Noah stared at the dead insect lying near him on the ground. Its wings moved a little because of the breeze, but it was surely dead. Its corpse glinted under the moonlight because of its sharp metallic reflection and glassy eyes.

Noah continued staring at it, allowing reality to sink in slowly. That was right. He now lived in a world where normal wasps could be this big and deadly. He looked at it for a couple of minutes and sighed in relief. Nothing was after him now. He also felt better. Huh? He realized that something was different. He was no longer tired? How was that possible? Could it be...

"The system?" Noah got a few notifications, and one of them was also a level-up notification. Just adding a stat point did not relieve his tiredness, so this was the only explanation he could come up with. "Hmmm... I will pay attention to it next time and confirm this." He made a mental note.

Noah rubbed the green goo on his hands on the fresh green grass he was seated on and then got up. "Amazing! Even my legs aren't tired anymore!" He jumped up and down for a couple of seconds. "Ok. I should probably leave now and report this to someone?" He was about to turn and leave when suddenly something caught his eye. Under the moonlight, on the shiny corpse of the wasp, there was something particularly eye-catching.

One thing alone was shining brightly.

"Huh?" Noah was attracted to this shiny little bead. He bent down to pick it up to see what it was. It was lodged in a little tight, but it broke loose with a bit of jiggling. "What is this?" He lifted the white marble-like thing close to his eyes and held it up towards the moonlight to look. He examined it carefully and looked at it from various angles but no go. The only obvious thing was that it was pleasant to touch, like a brook's cool fresh water.

Noah felt the coolness of the marble and wondered what it could be when all of a sudden, the thing evaporated right in front of him. The cool sensation went into his hand and from there went somewhere inside his body, only to disappear completely. "What the heck just happened?"

[Ding. Common-grade beast core absorbed]

[Ding. Agility +1]

"Oh?" Noah saw the notifications and was once again surprised. "I can gain stats in this way too? This is neat." Now that he thought about it, he had gained a lot more in the last couple of minutes compared to the other quests he had done. "As expected… strength gained from actual combat is indeed better." He had gained a level and also an additional stat point. This was a good haul.

"Wait, I leveled up, so I should have more free stat points?" Noah quickly summoned his system interface and saw that he had two stat points from the level up again. The beast core also gave him one agility stat point. "This is…" The obvious route that could give him a significant advantage was staring at his face. Noah quickly added everything into agility.

…

Name: Noah

Affinity: Chaos Element

Rank: N/A

Level: 2

Experience points: 0/600

Health: 100

Mana: N/A

Chaos: 0

Vitality: 5

Stamina: 6

Intellect: 5

Strength: 5

Defense: 5

Agility: 10

Available Stat Points: 0

Available Skill Points: 4

Unused Skill Slots: 2

…

"10! I literally doubled my agility!" Noah grinned and tried to move his body. He jumped up and down and ran a little. It felt amazing. He was now so much faster than before. It felt incredible. "I should time myself and see how much I have improved." As he thought about returning to the training ground to run another lap, another notification popped up.

[Ding. You have now unlocked the Agility Skill Tree]

"Huh?" Noah's eyes widened as he quickly pressed it to check out what it was, but before he could do so, he heard the sound of several footsteps in the distance. "Oh, that's right, those guys are probably injured or something. I should leave this place before I get into trouble. Wait, maybe I should call someone for help?" While he tried to decide what would be the best thing for him to do, he also remembered something else, the wasp's corpse.

He was currently broke, and he did not even have a phone and only a few hours back, he had seen how these beast corpses were being traded in the market. So how could he still leave it behind? "Right. I will first deal with this wasp's corpse, store it somewhere and then inform someone about the injured students. It's not like they are going to die and even if they did…"

Noah shrugged and walked over to the corpse. "How do I parcel this guy?" He bent down and extended his hand to touch the thing when unexpectedly… "Ahem. If I were you, I wouldn't touch that thing."

Noah didn't have to turn around to know who it was. It was the familiar new homeroom teacher's voice. Shit!