After walking 4 hours down the mountain, the group reached a small cave where Kim Yeong's group hid an SUV, presumably from the weather, and anyone who might have wandered up the mountain.
Considering how tired they were when they were walking from their temporary camp to the lake, most of them were in pretty good condition. Most of them.
'Walking this much shouldn't tire me out this badly...What the hell is causing this? Am I that out of shape?'
Even though he didn't carry any bags this time, Michael was once again on the floor trying his best to catch his breath.
While Michael was on the ground, Kim Yeong drove the car out of the cave. With the back of the car now accessible, Kim Yeong opened the trunk and the other three started loading the bags into the car. They then stared at Michael and just decided to help him back on his feet.
"Man, how can you be so out of shape?"
"That's what I'm saying. I don't know."
"Sigh, let's get going, it's still going to take at least an hour and a half before we get home."
With the help of Shiratori, Michael was able to get into the car. Shiratori then climbed into the passenger seat while two girls climbed in.
Kim Yeong waited for everyone to be seated properly before starting up the car. He backed out of the cave and started driving down the mountain, making sure to go down the barely visible trail so as to not get lost.
They reached the bottom of the mountain and turned onto a road. The road them to a town which led to the highway. Kim Yeong stopped at a gas station to let everyone go to the restroom and grab some snacks for the drive.
Not needing either, Michael just stayed in the car.
Before long, everyone got back into the car and Kim Yeong drove them onto the highway.
"Well, an hour left before we get back home. You guys get some rest, once we get home, we'll get Mira to make us something to eat. After that, you guys are going to need some more training, how can you b-"
As Kim Yeong continued to ramble on, Michael began to tune out most of what Kim Yeong was saying aside from some mentions of his name. Instead, he took advantage of the fact that he had nothing to do for an hour to start exploring some parts of the Status in more depth.
'Status'
[The Weakling's Status]
[Name: Michael Cress
Age: 35
Class: Weakling
Power Level: Z-Level: 1
Strength: 1
Agility: 2
Magic Power: 1
Mana: 4
Luck: 3
Endurance(HS): 10
Unallocated Stats:10
Skills:
[Mythical] Death is not the End: You will never truly die to unnatural causes. You can set a respawn point, and if you die, you will be sent back to that respawn point. Some limitations are placed depending on your level.
[???] Onyx Cube: A cube made of an undiscovered type of onyx.]
'How do I check more details about this? Should I try touching it?'
Making sure the two girls were sleeping, Michael tried touching the Status screen. Unfortunately, nothing happened.
'Okay, that didn't work. Hmmm, how should I do this? Is it even possible to get a more detailed version of this?'
As Michael continued to try different methods to interact with his Status, he tried thinking about what he wanted details about.
Suddenly, his Status changed. Instead of the basic screen he saw before, it now had much more detailed information
[The Weakling's Status]
[Name: Michael Cress
Age: 18 (True Age: 35)
Class: Weakling(Click to see Class Description)
Power Level: Z-Level: 1
Strength: 1(1.43)
Agility: 2(2.86)
Magic Power: 1(1.43)
Mana: 4(5.71)
Luck: 3
Endurance(HS): 10
Unallocated Stats:10
Skills:
[Mythical] Death is not the End: You will never truly die to unnatural causes. You can set a respawn point, and if you die, you will be sent back to that respawn point. Some limitations are placed depending on your level. (Click to set a respawn point at your current location.)
[???] Onyx Cube: A cube made of an undiscovered type of onyx. (Click to Summon)]
'Oooh, nice. Let's start from the top and move our way down.' Michael tried clicking on his Class. The status window turned blank before showing him information about his class.
[The Weakling's Status]
[Class: Weakling
Rank: Below Common
Effect: -70% Strength, Agility, Magic Power, Mana. -80% EXP gained. +40% chance to be affected by a status effect.
Class Skills:
I'm Weak, Help Me: People are way less wary of you. More likely to follow people that are stronger than you. Does not affect beings who are weaker than you.
[I pity you for creating such a bad class. To have a rank below Common is something that has never happened before. I wish you luck, you are going to need it. -System Admin]
Michael looked at the screen with shock and a bit of anger.
'No wonder I felt so tired after walking that much, the effects of my class is just awful...And what the hell is that message? I don't need that kind of pity! Ugh, let's just move on.'
After going over his stats and becoming even more depressed, Michael reached the section about his skills.
'Ah, I see. At least I don't have to figure out how to set a respawn point...what? Why do I have an onyx cube as a skill? Is it the same onyx cube that my sister gave me? Was...was she also related to this System? I have to summon it when we get to our destination, I got to know...'
Michael tried his best to remember to summon the cube when they got to Kim Yeong's house. Thinking that he did his best to engrave it into his brain, he took one final look at his status to see if he missed anything.
'K, I didn't miss anything, I guess I can sleep a bit before we get there.'
Michael closed his status and lay his head against the glass, allowing the slight vibrations of the car to lull him to sleep.