'What? Higher Beings?'
'Is that even in the game?'
I feel like the first time I used a bug in this world. There was also something looking straight at me from the unknown.
But now it feels like there is an entire force observing and evaluating me closely.
'I don't feel very secure...'
My breathing suddenly became heavier unconsciously.
'Huh?'
I have forgotten about that authority…
'System, lemme check my Authority.'
----Authority----
[System] (Lv.1)
Description: given by ▯▮▮▮▯▯
-Status Bar (Lv.1)
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-Appraisal (Lv.1)
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'No, it's still the same.'
'I heard that my [System] has leveled up or something like that.'
'So what just happened?'
<00:10:00>
<00:09:59>
So it will take about 10 minutes to update the System to level 2.
I should get out of here quickly, too.
Esther, that girl is glaring at me.
Why is she suddenly even more angry?
'Ah, perhaps she only found out now that I am also in first place in Section 1.'
In the game, she is one of those people who is very arrogant and is always confident that she is at the top in everything she loves.
If there is anyone who is better at studying and more accurate than her, she will absolutely hate that person and will try her best to defeat him.
Not with a peaceful solution, of course...
She will do anything to defeat that person at all costs.
At all costs.
If I haven't emphasized it clearly enough,
AT ALL COSTS.
Does this make my life more difficult?
Yes. It does.
Is this that bad?
Absolutely yes.
BUT does it have any benefit?
Certainly... not.
Rather, I don't know yet.
When I became the first place, Esther already marked me as her rival.
That's just her competitive nature...
'So why did the [System] mark my role as an antagonist?'
At least from Esther's point of view, I'm an enemy now...
Damn, I'm not that worthy.
There's also a reward or something, but I haven't seen the benefit yet...
Turns out that my meddling in the main storyline will also be rewarded with more rewards than I thought.
This is a good thing, isn't it?
Like suddenly I have the cheats out of nowhere?
Maybe it's not even a cheat.
The reason I could beat Esther is that it only tests purely accuracy and maneuverability.
And if I were to fight Esther 1vs1, I wouldn't even make a scratch on her, let alone win.
Or maybe I would be in a hospital right now...
Speaking of hospitals... Even if the world has healing magic or [Health Potion], it's still necessary to go to a hospital.
Because there are still commoners anyway.
And secondly, people with Mana can still be sick and injured as usual... and the cost of buying a potion is still more expensive than going to hospital.
They just have higher regeneration than commoners.
And of course, those with Mana cores will be recognized as Awakeners according to the Magic Council.
[Awakeners] have to submit to a law to protect every [Non-Awakeners] and even not to harm any of the non-awakeners.
Since non-awakened people don't have Mana, they are very vulnerable.
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Sometimes infusing too much Mana into the body could cause them to suffer severe injury or even the worst case is they will die.
Therefore, the Government has to cooperate with the Magic Council in enforcing the laws.
The government is like my old world, controlling the laws and situation of the country.
The Royal Family and The Five Grand Dukes are outside forces, but they do not have as much political authority as the government.
However, they were one of Britain's leading fighting forces.
Back in the day, they also contributed hugely to the World War 3, the War against the monster forces behind the Temple.
'A bit too much information?'
'But it's okay-'
'Yo, The angry noblewoman is looking at me furiously… I gotta go now.'
Trying to ignore Esther's hateful stare, I walked over to the scoreboard.
'My score is barely enough to enter class A.'
And that was the last place in Class A, of course.
But anyways, I got into class A.
Many people around me admired my performance just now.
'Yes, that's right, breaking the old record.'
[Aim Assisting] is a freaking cheat. I'm telling you guys.
Even though they were at the bottom of the class, Class A is still Class A, they are all the prodigies of the entire country.
But no one came near me to talk to me.
Probably because my [Charisma] was so short that no one came to congratulate me...
'I'm used to not having friends anyways.'
Suddenly, a familiar voice rang next to my ear.
"Hehe, you're pretty talented, aren't you?"
I turned behind and saw the face of a girl close to me.
"Can you keep your distance for a bit?"
It was the girl next door, or rather, my old neighbor.
She giggled and said:
"It's only been a few days, but I've seen you again. You miss me a lot, don't you?"
"I'm alright."
"Hehehe, that's so sad."
I rolled my eyes hearing that and asked her:
"So what are you doing here?"
"Just kidding, I'm just standing here looking at the scoreboard like you, neighbor-san."
"Where are you on the scoreboard?"
"Hehe, you want to know my name, right?" - She smirked suspiciously.
"Yeah, I do... Anyways, thanks for coming to talk to me."
"It's nothing, hehe. Well, and if you wanna know my name."
She stood there looking right at my eyes and said:
"My name is-"
<00:00:01>
<00:00:00>
A stabbing pain hit me so I couldn't hear her say anything.
Along with that, a crowd came towards us, causing me to lose track of her.
My mind spun around like baffling.
After a while, I was back to normal while I was being swept away by the crowd to the schoolyard yet another time.
Sigh.
'So I still don't know her name.'
'Great.'
Sigh.
'I hope I can see her again.'
I'm quite disappointed that I lost my first friend just like that.
'And the reason is so stupid.'
Sigh.
'I gotta admit that girl looks familiar.'
Now I'll check to see if the system has anything new, while I wait for the other teachers to talk nonsense.
'System, let me check my [Authority]'
Imagine calling the System to check the System...
It's kinda ironic, right?
----Authority----
[System] (Lv.2) (!)
Description: given by ▯▮▮▮▯▯▮▮▯▯
-Status Bar (Lv.1 → Lv.2) (!)
▮▯▮▯▮▯▯▮▮▯▯
-Appraisal (Lv.1 → Lv.2) (!)
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-Quest (Lv.1) (New!)
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'Yo.'
'Yo. Yo.'
'YOOOOOOOOOOO!'
'I don't have a cheat! I AM THE CHEAT!!'
'Not literally, but still….'
'LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO.'
Even though I was so delighted that I could even shout right now.
But I don't want anybody to look at me disgustedly, thinking that I'm insane.
I resist the urge to do that here.
'So I can do a quest now.'
'But what are the benefits of leveling up [Appraisal] and [Status Bar]?'
'Hmm. Let's check the easy one first.'
Also, it has been a long time since I last checked my [Status Bar].
'Status Bar.'
This is gonna be lengthy for sure, but it will be more exciting sometimes right?
Right?
[Amemura Ryoshu] (Human)
* Status Bar *
[Mana: 40 (D+) → 40.5 (C-)]
-Main Stats (!)
[Strength: 7.5 → 7.55 (Unranked) (!)
Endurance: 8.2 → 8.3 (Unranked) (!)
Agility: 6.9 → 6.969 (Unranked) (!)
Perception: 10.1 → 10.17 (F-)] (!)
-Secondary Stats
[Charisma 2 → 2.15 (Unranked) (!)
Regeneration 41 (C-)
Intelligence 1.5 → 2.3 (Unranked)] (!)
-Extra Stats
[Alteration: 90 (SS+)]
* Trait *
[Basic Mana Core] (F-)
[High-Temperature Resistance] (Low)
* Techniques *
[Cooking] (Apprentice)
→ [Foraging]
* Potential *
[Swordsmanship] (F-)
-Stab (Lv.1)
[Mana] (F)
-Mana Concentrating (Lv.1)
-Mana Transforming (Lv.1)
-Mana Infusing (Lv.2)
[Magic] (F)
-Fire Magic (Apprentice) (+5% DMG)
[Archery] (E-) (!)
-Charged Attack (Lv.3)
-Aim Assisting (Lv.2)
-Bullet Time (Lv.1)
[The Art of Dart Rope] (F-)
[Spatial Awareness] (E+)
* Talent *
[Super Memory] (B-)
-Nearly Cannot Forget
[Lightning Reflexes] (C)
-Sense Enhancement
-Death Sense
[Weakness Detection] (A-) (New!)
-1,2,3,4. All Set!
-Headshot
-Watch out! ]
'That's pretty long...'
'And what is the
Like really, in the game, there is no such thing as a Role System.
'Maybe this is related to the [Status Bar] Lv.2?'
----Role----
You will be the main competitor of Esther.
Esther's Friendship: 0
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'What is the point of this freaking roleplaying things, System?!?!?!'
'Oh, that's good.'
'But still, what kind of reward..?'
'What is CP?'
Is that roleplaying or something like that?
'Sounds vague enough... I'll try it after I go back to the dorms.'
'Oh, yeah, I haven't checked my new talent yet!'
----Talents----
[Weakness Detection] (A-) (New!)
Description: The God of Critical Hit!
-1,2,3,4. All Set!
Increase "Critical Damage" by 50%.
-Headshot
Increase "Critical Damage" depending on the opponent's "Weak Point".
-Watch Out!
Increase 10% "Critical Rate" when you are doing a "Stealth Attack".
When that attack is a "Critical Hit", the next use of the skill on the same opponent will increase by an additional 10%.
The effect will stack until the next attack is not a "Critical Hit" or "Stealth Attack" anymore.
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'Damn, even the talent is insanely good.'
'Today is a good day, isn't it?'
"I thought it was enough to finish the first day by just taking the test…"
"Those teachers are saying too much useless information."
Some students near me were complaining. I could even see the tired face of those guys.
'Get used to it, damn children.'
'Nowadays, they could not even listen to someone thoroughly.'
Well, perhaps they don't have [Status Bar] like me so it's true that they're bored.
'Heehee.'
* *
09.00 P.M.
I listened to the teachers saying something until 3 P.M.
'I don't know why they can say that lengthy.'
After finishing the procedures to enter the dormitory again.
Of course, I won't talk about the fact that I have to go to the house to move things and things because... I don't have too much property anyway.
"But I also took the time to buy some cheap ingredients for the future."
[Account balance: 68 RC.]
It's too late, I have already lost more than a few hundred dollars in an afternoon.
Ah, and I also conveniently went to the gym last time - [Muscle Number One].
And this time I got the quest already!
I basically talked to the manager at that gym again.
This time he was quite familiar with me because I went two times in a row... It's not because the gym was so empty that he remembers people's faces!
I got a pretty cool hidden quest I always wanted.
[Secret Side Quest: Muscle Number One (0/?)
-Content:
10 push-ups (0/10)
10 sit-ups (0/10)
10 squats (0/10)
1km run (0/1)
-Reward:
[Main Stats' Growth Boosting Potion (D)].
]
This quest is the must-have quest at the beginning of the game.
'I should do it now.'
* *
10.30 P.M.
Huff.
Huff.
Huff.
'Running is so freaking exhausting…'
[0.9/1km]
Huff.
[1/1km]
'Finally!'
'I'm tired as hell.'
----Reward----
[Main Stats' Growth Boosting Potion (D)]
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----Items----
[Main Stats' Growth Boosting Potion] (D)
Description: Made by a very famous alchemist.
-Growth Boosting
The consumer has a 130% increase in the training speed for the "Main Stats" in 5 hours.
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'Is it easy? It's not too easy either.'
'Where the hell am I on campus now?'
'Okay, I'll try to practice Lightning Magic.'
Entering the nearby forest, I took out the [Lightning Magic] from the space ring.
'I think this is a nice way to learn new magic.'