21 Advanced Vision Skill (1/2)
I knew that such a skill would be highly impractical. It's just… my dreams.
I sighed deeply and then finally said. ”Alright I would buy that Skill book.”
Just as he'd suggested, before doing anything else, I used 180 white coins and the 8 crystals in my possession to increase my strength and Mana to 2.0 points.
After that ,I asked Lily to buy the skill book as I was too busy to do it myself.
I looked the description of the Skill book in my Hologram.
Advanced Vision:- Allows the user to see 2 times further in a clear way. Exhausts 0.1 point of the User's mana for every 10 minutes of usage.
Cost- 300 White Coins
Level- Tier 1
I put the Skill book in the slot and then used some mana to activate the skill.
Despite it being my first time doing so, I didn't face any problem and was able to activate the skill without any problem.
Suddenly the world around me seemed to have become much brighter and colorful.
'Wow! This is awesome.' I thought in my mind and then tried to focus on a tree in the distance.
The tree in my vision suddenly became larger, as if I was looking at it through a magnifying lens.
I looked at Rahul and freaked out when his enlarged face came in my view.
”Calm down. It'll take you some time to get used to this skill. But I promise you that it'll be very helpful to you in the future.” He said as he also used his hologram and bought a similar book.
”Don't deactivate the skill book. The faster it upgrades, the better for us.” He reminded me once more.
”I understand. But, aren't we going to sleep right now? Will our skills remain active even when we sleep? And what about the mana. The description said that this skill consumes 0.1 points of mana per 10 minutes. Wouldn't all of my mana only last 3 hours and 20 minutes this way.”
”It will remain active even when you sleep. Don't worry about that. As for the mana. Well, let me explain how the mana system works to you once and for all.”
”First of all, you need to know that 10% of your mana will be recovered every moment. So that means that you'll regain 0.2 points of mana every hour.” He said
”But even at this rate, I'll still lose 0.4 points of mana every hour. So even with taking the restoration into action, my mana will only last 5 hours.” I said.
”That's why we'll have to increase your Mana stat by 2 more points.”
”Really?” I asked. ”Shouldn't I increase stamina or perception before that?”
”No.” Rahul declined directly ”Increase your Mana. Later in the future, you'll use even more skills, so the faster you increase your mana, the better it'll be for you.”
”Well, alright then.”
Taking his advice, I bought 4 small pills for 400 white coins and gulped them down at once.
After the warm feeling faded away, I opened the hologram and looked at the interface
User name:- Ashok Singh Rana
Stats:-
Strength - 2.0 (1.4)
Agility - 4.0
Endurance - 2.0
Perception - 2.0
Mana - 2.0 (2.0)
Skills:-
Agility Booster (2nd tier), Advanced Vision (1st tier)
Equipments:-
Basic Sword (1st tier), Clipping Glove (1st tier)
Wealth:-
848 White Coins
I sucked in a deep breath when I realized how fast my wealth was being used up.
”Brother. I still have 848 White Coins left. Any more suggestions.” I asked.
”Yes. First of all. Upgrade your Basic Sword to the 2nd tier.” He said.
”Alright.” I had already seen how Rahul had upgraded his sword and followed the same pattern.
Buy one more Basic Sword. Put the two swords in the two slots and pay 1/3 of the equipment's price, I.e 10 white coins to merge them together and get a better weapon.
After the bright light faded away, I had a 2nd tier weapon of my own.
I quickly took the sword and ran outside to find a tree that was a thick as a person's waist. I swung the sword with all my might and with a whoosing sound, the sword entered the tree…
But it never came out on the other side. After slashing through 1/10 of the trunk, it got stuck in there.
My excited face scrunched up at once.
”Oi! Brother. I think my weapon is defected. It's not as sharp as yours.”
'The sword does not have any problems you dummy.' Lily said.
'Huh! Then why is my sword stuck here like this.' I pulled back my sword but found that it was not able to budge even an inch.
'Urghhh.' I used all of my strength and after a long struggle, the sword finally came out of the trunk.
'Your sword does not have any problems. But you're not able to cut through the truck. Do you still not understand where the problems lie.'
'Huh!' I thought for a while before I timidly asked 'Does the problem lie with me.'
'Yes.' Lily said 'Frankly, the fact even compare sword skills with that of Rahul is ridiculous in itself. He's a second timer after all. How can the two of you be in equals.'
'Huh! What does that mean?' I asked in confusion.
'Oh! Just a slip of tongue. Don't mind it.' Lily said the quickly added 'But the point is that your sword is not defective, but you're just not skilled enough.'
'Well… you could have put that in a nicer way you know.' I said as I clutched my poor heart.
'Hmph! Whatever.' She said and went silent once again.
”Come back. We still have a few more things to do.” At that point, Rahul shouted from inside the hut.
”Coming.” I carried the sword and went back inside the hut and sat down in front of him. ”What next?” I asked.
'I did not wanted to think too much about it anymore.'
”A Basic Defensive suit.” He said and showed a Pitch Black Streamline Suit in the hologram.
The suit was showed in as a 3d model and was rotating at a slow speed so that I can get the full view of the product.
After looking at the suit for a while, I only had one word for it.
Sexy.
'How the hell is this even a defensive suit. This is clearly something that the hottest bike riders could be seen wearing in magazines and TV shows.'
'This is so awesome.' I thought as it then turned to look at it's Description.
Basic Defensive Suit:- Protects the user from the piercing and slashing attacks of any 1st tier Abnormal. Absorbs a bit of blunt damages as well. But user is still advice to take caution.
Cost- 200 White Coins
Level- Tier 1
”Buy two of these.” Rahul said.
”Alright.” I said and purchased two of them after which, I paid 68 black coins to merge the two of them together.
After getting upgraded, I didn't see any particular change in the suit's appearance so I had to check it's description to make sure that I didn't make some kind of mistake.
Basic Defensive Suit:- Protects the user from the piercing and slashing attacks of any 2nd tier Abnormal. Absorbs a bit of blunt damages as well. But user is still advice to take caution.
Level- Tier 2
So it's not that different from the 1st tier suit. Just that it's defensive capabilities has increased.
”Go and wear it.” Rahul said.
”Now?” I asked.
”Yes.”
”What about my clothes?”
”You can wear them on top of it. That is, if you still want to.” He said with a smile.
”Alright then.”
After I wore the Basic Defensive Suit, I did not felt even the least bit uncomfortable. In fact, I realized that it was the most comfortable thing I've ever worn in my life.
And just like he said, I didn't wanted to wear any clothes on top of it.
Although wearing only the defensive suit made me look like a cosplay artist, I didn't mind.
Why you ask.
Because it was fucking cool. That's why.
After I wore the defensive suit, I realized that there was something that this awesome suit didn't covered.
And that was my head.