Chapter 17 – Crafter

"I got the mythical fragment?" Alan was surprised that the mythical fragment heard his calling and flew directly to his soul.

He felt a burning sensation inside his body as if the body was trying to adapt to the unknown power that suddenly entered it. However, The process did not as painful as when Alan obtained Hell's Flame or God's Blood.

After some time, Alan got the mythical fragment with its spatial magic. He felt all the hard work and time was worth it as he got a lot of benefits from the tower.

Not only he gained a lot of levels, but his strength grew a lot. Now, he even got the mythical fragment with him.

"Hmm…I gained a lot of power because of this tower. I thought I had wasted my time after he said I couldn't get the mythical fragment, but I did." Alan thought while smiling.

He looked comfortable after the fragment assimilated entirely into his body and soul. He looked at the shadow who still could not believe what happened before him.

"I guess now the fragment belongs to me, right?" Alan asked.

The shadow flinched, "Y-yes…from now on, you're a wielder of a mythical fragment." He said.

A wielder of a mythical fragment was the one who had or can control the power bestowed by the mythical fragment as long as the fragment was still inside him or her soul. The wielder of a mythical fragment naturally had a high potential to reach the apex.

"Good then…now I want to get out of this tower." Alan calmly said, but before he could go, the shadow suddenly warned him.

"Alan Snow, as a wielder of a mythical fragment and a member of the Divine Clan, I hope you can be more careful than ever."

Alan understood why the shadow warned him. The mythical fragment was a power that everyone wanted to have. As for the Divine Clan and how the members or anyone belonged to the clan being so secretive, he knew that there must be a reason for it.

"Don't worry." Alan coolly said.

"Then, off you go." The shadow waved his hand, gesturing Alan to leave quickly. He looked like he had a headache after he saw Alan obtained the mythical fragment.

Alan turned around to go, but before he stepped forward, he got an idea.

"What if I use spatial magic to go out of the tower? It is the perfect time to try this new power. Hehehe." Alan chuckled.

"So, how can I use this power?" Alan frowned.

The shadow was staring at Alan, "Is this brat wants to use the mythical fragment spatial magic to go out? Hahaha. Keep dreaming, boy. It will take time to gain control of mythical power." he smirked.

Suddenly, *Hum!

The dimension distorted before a portal appeared in front of Alan.

"Hahaha! I did it! I just need to imagine the place I want to go to." Alan laughed before he went into the portal and disappeared along with it.

*Hum!

The portal closed and disappeared.

The face behind the shadow had his mouth and eyes wide opened when he saw Alan casually used the mythical power before him and disappeared.

"…Did I just met a monstrous genius prodigy just now? Hahahahahaha! The Divine Clan just recruited a monster! I will get a raise!" he laughed.

***

The people outside the tower were shocked by Alan's feat. Some of them even became a lunatic after they were shocked again and again by Alan.

"Look! Alan had reached the thirtieth floor!"

"I bet he will take a lot of time there as usual. I wonder what he is doing inside?"

"He is proceeding to the fortieth floor!"

"He just beat John's record on this tower!"

"OMG! He reached the last floor! This is a new history!"

Some of them were calm as they always knew that Alan could achieve it.

"Hehe, I was worried for nothing just now." Alice smiled.

"I told you so…there's no need to worry about big brother. He is the best!" Mary said while clapping her hands happily.

"That's my man!" Jessica said while her face was flushed in red.

"Ehem! That's our man." Erica corrected what Jessica said.

"Oops! Sorry, Sister Erica. Yes, that's our man!" Jessica smiled. They had reconciled, and now they became sisters.

Erica smiled while she's looking at the tower before her.

"He's my man, my love, my lord, and my life." She thought.

Suddenly, someone shouted.

"Look! Alan's name has disappeared from the screen."

"His name is not on any floor! He just vanished from the fiftieth floor."

"Name disappearance means death!"

"There's no way he died, right?"

All of them were in chaos again. All of them waited for hours until it was dark, but Alan still did not show up. Some of the students and teachers already gave up and thought Alan had died.

John Pride was clenching his fists.

"You better be safe, Alan."

This time, the girls were also worried about Alan.

"M-Mary! Where is brother?" Alice was trembling, worried about Alan.

"I don't know…" Mary started to tear up.

Jessica was already crying from the moment Alan's name disappeared. Only Erica was still calm.

"That's enough. I'm sure he's okay, let's go back to the villa and return tomorrow." She calmly said.

"Sister Erica, are you not worried about him?" Jessica asked while her face was wet with tears.

Erica did not reply. She only smiled and said, "Let's go…"

After a while, the girls went back to the villa to get some rest before returning to the tower tomorrow.

Once they arrived at the villa, the girls except for Erica were in a bad mood and worried about Alan.

"I thought My Lady Sovereign is in love with big brother, but why does she not look worried or sad?" Mary thought.

Suddenly, a man was walking towards them while drying his hair. He looked like he just came out of the shower.

"Oh! You guys. Where did you guys g-…" before he finished what he wanted to say, Erica jumped towards and hugged him.

*Thud!

Both of them fell to the ground.

Erica was crying like a little girl. All the emotions that she buried just now were flowing out from her.

"I was worried…so worried, Alan. I thought I lost you again…" she was crying out loud.

Alan was stunned by the sudden hug. He was heartbroken to see Erica was crying like this.

He hugged back and comforted her. "It's okay…I'm here. I'm sorry I made you worried." He said while rubbing her back.

After a while, Erica had calmed herself down, but before Alan could stand up, there are three girls jumped towards him again.

"Big Brother!"

"Alan!"

Alan comforted the girls again like what he did to Erica.

After all of them had calmed down, Alan asked, "So, why did you guys cried?"

The girls felt a sudden urge to punch Alan.

"Why do you think?" Jessica asked.

"Yeah, big brother! You're an idiot!"

Erica pinched Alan's waist. "It's your fault."

The girls told Alan what happened. Alan felt guilty. If he knew they would be this worried about him, he would not teleport himself to the villa.

"I'm sorry…" Alan apologized while looking down.

The girls who were angry at him just now calmed down after they saw Alan looked guilty and apologized. They could not mad at him at all. After all, it was Alan, the one they love so much.

Erica hugged Alan's arm, "I'm sorry I pinched you just now."

"We're sorry too, big brother. We know that you did not do it on purpose."

Jessica hugged Alan's other arm, "I'm sorry that I got mad…" she said while looking at Alan apologetically.

Alan's face got brighter and smiled, "Hehehe."

After the girls saw Alan's mood had brightened up, they also felt happy. For the whole night, the girls followed Alan wherever he went.

"Leave me alone," Alan said.

"No way, what if you suddenly disappeared again? We should follow you so that we could always see you." Jessica seriously said. The other girls were nodding in agreement.

"What if I want to use the toilet? You guys will follow me too?" Alan asked.

"Yes!" the four of them answered in unison.

***

On the next morning, on Alan's bed, five people were sleeping together.

Alan woke up first. He looked at the girls beside him before he smiled.

Yesterday, he was bombarded with tons of questions about his experience in the tower. He kept his mythical power a secret as knowing too much could harm the girls. Threats could come anytime if he used this power in public.

One of Alan's purposes in entering the tower was to level up. He managed to gain more than ten levels in the tower. Not only, he completed the main quest, but now, he could enhance one of the side quests, which is to enhance Alice's staff with the Rainbow Diamond Dust he got not too long ago.

"Now, let's become a crafter." Alan smiled.

Crafters who can enhance and make weapons were scarce in the whole of Unity. These individuals can be counted by one's finders. As a result, unless they are noble from an influential family, most of the combatants could not afford to upgrade their weapons. Even if one could afford, finding the crafters was another thing. One could be considered very lucky to encounter those crafters.

Alice was one of those who was from an influential family but had no chance to find a crafter.

Alan opened the system menu and directly chose to become a crafter.

[Ding! The host's level is sufficient to become a crafter. Do the host wants to become a crafter?]

"Yes."

[Ding! Congratulations! The host is now a crafter! Crafter's skill book can be bought from the shop.]

"Ah yes, I guess this only makes me eligible to become a crafter, I need the actual skill book to become one officially." Alan thought.

Alan immediately went to the Shop section.

"Let's see…what skill does the shop have? I do have tons of coins now. I guess I could go wild."

Alan was shopping without worry about money. He had millions of coins now, especially after he killed thousands of monsters in the tower.

He bought crafting skill books for all the weapons the girls were using. All of it was an elementary skill book as he was still an elementary crafter.

"It says here that a crafter needs a lot of mana to craft or enhance…"

Alan opened his stats and used the attributes points he had on Intelligence. Higher Intelligence will help him to control his mana more efficiently so that no mana will be wasted. Not only will it help for crafting, but also in his magic combat prowess.

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Host: Alan Snow

Title

1. Recovered Child

- Grants blessing (+500 HP)

2. Monster Slayer (Equipped)

- Grants 10% extra exp when killing monsters.

3. Monster Tamer

- Ease taming monster by 10%.

Level: 43 (Attribute points: 5)

EXP: 2800/4300 (To Next Level)

HP: 36500

MP: 36500

Strength: 23 (+15, Star Sword tier 2 Equipped)

Defense: 19

Agility: 27

Intelligence: 29

Magic Power: 23

Skill (Can be obtained)

1. Swordsman (Upper Elementary)

- Lotus Formation Sword Style.

2. Sorcerer (Elementary)

- Fire magic, Hell's Flame (Legendary), +15 Magic Power

- Lightning magic, Zeus's Lightning (Legendary), +15 Magic Power

- Spatial Magic (Mythical)

3. Crafter (Elementary)

Talent (Can be obtained)

1. Memories of the previous life.

2. God's Blessing. (Grants luck)

3. God's Physique. (Increase body talent for growth.)

4. Survive. (When HP at minimum, the host will be invisible from hits for 5 seconds.)

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"Now, I'm a crafter!" Alan smiled.

Becoming a crafter not only gave Alan a skill to make or enhance a weapon but also it had a passive that will make Alan compatible will all sorts of weapons to make it easier to craft or and yes, combat.