Chapter 5 - First Year
After 7 months of meditating and learning as a baby, I realized that my progress was more than substantial. Maybe my aptitude as a demigod was just too great but the stats I had gained were looking great. I could feel more healthy than ever and the connection I had with the earth only grew stronger.
Funnily, I had reached Corbis in height and was not so far from Fiona, my feelings for them had only grown stronger and they were already my beloved parents. I remembered how much I desired for parents in my first life since my parents died when I was 3 and my family rejected me. Manny was even bigger! I had reached 4 ft in height, which is average for a gnome, and Manny was 5.5 ft, which is already adult human-sized. I had also carefully used my unique points to raise my perseverance and my overall stats since I felt it was quite necessary for the harsh training and grinding I felt this world would lead me to.
Our status after the 7 months of training looked as follows:
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Name: Nýr
Race: Demigod
Age: 1 year
Level: 1
XP: 0/100
Class Mastery: None
Class: None
Subclass: None
Professions: None
Passive Skills:
[Ganesha's Constitution] SSS+
Gain 5 Free Physical Stats per level
50% Stamina Recovery
Elephant Thermoregulation
Seismic Communication
Musth - Increase of Testosterone and Aggression
One with the earth - Godly Magical Affinity
[Sin of Wrath](Sealed)
[God Eyes] (Sealed)
Active Skills: None
Stats:
HP:270/270
MP:320/320
[Strength: 5->10][Agility: 5->9][Stamina: 6->12)][Magic Power: 1->12]
Stat Points: 0
[Intelligence: 4.8->5/10][Perseverance: 7.6->10/10][Luck: 5.1->10/10][Charm: 4.5->7/10]
Unique Points: 0
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Name: Manny
Race: Bull God Elephant
Age: 1 year
Level: 1
XP: 0/100
Passive Skills:
[Ganesha Constitution] SSS+
Gain 5 Free Physical Stats per level
50% Stamina Recovery
Elephant Thermoregulation
Seismic Communication
Musth - Increase of Testosterone and Aggression
One with earth - Godly Magic Affinity
Active Skills: None
Stats:
HP:270/270
MP:320/320
[Strength: 5->10][Agility: 5->9][Stamina: 6->12)][Magic Power: 1->12]
Stat Points: 0
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Manny's stats raised along with mine and every stamina point from 5 and onwards gave 10 health points. Magic power worked similarly, every magic point gave 10mp points. The system also gave 50 HP and MP every 5 levels. I was quite surprised because in the whole year Corbis and Fiona's status didn't grow one bit. I had innocently asked them if they had gone back out to level up and from what they told me they weren't fighters, despite being quite talented. Instead, Corbis was a very proficient alchemist and Fiona was a really good tailor.
I had also finally seen Jorr and Xoji's status in their many visits.
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Name: Jorrud Minebrew
Race: Dwarf
Age: 53
Level: 19
XP: 1893/1900
Class Mastery: Earth Warden
Class: Warrior
Subclass: Mage
Professions:
[Blacksmithing Lvl.15]
Passive Skills:
[Stamina Recovery] C+
30% Stamina Recovery
[The Path of Earth] B
20% Increase in effect on Earth related spells
10% Less Cost in Earth spells
30% Resistance to Earth
[Warden's Resistance] B+
10% Resistance against all elements
40% Strength in the first physical attack
Active Skills:
[Earth Shield] Rank A
Create a half-dome earth shield that resists against enemy attacks
[Earth Infusion] Rank A
Infuse your weapons with the strength of the earth, raising their resistance and strength.
[Muscle Strengthening] Rank B
Increase a certain muscle's strength to improve your combat capabilities.
[Charge] Rank C+
Charge against an enemy, raising your speed and strength for 10% until impact.
Stats:
HP: 520/520
MP: 550/550
[Strength: 27][Agility: 22][Stamina: 32][Magic Power: 30]
Stat Points:0
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Name: Xoji
Race: Gnome
Age: 29
Level: 18
XP: 1509/1800
Class Mastery: Grenadier
Class: Archer
Subclass: Warrior
Professions:
[Tinkering Lvl.18]
Passive Skills:
[Explosive Junkie] Rank A+
50% Boost in eyesight
30% Boost in explosive damage dealt
40% Increase in accuracy
80% Resistance to owner's explosives
20% Fire Resistance
[The Tinkerer's Boost] Rank B+
70% Increase in damage dealt by customized weapon by owner
Active Skills:
[Magic Power Infusion] Rank S-
100% boost in the magic power infused in the owner's created weapon to boost the damage done by the explosives.
[Grenadier's Sight] Rank A
Shows the grenade's future trajectory for greater accuracy.
[Explosive Jump] Rank B+
Throws a grenade below you that impulses the owner for a 10 ft jump. Damage the owner considerably, use with care.
Stats:
HP: 450/450
MP: 550/550
[Strength: 24][Agility: 27][Stamina: 29][Magic Power: 30]
Stat Points:0
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Contrary to what I had first believed, Xoji was one of the most talented and unique archers in the whole of Dürandal. His unique weapon and abilities in tinkering had created a synergy with his archer class, hardly ever seen. Xoji's skills and his whole class was based around his weapon and creations.
Instead of the normal combination of Archer and Mage, Xoji went with the Archer and Warrior one, since he had managed to get a rank S skill page in one of his dungeon expeditions that doubled his usual magic power.
I couldn't have guessed the enthusiastic Xoji was quite intelligent and talented, despite his usual behavior. The combination of classes and skills he had created was one of the best classes Dürandal had seen, as he often bragged about it. It was quite the impressive sight to see that one of my close friends had so much potential, since I had learned that gnome's lifespans were quite long. I was excited to see what Xoji could reach. Gnomes could live all the way to 350 years, some were said to have reached 500 years of age, despite maturing like normal humans.
Usually, archers would go with the mage sub-class since they would be enabled to create magic power arrows, that way, they wouldn't be limited to their physical arrows. The magic power arrows could have different effects and the class had a lot of thorough investigation and research I didn't have the time to read, since I was sure I wouldn't be an archer. The thing with Xoji was his ability to create a weapon that could do the same things a magic power could do and he also could empower it with twice the normal magic he should've normally been able to. This synergy made his customized gun so strong it could cause considerable explosions. He had also managed to create a compressed form of his bullets, this way, he wouldn't run out.
After witnessing Xoji's unique and great synergy, I was deeply impressed and chose to think more about my future plan and what classes I would choose. Given the fact that Jorr had a high earth affinity, just like me, I asked Fiona and Corbis if it would be possible for him to teach me about magic and to train me in fights, I also asked Corbis if he could teach me about alchemy and botany, in truth, I said plants, I was a baby, what did you expect? Corbis was completely astonished by this fact since it was rare for a baby to want to learn about this kind of thing. Plus, he felt pride in his job since he was passionate about alchemy, given that he immediately took me to the basement, where he had an incredible storage of plants, instruments, and more. He told me it was his workplace, where he made potions and carefully stored each plant differently.
The botany classes quickly began every single day. I would read for 2 or 3 hours during the morning and then meditate for 3 hours before getting taught for 1 hour daily by my dad. Jorr also said that he would train me when he came back from a dungeon expedition a week from now on. After that, I would train my muscles slightly and stretch every muscle of my body carefully, to have a great, flexible, body condition. This training would surely raise my stats even further beyond that. I asked Corbis if he could buy something that would help me train since I wanted to go to the big Eden Academy I had read about in a book. Corbis was constantly astonished by my intelligence but I passed it by acting cutely and making the questions sound dumb, he was sure to figure them out since he was smart.
The last day of Jorr's expedition, when I was eating a small breakfast, something new happened, I was in the middle of stretching when a window I was used to looking at appeared before me.
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[The Tower of Miracle has witnessed amazing potential within you, gifting you with a system upgrade]
[System Updated]
[System Shop Obtained]
[System Currency Obtained]
[System Quests Created]
[System Reward Created]
[Gained 100 SP]
[New Quest: Get an active skill within 24 hours]
[Rewards: 100 XP, skill level-up page]
[Failure: Lose 100 SP and one level]
[23:59:59]
Sh*t.