Chapter 11: Don’t bother me!
I checked another category of the system shop and found an item that could help me finish the insane +20 quest.
[Synthesize Protection Scroll]
[TYPE: CONSUMABLE]
[LEVEL: 20]
[USAGE: 1]
[EFFECTS: PROTECTS ITEMS LEVEL 10 TO 20 FROM BEING DESTROYED DURING SYNTHESIZING]
[DESCRIPTION: CREATED BY A TALISMAN MASTER]
[PRICE: 100 SYSTEM POINTS]
Damn, 100 points for a single scroll. How many failures would I experience to get to synthesize a +20!?
Should I... gamble!?
I closed my eyes contemplating if I should proceed or not. After 10 minutes of thinking, I decided to gamble 500 system points and bought 5 [Synthesize Protection Scroll].
I started another round afterward.
[SYNTHESIZE CORE TO ADVENTURER'S SUIT (LV 1)?]
[WARNING! ADVENTURER'S SUIT (LV 1) IS SYNTHESIZED TO +10!]
[ADVENTURER'S SUIT (LV 1) MIGHT BE DESTROYED IF FAILED TO SYNTHESIZE]
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL DETECTED!]
[USE?]
I said "Yes".
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL HAS BEEN APPLIED]
[CONTINUE?]
I said "Yes" again.
...
[SYNTHESIZE HAS STARTED]
[RESULT IN 4...]
[RESULT IN 3...]
[RESULT IN 2...]
[RESULT IN 1...]
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL HAS BEEN USED]
Shit! That's 100 system points! The pain was real. I'm tearing blood!
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
Oh yes! My luck has not abandoned me yet!
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
Yes!
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL HAS BEEN USED]
Fuck.
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL HAS BEEN USED]
That's...
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
I am sweating hard!
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
More!
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL HAS BEEN USED]
Is this it!?
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
Oh! I still have a chance!
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! ADVENTURER'S SUIT HAS SUCCESSFULLY SYNTHESIZED!]
Goddamn!
...
[SYNTHESIZE COMPLETE!]
[OOPSIES! ADVENTURER'S SUIT SYNTHESIZE FAILED!]
[SYNTHESIZE PROTECTION SCROLL HAS BEEN USED]
Fuck. This is it!
...
Sigh. After 11 attempts, I only had 6 successes! That's more than 50% chance and that's not bad!
I quickly opened my equipment tab to see the item's upgraded effect.
[Equipment Tab:]
[Head [1]: Slime Hat]
[Head [2]: -]
[Head [3]: -]
[Full Body: Adventurer's Suit (Synthesized: +16)]
[Right Hand: Sword]
[Left Hand: -]
[Garment: -]
[Footwear: Boots]
[Accessory [1]: Ring of Defense]
[Accessory [2]: Ring of Defense]
[Effects: +56 Defense, +45.25 (+25 Weapon Damage) (+6.75 – Skill Effect) (+2.50 – Title Effect) (+11 – Strength Stat Effect) Damage, +16% Damage Absorption from Slime-Type Monsters]
That is good. Anyway, I stopped synthesizing as I only have 2 slime cores left to use. I'd rather complete synthesizing all the way to +20 than use these 2 cores for a chance, which I could feel would fail.
I closed the equipment tab and got up from my feet. I finished the day doing the usual things and slept.
//
School day! Good morning!
It is my 23rd day in this world!
I cleaned myself and ate my breakfast, specially prepared by Shina. It gave me a buff too!
[BUFF ADDED]
[+75 HP, +75 MANA, +7.5% STRENGTH STAT, +7.5% MANA STAT]
[DURATION: 1 HR]
Well... what a waste. Whatever! That was a delicious meal!
//
I arrived and walked inside the classroom and met the gaze of Fahramis, who else? His eyes were so intense it looked like he wanted to gouge out my eyes out of spite. I laughed out loud mentally.
I ignored his sharp stares and just sat on my desk and closed my eyes. I knew why he was like that though, it was about the battle class that we will have today. I should defeat him fast so I would not be bothered for the whole week.
After a few minutes, teacher Felix arrived and started the class. I fully listened to him and once the break arrived, I went to the cafeteria to eat.
//
The battle class started and no surprise, it was Fahramis again that challenged me.
"Aren't you tired?" I asked him nonchalantly.
"Are you mocking me!?" Fahramis seemed to misunderstand me. Sigh. Whatever! My brain cells ain't for this kid!
"Tsk~ Let's start then!" I surrender. I can not deal with this kid in a "kid"-way manner. I will put this kid into place. Why keep challenging me!? There's that snobby kid at the back, why not him!?
"Yeah!" Fahramis shouted.
"Okay, Philip and Fahramis, say your levels first before we begin!" Teacher Felix said to both of us.
"Level 10!" Fahramis announced first.
Oh!? I was surprised. Did he farm monsters during the week and weekend? That's dedication alright, but, does his skills improved as well? I do not know about that!
"Level 5." I simply said my level but when I looked around, the kids and teacher Felix looked at me with amazed expressions. What is wrong with my level!?
"What?" I said to them.
"Fast! One week and you're level 5 already!?" Teacher Felix uttered with a smile.
"I don't know, I just hunted monsters this weekend, so..." I feign ignorance on what I did during the weekend. I rather not have some people know how talented I am, though I believe I already did by passing this school's test and enrolling here. But showing monstrous talents has drawbacks that I don't want to have. I rather live freely with my parent's money and live easily while getting stronger.
Once I have the proper strength later, then that would be the time to explode through the top of this world's food chain. Until then, I would rather be lowkey, however, that is also not really possible, as I grow stronger, there will be more Fahramis who will look for me and challenge me.
Sigh. Having a system is both luck and a curse at the same time.
[...]
"Is that so? Hmmm..." teacher Felix seemed to think something but he shook his head and started the duel between me and Fahramis.
"Anyway, let's start the battle! Both competitors, again, please don't hit sensitive areas, so please refrain from fully assaulting and injuring your classmates!" Teacher Felix looked at both of us intensely.
Yeah right, as if Fahramis will do that. I would rather be cautious than receive the end of the stick.
Both of us nodded to teacher Felix and he shouted, "Fight!"
//
As soon as teacher Felix's "fight" word reached its last breath, Fahramis rushed at me with his wooden sword. He shouted "Sword Bash" and the mana enveloped his wooden sword. It hit the ground and the stone fragments flew towards me. What a naughty kid you are Fahramis!
I backed off and deflected the stone fragments that flew towards me. Fahramis did not waste time as he quickly rushed near me and shouted another skill name, "Hard Hit!". His wooden sword, again, has been enveloped by mana and it slashed down on me. Heh~ what if you gained some extra stat points after leveling up two times? I leveled up five times instead!
I used my agility and evaded the "Hard Hit" skill. It hit the ground instead and made a few centimeters deep hole. I took advantage of Fahramis' recovery time and quickly had my wooden sword hit his nape.
The system put up a notification.
[300 CRITICAL DAMAGE INFLICTED]
[STUN EFFECT APPLIED]
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
Wow~ I hit a critical damage! That is lucky!
As soon as the notification said I stunned Fahramis, I followed my sword hit with a kick on his stomach.
[50 DAMAGE INFLICTED]
Fahramis blurted out saliva afterward and lost consciousness.
I won. I looked at teacher Felix and he just looked back at me. After a few seconds, his eyes retracted from my line of sight, and shook his head. He smiled still and announced my win. "Philip wins!"
He took the unconscious Fahramis to the medical department for healing. He went back and resumed the battle class. I watched my other classmates challenge and battle each other but no one ever challenged me again. Heh~ that is the way kiddos', don't bother me!
//
The school ended unsurprisingly and after eating my lunch at home, I went to my training room and started my training.
Of course, Marvin was there ready to massage me after each session of my sword-swinging activity.
...
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
...
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) GAINED +1 PROFICIENCY]
...
I finished my first-hour session with 6 thousand sword swings!
[SWORD MASTERY (PASSIVE) LEVELED UP!]
Marvin then started massaging me after I laid down on the massage bed.
//
All in all, I had a total of 6 sword-swinging sessions and each session lasted an hour.
For each hour, I ended up with 6 thousand sword swings which amounted to a total of 36 thousand sword swings and a total of 36,000 sword mastery (passive) skill proficiency points!
I leveled up my [Sword Mastery (PASSIVE)] to level 32! I opened my skill tab and really made me cry hard due to the skill's proficiency points requirement starting level 30 and above!
[Skills Tab:]
[Sword Mastery (PASSIVE)] [Level 32] [Proficiency Points: 5,493/9,600]
[Basic Sword Skill, increases mastery of the sword]
[+0.33% Damage using swords]
[+0.33% Sword Skill (ACTIVE) damage]