A Short Nap
"Unequip all Artefacts except the boots. Status"
[ Name: Adam
Sponsor: (None)
Age: 12years old
Species & level : Human Lv26 (14.115/30.000 Experience Points)
Gold: 28.975
HP: 420/420
Endurance: 210/210
Mana Points: 430/430
Stats: Strength: 65(+5)
Agility: 55(+5)
Dexterity: 25(+5)
Sense: 65(+5)
Vigor & Endurance: 42(+5)
Magic Affinity: 49(+5)
Mana: 43(+5)
Stealth: 68(+5)
Unused Stat Points: 15(+15)
Abridged Skill List: Sleeping Beauty
Disassemble-Reassemble
Conjuration
Taming Mark
(...)
Abridged Title List: The First Pioneer
The Ones Who Slayed The Great Snake
Novice Monster Tamer
Arcane Mage
(...)
Righteous to Evil Points: 6700 to 1900
]
'So these are my Stats without Artefacts... Abridged Lists? That's better. The Lists were getting too long. That's a lot of Gold. I bought a bunch of Potions just in case.'
Adam currently had 100 Medium Mana Potions and 100 Heavy Healing Potions in his Inventory. The total Gold cost was 9750 Gold Coins.
They were new Items that he could buy ever since leveling up to Level 20.
Heavy Healing Potions gave back 100 Health Points.
Medium Mana potions gave back 50 Mana points.
'A cheap price for how useful they are. I often have to consume them during a fight. I'll have to remember to buy more all the time.'
He was lying down in the middle of the wheat field.
Layla wanted to train her strength using the Goblin Chief's Greatsword and Salma was training her Vigor & Endurance Stat by running under her Sponsor's guidance.
'Having a Sponsor sounds good. Salma says that they talk to each other a lot. I wonder who would choose me... Or who I would choose. My first thought is that Certain Evil guy, but except through those challenges, he hasn't been too helpful. Haven't heard from him since the Testing Room either. That Goddess of Hunstmen sounds good. She's kind and always talks whenever am in a wheat field. Maybe the hero who gave the Sleeping Beauty Skill would be best. Recovery is super important after all. Thanks to it, I can wake up and clear a Dungeon before anyone else wakes up and still be in top form.' He thought as he looked at the bright sky.
'I wonder how home looks now...'
Adam shook his head and stood up.
"Inventory."
He chose the Battle Axe he had stolen from the Orc Leader.
[ Artefact: Leader's Battle Axe [E+]
A Battle Axe used by the Orc Leader of a certain Orc Camp. The Strength and Dexterity of an Orc Leader are necessary to wield it properly. Attack Power: 215. ]
"Oh...Wow... Getting hit by this would have hurt...a lot...Stealing it was the right thing to do..." Adam muttered as he read the information about the weapon.
He selected the weapon and it appeared in his hand, but it immediately fell to the ground.
A smirk appeared on Adam's face.
He grabbed it with two hands and lifted it.
The Battle Axe was about 2 meters long.
Its blade was very sharp and the sunshine was being reflected on it.
The weapon was heavy, but Adam managed to lift it up.
'The blade is one-sided. Since light is being reflected, it was obviously polished properly.'
He lifted the weapon above his head and swung it in a downward motion.
Pieces of dirt flew in the air and the weapon's blade was embedded deeply inside the ground.
'This will be great for training. Also, the Weapon Switch Skill will complement it perfectly since its Attack Power is so high. It's also a huge weapon, so cutting down huge monsters will be easier...'
Adam returned his weapon to his Inventory and looked around him.
'For now...'
He walked away from the area that was damaged by his hit with the weapon and lied down on the ground.
'I should ask Layla for a good book later. I wonder if I can put it my Storage even though its not an Artefact or an Item. I bet it's possible since we had stored the snake's cooked meat that time...'
He started remembering the time Salma, Layla and him had spent in the Spider Queen's Lair. He remembered the long dream about his deceased family members he had after passing out. He remembered how he felt after Layla and Salma defeated the Spider Queen.
Adam called out the Huge Black Wolf and the Winged Fire Salamander.
Python flapped his wings and landed on the wolf's back.
Light sat down behind Adam and lowered his head to the ground.
Adam pushed himself back and rested his head on Light's giant paw.
'I guess... we're in this together. I wonder if you guys want to rest too... The weather is too good for you guys to stay in that Bracelet...' Adam thought as he fell asleep.
...
Adam was sleeping peacefully when he started hearing noises.
"Is he serious? Hahaha, this is too funny..."
"They look so cute!"
"Isn't it dangerous to let them loose while he's sleeping?"
"They're Tamed Monsters, I don't think they can do something he doesn't want them to."
Adam recognized those voices and smiled without opening his eyes.
"Was he even asleep? Why is he smiling at us?" Layla asked Salma.
"He's been like this ever since I felt his presence. I think we woke him up. Right, Adam? Get up. We're going to the Testing Room!" Salma said joyfully.
Adam opened his eyes.
He looked at the two sisters before directing his gaze towards his Tamed Monsters.
"You guys don't sleep, do you?" He said as he stood up.
[ Tamed Monster rest inside Monster Tamer Jewels. They can also rest outside of them. Tamed Monsters, like monsters in general, need much less rest than Humans.]
'Oh... Alright.'
"Hi."
"Good morning." Layla answered.
"Helloo! Did you sleep well?" Salma asked while chuckling.
"I di-iidd..." Adam said while yawning.
"Here." Layla handed Adam the Bracelet of Chiefs and Leaders he had given her before.
"Are you sure? "
"Yeah. I'd rather do it with my own Artefacts, since it's a Test after all."
"Oh. Then me too." Salma said as she handed Adam the Goblin Chief's Necklace he had given her.
"I think you should keep it. It looks great on you too." Adam told her.
"No. It's alright. I'll get my own. I'm keeping the earring though." She said with a smile.
Adam put both Artefacts in his Storage before calling his Tamed Monster back into his Monster Tamer's Bracelet.
"So? You guys want to do it now?"
"Yep! Check out my Stats. Kayla, show them!" Salma said.
The three started walking towards the Dungeon Gate that leads to The Testing Room.
[ Stats: Strength: 35(+10)
Agility: 38(+7)
Sense: 75(+5)
Vigor & Endurance: 42(+5)
MagicAffinity: 73(+5)
Mana: 93(+5)
Unused stat points: 15(+15)
]
"Every Stat is over 30. That's super impressive, especially when Agility and Strength aren't your specialties." Adam said.
"That's true. Mana at 93 is very high. Since 1 Mana Stat adds 10 Mana points to your Max Mana, that means you have more than 930 Max Mana Points."
"I know right! What should I do with those 15 points? My Sponsor says I should get Mana to 100 and put the rest in Endurance."
"That would be good, I think." Adam answered.
Layla nodded.
"Alright. 7 points in Mana. The rest in Vigor & Endurance." Salma said.
[ 7 unused stat points have been allocated to the Mana stat.]
[ Mana 93---->100.]
[ Your Mana Stat has reached 100.]
[ You have been awarded a Skill due to your high Mana Stat.]
[ A Skill is being chosen by the System.]
[ Individuality of the user has been taken into consideration.]
[ You have been awarded the Passive Skill "Mana Core".]
[You are the 17th Human from your World to obtain a 3 digit Stat.]
[You are the First Human from your World to obtain a 3 digit Mana Stat.]
[You have obtained a new Title.]
[You have obtained the Title "Master Of Mana".]
"Ouuh, first place! What are those?"
[ Passive Skill: Mana Core [E]
The user possesses a Mana Core. A Mana Core contains a small quantity of Mana. Once your Mana Points are at 0, you will be able to use the Mana from your Mana Core. One must train his Mana Core to make it more useful.
Currently, your Mana Core holds 50 Mana Points.]
[ Title: Master of Mana.
A Title only awarded to a few exceptional Mages. The wielders of this Title have both talent and affinity when it comes to the use and control of Mana.
The wielder gains an additional 20 Points to his Mana Stat.]
"See that? That's talent." Salma said arrogantly.
The other two chuckled.
'First in the world, huh? I was also first after getting out of the Testing Room. I guess we're not doing so bad...' Adam thought.
"Layla, your turn."
She showed them her Stats.
[ Stats: Strength: 47(+7)
Agility: 80(+5)
Dexterity: 60(+5)
Sense: 33(+5)
Magic Affinity: 32(+5)
Mana: 27(+5)
Vigor & Endurance: 51(+5)
Unused stat points: 15(+15)
]
"Both of you leveled up five times from the leopard and the skeleton Dungeon, huh?"
The sisters nodded.
'I am two levels higher than Salma, three higher and Layla. And yet, it feels like our Stats are not so different. I have the lowest Vigor & Endurance Stat without my Artefacts. Except in Strength, am...'
"What do you think I should do?" Layla asked the two.
"I would say three in Strength, three in Mana and the rest in Agility or Dexterity." Adam suggested.
"Or maybe everything in Mana! You're a Necromancer now!" Salma shouted.
"That's true..." Layla muttered, deep in thought.
Adam interrupted those thoughts.
"When I went in there, I was faster than all the monsters. The bulky types like that bear were a problem. You should be alright when it comes to Agility and Dexterity. Although the 11th Test was a Leopard, so... it might be faster than the rest. You should also ask the System if you can use your Necromancer Skill on monsters inside the Testing Room. I couldn't Tame them after all." He explained.
Layla asked the System.
[ Your Skill Death's Mark can be used on monster inside The Testing Room.]
"Nice. I'll make my little army along the way then."
'Why can't I tame them then?'
"You'll need lots of Mana Points then." Salma pointed out.
"True. I also used Ice Magic in the last Dungeon. It was very useful. I'll put everything in Mana." Layla said.
"Really?" Adam asked, surprised.
"Well, yeah. Less than 300 Mana Points isn't going to cut it. I don't even know how many Mana Points are needed to bring back a weak monster. Let alone one like Light."
"That makes sense." Salma said.
"I guess so..."
"Alright. Your turn." Layla told him.
"Oh. Yeah, I also leveled up 5 times and I didn't use my Stat Points this time.
[ Stats: Strength: 65(+0)
Agility: 55(+0)
Dexterity: 25(+0)
Sense: 65(+0)
Vigor & Endurance: 42(+0)
Magic Affinity: 49(+0)
Mana: 43(+0)
Stealth: 68(+0)
Unused Stat Points: 15(+0)
]
"68 in Stealth? That might be why your other Stats seem kind of lacking, like Vigor & Endurance or Dexterity." Layla pointed out.
"Oh, that's true. I had completely forgotten about it."
'Yeah. A lot of my Unused Stat Points go into Stealth. Makes sense. I guess I was worried over nothing... Wait... Why was I even worried?'
"So? What will you do?" Salma asked.
"It's very balanced. Dexterity is low compared to mine, but it shouldn't be much of a problem since your Strength Stat makes up for it." Layla commented.
"I think I'll put everything in either Agility, Dexterity or Mana."
"Mana isn't a bad choice for you. That Skill that turns enemies to dust is usually your last resort and it uses lots of Mana Points." Layla added.
"If I were you, I would get Stealth to 70, Magic Affinity to 50 and put the rest in Agility. That way, you could get Skills. Also, Agility is very important for the two of you." Salma said.
"Yeah. Listen to the Master of Mana, I guess." Layla put her hand on Salma's head.
Adam chuckled and told the System to do as Salma suggested to him.
[ 2 unused stat points have been allocated to the Stealth stat.]
[ Stealth 68---->70.]
[ Your Stealth Stat has reached 70.]
[ You have been awarded a Skill due to your high Stealth Stat.]
[ A Skill is being chosen by the System.]
[ Individuality of the user has been taken into consideration.]
[ You have been awarded the Passive Skill "Silent Steps".]
[ 1 unused stat point has been allocated to the Magic Affinity stat.]
[ Magic Affinity 49---->50.]
[ Your Magic Affinity Stat has reached 50.]
[ You have been awarded a Skill due to your high Magic Affinity Stat.]
[ A Skill is being chosen by the System.]
[ Individuality of the user has been taken into consideration.]
[ You have been awarded the Magic Skill "Flying Conjured Knife".]
"Nice! Two Skills!" Salma shouted.
"What do they do?" Adam asked.
[ Passive Skill: Silent Steps [E]
The sound coming from the user's steps will be reduced, making his movements harder to notice. ]
[ Passive Skill: Flying Conjured Knife [E+]
The user can conjure a knife that will hang over his body. The knife can only fly above the user or be launched towards an enemy. The Skill can be used multiple times at once. A Flying Conjured Knife will only fly above the user for 10 seconds before disappearing if it is not shot.
Mana Consumption: 30 Mana Points.]
"That's pretty good. I can finally attack from a safe distance without relying on Conjured Arrows." Adam said after reading the information.
"It's great that you can conjure multiple knives at once." Layla added.
"Alright. It's right there." Salma said as she pointed forward.
The three arrived in front of the Dungeon Gate.
"Who wants to start?"Adam asked.
Salma raised her hand.
"I guess you can. Adam, please tell her everything you know." Layla said.
Adam told them about the time between each Test and the fact that you can leave anytime. He warned her that the Gate to leave the Dungeon appears at the center of the room. He also told her to always check what the next Test will be.
"Don't forget to drink both Mana Potions and Healing Potions between Tests. Don't forget to summon your Fire Fox whenever it disappears." Layla added.
He then described every monster he had fought, their strong points and weak points.
"Maybe I should go first..." Layla muttered.
"No, it's fine. My Sponsor says he will guide me during the fights too. Don't worry." Salma said confidently.
'So her Sponsor is a "he"...' Adam wondered.
"Alright. My heart is beating super fast." Salma said as she equipped her Monster Summoner's Earring.
"Are you sure you don't want the great snake's armor?" Layla asked.
She was obviously worried about her little sister.
"No, it's too heavy. I'm telling you not to worry. Even my Sponsor says that I should only use that Fox Form as a last resort to exit the Dungeon. It's my trump card to run away." Salma answered with a smile.
"At least take th..." Adam offered as he handed her a Bracelet.
"Noooo! I'm not taking anything except what is mine. Alright. I'm going in." Salma shouted.
The other two followed her with worried expressions.
The three found themselves in the spacious white room.
After they read the information about the Dungeon, a message appeared in front of the three.
[Would you like to fight or spectate?]
The three answered at the same time.
"Fight!" Salma shouted.
"Spectate..." The other two muttered.
[ Please, take one of the room's corners.]
Layla and Adam walked towards one of the corners.
"Don't forget the monster appears at the center." Adam warned one last time.
Salma smiled.
"I got it."
Once the two arrived next to a corner, a glass wall appeared in front and on top of them.
It separated them from Salma and the rest of The Testing Room.
[You are currently inside the Spectator's Corner.]
[All sounds coming from the Spectator's Corner cannot reach outside.]
[Trying to exit the Spectator's Corner forcefully will result in an exit from the Dungeon.]
"Alright..." Layla muttered.
The two sat down and waved at Salma.
She waved back as she took the corner opposite to where Layla and Adam were.
Salma took out her Spider Queen's Shortsword.
'It has gotten a lot lighter. My Strength Stat is now at 35 after all.'
She readied her weapon.
'Thanks to the earring Adam gave me, I can summon Roxie for 45minutes instead of 30minutes. It also costs 300Mana Points instead of 400.'
A screen appeared in front of her.
[10 seconds left.]
'For now, I'll fight alone.'