"Where's Otou-san?" he asked as he sat down at his seat.
"He got called in to work early." his mother replied with a sigh, "Apparently there's a flu going around and a lot of people in his office have caught it, so he's going to be working overtime until everyone's well again."
"Poor dad." Issei commented as he tucked in.
As he ate, Issei snuck a look at the words floating over his mother's head.
Hyōdō Yukariko LV10
[Housewife]
So his mother was four Levels higher than he was. Considering she was an adult, that seemed a bit low, but then again, she didn't kill monsters for large whacks of EXP, so maybe it was average.
Whatever the case may be, he had to get stronger in order to better protect his family from the Purifiers…whoever they were.
The fact that he was legitimately under threat of being murdered by a secret organisation that seemed to have a chip on their shoulders regarding supernaturals was like something out of a manga. Issei wished it wasn't the case, but what could he do?
After finishing his breakfast, Issei headed back up to his room and opened his Status Screen.
Name: Hyōdō Issei
Class: The Gamer
Level: 6| Next Level: 2000 EXP
Title: Oppai Baka
HP: 300/300
MP: 125/125
STR: 35
STA: 31
DEX: 36
INT: 9
WIS: 9
LUK: ?
CHA: 11
Attribute Points: 5
¥: 14712
Issei blinked at the state of his STR, STA and DEX, but then remembered his trait as an [Awakened Sekiryūtei], which added ten points to those three stats every time he levelled up, and he had levelled up twice yesterday. [Lesser Draconic Charisma] accounted for the increase in his CHA score for similar reasons.
Deciding that he could afford to spend the points on his mental stats now, he put two into INT, two into WIS and then tried to put the last point into CHA, which he presumed stood for charisma, but a screen popped up when he tried.
[Charisma can only be raised either by undertaking quests that specifically raise charisma as a reward or by skills.]
Very irritating. He flipped a coin and put the last point into WIS. Issei then checked the two skills that levelled up yesterday, [Lesser Draconic Charisma] and [Basic Swordsmanship].
[Lesser Draconic Charisma] (Passive) [LV2, 31.01EXP)
Dragons are massive creatures, able to do a great many things, one of them being transformation into other beings. But regardless of what form they take, all dragons have a natural air of charisma about them that draws people to them. As someone who bears a Dragon-type Sacred Gear, you have inherited a small portion of this charisma.
- Grants you the Charisma stat once this entry has been read.
- Automatically adds 6 Charisma each level.
- As one who bears the [Boosted Gear], you gain a 50% EXP boost with this skill as this is a [Draconic] skill.
[Basic Swordsmanship] (Passive) [LV2, 01.25]
Throughout the entirety of the world, the one weapon that is used the most often, barring the human body itself, is the sword. No matter what kind of sword it is, from Rapiers to Broadswords, from Dao to Katana, the sword has rightly earned its name as the Queen of Weapons throughout humanity's long and bloody history. Basic Swordsmanship is, as the title suggests, very basic thrusts and cuts.
- Grants the user the ability to carry a sword with ease.
- Passively grants the user +2 to [Slashing] Attacks.
- Passively grants the user +1 to [Piercing] Attacks.
Not a large improvement, but still better than nothing.
Reaching into his inventory, Issei pulled out the skill book he received for completing the main quest yesterday.
[You have received the 'Mental Mapping' skill book]
Do you wish to learn this?
Y/N
"What the heck is Mental Mapping?" Issei wondered. As he'd expected, a window popped up.
[Mental Mapping is the ability to create a map in the mind of the user of every location that they have been to.]
"Huh…sounds useful." He said with a shrug, "Let's go for it."
Pressing the 'Y' button, he saw the book dissolve into blue light, which flew into his chest. A moment later, a screen popped up.
You have learned the skill [Mental Mapping]!
[Mental Mapping] (Passive/Active) [LV1, 00.00EXP]
Mental Mapping is a skill that allows the user to create a map in their mind of any location they enter. At low levels, it is restricted to buildings and dungeons, but once you reach higher levels, it can and will function in the outdoors as well.
- Actively allows the creation of mental maps of locations.
- Passively increases WIS by 5.
- Costs 5MP per minute to use.
- Passively allows the user to recall any map created in exacting detail.
"Cool." Issei said before he noticed another window appear.
[Do you wish [Mental Mapping] to scan your memory for any locations that it can create maps for you?]
[Warning: Costs 50 MP]
Y/N
The Sekiryūtei cocked one eyebrow. It could do that? If it could, then it'd save him an awful lot of time walking all over places he already knew like the back of his hand to get a mental map. He hit 'Y' at once.
[Working…
…working…
…working…
…Done!]
Map: Hyōdō Residence: Fully Complete!
Map: Kuō Academy (Main Building): 45% Complete!
Map: Kuō Academy Kendo Club Hall: 60% Complete!
Map: Kuō City Indoor Shopping Arcade: 70% Complete!
Map: Motohama Residence: Fully Complete!
Map: Matsuda Residence: Fully Complete!
Map: Den of the Ratlord: Fully Complete!
You gain 50 EXP per completed map!
"Nice!" Issei grinned. An extra 200 EXP wasn't something to sneeze at.
Question was, what to do now? He had no idea. Check the map for the nearest rat den?
Shrugging again, he reached into his still open inventory and pulled out the map of Kuō he had taken from the secret room at the back of the dungeon the previous day and opened it out. It took Issei a moment to find the rough location of his house on the map.
"Ok, so my house is here…" he muttered, "The den was a fifteen-minute walk away…ah, this one over here…hello, what's this then?"
Next to the rat's head symbol was a set of odd lines. 'VII'
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