POV: Saiki.
A mental attack, an arrow while the rabbit was stunned, in response, the rabbits either try to flee or attack me, but I attacked them with Energy Ray, after the mental attack's cooldown passes, I finish with this skill.
That was how I managed to hunt a total of 8 rabbits. From the white rabbits, to the gray and black ones.
[The level of <Energy Ray> increased.]
[You obtained 769 EXP.]
[Level Up!]
'With this, I got 24 red light orbs.'
From the rabbits, no matter which one it was, the only thing that dropped besides the orbs was rabbit meat.
This time, it was no different.
Approaching, I picked up the meat and stored it. I also picked up the 3 red light orbs.
When it disappeared in my hand, I stopped crouching.
[Luck]: 23 → 28
One thing I noticed. Ever since I increased my luck, the number of times I hit my attacks increased.
It was something very close to the accuracy attribute in a game.
'I wonder what will happen when I reach 50 luck...'
If I'm lucky, a passive skill related to luck will be created. That is also my real reason for having 50 luck as a goal.
Another thing, I was running out of MP, but when I leveled up, all my MP was restored.
'I've hunted enough. I feel that if I abuse luck, I'll be punished.'
Stretching my hand toward the sky after storing the bow and arrow, I murmured: "Exit the PhD."
I saw a crack in the sky, it was like glass shattering, then my vision darkened.
When I recovered my vision, I was lying on my bed, looking toward the wall on my right side.
'I'm back...'
I admit that I still had my doubts if this would still work.
'Thank goodness it worked!'
With this, I won't need to almost die every time to exit the hunting dimension.
I sat up on the bed.
My next step is to use the orbs and improve my stats.
'Yosh. Let's begin.'
I started taking out the red orbs one by one.
Each one gave an increase of around 2 to 3 points in random attributes. There were a total of 24 red orbs.
[Strength]: 20 → 44
[Vitality]: 13 → 28
[Intelligence]: 10 → 17 (+10)
"... Wow!"
I knew it had increased a lot, but even so, seeing my final result still left me breathless.
'No, it's not over yet. There are still the 5 purple light orbs left.'
Saying that, I also took them out one by one.
Upon consuming them, I felt something refreshing at a point on my forehead. I felt an even greater clarity than when I used the Spiritual Ring for the first time.
[You obtained 0.3 Intelligence...]
[You obtained 0.5 Wisdom...]
The speed at which I digested the purple light orbs was slower than the red ones.
Time flowed and little by little, the orbs decreased by 1.
When it finally ended, I opened my status.
[– Saiki Kurogane –]
[Race]: Human
[Job]: The Gamer
[Gender]: Male
[Level]: 4 → 5
[Age]: 18
[HP]: 365/365
[MP]: 330/330
[Strength]: 44
[Vitality]: 28
[Dexterity]: 28
[Intelligence]: 17 → 36 (+10)
[Wisdom]: 10 → 41 (+20)
[Luck]: 23 → 28
[Attribute Points]: 0
[Money]: ¥4.875
'I should reach 50 strength with the exercises I'll do after returning from school. My intelligence and wisdom also increased significantly, especially the wisdom. I... I feel much stronger compared to before. I need to be careful.'
Before going to the bathroom, I first analyzed my strength.
Different from what I imagined, my control was very good.
Without me intending it, I won't exert more force than a normal person. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
The difference was that I basically increased the amount of force I can exert.
For a simpler test, I picked up an aluminum energy drink can that was on the living room table. When I started crushing it between my hands, at first it was normal. However, when I wanted to use more force, it flattened to the point of becoming even more compressed than if I had used my feet.
'Thank goodness I'm able to control my strength, otherwise...'
I could imagine the difficulty I would have ahead, like breaking a door by accident, or worse... Ending up hurting someone.
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When I woke up as The Gamer, I even thought about whether I should still live as an ordinary person. Go to school and all that.
Now, while I'm on the way to school, I think yes. Although I'm not exactly the same anymore, I still want to live a normal life as much as possible, but not to the point of ignoring that I've changed.
This change for me is something positive. I don't want to deny that in any way.
I looked at the sky.
I don't know why, but lately I've been having a certain fascination with looking at the sky.
When I do that, my mind calms down. My uncontrolled thoughts stop a little.
Maybe because not being able to measure the vastness of the world when I look at the sky makes me keep my feet on the ground?
Honestly I don't know. Sometimes not even I understand myself.
'One day will I be a 'giant' who flies through this sky like some kind of God...?' I murmured in my mind.
I lowered my head right after. That thought was at the very least... Embarrassing.
As I approached the school, I feel the gazes of the people around me.
I wasn't hallucinating. It seems the news about me has spread, since I don't believe it's simply because of my appearance that enchanted them.
That said, it's a bit uncomfortable, but tolerable. Still, I want to get to my classroom soon.
Speeding up my steps, I saw a chubby figure right ahead.
"Takashi." I called him.
He stopped and turned around.
When he noticed me, he displayed a smile: "Look if it isn't the school's new prince." He provoked.
"Prince? Save that for dreaming while you're asleep. I'm no Tanaka or Yuuto Kiba to be called a prince." I mocked.
"If you say so." He still displayed that irritating little smile.
Passing through the school gate, I saw a familiar face.
<Future Protagonist: Breast Pervert: Enemy of Women>
[Lv.2] Issei Hyoudou.
'Basically, three titles? And... What do you mean future protagonist, does that mean at the moment he still isn't one? So... There's a chance he won't become the protagonist, is that it?'
I was genuinely confused.