Chapter 331: To become educated

Chapter 331: To become educated

[Dreams Of a Demon which Gods Envy -March of the Envoy] :

Experience gains +10%, Thinking speed +100%, Reading speed +1000%

Alternate between the states of Order and Chaos:

While immobile, walking or moving slowly, enter the Order state.

(Order - March of the Envoy)

Attacks curve around you.

Aura, Charisma, and Processing +100%

Gain the ability to walk on matter in liquid and gaseous forms.

Else, enter the Chaos state.

(Chaos - Dreams Of a Demon which Gods Envy)

Strength, Agility, and Speed +100%The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

Reaction speed +200%

Maximum running and flying speed +2000%

Sofia worriedly glanced down, a sigh of relief escaped her lips.

Everything looks the same.

I really dont know what I would have done if they had doubled in size.

Im in Order state now. The enhanced perception is due to the Processing I think. Even with doubled Aura I still dont get what it does at all. I dont really see what the Charisma does either.

Care to help me test this thing Pareth? Just throw me a pillow or something. I dont know what counts as an attack.

There was a second of delay, but Pareth grabbed the pillow she was handing him, took a few steps back and threw it at her face with mild force. When the pillow was about thirty centimeters away from her, its form blurred and curved. The square pillow stretched and warped around an invisible sphere originating from Sofias position before shooting out on the other side and hitting the window behind the bed.

Space magic of some sort?

Sofia threw another pillow at Pareth, he understood her intentions and swung the pillow at her. Instead of hitting her shoulder, it curved and swerved around her, and once again came out on the other side. As if Pareth had swung right through her.

What if you stop midway?

Despite Pareths best effort, he couldnt stop in the middle. The pillow would go all the way to the other side of the invisible sphere, even if he let it go mid swing.

There must be limits. What about explosions? Or Phillips light breath, would it curve that out? Seems unlikely. Still, nice.

Testing things in order, she then took out a mirror and observed herself.

Infusing it with mana held no more result and neither did trying an advanced [Identify]ing.

Seriously, there shouldnt be anything wrong with it, Leverle even looked at it and saw nothing special. Maybe the headmaster meant something among the stuff written on there is dirty, which is why this guy attacked me?

Because Im not a high noble? A lot of the other teachers arent either

No wait The Mithril ID cards Approved by the Empress

There is no way the Empress of this huge empire wouldnt know of the name Aphenoreth. Yet she approved this card right away. Then

There was this random Exidian woman sitting behind Tartaros during the duel Is it possible that the Empress herself instigated this whole thing just to sound me out?

I need to learn more about the Empress and how she looks.

I have like forty hours left until the scheduled first event of the competition tomorrow night, right?

The library.

Asking around in the corridors, Sofia quickly found the library tower, and learned that as a teacher, she had access to all the books in the first six out of seven floors for free.

I should have come here earlier.

Sofia could read fast enough that she had no need to borrow books, she could go through the thickest of them in half an hour at most, looking like a madwoman as she seemingly turned the pages one by one without stopping to read them. She paid no mind to the astonished looks from the passing students, a lot of them were directed at Pareth anyway, who, to Sofias surprise, had also picked up a book. I didnt know you were interested in paintings. Too bad you werent here for the first trial. Aurelia was really talented.

The first really interesting book Sofia found was in the teachers section, titled Secrets of the System - flirting with censorship by B. Deathmarch. It appeared a majority of the books here were written by the Academy staff themselves. This book introduced some of the hidden features of the system like the murder list, the last bed compass or the spellcasting log, as well as some sparse details about trials, and a very short page about sub-stats.

Stamina sub stats (worth 1/3 Stamina each)

Strength : Muscular power and endurance, extremely light effect on actual appearance, best stat-to-available-power conversion, especially at low levels.

Agility : Nerves speed and coordination, grants greater and more precise control over your body in general.

Speed : Temporary explosive power of the muscles, better tendons, upgraded flexibility, allows the body to better resist violent shocks and strains. Seems to reduce environmental friction in some capacity.

Mana sub stats (no bonus stat)

Charisma : Ability of the body to reroute mana pathways and alter its genetic material to perform better in most natural functions (slightly) and look more alike to the persons idealized vision of themselves. This seems to be the main cause of aging slowdown as one levels up. Universally causes fertility degeneration.

Processing : Additional mana-powered brain tissue and capacity, helps with thinking speed, multitasking, mana control, pattern recognition, and memory, also seems to affect personal scribes. Hardest stat to raise naturally, high-priority.

Aura : Capacity to subconsciously gather and make use of surrounding external mana. Needs to reach an extremely high breaking-point to become even slightly useful. Best left to Dragons.

Luck : Little data. Seems to mostly influence system-given data and rewards.

The existence of an unspoken Perception substat has been theorized, unproven as of yet.