Chapter 16
Walking toward the shore Unagi was at, I contemplated how a fight against the giant creature would go. Attacking it from the outside would be useless. Because creatures that size had thick skin, and fishermen would have killed Unagi long ago if it didn't.
Using waterbending to drown it wouldn't work either, for obvious reasons. What should I use then?
With that in mind, I opened my status page. Maybe I would get an idea while looking at my stats.
Name: Sokka
Title: Wolf Warrior of the Southern Tribe
Class: The Gamer
Level: 10 Exp: 0.9%
HP: 550/550
MP: 325/325
STR: 20
AGI: 44
VIT: 20
INT: 25
WIS: 25
LUCK: 36
Point: 10
I put all of my unused status points into Luck and brought it up to forty-six.
This was something that should help me in many ways, while I knew that it didn't have a direct effect on my life. Situations would always go in my favor. Luck was something uncontrollable, even if I couldn't control it, at least I wanted it on my side.
Once I arrived at the shore, I had the Gamer Map in front of me. I even zoomed in on my location and it showed that Unagi was a big red dot with question marks for its level. The creature was quite strong and probably had a high enough level that not many could even approach it.
That was why I was going to hunt it. Now that I knew archiving Level 10 had given me a new function to the Gamer Interface. What would Level 20 give me?
Taking out a steel spear from my inventory, I clutched the weapon and I felt my concentration increase. I also equipped the new title that I had gotten after learning the Waterbending Skill and equipped the title.
[Waterbender]
[You can bend water and are good at it.]
[100% increase in waterbending skills level up.]
[30% Exp when killing creatures with the help of Waterbending]
I took a deep breath and by using the Map made sure that no one was around the shore. I took another deep breath and moved my hands, my Waterbending skill activated and a blob of water rose from the ocean.
[You have learned a new Skill: Water Ball]
[Water Ball - Lvl 1]
[Form a ball of water and move it around, at higher levels, it can change forms too. The higher the level the more water balls one can make and control.]
The movements came to me naturally and I started trying out the moves I remembered from the show. Unlike Katara, I had seen some of the best Waterbenders in the show. So my knowledge of Waterbending was good, though still incomplete.
Ten minutes later and I also learned new skills like Water Whip, and Push Pull, the latter wasn't that useful in combat. But I leveled Water Whip to Level 6.
The higher the level it got, the bigger it became and at level 6 it was about the size of an anaconda snake. With the speeds it could move at, I didn't doubt that no one would want to be hit by that at full force.
Turning off notifications momentarily so they don't disrupt me in battle, I jumped into the water and pushed myself by creating a wave of water and standing on top of it.
It was a little rough riding on top of the wave that I made. But due to my high agility, I somehow managed.
"Now I just need to wait," I muttered and looked down.
I was swimming just above the Unagi, the creature noticed me and I saw its jaws coming to devour.
Booom!!
His head came out of the water and even though I tried to dodge, positioning my way out of the attack mid-air. But due to not having any footing, I tried to use one of its teeth to jump off, Unagi's tongue moved like a snake, hitting me in the shoulder, breaking my balance.
The next thing I knew, a pain in my midsection hit me, something that I had never felt before. Looking down, I saw a fang protruding right out of my stomach. Unagi's fang had pierced straight through my back.
The pain was unbearable for a couple of seconds as I lost over a hundred HP. But I was still in the fight and positioned myself to have my upper body in its mouth. His mouth started closing, meaning that as soon as he chomped down I would be bisected in two.
But even with Unagi's fang in my midsection, my body still corresponded to its stats, and using all of my strength I stabbed the roof of its mouth.
"*GRROWR!!*" The creature screamed as its blood dripped from the roof of its mouth and into my hand. Just when it was about to bisect me, its blood felt like water, and by touching it...
Feeling the water in its blood, I swiped my hand. The blood moved like a whip and it turned into red ice, stabbing right through Unagi's head, the creature made no sound.
Booom!
Unagi's dead body slapped into the water and I stood above it, pushing myself out of his fangs. Looking at my wound, it was already closed, but the blood around the area and the lost HP were still there. While damage didn't appear on the outside, due to the bleeding effect I had lost over half of my HP.
Bloodbending was initially thought to work only during the full moon. But I knew better and if I touched the blood of Unagi, I would be able to directly manipulate it. I wasn't a good Bloodbender or a competent one either, but once I touched blood, the water in it would be easy to manipulate.
After that, I took my spear and stood atop Unagi's body that was floating on the water and laid down on it. My heartbeat was like a drum to my ears. The Gamer's Mind calmed me down, but that had been quite the battle.
Turning on Notifications, I saw that I had gotten quite a lot of them.
[You have killed: Unagi (Lvl 123)]
[You have Leveled Up]
[You have Leveled Up]
[You have Leveled Up]
[You have Leveled Up]
I had a lot of level-up notifications and past them were some interesting things.
[You have killed the Legendary Creature: Unagi]
[You have a new Title: Legendary Beast Slayer]
[Your Spear Mastery is now Level 17]
Also, there were new changes on my stats page, and the result of killing a creature over a hundred levels higher than me was shown. My level also jumped quite a lot.
Level: [10] – [22]
HP: [550/550] – [1150/1150]
MP: [325/325] – [625/625]
Point: [0] – [60]
Well, this was quite good, and after putting Unagi's body into my inventory I just swam back to the shore and used Waterbending to wash my clothes and get rid of all the blood in them. During the whole time, I kept an eye on the Map so no one saw what I was doing.
The Gamer Interface was something I planned to keep secret and not show anyone.
Bloodbending was taboo, but more so, I wanted to keep my Waterbending hidden a little longer too.
One of the many reasons was Katara, and how she would feel about it. But also because if we are captured, the first thing the Fire Nation made sure to do was keep me away from water if they know of my bending.
Showing off right now would be useless until I could get Waterbending to at least Level 20 or higher. Still though, at least I got the Bloodbending skill.
I grouped the Waterbending-related skills in a whole new tab together as I didn't want them to flood the Skill Page. This was something I could Edit in the Settings option to make easier access and personalize the Gamer Interface.
After I finished washing my clothes and drying them by taking the water out, I wore them and casually started walking back to the village, as if nothing had happened. But I suddenly stopped as a loading screen appeared in front of my eyes.
A translucent screen, much like the one that showed my stats, opened. But this one appeared different and instead told me to type in a nickname. Initially, I was puzzled and many thoughts reigned through my mind.
In the end, I chose a nickname that would show very little about me. After all, I didn't know what this was and decided to proceed cautiously.
My nickname was: BeastMaster64
Anyone who saw this might think that my power might have something to do with beasts. Also the numbers were to confuse people. I wasn't going to give away my power in my online name, that would be a naive thing to do.
After inputting my name, another loading screen showed up and after that, a screen that showed a chatting screen appeared and so did a holographic keyboard.
[BeastMaster64 has entered the chat.]
That was the first and only message in here, and so I immediately went to the settings of the chat and saw an invite button. Below it was 0/1. Roughly I could guess that it meant I could only invite one person. At least for now, as I suspect that the higher level I became, the more people I could have here.
Closing that tab, I put all of my unused stat points into Luck, pushing it over 100 and that was when I got two new skills.
[Lucky Guy (Passive) Lvl Max]
[It seems like the world loves you. Normal things always seem to end up well for you. It protects the user from Minor Misfortune.]
This was the skill I got for my Luck passing over fifty, and while it seemed quite impressive and would help a lot, especially for small inconveniences. For example, if we ran out of food, I would be lucky enough to find some.
But that was nothing in comparison to the other skill I got after getting luck over a hundred.
[Minor Wish (Active) Lvl Max]
[Can be used once every 365 days, the user can wish for something and luck will move his way. The broader and wider the wish, the less impactful the Luck will be on the event. The smaller and specific the wish is, the better chance it has of working out.]
Immediately I activated Minor Wish, this wasn't something that was useful in the general gist of things and even if I wished to win the war, the effect would be minimal, or close to nonexistent.
"I wish to have a person who will teach me a lot in my chat group. Someone with the ability to use water, and that knows a lot about stealth, weapon fighting, and training experience." I made the wish as specific and someone that could help me. With that, I tapped the button to add someone to my new chat.
[Searching the Multiverse Randomly…]
[MistDemon entered the chat.]
[You have officially activated: Multidimensional Chat]
Chapter 17
[MistDemon entered the chat.]
Mist Demon? Now that was quite the spooky name. It even showed that he was kind of dangerous. Did he get to choose his nickname too? I decided to be the first one to write, and try to get to know my new "Ally". Hopefully, my wish worked to my advantage.
[BeastMaster64: Hi]
[MistDemon: Who are you?]
Oh. He was quite promiscuous. There is not even a polite greeting, just right to information gathering. He must be cautious. Does he also have a transparent screen as I do?Yeah, if a screen like that appeared randomly, anyone would be suspicious.
I was walking toward the Kyoshi Village, and many thoughts went through my head. In the end, I decided how to act with MistDemon.
[BeastMaster64: My name is Sokka, also known as the Greatest Warrior in the Southern Water Tribe.]
I was honest with the man and tried to portray myself in a brutish manner. That way he won't keep his guard up and tell me his real identity.
Our initial conversations went for a while and I told him everything about myself. Or at least the Sokka that existed in this world. The Gamer Interface and my reincarnation weren't things I would ever say to anyone. Plus, I knew what to reveal and what to not reveal. But I had to be semi-truthful here and show a lot more because the person on the other side was very paranoid.
[MistDemon: Then did you also find the scroll?]
Just when I was about to arrive in Kyoshi Village, he said something that revealed even a little about himself. By the scroll, he probably meant the way he was communicating with me.
[BeastMaster64: No, I communicate to you through an ancient stone tablet passed through the leader of my people for generations.]
"Sokka, are you coming to today's training?" asked Suki suddenly. She was in her Kyoshi warrior gear and had appeared next to me stealthily. I could see it in her face that she had tried to get a rise out of me, but it had sadly failed for her.
[BeastMaster64: Sorry, I have to go. Something needs my attention.]
Writing that with just my thoughts, I closed the interface and got ready to talk with Suki. "Sorry, I had to help my sister with waterbending and I… *cough*" I coughed awkwardly. "Got lost in the road of life."
This made Suki chuckle. "Really?~" she asked teasingly, and at the same time softly hitting me with her elbow on the ribs. "Well, you shouldn't miss training. It already feels empty there without you."
Suddenly I decided to check the new title that I had gotten after slaying Unagi. Since my conversations with Suki just went on autopilot. She wasn't a very interesting girl after I got to know her. So our conversations weren't something I needed to think about too hard.
[Legendary Beast Slayer]
[You have done what many considered impossible. You have slain a Legendary Creature in single combat.]
[1000% to Weapon Skills Level Up speed]
[100% Exp when killing beasts]
[1000 HP]
You can see the weak spots of any beast you hunt
Immediately I equipped this new title, it was the best one I had gotten until now. As expected, killing monsters was the Gamer way. Especially since I could kill giant monsters, the Waterbending Skill was quite good at that.
A big body just meant they were a bigger target and as long as I could level up my waterbending, then I would be able to kill big monsters easily. When I train in waterbending, then I will equip the appropriate title so I can get the maximum results.
As we arrived in the village I immediately got another notification, and this was a quest.
[New Quest: Defend Kyoshi Village]
[An unknown assailant will attack Kyoshi Village. Save it from its attacker.
The less damage is done to the village, the bigger the reward.]
[Rewards: ???? Exp]
[Completion Conditions: Save Kyoshi Village from the attackers.]
[Failure Conditions: If the Village is fully destroyed, the Quest fails.]
"Sorry, I just remembered something," I said suddenly, jumping atop a tree and trying to look around the island.
No, I couldn't see anything, I needed to find a tree that was higher than the others and try to find the assailants before they even touched the village. Being on a journey with the Avatar was bound to give me a lot of quests and rewards.
On the shores of Kyoshi village, a Fire nation ship had landed, and a dozen lizard rhinos came out. They were mighty beasts with stone-like skin and overwhelming physical power. Zuko was on top of one of them, with Iroh right next to him, on his own rhino.
Though the old General seemed to have a hard time controlling the beast. "Oh, calm down there. Did that tea I gave you before make you mad?"
Zuko was irritated at his uncle's behavior like he was most of the time these days. He couldn't believe a man like this used to be the one who almost conquered Ba Sing Se and was known as the greatest military leader of his generation.
"Uncle, there was no need for you to come," Zuko insisted, trying to get his uncle to go away. "You could have stayed on the ship, drank tea, and kept guard."
"Prince Zuko," Iroh addressed his nephew by his royal title. As he always did when they were in front of the soldiers. "One should never be afraid to try something new, as life gets boring staying within the limits of what you already know."
"Ugh," Zuko winced but didn't say anything. He knew trying to win against his uncle in a battle of words was impossible, he would just be left confused and contemplating life. "Okay, then hurry up uncle."
They rode along, and the other soldiers on the lizard rhinos made sure to keep a close eye on Iroh so he wouldn't fall off.
"Listen to your uncle, young prince," a voice suddenly said from the trees. "Iroh is the kind of man a lot of people wish they had as an uncle. I sure do."
"Ah~ c'mon now, young warrior. You are making a humble old man like me feel embarrassed." Iroh said with a smile on his face.
The warrior atop the tree was Sokka, he was wearing casual clothes with a blue tank-top. The thing that stood out most from last time was that Sokka had put down his hair and wasn't like a wolf's tail any longer.
"Hah!" Zuko breathed out, immediately shooting fire at Sokka. The prince smirked, since his opponent was on a tree, he had nowhere to dodge and knew that he didn't have the agility to dodge either.
But surprisingly, Sokka moved like a spider, walking on all fours along the tree's trunk and dodging the fire that hit the tree and starting a small burst of flames.
"Oy, be careful, young prince. You might just burn down the forest otherwise." Sokka said, taking out his metal spear and cutting the branch with the flames on it into pieces. The attack was so fast that even the flames were cut into parts and disintegrated.
Iroh narrowed his eyes, but the smile didn't leave his face. "Your talent with the spear is something truly unprecedented."
"Is that so?" Sokka tilted his head curiously while dangling upside-down from a branch. He had the metal spear in his hand, and he strangely seemed very balanced. They had only last met some days ago, but the change had been so big that Sokka seemed like a whole different person. He looked at Iroh and asked.
"What about you old man? Would I be able to beat you, even if I became the best spear user?" Sokka asked, he seemed amused by something.
"Of course, I'm just an old man. At my age, even a two-year-old kid could beat me. Hahaha," Iroh laughed good-heartedly.
"Yeah… Why don't I believe that at all? You should be less humble, old man." Sokka turned his body and his feet landed to the side of the branch, facing them. He kicked off, and with incredible power, and shot forward like an arrow.
A wall of fire stopped him halfway, if he charged any more, he would be burned horribly. He was midair, and there it was impossible to change direction.
At least that was what most people assumed as Sokka dug his spear on the ground.
Clang!
He stopped himself midway, he was only a hair's length from being caught in the fire.
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