The Gamer - Rockbear Chapter 9, a manhwa/korean comics/만화 fanfic

Basically, this chapter wraps up the basic training and his schooling, so I should be able to get closer to an arc now. That's why it's slightly shorter than what I have been getting used to.

I have no connection and own nothing related to The Gamer

Chapter 9

Level Up! Level Up! Level Up!

Mana sword had gone up many levels, so it was extremely easy to maintain. Kain had also unlocked another skill from using it.

Sword Mastery (Passive) Lv 3

Increases attack with swords by 14%

Increases speed with swords by 14%

The attacks became more fluid, and he had no problem decimating the whole crowd of enemies. They had dropped a significant amount of lesser grade soul stones as well. He was collecting them now.

"This is so annoying having to pick up everything. I'll have to think of a skill to pick all this stuff up easily soon," Kain said as he reached down to pick up the last couple stones. "Now should I get out of here and clear it again while I have time?"

While he was debating on he was going to do, behind Kain, the ghostly remains of the ghouls started to collect in one area. Kain started to hear a small whistling noise, which soon turned into a screech that continued to get louder and louder. Soon Kain was holding his hands over his ears, unable to protect himself from the huge noise coming from behind him. He spun around to see the cause of the screeching.

About twenty meters away from him was a large dark red ghoul. It held a more human shape, having arms and legs. The legs didn't touch the ground however, as they turned into clouds where the feet would be. In its hands, a large scepter was forming. Then Kain saw its eyes. They were black as night, nearly freezing Kain in place. He had to shake himself to remove his eyes from its gaze. Instead, he looked higher.

The Red Demon Ghoul Lv 35

"ID Escape," Kain said immediately, hand held high.

Cannot Escape Illusion Barrier

"What?" Kain yelled. "Shit, I guess that means I have to fight it then."

The demon began to get closer, which Kain didn't notice for a few seconds since it was floating over the ground. Kain jumped back. The sudden movement didn't go unnoticed by the ghoul. It raised its scepter and fired a massive fireball off the tip of it towards Kain.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit," Kain yelled out as he sprinted away from it, turning on his outer ki technique as he did so. Sliding, he turned towards the monster. "Energy Beam!" he yelled. The blast fired from his palm, and he held it for a few seconds before finally letting it disperse. "Did it work?" Kain asked himself.

The blast cleared to show the ghoul still standing, but noticeably injured. It's health had gone down about a tenth of the way. It looked up at Kain with a menacing glare. Raising its scepter again, it fired three massive fireballs in succession.

"Not well enough!" Kain said as he sprinted away from the attacks again. He had been thinking of just using mana shield to defend himself while he attacked it, but he knew that it wouldn't hold up. Instead, he chose to follow the thought process he had during the fight with Dameron.

Increased input, Str +60, Dex +60

"This should be enough to stay away from his attacks," Kain thought. "Now to strike back. Mana sword." The sword developed by Kain formed around his hand, covered in the ki that surrounded Kain already. Dodging a few more of the fireballs, he closed the distance between the ghoul and him. The ghoul attempted to stab him with the scepter, but compared to the high level magic attacks, its close combat was weak. Kain easily dodged it and cut through its side before slipping underneath its gaze. "Great, it has a weakness exactly where I have my strength," Kain thought, smiling.

Kain continued this for a time, sliding behind its gaze and slashing as he went. The monster was slowly faltering, and Kain could see that its health was near its end. "Time to finish you off, Mana Beam!" Kain thought. This time, he held the attack until his mana was depleted. When the attack cleared, the ghoul was no more.

Level Up!

"Great! I've leveled up a bunch tonight!" Kain grinned. He began walking away, but then he noticed that the ghoul had dropped something. He walked over to the pile of stuff that was lying on the ground.

He picked up the first item.

"Is this... a health potion?" Kain thought, turning it around in his hand. "Observe."

Lowest Grade Recovery Potion

Heals 200 HP Automatically

"Nice!" Kain smiled. He put it into his inventory and noticed the next think. "Money!" Kain yelled out, quickly grabbing it. He counted it out. "...750,000 Won..." He had to prevent himself from jumping in joy. "750,000 Won! That's so much! I could buy so many games with that!" He nearly tossed it into his inventory, excited to see what else it dropped.

The last item was a book. He picked it up.

Would you like to learn the skill "Ethereal Form"? Yes/No

"Ethereal form? Does that mean I can't be hit by physical attacks?" Kain hit the accept option.

Cannot learn skill

Required Int- 70

Required Wis- 40

The disappointment was harsh when he noticed that. He could raise his stats to be able to learn it, but he still wasn't sure what he wanted to use them on. "I guess for now I'll just put it in my inventory..." He put it in there with the rest of his stuff that he had gained.

He had a cell phone on him, so he checked the time. "This didn't take too long, I still have two or so hours before my mom will get home. I can clear it a few more times since I'm in a time warping barrier."

So he did just that. He cleared it three more times, leveling up four more times and gaining seven more potions and 1,500,000 more won.

The Gamer of Crimson Rain

Kain Rockbear Lv 22 Exp 0.62%

Health: 290/290

Mana: 470/470

Vit: 29 + 12% + 14%

Str: 34 + 12% + 14%

Dex: 30 + 11% + 12% + 14%

Int: 20 + 12%

Wis: 12 + 12%

Luk: 2

Points: 100

Money: 2,283,500 Won

The Next Day

When Kain arrived at school, he was reminded of something that disappointed him.

"We have tests," groaned Kain. The college placement tests were finally arriving, and after he took them, it would be the end of the school year. It was his final week of school.

His teacher spoke to the class. "Okay, you're almost there! You'll have testing on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, so make sure you finish up your preparations today and Tuesday."

Kain took this as an opportunity to raise his Int and Wis. He would need both for the tests. After school ended (which had been full of boring, monotonous practice tests), he walked over to the clan. Monday and Tuesday were pretty much the exact same. After studying in the 10x time barrier of the clan for about half of the time he had, he would then play the strategy game with Murkuro. After the two days, he had improved his Int by 16 and his Wis by 11. He was completely prepared for his tests.

The first day went extremely well, but he knew that the tests on Friday included math and science, which is more than just memorizing material. Kain would have to prepare his mind to apply his knowledge correctly.

Because of that thought, he spent the whole time in the time illusion barrier on Wednesday to improve his math skills to boost his Wis, which he was able to raise by another 5. Conveniently, he also got a new skill.

Mathematician (Passive) Lv 6

A skill that improves the process of the mind when doing math equations

Passively increases Wis by 6%

On Thursday after his tests, he repeated the process, but this time with science. His Wis went up by 3. The mathematician skill also raised by 4, since some of the science problems used math skills.

On Friday, he took those tests and Kain knew he had gotten an incredibly high score. His graduation ceremony would be a while from now, but Kain was out of school. He could finally devote his time to getting stronger. He grinned.

"Now it's time to get serious."

When he arrived home, he also got some news. Apparently his dad was getting ready to come home. He would be back in one week.