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Chapter 11
The Next Day
Kain and Murkuro were sparring in the 10x Time Illusion Barrier. Kain had already visited Gun and Mira today. He had created some average swords for Gun and some simple poisons for Mira. His crafting had gone up by another 5 levels.
"You're getting awesome at martial arts," grunted Murkuro as he blocked a hit from Kain.
"Thanks, I do know three kinds," said Kain as he pulled back his fist and quickly spun around to kick Murkuro.
After stopping that hit, Murkuro dropped his guard. "Okay, let's take a quick break."
While they were sitting down, Kain asked Murkuro, "Hey, does Crimson Rain have it's own fighting style? 'Cause when I was talking to Nagato, he said I could be a teacher for beginners."
"Nope, we learn whatever we can. Our clan only has like one hundred members at best, so we haven't had enough martial arts masters to help develop our own style."
"Maybe I can make a style," Kain grinned. "Let me try some stuff."
"Okay, I guess," Murkuro said, smiling as he stood up.
"Okay, I'm gonna try now." Kain dropped into a style similar to Karate.
"That doesn't look any different though," Murkuro said, confused.
"I'm gonna switch it up while in combat, don't worry." Kain rushed forward to attack. He seamlessly switched from his current stance into a Judo stance, surprising Murkuro and throwing him over his shoulder. Murkuro was rotating in midair and barely had time to put his guard up before Kain again seamlessly mixed his stance into Tae Kwon Doe to issue Murkuro a kick to the chest.
"Damn, man. You're mixing high level techniques! You're actually making a martial art," Murkuro said, surprised.
"Let's keep going, maybe I'll unlock a skill." Kain replied.
They continued to fight for a few more minutes and then Kain saw a screen pop up.
Due to a special action, a new skill was created. What would you like to name the skill?
Seeing the pop up, Kain grinned. "Crimson Rain Martial Arts Technique." He pressed the accept button.
Crimson Rain Martial Arts Technique Lv 1
A style created by The Gamer, Kain Rockbear, which fused multiple types of martial art styles
Passively increases Dex by 1%
Murkuro looked at him shocked. "You didn't even ask Nagato if it can be our style."
"Nope. If it turns out to be a bust, I just won't show it to him and keep the technique secret. But I know I'm not going to suggest it until it's at least level 50," replied Kain, returning to his stance.
"You wanna make sure it's well made first, right?" Murkuro asked while preparing himself.
"Yep. That means I need really high levels on all the martial arts that incorporate it as well. So it's time to work it all out."
They fought again. When they finally decided to stop, Kain had raised his new style to level 12 and the others to 21.
"That's a really hard style to keep up against," Murkuro said, panting. "I think I'll have you teach it to me once you level it up enough."
"Sure thing," Kain replied, barely able to keep his breath from the exhaustion. "I'm gonna stay here and grind a few more skills, so I'll talk to you later."
"See ya," Murkuro said. He waved and walked away, albeit slowly after the spar with Kain.
Kain sat down. "Okay, I need to work on my martial arts techniques." He turned on his outer ki technique. "Well, I have plenty of mana left, so I might as well turn on mana shield, too." As his final step, he began using the spirit technique. He only stopped this training to snack on some food that he had in his inventory and to relieve himself. After the day, he had leveled up his spirit technique to level 26, his outer ki technique to 38, and his mana shield to 40.
Before he ended the night off and went home, he decided to do a little bit more training for his ID Create and Escape. When he finally finished that training, he unlocked the 8x Time Illusion Barrier and the Ogre ID, which he promised himself he would try out the next day.
The Next Day
Kain was walking into the clan property early in the morning. Instead of continually telling his mom he was hanging out with Murkuro, he decided to tell her that he was going to stay with him until his dad got back home. He got a slight smile on his face thinking of that. His mom would kill him if she knew what he was doing these days.
He walked into the time illusion barrier room and found a suitable spot. Today was to focus on his level. He opened up the Ogre ID.
They were huge. That was the first thing that registered in his mind. All were somewhere between level 20 and 30, a huge difference compared to the low level ghosts he had been fighting. "Well, I guess we can get started," he said to himself.
Before he did, however, he thought of something. Drops. They'd be much better with the higher level opponents. And from his experience with games, he knew luck played a part on how often and what grade of items dropped.
"Status window," Kain said. He had 100 points that he hadn't used yet. He could do without 20 of those, he had gained way more than that through training his body and mind anyways. He put 20 points into his Luck, bringing it to 22.
"Okay, now it's time to fight!" Kain grinned and rushed forward at blinding speed, instantly turning on his outer ki to the +100 level. He could hold it for an extremely long time now.
The ogres stood no chance. Kain busted through their chests with his bare fists. After taking out probably about 50 of them, he looked to see how much stuff dropped. The difference in quality and amount was incredible. Though he wasn't sure about why some of the items dropped, as they were very unusual.
"Indestructible ogre panties..." Kain couldn't comprehend how ridiculous that was. "Whatever, it'll all be worth a decent amount of money."
He blew through all that were in the barrier. He had lost count, but he guessed he was nearing 500 kills. He had leveled up 3 times. When he finally beat a few more, he heard a humongous roar.
"That's gotta be the boss," Kain said as he turned around to face it.
A Really Stupid Demon Lv 42
Ignoring the ridiculous name, the level looked like it may be an issue. "This could get ugly," Kain said. "Well, I have to try." The ogre had two heads and four arms. All of the four arms held clubs.
Kain rushed it, using both his high outer ki technique and his mana sword. It immediately attacked him, two of the clubs hitting the ground where he was before. Kain rushed up one of its arms and cut through part of its neck. The ogre howled in pain.
One of the heads looked towards Kain and shot fire out of its mouth, burning part of Kain's arm. It wasn't serious, so Kain continued to cut at it. The other head swung around and fired out some sort of gas. "Shit, I don't know what that is," Kain thought as he jumped back to avoid it.
"Okay, mana shield, mana shield." Kain created two shields around him, and the gas couldn't penetrate it. "Time to finish this." Kain rushed up its arm after its next swing again. When he got right up to its head, he faced out his palm. "Mana Beam!" The beam fired straight into the skull of the ogre, causing it hit the ground.
As Kain fell, he aimed himself straight for the chest of the ogre, aiming for the heart. With all his strength behind his foot, he drop kicked the ogre directly where its heart would be, killing it instantly.
Level Up!
"Let's collect all the drops now," Kain said, slightly winded. He walked around, counting everything he found. He was able to find in total 18 indestructible panties, 10 ogre clubs, and 2 special ogre clubs that dropped from the boss. 4 more potions dropped as well from it, and 3,100,000 Won. "Damn, that's quite a lot of stuff! And it all looks worth quite a bit."
He broke the illusion barrier and headed towards Nagato to ask him where to get the stuff appraised and sold. Nagato pointed him the correct direction and soon Kain was walking into a large warehouse building.
"How can I help you?" a younger man asked. He had red hair and a black trench coat on, covering most of his body.
Remus Penderall Lv 36
Appraiser of Crimson Rain
"Hi, I was looking to sell some of the stuff I got."
"Really, what do you got?" Remus asked, interested suddenly.
Kain opened his inventory and pulled out one of the pairs of indestructible panties. "...Well, there's these..."
Remus was much more excited about it than Kain was. "Ooooh, this is a special item. Let me guess, can't take damage while wearing them?"
Kain was surprised. "Yeah. How did you figure that out?"
"Oh, it's just what I'm good at. I'll buy each one of these that you have for 3,000,000 Won, okay?"
"3,000,000! That's so much!" Kain gasped.
Remus chuckled. "You definitely haven't shopped on the Abyss Auction yet, then. An expensive item is about a billion."
Kain was taken aback by that. "That's ridiculous, how can anyone spend that much on just one item?"
Remus replied while continuing to inspect the panties. "The items are ridiculously useful. They can provide huge bonuses of power or wealth or anything else, really. They have items for everything. What else ya got?"
Kain pulled out the next item, the normal ogre club, and handed it to Remus.
"These are really nice, too! Probably about 8,000,000 considering the fee for selling. Where do you get these items?!"
"Um, I get them with my ability by beating monsters in illusion barriers. They're drops," Kain replied, thinking of how much money he was going to make.
"You'll have to show me some time, these items are so unique! What else do you got?"
Kain pulled out the special ogre club, which ended up being worth about 12,000,000. After sellling all of his items, he was able to walk out of there with 158,000,000 Won. The fact that he had just made as much as the yearly income of owners of corporations had completely blown him away.
He walked back to Nagato, and he put 50,000,000 Won on the table. "You might as well raise my minimum, I made this in one day," Kain said blankly, still awestruck.
As was Nagato. "Okay... We'll raise it to 50,000,000 a month. I didn't expect you to be able to make so much so quickly. Only our high level members can make anywhere near this amount."
"Well, my ability is pretty special from what I've heard, so I choose not to be surprised anymore. See ya later."
Kain went and created swords in the blacksmithing area for roughly two hours so he could debate on what he would do next. As he finished yet another sword and raised his crafting skill again (for a total of three times), he decided.
"I think it's time to use my stat points."
He left and opened up another Ogre ID so he could test his power once he changed his stats.
"Here we go," Kain said, taking a deep breath. "Status window."
Deciding on what to do was extremely difficult, but he finally decided.
Vit: 50
Str: 65
Dex: 50
Int: 64
Wis: 31
Luk: 22
Points: 0
Mana Affinity (Passive)
10% increase in MP recovery rate
5% increase in total MP amount
5% increase in magic attack and defense
30% increase in MP related skill effects
Strong Body (Passive)
10% increase to physical attack
10% increase to physical defense
Ignore small damage completely
Quick Mind & Body (Passive)
10% increase to reflexes
20% increase to movement speed
Longevity (Passive)
15% decrease in Age Growth after Peak
20% increase in HP
"This is incredible!" Kain exclaimed. "I got a skill for every increase past 50 on my stats. I just got ridiculously overpowered."
He spent the rest of the day destroying Ogres and the Ogre boss repeatedly in his x8 barrier. He gained 5 more levels, 33 more panties, 24 more ogre clubs, and 7 more special ogre clubs. All of those items he decided to sell later, but not today.
The Gamer of Crimson Rain
Kain Rockbear Lv 31 Exp 3.49%
Health: 500/500 (+100/100)
Mana: 1190/1190 (+59/59)
Vit: 50 + 26% + 38%
Str: 65 + 26% + 38%
Dex: 50 + 26% + 38% + 21% + 12%
Int: 64 + 26%
Wis: 31 + 26% + 6%
Luk: 22
Points: 25
Money: 108,183,500 Won