Ling show off his impressive basketball skill to his classmates and the other students went to the Gymnasium.
At this point, Hary was having a hard time whether that young man was his best friend or not. At the same time, after showing those moves, ball handling, and athleticism. Mr. Den was interested to recruit him for the basketball varsity team.
For Mr. Den, Ling is one of the talented players that he has never seen in the past 12 years, that's the main reason why he was persistent to have him for his team.
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On the other hand, Ling and Hary were seated back on the bench in an area where they can see the audience that can't still recover from the occurrence, especially with the ankle breaker, double-stepped back, and double-clutch dunk.
Of course, the other students would like to continue to play on the court. However, Ling already has 5 points, enough to pass the P.E class.
"Ling!!! Why did you never mention that you know how to play basketball!!!" Hary said in a high tone, could not forget the amazing dunk Ling made earlier.
He smiled uncomfortably and gradually scratched the back of his head. "Hehe, I'm not that good. I'm just lucky today."
"Lucky your ass... I'm trying to invite you a couple of times, but you never came even once."
His expression and tone were still the same, trying to catch more other students' attention so he can change their perspective about Ling.
"I apologized about that. But as you can see, I have a part-time job after class, and playing basketball could easily drain my strength. To be honest, I'm avoiding it since I can't afford to sleep during my work time."
Hary sighed deeply and leaned against the bench. "Whatever... But next time you should play with me!"
In his opinion, if Ling managed to become one of the Varsity players at Hunei University. It could be a good way to gain respect from the other students and avoid getting bullied.
Well, Fame and Wealth. These two are the main factors now to gain respect from the others. If a certain person doesn't have? Of course, they'll treat you as trash to the point lost interest to come to the University.
"I understand, I'll tell you if have free time," Ling responded nonchalantly.
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Soon, Ling safely got back to his house and eventually entered his room. On top of the pillow, he easily spotted the VR helmet and the two wireless black gloves.
But before that, he remembered the serious expression of Hary and Mr. Den, talking in the hallway.
"It seems like the basketball coach would like to recruit me for his team. To be honest, I really love to play basketball, however, I can't accept easily that opportunity. First of all, no one will support my family for our expenses. Also, if I pursue playing basketball my part-time job will be affected, and eventually, be fired."
If he were just the same as the other rich kids at Hunei University, probably he would play for the team. Well, Ling was already awakened by the world, that there were a lot of important things needed to do first than playing basketball.
His main goal right now was to improve their way of living and avoid being a laughingstock by other people.
"I need to earn more money!"
To begin with, he wore the helmet and clicked the green button. And again, the helmet started to release distorted lights enough to affect his eyes, but he felt that his mind was traveling into a new dimension.
Bam!
His feet smoothly landed on the small grassy surface while in front of him were the numerous tall trees, high cliffs, and bushes. It was the Akigayama forest, the destination where the NPC sent him.
[Rankers Nearby: 0]
"I guess... I'm still alone in this vast green forest." He shrugged his shoulders along with a deep sigh. "Well, I can say this is a good opportunity for me since I can solo kill the monsters who would appear here and get their valuable items. On top of that, I don't want to make friends with other players anyway aside from Hary."
Yesterday, Ling hadn't had much time to explore the vast green forest after a few monsters attacked him. So for him, it was the best time to stroll for a little bit so he could familiar with this location.
While walking peacefully, he recalled his main problem when he was facing those goblins. To put it simply, he was talking about his mobility as the Goblins could switch their position into other tall trees without falling.
Of course, someone would say that's fine since it was the first time playing the game. Yet, Ling had a different mindset, for him it would be better if he learned those movements immediately as he can make this an advantage over the others.
"I belonged to the rogue class which is known for moving silently. Or to be exact, should move like an assassin. If I learned this, I can make a sneak attack and before the monsters notice me, they already die." He said inwardly.
Goblins' swift movements can't remove inside his head, that's why he stood up in front of the trees, planning to do something, as if possible.
"I know my senses, reflexes, and speed improved a bit inside this game. Plus, the attributes I gained, so I think I can do something extraordinary that the normal human body can't do."
Remember in front of him was a 15-meter tall tree, once he accidentally fell to the ground a high possibility he would receive severe damage.
"There's nothing to be afraid of... This is just a game."
As a matter of fact, he was quite scared as he could experience the same pain as the person who died from falling the tree.
He gulped his dried saliva and placed his sweaty hands on the tree's roughly widened body. Yet, he suddenly shook his head.
Yes, it's a bad idea since manually climbing a tree would consume most of the time, ending up caught by the monsters before he reached the middle part, and so on.
"If I want to be more agile, I should do something quite different."
After thinking for several minutes, finally, he made up a conclusion. Just like what he saw in the other movies and anime, people can run through the wall by using enough momentum, and also some time to train it.
To put it simply, he was thinking about the ninja and the people doing parkour in different places.
He positioned 15 meters away from the tree and stretched his limbs. After some self-ritual, he bent his knees and charged toward the tree with all of his speed.
Swoosh!
Bam!
When his running shoes made a contact with a tree, he involuntarily frowned as he managed to climb for almost 6 meters. Yet, he fell to the ground due of lack momentum.
Blag!
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[HP: 103/110]
"Argh...! The hell? It's painful."
While enduring the pain in his back, he slowly scratched his back and added these words.
"As expected my speed isn't enough to climb that tree, I should try something."
Despite the fact that he failed on his first try. Still, he had a malicious smile on his face as he already know how to solve this problem.
Without spending too much time on this place, he sauntered toward his position earlier and gave himself two meters extra. Then, charged again.
Swoosh!
The time he run around 12 meters, he activated the [Dash] ability to instantly raised his speed.
Alas, he managed to run onto the tree and held one of its thick branches, then lifted his body.
"It's easy I didn't expect this. However, I should not cut this moment just because I'm glad about the outcome." He said inwardly.
Ling stood up on a branch, then leaped to another thick branch located on the other tree one meter away from him. Moreover, he didn't intend to look under him, knowing it could affect his wits.
To be more precise, he was copying the swift movements done by the Goblins yesterday.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
His legs were shivering at first, but in the end, he started used to it. Now, he can switch his position one to another without having a problem.
While moving freely in the vast green forest, the cold breeze gently touching on his face, which made him feel at ease.
"This is great... By this, I can easily locate the monsters and hunt them in their current location. At the same time, if the situation gets worse, I can use this ability to escape, how reliable."
Ding!
He came to halt after dinging tone went to his ears, and a blue interface appeared right before his eyes.
[Great! You acquired a new skill!]
[Pounce]- gathering strength from the lower body, giving an extra 15% movement speed, and is useful on high surfaces. Skill Duration 4 minutes. Cost: 5 stamina.
Requirement(s) to upgrade: 3 skill points.
It appeared doing some training in this game had also an effect on your character, which was good. Why? It was because Ranker stopped depending on the skill given by the scroll or system.
"This is a game, it's interesting! But wait, I should hunt monsters right now if I don't want to earn nothing today!"