The Gene Gamer

Chapter 123: Return

Morning, at dawn. 

'I ended up not sleeping... They sure put stress on my mind hearing them howling all night long.' Cylius stayed wide awake till dawn came. 

'Well, no matter. During the day, only the weak wolves will remain. They won't be any problem to me on my way to the town after all.'

He thought before preparing to leave the cave. The sun was coming out and it was better to leave now rather than during the day. 

And exactly as he thought, his journey to the town was rather smooth. During the time, he had only encountered one group which consisted of four lvl. 4 blue wolves. They weren't much. He only used his intelligence and devised a trap for them. 

Through it, he was able to kill two out of the four wolves within the group. The remaining two wolves weren't conscious about their companions' deaths. They were still sleeping sound right now. 

But he didn't kill the remaining two. The reason was, he sensed that they were almost going to wake up; and would wake up with the smallest disturbance. 

Since he was almost out of mana and he didn't want to waste time with them, he didn't bother killing them.

With this, he leveled up to become a lvl. 10 and finally had the chance to learn one of the skills he got. Besides that, the bonus for level 10 came as well. 

This was his current stats. 

[Name: Hydrogen098 

Race: Human

Level: 10 (17/180) 

Health: 7/7

Class: Mage

Title: None

Strength: 7

Agility: 9

Intelligence: 41 (+1)

Mana: 51

Free status point(s): 3

Free skill point(s): 6

Skill:

Fire Arrow lvl. 6

Talent: Inferior Mage Talent]

Besides this, he got a skill pass that would enable him to choose a skill of his liking in the skill library. The skill library was in the town and also the city. 

Skill libraries were as its name said, libraries that contained skills. Through a skill pass, people would be able to enter and exit it anytime but once they choose a skill, they won't be able to enter it anymore.

But it was better choosing to enter the skill library of the city as it would have more and also more diverse skills in their arsenal.

The nearest city would be Windwhale city. He could teleport there using the teleport platform.

"Use 2 free status point for intelligence and 1 for agility" 

[+4 intelligence]

[Intelligence: 45

Mana: 55] 

[+1 agility]

[Agility: 10]

Now, what was left was the skill points.

He definitely won't be using it on the Fire Arrow. This was for certain. 

...

[Dash (Common skill)

Dashes forward using stamina. Needs 15 agility in order to learn.

Warning: Due to insufficient agility, you won't be able to learn this skill]

[Lightning Ball (Common skill)

Sends lightning ball to the target using mana. Needs lvl. 10 and 40 intelligence in order to learn.

Warning: Due to insufficient level and intelligence, you won't be able to learn this skill]

...

These two were the skills he got from the wolves. He still needed 5 more agility to learn the Dash skill but the prerequisites for the Lightning Ball still had been met already. 

"Learn skill 'Lightning Ball'" 

[You have learned skill - Lightning Ball]

[Lightning Ball (Common skill):

Level: 1 (0/20)

Launches a lightning ball towards a target within 10 meters. Deals 5 points of damage and the target receive slight Paralysis. Requires 5 mana and 10 seconds to be activated] 

As expected, the status of Lightning Ball was completely different from Fire Arrow's. The difference could be seen clearly.

If the fire arrow from before required him 8 skill points in order to have a damage of 8 and a cost of 10 mana, this skill enabled him to deal damage of 5 with the cost of 5 mana. That meant he could cast 11 lightning balls! That's 55 damage in total. 

If he were to level it up, it would surely become better. 

If beginner skills were just scraps that the system sent so that you can have a way to start the adventure, common skills were the real items that you could use to fight monsters. 

The grades in Azreal was divided into 9 grades. Grades defined the item/skill's worth, ability and their uses. It started from Common to Uncommon to Rare and such. Beginner grade was an unofficial grade created by the system as a startup material. 

The Lightning Ball enabled him to deal 55 damage whereas the Fire Arrow enabled him to deal 40 damage in total.  And their level difference was 5. 

Afterwards he equipped 'Uncommon Staff'

[Uncommon Staff lvl.10

Attribute: +5 Intelligence

Durability: 30/30

Skill:

Wind Blade: Summon a wind blade using 2 mana. Deals 10 damage. 1 hour cooldown. 

Specialty: Casting time -5s

Description: Uncommon staff dropped out of a Long-eared Blue wolf.]

[Intelligence: 41 (+5)]

Now, he had a total 50 intelligence stat; 45 from himself and the extra five from the equipment. Besides this, he is also able to use another skill 'Wind Blade' which was very useful. 

It only cost him 2 mana in order to deal 10 damage, although it had a cooldown of 1 hour.  Expected from an uncommon grade staff. 

As he had already entered the town, he had already entered an inn in order to relax. Currently, he was sipping on a coffee, which had the exact same taste as it did in real life. 

Through the consciousness and nerves, the VR headset could exactly replicate the taste it had in real life. It could even do better. 

Besides the taste, the coffee also had the property to regain 3 stamina of the user. It didn't cost much either. Only two copper coin. 

Now that he had arrived to the town, he was contemplating on what he should do now. He was thinking of teleporting to the city, but then, this Blue Wolf town had its own specialty too. 

If he was right, a story quest might happen soon.