" Detailed status " Sam whispered and waited for a status with details of everything to show up in front of him .
[ Strength : 4 Agility : 4
Defense : 4 Energy : 8
Resistance : 8 Efficiency : 8
In effect :
47% Physique / 100% Energy ]
He looked at the interface for a minute as he frowned trying to figure out what ' In effect ' meant . He had a rough expectation but he still focused on it nonetheless .
[ In Effect : How much of the attributes can be utilised . ]
' That's it ? ' He thought , but then he nodded . ' Of course that's it ... how the hell am I supposed to get used to 4 times my normal strength without any effort . '
He thought for a moment then got up , put a normal kitchen knife in his back pocket and walked outside his house . He saw an SUV parked at a distance , but he didn't really care . He walked down the stairs as he lived on the third floor .
On his way down he slightly stopped when he saw a man wearing a black suit walk upwards . He looked exactly like a hawker so he stopped for a second only to say " No one will buy your wares in this building . Good luck to you buddy . " and continued descending with no thoughts on his mind .
He walked towards a jungle in the exact opposite direction of the one where he met . Even after walking for a long time he didn't feel tired , which he expected as even if only 47% of his physique was synchronized , that was still about twice as much as a normal human .
After a few minutes he started running on the sidewalk . He knew all directions to that forest , as unlike the one with the light ball on the east side of town , it was on the west and he had come many times with his father to hunt in this forest .
He felt air on his face as he ran at a steady pace and felt more happy as he saw the interface update again and again .
[ Synchronization : 48% ]
[ Synchronization : 49% ]
[ Synch ...
Sam was happy to keep running around as he even felt his stamina increase as he ran . He took many wrong turns and when it reached 73% and stopped increasing he finally decided to go to the forest .
When he entered the forest and was about to start looking for animals when he felt a sudden urge to go deep into the forest . He didn't know why , but he felt something was calling him .
He kept walking slowly and tried not to alert any animals , but a wolf or two still detected him .
He stopped and looked at the wolf in front of him as it repeatedly growled and had a bloodthirsty look in it's eyes .
' It sure does feel intimidating when that thing is in front of you . ' He thought as he slowly tried to back away but realized that another wolf was slowly going through the bushes behind him .
' Fuck . A pincer . ' He decided it was better to fight , since he didn't have any other choice .
He ran towards the wolf with his hand shaped into a punch and the wolf , too , lunged toward him with it's claws looking to tear him apart .
He realized it too , but somehow he didn't seem worried but instead extremely calm .
" Fuck you . " He cried as he tried to dodge from the claws and hit it's body .
The wolf flew back a little , but not before it's claw scratched Sam's left shoulder .
Sam willed himself to use overlap and he felt a faint energy covering his fist he used to punch the wolf .
The wolf slowly got up and locked eyes with Sam . Sam also stared back at it . Suddenly he felt a chill on his back and instinctively punched behind him and his punch hit the face of the other wolf .
He stared in fear as the head of the wolf turned in an unsightly angle . But he quickly became calm again and looked at the other wolf waiting for it's attack at the same time , overlapping another attack on his fist .
Seeing it's companion lying on the ground with its head turned like that angered the wolf a lot . This weak human dared to kill his companion .
The wolf growled even more and jumped straight towards Sam's arm to try and bite it off .
Sam quickly moved his body back as much as he could and threw a punch at the wolf's head .
*Bang*
As if like a bomb , the head of the wolf exploded and behind it , the forest was colored red and Sam could even see some pieces of brain matter with the cracked bones that were lying around .
He looked at the bodies of the wolves for one more minute before he shouted " Fuck fuck fuck fuck . That was fucking dangerous . Fuck . I don't want this anymore . Why the fuck is there so much blood . Fuck . "
He then took a deep breath and looked at his arm . He thought for just a second , before he used overlap once more .
He felt calmer than before as he looked at his fist . He was even more calmer than when he was fighting the wolves .
' This uses 6 Mana . This is a hit with 4 times the power of the first hit . If 3 times of my power can already explode a wolf's head , this ... '
He didn't think further and just waited for his energy to recover . He felt like the orb in his chest was almost empty . After waiting for a minute , as the glow on his hand disappeared , he felt a small increase in the amount in there .
" Yo interface . How long until full recovery . " He asked to no one and a reply appeared before him .
[ Calculating ... ]
[ Restoration : 3%pm ... ]
[ Natural energy recovery : 5%/10m ...]
[ Energy will fully recover in 22 minutes .]
[ Stamina will fully recover in 13 minutes .]
[ No dangerous wounds detected . ]
[ The superficial wound will recover in 7 minutes ]
He nodded and sat by a tree while looking at all the bloodshed . Even if it was simply wolves , even as a kid he had never ' hit ' a shot . This was his first time seeing blood and he realized if he wanted to live , he will have to do this every day of his life .
He closed his eyes for a minute but opened them again and kept staring at the blood as he thought ' Fuck anything that tries to kill me . I'll simply kill everything I can and I'll run away from those I can't . In the end I just need to be stronger . '
He clenched his fist and thought back to the messages .
' Fuck . Restoration is overpowered . Normally it'd take me like 200 minutes to get to full energy . Now it's reduced by so much . '
He simply put his head against the tree . ' About 30 minutes to restore from a single battle ... It's hard at the start but it should get easier ... Right ? '
He asked to himself never expecting any answer , but was surprised to see the interface appear in front of him .
[ Each Tier upgrade increases the effects of all attributes by 10 . At tier 1 User's skills could be used almost indefinitely . ]
He was surprised by the sudden tip but he calmed himself down .
' There's no need to meditate now since I know it's effect on energy attribute . I won't meditate unless I level up . That'll be killing 2 birds with 1 stone as I'll even get extra attributes . '
" Status " He whispered and while looking at his status , recalled that he only needed 2 more points in energy and he could use it . ' Even though I am breaking the 2:3 ratio , I feel like being a magician is a better option for me . '
After exactly five minutes of resting he saw a new interface in front of his face .
[ Congratulations user for first kill . ]
Sam instantly felt like he was being mocked . ' First kill . Fuck . Do you even know my life history . '
[ Calculating rewards ... ]
[ Since the first target was much more experienced in hunting than user but was slightly weaker in overall strength , the rewards have been reduced . ]
' Fuck . They attacked me . Don't reduce my reward for those bastards . ' Sam thought but continued scaring at the interface for updates .
[ The rewards can be chosen from the following Enhanced skills of the targets killed in the last 10 minutes . ]
[ Sixth Sense ]
[ Sense everything in a certain radius surrounding you .]
[ Radius : 10^( Level ) meters ]
[ Massacre ]
[ Increase physique for every 10 targets killed .]
[ Effect : 1^( Level ) ]
[ dea ...
There was a list containing 15 or so skills in front of his eyes and he could scroll up and down with his thoughts , so he counted the number of skills .
" 1.. 2... 3 ... ... ... ... 17 . " He looked at the names of the skills and their effects . They were mostly passives , as the animal he killed had no active skills . What the system gave him was just an enhanced version of the natural abilities of the wolves he killed .
" We need to give you a name ? How do I call you ? " This sudden question caused there to be another smaller interface on top of the one he was seeing .
[ ... ]
Sam laughed . " A genderless interface ... hmm .. What do we call you ... Hmm ... How about this since you can scan my whole body or whatever you do tell my attributes , we'll just call you scout . "
[ Identity Id : Scout accepted . ]
[ This shall be the call word for future use . ]
The two interface screens appeared above the one with three dots on the corner of the big interface with the skills .
He mentally ordered them to be removed and they vanished .
He looked again at the skills a few times and looked up and down and suddenly asked .
" Well then , Scout . First order of business . How many skills can I choose ? "