Chapter 170 Simplifying The System

'Sometimes you make choices that are supposed to help you out of trouble. However, twisted fate makes those choices turn into nightmares that you can never escape. So, what do you do in a situation like that?'

….

Mallorn, as far as people know, was born as an average kid with a normal family background. He was neither rich nor poor. Living an average life with average grades, average dreams. Nothing particularly special about him.

Though, like every caterpillar changes to a butterfly given the right conditions, when the apocalypse hit, he, too, changed into something that was anything but like his past self. From an average joe, he became a survivor who killed zombies and made his own gang. He killed people, innocents, and anyone who got in his way.

"I don't really care about people who are too high up in the sky. It's their fate. But neither do I care about the people who are so low on the ground. It is their fate as well,"was the philosophy his mind revolved around.

But one particular thing that stood out more than the others about him was his growing ambition compared to his previous lazy self. He wanted to create a kingdom based on his own ideologies and ambitions. His ways and his ideas. Which kind of grew all the more once he received his Gift, of being able to control the zombies weaker than him.

Once he received that gift, he started venturing around the wasteland all by himself, gaining more zombies under his control, while he killed stronger zombies and absorbed their Cores left and right. Which created a cycle where he kept growing stronger and stronger with each of his moves he made.

And when he grew stronger, his ambition of creating a kingdom grew more and more, which brought the present condition where he took the 'Gifted' ones as the one who should rule the world and the one who didn't have any Gift should be just left behind.

….

"Hmmm… I feel like there is a lot missing to the story," I spoke as I heard Walter's explanation. As far as my expertise goes, this isn't enough to make such a lazy person go out of his way and start conquering. Forget about creating an entire kingdom. People who are lazy would just yeet themselves after the apocalypse starts.

Even if they don't, the most they do is get strong and survive in silence. Well, only one way to find out what has happened.

Soon as we walked through the path, the night fell and we reached about half the way to Mallorn's area.

"Let's take a small break here, before we start traveling during the night," I said as I took out the [UV-Lamp] before sitting in a meditating position. The others just observed the lamp, including Miya, who was concentrating on it, before they went back to do their own work.

After confirming my safety once again, I smiled before opening up the [Second Space].

[Second Space!]

The view changed as usual, before I entered the [Second Space]. Moving to the Crona Tree that has since evolved and became so tall, I checked the amount it has stored.

[Tree of Crona(Unique)

Effects: Generates 200 Cronas per hour.

Effect: Generates one Golden Crona per 100 hours

Limitations: Can store only 50,000 Cronas

Limitations: Can store only 10 Golden Cronas

Total Cronas Stored: 29310

Total Golden Cronas Stored: 0

Special: Evolvable(Require 1,500,000 Cronas to evolve)]

Taking out the Cronas, I then proceeded to the Dungeon and saw the amount of Cronas it had stored.

[Stored Cronas: 19540]

Taking that out, I then checked the total Cronas I had in my pocket right now.

[Total Cronas: 51029]

'Okay, that's nice,' I thought before upgrading the [Second Space] once again with the Skill Points that I had accumulated.

[Second Space (Rare) (Level 6)

Allows the user to create a Second Space where he can enter or exit. The user can bring one living person to the Second Space he wishes to.

Note: The body of the user will turn unconscious in the original world.

Time Flow: 1 hour in the real world: 72 hour in the Second Space

Area of Space: 50 x 50 sq meter

Skill Points needed to level up the Skill: 30]

With the level ups as well as the [Side Quests], I accumulated enough to upgrade the Skill twice. Hmmm… maybe I will see if…

'Ah! Before I forget,' I thought as I moved into the [Shop] where Rhea was looking around things. Sensing me coming towards her, she turned towards me with a slightly surprised expression as she spoke,"Hey, you are back. What happened out there? I couldn't sense you for a few moments."

I looked at her and spoke,"a few many things. Though, I need your help a little. Is the Skill [Second Space(Rare)] available right now?"

She looked at me with a slight odd gaze as she spoke,"no… even if it were, it would have been too costly. It's not something you can get so easily, you know?" and I just sighed before speaking,

"Okay. Then there is another issue I am having here. I have too many skills that I don't know what to do with. Can you guide me on what I should do with them?"

While having many skills was good and all, but if I am not using them at all, doesn't that mean I am practically stacking a pile of garbage with me?

"Is that so? What skills do you want to let go?" She asked with a bit of curiosity, and I looked at her face. It seemed she had an idea or something. I nodded at her as I showed the first two skills that I found most useless.

[Plant Manipulator(Common)(Level 1)]

[Allows the user to control the growth pattern of nearby plants.

Cost: +10% increase in growth/second/10 Time Points

Skill Points required to upgrade the Skill: 1]

[Time Flow(Rare+)(Level 4):

Allows the user to generate 120 Time Points per sec.

Requirements: None

Skill Point required to upgrade the Skill: 40]

She looked at them and nodded as she looked at me,"With your new race, you probably don't need [Time Flow] as for [Plant Manipulator], I think it's too weak for you, right now. Even if you upgrade it to a high level, without apt knowledge, you won't be able to use it properly."

She spoke as she closed her eyes for a few moments before speaking,"Well. There is one thing you can actually do. Though you need to buy another skill for that, it should polish your other skills for that."

"Not sure, if I am understanding that," I spoke, and she nodded before she asked me to follow her and we both reached the [Skill Section] where she asked me to type a specific skill.

[Skill Converter(Rare)]

[Effects: This skill allows you to eat skills that you don't use and in return provides you with 50% of the Skill Points that you have used on them

Cost: 5000TP/Per use

Price: 500,000 Cronas]

"Hmmm. It looks nice. " I spoke as I observed it before wondering how long it takes to buy this skill….. 'Hmmmm…. Should be done by the end of the day,' I thought as I saw the amount of Cronas I had.

"Thanks again, Rhea. I would have surely sold the skills for Cronas and then proceeded to buy something else. You being here is really a blessing," I thanked Rhea with a smile and she just blushed a little as she spoke,"It's… okay. Just doing my job." Once I was done with that, I then moved to the other screen that I needed to check out this time,

[Dungeons]

[Dungeon of Nexus(Unique)]

[Original Price: 95 Million Cronas

Because the user has achieved beyond SSSS Grade: The price has been reduced by 50%

Discounted Price: 47 Million and 500,0000 Cronas]

"Too costly for right now," I thought as I looked at the price, but for some reason, it felt reasonable. Perhaps because the enemies inside there weren't common zombies, but much more ferocious spirits, with most of them being above S-Grade?

'Well. That settles a few things, I guess,' I thought, as I had another goal for now. To make the System Skills a bit more minimalist and not too complicated for myself.

[Name: Michael Aroa

Race: Ethereal

Title: God Hunter ; Gaia's Savior ; The Slumbered One ; WorldWalker

Class: Child of the Universe

[All Stats permanently increased by 1,000%]

[Whenever the user fights against an enemy, the world shall fight with him, and fight against the enemy. All Stats will be doubled and the enemies' Stats will be halved]

Level: 18 (44,584,132/50,000,000 Exp)

Status: Healthy

Enchantments:

Breath of the Night: All abilities have their power increased by 25% during absence of light.

Blessings:

(1) Blessing of the World: After the death of the last Ethereals, you are the first being that has taken its step to become an Ethereal. Energy will never be a problem for you.

(2) Blessing of the Gaia's Spirit: When around a plant or vegetation, the energy restoration increases by 50%.

(3) Blessing of the Charybdis: You have gained the ability to see or hear things that are otherwise not possible.

Health Points: 160000/160000

Time Points: Infinite

Strength: 20(+200)

Constitution: 20(+200)

Dexterity: 20(+150)

Intelligence: 18(+150)

Wisdom: 20(+150)

Charisma: 20(+150)

Stat points: 35

Total Cronas: 51029

Total Dungeons Under Control: 1

Total Portal Under Control: 0

Skills*

Quests*

Shop*

Dungeon Options*

God Powers(4)

Ethereal Powers(2)]