I still felt the following me, to not be caught in a lie I headed towards the library.
As soon as I got inside I received the usual glare from the old librarian maybe she thinks I steal something but who cares.
I began looking around the library but my tour was stopped by the sudden appearance of a glowing book.
'The hell?'
I approached the book and read the title:' Self defense for dummies.'
I got the book out and opened it, and immediately a screen appeared in front of me.
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You came in contact with a fighting skill book, due to the presence of the skill of hand-to-hand combat instead of gaining the skill itself you will gain XP in that skill
Accept?
YES/NO
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I mentally clicked yes, the glow from the disappeared, and the notification that hand-to-hand combat reached level 15 arrived.
'I must find another type of book like this, and fortunately, the library is quite big.'
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Just before the end of the lunch break, I had scavenged the whole library finding a total of 6 books that gave me 6 skills: Survival, Craftmanship, Medicine, Socializing, Swimming, and Parkour.
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Survival Lv.38
Bear Grills would be proud of you
Effect: Boosts natural survival instinct and ability to survive in harsh conditions by 38%.
Craftmanship Lv.1
YOU CAN BUILD THE NUKE
Effect: When creating pieces of equipment you will make them part of the game, giving them the ability to have stats and skills, equipment crafted is 1% better than usual.
Medicine Lv.28
Ah yes the skull is in the ass
Effect: Remembering medicine-related thoughts is easier with every level up, medicine-related thoughts are 28% faster.
Socializing Lv.1
... How do you even have this at level 1 but taunt that high?
Effect: When talking to people and trying to make them sympathize with you you receive a 1% boost in Cha and in your ability to speak fluently.
Swimming Lv.4
Yeah being poor doesn't help with swimming
Effect: Boosts swimming speed and stamina when swimming by 4%.
Parkour Lv.1
You are about to drop kick those orphans with style.
Effect: Boost your flexibility, reaction time, and knowledge about parkour moves by 1%.
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Apart from swimming each of these is a very useful skill in all cases, I have to go back to my class before the lunch break ends.
I began to walk towards the exit of the library, but I was stopped by the librarian who with her usual disgusted glare began speaking.
" Hand it over?"
"What?"
"You know what, I am sure you stole a book to sell it, I know you and your father, you poor fellas that are here through pure luck, and you are even worse, always being caught in a fight, I am not even sure why the dean is keeping you."
I didn't immediately react, my first instinct was to grab her neck and suffocate her until her death, for a simple reason, she compared me to that monster... to my father.
But Gamer's mind stopped me from committing an error and instead I moved my hand to my pocket and pressed the recording button on my phone.
'Knowing how my life goes, it was a good idea to put the recording app in the emergency apps.'
" So you are saying that I stole something?"
" Yes, you dirty shit must have gotten inside your backpack, you might have even stolen a lamp by how poor you are."
" Do you have any evidence?"
" What evidence do I need? Your whole life is the evidence I need."
" I think that is more the enough," I said while stopping the recording and taking my phone out, showing her the record.
Her face became deadly white when she was it, she tried to grab my phone but before she could I had already slapped her face.
" Now now, you shouldn't put your hands on students? What if parents get angry? What IF I get angry? The police would seriously love to hear such a recording, hate crimes have become quite important these years, and without counting that you wanted to search my backpack without permission, which can be translated to you trying to steal something from me, and last but not least, you slapped me."
" I DIDN'T" She shouted, fear covering her face.
Without hesitation I raised my hand and slapped my face with as much force I could muster, it stings like a bitch, but it got the effect I wished, now there being a red mark on the right side of my face.
"Are you sure about that?"
The cold, maniacal( or as she saw it like that), murderous(still her fault), glare made her unable to move.
Now that my intention was declared, and she understood her position I got up from the ground and headed towards the exit.
But before going out, I looked back at the shaking woman and said:" One last thing... Don't judge books by their covers."
And then I got out.
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For scaring someone only with words you got the skill: Intimidation
+1 Cha
Intimidation Lv.1
You will make everyone shit themself because you are the shit bender.
Effect: Simply through words you are to install the status effect of fear in people, when trying to intimidate someone, your words sound scarier and have more importance by 1%.
Due to previous experience Intimidation got to level 26
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She was that scared? Perfect.
With a small almost imperceptible smile I headed toward my last three classes.
'Back to the grind.'