《Last Grace: The Apex of Another World》Chapter 9 - First Title
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Lucifer picked up where he had left off once he had woken up. With what he desired to get done that day it was best that he began his day early, and end early rather than start late and end late.
Ignoring the beeps that arrived soon after Lucifer had awoken progress was clearly visible. The foundations of his house were making progress. The proximity of the house was done when he picked up branches that were found beneath the shade of the army of trees in the nearby forest.
The next step would take more time than the last. He needed to make the wall around the house. He considered simply planting sticks into the ground atop the stones, except that looked ugly instead he tried something else. He would utilize the remnants of his clothes to fasten branches together. It was better than his prior idea which Lucifer had a moment ago. He began to tear at the black cloth of his shirt until he was left with quite a few scraps of shirt that Lucifer could use to tie branches together. He was no longer wearing anything to cover his chest.
This was kinda exciting for him. He was making real progress - a proximity of stones, and pebbles was not something that Lucifer would actually consider good looking.
A minute later - or so Lucifer guessed was a minute, a blue screen appeared in his vision.
Skill: [Crafter] has been added to Lucifer's status, and its respective effects are now active
The way that the screen was presented was different. There could be a new update, he wondered if he should check it out. Lucifer gave in to his curiosity and opened his status.
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[Public Alpha]
V.0.0.32
News:
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- > Titles have now been implemented! They are gained by reaching milestones.
- > The skill gain messages have been tweaked.
- > A user's stats will now be in a row rather than divided.
- > Some skills are now titles
- > A person's CP is now added to their status
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Lucifer closed out the news, quickly realizing the level of change that had happened to the system this latest update. It was a tad easier to read, and now he could gain titles and otherworlder was moved… to titles.
Would noble be a title then? That's the kind of title that he was thinking of when the word title came to mind.
[Lucifer - Otherworlder]
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Level [5/50] - SP 25
100 Contribution Points
Health is Normal - Minor Exhaustion
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5 Strength, 15 Stamina, 5 Dexterity, 5 Charisma, 5 Intellect, 5 Luck
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LOCKED
[????? X]
G RANK
[Pain Resistance 1], [Physical Endurance 1], [Grit 1], [Survival 2], [Gathering 5]
[Shout 1], [Crafting 2]
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It seemed that the otherworlder skill had moved to be near his name. Interesting. That may be precisely what a title is, it's not different here.
Good!
He wondered... with this new update what kind of title would he gain if he reached the current max level? Would it be worthwhile to grind to it? Otherwise why even bring up the cap?
Would disappointment be all that awaited him if he were to even reach that high.
He had only free time on his hands, so why the hell not! He can multitask. Mortal style.
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