Meanwhile, Mikael, unaware of the versation happening because of him, wahrough the mall, searg for the item he needed. After some time spent walking through the aisles, he finally found it.
‘There you are!’ he thought, pig up a small, futuristic-looking blue cube. The cube had faint lines of energy c through it, giving it an almost ethereal appearance.
What he held was the Advanced trol Puzzle Cube. Items like this were specifically desigo help train one's trol more effitly than practig unaided.
There were two variations of these cubes:
The Basitrol Puzzle Cube, which featured 2ressively challenging levels that required increasing trol to plete. This version was sold at the academy for 300 credits and could be kept for the duration of the student’s stay.
The Advanced trol Puzzle Cube, the one Mikael was now holding, which served the same purpose but boasted 50 levels instead of 20. The highest level ever cleared on record was the 43rd; the remaining levels had never been quered. This cube came with a hefty price tag of 2,000 credits and was also avaible for use throughout a student’s time at the academy.
Recalling the cost, Mikael hesitated for a moment, debating whether to purchase the advanced cube. Gritting his teeth, he ultimately decided to go for it. His reasoning was simple: if he started with the advanced version, it would suffice for all his training needs. However, if he began with the basic version and ter upgraded, it would signal to others that he had pleted the basic cube—a level of growth he didn’t want to reveal.
Cube in hand, Mikael followed the dires dispyed on his bracelet, leading him to a self-checkout station. He pced the cube on the mae and pleted the payment using his bracelet.
With the purchase plete, he exited the mall. After a short walk, he arrived at an orb that bore a striking resembo the one used during the first test of the academy's entrance exam. However, this orb served a different purpose: it was desigo measure the potential potencrease a student would gain upon ranking up, fact ialents and trol.
Mikael paid the required 10 credits to use the orb, pced his hand on it, and eled his aura into the device. Following a set of exercises desigo assess his trol, the lowed briefly, and the results appeared on a nearby s.
Aura Results
Name: Mikael Angelini
Age: 21
Type: Aura
Talent Level: Average
Potency gain from talent: +45%
Potency gain from trol: +7%
Total potency gain: +52%
Result: Top Average Talent
He repeated the same process for his mana.
Mas
Name: Mikael Angelini
Age: 21
Type: Mana
Talent Level: Average
Potency gain from talent: +45%
Potency gain from trol: +4%
Total potency gain: +49%
Result: Top Average Talent
Mikael itted the results to memory before leaving the trainiion. During a short walk toward his dormitory, he remembered that he o buy some food. After all, even though he didn’t require much food to survive, he still o maintain the appearance of eating regurly.
He arrived at a supermarket within the Academy's territory and purchased enough groceries to st a week.
After finishing his shopping, he took another brief walk and soon reached his dormitory room—though calling his luxurious apartment a "dormitory room" felt like a signifit uatement.
Ohere, Mikael asked a crucial question. “Records, will I be found out if I leave this world for the night?”
[Question answerable for 5,000 LP. Do you want to pay? Yes/No?]
“Hell no! But why is it so expensive?!”
[The answer is expensive because it requires the future of this world and analyzing the as of its inhabitants to provide an accurate response.]
The emotionless female voice of the Records answered, and Mikael immediately realized his mistake.
‘Ah, it’s because I worded my question poorly,’ he thought. He rephrased, “Is there anything that track the movements of students when they’re in their dormitories room?”
[Question answerable for 100 LP. Do you want to pay? Yes/No?]
“That’s more reasonable. Yes, I’ll pay.”
[Transa firmed: -200 LP.]
Seeing the dedu, a vein throbbed on Mikael’s forehead. “Why did it cost 200 instead of the 100 you announced?”
[The question itself cost 100 LP, and an additional 100 LP was charged for using the System outside the Records.]
“Fair enough. It’s the same as when I buy something from the System Shop. So, I assume this applies to all services provided by the System, right?”
[Correct.]
“There’s something I don’t uand,” Mikael tinued. “If it costs LP to use the System outside of the Records, how I access my Status and System upgrades for free?”
[Your Status Window is sidered your property from the moment you joihe Records. It belongs to you, and even if you leave the Records, you will retain your Status Window and all System upgrades you’ve purchased.]
Mikael leasantly surprised by the news. He then asked, “Alright, thanks for that information. But just now, I asked a question—why didn’t that cost LP?”
[Whether a question costs LP depends on the plexity of finding the answer and the level of information required. The question about your Status Window involved basiformation and was therefore free.
Questions like the one you asked about the world of Dirarnia require the Records to expend energy to find the ahe more energy used, the higher the LP cost.]
“Got it. Thanks for expining. That was really informative!”
[You’re wele.]
The slight warmth iherwise emotionless voice of the Records surprised Mikael. He was stunned internally but kept his expressioral.
He calmly asked, “ you now expin the answer I paid for?”
[There is nothing that track a student’s movements while they are in their dormitory, provided the door is locked ao ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode. You must also remove your bracelet. Ohese steps are taken, you leave this world without being discovered.
However, be cautious. Someoh a high enough authority level still enter your dormitory, evehe door is in ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode.]
As Mikael listened, he thought to himself ‘Ah… The Records are se—or maybe there’s someone behind them answering my questions. I’m not sure which is true, but ohing is clear: if the Records weren’t se, why would they respond with a “You’re wele”?
Maybe I’m overthinking it. Perhaps the Records were programmed to be polite. But that warmer to wasn’t my imagination. I’m not foolish enough to dismiss it and ter act shocked when it turns out the Records are se. Who would’ve thought?
If I’m right, then anyone who disrespects the Records—venting their frustration or calling them useless—is not only ungrateful but also short-sighted, especially sidering that the Records are the ones who granted humanity the ability to gain ‘superpowers.’ Anyway, I’m not here to dwell on this, but those people are insulting ay infinitely more powerful than themselves. If that’s the case, they’re absolutely screwed. Taking this into at, I should make an effort to be more polite and treat the Records as if I’m speaking to an actual person. It won’t e anything but might actually help me.
Snapping out of his thoughts, Mikael thahe Records once more. He locked his door, set the room to ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode, removed his bracelet, and requested the Records to transport him out of the world. Five mier, he vanished in a fsh of light.
He appeared in the bustling Hub, attrag a few gnces due to his stylish white-gold uniform, but not enough to cause a stir. People here were used to seeing others in unusual attire.
Mikael climbed the staircase, which funed like a teleporter, and reappeared in his apartment. As he took in his surroundings, he couldn’t help but think, ‘Holy, paring this apartment to my dorm room in the Dirarnia world... yeah, there’s no parison.’
He didn’t linger ohought and sat on the bed, fog. ‘Time for o things before I go see Kiara!’
[Swordsmanship Mastery - Tier 0, Level 5 (Max)] (Passive Skill)Description: This skill encapsutes the user's knowledge, experience, and mastery of swordsmanship.
Passive Effects:
Improves learning and application of all swordsmanship-reted teiques.
Increases attack speed with a sword: +40%
Increases attack damage with a sword: +20%
ditions for Level-Up:
Obtain the Skill Evolution System: 1/1
Discover a way to upgrade swordsmanship to the level: 1/1
Pay 200 LP: 0/200]
He nodded as he reviewed the details. ‘That’s what I thought. To evolve this skill, I o learn how to incorporate aura—or something simir—into it. Essentially, my swordsmanship o bee “magical.”’
Without hesitation, he paid the required 200 LP. A notifimediately appeared.
[Your Tier 0, Level 5 skill - Swordsmanship Mastery has reached all necessary ditions to evolve. The avaible evolution paths are:
Aura Swordsmanship
Threaded Flying Sword
ed Sword Style]
Mikael g the options, unsure which to choose. He paused before asking, “Records, is there a way to know what each skill evolution does?”
[Yes. You either ask me question for LP or purchase the Skill Rarity System Upgrade.]
Curious, Mikael checked the System Upgrades Store and quickly found what he was looking for.
[Skill Rarity System. Requirement: Skill SystemDescription: Allows users to see the rarity of different skills and view detailed descriptions of a skill before evolving it. he cost of leveling up a skill doubles with eacrease in rarity.Price: 300 LP]
[Purchase firmed -300 LP.]
After the transa, the descriptions of the skills were updated.
[Your Tier 0, Level 5 skill - Swordsmanship Mastery has reached all necessary ditions to evolve. The updated evolution paths are:
Aura Swordsmanship (on)Description: Swordsmanship enhanced by infusing aura into the bde, elevating its strength to a new level.
Threaded Flying Sword (Unon)Description: Allows the user to ect multiple swords using aura threads, enabling them to "fly" and unch coorditacks.
ed Sword Style (Rare)Description: Builds on aura thread teiques, allowing the user to not only trol swords remotely but also enhance close-bat attacks with these threads.]
Mikael carefully read through the descriptions, momentarily perplexed. ‘I uand Aura Swordsmanship and Threaded Flying Sword—they reflect teiques I’ve actively used. But the third one, ed Sword Style, and the fact that it’s rare? That’s less clear.’
After some thought, he reasoned, ‘Maybe it’s because my aura thread training applies to both Threaded Flying Sword and ed Sword Style. Add to that my ideas that I had for close-bat fighting, and the system must have sidered it enough to create this evolution path. It doesn’t fully add up, but it’s the only expnation that makes any sense.’
Mikael smirked. ‘Holy, the choice is obvious. Pig between on, unon, and rare skills? I’d be a fool to go for the lower rarity just to save LP. Sure, rare skills cost four times as much to level up, but the payoff is worth it.’
[ed Sword Style (Rare) evolution path chosen. Your Swordsmanship Mastery (on) - Tier 0, Level 5 has evolved into ed Sword Style (Rare) - Tier 1, Level 1.]
[ed Sword Style - Tier 1, Level 1(Rare Active/Passive Skill)Description:Builds on aura thread teiques, allowing the user to not only trol swords remotely but also enhance close-bat attacks with these threads
Active Effects:
When the user is actively eling his aura in his swords their sharpness, and durability is enhao the level with any supplementary aura cost.
The user use the ed Sword Style Form. All the form created by the users are enhanced and beagically stronger
Created Form:
ed Sword Style - 1st Form,(Not created)
Passive Effects:
The users will be able to learn and apply knowlege reted to the ed Sword Style a lot faster.
ditions for Level-Up:
Create the 1st Form: 0/1
Pay 800 LP: 0/800]
‘This... is exactly what I was thinking about! It seems the Records somehow dis what I want to achieve. I don’t know what methods they use, but this skill perfectly aligns with what I inteo create. The other two evolved versions of Swordsmanship Mastery appear to be teiques I’ve already learned.’
‘For instance, Aura Swordsmanship is essentially basianship bined with aura usage—something I’ve been doing since I gained aura. The Threaded Flying Sword seems to correspond to my current training. Retly, I’ve been fighting with a bination of swordsmanship while simultaneously trolling a “flying” sword to attack my enemy. Lastly, the ed Sword Style reflects the fighting style I’ve been pting creating.’
