Chapter 86 - Valiant Heart
Night came and after having dinner with everybody, Zach then went to the third floor seeing him now sitting on the floor while looking at his status window.
When you looked closely at the surroundings, the place was no longer empty as it was now a field with gym equipment after Zach decided to make the place intended for exercises and possibly a training room after knowing that no matter what he did inside, the place was indestructible as it was mentioned.
After finally having the time to check them out, Zach came to know the limit that he was looking for before after seeing that he could not really use as many Gem of Agility as he wanted upon carefully observing the numbers of his stat points as it would no longer increase after reaching a particular number.
[Ding!!]
[Name: Zach Anderson
Tier: 1
Level: 35 (Progress: 12 %)
Class: None
Age: 20 (Lifespan:150 years)
Strength: 250 (100 + 50)
Agility: 330 (100 + 50 + (180 Remaining time: 45 minutes))
Vitality: 340 (90 + 250)
Endurance: 340 (90 +250)
Stamina: 100
Spirit: 290/290 (240 + 50) (Replenish 1 Spirit every thirty minutes.)
Free Attributable Stat Points: 6
Active Skills (3/5): Appraisal, Stealth, Blink
Passive Skills (3/5): Beast Affinity, Poison Resistance, Battle Sense
Pet/s: Adam, Eve, Ursa, Ursus, Diablo
System Inventory (∞): Skill Book: Appraisal, Skill Book: Stealth, Bronze Core, Battle Armor, Battle Sword, Sanctuary Portal, Rapid Boots, Warrior's Trousers, Power Gloves, Steel Arm Guards, Savage Shield, Defensive Garment, Skill Book: Beast Affinity, Ring of Vitality, Ring of Endurance, Fire Bomb, Skill Book: Poison Resistance, Poison Dagger, War Pistol, Ice Bomb, Skill Book: Blink, Spirit Earrings, Knight Job Scroll, Skill: Batlle Sense, Silver Core, Chainmail Armor, Contract Pet Scroll, Skill Book: Intimidation, etc.
Survival Inventory (7/10): Evolution Coin, Evolution Stone, Spirit Vial, Evolution Crystal, War Bullet, Gem of Agility, Spirit Fruit
Evolution Store
Evolution Coins: ∞]
While having some items on and the effect of Gem of Agility, Zach counted the total number of his stat points which resulted in 1,650, however, when he took off all his equipment, the result went down to exactly 1,000 but that not's how he knew that it was the limit, it was when he tried putting 1 of his free attributable stat point which the system would say that he had reached the maximum stat for a Tier 1 Human.
"A total of 1,000 stat points was the limit of a Tier 1 human. It means I can now only add 180 stat points. That's a shame as I was actually planning on munching a lot of Spirit Fruit to increase my Spirit." Zach muttered as he was really about to do it knowing how great that epic item was.
Knowing this fact, Zach then was in a dilemma on how to allocate his free attributable stat points from now on. As he was still level 35, then that would mean that he still had 65 unallocated stat points when he leveled up to 100. Meaning, he could add 115 to his Spirit, however, he was hesitating to do it.
"What if there were also items just like the Spirit Fruit that can help increase other stats permanently?" Zach asked himself. He felt like it was really possible since the Spirit Fruit was already proof enough to support this theory. He thought that if he would use them all to Spirit, he might regret them later on since the other attributes were also important.
"Let's just increase Spirit to 300 first." Zach said as he immediately took out 60 Spirit Fruits on his inventory and immediately started munching on them. It was quite disgusting but he didn't care about it as he could see his Spirit started increasing the more he ate them until the very last one.
[Spirit: 350/350 (300 + 50) (Replenish 1 Spirit every thirty minutes.)]
With that, Zach has now only left with 120 stat points before reaching the limit of Tier 1 Human. He gave priority to the Spirit since his skills depended heavily on them and though, he got the Spirit Vial and the incoming Spirit Potion for replenishment, it was still convenient to have more knowing that there were times that he would no longer think about it, especially during a battle where a single mishap would result to death.
"Now for these." After settling the matter of the stat points, Zach then proceeded to the next task as he took out an item from his inventory and put it in his hand.
[Skill Book: Intimidation detected.]
[Do you want to learn it?]
[Yes/No]
"Yes." Zach said immediately since he had experienced the power of this skill back when he fought against the Phantom Wolf and he felt like it was a great skill to have. After learning, he then used several Evolution Crystals and evolved it to its highest possible rating before reading its description.
[Skill: Intimidation
Skill Type: Active
Skill Tier: 1
Skill Rating: 5 Stars
Skill Description: Upon use, it has the effect of stilling fear and confusion to the target. The bigger the gap between the user's Spirit to the target's Spirit the more effective the skill.
Skill Cost: 20
Skill Evolution Requirement: Evolution can no longer be acquired.]
"So, that's why I immediately got my composure back when the Phantom Wolf used it. Just like I thought this skill is really good." Zach said while looking at the description of the skill and now that he just increased his Spirit, he can't help but anticipate how it would affect the others.
"I now only have 1 free spot left for active skill and 2 free spots for passive skill." Zach then said after seeing that he has now 4 active and 3 passive skills but since he had already decided to use the Skill Book: Valiant Heart from the Auction Building, he now only has 1 free spot left for both types of skill.
"One week. Let's just stay for one week before I go out to explore once again." Zach said as he decided to wait for the items that he would be able to get from Auction Building wanting to gear up himself first before leaving.
Following that, Zach then headed downstairs to see how Zoey, Eun Ae, Shiela, and Sophia were doing as they still hadn't done decorating the house, especially the two empty rooms on the second floor as they decided to make it a spare room.
Meanwhile, as Zach and his family were busy doing something in their house, the news about Zach's shelter evolution to a gold class spread throughout the entire Eden, especially to the Rangers of another shelter. The information regarding the Auction Building has also been disclosed and every Ranger especially the shelter owners were greatly surprised about it.
Time passed and a week had gone by, Zach, after waiting for that long, finally acquired all the items from the Auction Building seeing him back to the training room of his house and looking at their descriptions once again after evolving them to their highest possible rating.
[Item: Gauntlet of Strength
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 5 Stars
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: When equipped, an additional + 75 stat points to Strength.
Item Evolution Requirement: Evolution can no longer be applied.]
[Item: Swift Boots
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 5 Stars
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: When equipped, an additional + 75 stat points to Agility.
Item Evolution Requirement: Evolution can no longer be applied.]
[Item: Conqueror's Breastplate
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 5 Stars
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: When equipped, an additional + 75 to defensive power.
Item Evolution Requirement: Evolution can no longer be applied.]
[Item: Sabre of Shadows
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 5 Stars
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: When equipped, an additional + 70 stat points to attacking power.
Item Evolution Requirement: Evolution can no longer be applied.]
Reading their descriptions, Zach then equipped them all which greatly changed his stats again. So, from that moment, he now had three Ultra Rare Items as the Chainmail Armor he got back then was just not to his taste. Looking at their appearance, he then just thought how good it would be if all his previous items were replaced by new ones of the same classification.
Following that, Zach then shifted his attention to the new skill he acquired to see what it could do knowing that it was a passive skill since all of his passive skills have unique effects on their own.
[Skill: Valiant Heart
Skill Type: Passive
Skill Tier: 1
Skill Rating: 5 Stars
Skill Description: Having this skill makes the user fearless and will not doubt himself. It allows the user to face the enemy and any danger calmly and no terror can affect his reasoning.
Skill Cost: None
Skill Evolution Requirement: Evolution can no longer be applied.]
"Such a great skill." Zach commented while looking at the description of the skill. He then just promised that the last passive skill he wanted to get would also be of the same caliber while thinking of getting a damage type of active skill as his last one as everything he had was all for support.
After that, Zach then just decided to duplicate some of the Rare Job Scrolls he had which are the Warrior, Archer, and Knight, and put some of them into the auction and let the Rangers of the shelter decide whether they want it.
At the same time, Zach also planned on auctioning some Contract Pet Scrolls and letting luck bless the Rangers to be able to contract one. Of course, he wouldn't forget about the other shelter as he planned on talking this out to them.
Regarding the Gold Core, Zach has already filled in the requirements of the Shelter which was only left with the Platinum Core which can only be acquired from a Platinum-class monster or beast which was probably still a long way to go so he just forget about it.
On the other hand, the Spirit Potion was an item that Zach treasured the most as he immediately duplicated as many as possible so he would be prepared when he needed them. With that, all his preparations were done, and he was now ready to leave for an exploration but he decided to spend the rest of the day settling everything and especially to tell his lovers that he would now again leave the shelter.
With that, Zach then immediately arranged everything as he worked all day to finish them to finally spend the rest of the night with his love ones at his house knowing that they wouldn't be seeing each other soon as he planned on going out for a long time this time while promising that he would be back before Sophia would give birth.
At this very moment, Zach could now be found on the bed together with Zoey, Shiela, and Eun Ae completely naked as the three of them started having fun. They have been already at it seeing Zoey and Eun Ae were already unconscious leaving only Shiela, the only woman standing, seeing her keep on moaning while being pounded by Zach from behind.
Not before long, Shiela also gave in and left lying on the bed with a satisfied look on her face while Zach got out of the room and headed to the other room wanting to check Sophia since she can't join them on the bed after being pregnant and also because she had been taking care with Angel.
Entering the room, Zach and Sophia immediately started making out as Angel was already asleep leaving all the room to themselves but they didn't go all the way and just keep on embracing and lovely kissing each other before lying on the bed together.
"Promised me that you would return, Zach. I don't want to raise my child without knowing his/her father." Sophia said while looking at Zach worriedly since they can no longer stop him from going and she also doesn't want to stop him knowing that he might be left behind if he doesn't work hard.
"Of course. I'll be back and become much stronger than I am now. I promised." Zach said with a smile while caressing Sophia's stomach excited to see his second child. He then just promised that after all of this, he would also take them out to level up since it would be a great weakness if a person wouldn't be able to grow during this era so he needed them all to also become stronger.
Following that, Zach and Sophia then just have a little conversation before finally fell asleep together all the while embracing each other with Angel sleeping quietly on her spacious and lovely crib.