"A gray one far-right from the inner circle?"
While thinking about Az'thoth's last word, Shigure immediately noticed the shrinking of her field of vision. The process continued until it became no different than looking through a pinhole.
"Oh, that is what the semi part is about."
Shigure tried to look around the sanctuary and discovered it quite challenging. She was blind but not really blind at the same time.
If she says she can, then she can see it alright. But at the same time, due to her tiny field of view, it became very challenging to move, distinguish big things and follow any movement.
At least she can see the system menu just as same. Seem it is something more of a mental thing rather than a visual one.
First, she checked two gifts her contractor left for her.
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[Experienced Savant Lv. 1]
Passive Skill
The condition of activation: Any Action.
With a rich experience and unnatural gift, you learn and master skills faster. There is a minuscule chance to acquire more experience and learn skills related to any action done.
[Divine Vessel Lv. 1]
Passive Skill
The condition of activation: None.
Due direct contractor of said god, you possess part of its divinity and blessing, the effect doubles in any sanctuary and shrine affiliated to that god.
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"Oh, so it's just luck and exp booster ?"
Despite its amazing-sounding names, it was just a skill that boosts her experience and grants her some protection.
Well, that is how Shigure understood it. Then she tapped on another skill that she couldn't understand well from its name.
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[Body Conditioning Lv. 5]
Passive Skill
The condition of activation: None.
Your constant training and precise maintenance transformed your body. Reduces loss and weakening of muscle and bone from negligence by 50% and doubles the effect of the body-related training.
[Functional Management Lv. 5]
Passive Skill
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The condition of activation: Consumption.
Your faithful lifestyle made a change in your body. This skill makes your body absorb required sustenance and neutralize harms more efficiently made it easier for you to maintain or obtain an ideal body.
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Those two skills were Shigure's fruit of the labor formed from her lifestyle and part hobby she maintained for more than 60 years. It was something that her only two close friends knew. Even then, there is a time that even they weirded out from her fanatism. But to her, it was something worth all the pain because she is doing something that she enjoys.
'So even in this game-like world, people still lose their status when they get older or slack off ?'
With that explanation of skills out of the way, she chooses a skill tree.
"A gray one far-right from the inner circle."
Repeating the sentence, she opened the skill tab and saw an enormous skill tree made of many rings containing passive and active skills. Start from a tiny inner one with only six rocks representing skills. To a large one that has over 200 skills, but all of them greyed out.
Going through five skills, Shigure found a single gray-colored skill.
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[Great labors Lv 1(Can only be leveled through skill tree)]
Active Skill
Mana required to activate: 0 (Require completion of previous labor).
Accomplish various labors in exchange for various rewards proof of your feat. At the current level, you can choose only low-ranked ones.
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'Okay, then great labor it is.'
After her choice, Shigure observed the grey rock representing the skill is lits up in silver color along with a thin line branching out to other rocks representing skills in the outer ring.
'Just like a game, I can't just skip to the next step.'
After her choice, the ring has begun to light up and reach a halt at one of the third parts. It was obviously saying she must need to activate at least two more to unlock the next ring.
With her choice of a skill, Shigure shifted her attention to elsewhere.
'Now, for stats.'
Shigure’s expression became serious. Even though it looked like a game, she understands this is real life, and those numbers will determine wherever she lives or dies.
There were five categories in the list of Stats. Each of them is easy to guess what affects what. Sadly Shigure understands her current status quite a bad even compared to a regular person.
However, unlike then, she can increase it any time.
Her attention immediately arrived at 'Perception'.
'With a situation right now, I don't much need combat status, so I should fix my vision problem first.'
With a way of thought, she first added five points to her Perception as a test.
'Did it work ?'
With a clear number 15 on the status screen. Shigure tried to feel its change in her, and to her surprise. She can hear the faint sound of a bird outside of the window.
It did enhance her other senses outside of her sign. With that, she added another three points in her 'Perception' and two in her 'stamina'.
With one of her worries out of the way, Shigure decided to take things easy. Holding a white cane, she went to check the cleaning supply.
In the end, how could she live in a place that looked no different than a cemetery?
Taptaptaptap….
Using her white cane, Shigure navigated around the sanctuary.
From time to time, she fell on the ground from the wrong footing or floor tile that she missed, but all of it was just part of progress.
Just like a newborn calf, she continues moving inch by inch and eventually reaches the room storing the cleaning equipment.
"I reached it!"
While looking like a dirty dust cloth, she held the doorknob and pulled the door open.
"Fart!"
She let out a curse while seeing a completely empty room.
That means she must go out and buy a piece of new cleaning equipment...
"Nope!"
There is a difference between moving inside a house and an open space. She didn't know how long it much time and fall it takes to her go out and collect all the cleaning equipment and return to this small church.
Just by imagining all those annoyances, Shigure felt all of her motivation slowly leaving her body.
"Just only this time!"
Shigure took out her handphone and credit card. She remembered how Az'thoth converted all of her money into the currency of this world. As not a big spender herself she should have quite saved enough for her to comfortably call some services.
And thanks to the small phone screen she still could see and check the online sites.
"Hello, Is this Mr.Wash cleaning service?"