Before I go any further, I need to know what I am currently capable of.
Open status window:
[Status Window]
Name: Kaien Rook
Class: Healer (Glitched)
Title: 'The Misaligned'
Level: 2
XP: 12 / 150
HP: 240 / 240
MP: 120 / 120
STR: 7
VIT: 10
INT: 20
WIS: 18
AGI: 10
LCK: ???
PASSIVES
Invert Output (Bugged):
All healing skills inflict damage instead.
(This cannot be unequipped.)
ACTIVE SKILLS
Touch of Restoration Lv.1
Cost: 5 MP
Error Pulse (Locked)
(Unlocks at Level 3)
SYSTEM TRAITS
Sanctioned Caster: Tier-Null
– Classification error detected.
– System override pending.
– Skills may behave unpredictably.
Basically, I am level 2, have experience points of 12 out 150 to level up. Both HP and MP are full. Strength – 7, vitality – 10, intelligence – 20, wisdom – 18, agility – 10, and luck is shown as '???'.
(sigh) Is my luck that bad that the system can't even calculate it?
I have three skills - two active and one passive. Although I have three but for now it can be counted as two. I need to level up to Level 3 to unlock the second active skill. And I can't control the passive skill of inverting the output. So, I can only count on 'Touch of Restoration'.
I need to find some low-level monsters if I want to level up.
(5 minutes of walking later)
(Three Level 2 Bonejack appeared)
(Excited) Ahh... My first victims. And there are even two of them. These should be enough to level up. One guy, one glitchy skill... it'll do.
First let's test from how far I can cast the skill to be effective. Current distance 5-meters.
'Touch of Restoration'
...
5-meter is quite far for now.
4-meter ... (nothing)
3-meter ... (nothing)
2-meter ... (nothing)
Come on, light up already.
1-meter - 'Touch of Restoration'
[Touch of Restoration] activated.
Invert Output: ON
Damage inflicted: 20 magic damage
Critical Hit! Bonejack Core destabilized
[EXP Gained]
Wait… it really did damage? That poor skeleton... no, wait, screw him.
So, current distance for the skill to activate is 1-meter. Time to finish the other two.
(Closing in to both with a distance of 1-meter) 'Touch of Restoration'*2.
Critical Hit! Bonejack Core destabilized
[EXP Gained]
Critical Hit! Bonejack Core destabilized
[EXP Gained]
[System]
Leveled Up
Level 2 → 3
Skill: Error Pulse (Unlocked)
[System]
Leveled Up
Touch of Restoration Lv. 2
Woah... I leveled up. My second skill Error Pulse got unlocked now. And Touch of Restoration also upgraded by 1 level. Let's read the description.
[System]
Error Pulse (Bugged)
Type: AoE
Effects:
Releases a 360° pulse within a 5-meter radius. Deals damage equal to [WIS × 1.2] + [missing HP % × INT] Chance to inflict "System Fracture" (debuff: lowers DEF & healing received) Cooldown: 20 seconds Costs: 30 MP
Now, I need a testing ground to test my new skill.
(1 hour later)
[System]: You have entered the Edge of the beginner forest.
(Time: mid-afternoon, Weather: sunlight filtered through thick canopy)
(Looking around for people) No one is here. I can test my skill here without any distractions.
(created 5 training dummies) Let's put these dummies in all directions within 5-meters radius... and done.
(Standing in the center and takes a deep breath and muttered to himself) Okay, Kaien. Calm mind. Gentle cast. It's just a controlled pulse.
(casts) 'Error pulse'
"The spell surged like a bomb through his nervous system. Reality blinked, and then snapped. A flash of inverted light cracked the air. The trees nearby shuddered, the stump vaporized. Leaves caught fire. Birds exploded from branches. A wave of pixelated distortion rippled outward, frying everything in a five-meter radius."
(getting up slowly, singed hair sticking out in every direction) cough... cough...
Just once... cough... I'd like a skill that doesn't end with me setting the forest on fire... cough... Just once.
(to be continued...)