I became a student at the academy (2)
I became a student at the academy (2)
After parting with A-young, I used the teleportation device once more to return to the entrance of the F-grade Glass World.
The reason was the Ring of Growth, which could be randomly obtained from the Glass World.
In the game settings, it was a total cheat item that doubled the amount of points acquired, prepared for players who wanted an easier game progression.
And since the game started from the academy, it could be obtained in the F-grade Glass World, which academy students could enter first.
I had only acquired it for the challenge clear and never used it.
The condition to obtain the Ring of Growth was to go back and forth through the F-grade Glass World 10 times.
I immediately put it into action.
A light dizziness hit me, and I teleported into the forest once again.
[Grade: F-]
[Goblin: 20/20]
9 more to go.
[Grade: F-]
[Goblin: 15/15]
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.
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[Grade: Special F-]
[Goblin: 50/50]
[???: 1/1]
"Ugh... I think I'm gonna puke."
Even if it was just light dizziness, going back and forth 10 times made my stomach churn badly.
'Stat window.'
Name: Kim Si-woo
Race: Incubus
Contractor: Seo A-young
Strength: 5 Agility: 4 Stamina: 6 Endurance: 2 Mana: 1 Libido: 10
Points: 0 Vitality: 9052
Skills: None
Abilities: Energy Absorption (Lv6) Incubus's Eye (Lv1) Sexual Technique (Lv5)
Special Ability: Incubus's Contract (S)
After calming my stomach, I began pondering how to utilize my Vitality.
I had already told A-young about the direction for using Vitality.
'For now, I need an attack skill to deal with goblins.'
From now on, I had to take down all 50 goblins solo, then deal with the ??? that appears afterward, the Hobgoblin.
The Hobgoblin is F+ grade. On par with A-young right now, or even stronger.
'First, I'll create an attack skill.'
[Would you like to create Magic Missile (Lv1)? Cost: 200 Vitality]
[YES/NO]
I immediately selected YES, and checking the stat window, Magic Missile (Lv1) had been added to the skills section.
Now that I had magic, I needed to increase my Mana to use it.
In a cheerful mood, I started creating new abilities as efficiently as possible using Vitality.
And the final result.
Name: Kim Si-woo
Race: Incubus
Contractor: Seo A-young
Strength: 5 Agility: 4 Stamina: 6 Endurance: 2 Mana: 1 Libido: 10
Points: 0 Vitality: 2252
Skills: Magic Missile (Lv1) Search Skill (Lv1) Healing (Lv1) Blessing (100BP)
Abilities: Energy Absorption (Lv6) Sexual Technique (Lv5) Incubus's Eye (Lv1)
Special Ability: Incubus's Contract (S)
The newly created skills were Magic Missile using 200 Vitality, Search Skill using 100 Vitality, Healing using 300 Vitality, Blessing using 6000 Vitality, and 100 points.
As expected, the Blessing mechanism was exactly the same as in the game.
You could gain 1 Blessing Point (BP) for every 60 Vitality, which is 6 points, and with 1 BP, you could raise a stat by 1, or a skill level by 1 per 10 BP.
In the early game, raising stats with 60 Vitality was inefficient, but given the game mechanic where the cost doubles every 10 stat levels, even at 40+ stats, it still required 8 points or 80 Vitality.
That's why, within the game's world, it's a popular job class, but few people awaken buff abilities, leading to high demand but low supply.
Additionally, due to the game mechanic where you get points to raise stats and abilities only by clearing Glass Worlds, buffers who are useless in the early game lack growth potential.
Of course, guilds have separate departments for nurturing buffers.
I'd consumed quite a bit of Vitality, but since it was an investment for the future, I didn't regret it at all.
Plus, thanks to the ample Vitality, even if I invested all 100 BP into stats right now, I could claim a mid-tier spot in the academy.
'Anyway, all preparations are done...'
Now it was time to hunt.
Goblins? Don't mess with me. I'm invincible and Vitality is god.
-Mana +40
-Agility +15
-Stamina +25
-Magic Missile Lv1 upgrade
-Search Skill Lv1 upgrade
The buff allocation was finished.
The me who had been struggling against goblins was no more.
With confidence, I advanced into the forest.
∴
"This makes 50."
I checked the dungeon info window as I felled a goblin whose head was blown off by my Magic Missile.
[Grade: F-]
[Goblin 0/50]
[Hobgoblin 1/1]
The boosted stats were definitely paying off—the increase in movement speed and reaction time was clearly felt, and I didn't tire easily no matter how much I moved. Also, the effect of investing 40 BP into Mana was tremendous; each Magic Missile punched holes through goblins like cannonballs, allowing one-shot one-kills and smoothly taking down all 50.
"All that's left is the Hobgoblin."
Activating the Search Skill, I felt a much stronger presence than the goblins from the center of the forest.
If I just took that guy down, I could get the Ring of Growth.
I quickly headed toward where the Hobgoblin's presence emanated.
Marking trees with my knife as I moved for 5 minutes.
I was a bit tense about facing the stronger Hobgoblin compared to regular goblins, but my confidence outweighed it.
After all, wasn't I the one who one-shot one-killed every goblin?
F- versus F+.
Just a two-step difference—shouldn't be that big a deal.
"Kerruk..."
Unlike the other goblins with rusty iron swords, the Hobgoblin wielded a proper steel sword and was sitting on a flat rock, scanning the surroundings.
It had an air of dignity like it was the king of goblins, but I wasn't intimidated at all.
'First, hit it with a Magic Missile for a preemptive strike and start the fight.'
White light gathered above my hand, soon forming a mana orb emitting white light.
The world setting required understanding the spell formulas to use magic, but for some reason, even without knowing any magic formulas, I could use magic.
The mana orb. Magic Missile launched and flew at high speed... punching a huge hole in the Hobgoblin's chest.
"Huh...?"
I couldn't have imagined a one-shot, so a dumbfounded voice escaped my mouth.
The Hobgoblin seemed the same; it looked down at its chest pierced by the Magic Missile with panicked eyes, then collapsed on the spot, turning to dust and vanishing.
"No way, it went down that easily?"
I stood up from the bushes and moved to the flat rock where the Hobgoblin had been sitting.
[Cleared Special F- grade Glass World!]
[Reward: Ring of Growth, 20 points]
An F+ grade Magic Stone and the Ring of Growth were neatly placed on the flat rock, and checking the stat window, my points had increased by 20.
A total of 50 F-grade Magic Stones, one F+ Magic Stone, Ring of Growth, and 20 points.
Compared to the anticlimactic end of my first Glass World clear, this was plenty satisfying.
"...Time to head back."
Pocketing the Magic Stones and Ring of Growth, I followed the marks I'd left on the trees toward the Glass World exit and returned to the real world.
I immediately used the teleportation device to return to the academy and headed straight to the Magic Stone exchange counter.
"Welcome."
A female staff member stood at the exchange counter inside, greeting me.
"I'd like to exchange Magic Stones."
"Yes, please provide your student info and the Magic Stones, and I'll exchange them for GP."
I operated my Cube Watch to show my student ID and handed her the pouch containing a total of 51 Magic Stones.
"Yes, Kim Si-woo of Class F-2. You've brought 50 F-grade Magic Stones and one F+ Magic Stone, which we'll exchange for a total of 53 GP. Please wait a moment."
"Okay."
As I replied, she started operating her computer, and soon my Cube Watch vibrated. Checking my student ID, 53 GP had been deposited.
"For an F-grade student, you've collected quite a lot of Magic Stones. Must have good party members."
"No, I got them all by myself."
When I contradicted her, her eyes widened in surprise.
"You got this many all alone...? Impressive."
"Haha... thank you."
As expected from an ero-game, most female characters are beauties.
Of course, no one would feel bad getting praised by a beauty, and neither did I.
I gave an awkward smile and thanks, then returned to the dormitory.
F-dong Dormitory, where F-grade students reside.
I took the dormitory elevator, which had no one in sight, up to my room 506, showered, and lay on the bed.
While looking at A-young's stat window and pondering which abilities to grow, I pulled out the ring from the training clothes pocket and held it under the fluorescent light.
A simple-designed ring with a clear, transparent red gem embedded in the center.
Checking the item info, it was exactly as in the game settings—a total cheat item that doubled point acquisition.
'What kind of face will she make if I give her this?'
She'll be happy, obviously.
Or maybe feel burdened.
'Well, I'll find out tomorrow anyway.'
I operated my Cube Watch to watch this world's version of NewTube and fell asleep.