New chapter guys ! I was wondering from head to toe how to arrange the game’s mechanic and rave’s ability one by one and..well yeah somehow Im able to do it

“ dang it, what is wrong with this book ? “

Running through the village, he rushed to the small rainbow colored light that escaped the book

The Emperor’s Wisdom, when he opened all he found was blank pages in the whole book. But seconds later a bright light enveloped him and when he finally gained his vision back, all he saw was the light escaping

“ if that was the Emperor's wisdom then it won't let it run away from me ! “

The further he ran, he began to realize. The light was currently heading into an empty space in the outskirts of the village

“ Dang it, when is it gonna stop ? “

The light was traveling at a very fast speed, it took his all just to not lose sight of it

“ Wha-what the..it disappeared? “

The light went inside a hill and disappeared

“ no way..Dang itt is this book playing around with me ?! “

He tried kicking and punching the hill, but to no avail the hill won't even budge

“ ..there's something wrong with this hill “

This time he went on to place his ears on it's soil

“ the grass, it doesn't feel alive.. The soil, it doesn't have nutrition in it..what is this hill ? “

“ is it man made ? No, no it couldn't possibly be..this world is not advanced enough to do that “

He is currently pondering in front of the hill

“ what the ? Is it just me? I definitely just saw something bluish reeked out from the place I hit”

It's just for a moment, and very little too but he was sure the hill released a very transparent-bluish like substance

“ maybe I should continue to hit the hill ? “

Rave went on to hit the hill for half an hour

“ no use, it's not budging at all and the bluish thing isn't coming out anymore “

“ What is wrong with this hill ? And by the way..i have been here for half an hour but no monsters attacked me from just now “

The hill was in the outskirts of the village so it's natural if monsters came to attack him

“ suspicious..it's like they are instinctively avoiding this area “

“ just what is wrong here ? First the light disappeared here, the grasses in EverWorld to my surprise is filled with life, but not this one..the monsters avoid this place and finally that bluish thing, I couldn't have imagined it “

He pondered for another 30 minutes there and finally

“ alright, I give.. I should ask the village elder about this hill, he may know something “

As he returned he saw quite a commotion going on inside the village

Rave went on to see what's the commotion all about

“ it's..a merchant ? “

“ hey, what's going on here ? “

He spotted a bulky man and asked him

“ oh? Young adventurer, you didn't know ? That is a traveling merchant “

“ I can see that “

Rave was quite annoyed at his answer

“ ah I see,I see.. In numeda village youngster, merchants rarely come since this village is very cut off from the cities, to reach here you need to brave through the dangerous forest filled with monsters “

“ I see “

Rave replied nonchalantly

“ so that's why there is so much commotion going on “

“ hey, how long does this usually last ? “

“ oh, since numeda lacked currency, we usually traded off our livestocks or goods for a potion or something else so it could take quite a while, maybe 3 hours “

・・・・・・・・・・

It was dim, dark and murky room. However, in that dark room a man was sitting..well let's say half crouching

“ Damn.. Damn you Gaia “

“ I will not forget this, what you have done to the 7 of us..i will not forget “

…………………………

Today was the 7th of July, it was also the day when a thousand of people were currently lining up waiting for the release of EverWorld’s 2nd batch which they could order and be delivered to their home in the next 2 days

“ the line’s so long “

“ well, a single person could only buy 2 pods so it was natural “

“ but still..it's crazy I was already here since 7 hours ago! “

“ well, the one in front are all people who have been camping since yesterday “

“ … “

Hundreds of people are currently lining up in front of Gaia’s store

There was only 1 store in every city, making the line feels so far

This time, Gaia is releasing 20 000 batch, twice the number of the previous one, although it has only been a week in the real world since the release of the 1st batch.

However, the scheduled release for the 3rd batch is 2 months away, making the line hotter than ever

・・・・・・・・・・………

“ hah..hah….whew “

Rave was currently sitting at the hill where the light dissapeared

“ damn, after I killed 3 more of them began rushing to me, I barely survived this time “

He killed the fox mercilessly, and it's friends began to realize their families are being killed

“ woof ! Our number has decreased, where are the others ?! “

“ It's that man ! He killed our brothers woof ! “

“ he is skinning our brother’s beautiful pelt woof ! “

“ oh the horror woof ! Surround him ! “

After all that, he killed 24 foxes and 11 horned rabbits and right now he is currently lv 9

“ if I hadn't put all my stats in agility I would have died already “

It was a very close battle, but in the end he ran away before more could come to attack him

To counter the foxes’ speed he invested all his stats on agility and managed to outran them

“ strength could be for later, because I'm killing them with disturbing palm or dissolving palm anyway “

No sane man would challenge a group of fox without a weapon, but he somehow managed with his kenpo arts

“ all in all I even got skills like this.. “

Hand to hand combat mastery [ 2.4% ]

The art of hand to hand combat, one would still be able to defend himself without a weapon

“ And..I don't know how did they did it, but they somehow are able to realize I'm using ancient kenpo “

Ancient Kenpo Arts mastery [ 1.3% ]

An ancient kenpo move that is long gone because of it's lethality, it does not differ much from the current kenpo that focuses on quick submission. But Ancient kenpo could cause very lethal damages in a split second although the art was thought to be long gone

“ wait..i did hear master said that he was able to practice chi in the game…”

*I edited the previous’ chapter’s table, I added chi to po’s stat

“ could it be..? “

“ no way right ? “

…………………………

After 10 days of meditation in game..

Congratulations! You have Discovered a rare stat : Chi

“ great..i could actually use chi inside the game “

Rave was utterly exhausted, he managed to survive by eating the pieces of meat he kept in his inventory and avoid being attacked in the open by staying at the hill

“ I knew it.. This hill, there can't be anything normal “

He stayed there for days but not a single person or monster approached the hill

“ maybe now I can blast it off using chi “

[ disrupting palm !! ]

Boom !!

There was no effect that time when he hit it, but this time using his chi, particles of blue light began evaporating

“ I knew Itt ! “

“ so chi was the answer ! Too bad I only had a hundred points and disrupting palm eats half of it “

Rave was about to try hitting it one more time when suddenly the whole hill dissapeared

“ wh..wha ? “

What was revealed was a flat ground with a wooden house in the middle of it

“ Yer half right kid, Chi is not the solution to breaking my illusion “

An old man, around his 70s is right now walking towards him. He has white, unkept hair and mustache, eyes hidden by his hair, and height around 190cm

“ Are you ever gonna stop annoying me?! First you keep hitting my illusion, to the point that I should reinforce it to avoid mana leaking out, then you meditate in front for days, now you are using chi ? “

“ wh..whatt?! Are you complaining to me! That light ! It disappeared to your fake hill, that's why I was there for days! Now give me back my light ! “

“ light ? No way, you are the one who obtained the book kid ? “

The mention of the “ book “ surprised rave, but although the situation right now confused him. He only knew one thing

“ this old man has answers, and I am going to make him tell me “

“ umm..what kind of book are you talking about ? “

“ don't play around with me kid..grahh come in, I don want anyone to realize there's a hut in the middle of nowhere “

…………………

Rave entered the hut, and all he saw was a normal hut, too normal to be true. For an old man as suspicious as this one the place he have been living seems too normal

As soon as he entered, the surroundings outside of him blurred for a while and returned back to the scenery outside

“ did you put up the illusion again ? “

“ yea, now sit down kid, I got lots to know from you “

The old man gestured rave to sit down, making rave more annoyed at him, he tried using identify on him but all that come out was ?? Everywhere

“ Is the book really in your hands kid ? “

“ umm sorry sir I don't know what kind of book you are talking about “

“ now kid, don't play dumb with me..i know you had it with you adventurer, Emperor Zerfegel’s Book of Wisdom “

Rave put down his facade, he knew the old man already knew, now he needs to get the information out of him

“ if I had it with me why ? And does this have something to do with that light ? “

“ there's no use trying to lie to me kid, you suck at lying and if I mentioned the “ Emperor” even you adventurers would surely show a hint of surprise “

“ gurkh..dang I mess up “

Rave regretted, he didn't think the old man was this smart

“ Yes, I had it with me. Now your turn, why is the light from my book headed towards you “

“ great gracious you little kid, alright since I am a fair man I'll tell you this, the light that came towards me is not the Emperor’s wisdom “

“ what ? If it's not his wisdom then what it is ? “

“ hold yer horses kid, it's my turn to ask you. How did you get that book ? “

“ from the librarian, he gave it to me. Now my turn, what is that light ? “

“ so it's finally passed down huh “ The old man silently thought

“ It has nothing to do with the Emperor’s wisdom, it was just a seal that someone I know or not know placed in the book, to signal that it was opened. Now my turn, why did you choose the wisdom one kid ? “

“ a seal huh..I choose the wisdom one because I figured the power I got will be a magic one, I am not interested in becoming a magician . Okay, Then if the Emperor’s wisdom isn't going anywhere where is it ? “

“ I'm not answering that kid, you should find that one your own “

“ okay, if you want to play it like that “

“ I knew it, Npcs are stingy in giving out shortcuts like that “ Rave secretly thought

“ since you don't answer my question before, I have another one. Who are you old man ? or who is your “ acquaintance” the book was sealed by the Emperor himself if I heard right from the librarian, if he added a seal like that it means that he knew the location of the book, opened the seal, sealed his own magic there, and sealed it back “

“ who I am or who my acquaintance is not important to you kid “

“ avoiding again, fine. Then I’ll give you your last chance or I'm gonna give out your location to someone you don't want “ Rave smirked just like a devil when saying that

“ kid, do that and you're not getting out of here alive “

“ so what ? Adventurers are immortal, I can always revive and tell the tale for another day “

“ Kid.. You dare.. “

“ stop, I know I'm not on your level and killing me bore you no fruit, answer my next question and I’ll answer yours too “

“ ..if it's reasonable I will “

“ okay, what are you doing here ? “ with a smile rave said

“ ..i am here on orders of someone, someone who you not need to know. To protect this village from bandits, robbers or monsters and.. If the time does cross, to observe who have inherited the Emperor's Legacy. Okay, last question kid..what are you? No..what is your eyes ? “

“ huh ? My eyes ? “

“ yes, your eyes. The Magic seal was supposed to be unable to be seen by someone not of a master mage level “

“ not even that, you even saw the traces of mana from my illusion, your eye what is it ? “

“ huh? So that bluish thing is mana? I see, but I'm not a mage and I have no desire to be one, about my eye, all I know is that it could see through people's facade and all but nothing like mana “

“ ..so that's how he was able to trust my words so easily, and…if I'm not wrong.. “ the old man thought to himself again

“ hey kid, I'm gonna speed up the process, you owe me one after this “

“ huh? Wait, wait old man what are you doing ! “

The old man placed his hand on rave’s eye. Surprisingly he is very strong, Rave could not resist

“ Illusion Unlimited : Depth Illusion “

“Gwaaaaaagh !! “

3-4 hours later

“ hah..hah..what did you do to me old man ?! “

“ just unlocking your eye’s potential, it shouldn't be long now.. “

Congratulations! You have discovered a new skill : The Eyes That Sees Through Everything

Note : Thanks for reading guys, and to those who rated, followed, favorited or commented thanks really, it drives me to write :D

Ps : I'm sorry if i edit a lot, it's usually after posting i realized my mistakes ahaha