that thing, although itgot hurt badly, my chance is still slim and I''m still good as dead. F*ck! Huuuu.." Exhaling deeply, Arren closed his eyes, inhaled and exhaled deeply a few times. Opening his eyes again, coming to a decision, Arren mumbled while walking back to the crab. "You better not have a physical body or something like that Sys, or else I''m gonna do crazy things on you. Eheheh, ehe, hehehe." Since Sys have a female voice, he thought that Sys would have a female body as well, if ever one existed. Going to a life and death fight where it was not certain if he would survive, it made him went nuts andthought of weird things. He evenignored that he had more rewards now than the first time the quest was given to him. After he made his way around the rocks, the crab which was screeching loudlyand turning left then right trying to find him, after spotting him squealed even louder and rushed towards him as fast as it could while raising its claws ready to attack. Seeing this, Arren stood his ground and roared back at it. "Come on, it''s either you or me! Lets see who lives!" After his roar, both he and the crab clashed. While Arren wasin a life anddeath battle, inside a house carved from a gigantic tree near a lake deep within the valley,surrounded by thousands of meters high mountains, a spectral old man and a middle-aged man could be seen drinking tea. This specter of an old man is a spiritual projectionof someonepowerful. Using a wisp of his soul, he embedded it inside a small statue that looked likesomebuffed person making a posestanding in one corner of thehouse. Small as in its only human height and nottall as amountain. With this, he would be able to communicate with others from any corner of the world or, when he dies, hecould transfer information into it so that he could leave his legacy to someonefated. Don''t worry, he''s still alive.AlthoughI said that he''s old, technically speaking, he''s the one that goes "this oldman" this and "this old man" that. Having the looks that of amiddle-aged man, a buffed, sixpacked middle-aged man with long white ponytail hair and a goatee to go with it, he still had theair of a wise and powerful person around him. Wearing only pants,his well-built body that looked like a beast was fully revealed.Sitting on one sideof the table,hesipped onhis tea with a relaxed look. Sitting opposite to him isa middle-aged man and just like theold guy, still looked veryyoung. Well-built body, longcopper brown hair, ponytail as well, blue eyes, a facethat looks the sameas Arren, Arren has green eyes by the way, his eyebrows twitched. "Master could you please wear something." Said the middle-aged man that looked like Arren,respectfully to the old man. Naturally, this guy is Arrensfather, Rynard Cyne. Hearing him, the old man or rather the bearjudging from how he looks, took another sip, glanced at him then said. "Ohoho, are you the master or am I?" Rynards left eye twitched after hearing his master, he then said respectfully to the old man. "Master it''s not like that, I''m only worried that someone might see you likethat and it might ruin your image to others." "Relax a little kid, no one else is here.Look atyou, you already looked older than me. As for my reputation, you already knowhow it is, hahaha." While the old man was heartily laughing, opposite to him,Rynard who hada stiff smilecould not help his whole face to twitch. "Master, why not change a little so that.." But before he could finish what he wanted to say, the old man cut him off. "We''vebeen master-disciple for a few years now and yet you''re stillso stiff. Well, I know you didn''t call me just to talk about my reputation so tell me, what do you want?" Seeing that his master wanted to go straight to the matter, Rynard took out a paper crane and placed it on the table in front of his master. After that, he took out a life crystal which had no light glowing inside it and placed it on the table as well. "Master, a few days ago, my son went missing and on this paper crane, the information about what had transpired are all recorded by a trusted subordinate of mine. I hope master could look at it and shed a light to what truly had happened." "That''s it? And here I thought you were in trouble. Well, I guess this counts as beingin trouble. Alright, let me see." "Thank you master." Rynard then bowed his head and thanked his master, while his master waved his hand at him telling him it''s not that big of a deal. After taking another sip of the tea, the old man stretched his left hand and held the both paper crane and thelife crystal together. He then sent a wisp of his soul to directlyabsorb the contentin the letter while probing the life crystal for any changes.Closing his eyes to digest all of the information, after a few seconds later, theold man opened bothhis eyes and lookeddeeply at his disciple. "You father and son truly have dogsh*t luck you know that." Seeing that his disciple looked confused, heturned away and continued to enjoy the tea that he was drinking. Rynards,who was waiting for an answer could not help his face from twitchinguncontrollably. After a few minutes, Rynardwho could not wait anymore, respectfully asked. "Master, may I know what you meant about both of us, father and son having dogsh*t luck." "Dogsh*t luck is dogsh*t luck, what else is there?" "Master, could you please clearly explainwhat you meant." Giving a side glance at his disciple, the old man took another sip of the tea and asked. "You really want to know?" "Yes master, please." Rynard stood up and walked in front of his master to bow down his head. But before he could do it, he almost stumbled hearing what the old man said. "Not telling." Rynard who was standing, felt his face burning hot fromhaving to deal with too much bullfrom the old man. If you look at him, his face isalready deep red. The old man sitting took a peek at him. Seeing him shaking and his face turning red, he said to Rynard teasingly. "Ohoho, angry now are we? Wanna attack this old man? Go ahead, its only a spiritual projection anyway, hahaha." Rynard on the side who was at his limits already, when he heard what the old man said, took out a sword and swung it down as hard as he could. Seeing Rynardtaking out a sword, the old man gotshockedthen he shouted. "F*cking hell kid! Are you crazy?! Stop, stop it already, you''ll damage the house! Alright, alright I get it, I''ll say it!" Looking behind him, the old man saw a big hole from that attack and everything was a mess. Turning around the old man wanted to scold his disciple but upon seeing Rynards eyes, all red looking at him waiting, the old man sighed and did not bother anymore. "Iknow that you''re worried about your son but, hah, well I''ll just tell you. Like you, your son must have found someone elses inheritance or rather, from what had happened, he was taken by someone or something to inheritthat persons legacy. Right now, he shouldbeinsidea small world owned by that person, so there." Rynard who had returned to normal, looked surprised then he frowned as he asked. "Small world? Master, is that the same as this place where I am at right now?" "Not even close. The space you are in now is still connected to our world. It still depends on the world to keep itself stable. If we find the source of energy the space gathers from, we would be able to destroy it and if you have enemies inside, none of them will survive. On the other hand, where your son is now isan independent small world where it could sustain itself. Not only that, bothbeasts and humansshould have a faster growth inside one, which is why you should startthinking more of yourself and less of others.A few years from now, your son shouldsurpass you." Again Rynard was surprised. He thought that he was lucky but his son was even luckier than him. But after hearing his masters last lines, he frowned again and asked. "But master, my son could not cultivate that''s why he got kicked out of the clan to test him and see from his actions outside the clan if he would be given another chance to return. Why would someonewant my son who can''t cultivate?" The old man who was sitting, poured another cup of tea and sipped on it before he said. "Still too stiff. Kid, although this master of yours could not changeyour sons inability to cultivate, did you really think that others could not? The world is bigger than you think, kid. I might be called a powerhouse from where I am now but to those other places, I am but a mere ant in the eyes of those people. You want this master to change and yet, you''re the one that needs it. Alright, this old man has told you what you want to know so lets end it here. Remember, your son will surpass you a few years from now, better get busy kid or you might get you ass kicked by your own son, hahaha." After laughing heartily, the old man vanished without a trace leaving the standing Rynard alone. Some time later, Rynard shookthen laughed heartily while wiping the tears from his eyes. "Hahaha, that punk could now cultivate, perfect. Hmph, master says you''d be surpassing me after a few year? Lets see who beats up whom." Looking around, Rynard scratched his head as the entire place was a total mess. "Right, before I start training,I should clean this place first." Looking at the cleaning Rynard, you could see a wide smile on his lips indicating that hewas very happy after what his master told him. Instead of worrying about his son, his fighting spirit burned wanting to compete with the kid whom he knew that will be stronger after a few years. Chapter 5 Unknown Island Arc -- Chapter 5 Time flies so fast and six months had passed since Arren arrived on the unknown island. From the life and deathexperience he had survived,Arrensteeledhimself to train hard, harder than anyone will, everyday, making what he is now. The once frail looking scholarly young man had vanished without a trace and what wasleft, is afinely sculpted Mortal God looking, young man. His attitude maynot havechange much,but at least he''s a little morebraver and hadmore confidence in himself in doing things than before. After that fight, Arren knew that the spear was not effective againstcrabs with hard f*cking shells, so he switched toa mace which of course, hechose one which needed sometime before he was able to buy it. After using it, he fell in love with it and felt that bashingthings, was his calling in life. The rewards at that time,he kept all except for the movementmanual and the defensivemanualwhich he learned directly.Also, he drank all the strength and agilitypotionwhich boosted his combat power immensely and made him even moreagile. Phantom Rabbit Steps, a movement technique emphasizing on dodge and escape and Iron Skin, which made his skin much tougher that before and with just his own body, he could withstand the attack of a crab with around 500 combat power and only feel a little pain. A newmorning on the island,going to whereArren is now, we could see him doing the routine workoutoutside a crudely looking log house, sitting on top of a ten meter tall large rocknearthe shore. Carpentry skill or any building related skills to build? No need. Just buythe adhesive used to buildhouses in this world and poof, instant house that could be glued anywhere. As long as you don''t mind the fuglylooking house, then all is well. During the night you asked? He''s high up and a little distance away from the shore, them creatures of the night only wandersthebeach and the forest. And what are they? Shadow demons, all black, redeyed creatures, that comes in different shapes and sizes, and where did they came from? Theycame from the Shadow Realm, that''s what Sys said. Also, there''snew addition to his friends. First, the flock of 40 Melodious Songbirds which invaded his house right after he had built the roof. The second one, a buck. A freaking buck that always looksat himin disdain and snorts when talked to.Don''t worry, none of them are Divine Beasts. They''re not that commonas youthink you know. The Melodious Songbird sings beautifully and thosewho hears themwould feel their entire body more relaxed and fatigue free. That''s why Arrenwelcomed them with open arms. Tired body after a busy day? No problem, listen to them birds. Well its the Melodious Songbirds trait, which is purrty purrty useful, I must say. And as for the buck? The f*cking buckone day just suddenly andmagically appeared out of nowhere, went into his house and what''s the first thingit did? It took his sleeping spot.F*cking hell,Arren eventhreatened to cook it and its reaction? It looked at him, snorted loudly, turnedaround and went to sleep. Howdid it get up there? Ask Buck the buck, get it? Ha, ha, ha. Yeah nevermind. Arrencalls it Buck though. There''s a flight of stairs made from logs on the west side of the rock, hidden fromsight when you''re at the beach. Helpless with its attitude, Arrendecided to buy another mattress but of course, the flock ofsongbirds did not want tolose out so they took the second, third, fourth and fifth one. That is whythe supposed one-story house turned into a two-story house, and yes, them birdsown the upstairs. Today,is the day, that Arren takes a step into a new world. He needs to face first theGiant King Crab that guarded the passageway to another area of the island though. And how strong is Arren now? Here, take a look.
Name__________ Arren Cyne________ Title_______ none_____________
Gender Male
Age 22 Years Old Event Points 2
Level 9 Gear Points 329
Experience 102,349 / 102,350 Skill Points 29
Combat power 2150 Kg. of Force Life Points 3611
Lifespan 145-160 Years Item Points 3574
Energy at level 10
Condition Normal Currency 0
Arren reached level 9 three months ago, but why did he not push to level 10 when he only needed 1 more exp? It''s because, no matter how many crabs he killed, it did give him Skill Points, Life Points and Item Points but zero, none on exp. That is why he searched the entire island, or just the area he was in for the target to give him that leap. And there he found it, the boss of the current area that he was in, the GiantKing Crab. How did he knew that it was the target to give him that needed boost? Quest of course. Oh and by the way, there''s a wall that separates him from the otherpart of the island. Climb it? There''s a flying demonic looking bird guarding the top.Swim around? Bad idea boy. Trust me, bad idea.Arren learned that the hard way. That is why Arren decided to train his skills first especially Phantom Rabbit Steps and Barbaric Armsman for three months. Why three months? Healready reached 100% mastery onboth skill, that''s why.(I''ll addboth skill at the end of the chapter.) He wanted to stay a little while longer but suddenly,Sysgave him an ultimatum of one week or else lose everything, which was yesterday. To make sure hedon''t f*ck it up, he decided to go earlier, like, right now. Arren who had just ended his exercise, went inside the house and walked towards the indoor pond he made for the fishes. He sat on the side and took out some fruits andfed it to them. "Hey little fishies, big bros gonna go kick that big king crabs ass inside the cave sowish big bro good luck, ok? What was that? I''ll easilywin? Of course, hahaha. Alright, when big bro returns, I''ll treat you to a king crab meat." After that, he turned around and look at the buck which was a meter tall when it first arrived but now, it''s already 2 meters tall. Taking out the same fruits he gave to the fishes, he filled the big cooking pot with it and placed it near Buck. "Buck, be good." After saying that, he went upstairs.Hearing his steps going up, Buck the buck, ok, ok, alright, justcan''t help it.I''lljust say Buck from now on. Buck turnedits head, glanced at himthen the fruits, after a while, it laid down its head. Upstairs, the flock went up to him like they were greeting him. Seeing this, Arren smiled and said. "You guys,I''m going out so watch the house for me." Then, he bent down and whispered at the flock. "I can''t trust that lazy buck downstairs so I''ll count on you guys, ok?" Hearing him, the flock nodded like they were saying "got it". Seeing them nod, Arren laughed and took out a 1KG sack of their favorite seeds. Opening it, he poured it all in a feeding trough he made and filled anotherone withwater. Happy with him, the flock sang a beautiful melody to him as thanks. After feeding all of them, he went out of the house and shouted at theentrance. "Guys I''m going. Wish this big bro good luck." Jumping from one rock to another like a ninja, Arren reached the shore,stretched his entire body while taking in a deep breath of fresh air. Taking out the mace and the Breeze Wolf gear, he then donned the Breeze Wolf gear and placed the mace across his shoulder. While walking towards his destination, Arren could see thedevastation doneon the rocks during his training. Destroyed large rocks everywhere. One mightthink after seeing thisthat a stampede of gigantic beasts passed through here but nope. As a result, his hands no longer numb and held tightly on the weapon even after hitting hard objects repeatedly with full strength. Walking unhurriedly, Arren reached the place 15 minutes later and in front of him, outside the entrance, he could see dozens of elite crabs and a commander rank roaming around. Spottinghim, the commander crab screeched followed by all the elite ones around him. After that, all the elite ones rushed Arren at full speed. Seeing this, Arren held the mace still placed acrosshis shoulder with both hands andtook a stance of the Barbaric Armsman.A few meters away from each other, Arren bolted straight towards thenearest and swung the mace horizontally from the left with little effort, aiming for the mouth. *crutchz* A crunching sound was heard after that collision followed by another, then another one every second or two and each time that sounded out, a crab dies.Minutes later, all the elite crabs that went up to Arrenwere all dead and was instantly stored into the inventory by Sys. Seeing its fellow crabs all killed by the human, the commander rank crab screechedin anger, wanting to attack. But before it could make a move, Arren appeared below it and swung the mace upwards. *crutchz* Going inside the cave, Arren could see another group but this time, a general rank lead it with nine commander rank and alot more of the elite ones. Seeing that, he did not bother to wait for them to attack first and rushed in aiming for the general rank. *crutchz* Inside the cave, the ear-piercing cry ofmany crabs could be heard and mixed in that annoying sound, is a crunching sound which comes every now and then. Minutes later,the noisestops but restarts againafter some time. Killing his way inside the cave after who knows how long, Arren was drenched in crab juice. After killing the11th group composed mainly by a dozen of overlord ranking crabs, hefinally arrived at the small entrancethat leadsto the final boss.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. Seeing the entrance in front of him, Arren took out a wooden log, sat on it and took out a towel to wipe the juice from his face off. After cleaning himself, he took out a bottle of water and drank from it. "Damn, I smell crab juice all over." Arren said after sniffing himself. No man, you smell like carrots. Taking out a fruit similar to the ones he fed to them fishies and Buck the *cough*, he took a bite and relaxed himself. If you were wondering where he got the fruits, its from the system store, 1 Life Points for 100KG of it. Why was it not there the last time he tried to buy food youask? It was there, the only thing is that, all items shown at the top of the list are the ones thats already been prepared, in other words, cooked food or uncooked butprocessed. Scroll way, way, way, way down, like hundreds of thousands of items down and you''ll find it. Like I said, almost all things available in the system store. Besides, he didnot ask Sys at that time, Sys has this ''ask me first then I''ll tell you if it''s there'' attitude. Having rested himself for a few minutes, Arren swung the mace up, down, left and then right, to get himself pumped up again. After that, while the items around him, disappeared one at a time from being stored to the inventory, Arren walked towards the entrance and into the 100 meter long, narrow passage. After some time of walking through the passage, Arren could already see the interior, the light ofthe flames dancing that illuminated the entire room. Walking forward, the light got brighter and brighter and upon arriving at the end of the tunnel.. In front of him about 50 meters away, lying down in the middle of the room, the Giant King Crab, his last opponent. Only for the current area he was in though. Sensing someone entering its lair, the crab which was resting opened both its eyes and turnedaround. After spotting Arren, it quickly stood up higher and made a clankingnoise with its, larger claw. Standing at ten meters, the Giant King Crab has a very much thicker walking legs which is, is as large as its smaller claw. Blood red all over but of course the most eye-catching would be its oversized claw. While the king crab is dyed blood red all over, its larger claw on the other hand, is all ebony black.About 5-6 times bigger than the other one, Arrengot alerted as he did not expect such a thing. The last time he was here, heonly went to scout his last opponent and get hold of how strong it was.Yes,level 2 Gods Observers Eyes. Of course at that time, he was not able to seethat claw asthe king crab got its back turned. Seeing that massive claws now, Arren who was tensed, slowly and carefully inched his way back towards the passageway. But before he could get in, the passageway suddenly got blocked by a stone door which slammed down hard, making a big noise, camingfrom who knows where. Hearing the loud sound, Arren instantly turned to lookbut then shouted after seeingwhat had happened. "F*ck!" Holding tightly with both hands, Arren raised high up the mace and swung down as hard as he could. *Bang* What was supposed to be a destroyed stone door, if it was the same as the big rocks thathe practiced at the beach, was totally fine, no dent, no scratch. Seeing that, Arren cursed and turned around quickly to face the crab. "F*ck! Seriously? A f*cking trap door? Hey Sys, what gives? Why did this room suddenly closed?" [Trial Room. It is only natural for it to be closed host.] Hearing her, Arren bellowed back loudly. "Trial my ass! Natural my ass! You want me to die don''t you?! You have a grudge or somethingagainst me don''t you Sys?!" But of course, he was met with silence. Since Sys no longer responded to him, he focused his attention to the crab which was still at the center, clanking its massive claw. Taking a deep breath, Arren looked at the crab with fury and muttered. "The f*ck is this, a repeat? Hmph, lets see if you could hit me with that massive claw of yours. I''m pretty sure it will be slow." Walking slowly towards the king crab, Arren held theonemeter longmacetightly with both hands and took a Barbaric Armsman battle stance.Readying toattack at anytime, he slowly made his way towards the crab and walked aroundtrying to flank it at the opposite side of the claw. Watching Arren getting closer, the king crab slammed its ebony claw hard down thefloor over and over, seemingly saying that it did not welcome him and he shouldleave. Watching it doingthat, Arrens eyes gleamed thinking that, with the speed the king crabslamming its claw, even if it was two times faster, he should still be ableto dodge it. With that thought, Arrendid not waste time ashe took the opportunity to launch asurprise attack to the opposite side while the claw was still slamming down. With Arrens current speed and the Phantom Rabbit Steps movement technique, the gap of tens of meters was swiftly covered inasplit second and Arren who''s under the crab, jumped high up and aimed at aleg socket. *Bang* *Kryaak* After making a hit, Arren then kicked on the crab like a rabbit to blast himself away from it. The king crab of course, shrieked as it did not expect the puny little human to be able to hurt it. Although it was still connected, crab juice could definitely be seenleaking out from that socket. Because of that, the crab dashed towards Arren intending to hithim with that raised ebony claw. Arren seeing that, he waited wanting to test the true speed of that massive claw. As soon as itneared him, the king crab slammed down hard and twice as fast intending to squashArren with its claw. Dodging it, Arrens tensed heart eased a little as he was ableto do it with ease. Knowing that it wont be able to hit him with that oversized claw, Arren laughed and taunted it. "Hahaha. Hey mr crabs, catch me if you can." After saying that, Arren bunny jumped at it again aiming at the same leg socket withintent of crippling it. Quite ironic though, the Phantom Rabbit Stepswhich sounded like its soft and cuddly, andthe Barbaric Armsman which sounded very musculine and tough, complementseach other well. Yin and Yang perhaps? Because of his random choice, Arren was able to receive a surprise 1 Event Points from Sys for having two technique that complements each other. Well not really random picking as Barbaric Armsmanisa fighting technique with no weapon restriction.Letsjust say its pure luck. *crutchz**Kryaak* The king crab shrieked, looking at Arren that kicked it to jump away, it tried to catch him with its smaller claw, opened it, intending to cut him in half. But Arren was too fast for it, so when it snapped close its claw, it only cut the air. *Kryaak* Failing to catch him, the king crab shrieked even louder and the entire room which was 10,000 square meters and 50 meters high, was filledwith it noise. "F*ck! Shut the f*ck up! My ears hurt!" Arren shouted at it whilehopping around, making his way towards the wounded side. This time, the crab was totally mad. With red eyes looking at Arren, it used its claws and legs and attacked him while one leg moved slower than the rest. *Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang* The crab attacked relentlessly not wanting Arren to do another attack or get under it. The floor was, just like the freakin door,still fine, like nothing had happened. Annoyed as he no longer was able to get a chance to attack that leg, Arren waitedfor the crab to slam its big claw down. *Bang* After it did,he dashedaround and then jumped high up aiming at the crabs eyes. "Lets see if you like this one better!" Suddenly, the king crab stopped and its massive claw which was supposed to be touching the ground vanished. Arren suddenly felt a chill, so he shouted in his mind. "Sys! The shield, to my right!" Out of thin air, a door-sized grey tower shield appeared in thenick oftime on his right side asthe ebony claw, which disappeared slammed hard into it. *Bang* With no time to hold the shield, Arren was blasted away with it and hit the walls. "Kwaa!" Arrenspat out blood while falling down. Landing with both feet on the ground, Arren kneeled downand gasped for breathas the air inside his lungs got emptied. Feeling the stingingandburningsensation on his back, he looked at the shrieking culprit. *Kryaak* *Kryaak**Kryaak* The crab which was shrieking like saying ''you will die human'', stomping around, stayed on the same placeand waited for him. Arren cursed it inside his head and all of its kind as this f*ckplayed him into a trap. Who knew crabs could act like a wolf in sheep''s clothing. Looking at that massive ebony claw, he no longer see it slow. It was f*cking fast or simply, he was just caught off-guardas he relaxed his guard down from it. Knowing that, Arrenfelt like slamming his head on the floor. "Why the f*ck did you train f*cking hard for?! You trained because you did not wantto underestimate the enemy, and yet you did! F*CK! F*CK! F*CK! F*CK!" Bellowing ashard as he could, as loud as the king crabs shriek, Arrenstood up and took a deep breath. Although he was hurt, it wasonly on theback which wasthe burningsensation that was annoying him. Luckily, that attack was blocked by the shield and he also wore an armor, if not.. Though a little pain on the right arm where the shield slammed at him asit was hit, it was still fine as he wore the armguard and also, the hard training he did really paid off. "Indeed, that old f*ck always told me to never underestimate anyone or anything. Whoknows where he is now." Learning his lesson, Arren walked towards the king crab slowly. Taking on a battle stance from the Barbaric Armsman technique, this time, the air around him changed. Feeling the danger coming towards it, the king crab stopped its mocking gesture and look at Arren intently.Feeling the human changed, it readied itselfbut suddenly, Arren appeared right in front of its eyes. Panicked at the sight of Arren already very close to it, the king crab rushed an attack withits claw but it was already toolate. *Bang**Kryaak**Kryaak* Catching a glimpse ofthe claw coming towards him, unlike the first time, Arren used the shieldand did the magic trick which he and Sys do together. He tells her wheretheshield should appear and Sys makesit appear at that spot. They practiced this as well. "Sys, below!" Spottingthe shield below, Arren kicked it hard and launched himself up dodging the hurriedattack. Of course, the shield would be instantly stored by Sys the moment itexceeded the range limit away from him.He set it to 5 meters on specific items. But he still had to tell her to make itappear though, too bad. After its claw missed, it bent down wanting to follow Arren jumping up, but before it could do so, Arren had already kicked the shield launching himself down. He kicked it sohard that it launched all the way up, hitting the ceiling before it disappeared. Arren on the other hand, went down like a meteor and swung the mace fromthe left, aimed at the crabs hard shell. *Bang**Kryaak* The king crab that had already bent its legs was hit dead center on its back, collapsed. It shrieked while trying to stand up. Arren who was already behind, seeing the king crabs abdomen showing, dashed. Arriving below, he bent his knees and jumped as hard as he could and swung the mace towards that location. *Bang**Kryaak**Kryaak**Kryaak* This time, the king crab shrieked even more and stumbled all over. Crab juice could be seen spilling out from he had hit. Upon seeing that, Arren shouted. "F*ck! That''s your weakness? Hahaha, you''re dead mr crabs!" Luckily he found its weakness which will make thing much easier for him.Why he did not know that before and only after? How would he know? Yes, he fought those weaker ones beforebut theclosest he got to almost knowing the crabs weakness was an overlord rank crab that he, well, dismembered. Almost. Arren bee-lined towards the back of the stumbling king crab not letting it turn aroundtoface him. With another attack at full force, he swung hard at that same place. Tens of minutes later, Arren sat on top of the dead Giant King Crab, panting. "F*ck! This f*ck just wont die easily." While panting on top of it, he heard Sys angelic voice. [Congratulations to host for reaching level 10. Host could now access the beach area at anytime via Home transfer.] [Homefunction has been activated.] [Host received 10 Event Points.] [Host received 50,000 Experience Points.] ..... ........ Hearing the rewards, Arren felt happy. Suddenly he felt a burning sensation on hisright forearm. Checking it, he saw a globe-like tattoo with only one continent in the middle.Remembering that he leveled up, he then checked his status. After seeing that ginormous leap in power, Arren laughed loudly. "Hahaha, this bro isf*cking stronk now." While he was having a happy time, heard Sys again notifying him. [Forreaching level 10, host will now be sent to a human populated location.] [Calculating random destination....] Hearing that, Arren who was shocked shouted. "What? Sys, send me back home!" [Random destination aquired. Begin transfer.] "SEND ME BACK HOME!" [5, 4, 3, 2...] "SEND ME BACK HOME!!!" After Arrens last howl, he was shrouded with blinding white light and disappeared from the place together with the king crab, which was stored of course. ....................Status updates, Item updates, Skill updates and more..................... Status
Name__________ Arren Cyne________ Title_______ none_____________
Gender Male
Age 22 Years Old Event Points 12
Level 10 Gear Points 1,329
Experience 152,349 / 204,750 Skill Points 1,029
Combat power 4300 Kg. of Force Life Points 13,611
Lifespan 165-180 Years Item Points 13,574
Energy 43,000
Condition Normal Currency 0
Items
Item Name Shellbreaker
Rarity Tier 1-Magic Item
Effects Crush
Requirements 660 combat power
Note: A mace specially made for breaking shells. That''s it!
Price: 50Gear Points
Item Name Iron Fortress
Rarity Tier 1-Magic Item
Effects none
Requirements 900combat power
Note: Adoor-sized shield made to let 1 person protect many others behind him. During war, this shield will be carried by the strongest men around to protect others.
Price: 100Gear Points
Skills
Skill Name Gods Observers Eyes (2/10) (Incomplete)
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Gods Observers are people chosen by the Gods to become their eyes in the Mortal Realm.
Status On
Skill Name Phantom Rabbit Steps
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Phantom Rabbit Steps, a movement technique which emphasize on dodging, escaping, and burst momentum.
Mastery Level 100% Proficiency
Skill Name Barbaric Armsman
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Barbaric Armsman, a fightingtechnique that specializes on using heavy weapons to deal a crushing blow to the opponent. The technique gives freedom to the ones who learn it to do attacks from any angle, direction, or position, in other words, a wild fighting style. It also had no weapon restriction.
Mastery Level 100% Proficiency
Skill Name Iron Skin
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Iron Skin, makes the skin as tough as iron. Physical body can defend 500 combat power without armor.
Mastery Level 43% Proficiency
Skill Name Lightning Crash
Level Mortal
Skill Type Active
Requirement/s Melee Weapon, 10,000 energy (edited missing a zer0)
Note Formless lightning attack that deals 2X combat power as damage to the target. Has paralyzing effect.
Mastery Level 0% Proficiency
Chapter 6 Essalon Continent,Western Region -- Chapter 6 "Brothers, let us all congratulate little fifth forhaving successfully leveled his adventurer rank from rank D to C. Tonight we will celebrate so eat and drink all youwant, my treat, hahaha." "Ohhhhh, little fifth, congratulations." "Congratulations little fifth." "Congratulations littlefifth. Big brother order up already, I''m hungry." "Thank you big brothers." ....... "Ahhh, man I''m tired. Damn those little punks. Kids these days just don''t listen to usold men anymore. We patiently try to train them but they think they already know everything." "Ohoho, teaching them must be though." "Teaching them?You can''t evencall it that. What''s the f*cking point of sending those bastardsto the training grounds in the guild if they won''t even listen to what Isay. Stinking rich brats.Boss Martel, anotherglass of ale please." .... Deep in the night inside the Garm Inn that doubles as a restaurant and tavern, regular customers, adventurers, fromfar away travellers and merchantsenjoyed their meals and drinks. Some groupswere in a festive mood, some just ate and drink quietly while other groups, mainly the locals,were already pointing at each other, arguing at whom among them were thebest at their professions. Watching all this, you could say that the place had a friendly atmosphere. Suddenly out of nowhere, a loud bangfrom a tablebeing toppled down was heard and a loud shout of someone experiencing excruciating pain followed. "Ack!" Hearing the shout that sounded like a pig being slaughtered, the people in the dining area all quieted down. The owner of the Inn, Martel Garm, looked at his wife and said. "Looks like his awake, I''ll go and take a look." Margaret, Martels wife nodded at him and went back to what she was doing. After some time of silence, the people around also resumed to what they were doing and the dining area was filled with voices again. Opening the door, Martel saw a young man lying on the floor curled like a prawn while hugging his head, twitching. Not far from him, the table beside the bed was completely destroyed. "What the hell? Is this kids head made out of steel?" Muttering to himself, Martel approached the prawn-like kid lying on the floor who narturally, was Arren himself. "Little brother come on, get back to bed if you''re still not fine. Did you hit your head on that table? Damn, must have hurt bad if you destroyed it with your head." While saying that, Martel bent down to help Arren get up. Hearing someone calling to him, Arren turned his head and looked up. Grabbing the hand trying tohelp him up, with an intense throbbing head, Arren asked weakly. "Thank you big brother. Where is this? How did I get here? How long was I sleeping?" Getting Arren back in bed, Martel answered him in a slow manner after hearing his weak voice. "My name is Martel Garm and I own the Garm Inn where we are now. My daughter saw you lying outside at the back of the Inn very early in the morning when she and my wife were going to the market, so we helped you out. And as for how long you were sleeping, hmm, I think its 3 days already." Hearing him, Arren sat himself up and bowed. "My name is Arren Cyne, thank you big brother. I will not forget your families kindness." "Alright alright, just rest well. I''ll ask my daughter to send something for you to eat in a while." After saying that, Martel went out and slowly closed the door. Seeing that he was all alone, Arren lied back down and covered his eyes with one hand, still feeling the throbbing in his head. Lying down he asked Sys what was going on. "Hey Sys, what happened? Why is my head hurting so much? Why am I so weak?" [Apologies to the host. A miscalculation was made during teleportation which resulted to the hostscurrent condition.] Arren wanted to rage so much afterhearing that a problem occured but could not becuasehis head ached too much and felt very weak all over. Even thinking only a little aboutraging already made hishead want to explode, so he asked weakly again. "Miscalculation? What miscalculation?" [Teleportation at a very long distance required one to have a strong mind and soul and the System miscalculated hosts current strength on both. Because of that, theteleportation was abruptly stopped before any damage to the hostwas done. Compensation had already been given to the host, please check it later.] Arren wanted to flip out but could not because he was hit again by an intense pain. Instead of blowing up, he pondered for a while trying to remember something. After awhile, he remembered and asked Sys. "Sys, I recalled reading it somewhere that you need ahigh enough cultivation level to resist long distance teleportation and not the mind and soul that you were talking about. Are they diffenrent?" [It is different host. What your people use is a gate to create a rift in space for themto travel long distances that takes hours, days, weeks, months, or years, depending on the distance. It put stress on almost nothing. While the Systems teleportation creates a tear in both time and spaceallowing host to travel long distancesinan instant, or a few seconds at most. Therefore, host needed a strong mind, body and soul.] "Oh, no wonder." Arren stopped asking as he felt very weak. Checking the status, he saw mind andsoul exhaustion in his condition. Since he could do nothing, he decided to sleep. Just after closing his eyes, the door was knocked softly by someone and opened. Opening his eyes, Arren saw a girl around the age of 17-18 entering, carrying a traywith a steaming bowl and a glass of water on it. Seeing Arren looking at her, she lowered her head down and shyly went to the side to placethe tray down thatshe was carrying on the bed. "I''m Anria, big brother here''s your meal." After introducing herself, Anria turned around to leave. But before she could take a step outside, she heard a weak voice calling to her. "Wait Anria, thank you very much for helping me." Anria turned around and with a smile on her lips, she nodded at him then turned around again and left. Looking at the tray at the side, he pulled it closer to him and removed the cover from the bowl. Instantly, more steam spread out of it filling the entire room with its delicious smell. Although it smells good, Arren was not affected as he was already eating food sold in the system store which were way way more delicious. With his current points, he would be able to buyas much as he wanted. Grabbing the spoon, Arren scooped a spoonful of vegetablesoup and slowly moved it into his mouth. After tasting it, Arren nodded his head and said. "Good soup. Must be big brothers wife who cooked it." Arren scooped another wanting to finish it and to show his respect to the one who made it for him. Meanwhile out side the room, Anria walked away with a humph, mad at him for mistaking the soup made by her mother instead of herself. And so, the uneventful night passed slowly and a new morning came. Arren who just woke up felt refreshed. The throbbing pain inside his head from last night completely vanished. Of course hegot well quickly not from the rest but from thethings he consumed to heal himself. Mindand spirit enhancement potion, ten of each given to him as a compensation. One doubled the strength ofhis mind, while the other one doubled the strength of Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! his soul permanently and. Add the foodand drinks he bought last night, there was no way he would not recover quickly. After getting up, he stretched his body for a while and then changedinto a new setof clothes.Then bought a storage ring with a space of 1,000cubic meters that could also turn invisible if the symbols around it werealigned correctly for 1,000Item Points. Although it costed him 10x more than a regular one, he could now have an alibi if anyone asks where he got the things from, that would pop up out of nowhere, or theclothes he now wore. Arren walked towards the door and reached out for the door knob, butbefore he could do so, it was opened by someone from the other side. Seeing Arren already fine and dressed well, Martel looked athim up and down, he then wistled and said. "Are you well already kid? Damn kid, you look freakin good. Where did you get those clothes from? Don''ttell me that you sneaked around early in the morning and stole from others staying here. You better give it back or you''ll get your ass kicked." Martel teased Arren while poking at Arrens shoulder. Having been prepared for something like this, Arren raised his hand in front of Martel to show him the ring andsaid truthfully. "Oh this, I got it from my storage ring, watch. See? Cool right, it could turn invisi..." But before he could finish what he wanted to say, Martel smacked him hard on the head. "Ack, what was that for?" Of course Arren was not hurt from that strike but he bit his tongue after getting hit. PushingArren inside the room,Martel looked left and right outside thenclosed the door behind him. With a pissedlook, Martelreprimanded in a low voice that only both of them could hear. "Have you gone mad? What if others saw it? Did you think no one would try and rob you kid? F*ck, that''s a treasure right there on your f*cking finger! Even the king would drool seeing it. Come on, if you have something like that, you should have the normalones. Go on, wear one of those you dumb shit head." Smacking Arren again on the head, Martel walked towards the door. "You better keep that invisible one a secret or elsean entire kingdom will hunt you for it. An empirewould definitely as well." After saying that, he went out and closed the door behind him. Arren who just stood therefelt warm inside as he was able to meet a good person like Martel. Just like what hehad said, if others would know about the ring, people would definitely hunt himdown for it. With that thought, Arren kept the invisible storage ring and bought a regular 1,000 cubic meter one.Going out of the room and closing the door, he looked towards the source of the noise and saw people eating and chattingwith each other. Walking towards that area, he avoided other people going out of the other rooms and made his way in front of the counter. The people he avoided and the ones that were eating and chatting in the dining area silenced whenthey saw him as if they all had an agreement earlierto quiet down when seeing him. But that was of course not the case. They were all shocked as Arren was very handsome. Not only that, they could see that he was well trained just by looking at his manly physique outlined by the clothes he wore. Whats more, he''s very tall. Sitting on a vacant chair in front of the counter, he nodded to Martel who nodded at him back. Lookingat themany food and drinks nameswritten in front, he browsed trying to see if therewere any food or drinks he knew. The old adventurer guild trainer from last night could not help it anymore, stood up andapproach Arren. Feeling his muscles here and there, he praised loudly in front ofeveryone else not even embarrassed the slightest. "Incredible, just incredible. All well toned muscles, strong yet flexible, hard yet soft at the same time. The body proportions is just too perfect, too perfect. Kid, how did youtrain? No wait, who trained you? Can I meet him?" Everyone around including Arrens face twitched. This old man was too shameless. He really felt Arren all over like he was not touching someone else.Seeing the face of the kid in front of him twitch and feeling the awkward atmosphere, he scratched his head and laughed awkwardly. "Ahahaha, my name is Feran, an old trainer from the adventurer guild.Please do visit me so we could talk about training later today or some other time when you are free. If you like, join the adventurer guild as well. Well kid, excuse me." After saying that, he went back to his table where another old guy presumably his friend from last night as well, looked away like saying he did not know the old man who sat in the same table with him. Seeing the old man gone, it was time for the ladies to go to war for who will take the two vacant seat. Like lionesses on heat, they pounced at once and those in lioness in front of them that were nearing the seat were dragged back by others. Seeing the place getting chaotic, Martel glared at Arren who had a stiff smile. Then out of nowhere, his daughter came in front and declared loudly. "Those who are not here to eat, go back to your rooms or go somewhere else, or else I will report all of you for disturbing the peace." After saying that, she looked at Arren and humphed walking back into the kitchen. The lionesses quieted down and went back to their respected groups as well. Since they could not pounce at him, they all stared at Arren like hungry beasts, not wanting to take their eyes off of him. Watching the back of his daughter leaving, Martel pounced at Arren, wrapped his big arms around Arrens head and shook him back and forth asking what happened. "Why is she mad tell me? Did you do something last night? You did, didn''t you?" Arren pretended to have a hard time, tapped his arms asking to loosen it. After it was loosened, he said in aaggrievedmanner. "What do you mean I did something? I only thanked her for helping me after she found me outside. Did you really have to choke me so hard?" "Then why is she mad?" "How should I know. Ask her." Since they would not know what was wrong if they won''t ask Anria, Martel then released Arren from his bound and asked. "So, what do you want to order?" "To tell you the truth big brother, I don''t even know any of the dishes on the board so recommend me something." Martel stared at him for a while, then said. "Alright I''ll ask my wife what shes cooking. I''ll get my wife as well so theboth of you could meet." After seeing Arren nod, Martel went into the kitchen. With Martel gone, Arren felt chills from the many gazes especially the ones from the lionesses. Knowing thathe might be pounced by someone at any time, Arrenasked a guy a seat away from him abouthow thefood and drinks here tastes. Of course he offered to treat the guy which happily complied and chatted with him. After some time of waiting, Martel returned together with a beautiful woman. Seeing the both of them, Arren stood up and bowed at her saying. "My name is Arren Cyne big sister. Thank you very much for helping me." Seeing Arrens attitude, Margaret smiled and warmly greeted him. "My name is Margaret, so you''re marrying my daughter right? We did saveyou, you know." After she said that, loud clatters could be heard from the kitchen and an angry Anria came out shouting. "Mother, please behave yourself and don''t talk nonsense." Margaret who was already sitting beside Arren looked at her daughter and said teasingly. "Talk nonsense? What nonsense? Didn''t you cook for him last night? And this also? Little girl, come here and sit beside him, come, don''t be shy." "Mother!" With a deep red face, Anriabolted back to the kitchen and anotherround of loud clattering sound was heard. Arren who was at the side could only smile stiffly. Removing the cover from the bowl, the delicious aroma from the vegetable soup spread out. "Vegetable soup?" "Oh, you don''t like it? The soup you ate last night was made by Anria and this one as well. She thought that you were still not well enough to eat other meal so she prepared another soup for you. If you don''t want it, I''ll go back and get something else." After saying that, Martel reached out to take the tray but before he could take it, Arren blocked him and said. "It''s fine, the soup last night was good so this should taste good as well." Grabbing the spoon, Arren scooped the soup and ate it. From a very tiny gap, Anria watched Arren as he ate all the soup she made. Seeing him finish all of it and hearing him praisingher skills, a smile hung on her lips and she hopped back to whatshe was doing. After cleaning the entire bowl, Arren did not ask for another mealas his taste buds were already used to the taste of food from the system. Although thesoup Anria cooked for him tasted good, it was still not enough to compare with the food from the system thatcould be said as made from heaven. "Big brother, how much should I pay?" "3 days and 3 nights plus the soup, 10,000 zirin." "Oh, alright." Looking at Arren who did not even askedwhy it reached that amount, Martel could not help but raise an eyebrow and ask. "You''re not gonna ask why you need to pay that much?" "No need." Arren reached into his pocket and while doing that, he asked Sys to exchange 1 Item Point for 1,000,000 zirin and put 10,000 on his left pocket. Grabbing the money, Arren took it out and counted, then he gave it to Martel. "Please check if its the right amount." "It''s alright, you counted it already." While saying that, he opened a drawer and put the money inside. Margaret on theside, had a questioning look on her face a she stared at her husband who justnodded at her. Understanding that it mightnot be good to talk about it here with people around, she nodded back and looked at Arren again. While they were having a good conversation, someone shouted out of nowhere. "You there! Get the f*ck away from my mother and father!" Everyone inside turned around to look at who shouted. After seeing who it was, all theirfaces except Arren could not help but stiff. ....................Status updates, Item updates, Skill updates and more..................... Status(Stats changed. Arrens stat now 3x after 10 levels instead of 2x.)
Name__________ Arren Cyne________ Title_______ none_____________
Gender Male
Age 22 Years Old Event Points 12
Level 10 Gear Points 1,329
Experience 152,349 / 204,750 Skill Points 1,029
Combat power 2580Kg. of Force Life Points 13,611
Lifespan 155-170 Years Item Points 12,473
Energy 1,700
Condition Normal Currency 990,000
Items
Item Name Shellbreaker
Rarity Tier 1-Magic Item
Effects Crush
Requirements 660 combat power
Note: A mace specially made for breaking shells. That''s it!
Price: 50Gear Points
Item Name Iron Fortress
Rarity Tier 1-Magic Item
Effects none
Requirements 900combat power
Note: Adoor-sized shield made to let 1 person protect many others behind him. During war, this shield will be carried by the strongest men around to protect others.
Price: 100Gear Points
Skills (Upgrading 100% proficiency skills in the near future. Still thinking of cool names.)
Skill Name Gods Observers Eyes (2/10) (Incomplete)
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Gods Observers are people chosen by the Gods to become their eyes in the Mortal Realm.
Status On
Skill Name Phantom Rabbit Steps
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Phantom Rabbit Steps, a movement technique which emphasize on dodging, escaping, and burst momentum.
Mastery Level 100% Proficiency
Skill Name Barbaric Armsman
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Barbaric Armsman, a fightingtechnique that specializes on using heavy weapons to deal a crushing blow to the opponent. The technique gives freedom to the ones who learn it to do attacks from any angle, direction, or position, in other words, a wild fighting style. It also had no weapon restriction.
Mastery Level 100% Proficiency
Skill Name Iron Skin
Level Mortal
Skill Type Passive
Requirement/s None
Note Iron Skin, makes the skin as tough as iron. Physical body can defend 500 combat power without armor.
Mastery Level 43% Proficiency
Skill Name Lightning Crash
Level Mortal
Skill Type Active
Requirement/s Melee Weapon, 2,000 energy
Note Formless lightning attack that deals 2X combat power as damage to the target. Has paralyzing effect.
Mastery Level 0% Proficiency