Two Weeks

He received two different rewards in two different occasions today, or is it five different rewards?

One is for completing his main quest which he was given two rewards while the second is for defending himself from the three boys that attacked him, he was promised three rewards for this and now it's time to go through them.

[You have successfully defended yourself]

[Reward have been granted]

[+5EXP]

[+5EXP]

It seems he got 5 EXP for each opponent he defeated.

[You have leveled up]

[1AP have been granted for level up]

[You're now level 2]

"Finally, first level up."

Emmy is now a level two Amateur, this is his first leveled up since he got the system, he still doesn't know when he would breakthrough into a Rookie but he knew he still have a long way to go.

He currently had 65 EXP which means he needed 35 EXP to level up again but looking at his EXP now, it has changed.

Before it was...

[55/100 EXP]

But now it's...

[65/120 EXP]

"Huh does this thing increase anytime I level up? Now this might be hard."

He said as he checks his next reward.

[You have received two new skills]

[Acceleration] >>lv1

[Skill Description: When this is active, it grants the user 5% of their total speed for one minute]

[Presence of Mind]>>lv1

[Skill Description: When this skill is active, it grants the user a good amount of Focused alertness, quick-thinking, resourcefulness, mental strength, stability of thought and feeling, or good sense, especially in spite of circumstances which are distracting, stressful, or otherwise challenging]

"Wow, what a good skill we have here."

At least the last few rewards replenish his bad mood of the first one, the useless title.

There's nothing else to check on the system so Emmy decided to sleep. He already had two new powerful skills and half a dozen attributes that can change his whole life if they got fast increment.

He had a few things to do before his next training, different videos of his teammates and coach have been gathered so he will work with them in the next few days before his next training.

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Two weeks later.

About twenty-four teenagers could be seen gathered around a middle-aged-man who seem to be addressing them. The man had his head bald and wore a light blue long sleeve jersey, the teenagers gathered around him had the same color of jersey on but short sleeves and not long. They all held each other's hand as the man in the middle addressed them.

A small bus hovers above the air a few meters away from them, the bus is painted light blue with large 'UNITED SQUAD' written on it. After their discussion ended, everyone including the coach walk towards the bus as it descended making it easy for them to get in.

Of course, this is Emmy's new team, the team he joined two weeks ago where all his teammates had become his haters after spending not up to an hour in the team. But now everything has changed.

Not only has he gained face in the team but he also had no haters nor does he have friends, he's just on his own. Nobody look down on him, nobody said negative words about him, nobody spits on him while walking by his side and nobody bully him in the team.

Emmy didn't know what peace felt like but his last few days apart from his first day in the team has been rather peaceful than ever. Everything changed after the event that occurred between him and the three boys.

Although, he knew the boys won't approach him rashly in school but he never knew the same would happen in the training, the only approach the boys made towards him was to plead him and ask for forgiveness, then they begged him not to mention a word of him beating them to anybody in school.

Emmy laughed out loud after hearing those words, he never knew those that humiliated him so much and bully him every day were afraid of being humiliated. Emmy listened to their cries and promised them both that he won't say a word to anybody but only if they could change his negative influence in the training which Emmy thought it might be impossible.

But somehow his influence changed, not because the two boys had tried to change everyone's opinion of him but it was the boy who ran away. When Emmy got to training, the boy ran over to him and started begging for forgiveness as he rolled on the floor in front of others.

Emmy felt embarrassed when the boy started rolling in front of him asking for forgiveness but he put on a mask of confidence on his face, everyone else thought the boy had gone mad and they didn't quite respect Emmy after that display, some of them still come to him and said a few negative words to him but on that same day, Emmy displayed an unimaginable skill that made everyone's opinion changed about him and pay their respect to him including the coach.

After days of continuous practice, Emmy had finally achieved the combination of the two useless skills their coach taught them in school, he had been learning how to combine those skills properly since the day he saw the coach perform it and now, he was able to combined and perform it properly and also learn its name from the system.

Not even Promise who showed the most talent in performing the skill has been able to perform it, not even Karim and Ross, the best two students in the team, none of them have been able to perform it. Instead it was Emmy, the well-known trash in their school.

Of course, Emmy didn't show them what he got in school, instead he performed the skill with some other skills in the training so he could earn his mates respect and also for the coach to choose him for the upcoming event which they are already on their way to.

Today is Saturday and they are having a friendly match with a team called Dominion FC and they are on their way to the team's base. The Coach told them that a tournament is coming up by next week, a tournament which the teams that took the first, second and third position would be promoted into the Division I league and thus they would have the chance to get into the Pro League.

Others have already learned of the tournament but him as a newcomer just know about it when he went to training on Friday to watch the senior team trains.

Learning about this, Emmy was determined to play in the tournament, the Coach stated that before the tournament takes place, there would be a friendly match between them and another team and the players that participate in the match whether in substitution or starting XI would be registered for the tournament.

And luckily for him, Emmy did his breakthrough on that Friday night finally succeeding in combining the two skills together, the Shadow Move and the Tiger Strike Skills, he was able to combine them successfully and finally creating the skill that the system claimed to be 'Shadow Tiger.'

Emmy wasn't surprise for the obvious name that was given to the skill, he already guessed what the name might be after all. He was more surprised of how impressive the skill was, when using Shadow Move, the feeling felt like teleporting from one place to another, and when using Tiger Strike, there was no strange feeling in it. It just felt normal, just like shooting a ball with great strength.

But using the Shadow Tiger skill, it was as if he was being dragged towards the ball, like his very soul was connected to the ball and his body won't stop running after it until he got the ball in his possession.

The skill is really impressive, no matter where the ball is, the performer of the skill will get it, except the ball is with another person. In other words, if Emmy use the Shadow Tiger skill and the ball flew towards the goalpost in front of the keeper, Emmy would be transported there with the ball in his leg, he would not get the ball only if the keeper caught it.

And that's exactly what Emmy has done earning him respect in the team. When he got to training two Saturdays ago which is roughly his second day in training, the coach asked him to join others in the match between defenders and strikers that they always play which he played as a striker because he is temporary given the position of number 10.

Playing with other strikers, Emmy was unable to get the ball because nobody even looks his way, they didn't even pass for him, the defenders were also pushing them back not given them a chance to score. And then, Emmy saw a loose ball, the ball was shoot by a desperate defender when a striker put pressure on him.

Knowing he won't be able to get to the ball immediately, Emmy used the Shadow Move skills to teleport himself towards the ball, but the skill didn't cover the whole distance, there's was still a few meters away between him and the ball. One of the strikers was already running towards it.

In fact, the guy was using his ability to support his speed and that's when Emmy remembered that he also had a speed related ability in his possession. Immediately he activated it.

[Acceleration]

Activating the acceleration skill, Emmy speed increased and in a few seconds he was slightly behind the boy and then besides him until they are running on the same level, the boy was surprised and stopped in his track, then turned to look at him but Emmy was nowhere to be seen.

He had already activated Shadow Move again transporting him in front of the ball, putting his leg on the ball, three defenders were already coming towards him while the strikers were shouting for him to pass the ball.

Activating his new created skill, Shadow Tiger, the ball shot upward and started moving forward midair and then Emmy disappeared.

Only a few people had seen him disappeared, even when he used the Shadow Move skill twice and his boosted speed, only a few saw him and the few that saw him were still looking at him in awe including the coach while those that didn't see him were busy doing their best to get the ball.

The ball flew past every one of them appearing in front of the goalpost with only one defender and a keeper, the defender ran forward to kick the ball away but stopped as a figure appeared out of nowhere and move the ball past him then shoot with all his strength into the net.

The keeper stood in place not chasing after the ball, not even reacting as the ball flew past him, he only focused on Emmy looking at him in surprised and the same could be said to others on the field as they stared at him.

"Wow, what a great skill he displayed there. The newcomer is the only one who broke your defense with his great skills." The Coach said as he walks into the pitch clapping his hands together.

"Nice work Emmy, hopefully you would be able to do the same in our upcoming match and in the tournament. With you teleporting ability, you'll be a dangerous striker."

And that's how Emmy had earned his respect in the team. But not without paying a toll for the skills he used, he had discovered that anytime he used a skill apart from the Eagle Sight skill, he would have a slight headache and his HP would also decrease by 1. At first he thought it was because the skill is not from the system but after using Acceleration and Presence of Mind skill, he noticed the same effect when the skills were deactivated.

It got worse whenever he used a skill more than once or used more than one skill, the amount of HP decreased also determined how worse his headache would be, so Emmy came to a conclusion that it's simply because he had zero Energy Point, so Emmy had to endure because he knew he can't get Energy Point.

Energy Point is gained when someone unlock their ability, without Energy Point, someone cannot use their ability nor use any skill, they can increase their Energy Point naturally by increasing the level of their ability and artificially by a scientific pill that's only available to a few people.

And Emmy with no ability had no way to increased his Energy Point and thus, the system is taking the toll on his Health Point.