The guy who was a MC for all that just happened and took place in the cosmos just now was currently clutching his head so hard that if someone was witnessing him acting like that he would have probably thought that he went senile .
Unbeknownst to the guy that have just recently woken up, a storm was coming his way and all what exist here way, but it just passed by without doing much damage, thanks to the interval of another powerful figure who was strong enough to make the storm came to a halt .
This powerful figure too , unintentionally set another timing bomb on the fate of all the living beings in this realm, one that won't leave any traces behind its actions .
A clear and distinctive seed of hatred had been planted by the two parties actions , all happened for the sole purpose of getting to the instigator behind that incident .
An accident led to the threat of having all the life on the planet and even the planet itself to both cease to exist , all out of pure coincidence , but the guy who attracted that set of calamities was completely unaware of what was coming , he was at the moment trying to ease the annoying pain that he was feeling in his mind .
Arrrgggghh, what a strange headache, a strong one too , did i crashed all the way down from the sky , luckily Obsidian Armor continued to operate, otherwise my body would have turned to pieces now .
Why is it red here, what is really going on, the sky is red , since when ? .
I left for minutes, at least i think so and the sky is now red and it had a whole in it too, am i really back on the same planet .
I remembered losing consciousness after i was suddenly affected by a huge amounts of pressure suddenly acting on me, just as i was trying to retaliate against the gravitational force that was trying to pull me back .
My aching brain suddenly reminded me of something or to be more accurate someone, yes that huge creature that was trying to eat me, my heart tightened at the reminder .
Was i able to escape, i might have already been swallowed by it, the scenes in front of me are more in line with my current train of thoughts, a creature that is capable of eating the stars , this is a fantasy world where magic exist yes, but this kind of madness is something that i can certainly say that i was no way near prepared for .
I was able to escape right, why is it chilly here, i looked downwards and completely understood why i was feeling a bit cold , i was completely naked, pieces of what i guessed to be what was left from my armor was currently on the ground beneath me .
I got a bit emotional seeing how my armor ended up as, i was grateful for all the help that it gave me those past few days, its immunity to the elemental damage saved me a lot of times, now it's gone , it left and took some of my decency with it .
Luckily, i believe that there were some wardrobes in the stortage pouches and rings that i was able to loot from the sorceress before, hope that some those wardrobes are in my size .
Where is my storatge ring, i stood up from the crate that i created with my landing in shock, after finding out that my hands were empty , i hurriedly searched for it around me to see if it fell off my hand as i was landing here or there, but the results was no, it didn't fall anywhere near me .
It might have fallen away from me, that my optimistic guess and best case scenario , being far from me isn't that much of a problem, but their was a worst case scenario of it being destroyed as i was landing .
~Sigh~ i'm not quite sure of how would i react if the worst case scenario was to be actually true, a bad way to start the day or night, i really can't tell if we were in the day or the night with that crimson sky above me .
I'm naked and penniless , wow such a nostalgic feeling without the naked part, i'm back to square one .
Thanks to my passive skill and my Healing Magic skill the pain in my body began to already recede, the burning marks on my skin and limbs already healed apparently , other than the gruesome headache that i was still having , i'm ready to head out .
I used my neglected active skill Transmutation to turn the pieces of my armor into a shorts or literally anything that i can use to cover myself up with and the reason why i neglected such a powerful skill so long was very much linked to my inability to recklessly experiment how the skill actually worked , yes i just didn't know exactly how to effectively use such a skill .
I was intrigued to experiment its effectiveness on my previous equipment, but since i never had any equipment other those that i was going to experiment on, i decided against the use of such an idea, since if the skill failed due to me having insufficient Mana which could possibly result in the process to fail or for it to succeed but the item might have some irreversible problems afterwards, leaving me no chance to cry .
And after somehow solving the problem with the possibility of insufficient Mana, i was too busy to search for materials to use it on, so it went together with other problems to the back of my mind , but now ironically i have allegedly enough materials to test its effectiveness .
I activated the skill and with the black fitted shorts in mind i touched the materials that i wanted to transform .
And it actually worked exactly as i wanted it to, i was now in a black skin fitted shorts exactly like what i imagined it to be in my mind, but i felt that it was somehow weird , the pieces that were used just now were nowhere enough to support such a transformation, so how did this happen .
I recalled the description of the skill in my mind and got enlightened instantly , the skill give me a 100% on the success on the conversion between items, a sudden discovery, but a happy one nonetheless .
This sudden discovery gave birth to yet another crazy idea in my mind, one that was related to the recovery of my destroyed set of armor, i was a bit hesitant to try, even though i believed that the chances of it succeeding was actually quite high .
But with my newly restored decency being on the line here, every small doubt was counted, but in the end i decided to just do it anyway and if things ended up going south, i will probably still be able to settle to wearing the shorts , probably .
With having the visualization of how my armor used to look before in mind and began to activate my skill and the results were instantly gratifying .
I was able to use this meager amount of basic materials to completely transmute it and to shape shift it as i want, lamenting about how would the use of that skill back on the previous battlefield, i cut this a bit useless train of thoughts as i focused more on the gratifying results of using this skill of mine .
I returned to be once again cladded in the skin fitted Cursed Centipede Armor as before, i was about to call the experiment a success and continuing my rejoice when i felt something amiss with this new set of armor that i was wearing .
To make sure of everything going as it should, i wasted no time and used Appraisal on the new armor of mine and the results left me a bit perplexed without knowing whether to laugh or cry, unable to judge if this experiment of mine was a success or not .
The equipment was successfully restored yes but it no longer the same as before, first its rank was degraded to Common after it was of Rare rank previously , i have no doubt that Rickan will flip over if he knew this .
The surprises didn't stop there , the effect of the equipment all disappeared and even the resentment of the centipede also disappeared with it, but weirdly enough the material itself felt sturdy as before without much of a change, but i guess that i will have to say goodbye to the blessings that it gave me previously .
But i already made peace with the thought of losing it completely, but here i was still covered by it, covering enough of my decency,but since the experiment was somehow success, i have quite adjustments to make , now that i have more confidence and experience in using it .
I transformed my previous armor into a complete new one that i instantly fell in love with the visualization of it in my mind , i now looked like this :
I wore a detailed, dark armor set that exudes a fantasy vibe like how i wore before but this armor now included:
1 - A sturdy, fitted chest piece with intricate detailing, providing protection while allowing mobility.
2 - Rounded shoulder guards that add to the imposing look.
3 - An armored gauntlets that extend to the elbows, offering additional protection.
4 - A wide, ornate belt with decorative buckles and accessories that enhance the overall design of the set of armor .
I looked like a medieval knight through and through, that armor would have gone beautifully with my previous mask, but sadly it was stored in the storage ring, i really hope that it wasn't destroyed, i didn't even get to know how wealthy had i become , it's probably for the best that i didn't .
Otherwise the regret would have been too much to handle , but yes i do believe that this new set armor of mine is still somehow a bit lacking, yes that should do the trick .
I decided to add two more things :
I added a dark, flowing cloak with a hood that obscures the face, adding an element of mystery and anonymity, if needed of course .
Second was something that i added on a whim, underneath the cloak, there are intricately layered robes, if someone saw them currently hovering, he would possibly make the assumption that they were made of leather or some heavy fabric, yet all that was possible by using Transmutation .
This skill of mine amazed me with its effectiveness to the point that i wanted to try to see where was its limit at , but that could wait till i find where i was ! .
Now that my headache was beginning to go away, i began to look around for anything that could give me a basic understanding of where am i exactly, but the only thing that i was now certain of is that i'm no longer in the kingdom of Troland .
The weird atmosphere, the crimson sky , the barren soil beneath me all confirmed that wherever this place was, it wasn't Troland .
The thought of being devoured by that huge creature from before kept flashing on my mind , i was really beginning to believe that i'm in his stomach or something like that .
And weird enough, the idea kept haunting me as i was just beginning to move out, i tried to dismiss this weird thought of mine by thinking about how did the battle against the monsters army end and whether there were any more casualties, exactly how much time it took to clear the battlefield .
I hope that wherever this place was it at least has a way for me to go back to Troland, hope those kids were doing okay, i also hope that no harm whatsoever will befell any of them any more , i can trust Regard to take good care of all of them .
Hope Hana won't overreact to knowing that i left, knowing her i can already see her totally freaking out, but i guess the princess will just have to assure her that i will be coming back soon, i'm really deeply in her debt , Rickan will probably cut his ties with me if he knew what i did to his grandfather's last work .
I can only hope that he will get over it, but luckily i didn't try to use Transmutation previously on my working equipment, otherwise i would have really no room to cry , wait, could this be the problem ? .
Mana Core, yes it could indeed make sense, especially the losing of its blessings, if the Mana Core of the armor got destroyed, then logically the set of armor should lose most if not all of its effectiveness, i might have found the reason, but i'm still clueless about how to use such a piece of information .
But with Transmutation i believe that i might beginning to look forward to what surprises it might give me in the future, i said and manipulated the robe of mine and turned it into a fully black katana and instantly felt the new rush of strength as before, i activated Obsidian Armor as well and just as before the moment my strength reached its peak state , i felt as if some bounding chains on me was suddenly broken.
The irritation that i previously felt from the surrounding space around me, completely ceased to exist , the Shard's Will that was always threatening to eject me by force was still completely silenced even though i counted more than 20 seconds passing by from the moment that i used my peak strength form .
I guess strength really trembles all rules and laws, i chuckled a bit for remembering that 4 days ago or so i said that if the Will Of The World stood in my way, i will beat it, now i'm completely able to remove the influence it had on me .
I was very excited to see what my current attributes are , so i wasted no time and as i began to aimlessly walk i activated all the skill that could give a boost to my overall strength and i used Appraisal to check on my status window :
Name : Sakurai Ryuu .
Age : 16 .
Level : 15 .
Job : undetermined !!
Free attributes points : 15 .
Attributes :
Strength : 18,280 . (+) ( NEW )
Stamina : 23,040 . (+) ( NEW )
Agility : 12,493 . (+) ( NEW )
Mana : 660 . (+)
Spirit : 15 . (+)
Hidden attributes :
Constitution : 960 . (+) ( NEW )
Will : 140 . (+) ( NEW )
Luck : 25 . (+) ( NEW )
Fate : 80 . (+) ( NEW )
Spirituality : 10 . (+)
Comprehension : 92 . (+) ( NEW )
Skills :
( Troll Force ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Novice Swordsmanship Lvl10 Max Level) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Physical Fortitude ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Pain Resilience ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Appraisal Lvl4 ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Stealth Lvl1 ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Unique Insight ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Healing Magic ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Dark Vision ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Well-balanced ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Battle Frenzy ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Transmutation ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Rock Slide ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Cave Resilience ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Camouflage ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Curse ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Obsidian Armor ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Iron Will Regeneration ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Volcanic Mana Essence ) (PASSIVE SKILL) .
( Mountain's Fortitude ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
(Hunter's Instinct) (PASSIVE SKILL) .
( Blink Sword ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
Special Skills :
( Aura Of The Strong ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ).
Unique Skill :
( Steal ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
( Unstoppable Advance ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
Counter : 3 .
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A huge increase in agility but not to much in strength but the stamina surpassed both and become in twenties thousand , my will got a huge boost and the fate too, i really have no idea how but i pretty much attributed it to the recent encounter that i had in the outer space .
My Counter number increased to three, i gained 3 levels more, that also affirm some of my previous hypothesis , under the effect of Obsidian Armor and the immediate increase in Constitution that i was forced to do to have a chance of escapement, my Constitution is reaching thousand .
The most obvious gain would be my liberation from the shackles that was bounding me from increasing my strength even more before and now i'm free from the continuous threat of getting ejected out of this land, sarcastically i still got ejected out of the land in the end .
I gained another 15 attributes points to distribute and remembering what led me to my current situation, i wasted no time and completely went and distributed them in Spirituality and Spirit, i was tempted to put some of the free points in Comprehension just to make it reach a hundred .
But in the end i decided not to, since from the moment that i appeared here i got a feeling like a hunch of some sort and that hunch was telling me that i'm about to have one hella of a crazy adventure here, one that will take care of that for me .
And let's not forget how i got here in the first place, so i'm no longer willing to risk my life out of not having any information about my surroundings , heck even Hunter's Instinct and for the very first time failed me, i believe that this will be the best course of action .
But i do believe that something is a miss from the moment i opened my eyes and that feeling suddenly began to intensify the moment i opened my status window, it wasn't related to the loss of the bonus effects that my equipment gave me .
That affected my overall strength without a doubt but this was a completely different thing, it felt as if something was forcefully removed from inside me, something that mattered, i kept scrolling through the blue window in front of me and contemplating on what exactly was missing, until i was able to finally figure out what exactly was missing .
A skill, i was actually missing a passive skill, Armord Hide that was the skill that i was currently missing .
When did that happen or how , how was that even possible, suddenly losing a skill with no kind of an explanation .
As i was still aimlessly walking still completely engrossed in my own thought, i was about to take a step forward, but just a fraction of second before taking the step, i got a bad intuition and stopped to see where was that bad intuition coming from .
I looked at the earth beneath my still in the air foot and found a weird rune that was carved there, the moment that i was about to take a step back the rune suddenly flashed as if even by simply standing in my place without touching the rune itself triggered some mechanism inside it .
A brilliant light was constantly coming out of the rune and in just a mere seconds it was completely activated and a some kind of flashing net came suddenly out of the rune and captured me in it .