He clenched his fists, feeling the hard steel-like muscles in his arms. "I need to find a way. There must be something I'm missing."
Sasaki remembered his time in the mind palace, where he learned about the world. "Maybe there's something in the memories I haven't seen yet," he thought. "Something that can help me break through this wall."
Determined to find an answer, Sasaki decided to return to his mind palace. He knew that understanding this world better might reveal the secrets he needed to overcome his current limitations.
With a deep breath, he prepared to delve into the memories again, hoping to uncover the knowledge that would help him continue his journey of growth.
Before going to his mind palace, Sasaki decided to ask the system for help. He tried various commands, hoping to find a way to raise his basic attributes. He shouted various command and many other keywords, but nothing happened. Frustrated, he sighed, his face down with disappointment and his heart filling with despair.
Finally, he decided to visit the mind palace, knowing that it combined the memories of his past body.
If his past body didn't know how to raise basic attributes, he might not find anything useful. But he still went, hoping for a clue.
As Sasaki wandered among the books of memories, he found only regular memories. Others in this world trained to raise their levels, skills, and attributes, but Sasaki had the system, and there was nothing about the system in this world.
Despair grew in his heart as he searched for a cheat or shortcut to boost his attributes quickly. Then, his gaze stumbled upon a golden book on an upper shelf. It shone brightly, catching his attention.
He gulped and touched the golden book. As soon as he did, its pages began to flip rapidly, and a memory flashed before his eyes.
This memory held a clue, though it was incomplete.
The memory revealed that in this world, special artifacts could increase a person's attributes. These artifacts, like rings, armor, or necklaces, could only be found in special dungeons.
His previous body had stumbled upon this information while in the king's palace, overhearing knights discussing it. These knights were part of a dungeon subjection group.
Excited but cautious, Sasaki realized he needed to find these artifacts. His heart raced with new hope. He now had a direction, a potential solution to overcome the wall of attributes.
Sasaki's eyes widened with realization. "Artifacts that can raise attributes... that's it!" he exclaimed. "If I can find these special dungeons and the artifacts within, I can overcome this wall somehow."
But before embarking on this new quest, he needed to plan and gather more information about the locations of these dungeons.
Sasaki also stumbled upon some other crucial information. The artifacts he had learned about could not only raise basic attributes like strength, agility, and endurance but also enhance other essential stats.
They could increase mana, health, decrease skill cooldowns, and boost skill damage. It was a mix of benefits, but for now, Sasaki focused on finding artifacts that could increase his basic attributes.
Sasaki pondered over this long-term goal. He had no idea where to find the dungeons for now. Maybe they were hidden in this forest, or perhaps he could find them in a city.
In the back of his mind, Sasaki added this point to his to-do list, something to keep an eye on.
For now, Sasaki was happy that his 'Magic Decode' was active again. He could think about gaining new skills through enlightenment.
Sasaki's level was now 40, which was similar to a commoner's status in this world. More precisely, it was the level at which noble children started their academic career in magic academy.
Sasaki's mental age was forty, and the body he had reincarnated into was thirty. From the books of memory in his mind palace, he knew that young nobles joined the magic academy at a minimum level of thirty, equal to a fully grown adult commoner.
Instead of feeling discouraged, Sasaki felt happy. In just two weeks in this world, he had reached level 40, an exceptional achievement.
In the whole history of this world, no one had achieved such power so quickly. Sasaki knew this was just the beginning. He believed he would grow even faster if he kept this pace and stayed out of mundane affairs.
Sasaki understood that if he could hide in this forest and avoid the world's mundane affairs, he could max out his leveling in a few years.
He would also gain most of the knowledge of this world through his mind palace.
His mind palace contained thirty years' worth of memories of a commoner. Sasaki planned to stay in the forest, leveling up and learning as much as he could.
When the time come, he would leave the forest and start mingling with the world as a human.
Before proceeding to hunt the rest of the warrior hobgoblins, Sasaki found himself facing a new dilemma. He was unsure how to proceed with 'Magic Decode.' He had gained some enlightenment about mana and magic, but many mysteries still eluded him.
"Calm down, let's reflect on past battles," Sasaki told himself, trying to calm his racing mind.
He began to reflect on his previous battles, where he had used the hit-and-run strategy. He pondered how to improve this strategy and wondered if this could be the answer to his current dilemma.
"What kind of magic could make my hit-and-run strategy more effective?" he thought. "How can I completely wipe out not only this tribe of hobgoblins but also the previous tribe that gave me so much trouble?"