Chapter 23
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"Yes! My body is healed!" As he spoke aloud, he clenched his fists. There was a reason Kim Jiwoon, one of the known users of the Life Orb Master Ability, was called 'The Invincible.' The Limited Ability was extremely powerful.
As he closed his hands, he winced slightly,
"Ooh. Huh. That's odd." He moved his arms back and forward. They felt… tender almost. More sensitive than usual.
"They aren't sore or injured anymore… but I'm still tired. It seems that breaking a Life Orb will heal my body of injuries, no matter how gruesome, but it doesn't make me less tired." Micheal moved around the mostly empty room, stepping backwards and forwards several times.
Subtly, he could feel that the intense practice atop the rooftop had slightly increased the strength of his physique, making him more flexible. His physique was still relatively untrained, practice like this was bound to have some effect.
"The Life Orbs don't wipe that all away! They can heal my injuries, but the positives effects from training seem to remain. Maybe the Orbs magically enhance my Recovery to absurd levels and that is how I heal? I don't really know." The Life Orbs were truly a magical creation, worthy of being their own Ability, even if that one came with a steep negative.
"And I still have two left, and can make a new third one tomorrow." He smiled as he saw the two other orbs, floating around his head.
That meant that he could literally be killed twice today and come back to life.
'Wow. That is way overpowered.' He grinned nefariously, feeling almost as if he really was a teenage boy again, and not a tired veteran of 10 years in the 7 Layers.
'Not that I'm complaining.' His eyes flashed as he considered the huge dangers he would have to face in the future. Even him with 10,000 lives might not be enough to save the entire human race from destruction, let alone 3.
Their true enemies, in the end, were literal Gods after all. It was said that the strongest of the Gods could warp reality itself. They hadn't even seen a fraction of the true power of the 12 Tribes of Deities.
"Still. I won't back down. Every race has their own special power granted to them or inborn, and the magical 'Shop' that humanity gained will be the whetstone to the blade I forge to protect us." His eyes flashed with dark promise.
'For now, though…' He smiled,
'Let's check out what I obtained.'
"Status!"
— - Status — -
Name: Micheal Care
Points: 1037
Race: Human
Age: 18
- Stats -
Strength - 23
Endurance - 17
Recovery - 13
Soul - 10
- Abilities - (3/7)
Life Orb Master
Ki Cultivator (Mortal Tier)
Grandmaster Sword Mastery (1/5)
.
'My stats are all the same. My body improved slightly, but not enough to be officially noted on my Status Screen.' He nodded. It made sense. The improvement he made existed, but was still rather minor. If he practiced like that again a few more times, he would likely be able to boost his base Strength by a Point or two.
Increases like this couldn't be ignored. Many Abilities would enhance your power based on your base stats. The power of your body mattered enormously if you were a melee warrior. The better your physique before applying any Abilities, the more effective certain Abilities could be.
The best way to increase one's physique was well known. The Ki Cultivator Ability.
Many other ways existed, but all of them had their own requirements and usually took up one of the precious 7 Ability slots.
'I scored over 1,000 Points! Perfect!' His eyes lit up as he saw this. He had killed dozens and dozens of normal Morenkai, and several Abnormal ones, scoring a rather large store of Points.
Thankfully, he didn't face any of the extremely powerful Abnormals. Those were typically only found in the Main Cluster. If he had, he would've been forced to use his Life Orbs to either help himself escape or to use a powerful suicide attack to kill it.
He'd rather not expose his Life Orb power, yet, deciding to pass the Orbs off as Artifacts he could use to fly.
'With 1,000 Points, that's enough to make a single set of Dragon Building Liquid. If I take that in now, it'll make it easier to hunt down other Morenkai without wasting Life Orbs. I might even be able to hit 4,000 Points total, and make the other three sets of Dragon Building Liquid I will need.' He thought the plan over, liking it more and more.
Immediately, he opened up the Shop, moving to the Artifacts section. Soon, he moved to one of the back pages, finding a specific choice:
.
Boiling Dragon Ginseng Booster - 610 Points
.
He tapped on it.
.
—-Boiling Dragon Ginseng Booster—-
This powerful accelerant will temporarily boost the physique of anyone that swallows it,
.
'Okay, one down, two to go.' He nodded sharply, selecting and buying it. Immediately, a small, grey pill appeared floating in the air in front of Micheal. He snagged it from the air, placing it down on a wooden table that was at the center of the room.
He opened the Shop back up, quickly finding the two other things he needed.
.
Calming Aura Pill - 180 Points
.
Essence of Wood - 200 Points
.
Two more objects appeared in front of him, floating briefly. One was a small piece of glowing wood while the other was a cool white pill.
'And now, the last couple of things.' Micheal maneuvered over to the custom Earth Objects selection in the Shop, picking out several things.
Soon he had a pestle and mortar, a couple of vials of water, a syringe, and a small burner.
"Whew." He turned the burner on, letting the small flame it gave off bloom upward. He then looked over at the pestle and mortar, putting the Essence of Wood in it.
'After so many years in the 7 Layers, many scientists and researchers put huge amounts of effort in finding ways to use the Shop to grow stronger. Many of these findings were made public as humanity reached the 6th Layer. That was when we really started to band together.' He reminisced, remembering the terrifying journey he had been on.
'It was far too late, in the end. Billions had already died, so many geniuses and experts lost. The potential of humanity had already been permanently damaged.' He sighed.
'Some of those methods were for low level Chosen. I memorized a few of them out of curiosity, only the ones that weren't complicated or complex, never thinking they would come in handy. I only thought there was an off chance I could find my little sisters and use it to help them.' He never did end up finding his little sisters. He did find out that his parents had died somewhere in the lower Layers, but found no word of his sisters.
They had probably died, killed by a freakish Morenkai, or falling to the evils of man. He clenched his fists at the thought, rage flooding through him for a brief moment before he controlled himself.
'I have time. I can make the First Layer much safer.' He caught himself, pushing his feelings down.
'Later. I'll think about it later. Right now, I need to focus.' He looked down at the pestle and mortar.
The special drug he was about to try and make had been created by a famed Chemist named Edgar Rustle, from Australia. It was one of the simpler methods, one specifically designed so that anyone could make it, even without advanced machinery or special knowledge.
The downside to it, however, was that it was extremely difficult for the average person to successfully absorb the medicine. Every positive had a negative. The ease of creation made it harder to safely use.
Micheal silently blessed the man as he prepared to set to work. Thanks to the hard-worn effort of humanity's best and brightest, he would be able to get a head start. His chances of stopping the apocalypse from ending humanity…
He was officially starting the ride upward.
'And I will let nothing come in my way.' His eyes flashed.
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"Yes! My body is healed!" As he spoke aloud, he clenched his fists. There was a reason Kim Jiwoon, one of the known users of the Life Orb Master Ability, was called 'The Invincible.' The Limited Ability was extremely powerful.
As he closed his hands, he winced slightly,
"Ooh. Huh. That's odd." He moved his arms back and forward. They felt… tender almost. More sensitive than usual.
"They aren't sore or injured anymore… but I'm still tired. It seems that breaking a Life Orb will heal my body of injuries, no matter how gruesome, but it doesn't make me less tired." Micheal moved around the mostly empty room, stepping backwards and forwards several times.
Subtly, he could feel that the intense practice atop the rooftop had slightly increased the strength of his physique, making him more flexible. His physique was still relatively untrained, practice like this was bound to have some effect.
"The Life Orbs don't wipe that all away! They can heal my injuries, but the positives effects from training seem to remain. Maybe the Orbs magically enhance my Recovery to absurd levels and that is how I heal? I don't really know." The Life Orbs were truly a magical creation, worthy of being their own Ability, even if that one came with a steep negative.
"And I still have two left, and can make a new third one tomorrow." He smiled as he saw the two other orbs, floating around his head.
That meant that he could literally be killed twice today and come back to life.
'Wow. That is way overpowered.' He grinned nefariously, feeling almost as if he really was a teenage boy again, and not a tired veteran of 10 years in the 7 Layers.
'Not that I'm complaining.' His eyes flashed as he considered the huge dangers he would have to face in the future. Even him with 10,000 lives might not be enough to save the entire human race from destruction, let alone 3.
Their true enemies, in the end, were literal Gods after all. It was said that the strongest of the Gods could warp reality itself. They hadn't even seen a fraction of the true power of the 12 Tribes of Deities.
"Still. I won't back down. Every race has their own special power granted to them or inborn, and the magical 'Shop' that humanity gained will be the whetstone to the blade I forge to protect us." His eyes flashed with dark promise.
'For now, though…' He smiled,
'Let's check out what I obtained.'
"Status!"
— - Status — -
Name: Micheal Care
Points: 1037
Race: Human
Age: 18
- Stats -
Strength - 23
Endurance - 17
Recovery - 13
Soul - 10
- Abilities - (3/7)
Life Orb Master
Ki Cultivator (Mortal Tier)
Grandmaster Sword Mastery (1/5)
.
'My stats are all the same. My body improved slightly, but not enough to be officially noted on my Status Screen.' He nodded. It made sense. The improvement he made existed, but was still rather minor. If he practiced like that again a few more times, he would likely be able to boost his base Strength by a Point or two.
Increases like this couldn't be ignored. Many Abilities would enhance your power based on your base stats. The power of your body mattered enormously if you were a melee warrior. The better your physique before applying any Abilities, the more effective certain Abilities could be.
The best way to increase one's physique was well known. The Ki Cultivator Ability.
Many other ways existed, but all of them had their own requirements and usually took up one of the precious 7 Ability slots.
'I scored over 1,000 Points! Perfect!' His eyes lit up as he saw this. He had killed dozens and dozens of normal Morenkai, and several Abnormal ones, scoring a rather large store of Points.
Thankfully, he didn't face any of the extremely powerful Abnormals. Those were typically only found in the Main Cluster. If he had, he would've been forced to use his Life Orbs to either help himself escape or to use a powerful suicide attack to kill it.
He'd rather not expose his Life Orb power, yet, deciding to pass the Orbs off as Artifacts he could use to fly.
'With 1,000 Points, that's enough to make a single set of Dragon Building Liquid. If I take that in now, it'll make it easier to hunt down other Morenkai without wasting Life Orbs. I might even be able to hit 4,000 Points total, and make the other three sets of Dragon Building Liquid I will need.' He thought the plan over, liking it more and more.
Immediately, he opened up the Shop, moving to the Artifacts section. Soon, he moved to one of the back pages, finding a specific choice:
.
Boiling Dragon Ginseng Booster - 610 Points
.
He tapped on it.
.
—-Boiling Dragon Ginseng Booster—-
This powerful accelerant will temporarily boost the physique of anyone that swallows it,
.
'Okay, one down, two to go.' He nodded sharply, selecting and buying it. Immediately, a small, grey pill appeared floating in the air in front of Micheal. He snagged it from the air, placing it down on a wooden table that was at the center of the room.
He opened the Shop back up, quickly finding the two other things he needed.
.
Calming Aura Pill - 180 Points
.
Essence of Wood - 200 Points
.
Two more objects appeared in front of him, floating briefly. One was a small piece of glowing wood while the other was a cool white pill.
'And now, the last couple of things.' Micheal maneuvered over to the custom Earth Objects selection in the Shop, picking out several things.
Soon he had a pestle and mortar, a couple of vials of water, a syringe, and a small burner.
"Whew." He turned the burner on, letting the small flame it gave off bloom upward. He then looked over at the pestle and mortar, putting the Essence of Wood in it.
'After so many years in the 7 Layers, many scientists and researchers put huge amounts of effort in finding ways to use the Shop to grow stronger. Many of these findings were made public as humanity reached the 6th Layer. That was when we really started to band together.' He reminisced, remembering the terrifying journey he had been on.
'It was far too late, in the end. Billions had already died, so many geniuses and experts lost. The potential of humanity had already been permanently damaged.' He sighed.
'Some of those methods were for low level Chosen. I memorized a few of them out of curiosity, only the ones that weren't complicated or complex, never thinking they would come in handy. I only thought there was an off chance I could find my little sisters and use it to help them.' He never did end up finding his little sisters. He did find out that his parents had died somewhere in the lower Layers, but found no word of his sisters.
They had probably died, killed by a freakish Morenkai, or falling to the evils of man. He clenched his fists at the thought, rage flooding through him for a brief moment before he controlled himself.
'I have time. I can make the First Layer much safer.' He caught himself, pushing his feelings down.
'Later. I'll think about it later. Right now, I need to focus.' He looked down at the pestle and mortar.
The special drug he was about to try and make had been created by a famed Chemist named Edgar Rustle, from Australia. It was one of the simpler methods, one specifically designed so that anyone could make it, even without advanced machinery or special knowledge.
The downside to it, however, was that it was extremely difficult for the average person to successfully absorb the medicine. Every positive had a negative. The ease of creation made it harder to safely use.
Micheal silently blessed the man as he prepared to set to work. Thanks to the hard-worn effort of humanity's best and brightest, he would be able to get a head start. His chances of stopping the apocalypse from ending humanity…
He was officially starting the ride upward.
'And I will let nothing come in my way.' His eyes flashed.
.
"Yes! My body is healed!" As he spoke aloud, he clenched his fists. There was a reason Kim Jiwoon, one of the known users of the Life Orb Master Ability, was called 'The Invincible.' The Limited Ability was extremely powerful.As he closed his hands, he winced slightly,"Ooh. Huh. That's odd." He moved his arms back and forward. They felt tender almost. More sensitive than usual."They aren't sore or injured anymore but I'm still tired. It seems that breaking a Life Orb will heal my body of injuries, no matter how gruesome, but it doesn't make me less tired." Micheal moved around the mostly empty room, stepping backwards and forwards several times.Subtly, he could feel that the intense practice atop the rooftop had slightly increased the strength of his physique, making him more flexible. His physique was still relatively untrained, practice like this was bound to have some effect."The Life Orbs don't wipe that all away! They can heal my injuries, but the positives effects from training seem to remain. Maybe the Orbs magically enhance my Recovery to absurd levels and that is how I heal? I don't really know." The Life Orbs were truly a magical creation, worthy of being their own Ability, even if that one came with a steep negative."And I still have two left, and can make a new third one tomorrow." He smiled as he saw the two other orbs, floating around his head.That meant that he could literally be killed twice today and come back to life.'Wow. That is way overpowered.' He grinned nefariously, feeling almost as if he really was a teenage boy again, and not a tired veteran of 10 years in the 7 Layers.'Not that I'm complaining.' His eyes flashed as he considered the huge dangers he would have to face in the future. Even him with 10,000 lives might not be enough to save the entire human race from destruction, let alone 3.Their true enemies, in the end, were literal Gods after all. It was said that the strongest of the Gods could warp reality itself. They hadn't even seen a fraction of the true power of the 12 Tribes of Deities."Still. I won't back down. Every race has their own special power granted to them or inborn, and the magical 'Shop' that humanity gained will be the whetstone to the blade I forge to protect us." His eyes flashed with dark promise.'For now, though' He smiled,'Let's check out what I obtained.'"Status!" - Status -Name: Micheal CarePoints: 1037Race: HumanAge: 18- Stats -Strength - 23Endurance - 17Recovery - 13Soul - 10- Abilities - 3/7Life Orb MasterKi Cultivator Mortal TierGrandmaster Sword Mastery 1/5.'My stats are all the same. My body improved slightly, but not enough to be officially noted on my Status Screen.' He nodded. It made sense. The improvement he made existed, but was still rather minor. If he practiced like that again a few more times, he would likely be able to boost his base Strength by a Point or two.Increases like this couldn't be ignored. Many Abilities would enhance your power based on your base stats. The power of your body mattered enormously if you were a melee warrior. The better your physique before applying any Abilities, the more effective certain Abilities could be.The best way to increase one's physique was well known. The Ki Cultivator Ability.Many other ways existed, but all of them had their own requirements and usually took up one of the precious 7 Ability slots.'I scored over 1,000 Points! Perfect!' His eyes lit up as he saw this. He had killed dozens and dozens of normal Morenkai, and several Abnormal ones, scoring a rather large store of Points.Thankfully, he didn't face any of the extremely powerful Abnormals. Those were typically only found in the Main Cluster. If he had, he would've been forced to use his Life Orbs to either help himself escape or to use a powerful suicide attack to kill it.He'd rather not expose his Life Orb power, yet, deciding to pass the Orbs off as Artifacts he could use to fly.'With 1,000 Points, that's enough to make a single set of Dragon Building Liquid. If I take that in now, it'll make it easier to hunt down other Morenkai without wasting Life Orbs. I might even be able to hit 4,000 Points total, and make the other three sets of Dragon Building Liquid I will need.' He thought the plan over, liking it more and more.Immediately, he opened up the Shop, moving to the Artifacts section. Soon, he moved to one of the back pages, finding a specific choice:.Boiling Dragon Ginseng Booster - 610 Points.He tapped on it..-Boiling Dragon Ginseng Booster-This powerful accelerant will temporarily boost the physique of anyone that swallows it,.'Okay, one down, two to go.' He nodded sharply, selecting and buying it. Immediately, a small, grey pill appeared floating in the air in front of Micheal. He snagged it from the air, placing it down on a wooden table that was at the center of the room.He opened the Shop back up, quickly finding the two other things he needed..Calming Aura Pill - 180 Points.Essence of Wood - 200 Points.Two more objects appeared in front of him, floating briefly. One was a small piece of glowing wood while the other was a cool white pill.'And now, the last couple of things.' Micheal maneuvered over to the custom Earth Objects selection in the Shop, picking out several things.Soon he had a pestle and mortar, a couple of vials of water, a syringe, and a small burner."Whew." He turned the burner on, letting the small flame it gave off bloom upward. He then looked over at the pestle and mortar, putting the Essence of Wood in it.'After so many years in the 7 Layers, many scientists and researchers put huge amounts of effort in finding ways to use the Shop to grow stronger. Many of these findings were made public as humanity reached the 6th Layer. That was when we really started to band together.' He reminisced, remembering the terrifying journey he had been on.'It was far too late, in the end. Billions had already died, so many geniuses and experts lost. The potential of humanity had already been permanently damaged.' He sighed.'Some of those methods were for low level Chosen. I memorized a few of them out of curiosity, only the ones that weren't complicated or complex, never thinking they would come in handy. I only thought there was an off chance I could find my little sisters and use it to help them.' He never did end up finding his little sisters. He did find out that his parents had died somewhere in the lower Layers, but found no word of his sisters.They had probably died, killed by a freakish Morenkai, or falling to the evils of man. He clenched his fists at the thought, rage flooding through him for a brief moment before he controlled himself.'I have time. I can make the First Layer much safer.' He caught himself, pushing his feelings down.'Later. I'll think about it later. Right now, I need to focus.' He looked down at the pestle and mortar.The special drug he was about to try and make had been created by a famed Chemist named Edgar Rustle, from Australia. It was one of the simpler methods, one specifically designed so that anyone could make it, even without advanced machinery or special knowledge.The downside to it, however, was that it was extremely difficult for the average person to successfully absorb the medicine. Every positive had a negative. The ease of creation made it harder to safely use.Micheal silently blessed the man as he prepared to set to work. Thanks to the hard-worn effort of humanity's best and brightest, he would be able to get a head start. His chances of stopping the apocalypse from ending humanityHe was officially starting the ride upward.'And I will let nothing come in my way.' His eyes flashed..
