Mister Vii

Chapter 176 – Day 398 – Another Day, Some More Stat Points

I cashed in my points. One more bit of progress. Slow and steady was going to push me to the top.

Body-500; Mind-175; Spirt-200; Perception-175; Aura-175; Regeneration-620 (+160); Endurance-50; Absorption-50 for a total of 1,945 upgrades.

Naran had passed the 1,000 point threshold and had passed me in the Body stat.

Body-540 (+100); Mind-100; Spirt-100; Perception-70; Aura-70; Regeneration-100; Endurance-30; Absorption-30 for a total of 1,040 upgrades.

We had done seve...

Chapter 175 – Day 384 – Give Me More Power

At least there was no arrival today. I didn’t want to go through that again. One round of rampant cannibalism was more than enough.

Fethee had managed to not kill himself or get himself killed. Naran was nice to explain things to him and get him situated. I think he felt bad about Aahan, since it seemed like a project to fix the guy. I wasn’t going to poke Naran about that. While he didn’t blame me for the level 4, he was frustrated. My best guess it was how utterly useless he was...

Chapter 174 – Day 370 (Part 2) – Viewpoints 16

Fethee

“-you.” I stumbled and looked around. I had just been thanking a customer. There was screaming. The smell. People were killing other people. They were eating them! I stumbled back and looked at someplace I could escape to.

There! Near some stone pillars there was a cart and two people in armor looking at the scene. All the crazy people were staying away from them. I rushed over along with several other people. One person leaned against the cart. I barel...

Chapter 173 – Day 370 – Don’t Stop Till You Drop

We had just finished up our second round of grinding and were headed into Neo Brasilia today to turn in all the crystals. I had turned in the level 4 crystal the golem had dropped. It wasn’t worth the headache of keeping it around.

No need to tempt fate that it would somehow, however unlikely, end up in the Ritualist’s hands or something equally stupid. Better not to take any chance at all.

Right now, I was smiling. I had about 900,000 points in the bank from previous grind se...

Chapter 172 – Day 356 (Part 2) – Fight! Tower Golem VS Team Michael

I was forced to keep running as the silver golem chased me and regenerated its outer panels within minutes. Faster than my Acid Shot could melt them. I needed a bigger alpha attack. For a stupid silver box on stubby block legs, it was an unstoppable jumping monster of terror.

Well, at least I knew its three main moves. Leaping, panel ejection, and pole ejection. At least there was only one. If there was two or more and they took turns jumping, it would be nightmare to stay ahea...

Chapter 171 – Day 356 – Testing the Tower

I had made quite a lot of powder from level 3 monsters using a barrel of blood Naran had prepared. It had taken a couple of days to evaporate. But now I could finally poke the giant gray tower without feeling like I was about to sacrifice my life.

I had carefully cleared the monsters up to its base. The giant boulder field was to my right. I still hadn’t seen any monster present there. I also knew my escape route back and even did a zig zag pattern on approach. Hopefully that would be...

Chapter 170 – Day 353 – The New Guy

The bulb had been cleared early in the morning to give another guard Radiant Beam. Now we were making our way to the South back to the tower grinding spot as I thought of it. While there were other places I could go to, I wanted to poke the tower and I knew exactly how to do it.

While the thing was clearly a death trap, new options had recently opened up. While it would take some preparation, I wasn’t that worried. Naran knew what was needed and we could always head back to N...

Chapter 169 – Day 352 (Part 3) – Request and Departure

Naran and I made our way back to the cart. This time one of the guards in blue came up to me once we entered my building and were near the cart. “Champion Michael, permission to speak?” He saluted me. It was weird, being saluted. I knew it was a sign of respect and of authority. But it felt weird to me, for some reason I couldn’t put my finger on. Perhaps, the fact that I was never in the military and didn’t take a salute that seriously. Something to think about.

I turned to ful...

Chapter 168 – Day 352 (Part 2) – Operational Reorganization

I could tell Clarissa was under a lot of stress. That was why I didn’t say anything. She needed to vent. There were no outlets here. Well there were, gambling and prostitution, but I didn’t think she enjoyed either of those things as an outlet. For me it was pouring my focus into my research to work out the underpinnings of the Systemic Lands and the Almighty System.

I took the time to reflect how much pressure she must be under. Pressure to meet my expectations. Pressure to hold th...

Chapter 167 – Day 352 – Breakfast With The People

A good portion of my home on the first floor had been turned into a communal dining area. I sat on a comfortable chair with dragon motifs in the wood with my own table. The rest of the people got benches. Except for Naran and Clarissa, they both had chairs next to me.

I counted 12 guards, all men, and 3 women with uniforms, but not combat oriented. It appeared sexism was alive and well. It probably came down to Clarissa wanted large and imposing men for guards and women for the safer po...

Chapter 166 – Day 351 (Part 5) – Power Plays

I walked back to my home, Clarissa at my side. “So, why wait to bring up the issue with Union taxes until that moment? I am not blind.” I asked Clarissa.

The silence stretched on for a bit, before she responded. “Laura is being difficult. I had been hoping to resolve the issue without involving you. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. She needed to be taken down a notch. Should I look into dealing with her?” Clarissa asked.

“No. As long as she doesn’t make a move ag...

Chapter 165 – Day 351 (Part 5) – Viewpoints 15

Clarissa

I didn’t turn back to look at the stupid man that had walked up to Michael. The moment he smiled was the moment I knew that the man was going to die horribly. I was the one who put together all the information for Michael to look over and listened to his questions. I knew exactly what Michael planned for him, and it was probably going to be gruesome and horrible.

Michael was curious and liked to pick at things once they got his attention. Honestly it wa...

Chapter 164 – Day 351 (Part 4) – This Is Science

“Alright, time for your part. Drink this.” I handed the politician a flask. He looked at it and then at me.

“Is it safe?”

“The liquid won’t harm you in the slightest.” He looked at me and then at the flask. He slowly took the flask and drank some of the blood crystal powder infused water.

I then held out a brown crafting crystal. “Now swallow this.”

“Umm, no. I saw what those things did. They are dangerous. I want to leave.” I very carefully slapp...

Chapter 163 – Day 351 (Part 3) – Enchanting And Crystal Type

The next three swords were finished with the brown slime crafting crystals. I began to inspect them one by one. The active enchanted sword first. It didn’t do anything, and I couldn’t activate the enchantment, since it needed channeling, whatever that was. Not surprising. The ability was increased force.

I picked up the passive blade and swung it around in the air. I should have increased force, but nothing. I picked up a spare blade and pushed the two together. What happened was re...

Chapter 162 – Day 351 (Part 2) – Equipment

I returned to the Enchanting Hall and the leadership council quickly began to gather. Each enchanting table was the size of a decently sized fold out table, the same as the standard table size purchased for buildings. The portion in the middle had eight indentations and an indented circle in the wood connecting all eight indentations.

There was room on either side of the table to lay out equipment and spare crystals. I laid out rows of crystals to my right, double checking each type wit...

Chapter 161 – Day 351 – My Sturdy Rod That’s Hard

I raced through the streets, enjoying my speed and how easy it was to move. It was rare that I just ran like this without having to worry about something. I noted I was moving on the front portions of my feet, rather than the back.

That was a change that had happened over time. Now it felt completely natural. I knew how much force to kick off with to move me. I pushed the boundaries of my physicality a bit more than I did when grinding to get a better feel of my movement.

The Almi...

Chapter 160 – Day 350 (Part 3) – The Cost of Crystals

I immediately got information directly inserted into my brain. Not creepy at all. I took a moment to process what I had learned, and the options presented.

There were four purchase options. The first was a level 1 to 3 Processing Rod for 10,000 points. Upgrade to level 2 processing for 100,000 points. Upgrade to level 3 processing 250,000 points. Double processing tables for a total of 16 tables instead of 8, 500,000 points.

The first step to processing a monster was purchasing a ...

Map of Purgatory - Day 350

The map of Purgatory on Day 350 I made for reference.

Chapter 159 – Day 350 (Part 2) – Monster Processing, Finally!

“We have maximized our efficiency and have determined the monster count for each monster type is 12,500 for level 1 monsters. For the zone in total it is 50,000. Putting the maximum revenue from a level 1 zone at 250,000 points per day. With our tax rate that is an optimal 62,500 points per day coming in and 31,250 points per day for city upgrades.” I nodded at that. That aligned with my calculations on monster density.

“And what are we currently at?” I asked.

“We are cu...

Chapter 158 – Day 350 – Monster Processing, Almost There

Over the course of the grinding. I had upgraded my Regeneration stat to 400, putting me at 1,500 total stat points. I had also managed to save up a total of 960,000 points for emergencies. In the end, increasing my grinding speed by increasing my Regeneration was the best choice in my mind. My combat ability for PvP would come in time, but for now, I was set on maxing out my ability to grind level 3 monsters.

Naran had also made quite a bit of progress. Body-300; Mind-100(+70); Spirt-60...

Chapter 157 – Day 335 (Part 2) – Viewpoints 14

Doctor Ben Katz

I carefully extracted blood from a person, so they wouldn’t bleed excessively. A long cut on their arm and then bleeding into a small wood barrel with an open top. “And done.” They raised their arm up and were escorted away by one of Clarissa’s guards to get a regeneration. I poked the blood, and the 10 level 1 crystals in the liquid broke apart.

I then opened up my notebook, recording who donated the sample, time, date, and their stats. I ...

Chapter 156 – Day 335 – Rematch, Skill Power, and Processing Speed

Acid Shot. I watched carefully as the bulb struggled in the air. The vines were fast, but not fast enough to reach me. There it was. Light began to gather. “Air Burst!” I darted to the side. No wardrobe malfunction this time or hiding in a ditch.

The beam of light cut across the landscape. Getting to see it from a short distance, the attack was impressive. It was tempting to switch it in as an attack skill. The main issue was how unwieldly it was. Acid Shot x2<...