Back at the hunting ground, Henry was standing on a pile of dead wolves, his dagger drippy with blood, the corpses either had holes in their skulls or cut marks on their necks and gut.
[Congratulations, you have earned 20Exp in total]
[10 E rank beast cores have been added to your inventory]
[Exp: 20/30]
He smiled in delight "This is really fun, though I wish I could find higher ranked beast's," he sighed
[It's almost nightfall] Miley chimed in
"Okay fine, i almost forgot i had another mother in my mind, one who cares deeply for me," he replied with a smile
[Don't overstep your boundaries] She warned
Henry laughed slightly, retracting the dagger and pistol back to the storage ring, gathered the body of all 15 wolves he had slaughtered and kept them in his inventory, before leaving the hunting grounds, returning back to the suite.
Henry was now in his room, laying on the bed comfortably, scrolling through the holographic display projecting from his bracelet
"Hmm, Looks like E rank cores don't really have high prices," he sighed
"None of them worth more than 50 credits, next time I'm going straight for the C ranked beast's,"
[You know, you can just trade them for shop points, I've done the evaluation] Miley said and a the system screen popped up
[1 F rank core: 5 Sp
1 E rank core: 10 Sp
1 D rank core: 20 Sp
1 C rank core: 50 Sp
1 B rank core: 100 Sp
1 A rank core: 500 Sp
1 S rank core: 1000 Sp]
Henry sighed again "Is there even any difference, 50AC is 10 Sp!" He voiced out
[Think of it as a stress free transaction] Miley chuckled
"Well i guess you're right, whatever money i get would be traded for shop points anyways,"
"Alright, convert all beast cores to shop points," he ordered and a notification screen appeared
*Trade feature active*
[15 Beast cores > 150 Shop points]
[Congratulations you have received 150 Sp]
"Alright i guess we can convert the credits now," Henry thought, taking the gold card out of the storage ring and putting it into the inventory
[Alright, you'll be getting 200,000 Sp] Miley stated
"Actually just convert half first, it won't be wise to trade all my credits," he added and miley hummed in acknowledgement
[500,000AC > 100,000 Sp]
[Congratulations you have received 100,000 shop points]
*[Sp: 100,250]
Henry felt like he was on top of the world "Whose poor now?" he said trying to taunt Miley
[Don't get cocky over a meager sum of points, there are still many things you can't afford] Miley retorted
"It's just a matter of time, wait! what about the beast bodies. Do they worth something?"
Magical beasts bodies were an important resource in the world, they were used as food and food spices, some were used as constituents of various syrups and serums based on the ability they possessed.
But only the B-S rank beast corpse were worth some amount of credits, the ranks below were always easy to find, so they never had much demand.
[Well higher rank beasts could have gotten you a few shop points but these are E rank, they worth nothing. I'd advise you allow them to be converted to energy the system] Miley replied
Henry contemplated on what to do, surely he could still find someone somewhere that would buy them, maybe a restaurant. But the system gain was also his gain.
"Alright fine, the system can have them," he sighed, and immediately a system notification popped up
[E Ranked beast corpses have been converted to energy. Merci Beaucoup]
Henry was flabbergasted with the system message, he didn't know what was more shocking, the fact that the conversion was done in less than 5 seconds or that the system had thanked him. Hell it even thanked him in French.
But before he could speak, Miley spoke
[Are you so surprised, i told you i wasn't the system just a guide that makes things easier. The system has its own... mind] She stated
"What does that even mean!" Henry exclaimed with more curiosity
[Good, now you can purchase a few things to help you progress quick] Miley changed the topic like it never even existed
Henry sighed and just played along, sooner or later he would find out anyways, it was just a matter of time
"Yeah, i had a few things in mind, but thanks to mother i don't really need equipments right now," Henry muttered, remembering the moment in the hovercar when he was first heading to the hunting ground
Earlier....
Henry sat in the hovercar idly, since it was on autopilot he didn't need to handle any controls
He was thinking about his what his true goals in the new world would be, what should be his motivation. He pondered long and hard before a though slipped into his mind
"The ring!" he exclaimed "I should probably check it out now that I'm free," he voiced out taking the ring out of his inventory
Henry stared at it curiosly, having no clue of how it worked, he put it on and he immediately felt his consciousness being pulled into a space
A wide, white space in which various items were floating in an orderly manner
But he was still conscious in the real world, it was just a visual in his mind, one that showed him all the items in the ring
He started going through the equipments one by one, inspecting the weapons of different kind, advanced technology he had not seen before and one futuristic looking black combat armor.
Henry admired the weapons and the armor, then came across the energy pistol, he stared at it but couldn't touch it. He wanted to admire it more and hold it, and just immediately he thought about holding it, the pistol appeared in his hands
He was in awe but at the same time feeling ecstatic "It works like the inventory, it's impressive,"
"But I've got my own personal storage space already, besides if i lose the ring, i lose all my items," he mentally noted to transfer all the items to his inventory later for better keeping
Henry held the pistol in his hands, admiring it's sleek and futuristic structure, then scanned it with his bracelet; as item scanning was one of the functions of the device
[Gamma e4: Rare grade energy pistol]
The bracelet displayed results showing more details on the pistol which also included how to activate it
Then he explored the ring again, where he discovered the red dagger and gold insignia of the Glacial order
Also making research on both items, and checking out more techs before storing the ring back in his inventory and finally arriving at the hunting ground.
*********
Henry continued laying on the bed, helping himself to a bag of chips
"Thank the gods they still have chips and magazines in this world," he muttered as he went through a fashion magazine
The world wasn't so different from his past one, it had artistes, models and the various ethnicity were still present. It was just like the future of his previous world
"Hmm," his eye perked up as he read a certain information at the bottom corner of the magazine
'Atlas Mage Academy entrance form is out, Get yours now'
"Uh... This should be interesting," he muttered with a smile, before finally shutting his eye and going to sleep
The next morning, Henry was woken up by his usual Miley alarm, it was still early so he had enough time to take a bathe and order some food from the hotel services before also putting on a black tracksuit.
He had just finished eating when Xavier arrived and they both left the hotel, starting their usual jog to the park
A mile later, they arrived at the same park as yesterday, with Henry receiving his usual reward of Exp and 10km boost
He smiled as he saw the message, today he wasn't panting as he did the previous day, Infact he felt like he could go one more mile
"Wow, is this because of the increase in stamina? Cool, perhaps strength would have taken a huge boost too," he stated mentally staring at Xavier who was busy forging his one hell of a weight
Xavier didn't think much that Henry wasn't tired, he was rather excited
"In just one day of training he's began to adapt, hmm, if Felicity could have adopted him then I'm not wrong. He's not ordinary at all," He thought
"Hey kid, come lift this," Xavier called out, pointing to a smaller boulder-tree weight than the one he was to lift
Henry walked up to him but shook his head
"I think I'll love to give yours a go," he voiced out
Xavier was stunned, but he didn't show it on his face "Has he lost it, this thing weighs up to 1000kg. Well sometimes he needs to learn the hard way, it won't be my fault if he breaks a bone or two," he said inwardly, a smirk visible on his face
Henry stood in front of the weight which was just as tall as him, he gulped and placed his hands under the trees bark
"Hehe, time for you to learn kid." Xavier grinned inwardly but suddenly paused "Wait! what the fuck are you doing Xavier? She'll have your head!" he quickly panicked, sweat forming on his forehead
"Know what kid, for my sake and for the sake of... your mother, don't li... "
But it was too late, Henry had lifted it, or at least moved it from the ground slightly
Xavier was now completely surprised "He actually lifted it, that is impossible for a normal human,"
Henry quickly dropped it and turned towards stunned Xavier "I was wrong, i can't quite lift it yet, but I hope someday I will" he said before he went to a core of began his push ups.
"Hmm, looks like my strength increased a bit too, i wonder just how strong the people with mana cells are and what stat i have to be to surpass them?" he muttered inwardly
[Well, the normal strength for ability users in this world is equivalent to 50 strength stat, those with actual strength ability should be much higher, while he's should be around 200] Miley answered, referring to Xavier at the last statement
"Hmm, i see. I'll make sure to surpass even that of Xavier," he mentally noted with conviction
Two hours later they had finished their workout, but didn't head back to the hotel
Xavier stood opposite Henry, both staring at each other intensely before Xavier decided to speak
"Look kid, i can't teach you serious martial arts, that's Jane specialty, she's the best martial artist in the world," he stated in a serious tone
Henry frowned. Just minutes after their gym session, he had requested that Xavier taught him hand to hand combat, but Xavier refused saying he could hurt him.
"Hmm, this man would say anything to be left alone, even involving Jane," Henry muttered
"Fine, what about weapons," Henry voiced out
"To be honest, She's actually the best at that too, it's related to her ability so... But I'll show you a few combat techniques and teach you what i know about the weapons you'd like to master," Xavier replied
"Alright," Henry replied before taking out a sword and a dagger from his inventory
Xavier interest piqued "Why this two? They're both close combat weapons," He asked
"Well, guess i like it. But you're right i do prefer an energy pistol, but i don't have any issues using it," Henry replied, he knew how to use a dagger too, but he had seen some skills on the internet that he did not know and couldn't learn on his own
"Alright, luckily for you, the sword is the main weapon i learnt to use in the academy, as for the dagger, well i don't know much, but Jane does. When she returns you should ask her," Xavier said taking a black hilted long sword out of nowhere
Henry raised an eyebrow and Xavier noticed this
"Relax," he said as he showed Henry a ring on his finger "This is a weapon storage ring, unlike yours that can store anything, this can only store weapons made from beast crystals," he said
Henry nodded and got in a fighting stance, one he had learnt how to do from the internet
Xavier was impressed and stunned "Hmm, straight to business then, but you do realize that both weapons you chose... Infact the pistol included, you have to be quite agile," he said as he unsheathe his sword, the sun reflecting it's metallic lustre.
"Oh I'm pretty fast," Henry said with a smile
"Very well, then let's go!" he yelled before charging in to strike, Henry retaliated the movement and their swords clashed, creating a resounding clang and fiery spark.