The forgettable boy, or rather Theodore Adams furrowed his brows as he saw a blue holographic system message before turning back.
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[ Detected! Hostile Opponent using the skill Ying Yang Truth Eyes (Level 9) ]
[ User Intelligence exceeded the limit. Opponent's skill failed ]
[ Do you want the opponent's skill to succeed? ]
[Yes] [No]
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He quickly and subtly pressed yes and turned back around to reply with "What?" to the same old man who previously gave him his Graduation Certificate and Hunter Smart Watch.
"Theodore Adams. Are you an enemy of the state?(referring to FR) or an enemy of humanity?"
If one saw the old man's eyes clearly, they could see the Ying Yang symbol on both of his eyes, seemed to be engraved onto his eyes. Theo obviously noticed them but did not pay attention on them, so as to not become any more suspicious and get into a more annoying situation.
So he replied with, "Neither".
The old man's eyes glowed and he smiled brightly, seemingly satisfied. He opened his mouth.
"Why did you hide your strength in our HTC? If you were honest, we could have given better Training Regiments tailored for you, Mr. Adams"
"With all due respect, Sir Branch Head of NV HTC, I am a person who hates to be in any kind of fatal situations. If I had revealed everything to HTC, I would have probably sent to a lab to be researched or be 'trained' in a dungeon as the Training Regiment. Both of which I wouldn't prefer."
Hearing this, the Branch Head bursts into laughter, "Hohoho, says the guy who has 5% of my attributes, you shouldn't be worried about death, young man. You should be more proactive and ready to kills monsters and demons to help humanity. With your talent, you could go a long way in contributing to humanity."
Theo inwardly clicked his tongue when he heard 'contributing to humanity' which was unnoticed by the Branch Head. He replied with "Hahaha, yes Branch Head! I will do my best to cOnTriBuTe tO hUmAniTy"
"All the best, young man. I hope your journey will be smooth sailing and adventurous. I will take my leave." replied the old man, turned around and walking in a slow and steady pace into the darkness.
Theo couldn't sense anybody around him so he sighed in relief and thought, 'That was stressful. Hopefully my slow life won't be hindered by this.'
He walked back to his home, uninterrupted by anyone while fiddling with his new Hunter Smart Watch. On his way, he uttered 'Status' in his mind and a neural blue holographic interface similar to the previous one showed up.
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[ Status ]
[ Name: Theodore Blaze Adams ]
[ Age: 16 years ]
[ Attributes ]
[ Health Points(HP): 30455/30455 ]
[ Mana Points(MP): 9999/9999 (Limit until breakthrough) ]
[ Strength(ST): 1505 ]
[ Will Power(WP): 3079 ]
[ Intelligence(IN): 9999 (Limit until breakthrough) ]
[ Agility(AG): 1704 ]
[ Health(Cell) Regeneration(HR) : 307HP/sec ]
[ Mana Regeneration(MR): 99MP/sec ]
[ Skills Page ]
[ Buffs/ Debuffs Page ]
[ Titles Page ]
[ Locked ]
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If any other person would have seen just his strength and agility, they would think it was of some veteran hunter, not a trainee just out of HTC.
For context, an average person in the early 21st century had about 10 points in each attribute ST, WP, IN, AG.
ST encapsulates both strength of each and every part of the body & endurance of each and every part of the body. It also increases the overall HP the person has.
WP encapsulates will power of the person as a whole, degree of calmness held in dire situations and more WP means one will have more HP and one takes relatively less damage when one is hurt in any means.
Health Points(HP) is a very well known concept. It represents current health a person has. More the injuries a person has, less the HP they will have compared to their Max HP. If HP reaches less than 10, a person goes into comatose state. If a person's health reaches 0, they will be in a serious comatose state and will have a difficult to heal stress disorder like PTSD. If one's HP goes below 0HP, they will perish. When HP is too low, their HR may also decrease based on their physique. After basic maths, scientists figured out that HP is calculted as 10xST + 5xWP.
IN encapsulates intelligence quotient, mental age, mental maturity, logical deduction skills, creative thinking mindset, your ability of using mana, understating of skills, and various factors even scientists and researchers are unaware of. IN is also the most difficult attribute to increase.
Mana Points(MP) is also a very well known term, even to people over 200 years earlier. It is the amount of mana usable in one's body. Most people believe MP is related one's intelligence. As MP is always the same as IN. No exceptions. Not 'All' people, because some people are unwilling to believe the obvious, stating alternative facts as truth. Let's face it, wherever humanity reaches, it will always have that group of humans with IN less than 5.
Okay, so one may believe since ST and WP increase HP and IN increases MP, AG is the worst attribute? The answer to that question is NO. AG is arguably the MOST IMPORTANT attribute. It is, according to most veteran hunters, the most important attribute while facing either monsters or demons. The most important thing AG encapsulates is top sprint speed. According to a famous research paper named "Is running away from monsters common?", 20% of the time a hunter or a group of hunters face a monster or a demon, they run away. They are either incompetent or have very low HP or MP left to defeat the said monster or demon. So they have to run away at their top sprint speed. Having more AG increases that top sprint speed. AG also encapsulates reaction speed, perception, reflexes, speed at which you can move your limbs, and various other factors.
Health Regeneration(HR) was the rate at which cells regenerates when one was injured. It can be abstracted to the rate at which HP regenerates. It is calculated as HP/10.
Mana Regeneration(MR) was the rate at which MP is absorbed from the atmosphere. It is calculated as MP/100.
All of this seems like a game from the early 21st century, right? Nope. Absolutely not. In this 'game', your attributes can decrease, if you even chill out for a day. Apart from Curse of Mother Earth, like you lose fitness over time by, you know, Not working out, you lose attributes over time. That is why fitness centers like HTC are a part of the biggest industries in the whole of FR, called Hunters of Dungeons Organization(HDO).
So yeah, Attributes of out protagonist Theo Adams is unheard of! Especially his IN stat. The highest ever recorded IN stat was 1029. There were no humans recorded with more than 1029 IN stat. His stat 9999 seems to be the human limit for intelligence. The phrase (Limit until Breakthrough) was never recorded in anyone's status. Not to mention a trainee just out of HTC.
After he reached home, he changed into casual clothes and slept like a log until 5:58 in the morning to wake up abruptly. He rushed to the first floor of biggest dungeon in City NV in just under 2 minutes.
[ You have entered the dungeon Ogre's Lair ]