[Chapter:22][Another world.]
"Now then…"
Glancing at the other things that changed in his status, Echo thought for a moment before opening the 'Quests' window.
"Both 'Model Student' and 'Beating the Unbeatable' are done…"
He hadn't accepted the rewards for the 'Model Student' quest yet as the 'Student' Job was easy to level, and he didn't want to waste 8 levels of EXP on it.
'Report.'
Mentally giving out the command, Echo nods in satisfaction as the two quests disappear from the 'Reportable' section, appearing in the 'Completed' section instead.
((Level up!))
((Level up!))
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((Sub-Function [Daily Quests] unlocked.))
((Obtained [Lottery Ticket]*6.))
Seeing his level increase to 9, he distributed his stat points to make his physical stats equal.
"Charm…it's still important."
Echo had already realised that 'Charm' wasn't merely physical appearance. Instead, it was a kind of 'aura', a sense of presence of someone. Those with high charm have a greater presence, can make people subconsciously give them more importance, can make their words and actions seem more significant than when done or spoken by those with less charm, etc… .
Of course, this was realised by him on the very first day, when his Charm increased from a measly 19 to over 50, and ended up making every man and woman in the school and on the street look at him with fiery eyes.
He didn't care about the women, both young and old, looking at him like he was a piece of meat, but the men's stares bothered him even though he himself didn't know why exactly. So he's learned to control his 'Charm'. Luckily, controlling his 'Charm' happened to be part of his 'Stealth' skill, so even with his current charm above 700, Echo still remained the same low-key, boring, and machine-like youth.
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[[Status]]
Echo Howers
Level : 209 (00.00%)
Job : [Necromancer(Lv-9/100)]
HP : 15,828/15,818 (1,581.8 per min)
MP : 321,520/321,520 (48,072 per min) (801.2 per sec)
[[Stats]]
Strength : 703 —> 710 —> 719 (790.9)
Endurance : 703 —> 710 —> 719 (790.9)
Vitality :703 —> 710 —> 719 (790.9)
Agility : 703 —> 710 —> 719 (790.9)
Intelligence : 4,019
Wisdom : 6,009
Senses : 703 —> 710 —> 719
Charm : 710
Stat Points : 0 —> 80 —> 0
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As for his new skills and perks…
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[2 Tomoe Sharingan(Lv-14)]
Type : Skill / Active
Description : The Sharingan grants the wielder two broad abilities, the "Eye of Insight" and the "Eye of Hypnotism", as well as two specific abilities that came at a cost, albeit prevented by [Gamers' Body].
Eye of Insight (I) — Increase learning speed of skills seen by 140% until skill level reaches that of the performer.
Eye of Insight (II) — Increase perception by 14%. Perceive 14% of targets' emotions. If 'Wisdom' of target(s) is lower than your 'Senses', read up to 14% of their minds, memories, thoughts, etc… .
Eye of Hypnotism (I) — Increase subtlety of 'suggestions' induced through eye contact by 140%.
Eye of Hypnotism (II) — Increase effectiveness of 'suggestions' induced by 14%.
Izanagi : Allows the user to distort the line between reality and illusions, switching them. Can only be used once per eye every 1,000 days. Cool Down time is shared with 'Izanami'.
Izanami : Traps the target in an infinite loop disregarding their five senses. Can only be used once per eye every 1,000 days. Cool Down time is shared with 'Izanagi'.
Note : There are further stages / evolutions which will automatically be unlocked when skill level reaches 100.
Note : When using any one 'Sharingan', other lesser / greater versions cannot be used.
Cost : 100 MP / sec
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'2 Tomoe Sharingan', the skill which appeared when his '1 Tomoe Sharingan' reached level 100. Unlike what he had expected, his '1 Tomoe Sharingan' didn't just disappear or 'evolve' into a higher skill. Instead, it remained.
'I guess it's so that I can use both versions of the skill whenever I want.'
Surely, there would come a situation when he would have to use '1 Tomoe Sharingan', if not because of the consumption, then simply for appearances sake.
As for the Sharingan itself, while he had been using 'Emotion reading' aspect of it to level the skill up, he decided not to use the 'Mind reading' part of the skill.
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[Intermediate Archery(Lv-3)]
Type : Skill / Active
Description : The art of using bows and arrows. Increase damage, attack speed, range, accuracy, and penetration by 30%.
Cost : -
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The skill which appeared after 'Basic Archery' reached level 100. There wasn't anything new, other than the percentage increasing by an entire 10 times per level. So at level 100, that would provide a 1,000% increase, which when combined with 'Basic Archery', would increase damage, attack speed, etc… by a whole 12 times (+1,100%).
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[Sneak(Lv-13)]
Type : Skill / Active
Description : The art of moving silently, without being discovered. Decrease all signs of presence by 13%. Decrease chance of being discovered by detection skills at or above skill level by 13%.
Cost : -
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He honestly had no idea how 'Sneak' and 'Stealth' differed, other than the obvious difference in knowledge that each skill provided, but Echo decided not to think about it.
Instead, he was curious, since each skill hid 100% of his presence at level 100, what would it be like to have 200% of his presence concealed?
Something to experiment when he manages to get his 'Sneak' skill to level 100 as well.
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[Mental Arithmetic(Lv-42)]
Type : Skill / Active
Description : The mathematical division of number theory, including but not limited to, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, etc… . Increase speed, accuracy, and capacity of arithmetic operations by 42%.
Cost : -
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As for this skill, Echo, currently having seven different thoughts, decided not to let the, go to waste. Using one thought as his main one, one to 'Focus' on his 'Sharingan', one to 'Focus' on his 'Sneak', and one to 'Focus' on his 'Breathing', of the remaining three thoughts, two were playing a game of chess, the score being 0-0 with over three thousand draws already, and the last was making as well as solving large numerical problems without stop.
Echo honestly had no idea what he would use this skill for when he got it, and even considered letting it merge with 'Scholar's Knowledge', but then he recalled that in his current world, human magicians use magic based on several complex calculations, equations, etc… .
As for why he didn't want the skill to merge with 'Scholar's Knowledge'…not only would the skill lose its unique benefits, that is, the percentage increase in speed, accuracy, and capacity of calculations, it would also be difficult to level it up.
After all, 'Scholar's Knowledge' now takes Echo several days of studying to level up even once.
And the perks…
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[Herculean Strength]
Type : Perk / Stat
Description : Perk gained from reaching 500 Strength, decrease strength requirement for anything by 50%.
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[Infallible One]
Type : Perk / Stat
Description : Perk gained from reaching 500 Endurance, no single attack would be able to do damage higher than or equal to 100% of your HP.
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[Blood Panacea]
Type : Perk / Stat
Description : Perk gained from reaching 500 Vitality, convert HP into a drop of blood with healing properties. Amount of HP healed when the drop is ingested is equal to amount of HP expended to for the drop. When using this perk, HP Recovery is stopped temporarily.
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[Speed Triumphs All]
Type : Perk / Stat
Description : Perk gained from reaching 500 Agility, increase attack speed, movement speed, and evasion speed by 20%.
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[Pseudo Legendary Intuition]
Type : Perk / Stat
Description : Perk gained from reaching 500 Senses, just like women always know when men are looking at them lustfully even when entire dimensions apart, you too will now know whenever anyone is looking at you, directly or indirectly, as well as their general position.
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[Charm Control]
Type : Perk / Stat
Description : Perk gained from reaching 500 Charm, allows for changing the type of 'presence' exuded. New types can be unlocked every 500 Charm. Current options are : Calming.
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[Sage]
Type : Perk / Stat
Description : Perk gained from reaching 5,000 Wisdom, decrease cool down of skills by 50%.
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While all the Perks were useful in their own way, Echo particularly liked 'Sage' more, simply because it would save him a whole 500 days of cool down for 'Izanagi' and 'Izanami' if and when he uses them.
That and 'Infallible One'. Being immune to attacks that would otherwise kill him with a single hit and by conjunction, instant-death curses, was certainly something he appreciated.
And 'Blood Panacea' too. Unlike others, his HP Recovery could only be called 'monstrous'. Perhaps only 'immortal' species like Vampires, Werewolves, etc… could compete with him in that. And with this new Perk, he currently had hundreds of vials in his inventory each containing 10,000 HP worth of drops of his blood, and Aya and Leah also had tens of them.
For Rhianna, she had three hidden within her clothes, the glass vials enchanted to be able to take on a nuclear bomb without cracking. Not that she would ever need them considering how protected she is, but just in case.
As the saying goes, a sis-con can never be too careful in regards to his / her sister's safety.
*click*
Finally reaching the rooftop, Echo opened the door, and walked out to the sight of two cute lolis looking at him.
"Did you wait long?"
"No, it's just been a few minutes since we came here."
Echo nodded as he sat before them, and the three took out their lunch boxes to begin eating.
As a side note, the white haired loli once more lost in their eating competition, which made her wrinkle her nose as she pouted cutely.
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"But he way…"
Having come back home without going to the Club this time, as he would be going away for who knows how long, the family was currently cuddling with each other while watching the anime world which Echo would be going to.
"What did you do?"
Leah, seemingly recalling something, glanced at her mother as she asked.
"Hmm? What did I do?"
Aya blinked in confusion as Leah continued her question,
"Just a few minutes after that accident…", she said referring to the decimated Thar Desert, "…Gabriel-sama called me to ask if I could come to Heaven immediately. But just as I was thinking about how to explain it, the next day, she called again to tell me it wasn't necessary."
"Ah, that."
Aya nodded as she understood what what her daughter was talking about.
"I figured all the pantheons searching for us would be too much of a nuisance, so I threat-I mean, 'persuaded' them all and reassured them it was not a big deal."
"…"
Leah looked at her mother speechlessly as she just claimed in her gentle voice that she threatened the tens of pantheons each with hundreds and even millions of powerful Gods, the three factions, and every other supernatural faction in the world.
And the tone with which she said it all was as if it was no different from a trip to the supermarket.
'No wonder Gabriel-sama said it's not something we should worry about…'
She sighed before shaking her head. So what if her mother threatened the entire supernatural side of the world?
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"Are you ready?"
Echo nodded nonchalantly to Aya's question, making her sigh.
"You can at least pretend to be a little scared."
Nonetheless, she chuckled as she gave his a strong hug.
"…"
"…"
Leah and Rhianna join in on the hug as Echo remained silent.
"Don't get hurt."
"Be careful, Onii-chan."
((Don't die.))
[[Run if you're in danger. Running isn't shameful. There is no shame greater than dying while leaving your loved ones behind, leaving your promises and oaths unfulfilled.]]
After the hug, which lasted a few minutes, ended, each of the five ladies said their own thing while Echo silently took it all to heart.
As for whether he would follow them…
((Using [Special World Travel Ticket]… Destination set [High School of the Dead]…Selected restriction [Job-less]…))
Well, that's a question for another chapter.
"Yes."
Namely, the next chapter.
*flash!*