As soon as night struck, both Dave and Chloe went to the space at the corner of the room that was designated to them for practicing their techniques and skills.
As Pugilists, almost all their training was associated with the control and use of the body. It seemed just like those weird cultivation depicted in novels to Morales but was much more systematic.
Seeing them go to train, Morales also joined them to act the part. He already confirmed that he could level up through his system’s interface, so there was no need for training normally like others.
Unlike them, the main reason why he went there was just to relax in a comfortable position and check his interface for his current attributes.
He was so hyped up to gauge his current power base after awakening his bloodline.
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Name: Morales Clifford
Race: Human/Space Neonate.
Model: Mutated NPC.
Level: 25 [Can proceed with advancement]
Main Class: Pugilist [Novice]- Lvl. 10/10 [Can proceed with advancement]
Sub-Classes:
Young Lord- Lvl. 10
Agent- Lvl. 10
Health: 820/820
Stamina: 950/950
Attributes: STR 42, DEX 25, END 17, INT 6, CHA 14, LUCK 2
Free attribute points: 29
Energy: 160 [Lvl. 3]
Lvl. 1 [10]- [STR +2, DEX +1, END +1, MAX STAMINA +15]
Lvl. 2 [50]- [STR +3, DEX +2, END +3, MAX STAMINA +50]
Lvl. 3 [100] …
Grade: F [Normal Human]
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[You only need a little more growth to reach the Grade E superhuman realm. You now have some strength to your name, but overall, still a spoiled brat.]
[NEW!] Special Race-specific skills:
Space bomb- contraction: You have the ability to compress, squeeze, and contract space, thereby turning it into a giant pressure-killing machine.
Space bomb- detonation: Through your incredible control over space power, you can release bomb-like pressure attacks outwards at opponents.
[Remark: Tear them apart like a bomb!]
Space vision: When activated, you have an omnidirectional view of the world. If you have come into contact with someone before, you can see him/her without any distance restraints.
Energy cost: 10 Energy and Stamina per second.
Race-specific passive ability:
Eye of the Neonate- Encompassing space vision: You can now see by feeling your surrounding space. Your perception is now countless times higher and no one can ambush you without you knowing.
[Remark: You are the lord of the skies.]
You obtained a race specialty:
Space manipulation: You have impeccable innate control over space. Through training, you can have the power to move planets and cut through secondary dimensions.
The space is where you belong, it is your home. While others marvel at the sky in awe, you swim in it.
Renown: 0
Legend: 0
Equipment: Storm Sword.
[You now have some strength and real abilities to your name. You have taken the first step in the journey of becoming a Space Lord.]
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As soon as Morales went through his new attributes, his body felt warm with satisfaction. He felt the urge to yell out in excitement but he restrained himself due to his 2 roommates that were around.
A player once said in the game that getting a combination of a main class with a tyrannical race bloodline is the ultimate definition of power.
His health and stamina literally doubled, that was his best gain from this sudden awakening.
Now, he could not agree more with the player’s statement. He was fairly confident that if he went against the dead Chakra alone now, he would last a good amount of time.
Lasting long was his conservative judgment, defeating grade E experts was not beans at all. As someone who already experienced the power granted by a leap in grade, he dared not underestimate it.
Though he felt excited about the increase in his attributes, he was more interested in the new race specialty abilities that came with it.
He tried to feel the only passive ability first as that was less likely to cause a commotion. He tried to concentrate a bit, directing his attention at his roommates that were training silently beside him.
It came slowly, but he soon started feeling the space around him shift subtly. The next second an image quickly appeared in his imaginary vision; it was his 2 roommates.
Dave had a sheen of sweat dripping down his shin, his eyes were closed as a pale gathering of air revolved around him. He sat cross-legged on the floor; his eyes closed in focus.
Turning his sight to Chloe, he saw that the girl was doing exactly the same thing. She sat cross-legged on the floor in meditation but unlike her male counterpart, a pale watery blue energy revolved around her.
Seeing this, Morales was stunned. Such energy convergence was the sign of a grade E powerhouse, he never expected this cheerful girl to be such an expert Pugilist already.
And they were all 18-year-olds.
“Damn, I need to work harder”. During his conversation with the girl, he already found her a little to his liking but he never expected that she had the power to crush him in a fight.
He secretly used his system’s detect level utility on them.
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Name: Dave
Main Class: Pugilist
Level: 28
STR 37, END 13, INT 7
Health Points: 580
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Name: Chloe
Main Class: Pugilist
Level: ?
Health Points: ???
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Seeing this, Morales was even more stunned. He already expected this of Dave, but Chloe? All her attributes being question marks meant that she was at least 10 levels higher than himself.
“Damn! If I decide to pursue her, which basis do I have to do it?” He cursed.
Temporarily pushing the thought of the girl behind his mind, he finally returned back to his senses to analyze the usefulness of this passive ability.
To him, the system did not lie at all. He was pretty sure that with such a messed-up passive ability, no one could come close to ambushing him as it would always remain activated.
Another point that he noticed was that he could now sense the slightest fluctuations in the air. He guessed that this was related to his new race specialty- Space manipulation, he felt giddy with joy.
He wanted to test all the new abilities now, but he held himself back. Unlike the passive ability that he just used, active abilities that he was not yet proficient in were more prone to complications.
Bomb was assigned to most of the abilities, who knew if he would suddenly blow this humble and innocent room to pieces. It was better to be prudent.
After suppressing his impulses, he finally started laying down his plans.
Despite the sudden spurt growth in strength, he knew the cold hard truth that he was still an insignificant being in the current Beiger planet.
He was currently taking refuge in a Pugilist dojo did not guarantee his safety also, he had not forgotten that this was just a dojo of a small backward town.
His current priority was still to gain more power, and the shortest way available to him was to enter the grade E superhuman realm.
He didn’t find a dojo just to get refuge, he came here to build his strength. He knew that among all the possible scenarios where he could train, training in a dojo was the best.
Not only did they have monthly training resources for every admitted student which consisted of attribute stimulating pills and others, but they also had the best training facilities imaginable to any Pugilist.
With his stockpile of experience, he was confident that he could enter the grade E superhuman realm a week after he got access to the training facilities and the resources.
The only thing he needed to do now was to scale the dojo dungeon as it would reveal his talent thereby also determining the number of resources that he would receive this month.
The dojo dungeon was just an underground structure built by the dojo where mutated beasts of various species are imprisoned.
It had 15 levels, and a sizeable number of beasts is kept at each level with their strength increasing at each subsequent level.
Across the whole Beiger planet, the highest record for a newbie was defeating beasts and crossing directly to level 7. The newbie record for Border town is only level 4.
Another important point of note about the dungeon was that students are allowed to scale it only once a day, and for each level crossed there is an equivalent dojo point that is awarded.
Like instructor Alexander said, dojo points are very important resources. If he wanted to become strong at the fastest possible speed, they were indispensable to him.
For someone with so much knowledge about Space World, he knew the best trajectory to take to level up faster.
For his level- his main class was currently stuck as he needed to complete the advancement mission.
In Space World, as he grew, the limit of his main class also increases with him. After his first advancement, the limit of the next Pugilist realm would increase to 20 levels.
For his race, it was 20 levels to a level-up at the first few versions.
Back then in the mining base when he leveled up to level 20, he encountered the race advancement mission but he finished it immediately as the requirements were much looser.
He didn’t gain much increase in attributes as he was still technically a normal human then, he just evolved a bit. Now that his Space bloodline also awakened, the increase in power was more significant.
After thinking of all this, his anticipation for the next day grew.
After his roommates takes him on a tour around the dojo, his next destination would be the training hall as he wanted to test all his abilities before he would finally go to challenge the dojo dungeon.
Tomorrow was going to be a long day.
Sorry for not releasing yesterday, a lot of things went wrong in my day that made me frustrated. Don't worry though, I'll make up for it.
“You…, you! I can’t believe it’s you!” Morales exclaimed exaggeratedly, losing his cool for a moment. “Wait! You’re here too?” The girl standing at the door asked in a surprised tone, she seemed even more shocked than Morales. Dave and Chloe were left gawking, speechlessly looking at the 2 people that stood before them. It took some time before they finally recovered as Chloe asked, her voice reverting to its normal cheerful tone. “You guys knew each other before?” She pumped her fists on the air excitedly. “That’s great, it would bring more cohesiveness among us”. “Do you know that there’s an award given yearly for the best roommates? I think we have a good chance of winning it this time…” As Chloe was about to continue blabbering on, Dave quickly covered her mouth with his hands while directing an embarrassed smile at their newest roommate. “Hi, I’m Dave”. He waved cheekily at her even though she just stood a few inches away from him
2 days later, Morales woke up early in the morning again as he got set to go for his daily training. After these few days together, he already integrated completely with his other roommates. And they already grasped each other’s personalities completely. Fortunately, they were all compatible. With the cheerful Chloe around, they could not fall out with each other even if they wanted. Just the next day after their tour around the dojo, Chloe noticed that he and Rose were keeping a certain distance from each other. She was puzzled at first but she quickly deduced that it was probably an old grudge. When she probed and they didn’t react as she liked, she pestered them for the whole day till they revealed everything to her. Morales was like. “She bullies boys that are weaker than her only to cower before those stronger than her. I hate people with such personalities, they are evil seeds”. While Rose was like. “I’ve tried to make up to him but he k
Morales’s final preparation was complete, so he had no need of staying in the simulated forest any longer. He gave a mental order which the hall’s A. I acknowledged as the world before him quickly disappeared. It took him a few seconds before his sight finally recovered completely but darkness was what stared back at him. He blinked a few times in the darkness before he understood. After removing the simulation helmet from his head, his sight finally returned before the familiar hall again. Despite the intense movements he performed just a moment ago, he didn’t feel anything, rather he felt light and relaxed as the special couch gently massaged his back. The only defect was that he felt mentally drained. He could only rest back on the couch and wait it out till his energy recovered. He slightly inclined his head to the side, where Chloe’s beautiful face presented itself before him. Her eyelids twitched a bit, indicating that she was do
“He’s crossed into the 4th level already! Which monster exactly is scaling the dojo dungeon?” A student dressed in red tight-fitting combat clothes exclaimed exaggeratedly. “And I heard that he’s among the newbies that were admitted just a few days ago. What a monster!”. Another one quickly chimed in excitedly. When a student is scaling the dungeon levels, there is an indicator outside that shows the number of levels that he/she has crossed and the current level he/she was in. This was Morales’s 4th hour inside the dungeon, and he was now in the 4th level. He spent only about an hour for the first 2 levels, but he spent about 3 hours just to clear the 3rd level. Despite this, his speed was still record-breaking and already attracted the attention of the whole dojo. Hundreds of students stood outside the entrance of the dojo, attentively watching the orange light that represented the 4th level. This crowd started from a student that als
Outside the dojo dungeon, silence reigned like the lord supreme as the atmosphere became tranquil like that of a graveyard. The sound of a pin dropping could even be heard in such an atmosphere. “What am I seeing?” The hundreds of students standing and waiting outside rubbed their eyes in disbelief, the notification currently flashing on top of the dungeon entrance’s wall was too eye-catching to be ignored. “F*ck, the kid broke the newbie record”. One of the more mature students finally broke the silence with a curse. This seemed to be the fuse switch as the other students immediately started discussing excitedly. “I can’t believe that he did it. I really want to see this genius kid; does he have a face like us?” One of the students asked excitedly. “No, he has your anus as his face”. Another one retorted immediately but the other did not care, he still reveled in the joy brought by this historic moment in the history of the Border tow
Being the closest to Morales, the 4 beast leaders were also the first that felt the change in his aura. They immediately adopted wary attitudes, but this could not still suppress their bestial instincts. The mutated Black panther, being the fastest rushed out in the front at Morales who gladly welcomed it with opened hands. Ptui!! Breeze swiftly blew past first, then the heavy sword cut down tyrannically the next moment. An unpleasant glaring sound of metal cutting through flesh reverberated, followed by a painful whimper, which formed a stark contrast to the originally chaotic noise from the battle. The Black panther dodged after detecting the danger, but Morales’s sword still cut a deep injury across its back. The flesh underneath that was exposed heaved up and down as the mutated beast cried out in pain. It was bloody. ------------------------------------------------- Critical hit -340 You have inflicted your
Morales’s vision spun a bit, rendering his perception temporarily distorted and disoriented. When he finally opened his eyes, he was not outside the dojo dungeon’s entrance like he expected. He was surprisingly in a room. The room had a sci-fi look to it, its grey metallic walls that were gleaming under the light illumination stole his breath away. “Where is this? Why was I transported here?” He frowned. As he did a 360-degree turn to check out the room and to confirm that he was not in any danger, he saw something horrifying. A pair of eyeballs hovered at a corner of the room, focused and looking at him so intently like they wanted to peer through him. The sight was eerie-looking and could induce goosebumps in anyone. Seeing this, Morales shuddered immediately. “Oh, great eyeball, forgive my travesty for I have sinned. It was not my intention to barge into your humble abode”. He improvised on the spot, spilling a bunch of nonsense imm
“How did you do it?” Chloe asked curiously as soon as they got back to their room to meet their genius teammate. “Zero, you’re so awesome. I’m completely blown away, now I can brag of having a genius as my roommate”. Dave didn’t care about Chloe’s question; he expressed his excitement without restraints. “Congratulations”. Rose simply said. She hid her complicated emotions to herself and located her chair to sit down. “Zero, tell me, I’m really curious. How did you do it?” Chloe did not relent despite the interruption from her other roommates. Morales shrugged. “I did it the exact way that it’s done by others. I hacked left and right with my sword, that’s all. Oh…, and I also used my race abilities to kill most of them”. “Dammit, you didn’t use any special strateg