No rest for the wicked 1
“Done!” Sabo looked for one last time at his work of art; He had laid the last wooden slab on the roof of the hut, which in turn was perched on the impressive tree.
"Not bad ... how do you like it?" I asked the rest of the small group of workers.
"Not great but it will be enough for a few days," Hao answered as Ace did his best to show his casualness. Yoh was cool with everything his brother liked so it was settled in his head already.
Luffy did not care where he would have to sleep for the next few days. He had been very helpful during the construction with his ability to lengthen his limbs. He looked proud, showing that it was the first time he’d completed such an architectural work.
“Raoh, Can I get some meat now?” He pleaded in anguish. He’d waited for this moment ever since the start of the construction site.
“Sure, don’t eat the rest though...” I sighed already expectant regarding the guy’s concerns.
“Ding!” Suddenly a familiar sound clattered inside my head once again.
“Congratulations! Providing instructions and leads, host has built his first human object with the help of manual workers. Host has gained a new skill!”
“Master Builder has been added to your list of skills!”
“Accept. YES/NO?”
“Yes,” I replied very routinely.
“Master Builder (Description): Host can now use various materials to create and enhance tools, objects, and conceptions. Master builders have a natural knack for engineering and anything related to constructs.To a minor degree, host can refine weapons and battle-related apparatus as well. Expertise in the skill will allow the host to spot fabrics' defects. As an inventor and designer, host will also instinctively be adept at dismantling most gadgets. Inherent Passive skill boosts (+DEX*5+INT*5+CHAR)”
“Cool! This will come in handy.” I closed the window after examining my stats, which had gone way up thanks to the new skill. I received a +10 in dexterity and Intel as well as a +2 in charisma. This attribute had finally gone up for the first time in years.
I finally had found a way to make myself more respected by the group of wild brats. I liked to play the part of a young boy but it was tiring to use strength to restrain them. A bit of charisma would make things a lot easier for me to convince them while being less barbaric.
Charisma had a lot more uses than just make a bunch of kids more reactive to my needs and grab their attention spans. I would only discover it later, unfortunately…
We went inside the hut and discussed our future while eating lunch. It was still early in the evening and the sun had yet to set down. The sky was bright red and orange, and only a few clouds were still visible on the horizon. It was a magnificent time to talk dreams and ambitions, and the rascals formed a few more bounds as they merrily ate.
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Luffy had almost finished the supply of meat, and I was thinking that we would need to hunt a few animals the next day. As I was thinking this, I made my way down the trees, leaving the rest to their own devices, preparing to get some training in before sleep.
My senses were on alert and I was prepared for any potential attack on our encampment. Brent Pirates should have already gone to the twins’ lodging and found out we left the dump. Now somebody should have been sent to track us in different areas and discover my background.
Anyway, I would have to deal with it should things become dangerous around here… I focused back on my task at hand; Training!
I opened the system menu and looked at my skills list. I was looking for three specific skills or skill sets in this case;
The “Savage, Nerd and Tool mastery kits” in particular.
My Savage kit contained simple skills which I could not entirely list. Most of the skills inside those did not give me passive boosts. There were basic human skills such as running, walking or climbing. While walking did not give me any boost the other two gave minor ones. The combination of all those skills only gave me +1 in both strength and endurance. Skills such as punching and kicking were also included inside but it counted as one sub-kit which was close combat. There was also the long-range combat etc…Now the skills were all fused inside one kit which would develop at a faster rate.
The system was exceptionally rational and had figured out that if I got major boosts from such small skills it would be too easy in the long run. While fusing skills into kits could seem wasteful, the boosts and experience received from them being split were not really worth it. They could evolve very fast but the time needed to divide was too significant. Picking my nose 5 hours a day to get a +0.1 on an attribute was ludicrous. Putting the skill inside a kit was more rewarding.
It was as if the system had figured out that day to day skills were not fair to enhance too fast and had decided on a contradictive measure. Now, the first time the system came up with this, I asked how it was different from dividing skills. However, after fusing twenty or so skills inside them I came back to reality quick. I only got a +1 boost in two relevant categories. I was frustrated but I understood how it would help me better in the long run. No matter which skill I worked on it benefited the whole set… It was a worthy sacrifice.
The Nerd and Tool mastery kits worked in the same way, but the skills inside were totally different. My Nerd kit contained my everyday intellectual skills such as reading or logical thinking, etc.
The latter was more focused on my ability to master and manipulate tools and weapons. This last kit could work very well in coordination with the skill I just obtained today; I could already picture how I could use objects to their optimum.
I put this nice thought aside and called upon a skill which I was planning to train on at this right moment. It was my “Fitness skill”. It could be considered a bit of bodybuilding and cardiovascular activity. I wanted to level up the Savage kit and was getting ready for a steamy session while stretching. Today I would die doing pushups on my fingers.
I finished warming up my muscles and joints to the right temperature, but right before I could start the exercise my unconventional eyes took notice of three forms a kilometer away, walking in this direction.
“...No rest for the wicked huh?” I smirked.
Raoh Stat Sheet after building the hut :
General Information Attributes Job Information Name Monkey D Raoh Name Value Name Value Name Level Advancement Race Human STR 37 SENS 59 Martial Artist 1 77% Sex Male END 52 INT 74 Slayer 1 5% Age 6 AGI 22 WIS 89 Organisation Pirate Kid Alliance REC 52 LUCK 7 HP 451/451 (26%/minute) DEF 35 CHAR 3 Haki 77/77(174%/minute) DEX 35 FUN 4 Skill List Name Level Advancement Observe (+Sens+wis+int) 36 45% Nerd Kit (+wis+int) 19 43% Move Kit (+Agi+Dex) 8 12% Savage Kit (+Str+End) 6 4% Tools Mastery Kit (+Dex) 2 12% Hokuto Shinken (+Str+Def+End+Rec+Haki)(small mastery bonus +5) 15 42% Hardening Haki (+Def+End+Haki) 5 98% Pain Resistance (+HP+End) 2 63% Survival Instincts (+Sens+Dex+Int+Wis+Luck) 1 57% Spartan Metabolism (+Hp*5) 4 18% Cutthroat (+wis+Dex) 1 12% Sanguinary rule (+Def*5+End*5) 1 19% Master Builder (+Dex*5+Int*5+Char) 1 0%