Chapter 15 - Skills and Perverts! (Patreon)

[You have chosen: [Inspection]]

[You have chosen: [Hard-Working]]

[You have chosen: [Body Training]]

[Intimidator has reached Level 10. You have obtained: [Intimidation]]

[Intimidation]

[Passive: Your presence naturally intimidates.]

Nova nodded gently. This was quite the good haul.

Inspection was used to not get scammed too much from this place, while Hard-Working could be used during training. The last one is Body Training instead of Sword Training, since he needed a better body to last in this place.

Nova nodded gently, this was truly a good haul...

...

The exploration went a lot smoother with the new Skills, especially with Intimidation, since it allowed him to make his enemies uneasy. That in turn gave him more time to close the distance and kill them.

Nova explored a new side path. This led to a sewage system and there were small blobs jumping around.

Nova tilted his head. He had not seen anything like this before! What a sight!

Those small blobs were mostly harmless, but if they were startled, they would spit some kind of gooey liquid that would irritate the skin. (Again, don't ask him how he knew that.)

The place was filled with them and even if it was called the sewage system, or at least it looked like one, it was still very clean and it didn't smell all that bad.

'If only my world had this thing.' Nova lamented. Everything would be so much easier if he had cleaning helpers.

He spent some time over there watching them, since it was quite a nice sight when a jiggly jelly moved around.

After he was satisfied, he kept moving.

'More jail cells.' Nova sighed. This place was truly huge and hard to get used to.

If you say dungeon, you don't expect an endless hallway leading to strange doors, which are filled with even stranger things.

The jail cells were filled with Humans and a few Humans with animalistic features, but neither of their eyes held any hope and the reason was obvious.

[Would you like to free this prisoner for 1,000 Existence Coins?]

[Yes/No]

It was a lot of money to waste on something you were not sure about.

Nova kept going and slew the Kobolds along the way. He appeared in front of a strange cell with a projection.

[Would you like to free this prisoner for 10,000,000 Existence Coins?]

[Yes/No]

"Pffffffff." Nova choked badly when he saw that price tag. Someone would have to be completely insane in order to purchase that thing!

He immediately left that place and went into another side path. This one was littered with small Kobolds, so he started to clear them up.

Each Kobold fell like they were never alive to begin with, but Nova was not unscathed this time.

He had to handle too many rocks flying at him, whilst battling the small twerps.

It was an exhausting endeavour and Nova was breathing heavily. He was barely conscious, so he sat down.

'This is a good time to learn Healing Breathing...' Nova was almost completely spent, but he didn't want to use his Return Stone to get back.

He once again went through the usage of the Skill and paused. His breathing was already unsteady, would he be able to do it?

He threw those thoughts at the back of his head. If he couldn't do it, might as well die here!

Nova tried to control his breathing and then do the breathing tempo of what the Skill told him.

Time passed and his mind was growing hazier, but as he was about to give up...

[[Healing Breathing] activated!]

Nova suddenly felt that his mind cleared up. This kind of breathing was not that hard for him and he was able to keep going for some time.

[Healing Breathing Lv.0/1->1/1 (✦)]

He also felt like his brain didn't hurt as much, which was a welcome change!

[You have depleted your Vitality! You are unable to regenerate more Health.]

'Maybe if I can completely master this breathing, I won't have any trouble keeping my brain from boiling!' Nova smiled from ear to ear. This was a genuine smile from the bottom of his heart!

He haggardly stood up. His body was in better condition, but now he lacked Vitality. It seemed like Healing Breathing consumed Vitality in order to do so, but since he had low Vitality; he was unable to heal properly.

Nova walked forward out of this place, so that he could finally get to the checkpoint!

[You have cleared the second part of the Tutorial!]

[Reward: 100 Existence Coin]

[Your Status has refreshed!]

[You are entering the Tavern part of the Tutorial.]

[You have hit a checkpoint, you can start your adventure from here!]

[You have cleared the Tavern part of the Tutorial!]

[Reward: 1,000 Existence Coins]

[Your Status has refreshed!]

[You can now enter the fourth part of the Tutorial.]

"???" Nova arrived at the Tavern, but he had so many questions! How in the hell did he clear this place immediately after entering?! Why did that happen?!

Nova was confused, but he still looked around.

The establishment looked better and the Waitresses too. There were some customers groping the Waitresses after they tipped them. It was a strange sight.

Nova walked absent-mindedly towards the not-so-familiar counter with a Waitress Clerk.

"Welcome, our Guild Leader told us to let you through, but you have to be careful! Next Boss is not easy!" The Waitresses warned Nova cutely.

Nova was still slightly absentminded and nodded gently. This would make so many things easier on higher difficulties!

'But I can't continue yet. There will be at least 50 Kobolds and a superior enemy...' Nova narrowed his eyes. It would be better if the Goblins had throwing weapons, not just rocks, that way he would be able to learn from them and be able to clear this place.

'It's pretty much suicide to go there right now...' Nova ruffled his hair.

"You wouldn't happen to know how I could increase my Vitality, right?" Nova sighed.

The Waitress Clerk blushed red. "W-well, you can eat delicious food!" She stuttered for some reason and Nova narrowed his eyes.

"Lad, come here." One drinking guy called Nova.

Nova observed him for a bit before coming closer.

"You see, food is good and all that, but the quickest way to increase your Vitality is Sex!" He proclaimed while slapping the ass of a nearby Waitress, but he got slapped in return since he didn't tip. "Just keep in mind to tip them generously from it and don't choose Demons for this, since it would have the opposite effect!" The drunken guy warned him.

Nova gently nodded. Now it made sense why the Waitress Clerk acted like that.

He returned to the counter and the girl flinched.

"W-what can I do for you?" She was now completely red and fidgeting.

"Can I get food in here?" Nova asked her gently.

A disappointment washed over her body and she pursed her lips. "Yes." She replied blankly, like she was not expecting this kind of question.

The bar quietened down as Nova went to sit.

"Lad, why did you reject her?" One drunkard asked. The Waitresses were ready to battle Nova, but paused for a moment to hear his response.

One Waitress was already walking with food, intending to dump it on him, but Nova suddenly said.

"I can't pay hundreds of thousands for a girl, I don't have that money." Nova shook his head. "At best I have a few thousand, but that is not enough."

The drunkard blinked, dumbfounded. "You could just take her, ya know? Your looks are perfect for it."

"Oh please." Nova snorted. "I know I look like a drug addict." He dismissed the drunkard's praise.

"If you look like a drug addict, what are we?!" Another retorted, angry at him for refusing to admit that he was handsome.

"Drunkards." Nova replied flatly and they all laughed.

"True that." They answered back.

"Here is your food." While the Waitresses were greatly saddened by his refusal, his words made them quite warm, especially because they were a lot cheaper than he suggested.

"Thank you." Nova smiled gently and the Waitresses blushed.

"I-if you need anything else, don't hesitate to call me." The Waitress stuttered before running away after seeing him nod.

Nova found this situation puzzling, but maybe this world's beauty standard was different.

'That's possible...' Nova nodded to himself.

What he didn't know was the fact that women over here loved fragile and weak men. Especially those that looked like they went through a lot.

Nova's drug addict expression and movement roused their feelings greatly and if it was not for the Tutorial stage, they would already pounce at him!

Nova ate and drank, but for some reason, the food, and drinks never stopped coming.

[Your maximum Vitality has recovered by 1!]

'Can I even afford this...?' Nova frowned gently.

"Is there something you don't like?" One worried Waitress came over to ask him. 'I hope he likes our food...'

"I'm not sure If I can afford this..." Nova sighed gently.

"At your current consumption, it would cost around 512 Existence Coins." The Waitress made the mental calculus and told him. 'What a cute guy~.' She giggled.

'Cheap!' Nova's eyes shone and he kept eating.

The drunkards were not as pleased with him. He was hogging all the attention of the Waitresses and he was handsome to boot!

They were angry at him and some even started to sharpen their blades.

Nova already noticed and wanted to let it go, until they started to sharpen their blades.

He activated his [Intimidation] and let it spread.

"I can use some stretching." Nova licked his lips and everyone paused.

The Intimidation from him was powerful, unlike those other green guys. They would not be able to mess with this kid like they did with others!

"You are joking, fellow drinker. We would do no such thing!" One drunkard laughed innocently.

"He is sharpening his blade." Nova pointed out without any shame.

All of them turned towards that guy.

"That guy is an idiot, you can ignore him. Whenever he doesn't get a 'handful' he gets all jittery and has to polish his 'swords'." One drunkard snorted.

"What about that one that just put on knuckles?" Nova pointed at another and all turned towards him.

"His joints no longer work like they used to, so he is using them to gently stretch them." Yet another drunkard answered Nova.

Nova found this hilarious; how they were able to come up with plausible answers to this sight, so he did one more thing.

As the Waitress was passing, he gently slipped his hand past her skirt to get a 'handful' as they said.

The Waitress stiffened, but didn't reject him and leaned in.

"So you have a good explanation for this sight too, right?" Nova chuckled.

Everyone was armed and ready to beat him up.

The drunkards stiffened. They didn't expect that handsome guy to pull such a bull over them!

They awkwardly coughed as they were acting like they were stretching stiff muscles.

Nova let go of the Waitress and gave her 100 Coins tip, just in case, so that he wouldn't get slapped.

The Waitresses eyes shined and for some reason there was a lot more food on his plate than previously, not to mention that a lot of them were now walking around swaying their hips.

'I need to learn the prices.' Nova was greatly bothered by this, since he would go bankrupt if he did anything wrong here.

[Your Vitality maxed! You won't be able to restore or increase your Vitality further!]

Nova was surprised. This was a lot quicker than he expected!

[

Stats:

Vitality: 51/102 ((100)x(1+.01+.01)) (Max. 100)

Stamina: 12 ((10+1)x(1+.02)) (Max. 10)

Mana: 0/0

Qi: 0/0

Aura: 0/0

Mind: 2 ((1)x(1+.11)) (Max. 5)

Insight: 16 ((15)x(1+.11))

Willpower: 2 ((1)x(1+.11)) (Max. 5)

]

This was a lot more than he previously had! Nova rubbed his chin happily.

"I will be paying." He gestured towards the nearby Waitress and the drunkards finally breathed in relief.

Nova paid exactly 900 Existence Coins, which was a lot, but considering he was able to recover all his Vitality, it was a cheap price to pay!

Nova nodded with a satisfied expression and left another 200 Existence Coins for the Waitresses.

"The Food was delicious and the hospitality was great." Nova smiled at them.

The Waitresses almost fainted as Nova was leaving.

He returned to the starting point to recover his Vitality, but something shocking happened.

[Your [Vitality Necklace] has grown, thanks to the [Growth] Effect!]

[Vitality Necklace ??? (Q-11): 66/66 ((5x11)x(1+.2))]

[Rarity: Starting Gear Lv.10/10]

[Effects: [Growth], [Soulbound], [Persisting], [???]]

[Bonus Stats:

Vitality: 21%

[Growth: +10% All Effects, +10% All Bonus Effects, +10 Quality]

[Soulbound: Nova]

'Oh god no! It's spreading!' Nova's eyes shook as he saw that notification.

He was unhappy that even his necklace would also turn into a pervert!