World Domination System

Selecting Skills

After dinner ended, Leonard went back inside, his mind full with several thoughts.

He had always been determined to make money and take care of his mother. Only that, up until today, he had always imagined that he had to climb up the ladder by gradually working.

But with the World Dominating system, he felt that things were different and the heavens were giving him a chance.

Now that his mother wanted to work with Susan’s family, he swore to himself not to let that happen for more than two months.

He couldn’t convince her now. After all, he didn’t have much, and she was determined to help him out.

Leonard sighed at his current helplessness but was also determined to work hard in the next two to three months so that he could at least make them comfortable.

After making up his mind and feeling better, he picked up his books, ready to study.

He had barely read for half an hour when he remembered that Susan had asked him to send a message so that they could talk about their project over the phone.

With all the system’s tasks and getting home to sleep, he had long since forgotten about that important detail.

Since she had already saved her number into his phone, Leonard hurriedly dialled her number.

The call was picked up on the second ring, and a little moving around was heard first.

“Leonard, why are you only calling by this time?” Susan asked in a hushed tone, it was easy to tell that she was trying to make sure no one heard her.

Leonard glanced at the wall clock in his room one more time as he felt maybe he made a mistake, but it was only a few minutes past eight. He sighed before responding, “Sorry, I forgot, and I thought you would still be studying,”

“Hmmm, I tend to fall asleep after dinner, so now, I have to study with my brothers watching,” she replied.

Leonard paused, a little unsure about what to do. He wasn’t particularly sure of how things like this worked in her family, and so he was waiting for her to make a decision.

“Have you set up any social media accounts? I can send you messages while I’m studying, and you can send me anything you want me to look up also,”

Hearing the solution, Leonard felt it was also okay as his room’s wall was thin. If he talked for long, his mother would know soon enough that he was talking on the phone.

But he also didn’t have much time to care about things like social media and only asked for her own.

“Tell me the one you prefer and your account there, I will send a message when I create an account there,”

After saying that, he hung up and placed his phone aside, returning to his studying.

In the Weber Manor,

As soon as Susan stepped out of the bathroom with her phone, her immediate eldest brother, Sloan, looked at her suspiciously.

“Why did you rush into the bathroom like that? Are you starting to hide things from the family?” He asked with a playful glare.

Susan didn’t take him seriously. After all, he was only two years older than her, and he was the one she was most close to in the family.

She rolled her eyes, settling into her chair before she replied, “No, I went to let out some gas and spent some time watching a video about a topic like that,”

Sloan looked at the slight flush on his sister's cheeks and kissed his teeth.

“Don’t go around getting silly ideas. If you don’t do well this time around, Mother will probably skin you alive or send you abroad.” He reminded, a little stern and a little doting.

As the last child and the only girl out of four children, Susan had been spoilt silly. She didn’t have to face the pressure of studying that other kids faced. After all, she was born into one of the top ten families in their country. Also, she was going to end up marrying someone in their cycle.

So her parents were fine as long as she did well enough.

However, recently, many families showed off their daughter’s results, making Madam Weber uncomfortable.

And now, she had started to apply a little more pressure on her princess too.

“Hmmm, I’ll do well,” Susan said with a shrug and went back to studying. However, her mind was constantly wandering to the message she was supposed to send to Leonard.

Would he wait up all night for her?

Unfortunately, while Leonard had at first waited for her message, he had dropped the phone aside after the first minute to return to his studying, but the system had another plan in mind.

With two alarm dings ringing in Leonard’s mind, it informed him, [Host must pick out a skill with the awarded points as he needs to grow stronger!]

Leonard sighed and leaned back in his chair, “what are my options?”

[The World Dominating System has every skill that has ever existed in this world, which is also constantly upgraded. If the host wants, you can look through the various categories.]

A transparent screen appeared in front of his eyes with words appearing on it. It was like a projection that didn’t need any solid display medium to be seen.

Leonard didn’t waste time and started to scroll through the skills list.

Unlike any list he had ever seen, he was impressed by the way this system categorised things.

Skills that could earn money very quickly and add relevance were placed separately, while skills that would be career-advancing and binding were also placed.

It also had another category for self-development.

[If the host wants to focus on personal development, the system would recommend picking a skill like the ancient martial arts technique. It is rarely seen and would give the host a large advantage in the long run.]

Leonard nodded but moved away. Most of the skills cost about 5 to 7 points, and he had 15, which meant that he could select more than one. However, this was only for the initial purchase as each of the skills had levels to them. The points required for the intermediate and advanced levels weren’t shown yet.

While the idea of martial arts was appealing, it wasn’t what he needed urgently. Moreover, he remembered that the guardian had advised him to build his body’s natural strength for a while first.

Thinking up to that point, he decided against it and went to another section. Futuristic development!

He had always had an innovative mind and won several competitions in that area. However, the one thing that he had the most interest in, he was unable to do it because not only did he not have a properly functioning computer.

But the investment needed for it was also high. Now that he could pick it just by using points, he didn’t hesitate.

“Coding and developers language.” He murmured, looking at the extensive thing that it covered in the summary.

Leonard took a deep breath before pressing on that choice. The intermediate level was 7 points.

[Skill selected, the host has 8 points left and can select another skill if you want.]

Leonard nodded and went back to looking at the things that could earn him money. Eventually, he settled on one.

Trading and investment!

He had 3 points left which was not enough to buy any course, so the system’s transparent screen disappeared.

Leonard smiled as he leaned back in his seat, his blood boiling from the knowledge he was going to get very soon.