Chron now has an idea how easy it was to get Skills, and he was very excited to spend the whole day learning Skills, though he would have to be very careful no to level any of them up. The truth was, getting Skills was not easy, the only reason Chron managed to get them easily was because he already had quite a ton of experience in them, he only needed to execute them satisfactorily in his new? body.
Chron already dabbed a bit in Martial Arts and is a bit afraid that if he continued learning Skills related to it, he might Level Up his current Skills, so he looked around him and looked for things he could use to maybe get an idea what Skill he could get next. Chron didn't see a lot, all he saw was dust, rocks and the water in the pond. He could maybe? get cleaning related skills with the dust, throwing related skills with the rocks, and swimming related skills with the pond. He chose to learn Throw first.
To make a more efficient environment for learning the Throwing Skill, Chron collected all the small rocks in the cave and put them in one corner, in the middle of collecting he received a pop-up.
[You have learned new Skills: Pick up, Collecting]
The first 4 Skills he learned earlier, he felt that with their name the skills was already self-explanatory, however he was a bit confused about his two new skills, like does picking up or collecting things really net you a Skill? So he looked up what they could do.
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Skill | Pick Up
Rank: I
Level: 1
- Your hands will be quite a bit faster when you are intending to Pick Up something.
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Skill | Collecting
Rank: I
Level: 1
- You're quite a greedy person, and loves collecting stuff.
- When you deem something as part of your collection, you will instinctively know when someone took it.
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Chron was quite a bit surprised with the Skills, they are more useful than he imagined, the Pick Up skill is very versatile and would help his everyday life, though he could imagine any person in this world might have this Skill because of how easy it was to get. The Collecting however stumped him a bit regarding how he got it, yeah he had been collecting rocks but he wouldn't care if they were taken from him, at all. If, however his past life would count he understood how he got the Skill, he was a Collector on top of a lot of things, and Collecting all kinds of stuff is his passion. Now that he remembered about his Collection, he couldn't help but worry what would happen to them now that he's gone.
"*sigh* what's in the past is in the past, wherever they may end up, I can just hope that they are in the right hands. I've spent all of my money on them*cries*." At first he tried not worrying about it, but he can't help it and cried from the pain of losing his Collection.
Chron was pained but he doesn't want to cry for long, he might get a Skill on the lines of Crybaby if he cried for too long. So he Picked himself Up and forced himself to move on. To stop thinking about what he lost, he focused on the task that was put on hold because of his Skill Acquisition. The difference now, however was he couldn't pick up rocks anymore, he also couldn't Throw rocks anymore, because if he had to throw a rock he would have to pick it up first, which would Level his Skill Up.
"*sigh* well moving on, I guess I would have to do things other than that." If he had to rank between the three by the basis of what was the easiest to accomplish in his current state, the first would be learning Throw, which did not go as planned, the second was learning Swimming, which would leave him wet without any kind of towel or heat to dry him off, which he knows would lead him to his death, unless he called for the Red Chick to dry him off, which he wouldn't do, CASE CLOSED. Finally the hardest to do would be learning Cleaning Skills, which was impossible to do at the moment because he had no tools, unless he uses his hands to scoop dust manually, which was also impossible now because of the Pick Up Skill.
Chron doesn't really like thinking, he always picks to do action first before he thinks things through, however his current predicament forces him into a position where he would have to think first before doing an action, because one wrong move would doom his life. All the thinking however, got him feeling suffocated so he stood up and walked around to maybe soothe his need for action.
The moment he realized what he's doing though, he got a new idea on what to do next, which was walk more and hope for a Skill. Just as expected, after literally walking about 2 circles around the cave, which took an hour, a pop-up finally arrived.
[You have learned a new Skill: Walking]
Chron expected the Skill, he however does not know what it does and doesn't know what to expect, with what he has already seen earlier, he however also thought that maybe the 4 Skills he still haven't checked may give him a surprise, so this time he also looked at what they do along with the Walking Skill.
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Skill | Punching
Rank: I
Level: 1
- Your punches will be a bit faster and stronger.
- Punching will now cost a bit less Stamina.
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Skill | Kicking
Rank: I
Level: 1
- Your kicks will be a bit faster and stronger.
- Kicking will now cost a bit less Stamina.
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Skill | Acrobat
Rank: I
Level: 1
- Your body will be a lot more flexible and easier to work with when doing strenous activities.
- Doing Acrobatics will now cost a bit less Stamina.
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Skill | Clear Memory
Rank: I
Level: 1
- You can remember things a bit more vividly.
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Skill | Walking
Rank: I
Level: 1
- Your Walking Speed will be quite a bit faster.
- Walking will now cost a bit less Stamina.
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Chron was satisfied with the Skills, though he expected them to be a lot more. Moving on, now that he knew that Walking is a Skill, Chron now had a hope that Running and Jumping would also be a Skill. He was proven right after he got the two Skills about two hours later. Here's what they do:
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Skill | Running
Rank: I
Level: 1
- Your feet will be a bit faster.
- Running will now cost a bit less Stamina.
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Skill | Jumping
Rank: I
Level: 1
- You will be able to jump a bit higher.
- Jumping will now cost a bit less Stamina.
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Chron was done thinking for the day and is satisfied with all the Skills he now had, btw here is his current Skill List;
Skills:
- Acrobat (I) (Lvl.1)
- BeastTaming (I) (Lvl.1)
- Clear Memory (I) (Lvl.1)
- Collecting (I) (Lvl.1)
- Combine (I) (Lvl.1)
- Jumping (I) (Lvl.1)
- Kicking (I) (Lvl.1)
- Pick Up (I) (Lvl.1)
- Punching (I) (Lvl.1)
- Running (I) (Lvl.1)
- Summoning (I) (Lvl.1)
- Time Magic (I) (Lvl.1)
- Walking (I) (Lvl.1)
Job1 Skills (Rank I) (Lvl.1):
- Status Viewing
Chron now clearly had quite a lot of Skills, and if Chron was as impatient as before and has not had a lot of thinking time, he would have already Combined almost all of them. He, however had an idea and he would have to do something first to use Combine to the fullest. For now, fun is over and he would need to Level Up his Time Magic to a Level he would be satisfied of, and would not require him to keep walking on eggshells and hoping his life would not be doomed.