In the end, we got a single level after clearing the hunting spots that the information broker gave us. We fought pretty hard to reach the highest level possible before nightfall, but we failed to even reach level nine.
‘Let me handle the monsters at night. I have experience fighting them.’
‘You mean experience getting bitten by that?’
‘Experience is experience, no matter the results. We need to confirm the changes after getting the next skill, right?’
He was right… I was the one who forced him to be logical, but that was starting to come to bite me in the ass. In any case, I grabbed that piece of paper. Considering what it was written, we truly should obtain this skill as soon as possible and see what it can change, since it isn’t a function of the system per se.
Mana Control (Basic) (Apprentice Lv 09)
You gain the ability to wield mana and recover it, which is necessary to obtain advanced classes. This skill helps you manage your magical energy more effectively, allowing you to cast spells and use skills.
The idea of using magic was pretty interesting, but mages most of the time need some front line to support them. I didn’t need that kind of problem. Some items have class restrictions, so some spells should have them as well, but maybe there are some turnarounds for that.
‘All right then, mess up and then this will be over. The wounds that you received yesterday still bother me. I am not planning to get them to cause lasting damage.’
I wanted to see the monsters coming at me at night from this perspective before fighting them myself. It was better to come up with some countermeasures, considering that as well. When the sun set, everyone that was outside the town returned to the place and the atmosphere changed drastically. It was almost like I could feel the hunger of the monsters.
‘Retreat a bit. We don’t know if the monsters in the forest might come toward us if we get too close or make a lot of blood spread around.’
‘All right.’
The other guy began to retreat a bit while eating an apple and soon threw the remains to one of the holes… that made some of the dire rats in that hole come out to attack him. The beasts were screeching while glaring at me and soon they charged with the double of the speed that they showed before.
‘Oh, I forgot to say that they are a bit stronger at night, right?’
‘You dumbass…’
The monsters weren’t the only ones who changed a lot at night… The other guy looked a lot more wild as well. When the monsters charged, he charged toward them as well and began to slash around the short knives. They had lost some durability during the day, so they might break at some point, but he didn’t care about that.
Despite his stupidity, it looked like he knew what he was doing. The other guy weaved around amidst the monsters and stabbed them in the sides with ease. When he failed killing them in a single strike, at least the monsters got too hurt to do anything afterward.
You received 02 EXP.
You received 02 Origin Coins.
You received 02 EXP.
You received 02 Origin Coins.
‘Another thing that this moron forgot to mention…’
At least the system was being fair, the monsters got two times stronger, so they were granting two times more experience. At this rate, it wouldn’t be an impossible dream to reach level ten tonight.
You received 02 EXP.
You received 02 Origin Coins
Congratulations! You have leveled up!
All parameters increased by 01. You received 01 free points.
Mana Control is now available.
“Hell yeah!”
‘Hey, don’t speak while using my body.’
“It is fine, isn’t it? No one is looking.”
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“No, it isn’t fine. You will mess up eventually. Don’t do this again.”
His mood soured… I could tell that he was in a good mood since he managed to kill a large group of dire rats without even getting a single scratch. He might do something problematic again if he gets to upset. Still, I couldn’t pamper him.
“All right, what now? Should we continue?”
“Yeah, keep going. I hate to say this, but you are better at me when it comes to fighting.”
I wanted to get used to fighting at night, but it was cloudy and the amount of light was minimal. Even if my parameters had improved, they still had some limitations. I also wanted to tire this moron out before he decides to do anything stupid.
Since he doesn’t plan ahead or think aside about the moment, the other guy was truly good at fighting. Even if he didn’t have experience, his confidence and lack of fear made him a lot better than me when it comes to fighting.
Considering that, I imagined that getting a different fighting style would be a good idea… perhaps even a magical class that isn’t focused on support. My other option was to find another way to fight at close range better. Learning from the other guy was also a good idea.
The only thing I couldn’t do was to let him do all the fighting all the time. There is a chance that he might obtain more control over my body than me if I let that happen.
“Oops… I guess I am getting tired.”
The other guy tripped on a stone when he tried to avoid the charge of a dire rat and he was forced to stab the monster with both knives in order to stop the creature. That gave room for the others to surround him.
“All right, I will handle this.”
I took control over my body again… I was planning to tire him out a bit more since he only reached the halfway point of the current level. This wasn’t much of a real fighting style, but it was the best I could come up with for now…
When the monsters got close enough, I stopped their charge with the tip of my knives and then quickly turned to handle the next moments. The knives only pierced their faces enough for some blood gush, but it was enough for me.
Before the other monsters could reach me, I spun around and stabbed them in the air with some light thrust attacks and stopped them in their tracks… There was no strength involved or agility, just a bit of defense and a lot of speed.
The monsters on the ground began to screech in pain, but soon I stabbed them in the head and finished the job. I tried to be fast, but some of them still managed to react… stabbing monsters on the ground with knives was a bit hard, so I had to crush their heads with my feet.
‘Crunch,’ ‘crunch.’
The sound and the feeling of smashing the monsters was truly disgusting… I truly should improve my fighting style. Learning how to throw knives should help as well, even though it was only useful at night. My usual fighting style was normal for day encounters.
I did that a few times and realized that while I was taking my time, the other guy wasn’t complaining. It made me wonder if he was resting to take over my body later. That was an aggravation that I truly didn’t need in my life.
You received 02 EXP.
You received 02 Origin Coins
Congratulations! You have leveled up!
All parameters increased by 01. You received 01 free points.
Mana Control is now available.
You received a quest: The First Real Step
Look for information on the town about where you can upgrade your class. The options might be limited according to your actions, but there are still many paths available for you. Your journey has just started.
I was expecting some options to appear in front of me, but it looked like things weren’t that simple… that raised some questions. The alert said that I could obtain more options based on what I had done… but was that true even from the very beginning? I only talked with some people and killed monsters, after all.
‘Well, let’s see what the information broker can say about this? Is he still working even at this hour?’
If he were like an NPC, he would be… but wishing for that now truly wouldn’t be of much use to this reality. In any case, when I passed through the gate, I looked around for Chark, but he was nowhere to be seen. It was a new group of guards here… and they couldn’t complete the quests for him. That confirmed that they weren’t acting like NPCs.
When I headed to where the information broker was, Lain was nowhere to be seen. The building was closed as well. So, I couldn’t help but sigh.
‘I guess I should sleep and drop here as soon as the sun rises…’
I was a bit tired, so when I returned to the inn, I imagined that I would fall asleep soon, but that didn’t happen… I was too excited. This was another exciting moment in my life, after all. Two exciting days in a row… of course I couldn’t relax and fall asleep.
I considered increasing my strength more and then knocking myself out, but then I wouldn’t be able to wake up at the sunrise, so I just waited patiently until the time came. I didn’t think that I slept more than two hours tonight, but when the sky was turning light blue again, I got up from the bed with a powerful leap.
“All right, let’s do this.”
‘I am still tired, so wake me up when something interesting happens or when you are done with the class chance.’
‘This guy… he truly wants to leave all the boring parts to me.’
I had no idea why he was that tired… I was still fine thanks to the excitement, but I probably should take a nap at some point. In any case, I headed outside, but then noticed that the bedrooms looked like they were occupied… I didn’t know when everyone would be able to rent a room or if the town had enough room for that, but I decided to rent my room for a week and save time.
The innkeeper seemed to be in a good mood when he got the coins… Speaking of which, I could take them from my inventory as well. That didn’t change anything, but it was good to know.
“Hey, good morning, mister hard worker. Already at level ten, huh? I guess you came here for information about the class change.”
“That is right.”
“At the start, you have six options and they expand as you grow strong and do other things like completing quests.”
Six options… that seemed high enough and pretty varied since everyone probably would have access to them.
“The information about the classes and where you can get them will cost one hundred Origin coins each.”
I could afford that much, but first, I decided to ask about something else. Something that has been bothering me for a while.
“How can I get a job?”