Chapter 159 - Choosing a path

Following the advice of the cleaner, we found the building that he mentioned. The problem is, there was another queue in front of its doors! While it wasn't even close to being comparable to the one we encountered while registering, it would still take us at least a quarter of the hour to wait it out!

With nothing better to do as we waited, I finally found some time to sweep through the content of Bonger's upgrade. While I paid it a little attention back when we were travelling to this city, my thoughts at that time were focused on Eve instead of my own growth.

"Should I splurge on more information?"

Asking Eve without any context should be pointless, but I actually just said my thoughts out loud. There is no way I would ever mention anything that would be even the slightest hint towards the existence of my system in the public like that!

"While I'm not sure what you mean, isn't information the greatest tool? Knowing what kind of techniques your enemy is using, which weapon is he most proficient with, what are his innate or acquired traumas… All of that is kind of information that would give you an edge in a fight!"

Puzzled by my sudden question that I wasn't going to ask in the first place, Eve answered to the best of her capabilities. While her words were still coming from the local common sense, she actually brought a right point.

Information is a weapon. If you know how to use it, it could prove far more useful than a simple sword or spear! With information, you can frame others, uncover their hidden ploys, avoid their schemes or simply use it to gain an advantage in a fight!

There was even this famous quote of a legendary Chinese war philosopher, Sun Tzu.  "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."

There was a reason why this quote didn't contain the part of knowing your enemy but not knowing yourself. The first step to understanding everything laid in understanding oneself. With that, I think I start to understand why all the Bonger's tools are so pricey!

Bonger, I want to unlock the universal analyzer tool!

"Blop!"

"Host sure is smart!"

"Cost of unlocking universal analyzer on a second grade is 1000 attribute points."

"Do you wish to continue?"

Yes, I do. Do you need to confirm this even when I'm asking for it in the first place?

"Bonger calculated that ignoring host rhetorical question will bear the best results."

"Unlocking the universal analyzer."

"Deducting the points."

With this new tool, I scanned all five paths that were born from the Bonger's upgrade and managed to interest me. And yes, I am a geek. While being rogue, thief or assassin would be quite useful, I'm not as childish to handle their edgyness. The paths that I picked sounded far more fun!

I know I'm not exactly qualified for them with only fifteen years of a virgin life, but I will still try to go with them!

Bonger, analyze Wizzard, Elementalist, Mage, Sorcerer and Force User paths!

"Blop!"

"Wizzard is a mana-based path that utilizes the use of wands and staffs while using pre-crafted spells."

"Elementalist is a mana-based path that allows one to influence chosen element with host mana to induce various phenomena."

"Mage is a mana-based path that opens a whole world of crafting new magics and spells for later use."

"Sorcerer is a mana-based path that allows one to influence the flow of the energy in the world to alter already existing processes."

"Force user is a mana-based path allowing one to use his mana in a form of controllable kinetic energy"

"Advice - Depending on the host's decision while advancing in those paths, their intended use might change."

Ugh, that's actually quite a lot of information for this stingy Bonger! To put it in short words, all of those paths are actually a subclass of a magician, with only the way of using the mana changing between them. I guess that the higher I will climb in their stages, the differences of what I could do with them will only grow smaller. But out of all of them, just a simple mage sounds the best for me! Crafting magic? Crafting spells? It gives me all the freedom that I want!

The reasons for my pick isn't that the only MMO game that I managed to reach a max level in, was one where I played as a mage. Not at all! It's the freedom that was hidden in the description that is alluring!

Bonger, will there be any side effects of picking a new path?

"Blop!"

"Host can use only a single path of every system grade at once. In some cases, passive abilities might influence the host's constitution and surroundings!"

Ugh, I guess I cannot pick it yet. No matter how eager I am to finally get to use my fireballs, I can't raise any commotion here!

Thankfully, the time that it took me to figure out my pick corresponded to the time that people in front of us in the queue required to get their matters sorted. Just a few minutes later, we held a small note with instruction on how to get to our training room with a crystal looking jade key. Renting it for three hours cost us only one hundred fifty arena coins! To be honest, if not for the grand opening ceremony that would take place in about four hours from now, I would love to spend half of my newly acquired fortune just to play around with my new path!

Getting out of the building, I breathed a mouthful of fresh air, screaming in my mind.

Mage path, HERE I COME!

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