Yeah... it's been... a while since I posted anything. I got nothing to say other than life happens and things were crazy. I hope you like this chapter.
[6 months later]
[Leveled up!]
Benjamin Lv. 7 [1200/3500XP]
Gains over 6 months:
$101,396.90
• 12 old computer parts
• 8 computers
• 50 bags of flower
• 10 different plant seeds
• 16 water filters
• 72 Lighters
• 14 electronics
• 17 almost expired food
• 12 different shoes
• 1 console
• 24 clothes
• 7 buckets
• 200 lbs of clay
• 1008 King-size Chocolate Bar
• 19 Duct Tape rolls
• 19 rolls of bandages
• 16 Basic First-Aid Kit
• 16 12 AA/AAA batteries
• 27 Whisky bottles
• 16 bottles of rubbing alcohol
• 200 water bottles
• 10 sets of utensils
• 16 packets of napkins
etc...
Mysterious Chests Received:
• 40 Lv 1
• 10 Lv. 2
• 1 Lv. 3
• 1 Lv. 5
• 1 Lv. 10
• 1 Soul stone
• 7/20 soul shards (fly)
• 2/10 soul shards (cockroach)
Skills created:
• Sense Magic Lv 1-》8 – A sixth sense that can sense the mana of others, as well as that of magical objects. Distance and sharpness rely on Skill Lv. [8 Meters]
• Sword Mastery Lv.1-》3
[Deals 1% more damage with a sword]
• Dagger Mastery Lv.1-》4
[Deals 1% more damage with a dagger]
• Archery Mastery Lv.1-》3- At least you know how to use a bow and not shoot yourself with it
[Deal 10% more damage with a bow]
• Hide Mana Lv.1-》10– A necessary skill for hiding their mana for stealth missions or to fool their enemies.
[Hides 10% of total mana]
Skills Increased:
• Obvserve Lv. 3-》8
• Shape shifting- Lv. 5 -》9
• Sense/ Alter Emotions- Lv. 5-》8
• Beauty-Related Blessings Lv. 5-》10
• Beauty-Related Curses Lv. 5-》8
Chlorokinesis Lv. 5-》8
Plant Transformation Lv. 5-》9
Control of Animals (Doves) Lv. 5-》10
• Meditation Lv. 2-》15
• Mana control Lv. 9-》 12
• Pyrokinesis Lv. 5-》7
• Infallible Visual Acuity Lv. 5-》 8
• Meditation Lv. 10
• Acting/Drama King Lv.18
• Photokinesis Lv. 5-》9
• Mana Bullet Lv. 3-》15
• Mini Nimbus Lv. 5-》 7
• Mana Arrow Lv. 2-》5
• Spinning mana ball Lv. 2-》5
• Spinning mana arrow Lv. 2-》5
• Mana Knife Lv. 3-》7
•Vibrating Mana Knife Lv. 3-》5
• Mana sword Lv. 2-》4
• Vibrating Mana sword Lv. 2-》3
• Mana Shield Lv. 2-》4
• Spinning mana shield Lv. 2-》4
• Echolocation Lv. 2-》4
• Physical resistance Lv. 3-》8
• Pain resistance Lv. 2-》7
• Piercing Lv. 3-》7
• Healing Lv. 5-》15
• Numbing Lv. 2-》7
[Quest Completed]
Create a soul Stone
• 1,500 Exp
• 1 Lv 5 Chest
I sulvated at my inventory. Yup, it was a good idea to use the mist on some people to dumpster dive for me and I received 1 stat point towards my Int and Wis stat for that idea. Though it's not as diverse as I thought it would be thanks to other people doing it also and getting caught. I lost 5 good, well not really good people. They were mostly criminals and petty thieves that only lasted a month at most thanks to the cops. I still paid them for it, but they don't know who it is.
I looked down at my skills and frowned in annoyance that I couldn't increase it more since I didn't know if my mother or any other gods/goddesses would unexpectedly visit me again. None did, much to my annoyance and I had to take my frustration out on any bugs I could find.
I felt my eye twice at my highest skill being Drama King and the lengths I had to go through. At least Abigail and Martha helped me raise my acting skill even if the system calls it Drama King instead.
Thanks to 'Revenge is best served wet' and 'Create a soul stone' I finally gained 1 level over the last 6 months which is impressive for my age, I think. Not only that, I gained 39 more mysterious chests of different things using my father. Although it sounds impressive, most of it was Lv. 1 type of chests and a few were Lv. 2.
I guess thanks to my higher level, I don't receive any experience from killing the bugs, but I still sometimes get the soul shards. An idea popped into my head about a month ago of making a couple of ant farms to harvest said soul shards. Though I need to have my dad buy some and have them reproduce in an enclosed environment.
I wonder if I can have them grow bigger and then kill them for experience points? I'll have to test that later when I have more mana, the ability to walk and find a secure location where they couldn't get out. It'll most likely be underground under my house, under 50 feet of dirt with a couple of inches of steel walls.
I wouldn't want to cause any chaos or mayhem like in the movie four-legged freaks. The shed in the backyard or the basement should be fine for either entrance or exit.
It would also let me work on somehow making the plants and the dirt divine without the monster's noses finding it. I wonder if the plants have to be sacred to said goddesses, like Aphrodite with the red roses or Athena and the olive tree.
I know I won't be enjoying the research much because I can't use the computer or a cell phone. I rather not broadcast my location to all monsters just yet.
Not to mention I have no idea how much of my blood I need to donate or what ratio it would be when they separate. Will 1 pint of blood give me half a pint of godly blood or will it give me less? That's what has been driving me crazy and there's nothing I could do about it. Thank the gods for the gamer mind or I would have gone crazy from all the stress.
I could hunt other demigods for it, but I have a feeling, maybe a demigod's instinct, that something disastrous would happen if I do.
[Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken, you will resurrect your foe.]
I shuddered feeling something cold crawling up my spine from that idea. Yeah, let's not do that. Better safe than sorry after all.
[The Next Day] ( 12:36 p.m.)
Today is my birthday and I got a message from the system. I've been waiting for this for so long and it's finally here.
[Happy Birthday! You lived for 1 year, you lucky guy. You gained 1 level and 5 stat points. Your luck will be fully unlocked for one day without the perk.]
Status Window
Name: Benjamin Achilles Harper
Gain 4 CHA, 2 DEX, and 2 END per lvl
[Level: 8] Next Level: 1200/4000
HP: 300
MP: 200
Stamina: 290
MP Reg. per min:12.5
STR: 30(150)
VIT: 30 (150)
END: 27-》29 (135)
DEX: 39-》41 (205)
INT: 19-》20 (100)
WIS: 24-》25 (125)
CHA: 49-》54 (275)
LUK: 20 (100)
Stat Pts: 40
Yes! I pumped up my hands in the air overjoyed that my hunch was proven correct. I had to bury my impulse to open the chest after collecting the Lv. 10. My luck was never good with these types of things and that's why I had many people bring me these things to increase my luck even if it takes time.
• Lucky Rabbit's Foot- Increase luck by 5%
• Four-leaf Clover- increase luck by 7%
• Lucky Horseshoe- 4%
I was relieved when it all can stack over each other but only one type of each item. Sadly, it's one-time use and I have to collect more to do it all over again. I rubbed my tiny hands together about to open my high leveled chest when I was interrupted by my proximity alarm near my bedroom.
The door opened causing me to look at that area and waited for someone to appear. It didn't take long for Abigail to tiptoe towards me, checking to see if I was sleeping still.
When she noticed I was awake, she walked up to me. "Happy Birthday Ben," Abigail greeted me before picking me up and supporting my head. She grabbed my hand and waved it around softly in a handshake.
"I'm sorry that your dad couldn't be here with you thanks to an unexpected flight delay, but he'd promised to come back tomorrow morning."
I stared at her before giving her a giggle not minding at all. He's a busy man after all traveling to different states thanks to him being a famous pastry chef. I truly don't mind since it feels weird for me to see him as a father.
At least I can treat Abigail as a friendly aunt. I used to have one like her in my other life and I loved playing with her when I was a kid.
I just lay there, in her arms as she led me to the kitchen where Martha was, with many of my father's and Abigail's friends and children in attendance. I ignored them mostly focusing on the large pile of presents, balloons, beer bottles, and a big cake that I can't have.
Thank the gods that I can use the mist and have them give me half the food here, with half of the cash in their wallets that could afford it. Before doing all that, I made sure to check that there were no clear-sighted mortals here.
After many hours of being watched, pinched, or poked at, I pretended to fall asleep. I was then taken back to my bed and I waited a few minutes after my door was closed.
My eyes opened up as I checked my luck and watched as my lucky items disappeared and increased my luck.
• Lucky Rabbit's Foot- Increase luck by 5%
• Four-leaf Clover- increase luck by 7%
• Lucky Horseshoe- 4%
[Luck 116]
Mysterious Chest:
1 Lv. 5
1 Lv. 10
[Open Chests?]
[Yes/No]
I nodded yes and watched as it slowly opened up.
[Congradulations on opening a Lv. 5 and a Lv. 10 Chest for the first time! Your two items will be upgraded for the first opening!]
[Level 5- Hidden Blade sleeve]
[Level 10- Dagger of time]
I was excited when the first item appeared before me, but my mind was blown when the second item appeared overshadowing it. I stared, completely mesmerized at the beautiful dagger in front of me. It's a silver dagger that's about 15 and 1/8" adorned with runes and gold-colored markings throughout. It has a ruby red button located on the bottom part of the dagger and the translucent, quartz-like handle grip houses "sands of time".
I drooled heavily and lovingly caressed my new dagger as if it was my lover. With this dagger, I can rewind time whenever I want. I was about to laugh maniacally when I received a prompt that burst my bubble.
[Hidden Blade sleeve]
Requirements:
• STR 75 and 90 DEX
• Weapon Mastery Lv. 50
[Dagger of Time]
Requirements:
• Dagger Mastery Lv. 35
• 55 STR and 56 DEX to use
• Sands of Time = Monster dust
[The monster level is how many seconds you can travel back in time. Ex. Minotaur Lv. 65 = 65 seconds]
I felt my eye twitch twice before my gamer mind calmed me down. I stared at the requirements for a couple of minutes, and I concluded that other than the monster dust, it was fair. I mean, a weapon that could control time is godly. Though why monster dust? It's hard to know thanks to the author not telling us why there's dust when a monster dies from what I can remember other than them doing that.
Wait... wait a minute... could there actually be Sands of Time here?I mean, could a piece of The Crooked One himself count? He was chopped up into very small pieces and scattered around the world. The author never really explained what would happen to the environment when it contain a powerful Titans remains. Could a tiny piece somehow change the environment around it to contain a minuscule amount of his power? Could it empower those that resides in it?
Could he... use his divine ichor or a very very small piece of himself to imbue them with a very low amount of his power that allows them to come back from their death and reform on earth? Like a very slow rewind before their deaths depending on how strong a monster is. Like the Minotaur coming back a few years instead of hundreds of years. I guess it does sound possible and I think Annabeth said they don't know why they come back.
[Received 1 stat to Int and Wis]
'Well, that happened. I... I think I need to take my nappy now. I'll come back to this later.' I thought putting away my new gifts into the inventory. I closed my eyes and dreamed of a dark cave containing a tall golden glowing crystal-like pillar of swirling sand with incomprehensible images forming and disappearing randomly.
