Surrounded by the water of a sea, was the unnamed island that I should be conquering in the next three months.
The island was extremely large ,so mush that it was big enough to contain a kingdom on its surface, by earth's standards, In other words it size equal to a small country, This is the basic information,that the system shared with me.
The structure of the island,was that of an extremely huge forest,It was sperated into three regions:
The outer region where I was in now, beasts were although not rare to find ,they where very little in this area ,while The middle and the center regions were the opposite to the outer region, it was full of beasts who are fighting for supremely of this island, And in the middle of the center region,in other words, the center of the island, there is a huge tree that reaches the clouds, I could see a part of it ,even from the outer region, it looks like the world tree of elfs in novels, even though I am 100% sure that there is no elf in this world after asking the system.
{Now I need to find a place to sleep in, and something to eat.} As I thought of this I leaned my spearshaft on my shoulder then moved toward the jungle.{ I can hear sound of a waterfall very close , so water is not a problem anymore}, "Let make a place to sleep in first"
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A few days later.
Days had passed since I came to this world.
They were difficult days,as although I knew some knowledge about survival in the wild ,I wasn't really an expert.
Finding water may have being easy, But living was not, since I didn't have the right equipment I only built a small hut after a great deal of troubles, even so it wasn't a very good hut.If it was not for my strengthed body I wouldn't be able to sleep easily.
there Is also my biggest problem which is mosquitoes, They won't leave me alone, day or night, I felt that the pain those mosquitoes had put me through, was worse than when I had fought with the minotarus.
Putting that aside for now.
Even though i have been through a lot since I came here,but not everything was bad, there were also some Good things I found since coming to this island, And the primary example for that was— Food.
Sometimes, my parents, go into trips without me, so i was somehow forced to learn how to cook, even so I was not that great at cooking , I only know the basics.
But since I came to this island I found that everything that I make is very delicious.
that was not because my cooking skill had became better, No!, instead it was because every piece of ingredients here is several level higher than those in earth, {That's not even closer, calling it several level higher is actually an insult.}
Few days ago, the first day I came here, i went to the beach to fish.And I was fortunate enough to caught several fishes, even though I was unexperience.
After cooking them I can't even describe how delicious they were, although I am sure that those who cook in five star restaurants would definitely make better, but that's them, I am only an amateur when it comes to cooking,but my surprise didn't end there as I saw a line apeard on the system.
[Your strength, stamina stat, had increased from F(3) to F(3.001)]
Yes,it can increase my status.
After that I tried to eat a lot of those fished ,but After I had gained 0.1 in status It won't rise anymore, although I was slightly disappointed, I know that this is how reality is, so I was not very sad about that.
Even so it's not like those fish were worthless.
Although they were not rising my status anymore, they were still able to help recover my stamina and vitality very quickly,After realizing this I had an idea,
{ why don't I train then eat it then?}, when this thought came to my mind I couldn't stop myself from trying so, I did train that day until I had little to no stamina, then eat one of those fishes,and surprisingly.
[Your stamina stat had increased from F(3.11) to F(3.13)]
I found that I was right about my theory.
Not only that after trying several types of training I found that not only stamina can increase but all stats as long as the said stat was trained specifically. Like running for agility, lifting heavy things for strenght....,but the stamina is the one that increased the most , since even if I trained in other things, they can all be counted as stamina training,since stamina is being consumed in all of them.
Even though they were very beneficial, After eating fishes for several days I got bored of them , so I thought to myself, {I should go inside the jungle and find other things to eat. }
And so, That night, I fought against a two meter high black wolf, I was able to kill him with some difficulty, he was more difficult to kill than the minotaurs ,his actions weren't as predictable as it ,even though his stats are sure to be less than him by a lot ,at least his endurance was not at that level as I could break through it with my spear.
After cooking it ,I found that it was really delicious maybe even more than the fishes, I ate before. {This reminds me of those fairy tales where there are some houses that are built by chocolate 🍫,since everything here in this island is delicious. }
A few moments, after I finished my dinner that night, I saw the familiar blue screen in my field of view.
[All stats had increased by 0.1]
"Eh?!" I was dumbfounded.
I was really surprised this time a whole 0.1 increase in stats , no that wasn't the most important thing.
"Could it be , that everything that I can eat in this island can increase my stats to a certain extent? If that's true then this is a really...."
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"Tomorrow morning I will go to the middle region "
It's been a few days since I had hunted the huge wolf ,even though I had succeeded in hunting several others but they were not enough to satisfy my needs, so I decided to go tomorrow to check the middle region but before doing that, today I Had something diffrent to do in mind.
I will use my unique skill on the black spear I had obtained before.
But, Unlike before when I was using it passively, This time I use it actively,since I didn't want to waste a lot of time.
laying on my back on my humble looking hut above the bed I made from grass, I held the spear, Then I used as much as I can of my stamina in an instant to read the intent left behind the spear in shortest time possible.
[Intention reading]
After using my skill, I saw what I had expected before.
The spear was a modern made spear for a second generation young master who like an anime character who was a spear user.
He made the spear with strong and sturdy material, even thought all that was unnecessary when he could have only used some cheaper materials, { the world of the rich,that i will never understand}
All of that so he could learn spearmanship like the character he liked, Since the moment I saw that the spear was not an ancient one I know that it would have been something like that but fortunately, there was actually something useful in it, that was somehow unexpected to me.
the owner of this spear was obsessed with spearmanship he had invited a lot of those so-called {masters} to teach him .
This was not what made Leo happy since those men didn't even reach 10% of hak's skill, they were only skilled by the standards of the modern age.
instead what made him happy was the martial art that he had found them using.
This martial art was very famous in China, maybe even more outside it as well.
it wasn't something like a secret technique or the like that usually appeard in novels and manga, but for Leo who never learned martial arts that was a heaven send gift.
Hak's style was formed through the battlefield, that in itself was not bad,but hak did have something, I don't have, even if I had inherited his intent and experiences.
What I lack is his talent and high level of intuition.
So before I can train my intuition to a high level, I should learn some martial arts such as the one I got now which was very suitable for me.
It's name is — Bajiquan , but it is ,more famous by its other name — Eight extremities fist .
Bajiquan is a Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range power and is famous for its elbow and shoulder strikes.
Its full name is" kai men baji quan", which means "open-gate eight-extremities fist".
Bajiquan was originally called "rake fist" because the fists, held loosely and slightly open, and is used to strike downwards in a rake-like fashion.
The name was considered to be rather crude in its native tongue, so it was changed to bajiquan.
The term baji comes from the Chinese classic, the Yijing (I-Ching), and signifies an "extension of all directions". In this case, it means "including everything" or "the universe".
Bajiquan forcibly opens the opponent's arms and mounts attacks at high, mid, and low levels of the body.
It is most useful in close combat, as it focuses on elbow, knee, shoulder, and hip strikes.
When blocking an attack or nearing an opponent, bajiquan techniques emphasize striking major points of vulnerability, namely the trunk of the body, legs, and neck.
Besides fists, Bajiquan also teaches an armed martial art, one of them is the spear.
Leo like this technique since it could help him learn close range combat that he was lacking in ,but he liked it more becuse it was both ,fist and spear technique.
It was lethal martial arts it always attacked the vital points in a very fast speed .
One of its most famous used Li Shuwen had said that he doesn't remember a time where he needed to stroke his opponent a second time to defeat him.Those words show how powerful and fast is Bajiquan as a martial art.
"Althought I would like to practice it now but its already Sunset time. Let's leave that for tomorrow, it's not like I am in some kind of hurry"
After i deactivated my skill, I went to cook the game that I had hunted today for dinner, and After eating dinner that night I went to sleep looking forward to my trip in the middle region tomorrow.