Chapter 5: New Way of Life

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When he first sent in the one-piece world, Arthur was scared of getting killed by some random cannon fodder or maybe a wild beast looking for food in the forest that would choose him as its prey but after his first dungeon run this fear replaced by the thrill of fighting and the satisfaction of his improvement for his near two weeks of training.

After getting out of the dungeon for the first time Arthur replaced his training regime with a full-on lifestyle of grinding exp and coins. At night time he didn't just meditate and practice the mana gathering technique, he actually decided to sit on the campfire and set himself on fire. He used the spell <Healing> all night long to increase his resistance against fire and pain while casting the Ironflesh whenever he can to level it up alongside off healing spell.

When it becomes the daytime he dived into the forest to set up traps as warning signs around his house and to look out for animals to hunt and if they are big enough use their skin craft a leather armor from their skin and use their meat to cook meals. He remembered from the manhwa that eating food will help him recover his HP and stamina maybe some extra buffs too if his cooking skill is high enough.

As for the rest of his time in the forest, whether when he was gathering herbs or plants in the forest for crafting or in the dungeon hunting zombies, every step he took he used the foundation footwork technique. and if he has mana to use it he also cast the spell <Haste> to improve that spell too.

In dungeons, he only used the trio of spells consist of <Bound Greatsword>, <Ironflesh> and <Haste> so he can increase the time he could spend in the dungeon without wasting mana on other spells.

Outside of the dungeon was the same, if he is out of mana he would go to the shore to gather sand and use his manufacturing skill to craft glass dials of various sizes so, later on, he could fill them with the purified water he gets from the skill < Purify > used on seawater or the potions and the medicines he makes from the herbs and plants he gathered on the forest.

With coins get from the dungeon runs he bought multiple blueprints to craft items he needed but lack the knowledge make it, like clothes and shaping stones into various shapes to craft items like spear heads to craft throwing spears to fight safely from a distance without wasting mana and how to hollow out large pieces of rocks without breaking them so he can use it as a cauldron to craft his potions properly.

After getting the blueprints he craft clothes from the plant fibers he found in the forest. At first, the texture of the clothes was very uncomfortable and their color is mismatched all over them like they were covered with stains of something foul but learning how to extract paint from flowers and other types of plants wasn't a tough job and with his manufacturing skill's increase in its level Arthur managed to craft more durable, properly shaped and colored clothes in two days.

On the alchemy side, Arthur had only two different types of potions. One that can be used as a minor painkiller and the other one is a weak poison that will deal 5 points of health per second around 15 seconds and this poison is completely useless if the enemy used has above 60 points in vitality stat, but according to the basic alchemy book Arthur got from the store this posion could be used in training a person's resistance against poison thanks to its low effects so Arthur adds the regular consumption of this weak posion to his training using the spell < Heal > on himself until the poison's effects wear out.

Usually, with every single increase in his stats, ıt should be harder to increase it by another point but with his newfound addiction to grinding exp and store coins, he was able to keep his momentum from his first week for the way he gained stat points but on the side of leveling up his skills it was a different story.

With his new momentum, he doubled his level uping speed, and with the increase in his skill, his might in battle reached new hights too.

Now he doesn't need to attack from behind and ambush his unaware prays or use diversion tactics when he meets the crowded groups.

Upon entering the dungeon he would immediately use his mini-map to locate zombies and rushes towards them. Even with noticing him before dozens of meters apart zombies didn't stand a chance against Arthur. With each of his strikes, he chops a zombies head swiftly and passes on another unfortunate monster.

Each passing day Arthur repeats this cycle of grind. On the twentieth day of the grind, Arthur reached the level 21 and gained a little over 10,000 coins from his hunts.

Browsing through the store, Arthur finds multiple skills that make literally droll over them.

The superhuman martial art of the navy of this world; six styles, or the Rokushiki in its original language. Muay Thai, 7 animal style Chinese Kempo, Jujitsu, and even overpowered techniques like breathing styles from demon slayer and renewal taekwondo from the god of high school.

For the magic part, he found a complete version of the fire magic instead of single spells and the rest of elemental magics, summons, shinobi techniques from naruto verse, kido techniques from the bleach, and even magic skills from marvel and dc universes but unfortunately with his meager 10000 coins can barely afford most basic rokushiki technique: Soru and couple attack spells to increase his spell pack to be able to get to evolve his fire-based spell into fire magic.

After browsing hours in the store he realized that he needs 10 spells from the said elements to form a complete magic type, Arthur decided to buy only the flame cloak spell instead of completing the fire magic or buying another big technique.

The reasoning behind Arthur's decision was instead of getting big skills and spent weeks to level up and get used to them, Arthur chose two straight forward spells that would be a good addition to his current skill set and can be used against the boss zombie that he plans to face today.

Arthur planed the killed boss and get the title apprentice zombie hunter. With this title, he can increase the speed he earns store coins so instead of buying a spell he can afford now and train with it. He chooses to gather coins to buy better skill later and not waste his money and time needlessly on appeasing his momentary greed.