For two weeks after getting my weapons arts I followed a very monotonous routine; waking up early, daily body training, breakfast, weapon arts training, lunch, combined combat training, dinner, browsing through daily news and finally going to sleep.
Though it was really a stressful regimen I somehow managed it and the rewards were really bountiful. My physical strength had seen a great boost over this period while I also achieved a minor level of mastery in Illusory blade. Looking at the results of my two weeks of hard work my lips subconsciously curled up as I opened my stats panel.
[Status]
>Name: Rayar Davis
>Age: 16
>Gender: Male
>Race: Human
>Attribute: Null
>Special Bloodline: None
>Special Power: None
>Special Constitution: None
>Power Class: F
[Tap to display physical attributes]
Oh! even my rank improved by a minor realm this really surprised me. I though while looking at my physical stats which looked very different from before;
[Physical Attributes]
>Strength: 2.2
>Stamina: 2.1
>Agility: 2.4
>Vitality: 2.3
>Mana: 1.2
>Condition: Healthy
Finally, all my stats except mana were above 2 points so now I'm at least twice as stronger than any other ordinary person. With this I can think about going to Piler cliff to obtain the lightning bead, which is a type of natural treasure categorized under elemental beads.
An elemental bead is formed when the density of a particular element reaches a fixed concentration inside a folded space. Although they are labelled as a bead they actually exist as a cluster of mana which could directly combine with any object and the said object would then gain that elemental property.
For this reason there value is immense and every time one is found bloodbath is sure to occur. According to what I remember this particular bead was found by an wandering mercenary and from what I remember in the documentary shown about it the folded space containing it was found around a cave on the peak.
The cave was easily spotted by the mercenary because of the region around it was full of craters and scorch marks a sign that the bead was about to come out of the folded space.
If I want to obtain the bead without any trouble I have to leave for Piler cliff by tomorrow the reason I delayed it till now was due to hidden dangers around the area surrounding the cliff.
In my current state even facing low level monsters could be disastrous at the very least I could now escape from them, not to mention that I could use my stigma more efficiently now. I should still make some preparations though better safe than sorry. Thinking such I started to browse through web to obtain some one time use items which could serve as my trump card in case of danger.
I spent the next hour or so purchasing some mana recovery, health and berserk potions, looking at the small amount of credits I was left with I wanted to cry but had no tears for it, coaxing my heart that it'll get better in the future I confirmed my delivery location.
After 5 minutes my package was delivered in front of my room by a delivery drone after confirming my identity it left I looked excitedly at the package and hurriedly bought it inside my room. No matter how old I become the joy of unboxing my purchased goods always feels like looking at some spoils of war.
Lifting the mana seal on the package I slowly opened it, inside it were five sealed glass bottles containing the three types of potions which I purchased earlier.
The two bottles of mana recovery were deep blue in color while the two bottles of health potion were deep red in color, the last bottle containing the berserk potion was bright violet in color. Just to purchase these five bottles of potion I had spent almost all my credits.
Steeling my heart I securely kept the potions inside my bag the started packing miscellaneous stuff like food items, spare clothes, basic first aid kit etc.
After checking through everything I contentedly nodded my head looking at my bulging bag which looked like it was about to burst open.Securing the bag pack over my shoulders I confidently stepped outside.
Arriving at the transport station of Realm I politely showed my id-card to the receptionist who turned out to be a beautiful blonde elf. After checking my id she gave me a holographic form to fill details such as my reason for going out, my destination and the time it would take for me to return. I filled everything accordingly without hiding anything as I would easily be found out by their tracking device but for my reason for going out I wrote that it was for exploration.
No matter how ridiculous it sounds there are actually plenty of students who go out for such reasons claiming it to be a change of pace. As such the staff at Realm checks our past weeks activities and only after verifying that the student was indeed busy with heavy work and that deserved a short break would their request be accepted.
After all Realm's main goal is to produce heroes who would become the supporting pillars for the League in their fight hence, they can't accept students slacking off due to the independent environment provided by them.
After submitting my application I patiently waited for it to verified as I was confident that it will be approved, who wouldn't deserve a break after such extensive training not to mention my monotonous routine for the last two weeks.
If even by a small chance my application gets rejected then I'll have to directly visit Mr. Hawk and with his permission I think I can get about three days off, which is all I need this lightning bead could really elevate my fighting prowess by a lot hence I'll have to go even if I have to risk being on the bad side of Mr. Hawk.
After waiting for an hour my application was approved relieving me of my worries, I got a total of four days seeing that my exploration location was nearby and I could easily return within the allocated time period.
I couldn't care less about it since I can finally go out without any problems, saying a polite goodbye to the receptionist I made my way towards my assigned portal area...