Aditya went to classes as usual.
But there is not much going on. Half of his class is empty because most of them already joined the performance clubs and they are going to do something for the next day’s freshman event.
Of course, most of them are only using the club as an excuse to go and goof around in their clubrooms or anywhere in the campus for that matter.
By afternoon, half of the remaining half left the class and the lecturers are also not in the mood for it.
So, Aditya decided to go back to the dorm while the roommates are goofing around. Of course, not all of them are, Sanjay went to volleyball practice.
Tomorrow there is the freshman Vs Sophomore match within the club. He is very determined to win the game.
On the way back to the dorm, Aditya bought the glass contained soft drinks once again. This time, he even got the bigger bottles. He would have a better attacking power with these.
But he needs to empty one of the inventory slots and he could only use the AIP at the moment. He looked at the attributes once.
[ATTRIBUTES
STRENGTH: 18.5
DEXTERITY: 16
ENDURANCE: 14.5
INTELLIGENCE: 13
WISDOM: 12]
“I think I can make the strength attribute go to 22.5 after this. I am feeling confident.”
He muttered to himself as he used the AIP.
He went into the familiar terrain, with the rocky area and the spiders. The hammer and the dagger. This time, he felt a lot stronger than before and got ready to perform. He is sure that he would be able to beat the four hour mark this time, no matter what.
He started killing the spiders excitedly and as he went on and on, he really did break the four hour mark, but he barely managed to do it.
He didn’t even last two minutes past the four hours, before he was killed.
When he returned, he held the urge to scream in pain as he got ready to take a shower. His whole body is covered in sweat and even he couldn’t bear his own smell, but something stopped him from moving even a bit.
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A bunch of prompts appeared in front of him.
[PLAYER HIT THE AIP GAIN LIMIT. PHYSICAL AIP DISABLED.]
[PLAYER HIT THE AIP GAIN LIMIT. STRENGTH AIP DISABLED.]
[PLAYER HIT THE AIP GAIN LIMIT. STRENGTH AIP DISABLED.]
“What the fuck? Ram. What happened?”
[Don’t get worked up. It is normal. Just check your attributes.]
Aditya did as he was told.
[ATTRIBUTES
STRENGTH: 20
DEXTERITY: 20
ENDURANCE: 18.5
INTELLIGENCE: 13
WISDOM: 12]
“What the fuck is this? I stayed in there for four fucking hours. Why the hell did this only add one and half point?”
[I told you. Don’t get worked up. This is normal.]
“What is normal? Ripping me off like this?”
[Let me explain alright. There is an AIP gain limit for the players. With the current AIPs you can only gain twenty attribute points in each of the categories.]
“So, I cannot go past twenty points.”
[Of course, you can. You can do natural exercise or you can gain attribute points as rewards from the rounds. But if you want to go past twenty with AIPs you have to wait until you clear Round 5. Then you will get the new upgraded AIP’s that would be available to you at that time.]
“Are you kidding me? You should have told me that earlier.”
[What would you have done, even if I did that? Anyway, I only got the information after you hit the limit.]
“Okay, whatever. But what should I do with all my points? I was planning on using all of them to train and increase the attributes this time.”
[Well, they are the currency inside this game. Everybody is trying to sell something for this. So, see if you want to buy anything. Anyway, you are going to need some things for the next set of traps and you cannot always use money for that right?]
Aditya suddenly realized something and he immediately opened up the chatroom while he ran to take shower. Inside the chatroom he is looking at the people who gave out their contact information so that the Super soldier could send the tutorials to them. Some of them revealed their real names in process and Aditya is looking for those real names.
People are from different countries. He realized the power this game has and whatever he can do with it.
He looked at the people who desperately bought the grenades, most of them are of lower ranks in eighties and seventies.
“Why are they wasting their points like this? They wouldn’t have many to begin with right? Why are they not improving their strength at all?”
[Not everyone thinks properly in desperation. They couldn’t trust their bodies to survive and they are going for these hot weapons. The people who died in the previous rounds also made the same mistake.]
Aditya nodded and looked at the list of players and his target was the people at the bottom of the list. He then clicked on one person to send a trade request.
There is a reason why he chose this guy. It is because, there is a minor commotion about this guy in the chatroom. He wants points desperately, but he doesn’t have much to offer. He is even asking points for money, but he doesn’t have much to pay to entice. At least not as much as a girl in top ten who is paying some premium price for the points.
But this is just the type of guy Aditya is looking for.
The trade request is actually like a private chatroom. The initiator will offer what he has and the person on the opposite end asks what he wants for what he has to offer. When both the parties come to an agreement, the chatroom will close and it will disappear as long as the deal was complete.
“Do you need points?” Aditya said as he initiated the trade request.