Re-Entry

After planning his next course of action, Alvin went online again to check whether there was any new information on the official website for 'The Pirate World!' There wasn't much there so he proceeded to the forums where there were still professional gamers sharing experiences on how to hunt monsters successfully.

Amazingly, some people had also analyzed the information about the 'Pirate King' world and came out with some strategies that would help players advance further and faster. These people surmised that, due to the difficulty in acquiring both training techniques and battle skills in this world, the best course of action would be to join the Navy, which is reputed to be the strongest official organization of the Word Government in the One Piece world.

Since this is the case, once one joins this organization, they would at least receive basic training that would help people advance faster. This idea which was posted by a professional gamer was lauded by a lot of people.

When he saw this post, Alvin was very surprised. "Sure enough, there are a lot of smart people in this world. By this time a lot of people had analyzed the One Piece world and come out with various paths by which they could strengthen. It seems I have to intensify my efforts to level up the next time i enter the game or else I cannot keep my lead!"

This thought flashed through Alvin's mind as he began to think about how he would cross that forest to get to Shimotsui Village. Even though he had received a training technique and could train on his own, he knows that to get the most solid foundation, he needed the direction of someone who was pursuing the same path as him.

In the One Piece world, he had chosen the path of swordsmen and the best person he could think of now was Master Koshiro of Shimotsuki Village!

Even though in the game, he had reached Level 3, together with his sword art and marksmanship, he could at most handle Level 5 monsters. But if he runs across level 6 monsters, especially, those that specialize in speed, he would be in a lot of trouble. For now, he didn't want to take that risk.

So he made up his mind to raise his level to at least Level 5 on his next entry into the One Piece world before he would even think about traveling through that dangerous forest. At least with that, he would have some means of self-protection.

With this thought, went straight into the washroom and washed up. After that, he let his apartment arriving at a small vendor that he frequented close to his apartment.

After buying a turkey sandwich with provolone cheese, lettuce, mustard and vinegar on rye bread, Alvin finished his meal contentedly.

After that, Alvin did not return home directly but went to a clearing close to his house. For now, all his plans could only begin tomorrow so he could only wait patiently for 6:00 PM to enter the one piece world again.

After getting there, Alvin began to practice his [Force Fist] skill again. He felt that he could almost breakthrough to the Intermediate level of this skill if he could catch a little inspiration.

He immediately started punching towards the air creating subtle sounds showing the power behind his punches. As he started to practice move after move, the cool feeling once again emerged from the fate stone and went straight into his mind.

His mind seemed to have entered a mysterious condition, movements becoming stronger and much more smother. The whole process it looked like moving clouds and flowing water, flowing smoothly.

As his movements became faster and faster, his blood was also flowing faster and faster!

"Pa! Pa!"

Alvin suddenly heard to sounds go off in his body accompanied by a refreshing feeling spreading all over his body. This caused him to snap out of the mysterious condition that he had entered.

"Breakthrough?" Alvin excitedly thought as he flexed his muscles and felt the rushing vigor in his body. Even though he couldn't tell how long he had practiced, he had gone through more than five cycles of the stances and moves of the [Fist Force] skill but he still didn't feel very tired.

"I should have advanced to the intermediate stage! This fate stone is really amazing. No wonder father said that It changed the fate of numerous gods and devils of the primordial era and helped them to comprehend their own path in the Dao!" Alvin thought as he looked at his once again sweaty body. Alvin now felt that his strength and Vitality and both been increased when he broke through to the intermediate stage of the [Force Fist] skill.

"Grrrr!"

Alvin signed in frustration when he heard this sound. Even though he had eaten a pretty heavy meal before this practice session, he still became hungry again after this training. Alvin now began to wonder how those poor families were going to afford this kind of expenditure, because as the strength of ordinary people increases because of the Virtual Reality Synchronization feature of the 'Pirate World', the dietary needs will also increase significantly.

If they can't find money to fund their increasing food consumption rate, Alvin wondered what kind of unrest it will cause!

…..

Coming out of this place, Alvin bought another round of good food and made his way home. There was only an hour left before the server for the 'Pirate King' World reopens so he had to prepare.

After getting home, Alvin immediately went into his bathroom and washed up again. After that, he had his supper and went into his room to prepare to entry into the One Piece world. When he tested the power source, he realized that the Fate Stone was still powering his VR helmet despite it fusing with his hand.

When his clock indicated 6:00PM, Alvin put his VR helmet on his head and turned it on. He vision immediately went blank!

….

When he restored his vision, Alvin was once again standing on shores of the sea with his cave behind him. He breathed in deeply and checked his status again. He wanted to check how much his strength improved after breaking through to the intermediate stage of the [Force Fist] skill!

…

Name: Monkey D. Arnold

Age: 16

Level: 3 (175/400)

Unallocated Attribute Points: 0

Sword Talent: SS+

Fate Energy: 0/100

Strength: 18

Agility: 19

Vitality: 21

Soul (Spirit): 30

Stamina: 255/255([30*10]/2) + ([21*10]/2)

Health: 210/210(21*10)

Skills:

Gathering Skill: Helps gather materials and drops from kills of player.

Investigate: collects information about opponents who are not five levels higher than player.

Mysterious Aurora Healing Skill (Level 1 [23/100]): Stamina Consumption: 20. Activate increased recovery of HP and Stamina at the rate of 1 point every 5 seconds! Five minutes minute Duration. One hour cool down. [Can be used to heal others when it gets to Level 3]

Battle Skills:

Force Fist (Intermediate - 2/20) – Effects (exerts 10 % extra explosive fist force)

Basic Sword Arts (Intermediate Stage – 4/150) – Effects (Improves attack speed, attack power and movement speed by 23%)

Basic Marksmanship (Advanced Stage - 70/150) - Effects (Increase accuracy, attack range and attack power by 50%)

Conqueror's Haki (Locked) - Effects (None)

Pursuing winds Sword Arts (Uninitiated) – Effects (None)

[Skill Levels: Initial, Intermediate, Advanced, Peak]

System Backpack- Adjustable weights (4), Blood Patterned mushroom (1), sea pebbles (14)

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Both his strength and Vitality had increased by 1 after this breakthrough and the effects of the [Force Fist] had also increased from 5 % extra explosive fist force to 10 % extra explosive fist force.

Now, to implement his alternative money making plans, he had to increase his marksmanship to the highest level possible. Since he had no way to train his marksmanship now in reality, practicing it here would be best.

So for now, he planned to try and level up first and raise his strength to a higher level and also train both his marksmanship and sword skill. This would ensure that he makes the best use of time!