Chapter 100: [Far from Home!]

[Gift: Cartography! (Growth Type)Grade: Mortal Grade-2

Experience till next Grade: 51.21%( Map 5,000 Kilometers in Area)

Effect:

-Allows the user to make a detailed Map of everything that he has captured with the skill [Mapping!]

-The user can now create a hologram to show the Map to others.

-The user can now Add one of his skills to combine with the Gift! The functions will be adjusted according to the [Gift]!

-Unlocked Skills: [Mapping!] [Perfect Measurement!] [Eidetic Memory!] [Spatial Sense!] [Creator's Dexterity!] ]

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Grade: B (Linked with the Gift: Cartography)

Effects:

-Allows the user to draw or recreate anything that he has seen.

-Increases the depth of intrication the user can perform with his hands!

-The user can create any B-Grade or lower artifacts as long as he has seen the process once!

Additional effects: Maps drawn by the user cannot be destroyed by anyone weaker than the User himself!]

Most of the [Gift: Skills] had reached to B-Grade, with their functions reaching to a new level than before.

A few examples would be like [Mapping!] can now map anything I see to some extent while Mapping at least 800 meters around me perfectly without missing a spot.

[Perfect Measurement] now allows me to measure the amount of energy anything has, how long it will take to reach somewhere and even perfectly calculate even the most twisted calculations.

[Eidetic Memory] and [Spatial Sense] had minimal changes that allowed me to remember everything that I sensed as well along with increasing the area which I can sense around me.

Based on how it was increasing, I can guess that all of them would increase to A-Grade when my [Gift] reaches to [Mortal Grade - 0]. Though it also makes me wonder what type of changes I will get in [Upper Mortal Grade!].

'Well. It's going to take some time, I guess,' I thought as I sighed before checking the [Map] once more.

"Where are we?" Mark asked as he looked at the surroundings, while I observed the map with a narrowed gaze.

He and I were hunting continuously without any pause since we needed to upgrade his skills to A-Grade, but somehow the more we ran, the more fun it got. It was interesting to see the changes in his skills, and we felt like we were 'whaling' the whole thing. Honestly it was addictive.

But how the heck, it's evening time, right now? And more importantly, how did we travel 1000 kilometers in 10 hours? Were we traveling at 100 kilometers per hour or something?!!!

I was shocked. Or to be precise, I miscalculated.

My [Kinetic Mastery!] allowed me to travel as fast as I could, while Mark's [Ranger's Aura], which was now a B-Grade skill, increased his overall agility by 300%. Added with his weapons and items which he mostly based on [Agility], his total Agility was raised to 300.

'An Agility monster, huh?' I was happy that we could hunt faster but… oh well. Guess, I underestimated him because of his lack of skills but it seems like his items made up for that.

For the first time, I checked his [Stats] and sighed. I honestly didn't like going into other's privacy unless they tell me to, or they give me a reason to. Also, I especially avoid checking into private matters of those close to me. It was a form of minimum respect I show to them.

"I checked your stats… you sure are a monster, aren't you? Almost fooled me," I told him that I did so, at which he observed me for a few seconds before asking,"I am? I think you are far more of a monster than me. Just what kind of skills do you even possess?"

And his words made me silent as I agreed with him. It's not my place to call him a monster given the things which I can do.

"Anyways, how do we get back? Do you know the way back?" He asked as he was a bit concerned about the place we were. A dead area with barely any life. We could see a couple of monsters at a distance, while the silent cold winds seem rather eerie right now.

I opened the [Map]hologram as I showed him where we were and how far we needed to travel before we could get back to our base.

"How did we even get this far?!!!"

And yeah, his reaction was the same as mine. Well since we have come this far, I should send a message to Alice and the others that it will take some time to return back home. Maybe we will reach there by tomorrow morning, or a bit later.

The problem was that my [Illusion] skill did not work that far. I mean, it would be pretty overpowered if I can create an illusion as far as I can see on the map-

And then I recalled one of the newer functions of the [Gift], which made me wonder if I can put [Illusion skill] with the map? Surely that would be the best skill for that purpose right? I checked the other skills and in the end, I believed it was the right thing to do.

The other skills that could have worked with that were [Accelerated Analysis] and [The One], but the problem was that it said that the functions will be adjusted according to the [Gift] which meant that they would probably degrade.

[Skill: Illusion has been linked with the [Gift: Cartography!]]

[Skill: Illusions

Grade: B (Linked with the Gift: Cartography)

Effect: Create a near perfect Illusion based on your Map Depth and extent of creation! You can create an illusion anywhere on the map!

Restrictions: The Illusion is dependent upon the area of the map you have unlocked! The farther you are from the illusion the less the resolution!

Minimum Resolution: Depend upon Gift!

Maximum Resolution: Depends upon the User's Capabilities]

'Oh!' I was surprised to see the changes. Even though it said that the grade was down by 1, functionally there were no changes to the skill itself.

Much better than I thought.

And with that, I sent a message to the concerned people about our current situation, before I wondered what we should do next. Though Mark found something on the map he was curious about,

"Ad. Red is monsters, green is players and yellow is NPC, right?"

"Yeah. Cool, right?" I smirked at him before he ignored me and continued asking,

"What's blue, pink and purple?"

I looked at him before looking at the castle area. It seems Nora, Admin and Rosaliyah are back. Though, I don't think they would be able to find me anytime soon.

"The blue are generally staff people. Admin and stuff, the pink is more likely something on a higher level of authority. I saw one on the first floor as well. As for the purple, hmmm, if I remember correctly they are people who have special energies. I don't know much about it other than what my Gift told me," I spoke as I saw them walking around the area.

Mark was pretty surprised to see them in the kitchen eating strawberry pie, but then he didn't seem to care much as well. Perhaps this wasn't as interesting to him as some others may find.

"And what's white?" He asked again.

"That would be me," I spoke as if it was a form of locator or GPS that allowed me to find myself on the map. Neat stuff.

"No. Not you, the other white. This guy here with that girl. They both have white color," he spoke, making my heart skip a beat as I looked at the area where he was pointing.

It was about 10 kilometers away from here, a place where we missed to look as there were no monsters. My eyes observed them trying to take a look at their stats but..

[Your Authority Level is too low to look at their Status! Please increase your Authority Level to see their stats!]

When I saw that message, I tried taking a proper look at them, but before I could do so… the girl… she turned to the sky… no… she was looking at me.

A smile appeared on her face as she observed me while mumbling something. Even though I couldn't hear what she was saying, I clearly understood it somehow.

"Kids shouldn't pry into adult's matter."

She spoke as I gulped looking into her deep black eyes through the map.

"Ad… Adria… ADRIAN!!!" Mark shouted waking me up from my stupor. I looked at him with a slight scared expression before I spoke,

"They… I don't know who they are."

"Who?" Mark asked with a concerned face. His eyes were really worried about me as he checked my forehead for fever and stuff.

"Those white coloured…" I was about to speak but I saw that they were no longer there. My eyes narrowed a bit as I tried searching for them but couldn't find them anywhere anymore.

"Adrian. Are you okay?" Mark asked again.

"No… it's fine. I was just shocked to see a white color " I spoke as I looked at him. It was something that I needed to ask Nora and others probably. They would know more about it than I do.

"Adrian. What are you talking about? What white color?" And Mark asked, making me look at him again, with my eyes widened for a moment.

"…"

And then I wondered… should we call it a day and return to base now?