I’ve been practicing the techniques for some days now. I can finally use them with some confidence. It’s time to try them in combat and get the in-game abilities.

I go to Bitterforest, it should have some monster with a level around 10. I think they should be quite easy with the new techniques and it is near Bitterstone.

I find a little Kobolt with a spear wondering alone. it’s impossible to know its exact level without the reconnaissance ability but it should be around ten. I activate my abilities and use skywalk to reach him. He sees me and tries to attack me but I dodge with an amazing ease. I try to punch him without using any techniques and it doesn’t do any damage, it’s inevitable since he is seven levels above me. After dodging another attack, I try to use Stonekick. I kick his stomach and he makes a pained face, it seems like he’s suffocating a little. I use Handcutting to cut his arm and my hand gets through with some difficulty. He drops his spear. I dodge him, he’s now trying to bite me. I try Heavenlyhand next. I can’t complete all the movements before he attacks me again. Heavenlyhand is a little slow. I continue trying until I manage it. When the punch connects, he gets blown away and crashes into a tree.

“You’ve killed a kobold, 100xp.”

I collect the coins he left and the spear and put them in my pouch. It seems that Heavenlyhand is very powerful, even a monster seven levels away from me can’t resist it. I couldn’t even try One’s technique. I should fight packs of monsters if I want to try One’s technique.

…

I fought packs of monsters for some time, it was not as difficult as I thought. I could confirm that One’s technique is pretty amazing, the first monsters in the pack took some time to kill but the last ones died from one attack, even without Heavenlyhand. I went up 2 levels in the process. Just as I killed the last monster, I receive a message.

“You’ve obtained a new passive ability”

-Heavenlyhand(?): (?%)

(Heavenlyhand power increased, Heavenlyhand causes staggering)

There is a lot of advantages and disadvantages in a created ability. First, they boost the technique and add effects to it. Second, they’re always passive abilities. Third, they don’t show neither your mastery or the quality of it, they get leveled up when the system thinks that your mastery with it has increased.

I have to kill monsters until all the others abilities are created.

…

-Skywalk-style(?): (?%)

(Skywalk effects are slightly increased and your speed while doing skywalk is increased by 10%)

-Stonekick(?): (?%)

(Stonekick power is slightly increased, while doing a Stonekick you become immune to staggering)

-Handcutting(?): (?%)

(Handcutting cutting power is slightly increased, Handcutting has bleed)

-Flex movement-style(?): (?%)

(Flex movement effects slightly improved, it also reduces the remaining cooldown time of the abilities each time you gather power)

It took me some days but I got all of them. I even got to level 10. At first, I didn’t know what -Style meant but I found out that the abilities with –Style work a little different. You can only use one -Style ability at the time, they add boosts while you are using one of them and you can use them while also using any other kind of abilities.

I can use skywalk to escape or if I need to be dodging a lot. Flex movement (One’s ability) in other hand, is just broken. Since its effects are improved, I can gather power even faster. That’s not even the broken part, it now reduces the remaining cooldown time of abilities while I’m gathering power. Though I don’t know how much they are reduced.

Stonekick got a little improvement but the interesting part is in Handcutting. Bleeding is extremely good. The wounds caused by Handcutting won’t be able to heal through normal healing spells and regeneration abilities.

I put all my points to strength for now. This is my status now.

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Name: Chrys

Race: Human

Class: Monk

Subclass: -

Level: 10 (256/2,800)

Fury: (120/120)

Bits: 8,456

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Stats:

-Constitution: 12 (14)

-Strength: 25 (27)

-Dexterity: 12

-Affinity: 12

-Harmony: 12

-

Equipment:

Helm: Kobolt soldier helm (common) [+1 constitution]

Chest: Kobolt chain armor (common) [+1 constitution]

Pants: Kobolt pants (common) [+1 strength]

Gloves: -

Boots: Kobolt soldier boots (common) [+1 strength]

Rings: -

Amulet: -

Right hand: -

Left hand: -

-

Abilities:

Active:

-Blue hands(novice): 25% - 10 fury – cooldown: (0)

(activate to increment the defensive power of your hands by 10% for 15 minutes)

-Red hands(novice): 25% - 10 fury – cooldown: (0)

(activate to increment the offensive power of your hands by 10% for 15 minutes)

-Wolf leap(novice) 15% - 5 fury – cooldown: (2 seconds)

(You make a fast leap with 20% increased velocity towards you opponent)

Passive:

-Skywalk-style(?): (?%)

(Skywalk effects are slightly increased and your speed while doing skywalk is increased by 10%)

-Stonekick(?): (?%)

(Stonekick power is slightly increased, while doing a Stonekick you become immune to staggering)

-Handcutting(?): (?%)

(Handcutting cutting power is slightly increased, Handcutting has bleed)

-Heavenlyhand(?): (?%)

(Heavenlyhand power increased, Heavenlyhand causes staggering)

-Flex movement-style(?): (?%)

(Flex movement effects slightly improved, it also reduces the remaining cooldown time of the abilities each time you gather power)

-Body strengthening(novice): 37%

(You get the ability to use fury to strengthen your body)

-Handy dandy(novice): 28%

(When fighting unarmed you get 20% increment in strength)

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At first, I didn’t understand why I got so much points to use. When I got to level 10, I understood it all. It seems that apart from the point which is given to you each level, every 5 levels, you get 1 point in all stats and 2 additional points to put in any stat you choose.

I also got the Kobolt armor but I want something better. It searched for some good armor on the internet and I found one but it’ll take a while to farm it. I’ll do it tomorrow, for now I’m going to go around town for the rest of the day.

…

“Hey! See where you walk.”

“Sorry!”

I don’t want to fight right now. I just apologize, even though he was the one who bumped on me. He just ignores me. Just as I see him walk away, I see something strange with his heart. I don’t recognize the feeling in his heart but it gives me bad vibes. I’ll follow him.

After following him for a while, he enters a closed alley. I take a glance. There is three big guys and a small girl. I don’t know what they are doing but the girl’s heart looks very scared. I walk up to them.

“Hey! What are you doing?”

“That’s none of your business!” (guy 1)

“Yeah, it’s none of your business!” (guy 2 and 3)

I feel like I’m watching a scene from one of the movies Lynda showed me. What did the protagonist say?

“Let me alone... no! Let her alone.”

“You think you can fight us 3 to 1? Who do you think you are, One?” (guy 1)

“Yeah, who do you think you are!?” (guy 2 and 3)

“I can’t let some guys who bother women free...”

I don’t remember the lines...

“So, I’ll kill you guys.”

That should be good enough. I slowly approach them. They give a step back.

“Hey! we were just joking, bro” (guy 1)

“Yeah, we don’t want to fight.” (guy 2)

“We’ll let you the woman.” (guy 3)

What? I even said my lines. Are they bad at fighting? I can’t let them go. Now I want to try my new abilities.

They try to run past me before I can say anything. I take guy 1 from the neck as he passes by.

“Hey, let him go.” (guy 2)

“I told you I would kill you so I’ll do it.”

I use my free hand and use Handcutting. His head just falls off.

“Kyaa!!”

The girl screams for some reason. Why is she scared? I’m killing the bad guys.

I run and use Heavenlyhand on guy 2, He can’t react in time and my hand connects on his stomach. Wow... my hand leaves a hole in his stomach. I didn’t know I had that much strength. While guy 3 is taking a pee in his pants, I use Stonekick and he just flies away.

“You’ve defeated 3 lower leveled players, 300XP.”

So, they were just some low leveled guys bluffing? I take a look back.

The girl fainted.