BEEP
BEEP
BEEP
The sound of the beeping ca from sowhere far away, but with each passing mont, it drew closer and closer until it was nearer than ever.
His eyelids shook slightly in one mont, and in the next, they fluttered open, revealing a pair of clear blue irises.
[Congratulations On Your Survival, Host. You Have Completed the Secret Mission.]
The golden panel was the first thing Everlearn saw as he slowly sat up from his seat.
As he did, pain gripped him, and his hands shifted to his ribs.
He found it, bandages after bandages wrapped around his entire torso.
He was on the bed in a room that he found more than familiar. It was the room he had chosen in the mansion.
"Mission?" he asked, struggling to co to terms with the disarranged mories, but the panel flashed once more.
║ Secret Mission: Survive The Death Intent of a cha X-grade Corer.║
║ Rewards:
2,000 EXP!
3 Ability Upgrade Cards
3 Level Up Cards ║
It blinked before him, and finally, it all pieced together as Everlearn gave one more look at the room he was in before exhaling in relief.
"I survived... and it seems I even gained a little bit of sothing from the beating."
He said, snickering in mockery at himself, but that stopped when he noticed the knob on the door twitch, and in ca Boss Ash.
"You’re finally up?"She asked, wisps of smoke leaving her lips as she spoke.
"Finally?" Everlearn called, and she nodded, coming to sit on a chair by the side of the bed.
"Yes. You’ve been out for three days now."She said, and his brows furrowed.
’That’s quite a long ti. Perhaps, if I had leveled up before getting unconscious, I could have been awake earlier,’ he thought silently, but he shooed that off, turning to her.
"So, how was the sample? Did you get it?"
He asked, and as a reply, she brought a simple test tube, within which was a purple liquid.
"That’s... an Arcane Serum," Everlearn said, his eyes almost shining with light.
That was a new source of power.
"It took 76 n, 23 won, and 9 children, all experinted on and dying in the most horrifying way you could imagine, to bring forth its success."
She said, and the light in Everlearn’s eyes imdiately died off, his jaws hanging.
Yet looking into her eyes, they were as cold as ever, with zero sign of a joke in them.
"That’s terrible," he mused silently, and she kept the serum back into her coat.
"That is just how far so people are willing to go to gain power in this world," she said, leaving him in silent contemplation.
"By the way,"
PSTCHT
She said, lighting up a cigarette after.
"I’ve recomnded you to the base."
"They’ll be sending forth the plane later in the night, and we’ll be leaving chara."
Everlearn paused before a glint flashed in his eyes.
"So I passed the test?"
"You did. The aim itself was to see what type of person you are when faced with danger."
"If you panic or break down like most, then you’re useless for the base," she said coldly and calmly.
"But you were able to achieve the orders given, even using smarts to lure and conquer."
"What’s more, you still survived the attack of a cha W-core, keeping that sharp thinking throughout instead of kneeling and begging like most will."
"Sothing that never helps them survive death, by the way," she added, exhaling smoke.
"You handled the mission very well," she said, and Everlearn watched as her hand reached out, rubbing his hair.
His lips parted open slightly for a mont before he whispered,
"You know, it’s really weird if you pat soone while keeping such a cold face," he said, as she silently took back her arm.
"While your injuries are healed, there are still so strains. Don’t move around too much."
"You’ve got about ten hours before the plane arrives anyway," She said, rising from the seat and moving to the exit.
"If the plane leaves chara, where is it headed next?" Everlearn asked as she gripped the knob and opened the door.
"Can’t disclose," she replied curtly as the door shut.
"As cold as ever," he mused beneath his breath before he fell back on his back.
"Initiate MDS Protocol," he ordered, and in the next mont, the panel flickered to life,
╔══════════════════╗
║ [ SYSTEM INTERFACE ]║
╠═══════════════════╣
║ ▸ Na: Everlearn Snowfall ║
║ ▸ Race: Human ║
║ ▸ Age: 17 ║
║ ▸ Level: 6 ║
║ ▸ EXP: 2,000/2,000 ║
║ Does Host Wish to Level Up ║
’Yes,’
║ Congratulations, Host has leveled up to Level 7. ║
║ 15 Attribute Points Obtained. ║
║ Level Up Cards: 3 ║
║ Does Host Wish to Use Level Up Cards? ║
’Yes,’
║ -1 Level Up Card! ║
║ Congratulations, Host has leveled up to Level 8. ║
║ 15 Attribute Points Obtained. ║
║ -1 Level Up Card! ║
║ Congratulations, Host has leveled up to Level 9. ║
║ 15 Attribute Points Obtained. ║
║ -1 Level Up Card! ║
║ Congratulations, Host has leveled up to Level 10. ║
║ 20 Attribute Points Obtained. ║
’Oh, my attributes increased by 5 after the level 10?’Everlearn noticed.
═══STATS═══
║ Strength: 40 ║
║ Agility: 40 ║
║ Endurance: 40 ║
║ Intelligence: 40 ║
║ Charisma: 40 ║
║ Attribute Points: 65 ║
║ How Does Host Wish to Distribute Attribute Points ║
With him leaving for the so-called base soon, and after narrowly surviving the harrowing fight against the Corer, Everlearn knew just what he needed.
"Add 20 attribute points to Strength, 20 attribute points to Agility, 10 attribute points to Endurance, and 15 attribute points to Intelligence."
║ Points Successfully Added. ║
═══STATS═══
║ Strength: 60 ║
║ Agility: 60 ║
║ Endurance: 50 ║
║ Intelligence: 55 ║
║ Charisma: 40 ║
║ Attribute Points: 0 ║
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For now, Everlearn had decided to hold off on his Charisma for more important stats like Strength and Agility.
If he had been faster and more agile in his last fight, perhaps he wouldn’t have been reduced to such a pathetic state throughout.
But he didn’t bla himself for the loss.
Corers were full superhumans, more than twice as strong as the regular adult, not to ntion the fact that the Corer was even using a destructive Corer Weapon.
Getting beaten up wasn’t a sha in such a situation.
He ought to be proud that he managed to survive it in the end...and he was.
But sothing more ca after the level-up...
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