The Days Go By!
Stone already made his plans before the shadowy figure even took action.
He ordered Shadow to change his hair color back to white, and he himself Shapeshifted into a blade.
And there he slept for a while and woke up 3 hours later.
Then he tried to recall his memories of mana and some blade and archery techniques while waiting for Oliver to take action.
Time can't be wasted!
And when night came... you know the rest!
He just commanded Shadow's body directly by using [Soul Binding] and because it's his doppelganger in the first place, So, it was easy.
And in other words, He never died, Nor did he feel pain.
He planned everything!
Yup, and after everything was done he logged out and slept for real now, Another exhausting day done!
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Stone didn't really experience any other events, later on, For 15 days he just followed his usual routine.
He leveled quite a bit, and his mastery rose a lot.
Many skills leveled up too like [Dash], [Enhanced Senses], [Slash], [Double Slash], [Mana Arrow], and a few others.
As he fought against higher leveled monsters it was even easier to gain exp, as each day he would kill.
50+ monsters, with his levels, Skill levels, and understanding, as well as stats increasing it became easier and easier to level up.
he cultivated each day, and now his stats increased a lot.
He earned a total of around... 19,000 Exp!
That was humongous.
He was now a Level 6!
Although it was mostly because he hunted for 4 hours straight each day, It was still a monstrous speed.
His Status was like this!
[~------------Status~------------]
<Name: {Stone Nem}>
<Active Titles: { - }>
<Main Jobs: - >
<Jobs: [Adventurer] >
<Race: Human(Teen)>
<Fame: 3,120>
<Respect: 3,500>
<Life Span: 150+>
<Age and Birthday: 16 Years Old/ Year 21,006 (Earthling Calendar) Day 15th Of April]>
<Current State: Healthy>
<Level: 6>
<Exp: 5,000/6,000>
<HP: 319/320>
<Stamina: 330/330>
<Mana: 430/430>
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<Strength: 38>
<Agility: 43>
<Vitality: 32>
<Endurance: 33>
<Focus: 43>
<Charisma: 120>
<Luck: 77-Invariable>
[ 0 Status Point, 25 Skill Point]-Available
[~--------------------------------]
He was happy with his stats.
He could have been able to continue hunting like this for the next 15 days, just until the exam begins, But he wanted to stop physically training and grinding for now, As strength alone isn't his goal.
He wanted to master a few other skills, other than fighting ones, Like crafting, making Food, and other survival skills.
And so he did.
This time he went to the Blacksmith from last time, The Dimming Light Blacksmith, Or something like that...
When he entered the building he was welcomed by the lazy young man at the counter.
He walked up to him and knocked on the counter waking the young man up.
"Huh? Oh, it's you! What do you want today?" The young man said with a faint smile.
"I want to meet the blacksmith!"
"Huh? Okay..." Then the young man entered the smithy and came out with the dwarf a few minutes later.
"Hoo, What do you want young man?"
"I would like to become a blacksmith!"
"Hmmm? Why is that?" Confused the dwarf said.
"I Think Just hunting and Killing isn't really fun... Besides, I want to broaden my horizons and learn new skills, as that will help me later... For sure!"
"Mhm, I see, pretty interesting reason!"
"When can you start?"
"Right now!"
"Alright then, Follow me!" The dwarf then took Stone to the smithy.
Last time it was just the outer part of the smithy, the storage.
But, this time he followed him to its core where the air was scorching hot, And the equipment, as well as all kind of ores, could be found.
"For the next few days you will just watch me do it, I will ask you after every 3 days and you tell me what you learned.
"When you're ready I'll let you do it.
"And like that, you'll practice for the rest of the days."
"Understood."
Stone then found a quiet corner, And he stood there fully concentrated looking at the process of forging trying to remember every single detail, But it was still hard!
Maybe he might be talented but he gets a bad memory sometimes.
It was 8 am when Stone visited the blacksmith shop, Now it's close to 3 pm.
He returned back to the Inn, It was not that full as most people were still working at this time.
So he just made his way to the kitchen and asked Isabella if there was anything he could do.
She told him to clean the Inn and so he did.
Like that 2 hours passed, It was now 5 pm, Stone remembered it was the 3rd week since he became an adventurer, So... He had to meet up with the Red-haired demon Instructor.
He was beaten up pretty badly every time he visits him.
He didn't want to at first but when he was visiting the Guild to get a quest one morning, That guy came out and told him to follow him.
Stone of course tried to run, But he was beaten to the ground and trashed.
Then dragged to the Backyard and trashed yet again.
That was a hell of a day, Worse than death itself!
In the second week, Stone asked that guy- The Instructor 'Why do you want me to meet you up every week for this so calling training?'
And the answer was...
"I like beating you up- I mean grinding you up!"
Stone got mad... tried to make an effort and beat him... but he got a Reverse card instead!
Anyways, This was always worth it as his understanding of the many skills he got increased, and his blade skill also skyrocketed.
But he gets trashed every time like he did today.
He came back to the Inn, helped in making dinner and delivering it, then he slept later.
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And so another 15 days flew away.
Stone was able to remember most if not all of the processes of forging in the first 3 days, So he moved on to real stuff.
On those few days he got the [Cooking], [Cleaning], [Management], [Forging] Major Skills.
[Tracking Eyes], [Area Awareness], and [Durable Body] Passive Skills.
Some Mastery increase on other skills, some skill level ups, A few personally forged weapons, and armors, Although trash, they were still better than nothing, And lastly, +15 points on all stats from cultivating.
Now it was time for the Battle Prowess Test!
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