Chapter 32
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"So, you thought you could get yourself some free stuff; unfortunately for you, I like to be prepared" After saying that James told the mercenaries to close up the wounds of his new prisoners and load them onto the cart.
James then summoned another cart to carry on taking the weapons to the Nobles house, when James got to the border of the inner and outer districts he showed the guards on the border the promissory note for the 200 spears, he asked them to arrange for someone to take them to the nobles house for him. Seeing the nobles name they had no way to refuse and took the cart for him.
James would have continued to the nobles house but knowing that he was now using underhanded moves he decided it was best for him to stay low for a while, he had slipped a letter in with the weapons that he had hastily written before sending off the cart, it would surely solve some problems for him.
James was the one with the power in this situation as the system had popped with a valuable notification after he got a good look at the man's face.
[Chance of being a close relative of the noble: 86%]
Apparently, there was a barely noticeable fleck in his iris that was shared between the two men, James speculated that this was the nobles brother or cousin.
Feeling like this attack was an unexpected windfall James told the guards that he had been attacked on the way over and which alley the men's corpses were in. Obviously, he looted them first of anything useful. The only reason he had the confidence that he could tell the guards about the bodies was that every man had a tattoo on their wrist that seemed to be from some form of a mercenary group or association.
After the cart had been sent off James decided he would be safe for now and so decided to question the system now that it was sorted.
'System, why wasn't I disturbed by what just happened?
[Hosts mind was affected by a few factors, the first being the clarity you gained as you died in your last life, this had prolonged effects on your mentality which helps you greatly in maintaining a calm state of mind.
Another one was the system decided to activate the motivation skill to specifically make sure that the host wouldn't lose his will mid-fight. The engineering system also fine-tuned your brain to be more methodical and to maintain clarity at all times as is needed for a world-class engineer.
Finally, the Dominator skill tree will affect your mindset as you advance further through it making the host capable of not being disturbed by most things. It was these factors together that enabled the host to stay calm]
'And why was I so much stronger than usual?'
[This was a side effect of the motivation title, it allowed the host to use every ounce of muscle in his body as he was fighting wholeheartedly, unfortunately, this means the host will have been overdrawn, the hosts body is still running on adrenaline right now but in approximately 3 minutes host will be hit by extreme fatigue]
'Thanks for the heads up, great timing. How much Exp did I get from those guys I killed?'
[15 Exp per kill, host killed five men so accumulated 75 Exp, would you like to level up?]
[Yes / No]
'Yes, level up now' James had finally received his first windfall of Exp so decided to level up before he missed the chance immediately.
Upon saying yes James felt an unbearable itch move through every atom of his being, it felt like he was being erased and rewritten instantly, it took everything James had to not just scream out in anguish at how horrible he felt inside.
[Level up completed. Fatigued effect removed]
'System, show my stats' James couldn't wait to see what change had occurred.
[Underworld Engineering (System Rank: D-)
Name: James Reel
Title: Frugal
Vessel Rank: D
Age: 12
Host Level: 1
Exp(Experience): 55
Job: None
Bank Balance:
Personal Account: 162 Cedi, 92 Leones, 70 Birr
Future Project Account: 13 Cedi, 63 Leones, 39 Birr
Body condition: Normal
STR(Strength): 1.7
DEX(Dexterity): 1.5
CON(Constitution): 1.5
INT(Intelligence): 1.7
WIS(Wisdom): 1.7
CHA(Charisma): 1.3
1 representing average stats from hosts age range.
Location: Angaria (Outer District)]
'Why do I still have 55 Exp, where did it come from?'
[5 Exp was awarded when host introduced the reverberatory furnace to this world, 15 Exp was awarded for host gaining knowledge of this world from the library.]
'Show me my achievements, also don't show me the completed and collected ones from now on.'
[Achievements:
Take your first life. Status: Completed (Uncollected)
Take five lives. Status: Completed (Uncollected)
Accumulate 1000 Leones. Status: Completed (Uncollected)
Purchase your first business. Status: Completed (Uncollected)
Purchase ten businesses. Status: Completed (Uncollected)]
'Collect all of them and list the rewards, please.'
[+3 Exp
+0.1 STR
Wealthy title unlocked
+10 Exp only usable in Businessman skill tree
Free random skill from Businessman skill tree (Networking Unlocked)]
'What does networking do, and what does the wealthy title do?'
[Networking increases the hosts CHA by 0.3 permanently, Wealthy title prevents the host from getting sick easily]
'Why is the system using the origins of the word wealth and not the current definition?'
[The system is unable to answer this question due to lack of information but can speculate that prior experiences in hosts life lead to a different interpretation of the word wealth from the current definition.]
'Yeah I suppose that makes sense, well its what the word originally meant anyway so I'll leave it at that, I've gotten enough anyway.'
'Oh yeah, can you show my proficiencies please.'
[Spear Proficiency: Level 1(3/100)
Sword Proficiency: Level 1(32/100)
Slingshot proficiency: Level 0(13/100)]
'Why the hell is it so easy to get stuff through combat like this.'
[Through live combat host was able to quickly refine his skills and practice under pressure granting additional proficiency points]
'Fair enough. what do the new levels do anyway?'
[Increased level in spear allows the host to interact with the weapon easier, the host can unleash more of the advanced moves in his knowledge bank due to increased understanding of the weapon.
Increased level in sword has the same effects as spear rewards]
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"So, you thought you could get yourself some free stuff; unfortunately for you, I like to be prepared" After saying that James told the mercenaries to close up the wounds of his new prisoners and load them onto the cart.
James then summoned another cart to carry on taking the weapons to the Nobles house, when James got to the border of the inner and outer districts he showed the guards on the border the promissory note for the 200 spears, he asked them to arrange for someone to take them to the nobles house for him. Seeing the nobles name they had no way to refuse and took the cart for him.
James would have continued to the nobles house but knowing that he was now using underhanded moves he decided it was best for him to stay low for a while, he had slipped a letter in with the weapons that he had hastily written before sending off the cart, it would surely solve some problems for him.
James was the one with the power in this situation as the system had popped with a valuable notification after he got a good look at the man's face.
[Chance of being a close relative of the noble: 86%]
Apparently, there was a barely noticeable fleck in his iris that was shared between the two men, James speculated that this was the nobles brother or cousin.
Feeling like this attack was an unexpected windfall James told the guards that he had been attacked on the way over and which alley the men's corpses were in. Obviously, he looted them first of anything useful. The only reason he had the confidence that he could tell the guards about the bodies was that every man had a tattoo on their wrist that seemed to be from some form of a mercenary group or association.
After the cart had been sent off James decided he would be safe for now and so decided to question the system now that it was sorted.
'System, why wasn't I disturbed by what just happened?
[Hosts mind was affected by a few factors, the first being the clarity you gained as you died in your last life, this had prolonged effects on your mentality which helps you greatly in maintaining a calm state of mind.
Another one was the system decided to activate the motivation skill to specifically make sure that the host wouldn't lose his will mid-fight. The engineering system also fine-tuned your brain to be more methodical and to maintain clarity at all times as is needed for a world-class engineer.
Finally, the Dominator skill tree will affect your mindset as you advance further through it making the host capable of not being disturbed by most things. It was these factors together that enabled the host to stay calm]
'And why was I so much stronger than usual?'
[This was a side effect of the motivation title, it allowed the host to use every ounce of muscle in his body as he was fighting wholeheartedly, unfortunately, this means the host will have been overdrawn, the hosts body is still running on adrenaline right now but in approximately 3 minutes host will be hit by extreme fatigue]
'Thanks for the heads up, great timing. How much Exp did I get from those guys I killed?'
[15 Exp per kill, host killed five men so accumulated 75 Exp, would you like to level up?]
[Yes / No]
'Yes, level up now' James had finally received his first windfall of Exp so decided to level up before he missed the chance immediately.
Upon saying yes James felt an unbearable itch move through every atom of his being, it felt like he was being erased and rewritten instantly, it took everything James had to not just scream out in anguish at how horrible he felt inside.
[Level up completed. Fatigued effect removed]
'System, show my stats' James couldn't wait to see what change had occurred.
[Underworld Engineering (System Rank: D-)
Name: James Reel
Title: Frugal
Vessel Rank: D
Age: 12
Host Level: 1
Exp(Experience): 55
Job: None
Bank Balance:
Personal Account: 162 Cedi, 92 Leones, 70 Birr
Future Project Account: 13 Cedi, 63 Leones, 39 Birr
Body condition: Normal
STR(Strength): 1.7
DEX(Dexterity): 1.5
CON(Constitution): 1.5
INT(Intelligence): 1.7
WIS(Wisdom): 1.7
CHA(Charisma): 1.3
1 representing average stats from hosts age range.
Location: Angaria (Outer District)]
'Why do I still have 55 Exp, where did it come from?'
[5 Exp was awarded when host introduced the reverberatory furnace to this world, 15 Exp was awarded for host gaining knowledge of this world from the library.]
'Show me my achievements, also don't show me the completed and collected ones from now on.'
[Achievements:
Take your first life. Status: Completed (Uncollected)
Take five lives. Status: Completed (Uncollected)
Accumulate 1000 Leones. Status: Completed (Uncollected)
Purchase your first business. Status: Completed (Uncollected)
Purchase ten businesses. Status: Completed (Uncollected)]
'Collect all of them and list the rewards, please.'
[+3 Exp
+0.1 STR
Wealthy title unlocked
+10 Exp only usable in Businessman skill tree
Free random skill from Businessman skill tree (Networking Unlocked)]
'What does networking do, and what does the wealthy title do?'
[Networking increases the hosts CHA by 0.3 permanently, Wealthy title prevents the host from getting sick easily]
'Why is the system using the origins of the word wealth and not the current definition?'
[The system is unable to answer this question due to lack of information but can speculate that prior experiences in hosts life lead to a different interpretation of the word wealth from the current definition.]
'Yeah I suppose that makes sense, well its what the word originally meant anyway so I'll leave it at that, I've gotten enough anyway.'
'Oh yeah, can you show my proficiencies please.'
[Spear Proficiency: Level 1(3/100)
Sword Proficiency: Level 1(32/100)
Slingshot proficiency: Level 0(13/100)]
'Why the hell is it so easy to get stuff through combat like this.'
[Through live combat host was able to quickly refine his skills and practice under pressure granting additional proficiency points]
'Fair enough. what do the new levels do anyway?'
[Increased level in spear allows the host to interact with the weapon easier, the host can unleash more of the advanced moves in his knowledge bank due to increased understanding of the weapon.
Increased level in sword has the same effects as spear rewards]
"So, you thought you could get yourself some free stuff; unfortunately for you, I like to be prepared" After saying that James told the mercenaries to close up the wounds of his new prisoners and load them onto the cart.James then summoned another cart to carry on taking the weapons to the Nobles house, when James got to the border of the inner and outer districts he showed the guards on the border the promissory note for the 200 spears, he asked them to arrange for someone to take them to the nobles house for him. Seeing the nobles name they had no way to refuse and took the cart for him.James would have continued to the nobles house but knowing that he was now using underhanded moves he decided it was best for him to stay low for a while, he had slipped a letter in with the weapons that he had hastily written before sending off the cart, it would surely solve some problems for him.James was the one with the power in this situation as the system had popped with a valuable notification after he got a good look at the man's face.Chance of being a close relative of the noble: 86%Apparently, there was a barely noticeable fleck in his iris that was shared between the two men, James speculated that this was the nobles brother or cousin.Feeling like this attack was an unexpected windfall James told the guards that he had been attacked on the way over and which alley the men's corpses were in. Obviously, he looted them first of anything useful. The only reason he had the confidence that he could tell the guards about the bodies was that every man had a tattoo on their wrist that seemed to be from some form of a mercenary group or association.After the cart had been sent off James decided he would be safe for now and so decided to question the system now that it was sorted.'System, why wasn't I disturbed by what just happened?Hosts mind was affected by a few factors, the first being the clarity you gained as you died in your last life, this had prolonged effects on your mentality which helps you greatly in maintaining a calm state of mind.Another one was the system decided to activate the motivation skill to specifically make sure that the host wouldn't lose his will mid-fight. The engineering system also fine-tuned your brain to be more methodical and to maintain clarity at all times as is needed for a world-class engineer.Finally, the Dominator skill tree will affect your mindset as you advance further through it making the host capable of not being disturbed by most things. It was these factors together that enabled the host to stay calm'And why was I so much stronger than usual?'This was a side effect of the motivation title, it allowed the host to use every ounce of muscle in his body as he was fighting wholeheartedly, unfortunately, this means the host will have been overdrawn, the hosts body is still running on adrenaline right now but in approximately 3 minutes host will be hit by extreme fatigue'Thanks for the heads up, great timing. How much Exp did I get from those guys I killed?'15 Exp per kill, host killed five men so accumulated 75 Exp, would you like to level up?Yes / No'Yes, level up now' James had finally received his first windfall of Exp so decided to level up before he missed the chance immediately.Upon saying yes James felt an unbearable itch move through every atom of his being, it felt like he was being erased and rewritten instantly, it took everything James had to not just scream out in anguish at how horrible he felt inside.Level up completed. Fatigued effect removed'System, show my stats' James couldn't wait to see what change had occurred.Underworld Engineering System Rank: D-Name: James ReelTitle: FrugalVessel Rank: DAge: 12Host Level: 1ExpExperience: 55Job: NoneBank Balance:Personal Account: 162 Cedi, 92 Leones, 70 BirrFuture Project Account: 13 Cedi, 63 Leones, 39 BirrBody condition: NormalSTRStrength: 1.7DEXDexterity: 1.5CONConstitution: 1.5INTIntelligence: 1.7WISWisdom: 1.7CHACharisma: 1.31 representing average stats from hosts age range.Location: Angaria Outer District'Why do I still have 55 Exp, where did it come from?'5 Exp was awarded when host introduced the reverberatory furnace to this world, 15 Exp was awarded for host gaining knowledge of this world from the library.'Show me my achievements, also don't show me the completed and collected ones from now on.'Achievements:Take your first life. Status: Completed UncollectedTake five lives. Status: Completed UncollectedAccumulate 1000 Leones. Status: Completed UncollectedPurchase your first business. Status: Completed UncollectedPurchase ten businesses. Status: Completed Uncollected'Collect all of them and list the rewards, please.'+3 Exp+0.1 STRWealthy title unlocked+10 Exp only usable in Businessman skill treeFree random skill from Businessman skill tree Networking Unlocked'What does networking do, and what does the wealthy title do?'Networking increases the hosts CHA by 0.3 permanently, Wealthy title prevents the host from getting sick easily'Why is the system using the origins of the word wealth and not the current definition?'The system is unable to answer this question due to lack of information but can speculate that prior experiences in hosts life lead to a different interpretation of the word wealth from the current definition.'Yeah I suppose that makes sense, well its what the word originally meant anyway so I'll leave it at that, I've gotten enough anyway.''Oh yeah, can you show my proficiencies please.'Spear Proficiency: Level 13/100Sword Proficiency: Level 132/100Slingshot proficiency: Level 013/100'Why the hell is it so easy to get stuff through combat like this.'Through live combat host was able to quickly refine his skills and practice under pressure granting additional proficiency points'Fair enough. what do the new levels do anyway?'Increased level in spear allows the host to interact with the weapon easier, the host can unleash more of the advanced moves in his knowledge bank due to increased understanding of the weapon.Increased level in sword has the same effects as spear rewards
