Hours passed as Jack kept going back into the dungeon each time he completed it.

He had no need for rest as a cold one and thus he didn't stop, the afternoon passed and so did the night.

Finally, when the morning sun was rising into the sky, Jack stopped.

'Seems like I won't be going to school today' Jack thought to himself as he stared at the rays of sunlight hitting his window.

Opening his status panel, a grin emerged on Jack's face.

[ Stats ]

[ Name: Jack Sparrow ]

[ Race: Cold One ]

[ Age: 17 ]

[ Level: 37 ]

[ SPECIAL STATS ]

[ S: 8 ]

[ P: 8 ]

[ E: 8 ]

[ C: 4 ]

[ I: 10 ]

[ A: 8 ]

[ L: 9 ]

[ Enhancable Stats ]

[ Strength: 0/100 ]

[ Perception: 0/100 ]

[ Endurance: 0/100 ]

[ Charisma: 0/100 ]

[ Intelligence: 100/100 ] [ Maxed ]

[ Agility: 95/100 ]

[ Luck: 0/100 ]

[ Status Points: 24 ]

Looking at the stats, Jack didn't hesitate in the slightest as he poured five more points into Agility.

[ Agility: 100/100 ] [ Maxed ] [ Ascend ]

Clicking the Ascend button, Jack saw the points drop from 100 to 0 in an instant.

But instead another stat had risen up.

[ Special Stats ]

[ Agility: 9 ]

The change was only 5 stats points but it felt as if he had upgraded it with fifty.

The difference between a maxed-out 8 in Special and a 9 at the start was bigger than Jack had imagined.

'That's great, I just need one hundred more points and then I can bring that up to a 10, at that point, there should be no one amongst the cold one vampires that will be able to match my strength.' Jack thought until something caught his eye.

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'Fuck' Jack thought as he looked at the enhancement screen.

[ Enhancable Stats ]

[ Agility: 0/200 ]

'Is that only because I upgraded it once or because it's the threshold to get it to 10?' Jack asked himself however he couldn't come up with an answer.

'The stats will also lower inevitably after I lose the newborn buff, so my agility should only be at an 8 right now, considering that then it's more likely that each time you increase a special stat by one then the requirements grow further.' Jack thought and then his eyes wandered over to his charisma.

'I'm never going to be able to max you out am I?' Jack thought to himself before releasing a long sigh of disappointment.

Then he started thinking about the next best stat to increase.

'Charisma is high up there, if I get it up to at least a 5 then I should be fine even if it lowers after I lose the buff' Jack thought and then nodded to himself.

'Yeah, let's do that so I at least don't start random fights on the street just by standing there' Jack thought and poured the remaining stat points into Charisma.

[ Charisma: 19/100 ]

Jack didn't notice a change like he had when he had upgraded his agility but he didn't mind it.

"All right, since I have more time, let's just start completing more dungeons today. I should be able to get to at least thirty dungeons completed by the next morning. Though getting to level fifty is becoming harder and harder as I level up and the needed experience jumps up after each level" Jack mumbled before laying down on his bed once more.

Giving one final look at his status screen where the amount of shop coins he had currently showed.

[ Coin Balance: 9 ]

'I've gotten faster at completing them but it still takes a while' Jack thought before his surroundings were once more cloaked in darkness as he was enveloped by the void.

The process repeated over and over, Jack repeating his actions again and again as he got faster and faster at completing the dungeon.

He had learned how to move faster instinctively with all the running he was doing inside the gravelly dunes dimension, he had also started using more precise strikes to defeat each zombie faster and faster.

The next morning came once more, and he had to stop his dungeon delving as he actually had to go to school today since there was no sunshine in sight.

[ Level: 41 ]

[ Stat Points: 12 ]

[ Coin Balance:26 ]

Jack had managed to complete the dungeon seventeen times for 24 hours, lowering the time it had taken him from a few hours for one dungeon to under one hour.

And it was mostly due to a skill he had gained after repeated actions.

Looking at his skills menu, Jack showed a wide smile.

[ Instinctive Fighting ] [ Level One ]

[ Description: Allows the user to fight with his instincts alone, using his whole body this way allows for faster reactions and movement. ]

This skill had been created after multiple runs of the dungeon, and he had felt the difference as soon as he had gotten it.

The skill had enhanced what he had been doing already and made it into an official skill, allowing him to reap through the hundreds of zombies as if he were a meat grinder.

Getting up from the bed, Jack poured all of the little stat points he had gained into Charisma and started packing his books into the backpack, slugging it over his shoulder and heading to the door.

Opening it, Jack headed outside, locked the door behind him, and headed down the emergency stairs.

He might have not noticed it himself however the skill he had gained was affecting even his normal actions.

As he walked down the street, his already imposing aura that humans tended to avoid subconsciously had grown ever greater.

The boy who was ahead of him seemed to hurry his steps to get away from what was behind him before he turned his head to look and found that it was just Jack.

Confusion appeared on his face before he turned to walk once more, his steps still hurried by his own instinct when what it considered a danger.

The student only noticed how fast he had been walking when he arrived at school and saw that his whole back was drenched in sweat.

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