chapter 22 : browsing the shop

Once again, the feeling of mana growing within him overtook him. It felt nice, like being drugged. More than that, he felt his soul for the first time, it evolved and this most likely contributed to the pleasure he is feeling.

That's right, Luke chose to enhance mana. It's the most expensive to enhance stat so he just couldn't spit on a free meal. The idea of enhancing any other stat didn't cross his mind and he thought that any other person who enhanced anything else was a big dumbass.

What he didn't know was that he was one of the very few who had that right. Any other person who wanted to use the vial to enhance it were refused and had to choose another one, once again demonstrating the unfairness of the situation.

The second thing he sensed was his ability's evolution. But he felt like it was not an evolution, but more like an unveiling of its abilities... Inspecting it, the 10 cubic meters limit was replaced by a 100 cubic meters one.

Then, he felt something else, something... different. After some thinking, he knew it was the mind power evolving. It didn't make him have a firmer will, not at all. It... made him feel like he had a slight amount of control over his surroundings. He feels like... he can faintly impose his will over things. But it was just a slight feeling, like gaining entry over a new realm, but not yet being into it...

' So tier 2 feels like that huh? This mana, why does it feel familiar?...

As he was in his own world, the system, like it was its destiny, once again interrupted him

* Congratulations soldier Luke on becoming a tier 2 species! The shop has been updated!

You will be sent to the elite champion's battlefield in 24 hours. *

Immediately after the system prompt's end, he browsed through the shop, beginning by what he is the most curious about

' Shop, spells '

* tier one spells :

darkness walk: 50 PTS cost: 20 mana/min

space blades: 220 PTS cost: 2 mana

tier two spells :

dark blast : 300 PTS cost : 5 mana

space run: 1000 PTS cost : 50 mana/min

haunting march: 500 PTS cost: 200 mana/min

space cut : 2200 PTS cost : 20 mana *

Seeing the options, Luke had a few doubts, so he asked for details.

* dark blast: dark hand's evolution. Instead of covering the hand with a veil of darkness, it permits to create a small beam of darkness that explodes upon contact and corrodes anything the blast touch.

space run: spacewalk's evolution. Has twice the effect of spacewalk.

haunting march: darkness walk's evolution. Covers the body with a veil of darkness. Greatly enhances stealth no matter what area or environment.

space cut: space blades' evolution. Actually cuts space to attack from a long distance. *

So the cost of the spells he already had the under evolution of was multiplied by five while it was by ten for those he didn't. It was like paths that he could tread. So right now, he could either chose to ignore the spells paths he didn't begin at tier one or he could try to tread all of them. In the end, he decided to buy his current spells' evolutions with darkness walk and haunting march, while letting space cut for later. He would tread all the paths.

* Deducting 50 PTS.

Three tier one spells will be evolved to tier two... deducting 1800 PTS, 1152 PTS remaining. *

Afterward, he immediately released all the dark hands he had stored, which was more than a thousand, creating his biggest nuke up to date and began storing dark blasts. ' These dark blasts though... won't I make real nukes with them? No, I will even be able to make laser nukes, f*ck you Skywalker, I'm the only boss Luke now.

Then, haunting march, I like that name. I will make my enemies shudder with it. They say that speed is invincible, and they are right, but stealth is THE ultimate. With it, I will finally be able to make use of my great stealth skill. I always had pride over my stealth skill, so now, I will do it justice. '

The spells greatly satisfied him. They made things different from what he expected but it's not a bad thing. Luke feels like it's clearly not a coincidence that only evolutions were available...

Afterward, he got to the potions section

* tier 2 potions :

vitality enhance : 100 PTS

intelligence enhance : 100 PTS

strength enhance : 100 PTS

agility enhance : 100 PTS

resilience enhance : 100 PTS

healing potion : 100 PTS

mana enhance : 300 PTS

mana replenish : 200 PTS

Note, all effects are multiplied by ten. *

That means that without counting the mana related ones, he could only buy eleven potions.

' Hmm... let's buy four agility enhance, five resilience enhance and two intelligence enhance. Like this, I will have three tier 2 stats. '

* 1100 PTS deducted... 52 PTS remaining. *

' status '

* status :

name: Luke

Species: tier two human

vitality: 36

strength: 36

agility: 100

intelligence: 66

resilience: 101

mana: 130

Inherited ability: spatial storage ???

skills: dagger mastery B

firearm mastery B

stealth mastery C

poison mastery C

spells: space run tier two

dark blast tier two

haunting march tier two

money: 052 PTS *

Luke then felt his body strengthening. His movements became faster and his body overall became thicker, heavier and consequently more resistant.

Seeing his status, Luke couldn't help but feel proud, strong and confident, only to be reminded by his intelligence that these are just beginner tier 2 stats. Tier 2 that sets the base by the way.

Luke then put these matters aside and rested until the time for his arrival at the elite champion's battlefield came. He was really eager to go, but when he will indeed go, a very nasty surprise will welcome him.