Lucas took a deep breath and rubbed his eyes before reading it again, confirming that it was indeed there.

Glass Warrior (Unique) — A class heavily focused on bone manipulation, use your glass-like bones to cut down your foes and rise above, forging a unique path to power. Mainly uses bone as a weapon but can also use other means of combat. Stat bonuses per level: +4 Agi, +3 Str, +2 Vit, +3 Distributable Points

A unique class that used the bone as a weapon… but why? Could it be due to his constitution? No, it didn’t make sense. Why would the system keep rewarding him like this? He already had his death aura and his peculiar vitality. It didn’t make sense to give him a unique class on top of that. And by the way, what exactly was a unique class?

The old man had mentioned a variant class and said that it was rare, so while Lucas was surprised by it, he already knew it was a possibility. But a unique class was something he never heard of before. Did that meant he was the only one offered this class in the entire multiverse? It couldn’t be, right?

Then he remembered his achievement. The one he had received after he escaped the spider’s web. He recalled how he had used his bone to escape that trap and even mistakenly used it to kill a spider. He quickly went to check the wording of the achievement for some clues.

Achievement: Survivor

Like a wolf or a fox, you are willing to gnaw your own leg to escape a trap and survive and you have thus shown you will stop at nothing to live another day, even if it means using your very bones on your path to greatness. +10 all stats +10% all stats.

There it was. He remembered finding the part about the bones to be a bit odd—ironic even—or a joke at his expense. But now he was beginning to believe that was the sole reason this class had appeared in his class selection. After the initial shock, he looked at the stats. It gave 12 points in total per level. It was still inferior to the necromancer class but it gave four points more than all the others.

They were well distributed too: four points in agility at every level would help him maintain speed superiority against his opponents; the tree in strength likewise would help his power keep up with his opponent’s toughness; and the two in vitality would go along well with his unique constitution. Maybe his regenerative powers would go up another level soon if he picked this class.

All in all, it was a well-balanced class that suited him perfectly, but one thing caught his attention in the description, it was the part that said, “use your glass-like bones”. Glass-like what? Since when was his bone glass-like? The imagery it evoked was strong, however, and he was already feeling excited without even noticing. Would he be able to slice down his opponents with his bare bones?… That reminded him of someone.

Despite his hesitancy due to the fact that it was too unexpected, he knew the choice was a no-brainer. The necromancer class gave more stats, sure, but he wasn’t even sure he wanted to follow the necromancer path. And between a variant class and a unique class, the unique seemed to be better. He just liked the idea of making his own thing instead of following the footsteps of others. And while the glass warrior class didn’t seem to use mana actively, that didn’t mean he couldn’t use it. After all, that old man wasn’t a mage, was he?

Lucas thought about him again. At first, he had thought that the old man was just an NPC created by the system to teach people the basics of every class. But the way the old man acted later on made him think otherwise. He seemed like someone real, and very powerful at that. He could throw fire balls like it was nothing, and Lucas bet he could do a lot more than that. Furthermore, he said that any class could use mana, so the glass warrior class should be able to use it too.

Deciding to delay no longer, he selected the glass warrior class and felt a shill run across his body, but it only lasted a few seconds. Was this the glass part of the class? Were his bones made of glass now? He wasn’t sure, but only then did he notice the irony in the name. In middle school, he had that terrible nickname that haunted him for years: Luglass. A few years later, and he was Luglass all over again. He sighed. Fortunately, a skill selection screen that appeared next took his mind off these disturbing thoughts.

*Skill selection available.*

It had three options for him to choose, probably due to him obtaining his class or having reached level ten; he wasn’t sure. But he would gladly accept a free skill. He decided to read them one by one.

Monkey Swing (Common) — Move through trees like a monkey would, fast and efficiently, in a few swings.

Okay… that was probably related with his early training in the woods when he started jumping from tree to tree. But this was in the past now, and he had no intention of moving through the woods like a monkey, even if it would be very funny to start doing that while Aysha was around. He moved on to the next one.

Life Aura Manipulation (Inferior) — Control your aura to help your wounds and those of your friends heal faster.

Alright, he had to admit that that was pretty good. He still hadn’t managed to find the life aura inside of him, so he was far from being able to control it. But he also remembered that it didn’t take too long for him to learn the Death Aura Manipulation skill on his own, so he probably could do the same with the Life Aura if he really applied himself. And it would be a waste to pick something he could learn on his own, so he moved on to the next one, hoping for something good. And he got it.

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Bone-Blade (Unique) — Glass is one of the most versatile substances and can also be used to cut. Turn your bones into retractable blades and cut down your opponents.

That definitely wasn’t something he could learn on his own, so without even thinking, he picked this skill. Immediately the flood of information on how to use the skill entered his brain. That feeling was incredible. It was like finding something and only then realizing it had always been right in front of him. It was hard for him to calm down after picking the skill. He wanted to make the blades appear immediately; he needed to see what they look like. But he was in public at the moment, and there was no good place for him to go and try them out.

He thought about renting a hotel room just to see them, but that seemed wasteful, even if he had a lot of money. Then he thought about the Ten Floor Challenge, but seeing how many people were interested in it, he assumed it should give some good rewards and he was completely unprepared to fight using his new class skill. It would be stupid to fail the challenge just because he was eager to test his bone blade.

I have to be smart about this, there will be plenty of time for me to use the skill later, he thought afterward, realizing how he had come to the tutorial without any information and how that could have harmed him. He could’ve made a mistake already by skipping the variant class and picking the unique class that could prove to be a dead end. The only way to know for sure was to learn more about the system.

He needed to learn what exactly a unique class is, and the world in general before he did anything else, or, if he continued to go around aimlessly, pretty soon something would happen that he would be unprepared for. Information was key anywhere, especially on a new planet, so he decided to address this by going to the city library he had seen the day before. With his goals defined he just needed to wait for Aysha to finish her tutorial, and a few minutes later she appeared with a big smile on her face.

“Are you an archer now?” Lucas asked, and she frowned.

“I’ve always been one, but yeah, I got the class now, and an incredible skill too,” she said, excitedly, waiting for Lucas to ask what it was.

“Is this skill, by any chance, one that makes your arrow split in two?” He saw her smile vanish when he said that, and a sullen expression took its place.

“How do you know?” She asked, and Lucas couldn’t hold back his laughter.

“Let’s just say that it was an unlucky encounter.”

“Enough of those encounters, tell me, how did you know?”

Lucas sighed and told her about his encounter with the old man’s group and the archer that he had killed. After he told her, they both went silent for a while until she spoke.

“It wasn’t your fault,” she said.

Lucas knew it wasn’t his fault, but it still felt good to hear. He then told her about his plans of go to the library, she agreed it was a good idea, but told him she would go there later, first she needed to do her quests. Lucas agreed, and just when he thought he had successfully managed to avoid the question, she said:

“By the way, what class did you pick?”

He really didn’t want to lie to her, but at the same time, it seemed like something he should keep a secret. There was still a lot he needed to learn about the world before he could decide what to share.

“Light Warrior,” he said unenthusiastically.

“And the skill?”

Lucas froze for a second; he didn’t think she would ask him that. The three skills that had been offered to him had nothing to do with the light warrior class, so he couldn’t say it was one of those. Soon an idea arrived.

“It’s called flying axe,” he said, remembering the first skill he had received. Aysha frowned, and Lucas feared she had figured out he was lying, but that wasn’t the case.

“Isn’t the axe a heavy warrior weapon?” she asked.

“Ahh… yes, but they probably offered it to me because I have been using the axe so much, you know.”

“It makes sense,” she replied, remembering one of the skills that were offered to her. That too wasn’t related to archery, despite her only using the bow ever since arriving. “So, are you going to continue using the axe?”

“I’m not sure yet, but the other skills weren’t so good, so I picked this,” he shrugged.

She nodded, apparently feeling sorry for him, as she was quite satisfied with hers. They said goodbye to each other, and Lucas could finally breathe easy. His next destination was the city library. On his way over, he saw a chariot being led by a couple of Wild Tuk’s, the same beast he had faced on his first day at Ponos. He imagined that thing wasn’t cheap, since he was seeing one for the first time. He tried to pear inside to see who had such money, but couldn’t see a thing through the thick curtains. Everyone on the street made way for the carriage, however, and seemed to show great admiration for it or whoever was inside.

Seeing this, Lucas approached a person who didn’t seem to be an NPC and asked him who that was. The man looked at him for a few seconds, probably making sure he wasn’t an NPC himself, and answered: “That is the person who has the most merit points in the entire city. He has completed countless quests already and is very rich. Some even say he’s almost reaching level twenty!” the man said with admiration in his eyes.

“Merit points?” Lucas asked, confused. The man went on to explain how the city hall had their own quests that awarded merit points and that you could exchange those points for access to specific places in the city and other things like weapons, skills, and so on. All very interesting and useful information, but Lucas was even more surprised with the man inside the carriage.

It hadn’t been that long since they were transported there, and the man was already reaching level twenty; that was impressive indeed. But there was something about the carriage that rubbed him the wrong way. For starters, the carriage was only slightly faster than the regular pedestrian. There were simply too many people on the streets for the carriage to go any faster, making others have to constantly move out of the way for it to pass. That was just a dick move in his book. What was he doing in there that he couldn’t walk like the rest of them? Hiding his annoyance, Lucas thanked the man and continued on his way.

Thirty minutes later, he was greeted by a massive building that could easily be mistaken for the city hall due to its size and structure. He stepped inside, and at first glance, Lucas was already certain that it was one of the largest libraries that he had ever seen. If the outside was already impressive, the inside was even more so, with multiple floors and books stacked everywhere.

Approaching the reception area, he encountered a scholarly-looking woman who explained to him in a monotonous tone how the library operated. She said that the first and second floors were where books on general knowledge were kept. There, they could find information regarding the geography of the planet, the history of the city, and common knowledge regarding professions, and the system itself. Both floors were open to the general public. However, access to the upper floors required permission from the mayor.

When Lucas inquired about obtaining this permission, the woman replied that the mayor only granted permissions to individuals with high enough merit points, earned by completing missions for the city hall. Lucas thought about the man in the carriage he had seen earlier. Had he been allowed on the upper floors of the library already?

According to the librarian, the books available on the upper floors covered a variety of topics, ranging from maps and more specific knowledge of the world to books teaching skills to those capable of learning and with enough merit points to rent them. She also informed him that, while the first two floors were open to the public, renting books required merit points.

The whole merit point business was new to Lucas and something he needed to delve into later. For now, browsing through the books on the first two floors would be enough. After receiving the instructions, he went to find what he was looking for.