In a pit a youth could be seen sitting on the corpse of a wolf the size of a table .
His whole body was drenched in blood , it wasn't his blood though . Well not all of it .
Naturally this youth is Mike , two weeks after his awakening he could clear the dungeon two wolf pit with ease .
Looking through the information on Gaia he tried to find something to measure his HP , it may be dumb to say that he needed to measure his limit till he died but it's the case .
Reason ? Quite simple , at first Mike believed that it was quite normal that he could fight against Monsters one vs one . And indeed it was normal . However he could even sustain most of the critical attacks on him . The only dangerous situation happened once , as a wolf shattered Mikes head in his jaw .
He survived though .
Standing up Mike walked towards the head of the wolf corpse . Grabbing one of the sharp teeths he ripped it out .
*KCHA*
Storing the corpse in his seemingly infinite inventory he evaluated the teeth .
"Mhm .. not bad , i believe it can withstand a few rounds ." judged Mike and walked outwards .
In this one week he fought countless live-death situations . Well , not countless and not a great amount compared to real warriors . To describe it a good amount .
Fighting , eating a good amount of food in restaurants and sleepin . That was the circle for Mike .
Stepping into the two wolf pit again Mike prepared for his battle .
Somewhere in an university :
"Meh ... why didn't they let us fight in dungeons ? Instead we have to learn on how to aim properly , our only targets are made out of straw or wood ." complained student A .
"Nothing we can change guys , we gotta do the basic year . After that we can challenge the dungeons !" said Student B with eager .
"Nah , not only a year . Everyone who haven't achieved level 2 will have to go into a special training year . " replied Calvin .
"Hey , hey ! Did you read the newest article about how dungeons changes melee fighters ? The article says that melee fighters will change their attidude pretty quick . It seems like that if one misses them for a few month in the awakening they will seem like a different person ." asked female Student A .
"Oy , i mean how can this happen ? After all they are only hacking some monsters ." asked Student A .
"It only says 10% will have a major difference but everyone else ...... " explained female Student A .
"See ? These Articles are only made to draw attention ." explained female Student B .
"Then how about we bet ?" turning towards Calvin female student A said : "Calvin since you are from a public school and know some melee fighter how about betting on how they will change ?"
Slowly some classmates walked over and said : "Haha , i bet people won't change because of dungeons . We are in our puberty after all ."
After a while the class suddenly broke out in a discussion whether it is true that people will change because of dungeons or not .
"They won't change , c'mon man it is only some blood and fighting experience . Didn't we watched gore videos to prepare us for the real case ?"
"These are only videos man ! Reality is completely different !"
"Yeah , dungeons are changing melee fighters . After all we only have to stand far away while shooting . They have to fight eye for eye , tooth for tooth ."
Suddenly a voice interrupted the discussion . "Seems like the discussion topic isn't so different compared to my school time ."
All students turned towars the source , seeing a teacher holding a book .
"Since you have found a topic to fight for i believe we won't have to divide your into team . Team one will be the one who doesn't believe that dungeons changes melee people and team 2 will be the one believing that dungeons will change melee people ." said the teacher .
Before anyone could say anything he continued : "Since i believe that we need an example , we should do it the old fashioned way . We will take a melee fighter who awakened with one of you and we will invite him on the graduation test ."
Looking into his book he frowned : "Since we don't have much people who have contact with melee fighter , to be correct only Calvin i hope you can present us one of you friends who became a melee fighters . Naturally he will be invited for the graduation test and will be rewarded ."
Every single eye locked up on Calvin . Feeling emberassed his head started to become red , however he began to talk : "Okay , then i will talk about one of my friends . To say it better my best friend before we two awakened . He is an asian youth with the name Mike ."
"Can you share about his characteristics ? After all we need to know how he changed ." asked the teacher .
"Uuuu , but then doesn't Calvin now how his friend changed ?" complained female student A .
"Well no , he didn't contacted me since the awakening ." said Calvin .
"Ok continue ." said the teacher . Silence filled the classroom .
*Cough*
"Ok , how shall i start ? Well Mike is a quite person . I met him when he ate alone in the canteen . He is quite the nice fellow , he helps to wipe black board or he is there to answer a question if one doesn't understand anything ." said Calvin .
Stabbing a wolf into his eyes with his own kin Mike grinned , the wolf howled in pain and tried to fight back .
"And ? How would you see him fight in the dungeons ?" asked the teacher .
"Well , i believe since he is melee he would find a group pretty soon and tank for them . I believe wearing a shield and a spear would suit him ." answered Calvin .
"Why a spear ? Sword is way cooler !" asked Student A .
"Well , he said he will use a spear since a spear is easy to use . Naturally he would only use it to stab ." replied Calvin .
Choking the last wolf to death Mike laughed , his body is filled with strength . At first he tried to kill every wolf with his axe or his sword , his pit training long forgotten . However as the mess created by the growing blunt sword and axe keep growing bigger he decided to fight bare handed and some monster weapons .
"Wow , then ain't he quite the nice fellow ? Would he even be able to kill a rabbit ?" exclaimed female Student A .
"Yeah i believe that he would be able to ." smiled Cavin .
Ripping apart a living wolf caused the other one crouch in fear . Seeing the bloody mess created by him , Mike laughed . Stepping over the corpse he decided not to collect the corpse , after all it is way too bloody . Punching the last wolf to death Mike grinned . Now he could go to the next pit .
All of his clothes were nothing more than rags now , but did he care ? Not really . His smell was even worse than sh*t .
As he walked out he could see how the people create a path for him . However he didn't walked towards a street edge to sleep , instead he walked towards a certain building he has discovered .
A bath house .
Paying 10 system points he walked in . Stripping from his rags he cleaned himself with the existing medium . As soon as the water touched his body the water turned black .
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After a while he could feel his skin coming back . He felt refreshed , though he did wondered why he didn't got any illness .
Scrubbing himself with a free sponge he felt delighted . Ah , so good ~
"Can you tell me your story ?" a voice sounded through the air .
Without even turning Mike ignored him , that is his precious bathing time so why should he pay attention ?
"Hahah , my bad . Naturally you have to enjoy every moment . How could i bother you ." laughed the voice .
After that the voice disappeared while Mike washed his body . Soon the mud on his body got swept away by the water .
Smiling Mike entered the hot bath to enjoy his muscles . Seeing a man being already there he moved farther away . After all the bath is quite big .
"So youngster , do you now have time to tell me your story ?" asked the man .
Looking at the old man Mike could see a bald head and a white beard .
Enjoying the feeling Mike spoke in a casual voice : "My story ? Normal . I lost the 50/50 chance of being a ranged fighter and thus ended up on the street ."
Closing his eyes Mike felt the hot steam surrounding his body .
"Then would you defend the state ?" questioned the old man .
"No , i am not bound to protect the state ." laughed Mike .
"What about family ? And your duty to alliance ? Didn't they nutured you ?" asked the old man with a sad voice .
"Hey , old man . Are you a ranged fighter or a melee ?" asked Mike .
For a moment the old man remained silent before replying : "I am a support type ."
An akward atmosphere filled the bathing room as Mike didn't answered .
After a while Mike started : "I heard these extraordinary types are living a life full of luxury ? Are you giving me the chance to bath with esteemed guest ? HUH ?"
Remaining Silent the old man closed his eyes .
Open his eyes he talked full of anger : "Be grateful you little brat ! Didn't your parents educated you well ? Seems like one got full of himself and now can't even went down from his high horse to apologize to his parents ."
Mike replied coldly : "They are dead ."
With a stunned face the old man looked at Mike . Seemingly feeling sorry .
Seeing that his paid time in the bath-house neared its end he stood up and walked out to find his rags .
Without knowing the old man followed him .
Since he washed himself he tried to find a "cleaner" place to sleep than the normal street .
Unbeknownst to him the old man followed him till he checked a bench and lied on it .
"Hey , aren't you afraid of catching a cold ?" asked the old man .
"What do you want ?" yawned Mike with closed eyes .
"Well i am only asking if you don't have any lodging ." questioned the old man while looking at Mike with expecting eyes .
"Heck , you sound like a perverted geezer trying to lure little children with candies ." complained Mike turning his head away .
With an annoyed face the old man talked to Mike : "How about that , i am giving you a job and a lodging and you will be protecting the state . Sounds nice right ?"
"Why are you so obsessed with me hating the state ? I am only a small fry , go help the masses and i will be included ." said Mike while trying to hush the old man away .
"I already helped the majority , didn't you seen the basic package for every melee fighter ? That was my job !" smiled the old man in a proud voice .
Filled with rage Mike tried to punch the old man , with no success .
"You are the one who caused me to lose 100 points and you dare to say that this piece of a loan should help the masses ? Isn't this some sort of joke ? I calculated the things in the package and if you buy it directly from the shop it will only cost 40 points !" roared Mike in rage .
Confused the old man looked at Mike with a disbelieving eye : "What do you say useless ? It may be meager , however it is free ! What for a bullshit of paying anything !"
"Look at the goddamn site and you will see it ." snorted Mike .
Mumbling that he can't believe it and that the youth is lying the old man checked the site and indeed , between all of those luxorious packages for ranged fighters the crappy package for melee could be found .
Enfuriated the old man cursed : "F*CK these son of a B*tch , can't they do anything right ?"
Seeing the old man being enraged Mike ignored him and tried to fall asleep .
"Ahem , since you are being wronged by the state i will gift you a ticked to the dorm for melee fighters . How about it ?" said the old man in an akward tone .
"No , go away . It will be another scam for sure ." yawned Mike .
"It won't be a scam for sure . I promise you , if it is a scam i will gift you a skill book !" exclaimed the old man in a serious tone .
Suddenly a system panel appeared :
[ Bet ]
[ If it's a scam you will receive a skill book with the name madness ]
"What is a skill book ? Why have i never heard of it ? Does it mean i can learn a skill from the book ?" thought Mike .
In the end he decided to follow the old man , who knows ? He will end up as the winner . The only thing Mike questioned was why did it happen ? Why does this old man spend so much time to woo melee fighters ?
After following the old man for a while they arrived at a train station .
"Go to the x-station and go to the z-street , there will be a free dorm for every melee fighter ." smiled the old man while giving him a free train ticket .
Flabbergasted Mike looked how the old man walked away .
What he didn't know was that the old man already gathered more than 20 fighters today . Though he only did the bet with him since he already got scammed by the state .
Arriving in front of the dorm Mike looked astouned at the building . It was a modern building with a swimming pool , a tennis court and a training hall .
Stepping into the lobby he looked at all the shiny stuff . He wearing only rags drew some gazes over , however he ignored him .
Just as he wanted to inquire about where to check in a man in a suit looked at him with contempt .
"Why is a beggar like you stepping into this dorm ?" asked the man .
"Ain't this a free dorm for every melee fighter ?" questioned Mike with a serious face .
"Hmpf , why are there so many beggars coming onto this place now ? Since you suddled our esteemed carpet you have to give us 500 points .
With anger Mike only could pay all of his points he earned . Only about 20 points remained .
Why he couldn't throw a tantarum like last time somebody taunted him ? Because elite fighters looked at him with attention .
Being thrown out Mike filled with hate to the state , is this some sort of joke ? He has to pay fck 500 points just to step on their filthy carpet ? F*ck this government !
The only thing that lessened his anger was the bet , since he got scammed at least the skill book would be his .
Taking out the Skill book he sighed , what for a piece of Sh*t !
[ Mana Madness : the less mana you have compared to your max mana the more attack you will have ]
Roaring he decided to learn this book to waste this skillbook . Besides he was sure that if he want to sell that it will be confiscated by the state !
[Learned useless skill for host . Adapting it to change for the hosts , changed into mortal madness ]
Eh ?
Reading the new description Mike felt happy beyond control , skills can adapt ? Not only that , it changed to a godlike skill for him which synergized with his first skill extremely well !
[ Mike Lv 1 ]
HP 425/425
STR: 25 AGI: 18 VIT: 34 Body : 26
Strong Body : +400 HP
Mortal Madness : +10% missing HP to STR and AGI
Laughing he danced a little victory dance to celebrate his op skill .
Why ? Because if he is in a close situation his speed will rise to almost more than triple compared to his healthy status .
Not only that , if he is injured his STR will rise causing him to smash like a wargod !
Thinking for a while Mike decided to follow the path of a berserker . A melee warrior with high HP but less armor who can slaugher an entire army alone .
However Mike appeared to smile , he didn't have any enchanged equipment and thus his HP remained small .
"Seems like the 500 points are well spended ." mocked Mike himself while searching for a bench to sleep .
Meanwhile :
"I can't believe it , didn't i ordered to give every people a lodging as well as the free basic package ?" sighed an old man with a bald head and a white beard .
If Mike could see the old man he would be recognized as the man who made the bet .
"Why are you so negative ? We almost conquered the 4th world . Now we only have to advance a few kilometers till we will be able to reach the next world . Only then will true hassle begin ." laughed another old man who wasn't bald but has as few hairs sticking out of his head .
"Besides i don't believe that the one of the best supporter types in the alliance would sigh about such a little problem . Just waste a few million points from your own pocket and pay for it . Why try to convince others ?"
Looking at his friend the old man sighed : "Since you want to know it i will tell you the information . Lets hope that you can do something ."
Suddenly a system panel appeared in front of the old man with a few hairs .
[ System Warning ]
[ After the 4th world is conquered all inhabitants are given a choice between giving their point value to the state or not . All people can be abducted by lures or profit (Only those who would change with a chance of 50%) ]
[ After the 5th world is conquered you will join the worlds war , fight against other worlds and remain strong . ]
[ You are now part of the warning , you are not allowed to interfere with the abduction and neither can help those who are mistreated . Try to help them or else your world will experience a crash 9/10 people in the warning ]
Reading that the old man with few hairs looked with shock on the panel : "That can't be true right ?"
"No , after we conquered the 4th world all of the mistreated people will receive a chance to leave the alliance . I guarantee you if they happen to know that their existence gives us points and they seen the amount i believe the alliance won't be able to give bonus to the range fighter anymore ."
sighed the old man who made the bet .
"The melee fighter gives way more basic points then a range fighter . Why didn't you told me earlier old zara ? After all i am a general of the state and ..... " said the old man with few hairs .
"You can't interfere , you forget the panel ? Even if you want to change it , you can only watch now old Li ." sighed old zara .
"No , i don't believe it i mean .... " said old li .
"I am not afraid about the economic issue , after all the ranged fighter can still earn huge amount of points by killing monsters . What i am afraid about is the fact that our melee fighters will join other worlds ." explained old Zara .
"Why ? Even though they give much basic points our ranged fighters are still stronger than them ." exclaimed old Li .
"Only if they can make the dps and somebody is tanking for them . How would you react when somebody is using you as money source while you are pretty much living on the street ? Do you believe that they won't leave our world ? It is not like we can stop it now . Besides i believe that the state soon has to answer the melee fighters with huge sums of system points ." said old zara while looking at the stubborn face of his friend , adding : "Even if they leave i believe they will come back and fight for their rights . They will try to murder and reign in the place of the alliance ."
"What you are trying to say we are doomed . I can't believe that the alliance will soon face a huge disaster because of a silly emotion called pride ." sighed Old Li at Old Zara .