Chapter 98

(Author: I am making amends for the previous chapter, so take +2,500 Words!)

Unaware of what was happening inside the Dungeon, Juri and Luria continued their training and leveling.

Where soon Juri found himself at Level 199 in both his available Levels.

All of his 355 accumulated Attribute Points went into Wisdom, which gives him a +229% bonus on his Physical Attributes with the activation of Chi!

And due to the "Potential Bubbles" bursting with the constant leveling of [Magical Force].

After almost 2 months of training, Juri has acquired the following Points from the bursting "Potential Bubbles":

+145 Strength

+231 Agility

+188 Constitution

+43 Intelligence

Currently these are Juri's Attributes and Statistics:

HP: 80,396(+20%) MP: 89,890

NE: 2.587 CHI: 63.531

Strength 747(+5%)

Agility 823

Constitution 910

Intelligence 1.573

Wisdom 1.912(+20%)

Luck 899

Sanity 338/338

Activating her Chi gives her: 2.580 Strength, 2.707 Agility and 2.993 Constitution!

With [Negative Power], that jumps to: 7,401 Strength, 7,570 Agility and 7,951 Constitution!

Juri was very happy, as she was getting really strong!

Activating her [Chi], she acquires the Physical Attributes of a Level 250~300, already with the support of [Negative Power], it becomes Level 740~795.

Should she equip the Giant Prince's hammer, these attributes skyrocket to around Level 900!

Juri is very happy, but she is not an idiot to think she will beat a Level 300 or 400 with ease, in the end, she is not the only one capable of exercising such Attributes being Low Level.

Take Luria for example, she also trained hard and burst several "Potential Bubbles", because of her race and her Martial Physique, the bubbles she burst focused a lot on her Agility, the same as Juri.

But it turns out that Luria practiced a lot of fighting techniques focused on power and not agility.

Thus her growth was:

+89 Strength

+101 Agility

+88 Constitution

+30 Intelligence

In addition, Luria is at Level 178 and her Paranormal Exposure has reached Level 165!

The 456 Attribute Points acquired all going to Wisdom, which currently stands at 1,607 Points!

Here are his stats and attributes

HP: 93,844 MP: 36,312

NE: 1.650 CHI: 30.384

Strength 1.430(+200)

Agility 1.195(+300)(+20%)

Constitution 1.524(+200)

Intelligence 616(+100)

Wisdom 1.507(+100)

Luck 379

Sanity 221/221

If she uses her Chi, she gets: 4.238 Strength, 4.664 Agility and 4.222 Constitution!

Along with [Negative Power] which adds 577 Points... 7.018 Strength, 7.539 Agility and 6.999 Constitution!

His attributes are very similar to full strength, of course, without adding [Aura].

Luria out of curiosity tested it once and... she was bedridden for almost 1 week!

She received the negative effect [Weakness(VII)], which decreased 70% of all her Physical Attributes, where per day the Level of the effect decreased by 1 and small chance to be 2.

It turns out that she doesn't have the [Player Body], even if she gains a lot of strength, where her Attributes exceed 10,000 Points, it slowly destroys her body.

An obvious sight was her veins popping and bursting, her flesh tearing and her bones.

Her HP decreased by 1,000 points per second!

In other words... she can only stay in that state for 90 Seconds at most.

And she stayed that severely because she couldn't deactivate in time, where she spent 17 seconds!

She lost 17,000 Points and received all of that in damage, of course, she wasn't prepared and just let her Aura, Chi and Negative Energy run rampant through her body.

Had she been more prepared, she could have lessened the damage only slightly and even lasted longer.

But in the end it was a test, which she says was worth it, even staying bedridden for 1 week, it was worth it to know how strong she can get.

And obviously this is a desperation technique, Juri may not die from it, she has [Player Body], but Luria doesn't, not to mention it certainly causes a lot of side effects.

It's even likely that Luria lost 1 or 2 years of life, which for an Elf wouldn't be a big deal, even more so because she acquired the [Health of the Strong], where she can live for almost 400 years.

But Luria promised that she will never use this technique again, Juri made her promise several times, in the name of her parents, Gods she believes in and so on.

After that, Juri calmed down.

But well, that's a basic update of her Attributes, now how about we talk about Juri's progress in other areas?

But first let's talk about Luria a little bit, I know, you want to know about Juri, but I swear it will be quick!

Luria except for the time she was bedridden, she has significantly improved her martial arts, practicing Boxing, Krav Magar, Capoeira, and more!

She also practiced military fencing techniques, all incorporated into her [Martial Arts], so she is regaining some muscles, but hardly reaching her muscles of the past.

She also managed to break the limits of her [Fencing], where she developed into the [Frozen Sword Technique], Luria named it.

Upon reaching Level 100, the [Fencing] Skill evolves into something more advanced, but this will incorporate all of Luria's knowledge of fencing, turning it into a technique of its own.

And the name is Luria's name.

So she has created her own Fencing School, at the moment it's very simple, but little by little she is creating techniques and improving them based on the [White Knights' Handbook], which is her inspiration.

And other than that, Luria hasn't made much progress.

But Juri is very different!

Juri has started practicing [Magic Strength], and is currently at Level 51, which increases his Physical Attributes by 30.1% at the cost of Mana!

But the important thing is not this, but that Juri has stopped trying to practice the Techniques!

How come?

The 1st time "playing", Juri kept the books and studied them, so she and others could learn.

But now, Juri didn't have time, nor did she want to waste time reading these Techniques.

Even if she didn't go through the basics to learn and perfect the technique better, sooner or later she could incorporate it into herself.

And so it was that Juri took the book [Iron Cloak] and consumed it, acquiring the Knights Active Skill [Iron Cloak]:

[Iron Cloak, Lv.1]

Type: Active

Description: Accumulate Mana through [Magic Force] or use your [Chi] in a similar method, then mentally select an area of your body to be covered by a thin, protective layer!

Effect: +10/10 Protection for 5 seconds every 100 MP or 50 CHI spent!

This is a Skill/Technique focused on using [Magic Force], but because of the similarities, like [Chi] being an even better food, it can be used.

Juri just tested it and it worked, the description of the Skill changed!

After that, Juri consumed a few more defensive technique books like:

[Warrior's Shield]: Similar to [Iron Cloak], but it deals with creating a Magical Force/Chi Shield with significantly greater protection, only it must be created on the hand or arm!

[Stone Skin]: Similar to [Iron Cloak], except that instead of covering a specific part with protective focus, it protects the entire body equally, in exchange for movement speed!

[Thorn Protection]: Reflects 10% of the damage received on an area protected by your Magic Force or Chi on your body!

[Cloak of Flames]: A variant technique of the [Iron Cloak], only this one is focused on resisting the Fire Element, doubling your protection to such element!

[Ice Cloak], [Earth Cloak], [Wind Cloak], [Black Cloak]: Same thing as the [Flame Cloak].

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There were many protective Techniques, Juri chose the best ones and his System did the rest!

[The Skills "Iron Cloak", "Ice Cloak"... "Stone Skin", "Iron Skin", "Warrior's Shield", "Warrior's Protection"… were detected!]

[All of the Techniques listed above have been assimilated!]

[Do you wish to name the new technique?]]

"Hummm... Sovereign's Cloak!" - Said Juri smiling with this message.

[The "Sovereign's Cloak" Skill has been created!]

[Sovereign's Cloak, Lv.1]

Type: Active & Passive

Description: A supreme protection technique for warriors, with high strength, durability and maneuverability, protecting the whole body and intelligently focusing on specific points when hit!

This is a special ability that can stay active all the time, or be deactivated whenever you want.

Effect: At a cost of 10 MP or 5 CHI p/minute, the cloak is activated and will automatically consume more Mana/Chi from the practitioner in exchange for protection!

Protection: +20/20 per 100 MP or 50 CHI spent!

This ability is simple, if Juri leaves it activated, every minute it will consume 10 MP or 5 CHI, being in combat or not, it's her choice.

And just by leaving it activated, it will be like having an intelligent shield, which spends little to stay active, but the instant it is attacked, it will automatically analyze based on Juri's perception and vision.

So let's say Juri is fighting, then sees that a blow that will hit her can cause her 8,000 Damage!

Therefore, the Skill [Sovereign's Cloak] taking this as a base, will focus its protection on the area hit in moments and if hit, will spend the Mana or Chi allowed.

In case Juri limits the Mana or Chi spending to 10,000 MP and 5,000 CHI, it means you can have 4,000 Protection.

I said it's simple, but it's a bit confusing or just me not knowing how to explain it.

But trying to simplify, it's like having a Smart Shield that knows what to spend to protect itself, but while it doesn't protect, it stays activated spending little energy and will come up in times of need.

Per hour this will spend no less than 600 MP or 300 CHI, so per day it will spend 14,400 MP or 7,200 CHI.

An impressively good ability, Juri leaves it activated whenever she enters the Dungeon, because where else would she use it?

As for the MP and CHI cost, Juri has limited it to 10,000 MP or 10,000 CHI, because if she sees that a blow will be too dangerous, she will take control of the technique herself and pour tons of her Energy into it to protect herself.

But well, she is practicing this technique a lot and leveling it up, because as impressive as it is, it is still Tier 1...

Yes, this amazing Technique is only at Tier 1!

Imagine how impressive it will be at Tier 2!

But well, after the [Sovereign's Cloak], Juri continued learning many techniques and Magic Force Manuals.

The [Magic Force Manuals], are techniques that help the Magic Force to have more affinity with respective element, so when it becomes [Aura], it will awaken to the specific Aura of certain element.

Juri has learned several [Magic Force Manuals], which are all basic knowledge, but there are so many of them, it's a pain to learn.

So Juri merged everything together and without any ceremony, because I don't want to make this Chapter too long, she created a very amazing technique, which she let the system name!

[Basic Power Manual, Lv.-]

Type: Passive

Description: Manual of Magical Power, where its practitioner will understand the basics of any element and Mana flow with ease, paving a perfect and vigorous path for the emergence of [Aura]!

Effect: +500% Magic Strength EXP & +100% Mana Speed & +100 Strength, Agility, Constitution, Intelligence and Wisdom!

With this, Juri found that it became easier to practice [Magic Force], his Level began to rise much faster, it was simply amazing!

As for the Attribute Bonus, this didn't come right away, it only took 5 days for all his Attributes except Luck and Sanity to increase by 100 Points permanently!

This went straight into your Base, it didn't get bracketed or anything, which means you won't lose it even if you lose this Skill.

But it turns out that this Skill is only effective in the case of [Magical Force], when evolving it into [Aura], Juri will have to do the same thing, only using all the [Aura Manuals] she has.

She can learn it now, but the System has warned her not to do that, as it will negatively affect the progress of her [Magic Force].

Juri trusts the System, so she didn't do it now, but she left the set prepared in case of need.

Next was Juri learning various Unarmed Combat Techniques, but also fencing techniques, archery and so on.

Where all of this was incorporated into his [Martial Arts], same as with [Powerful Kicks], [Defensive Stance], [Stun Fists] and [Drill Stomp].

Currently his [Martial Arts] is at Level 27, having over 100 Techniques incorporated!

But the ones that have not been incorporated are:

[Flame Flow] this is linked to [Fire Magic] and [Elemental Manipulation], only it uses [Chi] as power so all his blows are carried by powerful flames!

So with this Skill activated, any technique you use will have flames built into it.

For example the [Drill Stomp], this attack from Broly, where only now Juri noticed that the better name would be [Nail], but leaving that aside!

With [Flame Flux], using this technique results in your entire body being covered in flames, with a focus on your feet.

The result is even more destructive power!

Next up is [Thunder Flow], a technique derived from [Flame Flow], only having a focus on paralysis and speed boost.

Using it, Juri has a greater speed of movement and attack!

Next we have [Expanded Vision], a technique that concentrates [Chi] in the eyes, amplifying the range of his vision by 202%, as well as doubling his perception and information gathering.

Then we have something called [Lightning Combo], which is about spending a lot of Mana or Chi, to increase attack speed while continuing to attack non-stop, while maintaining the power of each similar blow.

For example, if someone punches 5 times in quick succession.

The 5th punch will be weaker than the 1st punch by nature.

With [Lightning Combo], it allows that as long as you can keep punching according to the Skill level, the punches will not lose their power, they may even get stronger!

But [Lightning Combo] is not only limited to punches, but to strikes with swords, hammers, axes, etc.

In addition, Juri also got [Precise Focus], a technique to improve accuracy and vision when shooting or throwing things.

This is also incorporated into the weapon itself, being a Bow or Throwing Knives, Juri found that it can be incorporated into Firearms as well, which she loved!

But well, that's it!

(Note: I'm tired, this is the 4th chapter I'm writing today and it's almost 2am already, I can't think of anything else, since much of what I've prepared is for Version 3.0, since I need to make a drastic change in the System.

If you have tips and ideas for skills, leave them in the comments, I will always be watching).

And this is your Status after so long:

Name: Juri Han(21) │ Title: Player

Species: High Human │ Gender: Female/Hermaphrodite

Class: Civilian │ Job: None

Level: 199 │ EXP: 11.1 / 100%

Paranormal Exposure: 199 │ XP: 9.3 / 100%

HP: 88.356(+20%) │ MP: 95.263

NE: 2.587 │ CHI: 66.715

Strength 695+152 = 847(+5%)

Agility 750+173 = 923

Constitution 849+161 = 1.010

Intelligence 1.574+99 = 1.673

Wisdom 1.874+138 = 2.012(+20%)

Luck 826+73 = 899

Sanity 338/338

Points: 0

Credits(C$): +8 Million

[Attribute Advantages]

[Refined Physical: +5% Strength!]; [Enhanced Reaction: +50% Reaction Speed!]; [Regeneration: +50% HP Recovery Speed!]; [Chi Core: +1/3 Chi Amount!]

[Special Abilities]

Player Mind(X); Player Body(X); Negative Dimension(X); Create Dungeons(Medium); Magic Power(High); Negative Power(High); Black Heart(High); Chi(Low); Martial Physical(Low); Strong's Health(Low)

[Passive Abilities]

Throwing(43); Firearms Mastery(94); Hammer Handling(41)

Stealth (41); Tracking (26); Gambling (74); Cooking (84); Acting (53); Bargaining (44); Advanced computing (12); Advanced engineering (21); Advanced mechanics (15); Chemistry (78); Biology (94); Medicine (72); Forging (40); Investigation (30); Information gathering (21); Perception (32); Cunning (43); Pleasure technique (21)

Night Sight(99); Increased Stamina(99); Iron Will(23); Mental Resistance(10); Negative Resistance(48); Sexual Resistance(53); Frost Resistance(32); Fire Resistance(41); Impact Resistance(60)

Advanced Magical Knowledge(12); Paranormal Knowledge(71); Power Knowledge(88); Basic Power Manual(-); Advanced Mana Control(29); Negative Energy Control(73); Chi Control(25); Magic Strength Control(55)

Fire Magic(38); Wind Magic(35); Water Magic(22); Earth Magic(27); Elemental Manipulation(57)

[Abilities]

Spiritual meditation(43); Observing(73); Stretching(60); Bullying(22); Alcohol Resistance(42); Pressure Massage(55)

Martial Arts(27); Magical Strength(68); Cloak of the Sovereign(7); Flame Stream(3); Thunder Stream(5); Expanded Vision(2); Lightning Combo(8); Accurate Focus(4)

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