'It was A striped Common! I can finally learn what the stripe does!' Konrad though with excitement.
The ball quickly fell into his hands his eyes analyzed the ball. It wasn't different from the other commons but there was a white stripe around it making it distinguishable from the others, just like the other two striped variants of the rare and legendary balls. Then as he was looking at it, he suddenly wished to know what it does and as if replying to his thoughts, a black text appeared on the white stripe letting him read it clearly.
[} *Skill* Space storage +1 {]
Konrad's mouth fell open when he read the words on the ball. "A Skill Orb! The striped balls are freaking Skill Orbs! And I got a space storage?! That's a Jackpot if I ever saw one!!" He shouted exhilarated.
He didn't have to think long before trying to use the orb. Just like with the Language comprehension prize, the orb burst into a wisp of light that entered his forehead, but unlike back then, there was only a mild pain associated with it.
He staggered slightly but there was an excited expression on his face. He looked at his backpack and touched it only for the space around the backpack to bend and wrap around almost instantaneously. Then with. wave of his hand the same backpack appeared in his hand once more.
"It's so awesome!!! And I'm so glad that the knowledge of how to use it entered my mind with the skill itself." He said grinning and cackling like a child.
His mind was filled with dozens of useful ways in which he could use it. This was probably one of the most broken abilities in most fantasy stories and he sure as hell was going to exploit it!
But first experiments!
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At first Konrad planed to stay in this place for a while and exploit the freezed time but with the skill he got and the fact that it needed something on which he could experiment using said skill, he needed to go out.
In the end it wasn't like he could sacrifice any more of his blood for the moment so he returned and instantly began to mess with his storage.
First thing he learned - There was exactly a single cubic meter of space for his usage that didn't have a predefined shape. it was easy to check by putting a lot of dirt or water inside it.
With that came another discovery. He couldn't just store the dirt under in the ground if he didn't imagine specifically the amount and shape he aimed to store. It was tad bit complicated to explain and depended on if he knew what is underground and if for example a big boulder is right under the dirt he wants to store then it wouldn't work. All in all not very important but good to know.
Also he managed to easily prove that time didn't pass inside his storage by placing his phone with a timer inside.
There was no limitations on the amount of times he could use it. He just...could. And wasn't that great? He could now store all his stuff and potential weapons and take them with him, wherever he wanted!
This changed so much! Konrad's mind instantly wandered to the problem of storing larger amounts of blood for a long time and now he had a solution to his problem!
With great excitement Konrad departed in the direction of his hometown, thinking about all the doors that were now opened in front of him.
He was also thinking whether he should use his new ability to steal but his conscience was gnawing on him. In the end he decided to only use it to steal from criminals or maybe hospitals so he could get more blood... There came another problem. Even if he wanted to steal from criminals, where would he find them and how would he steal without getting caught. He shrugged and left this problem for another time.
With nothing more happening on the way home, Konrad arrived safely and instantly went to his room to grab something that he almost forgot about.
There in his hand lied a small black prize ball that he never used until today.
[} Steel weapon (user preferred) {]
With a perfect place to store his weapon, Konrad instantly wished for the orb to be used, and with a flash the orb disappeared being replaced by a much heavier decently done one handed Broadsword! Konrad wasn't really surprised with getting a sword for his weapon as it was the simplest and most classic weapon out there. He wasn't expecting the orb to give him anything special like a morningstar or a sun moon blade cause...well, he wouldn't have any idea how to use them properly. He had a slight hope of getting a katana and satiate his inner weeb, but seems like it wasn't meant for him, even after he practiced aikido until achieving yellow belt.
He examined the sword all over and had to admit that it was good. The weapon looked solid and deadly. It felt good in his hand even if it was a bit to heavy for his current self, especially after he extracted over two litters of his blood out...
After playing with the sword for a bit and almost breaking his TV, Konrad stored it in his storage space and layed in bed. He fell asleep with a grin on his face dreaming of his future that shined brighter with every new day.
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//AN//
Short chap but I felt it right to cut here cus I want some time skip finally.
Anyway enjoy!
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