Ethan was really interested in this Dimensional Energy-Attribute Point conversion thingamabob that the System mentioned. He immediately thought 'System, please show me my Status.' to get the HUD to show his status after his Authority increase.
[Ethan]
System Authority: 2
System Points: 1
Attribute Points: 0
Dimensional Energy-Attribute Point Conversion Rate: 10:1
Dimensional Energy Storage: 0/100
... (Rest is the same)
Seeing the first section showing him new things he immediately got excited; he had a guess on how this conversion worked. He thought in his heart 'System, how do I use conversion?'
The already-familiar robotic male voice echoed in his heart, "Host needs 10 Dimensional Energy units to initiate conversion. Host currently has 0 out of 110 total storage."
'So it seems I was right in my guess. Let's try getting some Dimensional Energy.' Just like his first time, he urged his only Anchor Point, which was his Anchor Origin Point, to absorb Dimensional Energy. He immediately felt a gush of Dimensional Energy and felt his reserves filling up noticeably in a couple of breaths.
That was the talent of a monster in dimensional magic! He was able to fill his body's Dimensional Energy storage in just over half a minute!
'Wow. Let's see what the System has to say about this. System, start conversion!' Ethan felt a pride he never felt before, the pride of a genius. Alongside that pride in his heart was another notion he hadn't realized just yet, and that was arrogance!
"Conversion complete, 1 Attribute Point gained and 10 Dimensional Energy used in the process. Congratulations Host for gaining his first Attribute Point!" The robotic voice was indifferent as always even in congratulatory messages.
Ethan wasn't even listening to the System, because he had just felt that his Dimensional Energy had flowed into his head and disappeared to somewhere! 'That means that there is some kind of outlet of the System placed in my head. Interesting.'
Ethan quickly left that thought for now because he had just gained his first Attribute Point, something he was extremely curious about!
'System, what is an Attribute Point?'
"Attribute Points can be used to increase Mana, Dimensional Energy or Strength of the Host's body. Host cannot increase his Mana or Strength above his Dimensional Energy. Dimensional Energy cannot be increased if the Host does not have the corresponding sorcery realm to the level of Dimensional Energy. A similar restriction applies to Mana where the Host cannot increase his Mana when he isn't in the corresponding Arcane Magic Realm." The robotic voice monotonously said without a break.
Ethan was not sure about some parts of this information, but he believed that he would figure it out as he goes.
'For now, let's put it to Dimensional Energy, I'm going to need to reach 1-Dimensional Sorcerer anyway.' Ethan set his priorities straight and continued to interact with the System, 'System, add 1 Attribute Point to Dimensional Energy.'
This time a prompt appeared in front of him that read, "Dimensional Energy: 0/10 -> 0/11"
At the same time, Ethan felt some kind of energy enter his body, and this energy was changing his body in some way he didn't understand yet. He could now store a little more Dimensional Energy in his body according to the System. He decided to try it out.
As he ran the basic Dimensional Energy meditation technique, he felt the gush of Dimensional Energy again. It took him slightly longer to fill himself up this time. He continued with the conversion.
With his pace, he was supposed to be able to get dozens of Attribute Points but he only got 50 after an hour. At this point in time, the speed of the Dimensional Energy gushing into him had reduced more than half. It seemed that he had hit a limit with how much a meditation technique could gather Dimensional Energy from an Anchor Point. He stopped at this point to see what he could do with 50 Attribute Points.
'System, add 50 Points to Dimensional Energy.' Ethan commanded in his head, he had a feeling of excitation in his heart.
A prompt materialized in front of him as part of the HUD reading, "Spent 38 Attribute Points. Dimensional Energy: 0/11 -> 0/49. Realm limit reached."
Simultaneously, Ethan felt a huge amount of that power once again descending upon his body. He started feeling a pain in his head of all places, the pain getting worse by the second. 'Ouch! Not this again!' The pain stabilized at a certain level before disappearing after a minute.
'Almost quintupling an Attribute is a no-no in the future...' Ethan had learned his lesson about the System now. 'System, open the Status.'
[Ethan]
System Authority: 2
System Points: 1
Attribute Points: 12
Dimensional Energy-Attribute Point Conversion Rate: 10:1
Arcane Magic: None
Dimensional Magic: Initial Apprentice
Anchor Points: 1
Anchor Origin Nature: Point
Attributes:
- Mana: 0/10
- Dimensional Energy: 0/49
- Strength: 10
Ethan immediately noticed something interesting. 'My mana has also increased! Why though?' This was an interesting concept, he hadn't spent any Attribute Points but his Mana had quintupled. Still, he had to deal with his very dangerous Mission. 'The realm restriction I've reached should be the threshold of the Ethereal Apprentice realm.'
Ethan was excited to have so easily fulfilled the first condition to reach the second realm of the Apprentice level, one step closer to reaching 1-Dimensional Sorcerer.
Dimensional Sorcerer Apprentices were divided into two realms, Initial and Ethereal. The difference here was the number of Anchor Points. Ethereal Apprentices had one more Anchor Point other than their Anchor Origin Point. They could put this Point any place they want in any frame of reference they are able to recognize. Most chose to put it in the Universal Frame when they weren't fighting because the Universal Frame always provided the most Dimensional Energy from meditation.
That was another thing! All Anchor Points could be used to gather Dimensional Energy! That meant that Ethereal Apprentices recovered energy almost twice as fast as Initial Apprentices. But more importantly, they had access to special spells called Anchor Spells that could only be cast from Anchor Points. Boosted by Anchor Spells, the strength of an Ethereal Apprentice was not in the level of Arcane Apprentices, it was on the level of full-blown Arcane Magicians!
However, rushing through the realms in Dimensional Magic was also an incredibly dangerous thing. Ethan knew that his future depended on his foundation. So he was hell-bent on maintaining the best foundation while completing the mission assigned to him.
He knew the method of building a foundation in the book, but he wanted to go through it once again to make sure. Just as he was moving to get the Dimensional Magic book, his door was knocked.
'Who is it at this time?' Ethan was cautious. He only knew Daniel who would have a reason to knock on his door. In this unfamiliar world, he knew that he had to be cautious to survive.
Just when he was thinking of what to do, a familiar voice sounded through the door, "Hey Ethan, I got to talk with you."
"Oh it was you Daniel." Ethan said while opening the door.
"Of course it's me, were you expecting your non-existent girlfriend or something?" Daniel said while smirking.
"Hey why wouldn't I have a girlfriend?" Ethan replied back with a tone filled with injustice, while also letting Daniel in.
"Never mind that, the reason I came here is..." Daniel suddenly got a serious face and waited for the door to close before continuing to speak.