Asher the Insane

07 - Asher the One Who Got Used To It

I still feel very normal, though I needed a few days to adjust.

There still was the headache but hey, there's nothing I can do about it.

I'm OP but insane, gotta take the good with the bad, right?

Sitting in the town’s park, enjoying the rays, things don’t seem all that different from just a week ago.

Faye?

...

Faye, you in here?

...

Huh, no answer.

Give her a bit of time, Asher, that's just how she is.

I waited, one minute, two minutes, still no answer.

That’s unusual.

I stood up and called to her again as loud as I could mentally.

FAYE.

...

God damn, where is that lady at.

“Are you calling me?” I heard behind me.

I flinched and turned around, “shit, you scared me.”

There was a small woman sitting on a bench.

I knew her face and her hair though there was something different.

Animal ears and a tail.

“A fox-girl?” I looked her up closer, “Faye, is that you? What are you doing outside in the really real world?”

"I decided to leave since it was getting too noisy. However, I still have to take care of you, so I assumed a physical shape.

I picked one of the races in this world's appearance to imitate."

“Well, that’s nice and all but here are the serious questions. Are they real? The ears and tail?”

“No, this whole body is a construct of my own design,” she said dismissively.

I picked up her small body from the bench and turned her around.

She was silent but I knew she was getting really angry but I still had to do it.

I put her down then grabbed her tail firmly and pulled on it lightly to see if it actually was real, which it seemed like it was.

Even If it wasn’t real, it had really good craftsmanship.

Faye reached her boiling point and in the most angry tone she ever gotten with me, which was just a slightly sterner version of how she usually sounded, she said, “do not touch me again. It will be for your own good,” then pulled the tail away.

“But I wanna!” I tried grabbing it again.

I was shocked, in a literal sense, I was shocked so much in fact that I was knocked down.

Coughing up blood I stood up. I have millions of HP, how much damage was that to have hurt me like that?

“Are you even allowed to hurt your ward? Isn’t that against your mission?” I asked her, with genuine interest.

“You hurt yourself. I can’t stop you from doing that. I did warn you, did I not?”

"True. Fine, fine. I should have respected your boundaries, blah, blah, blah, whatever. I hereby solemnly swear, never again will I touch you.”

I took another seat on the bench. 

You never know, maybe I’ll try once more in the future.

I sighed.

Now, I could finally begin my journey.

Though… I had a shit ton XP to get some new skills.

I could, for good measure, get a few, couldn’t I?

I opened up the skill menu and pressed directly on the randomize button

[Skill Transfer]

Well, well now. I hope it’s different from what its name implies.

"Faye, if you will. Show me the details."

“[Skill Transfer]

The user of this skill can transfer any of his skills onto another person.

This ability has no cool-down.”

Useless, who would I even give skills to?

How about another one.

[Analyze]

Huh, another bad one.

“[Analyze]

This skill lets the user analyze any used skill which was casted in their proximity for 5 Minutes.

It will show the details of the skill.

Description, Cool-down, HP/MP/SP Usage, Strengths, and Weaknesses.

This ability has a 20-minute cool-down.”

This is basically a worse version of what Faye can do.

“Faye, can you try to click on randomize once, please? For me?”

I tried forcing her finger on the button against her will, was shocked, but succeeded in my endeavor, though even when her finger  touched it nothing happened.

I guess other people can’t interact with other people's menus.

Or Faye’s special status prevented it from working.

[Hanging Tree]

“[Hanging Tree]

When this skill is activated the target’s psyche is attacked. 

They will be imprisoned in an illusory world until they are hung on a noose by a tree.

Sucking out 20% max HP, 50% max MP and 90% max SP.

Can only be used when surrounded by trees.

This ability has a one-week cool-down period.”

Damn, this shit is broken.

Only when surrounded by trees, eh?

That doesn’t even balance it out that much, there are trees everywhere.

But it does get a long ass cool-down.

I rolled again and I remembered back in my previous life I had a little problem when it came to gacha and forced myself to only do it another time and then let it be.

[Counter Spell]

“[Counter Spell]

The user of this skill will receive the exact opposite spell the enemy target is using.

The Cool-down of this ability is depended on the given spell.”

[Counterspell]

“[Counterspell]

Counterspell nullifies the enemy's next spell.

This can be used twice per fight.”

Alright, now it is time to have an adventure.

"Faye, if you will, my stats!"

[Asher Burell]

[LVL.  Human Man]

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[[HP 67164323/67164323 │ MP 59140387/59140387 │ SP 48537123/48537123]]

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[[???]]

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[[Buff X][Body Skills] [Mental Skills]] 

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[[Power Beam] [Second Chance] [The Wall] [Blink] [Execute] [Pocket Dimension] [Skill Transfer] [Analyze] [Hanging Tree] [Counter Spell] [Counterspell]]

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[[]]

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[[Insanity]]

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“What happened to my stats and skill levels?” I asked.

“I turned them off. It should help the system, and your mind, to cope with the enormous amount of calculations and notifications they have to deal with,” she explained.

“Neat. That's the first nice thing you've ever done for me. I see real character growth.”

Good! Now, off to adventure, wherever it may lead me!