-Author Note-
Last night, I got back from my internship. Then I laughed so hard when I saw a Frieren art going viral. It reminded me that I have a fanfiction, so I checked my account again and BOOOOM! 2k collections?! How and who are you people! Please don't prank me. I'm honestly speechless, thank you for the surprise!
I just read the comments and reviews, and you all made me giggle like crazy. The support and even the hate reviews, I hope you guys are doing alright. Thank you!
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It has been a week since I healed Chairman Go. Today was a long fucking day. I just finished clearing the C-rank gate quest. When I got home, I went straight to the bathroom and soaked my body in a hot bathtub.
Looking into the mirror, I noticed that my body is slowly changing. At first, I did not realize it, but now I can see that I have become taller and more muscular.
Anyway, I think I should be worried because Cha Hae-in is probably already guessing that I am that person. But should I really be worried? Even if she knew, she would not do anything anyway.
Let's check the rewards again.
[Quest: Clear 40 D-rank dungeons]
[Reward: 500 achievement points, +10 stat points]
[Quest: Heal Go Gunhee]
[Reward: 1000 achievement points]
[Quest: Clear 30 C-rank dungeons]
[Reward: 500 achievement points, +15 stat points]
Not bad. With all of that, I have 2300 AP to use. Just 200 more and I could pull an Ultra Rare card.
Nah, time is money. I do not have the luxury to wait. (A/N: Gacha addict behavior lmao)
[Ding!]
[You have used 1500 AP for single SSR tier roll]
[Commence rolling!]
As the system rolled the card, I rubbed both my palms together with a greedy smirk on my face. What? Do not judge me. Do I like this situation? Of course. Dear gacha goddess, give me Gojo Six Eyes, come on!
[Elemental Sight]
Origin: Irregular at Magic High School
Type: Passive Ability
Tier: SSR
Mana Cost: 350 per second
Effect: 300% Sense, 300% Mind buffs
Description: The user can specify information about their surroundings individually regardless of distance or obstacles, with great detail. They can easily identify information about targets, allowing precision aiming at long distances, analyzing opponent spells, and more.
[Black Hole]
Origin: Frieren
Type: Spell
Tier: SR
Mana Cost: 200 per use (1 mana will be consumed to maintain after 1 minute)
Description: A spell that creates a black hole capable of sucking everything in and turning it into atoms.
[Adula's Moonblade]
Origin: Elden Ring
Type: Spell
Tier: R
Mana Cost: 15 per use
Description: Creates a cold magic greatsword to slice enemies sideways while launching ranged frost slash projectiles.
[All grimoires have been saved to the inventory]
No maiden? Ahem, I mean the Six Eyes?
What is this Elemental Sight about.... Holy! 350 MP per second.... second?! One word. Greed! And For what? A 300 percent sense buff and 200 percent mind buff. Ow... gorgeous. Absolutely justified I guess.
So basically, Gojo's Six Eyes but for a mage?
I wonder if this is safe to use. My eyesight was terrible before, and I bought my first glasses in high school, and for the first time I saw the world in 4K. So I wonder if this passive ability is 'safe to use.'
Putting that aside, I got cool spells like Black Hole from Frieren again. Wait, I also got a spell before that came from the same world where Phalanx originated. I wonder what kind of anime that is.
The next spell is… hell yeah, another cool spell from Elden Ring! Even if mages are bad in melee fights, I should be prepared, and this is a good spell for that.
Now, let's check my progress over the past two weeks.
[Player Status]
Name: Takakura Ken
Level: 50
Class: Mage
Title: The Prodigy (+20 Mind, +20 Luck)
MP: 7200/7200
HP: 8500/8500
Fatigue: 0
[Stats]
Strength: 57
Agility: 58
Vitality: 70
Sense: 76
Mind: 80 (+20)
Intelligence: 128 (+16)
Faith: 299
Luck: 59 (+20)
[Stat Points: 70]
[Achievement Points: 800]
[Equipped Items]
None
I have risen quite a lot in level. Fifty D-rank, thirty C-rank, one A-rank, and completing three quests, which leveled me up three times. I also earned stat points over the past two weeks and 25 SP from quests.
My Mind stat is now 80, plus another 20 from my title. As for Strength and Agility… forget it. I'm a mage. Mages rely on their intellect and large reserves of mana to cast spells. So it makes more sense for me to start investing more into my Intelligence stat, again and again.
[Player Status]
Name: Takakura Ken
Level: 50
Class: Mage
Title: The Prodigy (+20 Mind, +20 Luck)
MP: 10700/10700
HP: 8500/8500
Fatigue: 0
[Stats]
Strength: 57
Agility: 58
Vitality: 70
Sense: 76
Mind: 80 (+20)
Intelligence: 198 (+16)
Faith: 299
Luck: 59 (+20)
[Stat Points: 0]
[Achievement Points: 800]
[Equipped Items]
None
[Skills:]
[Programming: Intermediate] [Master Artist] [Construction Master] [Multilingual]
[Passive Abilities:]
[Holy Aura: Max] [Divine Protection: Max] [Elemental Sight: Lv. 1]
[Magic Spells:]
[Phalanx: Basic Defense; Lv. 2] [Phalanx: Projectile; Lv. 2] [Phalanx: Dome; Lv. 1] [Phalanx: Sphere; Lv. 1] [Acceleration: Lv. 2] [Zoltraak: Lv. 3] [Create Water: Lv. 1] [Nature Beauty: Lv. 1] [Jilwer: Lv. 1] [Fel: Lv. 1]
[Holy Spells:]
[Heal: Lv. 3] [Turn Undead: Lv. 1] [Exorcism: Lv. 1] [Break Spell: Lv. 1] [Resurrection: Lv. 2] [Holy Magic Circle: Lv. 1] [Magic Seal: Lv. 1] [Purification: Lv. 1] [Recovery: Lv. 2]
[Support Magic:]
[Blessing: Lv. 2] [Powered: Lv. 1] [Haste: Lv. 1] [Protection: Lv. 1] [Resistance: Lv. 1] [Versatile Entertainment: Lv. 1] [Eyes of Providence: Lv. 1] [Enhanced Vision: Lv. 1] [Clean: Lv.1]
[Inventory:]
Grimoires
Guardian Mask
Harry Potter's Wand
x49 D-rank boss
x30 C-rank boss
Icha-Icha Paradise
Wait a minute. My followers went up to 16? How? I have done nothing holy since the dungeon break, so how is that possible? I thought people would just forget about it.
Furthermore, it seems I forgot something.
Ah right, I still have the [Become a Hunter] and [Become a Dungeon Miner] quests. I even still have [Join a Guild], and [Create a Guild] but right now becoming a hunter is the easiest quest to complete.
Maybe tomorrow, I will go to the Hunter Association to officially become a hunter. Yes, officially, because I am basically an illegal hunter right now.
Obviously, I will still be faking my rank for many reasons. First, I am still enjoying my life as a nobody. I am not desperate for attention like for what?
Second, I want to join a guild as a B-rank or A-rank registered hunter. I can control how much mana I release, so that is easy. My actual rank should be around low S-rank, and becoming an S-rank at this time would be annoying.
Of course, this mysterious troupe has a reason too.
My fake persona helped me a lot because it allowed me to enter gates alone. Chairman Go Gunhee told me that going inside a gate alone was supposed to be a secret from the public, since he was still working on policies with those annoying politicians. So becoming an S-rank right now would not help me much unless I already solo the Jeju Island S-rank gate.
Eventually, I will register as an S-rank, but for now this is the perfect plan.
Third, to become a dungeon miner, I need to be registered as a hunter. And what kind of S-rank hunter becomes a miner? Like I am not going to copy everything Jinwoo did.
"Alright. But why do I still feel like I forgot something?"
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The next morning, I followed my usual routine.
Dingdong!
I had just finished taking a shower when someone suddenly visited. Who could it be? Don't tell me it's her again.
"Does she still suspect me or something?"
I clicked my tongue as I walked to the front door.
"Yes?"
When I opened it, a girl in uniform looked visibly shocked when she saw me.
"Uh, my apologies. Maybe I got the wrong address. Do you know where Takakura Ken lives?"
I stared at the girl and realized this must be the thing I forgot last night.
"Jin-ah, it's me, Ken."
After hearing that, she raised her left eyebrow in disbelief.
"What, you're serious? How did you get this tall in just two weeks? Wait, my brother also got taller. Anyway, where have you been, Ken? You skipped school for weeks. I tried to contact you but silly me, I don't have your number."
"Uh.... I had to go to... Japan."
"Ahh… I see, family business, right?"
"Uh-huh, exactly. For now.... why not come in while I get dressed first?"
Jin-ah paused and her gaze slowly dropped downward. A little blush appeared on her face, but she covered it with a cough.
"Did you work out recently? Anyway, put something on damn it."
"Exactly what I'm going to do."
"Excuse me…" With a low voice, Jin-ah followed me inside. "Whoa! You're hell rich, Ken! But wait, where are your parents? Is it okay for me to come into your house?"
"Don't worry, I live alone."
"Oho. Nice."
What was going through her mind?
After that, I headed to my room and changed into my school uniform. I almost forgot I'm still a high school student, haha. Even my uniform feels tighter now after my growth spurt.
After putting on my glasses, I went to the living room where Jin-ah was waiting. She was lying on the sofa, rubbing her face into it.
"Jin-ah, sorry for the wait."
"Nah, it's fine. Take all the time you want. I'm going to enjoy this luxury while I can before returning to my life. Though now I have a question. Are you secretly a conglomerate son who lives alone to avoid an arranged marriage?"
"Nonsense. You read way too many webtoons. Anyway, let's go."
With a disappointed face, she got up.
"Already? Honestly, I'm kind of lazy to go to school right now. If it weren't for the parent-teacher conference, I'd just stay here and laze around."
She said while rubbing her face into the sofa one last time. I sighed. "What conference again?"
"You didn't know? Ah… right, you skip school a lot. Good thing I came. The teachers are going to discuss our future with our guardians, like whether we want to work or go to university, so I had my brother come to school."
Ah damn. Can I go without a guardian? Wait… this might be interesting. For the first time since arriving in this world, I'd get to meet Sung Jinwoo, the gyatt monarch. Will it earn me achievement points? Probably not. But shit would definitely be fun.