Level 1 Player (MT Novel) - Chapter 5

Chapter 5. The Awakening (Part 4)

The potion had absolutely no taste. As I drank it, I immediately felt stronger. At that moment I experienced a truly blissful pleasure.

[Strength – 5]
After my strength increased by one, it was impossible not to feel the difference. I was smiling like crazy, because I had succeeded. My body began to change. Immediately the most ordinary body took on slightly more relief. These changes were more like the transformation of the Hulk. The previously ample T-shirt was now a tight fit. My body was growing muscles incredibly fast, and I was becoming more like a monster.

– Aah!

The bliss immediately evaporated, but I was still overwhelmed with new sensations. It felt like I could crush anything. I clenched my fists tightly, and the bones crunched.

– Aah!” I screamed again and quickly unclenched my fingers. I tried to lift my hands and blow on them, but the changes were still going on, so it was very hard to do that. I thought I was going to die. I could still feel the echoes of pain, as if I had really broken my hands. Of course, in addition to strength, my stamina had to be changed as well.

– It was urgent to add it.

I decided to take an endurance potion. Since I could not take anything in my hands, I had to lie down on the floor and drink it like some kind of animal. In one sitting, I drained the vial.

– Wow.

I felt the change again. I clenched my fists gently, but this time there was no pain. I squeezed even harder. No discomfort or crunching.

– I had to use the other ones.

This time I decided to drink a dexterity potion. When I emptied another vial, the muscles shrank a little. The muscle mass did not disappear. On the contrary, it became stronger and more elastic. I realized that I could move much faster now. If after the first potion I looked like a steroid junkie, now I was in more balanced shape and became something like Bruce Lee.

After drinking the strength potion, I became a jock who couldn’t even touch his face. But now I was finally able to move normally, and I began to gingerly feel my body. It had become so flexible and overflowing with strength. My muscles were now strong and elastic, and I even had cubes on my stomach.

-Yuhu! – I shouted with joy from the overload of feelings.

I looked like a superhuman, and seemed like I could beat anyone.

– Okay, I still had something left.

I took a potion of magic in my hands. As soon as the potion touched my lips, it melted like snow. И…

– Oh,” I closed my eyes.

[Magic – 1]

Then, however, the index rose. I was overwhelmed with a feeling of pleasure that could not be compared to anything else. I had never experienced anything like it. It didn’t take long for me to come to my senses again.

– I need more.

I opened another bottle. Then I reached for the next one, which contained a willpower potion.

After a while, I opened the status window.

[Name: Choi Hyun Seong
Level: 1
Class: None
Characteristics:
Strength – 70;
Dexterity – 70,
Endurance – 70,
Magic – 30 ,
Willpower – 30
Bonuses:0
Special Skills: Trade
Active Skills: none
Passive skills: none]
That’s what I meant about the stats. Usually these were the characteristics of Players of 40-50 levels.

-So, now I need to find something I’m going to sell later.

I studied all the items carefully. I wanted to buy a skill book, hunt monsters, and then say I beat it out of them afterwards. That would help me sell it safely.

– Oh, I think I found something.

[Wizard skill (rare book) ]
[Passive skill]
[Reduced Magic Consumption by 10%]
[Seller: Bukurako]
[Price: 599,999,999 points]
This book was expensive, but the idea of spending 600 million points didn’t seem delusional to me. The book was worth it, as it was suitable for any class of Player. It seemed to me that unlike the other skill books, this one had the most to gain.

– It wasn’t.

[Do you want to buy a rare Wizard skill book?]

[The item you bought can always be exchanged or refunded.]

[Yes][No].

I was faced with a choice. The brightly lit and ornate book hung in the air. I stretched out my hands toward it. At that moment, the sparkling light disappeared, and the book was in my .

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[Do you want to read the rare Master’s Skill book?]
[Yes][No].
I naturally clicked “NO” and reopened the buy and sell window and looked at everything in detail.

– That’s what I thought.

[Items for sale: 0 pcs.]
I clicked the button. The icon enlarged and a list of items for sale appeared. The window was divided into 10 slots, and they were all empty.

[Would you like to register an item for sale?]
[Yes][No].
– Yes, I would like to know more.

I chose the right answer and clicked on the button.

[Move the item you wish to sell into this window.]
[A commission of 20% of the total amount will be deducted after the sale.]
At this point, I cursed. Twenty percent?

– What nerve! What kind of platform embezzles money? Even if the system doesn’t encourage resale, the commissions are beyond anything you can imagine.

I sighed heavily and gritted my teeth. I opened the buy-sell window, and moved the skill book there. It disappeared from view, but it didn’t disappear altogether. A small icon appeared in the sales window.

[Wizard skill (rare book) ]
[Passive Skill]
[Reduced Magic Consumption by 10%]
The type and characteristics of the book remained the same.
[Assign Price].
I entered the price I wanted. 999,999,999 points. Ha! There’s no way they’ll buy it at that price. If you cut it in half, that’s when…

– That’s it, now there’s nothing to worry about.

Although I did have reason to be concerned. In fact, that’s why I decided to put the skill book I had just bought up for sale. It was a very expensive item; I could have gotten 1 billion for it. Does it take a lot of effort to steal or break something? However, in the sale window, the skill book is safe. Now no one can take it away from me.

– Nevertheless, I still have plenty of points left.

It’s true that I spent 1.8 billion points to buy potions and the skill book. However, I still have 200 million. I wanted to buy potions, but there were more…

– Skills are also important.

The skill books will help me become even stronger.

– Well then, let’s see what’s in here.

[Do you want to buy a regular Strong Body skill book?]
[The item you bought can always be exchanged or refunded]
[Yes][No].
– Of course YES.

[Do you want to buy the normal General Stamina skill book?]
[You will always be able to exchange the item you bought or make a refund.]
[Yes] [No]
[Do you want to buy the normal skill book Sword Art?]
[The item you bought can always be exchanged or refunded] [Yes] [No]
[Yes] [No]
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No matter what came up, I clicked the “YES” button everywhere. I bought all skills indiscriminately, no matter if they were worth a million or 10 million points. I didn’t look at all whether it was a tank, Ranger DD, Mile-DD, or Healer. After my purchase, I read all of these books without any hesitation. After a while, I looked at the characterization window again with a satisfied expression on my face.

[Name: Choi Hyun Seong
Level: 1
Class: None
Characteristics:
Strength – 70;
Dexterity – 70,
Endurance – 70,
Magic – 30 ,
Willpower 30
Bonuses :0
Special Skills: Trade
Active Skills: Healing (low), Fireball (low), Provocation (low), Magic Missile (low), Shield (low), Ambush (low), Stealth (low)
Passive Skills: Strong Body (low), Endurance (low), Three Afflictions (low), Sword Art (low), Elemental Magic (low) ]

The active and passive skill boxes, which used to be empty, are now noticeably fuller.

– Eh, there are still so many skill books I wish I had bought.

All of the books I bought were low level. And I so wanted to get my hands on a rare one. However, the price of such items exceeded 100 million points. I just didn’t have them. Of course, the quality matched the price.

– So, let’s see if everything is going as planned.

I’m still at level 1. However, strength, dexterity, and endurance are now at 70 units. Magic and willpower are 30 each. In addition, I have 7 active and 5 passive skills. Most Players at this level only have one or two. They also get 50 million points. Compared to me, that’s very little. I was pleased with myself. My heart was pounding frantically at the thought that I could cure my sick father and make life easier for my mother and sister.

I wanted to spend absolutely all the points I had, but after thinking about it, I decided to keep 50 million in reserve. The odds of me being able to get a skill book or item during the hunt were practically 0. I would have to earn points using profits from sales and also use a unique skill. Working in the real world is pretty much the same as using the buy-sell window. Besides, if I used it, I would have to give away 20 percent commission. However, instead of profits one could only see huge losses. But in reality, it would simply take a long time to study skill books, buy high level items, and earn points through the sales window. That’s why I need to have 50 million points in reserve.

– Wow, what time is it?

Having plunged myself headlong into studying the material, buying potions and skill books, I didn’t even notice that it was already starting to get light. I needed some sleep, so I went back to bed. I didn’t get much rest, though.