Chapter 28 - Preparing For The Gravity Zone (1/2)

”First and foremost, let's check out the logistic storage. Based on its name alone, we should be able to find something helpful in keeping us alive. It's not like we can sense people outside the door like in the show, so we need a way to get back, aside from dying, that is,” resting his right palm on the hilt of his hip sheathed sword Cynrik left his brother at the table and walked over to the right side storage area.

When he got to the doorway, his eyes scanned the room with Inspect activated, searching for some kind of beacon that would allow him to locate the Rest Area. The most significant danger they would face is getting lost and being forced to die to make it back. Judging by how fast his Stamina drained in 10g, if he got caught miles away without knowing what direction to head, the only option he had was to die.

It wouldn't be too much of a problem if it weren't for the death penalty that Tobs had added. But since all of his gains took 24 hours to save, it would be an absolute waste of time if he got stuck in the middle of the endless expanse after a full day of training only to have it all wiped.

Stepping into the room, Cynrik began sifting through all the different items in the small room. Unfortunately, the bulk of the articles here were mainly training clothes similar to workout clothes and tracksuits, which was slightly disappointing since he hoped to find a particular type of white and yellow battle armor. Eventually, his eyes fell on two wooden crates filled with what looked like palm-sized blue traffic cones.

-Mana Pylon: Special Advanced Grade-

-By injecting Mana into the storage chamber, a signal will be emitted for 24-48 hours; a signal will be created with the pylon as the center spreading out in a 50-150 meter radius. The strength of the signal and how long it lasts depends on how much Mana is stored in the pylon-

Cynrik's eyes lit up as he read the Mana Pylon's description. This crate and the one next to it each held ten such items. A quick mental calculation told him that each pylon could span out roughly 54-164 yards, and since his Mana sense only had a range currently of 5 meters or 5.4 yards, so long as he spaced these cones out correctly, he would be able to make a trail back to the Rest Area.

Without thinking further, he tossed all 26 pylons into his inventory and met back up with Brance at the table. After spending a couple of minutes explaining his findings to his brother, Cynrik decided it was time to start experimenting.

”Tobs mentioned a stat called Gravity Resistance; you don't have it yet, but when I got obliterated earlier, I gained it, but that's not all. When I was under the strain of 10g's, a second new stat popped up called Body Tempering,” with a swipe of his hand Cynrik opened up his Status panel and sent it over to Brance as he spoke.

: Status :

: Cynrik Jetlensr:

: Human Male:

: Age-7:

: Soul Age-36:

: Level: 5 :

: Essence(XP): 5800/25000:

: Distribution: 1 Per All :

: Mana Codex Tier: 1 (Proficiency= 20.0%) :

: Mana Cycles: 300 (Proficiency= 20.0%) :

: Mana Circuit Tier: 1 (Proficiency= 20.0%) :

: Gravity Resistance: 1g (Proficiency= 0.0%) :

: Body Tempering: Tier 0 (Proficiency= 0.0%) :

”These two new stats are likely linked. So if my theory is correct, instead of increasing our STR and VIT, the grav training should increase our body's overall defense or something to that extent, making us physically tougher,” Cynrik shrugged and looked at his brother for any kind of reaction.

”Makes sense considering how we don't have a defense stat. It's too much to assume that Stam and HP represent our physical defense; they just depict our overall health,” with a nod, Brance stood up before placing his shield on his back and his sword back on his waist.

”Did you notice that we get small boosts from the training weapons?” Brance asked after he finished equipping his gear and following his brother to the edge of the Rest Area.

”Yeah, one specific Stat point per item when I put them on; I also got a new panel, one showing my equipment slots, named Equipment Profile,” with a flick thought, Cynrik opened up this new panel.

: Equipment Profile :

: Head - Empty :