Chapter 5.

In this world, there was an awakening phenomenon called ‘enlightenment . ‘ Often called the first qualification to becoming a Hero, enlightenment was a form of personal insight said to occur when a person surpassed one’s limits .

Active-duty Heroes were all enlightened . But because numerous experiences and training were required to reach enlightenment, most cadets had yet to experience enlightenment . Of course, there were exceptions like Kim Suho or Shin Jonghak . They were enlightened at the age of 15 and 17, respectively .

An enlightened person could see their Gift, skills, and abilities objectively, and thus train more efficiently . Furthermore, enlightenment allowed one to acquire ‘clear rewards’ from Towers and Dungeons .

The Hero Association called this phenomenon the ‘status window . ’ It was an established fact that a status window could only be seen by its owner .

But because I liked exceptions, I also put in exceptions to this setting .

In place of one’s eyes, one could use other sensory organs or other mediums such as a book or a weapon to see one’s own status . Special enlightenment naturally came with special powers . Though it was a bit of a spoiler, the main character would undergo two enlightenments because of this setting .

“… Is this that?”

According to my setting, this laptop could be said to be a medium for enlightenment .

I began to grow a bit excited . No one hated being special .

But rather than being happy, analyzing the situation came first .

When I hit the Enter key on the keyboard, several windows popped up .

===[Synchronization Complete]===

===[Kim Chundong’s status reset . Kim Hajin’s status transferred . ]===

===[All status reset . 10 Points acquired . ]===

[Kim Hajin] [Current SP: 64]

▷Stats

*Variable Stats

[Strength 1 . 2]

[Stamina 1 . 3]

[Speed 1 . 5]

[Perception 2]

[Vitality 1 . 3]

[Magic power 1]

*Invariable Stats

[Intelligence – 4 . 105/10]

[Perseverance – 5 . 010/10]

[Luck – 6 . 330/10]

[Charm – 4 . 135/10]

Point: 10 (Will disappear in 10 days if not used)

▷Gift

「Observation and Reading」

[Null attribute]

—Observation

You can observe the characters in your vision

—Reading

Any time you want, you can read the laptop’s settings book without a medium .

▷Arts (0/3)

X

▷Physique (0/3)

X

▷Setting Intervention [Authority]

—Using SP, you can modify or add settings to a non-living target .

—Using SP and relating to target ‘Kim Hajin’, you can modify or add settings to stats, Gift, Art, and Physique .

*Novice Consideration: Once only, you can write a Gift worth 10,000 SP free of cost .

*SP (Story Point): As Kim Hajin’s importance increases in the world, you gain more SP . You can exchange Points with SP .

▷???

—Will be unlocked when the main story completes .

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The first words to catch my attention were “synchronization” and “reset” .

I didn’t know what that meant, but I knew it was what changed my name from Kim Chundong to Kim Hajin and gave me my face back . My stats also seemed to have been adjusted appropriately .

Compared to Chundong, I was much weaker, but I obtained 10 spare Points as compensation . With Points, I should be able to raise the stats I want .

“… Points are really nice . ”

As the world’s creator, I was well aware of the importance of Points . An average adult had 1 . 5 points in each stat . Furthermore, this world didn’t have a concept like leveling-up . So ‘Points’, which could raise one’s desired stats, were extremely rare and expensive, obtainable only from Towers or Dungeons .

Kim Suho’s current magic power stat should be around 9 . In other words, if I put the 10 Points I had into raising my magic power, my magic power would come to surpass Kim Suho’s…

“No . ”

That wasn’t the best plan . With only a stupidly high magic power, I would have to become a magician, but being a magician was exhausting . Not only was it expensive, it also required extreme effort and memorization . I would need to increase both intelligence and perseverance, but invariable stats couldn’t be raised even with Points .

In other words, being a magician was out of the picture .

“…What’s up with the three question marks?”

The next line to catch my attention was obviously the suspicious question marks .

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▷???

—Will be unlocked when the main story completes .

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It was what caught my attention next after synchronization and reset .

Unlocked when the main story completes .

Perhaps, this was the key to going back . Even if it wasn’t, it was the only clue I had .

The problem was that I didn’t know when the main story would end . If it referred to the storyline before I went on hiatus, I would have to wait 10 years at the very least…

One thought led to another .

First, I had to find a way to go back home . To achieve that, I needed power or authority . To achieve power or authority, I needed something called ‘SP’ . To obtain SP, I needed to get involved in the storyline . To do that, I needed to get stronger or stand out .

“… Gun . Looks like it wasn’t such a bad choice . ”

A gun met both of these conditions .

First was power .

A gun didn’t require high stats to be useful . Close ranged weapons like the spear or sword required equal distribution into all stats . While the importance of the stamina stat was less for a bow, the other stats were still necessary . On the other hand, speed, perception, and a tiny bit of magic power were enough to use a gun .

In other words, it was easier to meet the ‘minimum strength’ requirement with a gun .

The second was specialness .

No Hero in this world used a gun . That was more than enough to make me special .

So it seemed I should continue using the gun . At least, until my stats increased and I was mentally ready to fight monsters at close range .

With my main weapon decided, I could move on to the next topic .

Gift .

“…I can create my Gift . ”

A Gift held a special meaning for Heroes, but it still held on to its dictionary meaning .

The natural ability or talent for something .

But the standard for this ability was high . At the very least, a Gift had to be like a psychic ability .

Gifts were separated into many categories . The five most common were ‘weapon’, ‘physical’, ‘element’, ‘magic’, and ‘nature . ’

As for the main character, he worthily had two Gifts . The Gift he currently awakened was the weapon class Gift, ‘Sword Saint’ . It was a super cheaty Gift that gave him the world’s protection in regards to swords . Simply put, his sword could cut water . Just this single Gift was enough to make him the world’s greatest Hero .

That was how important Gifts were . It didn’t need to be complex . A stronger and more efficient Gift was better .

I began to type .

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▷Gift

—Getting Stronger Every day

[Null attribute]

Every 24 hours, increase all stats by 0 . 1 .

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“… Will this work?”

Even I found it shameless . When I went on hiatus, Kim Suho’s strength stat was at 16 . With this Gift, I would obtain 36 . 5 into all stats in just 365 days .

But since it could be reverted before it saved, I gave it a go .

[Novice Consideration activated . A Gift worth 10,000 SP will be created . ]

[10,000 SP is not enough to create this Gift . It’s quality decreases . ]

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▷「Getting Stronger Everyday」

[High-intermediate rank] [Spirit attribute] [Static]

—Cultivation Physique

Every 24 hours, increase all stats by 0 . 0015 .

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[Would you like to save the modified result?]

I immediately canceled .

1 . 5 into all stats in 1000 days . In 10,000 days, or 25 years, I would gain 25 into all stats, but I would be too old .

Next, I wrote down a Gift I thought of before .

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▷Gift

「Master Sharpshooter」

[High-intermediate rank] [Null attribute]

Can wield long ranged weapons well .

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I didn’t put much detail into it . From my previous attempt, I realized what this laptop could do . No matter what I wrote, the laptop would modify it appropriately .

[Novice Consideration activated . A Gift worth 10,000 SP will be created . ]

[10,000 SP is too much to create this Gift . It’s quality increases . ]

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▷「Master Sharpshooter」

[High-intermediate rank] [Composite attribute] [Static]

—Master Sharpshooter’s Training Method

*Unconditional proficiency in all long ranged weapons

—Thousand-Mile Eyes

*Can see farther away in more detail and accurately predict target’s movement path .

*Increases perception and speed by 3 .

—Bullet Time

*Once every 24 hours, you can spend 3 minutes in ‘Bullet Time’ .

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“Oh?”

It was quite good . I especially liked that it applied to ‘all long ranged weapons’ . With this, I could use a bow if I wanted to . The Thousand-Mile Eyes seemed pretty self-explanatory, and Bullet Time probably increased my shooting speed or the like .

It was satisfactory, but there was still something I needed to change .

[Static]

Rather than a static Gift, which was a Gift that couldn’t grow, a Gift that could get stronger was better .

[A phrase has been modified . ]

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▷「Master Sharpshooter」

[Low-intermediate rank] [Spirit attribute] [Evolving — Grade 10] [EXP 0%]

—Master Sharpshooter’s Training

*Familiarity with all long ranged weapons

—Thousand-Mile Eyes

*Can see far away and somewhat predict target’s movement path .

—Bullet Time

*In combat only and once every 24 hours, you can spend 3 seconds in ‘Bullet Time’ .

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“Mm . ”

It fell from high-intermediate rank to low-intermediate rank and the skills became weaker overall, but in the grand scheme of things, an evolving Gift was much better . Not to mention, the main story would continue for at least 7 years…

Ah, I’m getting sad again .

“Fuck . ”

With a swear, I cleanly shook it off .

[Point 10]

Next, it was time to go back to stats .

How should I spend these 10 priceless Points?

Since invariable stats were ‘invariable’, I shouldn’t be able to change them . In that case, I had to pick from variable stats .

However…

I might be able to modify invariable stats .

“… Should I exchange them for SP?”

Points could be exchanged with SP . Perhaps, it was possible to change invariable stats using SP .

But before making an irreversible mistake, I decided to give it a test . Thankfully, I had 64 SP, so I tried changing perseverance stat from 5 . 010 to 5 . 500 .

[Using 64 SP, you modified an invariable stat . ]

[You do not have enough SP . The value will be adjusted . Perseverance was changed to 5 . 060 . ]

“It worked?”

My eyes widened . If this worked, what I should do next was obvious . I had to convert my Points into SP and invest in invariable stats .

The question was which stat to choose…

Intelligence . Perseverance . Luck . Charm .

To be honest, as a man, the charm was extremely enticing .

“Luck it is . ”

But I knew all too well how important the luck stat was in this world .

I remembered a line from my novel .

[Luck stat doesn’t just affect the chances of finding treasures in Dungeons . It also affects chances of getting bonus stats from training, chances to land a critical strike from attacks, and even chances to win a lottery . It was the best stat that applied to all sorts of situations…

Life was like that . Luck was what mattered the most . ]

Without hesitating any longer, I used 10 Points to gain 10,000 SP .

Using all 10,000 SP, I increased luck to its maximum .

What I wanted was [Luck — 10/10]

[You do not have enough SP . The value will be adjusted . ]

The laptop rejected my ridiculous wish and returned a reasonable compromise .

[Luck — 9 . 100]

“9 . 1 is the highest I can go, huh . ”

Since 9 was the limit for humans, 9 . 1 was extremely high .

But I didn’t hit ‘save’ and canceled the modification .

Though it would take a bit longer, there was a more efficient method .

[Luck — 6 . 4/10]

First I raised my luck from 6 . 3 to 6 . 4 and saved . Next, to 6 . 5 . Next, to 6 . 6, 6 . 7, 6 . 8… Doing this repeatedly…

[A mysterious luck applies! Your luck stat further increases by 0 . 01!]

[A strange luck applies! Your luck stat further increases by 0 . 05!]

…

…

[Luck — 9 . 100/10]

With this method, I got my luck stat to reach 9 . 1 with just 9000 SP . I had saved 1000 SP .

For reference, the ‘Great Sage’ of this world had 9 . 5 intelligence stat . As 9 was the limit for ‘normal’ humans, spending the remaining 1000 SP was unlikely to increase my luck further .

In exchange, higher invariable stats had an exponential effect . But now, it was better to use the remaining SP elsewhere .

“Perseverance should be good . ”

In my current situation, training was key . But with my old mindset, I would never be able to digest Cube’s training . I didn’t even want to do 10 push-ups .

Without hesitation, I put in the remaining 1000 SP into perseverance .

I wrote, [Perseverance — 8/10]

[You do not have enough SP . The value will be adjusted . ]

[Perseverance — 6 . 600]

Though I wasn’t too satisfied, I hit save .

Effect of luck only applied after saving .

[An incredible luck applies!]

[Your perseverance stat increases from 6 . 600 to 7 . 207!]

“Wow . ”

Now I was satisfied . But I didn’t feel any different . 4 was the standard for an average person . 7 should be at the level of a talented individual .

In any case, I was happy . As I increase my invariable stats whenever I gained SP, I was sure I would just as cheaty as the main character .

Immediately after I had such blissful thought…

[An error that could greatly affect the plot has been detected . From now on, invariable stats cannot be modified with SP . ]

“… What’s this?”

A warning window popped up on the laptop screen, shutting down my plan for the future .

“Hm . ”

Intervention by the world?

Though I was displeased, I had no other choice . Nothing would change even if I argued with the air . Plus, I was already full of luck, which was what I wanted .

“Whatever~”

Without much thought, I closed the laptop and got up with a grin .

Now, it was time to test the Gift I created .

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