[Congratulations, you have reached the top 10,000,000 in the leaderboards!]
[Congratulations, you have reached the top 1,000,000 in the leaderboards!]
[Congratulations, you have reached the top 500,000 in the leaderboards!]
Travis woke up to a multitude of notifications. With all of the notifications regarding merit points and his achievements in the leaderboards bombarded him. A scene that forced his eyes to open, the messages were dismissed with a thought. The shopping cart was at the foot of his bed and as he looked around he found Mira sitting by the only entrance to the warehouse.
"Rank."
Current Local Rank: 427,975
Merit Points: 385
[Click to check the top 10!]
[Click to open your rewards!]
Travis didn't care for the top 10, the strength and blessings of others has never been something that he coveted. Travis knew that letting his mercenary patrol the area was going to award him with merit points. He just didn't assume that he would rank so high. He then clicked on the rewards option to see what his rank would net him.
[Weapon Ticket] 5x
Rip to use, it summons a weapon of the your choice from a selection of basic weaponry. Reward for reaching the top 10 million.
[Internal Energy Pill] 5x
A rare consumable that raises one's internal energy. Use with caution or under the tutelage of a master. Reward for reaching the top 1 million.
[Instant Martial Book Ticket] 1x
Rip to use, it summons a special Martial book that can be used to instantly learn a martial art to channel one's internal energy! Rewards for reaching the top 500,000.
Note: All rewards have been tailored to suit a human.
He ripped one of the weapon tickets and a screen with a list of weapons appeared in front of him. His first thought was to look for a gun, yet only bows and crossbows were available. He settled on getting a longsword. He decided to save the pills and the martial book ticket for now, choosing to wait for his companion to finish her rest. 'She knows more about this than me, it's better to ask her about them when she wakes up.'
The kitchen utensils he packed up came in handy that morning. He had enough supplies to give them both a well-deserved meal. He cooked up three packs of instant noodles, beef flavored. The smell of which urged his companion to finally wake up.
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"Master, It seems that you are finally awake." She shuffled forward kneeling in front of him.
"Good morning." Travis yawned out. He grabbed a bowl for her and served up the food. The two of them shared a humble breakfast.
"What do you know about these things?" Travis finally asked, showing her the tickets and the pills.
"Instant martial books are exclusive to those that have reached a high rank, while internal energy pills are a rare item that only powerful soldiers are deserving of." Mira was finishing up her bowl. "Internal energy naturally rises as a person survives more battles, but these pills can hasten the process through consumption. The results may vary based on the person, but from what I've heard they are best used under the guidance of a master."
"I see, then I'll use the martial book ticket now and try to see how consuming a pill affects me. We'll go on from there."
He ripped the martial book ticket apart and soon enough a similar screen to the weapon list showed up.
"It's showing me the options, I'm seeing techniques that use different weapons. Do you have anything you can suggest to me?" He asked her.
"Seeing as the master now has a sword, I suggest finding a book that involves the use of one. As for a specific technique, all I can suggest is to pick one that suits your desired style of combat. Back in the regiment, we were all trained under the Cloud Sects base techniques. I highly recommend their books." Her reply made things a bit easier for him, he used the filter option to find sword techniques and decided to look for the most advanced ones.
[Thundercloud Sword - Advanced Martial Book]
'Good enough for me.' He thought as he clicked on the only book that was listed.
The book that appeared in front of him immediately dissipated in his hands as the stream of knowledge poked at his brain. A migraine unlike any that he has had before, one that not even a dozen paracetamol tablets could fix. He was in excruciating pain for close to a whole minute, but the look on his eyes right after filled him with glee.
"I see, I lack the internal energy to perform more than half of the techniques in this book."
He then shoved all of the internal energy pills down his throat. Fully ready to see how much he could actually grow. He threw away his thoughts of saving any of the pills, what he needed right now was the internal energy. Enough of it to use the techniques that he saw playing in his mind.
[Upon consuming an internal energy pill your base has grown.]
This notification screen popped up for a total of five times, one for each pill. His body began to shake as he felt a burning sensation in the middle of his chest. He was growing in power in a matter of seconds, he felt the prick of needles all over his body as an excruciating amount pain welcomed him once more.
He was breathing heavily now, his body was burning up yet a smile was covering his face. The pain after a long day's work at the construction site could not compare to the tremors he was feeling yet the thought of doing the inhuman movements in the martial book kept him at bay. He didn't scream or groan in pain, all he did at that point was laugh.
"HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA"
He laughed in pain for a total of five minutes. After he finally caught himself and the pain began to subside he called onto his servant. "Mira, can you fetch me some water."